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@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ neither are readily applicable to building construction.
     where "distance" is a measure of similarity
     and physical geometry is rarely considered.
 
-Of the two, pure math would be be preferred---being generally more rigorous---
+Of the two, pure math would be be preferred---
+being generally more rigorous---
 but the first bin far outweighs the second.
 See the difference in content from [geostatistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostatistics)
 to the conceivably far more broad [spatial statistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_statistics).
@@ -51,22 +52,21 @@ New Note: [[ambiguity]]
 
 A while ago I heard a minor coding influencer lament
 that frameworks, packages, and tools
-often have ridiculous sounding names
-
-> `bubble-tea` and `ratatui`,
-> libraries for creating CLI's, come to my mind
-
+often have ridiculous sounding names[^2]
 when, he suggests, they ought to just be called what they do.
 
-Unfortunately some people and organizations agree,
-giving us terms which mean both something very general
-and something very specific.
+[^2]: `bubble-tea` and `ratatui`
+    (libraries for creating CLI's) come to my mind
 
-> [[project-management-tm|"Project Management"]]
-> was my go to example, but weak
-> because it's difficult for me to articulate
-> the difference from construction project management
-> especially to someone un familiar with the specifics of either.
+Unfortunately some people and organizations agree with him,
+giving us terms which mean both something very general
+and something very specific.[^3]
+
+[^3]: [[project-management-tm|"Project Management"]]
+    was my go to example, but weak
+    because it's difficult for me to articulate
+    the difference from construction project management
+    especially to someone unfamiliar with the specifics of either.
 
 For lack of a better term I've been thinking of this as an SEO problem,
 but the bigger problem is that it invites [[ambiguity#Category Mistake|Category Mistake]],
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The two most dominant examples:
 * [[lighting-controls#^dmx|"Digital Multiplex (DMX)"]]
 
 while notably different in topology,
-are could both be described accurately with the other's name.
+could both be described accurately with the other's name.
 
 > It is possible to avoid this problem
 > without the effort necessary to come up with a clever name.