From 986fef26666b294b262acfc3dd9b27b7f96f4b7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zane Meyers Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 21:47:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2026-05-06 21:47:24 --- README.md | 2 +- ace-electric-inc.md | 7 ++++++ banjo-tablatures.md | 2 +- borges_1946_exactitude.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ heuristics.md | 1 + pdf.md | 10 +++++++++ timestamped/2025-10-15_09-32-00.md | 5 ++--- timestamped/2025-11-04_14-52-05.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-11-06_18-12-00.md | 6 ++--- timestamped/2025-11-10_10-40-00.md | 3 ++- timestamped/2025-11-10_11-14-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-11-10_20-00-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-11-11_00-00-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-11-11_06-06-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-11-13_13-25-27.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++---------- timestamped/2025-11-16_08-09-00.md | 7 +++--- timestamped/2025-11-18_16-33-00.md | 4 +++- timestamped/2025-11-20_08-46-00.md | 4 +++- timestamped/2025-12-02_10-40-00.md | 1 + timestamped/2025-12-02_10-57-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-12-02_13-20-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2025-12-03_15-54-22.md | 5 +---- timestamped/2025-12-04_09-51-17.md | 1 - timestamped/2025-12-18_15-22-00.md | 3 ++- timestamped/2025-12-19_10-44-01.md | 2 +- timestamped/2026-01-02_10-10-18.md | 2 ++ timestamped/2026-01-07_10-03-00.md | 2 +- timestamped/2026-01-09_10-00-03.md | 4 ++++ timestamped/2026-01-09_12-00-00.md | 4 ++++ timestamped/2026-01-13_11-28-14.md | 3 ++- timestamped/2026-03-19_09-00-43.md | 2 +- timestamped/2026-05-04_06-36-50.md | 2 +- 32 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) create mode 100644 ace-electric-inc.md create mode 100644 borges_1946_exactitude.md create mode 100644 pdf.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e7761ce..dc651fc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ novel syntax implemented by Obsidian plugins should be avoided. ## Organization All notes are located in the main directory. -[[tags]] are used for filtering. +%% [Heterarchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterarchy) %% ## Setup from Scratch diff --git a/ace-electric-inc.md b/ace-electric-inc.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0394ed7 --- /dev/null +++ b/ace-electric-inc.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +--- +aliases: + - Ace +title: Ace Electric, Inc. +tags: [] +--- +# Ace Electric, Inc. diff --git a/banjo-tablatures.md b/banjo-tablatures.md index dbf58a4..8c73ec1 100644 --- a/banjo-tablatures.md +++ b/banjo-tablatures.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tags: ## Engraving Don engraves his tabs with [TablEdit](http://www.tabledit.com/). -The PDF output is cramped and terribly inconsistent. +The [[pdf|PDF]] output is cramped and terribly inconsistent. I'd like to rewrite as many of Don's and any other tabs I can find in [[lilypond|LilyPond]]. diff --git a/borges_1946_exactitude.md b/borges_1946_exactitude.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d87befd --- /dev/null +++ b/borges_1946_exactitude.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +title: On Exactitude in Science +tags: + - exclude-from-word-count + - type/media +creator: + - type: author + text: Jorge Luis Borges + - type: translator + text: Andrew Hurley +year: 1946 +--- +# On Exactitude in Science + +...In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection +that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, +and the map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. +In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, +and the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire +whose size was that of the Empire, +and which coincided point for point with it. +The following Generations, +who were not so fond of the Study of Cartography as their Forebears had been, +saw that that vast Map was Useless, +and not without some Pitilessness was it, +that they delivered it up to the Inclemencies of Sun and Winters. +In the Deserts of the West, still today, +there are Tattered Ruins of that Map, +inhabited by Animals and Beggars; +in all the Land there is no other Relic of the Disciplines of Geography. + +---Suarez Miranda, +_Viajes de varones prudentes_, Libro IV, Cap. XLV, +Lérida, 1658 diff --git a/heuristics.md b/heuristics.md index 1e7dab0..bd518b6 100644 --- a/heuristics.md +++ b/heuristics.md @@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ but instrumentalism is far more practical. * [Map--territory relation - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map%E2%80%93territory_relation) * "Mistaking the map for the territory" (logical fallacy) +* [Bonini's paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonini%27s_paradox) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/pdf.md b/pdf.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..401ccae --- /dev/null +++ b/pdf.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +aliases: + - PDF +title: Portable Document Format (PDF) +tags: [] +up: "[[computer-language]]" +--- +# Portable Document Format (PDF) + + diff --git a/timestamped/2025-10-15_09-32-00.md b/timestamped/2025-10-15_09-32-00.md index 1a27d43..3c070de 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-10-15_09-32-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-10-15_09-32-00.md @@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ Content extracted from [[wiring-method-selection]], timestamp based on my teams message to Joel. %% -## Vanderbilt Central Neighborhood Residential College Spec Interpretation - -[[vanderbilt-central-neighborhood-residential-college]] +Spec interpretation question +relevant to [[vanderbilt-central-neighborhood-residential-college]]: > [!cite] Project Specifications (pp.) > Fittings for Type EMT Duct Raceways: diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-04_14-52-05.md b/timestamped/2025-11-04_14-52-05.md index 6b09df4..d5c8e76 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-04_14-52-05.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-04_14-52-05.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ daily: "[[2025-11-04]]" [[estimating-director-review]] for [[belle-meade-plaza]] lead by [[corwin-fluit]], -attended by [[joel-jansen]] and myself. +attended by [[joel-jansen]] and [[zane-meyers|myself]]. #### Takeoff Review diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-06_18-12-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-06_18-12-00.md index a78357f..0963ef9 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-06_18-12-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-06_18-12-00.md @@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ Anecdote criticizing the common adversarial model of subcontractor-GC relations (or more generally contractor-customer) in [[construction-contracting]]. -My position is that -deliberately hiding information from the customer +My position is that deliberately hiding information from the customer (lacking [[transparency]] in interactions) -always costs the contractor -more than they stand to gain from it. +always costs the contractor more than they stand to gain from it. %% I might be reprimanded for the things I've said about deceptive bid practices diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-10_10-40-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-10_10-40-00.md index 31e53e4..77968c5 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-10_10-40-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-10_10-40-00.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ daily: "[[2025-11-10]]" --- # 2025-11-10 10:40:?? -A significant change from Ace to PDI in my mentality during takeoff +A significant change from [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]] to [[power-design-inc|PDI]] +in my mentality during takeoff is that I now tend to expect that (within reason) "holes" in takeoff scripts are _intentional omissions_, not holes in cost coverage. diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-10_11-14-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-10_11-14-00.md index 01210eb..4888a28 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-10_11-14-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-10_11-14-00.md @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ of [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Exposed (as applied to wiring methods).|exposed]] and [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Dwelling, Multifamily.|dwelling]], 334.12(A)(2) can be paraphrased as follows: -> [!cite] [[nfpa-70_334_nm-cable#334.12(A) Types NM and NMC.|NEC 334.12(A)(2)]], pp. +> [!cite] [[nfpa-70_334_nm-cable#334.12(A) Types NM and NMC.|NEC 334.12(A)(2)]] (pp.) > Types NM and NMC cable are not permitted to be installed > in accessible spaces above suspended ceilings, > _except in buildings containing one or more dwelling units._ diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-10_20-00-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-10_20-00-00.md index c40d32c..d84b7fc 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-10_20-00-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-10_20-00-00.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ about what's correct that don't change just because a senior says they should, is a good sign. I can't remember now if I knew it before today, -but my relationship with Dale, my former manager, +but my relationship with [[dale-flythe|Dale]], my former manager, while never "good", was much improved when I started pushing back on his direction and feedback. I became an estimator, where before I was just someone who diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-11_00-00-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-11_00-00-00.md index 558fe84..266d015 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-11_00-00-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-11_00-00-00.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ daily: "[[2025-11-11]]" --- # 2025-11-11 ??:??:?? -> [!quote] [[joel-jansen]] 2025-11-11, pp. +> [!quote] [[joel-jansen]] 2025-11-11 (pp.) > > For N5-15R/N5-20R receptacles serving fixed equipment such as: > diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-11_06-06-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-11_06-06-00.md index 20a78ec..0e82d79 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-11_06-06-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-11_06-06-00.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ _Tuesday Morning, Before Work_ One of the most appealing aspects of [[construction-estimating]] to me is the dynamic we have with our employers. -my experience was at [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]] that estimators act like, +my experience at [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]] was that estimators act like, and are treated like good artists, like loveable little scamps who always get into trouble, but you keep them around because they do good work. diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-13_13-25-27.md b/timestamped/2025-11-13_13-25-27.md index d093a36..83fa984 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-13_13-25-27.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-13_13-25-27.md @@ -6,23 +6,33 @@ tags: - type/minutes title: ConEst Training Agenda --- -# ConEst Training Agenda +# 2025-11-13 13:25:27 -## Day 1 +## ConEst Training Agenda + +%% +Agenda I hastily assembled +for training a project engineer +on [[conest|ConEst]] processes. +%% + +### Day 1 %% Started ~13:45 %% -### 2100 Crystal Drive +#### 2100 Crystal Drive -#### Deliverables +%% [[2100-crystal-drive]] %% + +##### Deliverables * [x] WBS Area Breakouts * [x] Unit Matrix -* [ ] Accubid/LiveCount setup +* [ ] [[accubid|Accubid]]/LiveCount setup -#### Sequence +##### Sequence 1. Find BPM * State, building type @@ -46,9 +56,9 @@ Started ~13:45 * look in electrical, arch; compare. * paste to Accubid Typicals -## Day 2 +### Day 2 -### Sequence +#### Sequence 1. Trainee to repeat process from [[#Day 1]] on [[#Howard University East Towers]]. @@ -58,17 +68,19 @@ Started ~13:45 3. Trainer to explain OneNote -### Howard University East Towers +#### Howard University East Towers -#### Deliverables +%% [[howard-university-east-towers]] %% + +##### Deliverables * [ ] WBS Area Breakouts * [ ] Unit Matrix * [ ] Accubid/LiveCount setup -### Revisit 2100 Crystal Drive +#### Revisit 2100 Crystal Drive -#### Finish TrimbleConnect Setup +##### Finish TrimbleConnect Setup * Back to TrimbleConnect * split and add Drawings diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-16_08-09-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-16_08-09-00.md index 08dc446..9e71303 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-16_08-09-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-16_08-09-00.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ trying to [[learn-shorthand]], I was growing frustrated with the terminology the text uses to express English phonology. -I found a great article: -[Guess What? They're ALL Silent Letters!](https://mbsteven.edublogs.org/2018/05/05/guess-what-theyre-all-silent-letters/) +I found a great article that effectively expresses the pain I feel -every time someone says "silent e". +every time someone says "silent e": + +[Guess What? They're ALL Silent Letters!](https://mbsteven.edublogs.org/2018/05/05/guess-what-theyre-all-silent-letters/) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-18_16-33-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-18_16-33-00.md index 7bd1f63..bdb97ee 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-18_16-33-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-18_16-33-00.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ daily: "[[2025-11-18]]" %% Transcription of notes -taken while reviewing [[elliott-st-hotel]] with [[joel-jansen]]. +taken while observing +[[joel-jansen]]'s [[conest-senior-review]] +of [[elliott-st-hotel]] %% Adorne USB Heating Designation was built with standard device. diff --git a/timestamped/2025-11-20_08-46-00.md b/timestamped/2025-11-20_08-46-00.md index 4701314..8ec6921 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-11-20_08-46-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-11-20_08-46-00.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ daily: "[[2025-11-20]]" ## Elliot St. WBS Prep -[[elliott-st-hotel]] +%% +Follow-up to [[2025-11-18_16-33-00]]. +%% MC multi-circuit homeruns have makeup included ($\text{Length} \times 1.1$) diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-40-00.md b/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-40-00.md index c754226..48077db 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-40-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-40-00.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ id: 2025-12-02T10:40:00-0500 title: 2025-12-02 10:40:?? tags: - topic/construction/electrical + - exclude-from-word-count daily: "[[2025-12-02]]" --- # 2025-12-02 10:40:?? diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-57-00.md b/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-57-00.md index c537715..d2faca8 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-57-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-02_10-57-00.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- id: 2025-12-02T10:57:00-0500 title: 2025-12-02 10:57:?? -tags: +tags: [] daily: "[[2025-12-02]]" --- # 2025-12-02 10:57:?? diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-02_13-20-00.md b/timestamped/2025-12-02_13-20-00.md index edaff67..cbaa416 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-02_13-20-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-02_13-20-00.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- id: 2025-12-02T13:20:00-0500 title: 2025-12-02 13:20:?? -tags: +tags: [] daily: "[[2025-12-02]]" --- # 2025-12-02 13:20:?? diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-03_15-54-22.md b/timestamped/2025-12-03_15-54-22.md index 96dfb6e..5028e2d 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-03_15-54-22.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-03_15-54-22.md @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ --- id: 2025-12-03T15:54:22-0500 title: 2025-12-03 15:54:22 -tags: - - status/draft - - topic/estimating - - topic/transparency +tags: [] daily: "[[2025-12-03]]" --- # 2025-12-03 15:54:22 diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-04_09-51-17.md b/timestamped/2025-12-04_09-51-17.md index cfb127a..fcb9557 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-04_09-51-17.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-04_09-51-17.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ id: 2025-12-04T09:51:17-0500 title: 2025-12-04 09:51:17 tags: - - status/draft - topic/automation daily: "[[2025-12-04]]" --- diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-18_15-22-00.md b/timestamped/2025-12-18_15-22-00.md index 2b081fb..d4e12cc 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-18_15-22-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-18_15-22-00.md @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ daily: "[[2025-12-18]]" --- # 2025-12-18 15:22:?? -PDI has moved up the schedule to transition to [[accubid|Accubid]] Anywhere +[[pdi-estimating]] has moved up the schedule +to transition to [[accubid|Accubid]] Anywhere and will be signing a contract with Trimble in late January. [Drawer AI | Automated Electrical Takeoff & Estimating](https://drawer.ai/) diff --git a/timestamped/2025-12-19_10-44-01.md b/timestamped/2025-12-19_10-44-01.md index 46b162a..f543b07 100644 --- a/timestamped/2025-12-19_10-44-01.md +++ b/timestamped/2025-12-19_10-44-01.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ daily: "[[2025-12-19]]" # 2025-12-19 10:44:?? [[2025w51|This week]] -William Bonn, as part of [[units-takeoff]] for Howard University East Towers, +William Bonn, as part of [[units-takeoff]] for [[howard-university-east-towers]], used an `Area` "Typical - Unit Balconies" for `Phase` "UNIT - RESIDENTIAL" takeoff. Our senior [[joel-jansen]] approved of the method. diff --git a/timestamped/2026-01-02_10-10-18.md b/timestamped/2026-01-02_10-10-18.md index 6008c20..64f7935 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-01-02_10-10-18.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-01-02_10-10-18.md @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ daily: "[[2026-01-02]]" ### Harborside Plaza 4 +%% [[harborside-plaza-4]] + #### TODO * [ ] [[electrical-takeoff|Electrical]] diff --git a/timestamped/2026-01-07_10-03-00.md b/timestamped/2026-01-07_10-03-00.md index 93f8049..c2ca09b 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-01-07_10-03-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-01-07_10-03-00.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ daily: "[[2026-01-07]]" %% Speculation about the meaning of [[construction]] terminology -as understood by other contractors. +as understood by other [[construction-contracting|contractors]]. %% At [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]], diff --git a/timestamped/2026-01-09_10-00-03.md b/timestamped/2026-01-09_10-00-03.md index e17d1fa..4c5e96c 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-01-09_10-00-03.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-01-09_10-00-03.md @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ as reviewed with [[joel-jansen]]: ### Lighting Control +Relevant to [[lighting-controls-takeoff]]: + I took off lighting per plans (E510) in spite of proposal stating "local control". Will have to be changed. @@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ Units ### Fixtures +Relevant to [[fixtures-takeoff]]: + > [!failure] > Several fixtures were erroneously based on NM cable. diff --git a/timestamped/2026-01-09_12-00-00.md b/timestamped/2026-01-09_12-00-00.md index a10051e..fe8049a 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-01-09_12-00-00.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-01-09_12-00-00.md @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ daily: "[[2026-01-09]]" --- # 2026-01-09 12:00:?? +%% +Exact ratios of Greegorian calendar units. +%% + $$ \begin{gather*} \frac{146097}{400} = 365.2425~\text{Days Per Year} \ diff --git a/timestamped/2026-01-13_11-28-14.md b/timestamped/2026-01-13_11-28-14.md index a71b5a6..a0542af 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-01-13_11-28-14.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-01-13_11-28-14.md @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ attended by [[joel-jansen]] and myself. #### Lighting Control -Follow up to [[2026-01-09_10-00-03#Lighting Control]] +Follow-up to [[2026-01-09_10-00-03#Lighting Control]]. +Relevant to [[lighting-controls-takeoff]]. Josh stated my takeoff was correct per drawings, but that concessions would need to be made for the scope diff --git a/timestamped/2026-03-19_09-00-43.md b/timestamped/2026-03-19_09-00-43.md index 1184700..7ed39a5 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-03-19_09-00-43.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-03-19_09-00-43.md @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Intent is to have conversations before contract There will be bad estimates, bad proposals, but ConEst's role is to prevent PDI _from making bad deals_ -> [!quote] [[joel-jansen]], pp. +> [!quote] [[joel-jansen]] (pp.) > Similar could be said by Ops about ConEst. > ~~They have more time than us~~ diff --git a/timestamped/2026-05-04_06-36-50.md b/timestamped/2026-05-04_06-36-50.md index f70d29d..5105a69 100644 --- a/timestamped/2026-05-04_06-36-50.md +++ b/timestamped/2026-05-04_06-36-50.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Evidence for the theory seems to come down to two points: While it only appears to mess with space in the book, it didn't feel like a stretch at all to imagine that the entity had moved Zampanò from a different timeline, - or better yet, deleted all evidence of its existence + or better yet, deleted all evidence of its own existence (present in _The Navidson Record_ and Zampanò's sources). * **Zampanò is personally invested in _The Navidson Record_.**