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2025-10-31.md

@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ splashed messily in the center of the pond while a lone stork looked on with
 the mix of judgement and reservation typical of the species.
 It was the first time I had left so late. I'll visit again tomorrow,
 hopefully I'll be able to get better pictures.
-I saw a few more around 17:00 walking around the pond after work. Some regu­-
-lars: an anhinga drying her wings after a swim; a flock of mallard hens following
+
+I saw a few more around 17:00 walking around the pond after work. Some regu­lars:
+an anhinga drying her wings after a swim; a flock of mallard hens following
 in case I had food; a tricolor heron, as flighty as if I were standing over it,
 and pointing a gun instead of my phone's camera; but I also saw a beautiful
 great blue heron (_Ardea herodias_)---which, despite the wide berth I gave it,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ today. They have absurdly large feet, moorso the juveniles.\*
 \*The common gallinule was formerly known as the common moorhen, only split from
 the Old World species (_Gallinula chloropus_) in July 2011. It may still be more
 widely known as "moorhen" , thus the pun.
+
 Today was a good day---I've been at this for a while, one second...
 
 ## 2025-10-31 19:48 --- Late Friday Evening, Halloween btw

2025-11-10.md

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ title: 2025-11-10
 
 I've been trying to be alone with my thoughts more
 recently. It's almost bizarre how working in silence
-for an hour makes the thought of music or an audio­-
-book seem overstimulating, It feels right, though.
+for an hour makes the thought of music or an audio­book
+seem overstimulating, It feels right, though.
+
 To want to converse with myself rather than let my
 superego be drowned out by appealing sounds or a
 fantasy story I've already heard, or obscure facts
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ about a game I've never played and never will.
 
 I still relapse, of course, a lifetime (albeit
 a short one) of unhealthy interaction with computers
-will do that, but I'm making quick -progress.
+will do that, but I'm making quick progress.
+
 I watched a video yesterday that suggested that
 it might be my growing understanding of computers
-rather than my self discipline-that's lead to this
+rather than my self discipline that's lead to this
 change in the dynamic between me and them. That,
 in understanding _how_ they function, I've turned
 them from _devices_ into _things_, which lack
@@ -71,11 +73,9 @@ when I noticed a strange paragraph:
 
 This analysis of 334.12(A)(2) is flawed.
 
-Based on
-
-* [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Exposed (as applied to wiring methods).]]
-* [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Dwelling, Multifamily.]]
-
+Based on the [[nfpa-70_100_definitions|Article 100]] definitions
+of [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Exposed (as applied to wiring methods).|exposed]]
+and [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Dwelling, Multifamily.|dwelling]],
 [[nfpa-70_334_nm-cable#334.12(A) Types NM and NMC.|334.12(A)(2)]]
 can be paraphrased as follows:
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ The prohibition of 334.12(A)(2) _never_ applies to apartments or condos,
 And only applies to hotels and dormitories on a basis of AHJ interpretation
 (See [[multi-family-dwellings#Are Hotels Multifamily Dwellings?]]).
 
-It's unclear to me if this a misunderstanding
-or a [[heuristics|rule of thumb]] to cover the case
+It's unclear to me if this a genuine misunderstanding
+or just a [[heuristics|rule of thumb]] to cover the case
 that guestrooms are not interpreted to be dwelling units.
 If it's the latter, I believe it's far too conservative
 to be used whole-cloth on all estimates.

2025-11-13.md

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+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+tags:
+  - type/daily
+title: 2025-11-13
+---
+# 2025-11-13
+
+## 2025-11-13 08:03
+
+I was thinking about recent critiques of my writing style
+and how they don't really apply to my speech,
+even though I don't imagine myself approaching them differently.
+
+I imagine I _would_ speak like I write,
+but that to use the same constructions
+would require a level of forethought
+that I'm not capable of under the pressure of conversation.
+
+## 2025-11-13 08:19
+
+I'm still working on articulating
+my main difficulty in the transition
+from Ace to PDI estimating.
+
+At a high level,
+it's that our process is built on _instrumental_ methods,
+but that it is frequently judged from a _realist_ perspective.
+See [[realism-vs-instrumentalism]].
+
+There may be a more accurate way to state this.
+[[2025-11-10#2025-11-10 11 14]] may be an example of a similar issue,
+where instrumental methods are presented as if they were realist,
+causing confusion when the methods are,
+as judged from a realist perspective, wrong.