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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.