diff --git a/accubid-setup.md b/accubid-setup.md index 944cefe..53b16df 100644 --- a/accubid-setup.md +++ b/accubid-setup.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ up: "[[pdi-estimating]]" --- # Accubid Setup -## Info +%% + +## TALK ### Automation @@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ It is likely infeasible to automate LiveCount and [[accubid|Accubid]] project cr However, a script could launch the apps with a procedure, setting the clipboard. +%% + ## Sequence ### Create Trimble Connect Project diff --git a/actuarial-science-for-construction-estimating.md b/actuarial-science-for-construction-estimating.md index 9518c26..1b1e460 100644 --- a/actuarial-science-for-construction-estimating.md +++ b/actuarial-science-for-construction-estimating.md @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ In this way, projects are better compared to _insurance accounts_. * cost of individual service is uncertain * cost to customer must be minimized -![[decrease-in-sigma#Normal PDF]] \ No newline at end of file +![[decrease-in-sigma#Normal PDF]] diff --git a/ai-in-estimating.md b/ai-in-estimating.md index 8b64d68..67166b0 100644 --- a/ai-in-estimating.md +++ b/ai-in-estimating.md @@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ tags: --- # AI in Estimating -Most estimators are already pigeon-holed into poor SaaS like [[accubid|Accubid]] and the rest already, +Most estimators are already pigeon-holed +into poor SaaS like [[accubid|Accubid]] and the rest already, but the need to increase efficiency with AI will be the nail in the coffin. The myth that "full package" estimating software is most efficient will only be exacerbated by the inclusion of AI features that ought to have been available for decades already. -It has unfortunately been the case that construction estimators have, by and large, +It has unfortunately been the case +that construction estimators have, by and large, been unable to recognize the bushels of low hanging fruit for automation in our field for decades. Now that AI grifters have run out of other industries to sell to, we are first introduced to supposedly revolutionary concepts like: diff --git a/ambiguity.md b/ambiguity.md index 7474e81..5933c26 100644 --- a/ambiguity.md +++ b/ambiguity.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ See ["the map is not the territory"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map-territory > If some one is overgeneralizing, > they likely just have a different understanding of the term. > Certainty of definition only occurs with some quorum, -> and I'd argue most of [[construction-estimating|ours]] don't meet it, +> and I'd argue most of ours in [[construction-estimating]] don't meet it, > and that the choice of any term over another ought to be based on utility. > > > Note also that a term's definition can be certain ~~on some axis~~, diff --git a/automating-pdf-annotation.md b/automating-pdf-annotation.md index 87384ae..8f0c7fc 100644 --- a/automating-pdf-annotation.md +++ b/automating-pdf-annotation.md @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ title: Automating PDF Annotation --- # Automating PDF Annotation +%% +Notes on methods for automating creation of annotations in [[pdf]] documents, +namely for use in [[construction-estimating]]. +%% + See [[portable-tools]] for valid dependencies. ## Clean Documents diff --git a/banana-pudding.md b/banana-pudding.md index 916586e..dfa8a08 100644 --- a/banana-pudding.md +++ b/banana-pudding.md @@ -8,17 +8,11 @@ up: "[[recipes]]" ## Ingredients * 2 cups milk, chilled - * 1 (5 oz) package instant vanilla pudding mix - * 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk - * 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract - * 1 (12 oz) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed - * 1 (16 oz) box vanilla wafers - * 12 small bananas, sliced ## Instructions diff --git a/capek_1935_pov-of-a-cat.md b/capek_1935_pov-of-a-cat.md index e5cb99b..9f35fcf 100644 --- a/capek_1935_pov-of-a-cat.md +++ b/capek_1935_pov-of-a-cat.md @@ -17,44 +17,44 @@ up: "[[poetry]]" --- # From the Point of View of a Cat -This is my Man. I am not afraid of him. -He is very strong, for he eats a great deal; -he is an Eater of All Things. +This is my Man. I am not afraid of him. \ +He is very strong, for he eats a great deal; \ +he is an Eater of All Things. \ What are you eating? Give me some! -He is not beautiful, for he has no fur. -Not having enough saliva, he has to wash himself with water. -He meows in a harsh voice and a great deal more than necessary. +He is not beautiful, for he has no fur. \ +Not having enough saliva, he has to wash himself with water. \ +He meows in a harsh voice and a great deal more than necessary. \ Sometimes in his sleep he purrs. Let me out! -I don't know how he has made himself Master; +I don't know how he has made himself Master; \ perhaps he has eaten something sublime. He keeps my rooms clean for me. -In his paws he carries a sharp black claw -and he scratches with it on white sheets of paper. -That is the only game he plays. -He sleeps at night instead of by day, -he cannot see in the dark, -he has no pleasures. -He never thinks of blood, never dreams of hunting or fighting; +In his paws he carries a sharp black claw \ +and he scratches with it on white sheets of paper. \ +That is the only game he plays. \ +He sleeps at night instead of by day, \ +he cannot see in the dark, \ +he has no pleasures. \ +He never thinks of blood, never dreams of hunting or fighting; \ he never sings songs of love. -Often at night when _I_ can hear mysterious and magic voices, -when _I_ can see that the darkness is all alive, -_he_ sits at the table with his head bent and goes on and on, -scratching with his black claw on the white papers. -Don't imagine that I am at all interested in you. -I am only listening to the soft whispering of your claw. -Sometimes the whispering is silent, -the poor dull head does not know how to go on playing, -and then I am sorry for him and I meow softly in sweet and sharp discord. -Then my Man picks me up and buries his hot face in my fur. -At those times he divines for an instant a glimpse of a higher life, +Often at night when _I_ can hear mysterious and magic voices, \ +when _I_ can see that the darkness is all alive, \ +_he_ sits at the table with his head bent and goes on and on, \ +scratching with his black claw on the white papers. \ +Don't imagine that I am at all interested in you. \ +I am only listening to the soft whispering of your claw. \ +Sometimes the whispering is silent, \ +the poor dull head does not know how to go on playing, \ +and then I am sorry for him and I meow softly in sweet and sharp discord. \ +Then my Man picks me up and buries his hot face in my fur. \ +At those times he divines for an instant a glimpse of a higher life, \ and he sighs with happiness and purrs something which can almost be understood. -But don't think that I am at all interested in you. +But don't think that I am at all interested in you. \ You have warmed me, and now I will go out again and listen to the dark voices. diff --git a/conest-projects.md b/conest-projects.md index a8705af..ec76f51 100644 --- a/conest-projects.md +++ b/conest-projects.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: ConEst Projects tags: - occupational +up: "[[conest]]" --- # ConEst Projects diff --git a/conest.md b/conest.md index aa3aa2f..2c58faa 100644 --- a/conest.md +++ b/conest.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags: - occupational - topic/estimating - type/encyclopedia-entry -up: "[[power-design-inc]]" +up: "[[pdi-estimating]]" --- # PDI Construction Estimating (ConEst) diff --git a/consolidate-estimating-thoughts.md b/consolidate-estimating-thoughts.md index bee5ae8..2e324d6 100644 --- a/consolidate-estimating-thoughts.md +++ b/consolidate-estimating-thoughts.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Create and use cross-topic notes for complex thoughts: * [[nontraditional-computing-for-construction-estimating]] * [[optimal-estimating-patterns]] -* [[object-oriented-programing-for-construction-estimating]] +* [[object-oriented-programming-for-construction-estimating]] * [[assembly-philosophy]] - pare down * [[software-based-estimating]] * [[optimal-estimating-patterns]] diff --git a/construction-estimating.md b/construction-estimating.md index 3cd3865..2d51646 100644 --- a/construction-estimating.md +++ b/construction-estimating.md @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For philosophy see [[bid-process-strategy]] * [[utility-in-construction-estimating]] * [[ambiguity-in-construction-estimating]] * [[nontraditional-computing-for-construction-estimating]] -* [[object-oriented-programing-for-construction-estimating]] +* [[object-oriented-programming-for-construction-estimating]] ## Misconceptions diff --git a/csharp.md b/csharp.md index eb8cd57..65c6b87 100644 --- a/csharp.md +++ b/csharp.md @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ up: "[[computer-language]]" # C\# C\# (read "C sharp", like the [[music-theory|musical]] symbol) -is modern high-level [[computer-language|programming language]] -supporting [[object-oriented-programing|object-oriented]] patterns. +is modern high-level programming language +supporting [[object-oriented-programming|object-oriented]] patterns. It is the sane man's Java. diff --git a/digital-garden-homepage.md b/digital-garden-homepage.md index 7f6ad0b..f1a12cd 100644 --- a/digital-garden-homepage.md +++ b/digital-garden-homepage.md @@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ see [[complaints]] for how you can help me fix it. ### Broken Links -The private repository from which this site is built includes copyrighted materials, +The private repository from which this site is built includes copyrighted materials. (which I own and have personally digitized, as is my right, supported by case law) -of note, nearly the entirety of the [[nfpa-70_national-electric-code|NEC]], -which [[conductor-sizing]] and [[alternating-current]] frequently reference. -Because this website is public I choose not to publish those materials here, +Of note, nearly the entirety of the [[nfpa-70_national-electric-code|NEC]], +which topics of [[electrical-construction]] frequently reference. +Because this website is public I do not publish those materials here, if for no other reason than so my Vercel and GitHub accounts aren't banned. Even if these links don't work, it should still be possible to find the referenced sections from the display text. diff --git a/earned-value-management.md b/earned-value-management.md index e547086..73e7190 100644 --- a/earned-value-management.md +++ b/earned-value-management.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags: --- # Earned Value Management -Earned value management (EVM) +[Earned value management (EVM)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_value_management) is a [[project-management]] technique ... diff --git a/lilypond.md b/lilypond.md index ebde53c..e34c59b 100644 --- a/lilypond.md +++ b/lilypond.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ tags: - type/encyclopedia-entry title: LilyPond +up: "[[computer-language]]" --- # LilyPond diff --git a/my-interests.md b/my-interests.md index e1233be..b1885d6 100644 --- a/my-interests.md +++ b/my-interests.md @@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ up: "[[zane-meyers]]" * [[ergonomics]] * [[poetry]] * [[music]] +* [[food-preservation]] + * fermenting + * pickling + * canning diff --git a/nfpa-70_240_overcurrent-protection.md b/nfpa-70_240_overcurrent-protection.md index 9a59a18..31376a8 100644 --- a/nfpa-70_240_overcurrent-protection.md +++ b/nfpa-70_240_overcurrent-protection.md @@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ Feeder and branch-circuit conductors shall be protected at the point the conduct For feeder taps specified in 240.21(B)(2), (B)(3), and (B)(4), the tap conductors shall be permitted to be sized in accordance with Table 240.92(B). -Table 240.92(B) Tap Conductor Short-Circuit Current Ratings +##### Table 240.92(B) Tap Conductor Short-Circuit Current Ratings Tap conductors are considered to be protected under short-circuit conditions when their short-circuit temperature limit is not exceeded. @@ -1212,15 +1212,15 @@ Conductor heating under short-circuit conditions is determined by (1) or (2): * (1) _Short-Circuit Formula for Copper Conductors_ - $$ - (I^2|A^2)t = 0.0297 \log_{10} [(T_{2} + 234)/(T_{1} + 234)] - $$ + $$ + (I^2|A^2)t = 0.0297 \log_{10} [(T_{2} + 234)/(T_{1} + 234)] + $$ * (2) _Short-Circuit Formula for Aluminum Conductor_ - $$ - (I^2|A^2)t = 0.0125 \log_{10} [(T_{2} + 228)/(T_{1} + 228)] - $$ + $$ + (I^2|A^2)t = 0.0125 \log_{10} [(T_{2} + 228)/(T_{1} + 228)] + $$ where: diff --git a/object-oriented-programing-for-construction-estimating.md b/object-oriented-programming-for-construction-estimating.md similarity index 100% rename from object-oriented-programing-for-construction-estimating.md rename to object-oriented-programming-for-construction-estimating.md diff --git a/python.md b/python.md index f9840ef..6b5f5e5 100644 --- a/python.md +++ b/python.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Python tags: - type/encyclopedia-entry - - up: "[[computer-language]]" +up: "[[computer-language]]" --- # Python diff --git a/timestamped/2026-05-07_17-06-19.md b/timestamped/2026-05-07_17-06-19.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e356a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/timestamped/2026-05-07_17-06-19.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +id: 2026-05-07T17:06:19-0400 +title: 2026-05-07 17:06:19 +tags: [] +daily: "[[2026-05-07]]" +--- +# 2026-05-07 17:06:19 + +I need to do more research on [[earned-value-management]]. +There ought to be no shortage of literature on the subject. + +I'm most interested in the use of [[incentives]] +to improve field buy-in and engagement, +which I generally expect to be low +for efforts to measure productivity. + +> Other fixed earning rules such as a 25/75 rule or 20/80 rule are gaining favor, +> because they assign more weight to finishing work than for starting it, +> but they also motivate the project team to identify when an element of work is started, +> which can improve awareness of work-in-progress.[^1] + +[^1]: diff --git a/wishlist.md b/wishlist.md index f6d6361..c412b23 100644 --- a/wishlist.md +++ b/wishlist.md @@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ up: "[[my-things]]" ## One Per Year * [ ] [[e-ink-tablet]] -* [ ] 61-key midi controller (M-AUDIO Keystation 61 MK3, Nektar Impact GXP61) +* [x] 61-key midi controller (M-AUDIO Keystation 61 MK3, Nektar Impact GXP61) * [ ] printer