diff --git a/2025-11-13.md b/2025-11-13.md index a0dd430..78e3158 100644 --- a/2025-11-13.md +++ b/2025-11-13.md @@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ I've decided I've considered learning [[shorthand]] 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. diff --git a/2025-11-16.md b/2025-11-16.md index 096e39a..0a5b8be 100644 --- a/2025-11-16.md +++ b/2025-11-16.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ title: 2025-11-16 #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 diff --git a/2025-12-12.md b/2025-12-12.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b3d3dd --- /dev/null +++ b/2025-12-12.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +id: +aliases: [] +title: 2025-12-12 +tags: + - authorship/original + - destiny/permanent + - status/draft + - type/daily +--- +# 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. diff --git a/auction-theory.md b/auction-theory.md index b7dceca..cd174dd 100644 --- a/auction-theory.md +++ b/auction-theory.md @@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ id: aliases: [] title: Auction Theory -tags: [] +tags: + - authorship/original + - destiny/permanent + - topic/strategy --- # Auction Theory diff --git a/bid-process-strategy.md b/bid-process-strategy.md index 8e5630e..9b0caf3 100644 --- a/bid-process-strategy.md +++ b/bid-process-strategy.md @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ tags: ## 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 diff --git a/breakdown-objects.md b/breakdown-objects.md index 2473213..50f20cd 100644 --- a/breakdown-objects.md +++ b/breakdown-objects.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- id: aliases: [] +title: Breakdown Objects tags: - authorship/original - destiny/fleeting @@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ tags: - 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. diff --git a/burndy-AYP300_pigtail-adaptor.png b/burndy-AYP300_pigtail-adaptor.png deleted file mode 100644 index 4cbceaf..0000000 Binary files a/burndy-AYP300_pigtail-adaptor.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/company-switch.png b/company-switch.png deleted file mode 100644 index bf53d6a..0000000 Binary files a/company-switch.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/distribution-equipment.md b/distribution-equipment.md index 5059234..6f0d353 100644 --- a/distribution-equipment.md +++ b/distribution-equipment.md @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ title: Distribution Equipment ## 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. @@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ Pigtail adaptors are used where feeder wires exceed the range of terminal lugs. > * 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]] diff --git a/game-theory.md b/game-theory.md index 0be5907..978f5b0 100644 --- a/game-theory.md +++ b/game-theory.md @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tags: - destiny/permanent - status/incomplete - topic/math + - topic/strategy - type/encyclopedia --- # Game Theory diff --git a/gregg-notehand.md b/gregg-notehand.md index 6f55877..1dceae0 100644 --- a/gregg-notehand.md +++ b/gregg-notehand.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tags: # _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, @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ and generally suffer from a facile understanding of phonology. 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, @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ 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. diff --git a/Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand.md b/leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand.md similarity index 96% rename from Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand.md rename to leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand.md index f27f66a..5d5af07 100644 --- a/Leslie_1968_Gregg-Notehand.md +++ b/leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand.md @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ year: 1968 ## 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 @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ and generally suffer from a facile understanding of phonology. 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. diff --git a/units-takeoff.md b/units-takeoff.md index 51c79d8..015adf6 100644 --- a/units-takeoff.md +++ b/units-takeoff.md @@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ Use standard MC assemblies for remaining devices. ### "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 diff --git a/when-i-die.md b/when-i-die.md index 23439de..7b6c2bd 100644 --- a/when-i-die.md +++ b/when-i-die.md @@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ when i die ### 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. @@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ they're letting the reader off easy: "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 diff --git a/wiring-method-selection.md b/wiring-method-selection.md index 10357a7..fb8ab39 100644 --- a/wiring-method-selection.md +++ b/wiring-method-selection.md @@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ may only be used where they will be concealed from view. ### 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", @@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ flowchart LR #### 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.