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enough times independently
that I would likely benefit from it.
I added [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand|a book]]
I added [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand|a book]]
on [[shorthand#Gregg Notehand]]
to my calibre library.
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#topic/hobbies/shorthand #topic/hobbies/writing
Yesterday evening,
while I was reading [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand]],
while I was reading [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand]],
for the first time practicing its lessons,
trying to [[learn-shorthand]],
I was growing frustrated with the terminology the text uses
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id:
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title: 2025-12-12
tags:
- authorship/original
- destiny/permanent
- status/draft
- type/daily
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# 2025-12-12
## 2025-12-12 09:38
A humorous exchange between a peer in estimating and myself:
> **Peer:** "Your research will one day cure estimator's brain,
> a disease sweeping across \[our\] floor"
>
> **Me:** "if you ask me-I mean my friend-it's quite rare actually"
>
> **Peer:** "more data will be needed before a strong conclusion can be made"
>
> **Me:** "damn it's got you too"
My response was meant to imply that,
among those employed as estimators,
knowledge of and application of scientific methods are rare.
I wonder though if it would have been more apt
to reply "you're in the clear" or something to that effect,
implying that one with estimator brain
would make decisions based on limited data.
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title: Auction Theory
tags: []
tags:
- authorship/original
- destiny/permanent
- topic/strategy
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# Auction Theory
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## Scope
This note is intended to describe bid process strategy
especially in terms of [[auction-theory]],
which specifically addresses the competitive bid format
typical of construction project award,
and [[actuarial-science]], ...
especially in terms of
See [[bad-bid-practice]]
* [[auction-theory]],
which specifically addresses the competitive bid format
typical of construction project award, and
* [[actuarial-science]], ...
### Outside Factors Influencing Bid Price
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id:
aliases: []
title: Breakdown Objects
tags:
- authorship/original
- destiny/fleeting
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- topic/estimating
- topic/software
- type/idea
title: Breakdown Objects
---
# Breakdown Objects
@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ equipment of the same type is assumed to be evenly spaced.
![[location-vs-scope.excalidraw]]
MDPB is physically _located_ in "Bldg A",
but serves only loads in "Bldg B".
MDPB is physically _located_ in Building A,
but serves only loads in Building B.
```
location = "Bldg A"
scope = "Bldg B"
location = Buildings["Building A"]
scope = Buildings["Building B"]
```
Were Building B removed from the contract scope,
it can be expected that MDPB would be as well.
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## Pigtail Adaptors
![[burndy-AYP300_pigtail-adaptor.png|201x201]]
Pigtail adaptors are used where feeder wires exceed the range of terminal lugs.
Pigtail adaptors are used where wire size exceeds the range of terminal lugs.
They are crimped onto the stripped end of the conductor.
> [!info]
> "Pigtail adaptor" is the most common name and spelling for the device,
> "Pigtail adaptor" is (unfortunately)
> the most common name and spelling for the device,
> however it's something of a misnomer,
> having nothing to do with pigtails (a short length of wire),
> the name likely stemming from the device being used _in lieu_ of a pigtail.
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> * Theatrical Switchboard
> * Stage Switchboard
![[company-switch.png|500x625]]
Company switches are lighting control equipment
unique to performance venues
like those subject to [[nfpa-70_520_theaters]]
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- destiny/permanent
- status/incomplete
- topic/math
- topic/strategy
- type/encyclopedia
---
# Game Theory
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# _Gregg Notehand_
Gregg Notehand is a simplified form of Gregg Shorthand.
It is described in the namesake [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand]]
It is described in the namesake [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand]]
This note is a description and critique
of both the book and the shorthand,
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Totally unacceptable for a proposed alternative alphabet,
but then the text does not understand that's what it's proposing.
> [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> **Silent letters omitted.**
> In the English language many words contain letters that are not pronounced.
> In Notehand these silent letters are omitted,
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***
> [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> Gregg Notehand is easy to learn---easier, actually, than longhand. Why?
> In longhand, there are many different ways of writing a given letter;
> in Gregg Notehand, there is only one way.
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## Gregg Notehand
Gregg Notehand is a simplified form of Gregg Shorthand.
It is described in the namesake [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand]]
It is described in the namesake [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand]]
### Critiques
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Totally unacceptable for a proposed alternative alphabet,
but then the text does not understand that's what it's proposing.
> [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> **Silent letters omitted.**
> In the English language many words contain letters that are not pronounced.
> In Notehand these silent letters are omitted,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ but then the text does not understand that's what it's proposing.
***
> [[Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand#2-8. Notehand principles]]
> Gregg Notehand is easy to learn---easier, actually, than longhand. Why?
> In longhand, there are many different ways of writing a given letter;
> in Gregg Notehand, there is only one way.
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### "High-Lows"
Empty in-wall pass through
from credenza location to behind television location.
`COMMON ASSEMBLIES`/`TELECOM SYSTEMS`/`UNIT DATA - TELECOM`/`HIGH-LOW - TV SCOOP 1 1/2" ENT - NO CABLE`
Eaton 35M2W
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### Commentary
I wrote this at about 4:00 this morning (2025-10-21)
I wrote this at about 2025-10-21 04:00
when I couldn't sleep.
#### Theme
At the time I thought the poem was very funny,
At the time I thought the poem was very funny:
it starts out morbid and death-negative,
then becomes touching,
then a sharp pivot to grotesque and absurd.
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"don't bother with burial or cremation,
just toss me in the woods",
but the convenience is negated by their second request,
a task that would be so ethically and technically difficult
a task that would be so ethically difficult
(not to mention technically difficult)
as to be impossible for almost all people.
To make the speaker's request
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### EMT Overhead
Set-screw fittings are [[best-practice]]
Set-screw fittings may not be acceptable.
Set-screw fittings are cheaper than compression,
but may not be acceptable.
> [!info]
> EMT has a third coupling type "indenter",
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#### Fire Rated Feeders
[[fire-resistive-wiring-methods-takeoff]]
PDI estimating practice is to run all "emergency" feeds
(life-safety or just standby)
in a 2-hour rated assembly.