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@@ -37,3 +37,26 @@ All notes are located in the main directory.
 For steps to clone this vault
 and setup Git, see [[windows-setup]].
 ## License
 As a rule, I commit all my work to the public domain.
 See [[UNLICENSE]] for legalese to that effect.
 > [!danger]
 > This repository contains significant portions of work by other authors.
 > While I take pains to ensure they are all properly attributed,
 > this notebook is of a scale that I can not be sure nothing has slipped through the cracks.
 > Despite my sincere belief that intellectual property is a bourgeoisie myth,
 > it is not my intent to violate any laws enforcing it.
 >
 > [[UNLICENSE]] applies only to files and portions of files that are my own original work.
 > It does not grant rights to reproduce, modify, or redistribute third-party content included herein. 
 > Users are responsible for complying with the licenses of any third-party material.
 ## Attribution
 Please do not credit my work
 unless you are obligated to by formal standards.
 Even then only if you can't get away with it.
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
 This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
 Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish,
 use, compile, sell, or distribute this software,
 either in source code form or as a compiled binary,
 for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
 In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws,
 the author or authors of this software
 dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain.
 We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large
 and to the detriment of our heirs and successors.
 We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment
 in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS",
 WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE
 FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
 WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
 ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
 OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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 title: C#
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  - type/encyclopedia-entry
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 # C\#
 C\# (read "C sharp", like the [[music-theory|musical]] symbol)
 It is the sane man's Java.
 I have an unhealthy relationship with C\#.
 I'm bad at it, I can never make it do what I want,
 but I always blame myself for its shortcomings.
 C\#/.NET naming conventions are excellent.
 Methods and variables are almost never abbreviated,
 and `PascalCase` is God's gift to the world.
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 # Earned Value Management
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 title: Ergonomics
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 # Ergonomics
 > [!info]
 > The words "ergonomic" and "ergonomics"
 > represent a considerable portion of my vocabulary.
 > If I have a special interest, it's ergonomics.
 [^1]: [What is Ergonomics? - The International Ergonomics Association](https://iea.cc/about/what-is-ergonomics/)
 ## Physical Ergonomics
 > [!quote]
 > _Physical ergonomics_ is concerned with human anatomical,
 > anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics
 > as they relate to physical activity.
 > (Relevant topics include working postures, materials handling,
 > repetitive movements, work-related musculoskeletal disorders,
 > workplace layout, physical safety and health.)[^1]
 %%
 Worker to Self
 This one is not a big deal to me,
 beyond 
 %%
 ## Cognitive Ergonomics
 > [!quote]
 > _Cognitive ergonomics_ is concerned with mental processes,
 > such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response,
 > as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system.
 > (Relevant topics include mental workload, decision making,
 > skilled performance, human-computer interaction,
 > human reliability, work stress, and training
 > as these may relate to human-system design.)[^1]
 %%
 Worker to System
 %%
 ## Organizational Ergonomics
 > [!quote]
 > _Organizational ergonomics_ is concerned with the optimization of sociotechnical systems,
 > including their organizational structures, policies, and processes.
 > (Relevant topics include communication, crew resource management,
 > work design, design of working times, teamwork, participatory design,
 > community ergonomics, cooperative work, new work paradigms,
 > virtual organizations, telework, and quality management.)[^1]
 %%
 Worker to Worker
 %%
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 # Project Management
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 # Python
 I have a love-hate relationship with Python
 truly my first love was [[csharp|C#]], who can do no wrong.
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 while they may seem disparate in a vacuum,
 are all fundamental to a greater understanding of the whole.
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 ## TALK
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ but that aren't widely understood to be.
 Relating to mathematical and abstract concepts of [[risk]].
-### #topic/organization
+### #topic/ergonomics/organizational
 On the subject of [[optimal-patterns]] for processes
 of varying importance.
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 title: Ulysses
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  - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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 # Ulysses
 It little profits that an idle king, \
 By this still hearth, among these barren crags, \
 Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole \
 Unequal laws unto a savage race, \
 That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. \
 I cannot rest from travel; I will drink \
 Life to the lees. All times I have enjoy'd \
 Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those \
 That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when \
 Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades \
 Vext the dim sea. I am become a name; \
 For always roaming with a hungry heart \
 Much have I seen and known,--- cities of men \
 And manners, climates, councils, governments, \
 Myself not least, but honor'd of them all,--- \
 And drunk delight of battle with my peers, \
 Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. \
 I am a part of all that I have met; \
 Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' \
 Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fades \
 For ever and for ever when I move. \
 How dull it is to pause, to make an end, \
 To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! \
 As tho' to breathe were life! Life piled on life \
 Were all too little, and of one to me \
 Little remains; but every hour is saved
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 # 2026-02-27 17:11:14
 I confidently identified a cormorant
 from a peripheral glance while I was driving.
 I wondered how I was able to distinguish it from the very similar anhinga
 (also a black diving bird with a yellow beak and of the same size)
 despite the distance and poor focus of the sighting,
 and I believe it was the silhouette.
 While on the water's surface,
 Cormorants swim like geese or swans, with a S-shaped neck,
 where anhingas stretch their necks out forward
 with an upward angle to their beaks.
 It's because of this difference in posture
 that I associate cormorants with pride and dignity,
 where anhingas seem more to me
 like they're barely hanging on to their niche.
 I'm reminded of a conversation I had recently with a peer.
 They stated (as I interpreted it)
 that despite how popular it is to pretend otherwise,
 animals do not experience emotion
 in any way meaningfully similar to our own perception.
 To which I agree.
 Certainly cormorants do not feel pride,
 nor do anhingas feel the insecurity I project onto them.
 but sometimes lies are more useful than truth.
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 # 2026-02-27 17:48:43
 I've meant to ask my peers who read these notes
 how they feel about my using "my peer"
 rather than their names,
 even when my paraphrasing is so specific
 as to leaves no doubt of authorship.
 I'd figured I'd respect their wishes on the matter,
 but thinking about what my reasoning must have been
 (before it became consistency)
 I'll probably keep doing it anyway,
 however I feel I owe them an explanation.
 These peers sound like you, but they are not.
 They are characters of my imagining,
 their actions and beliefs
 subject to the whims of the narrative.
 You'll find that they tend to reinforce my own beliefs
 more often than you would.
 Ambiguous attribution is how I hint that an interaction is embellished
 without harshing the whimsy.
 And another thing:
 The people that I do this for I think aloud with,
 speaking with the understanding that I will say things
 that are ill advised or poorly reasoned.
 I've said before I'd rather not be credited for my ideas,
 not least because ideas are free and I am nothing if not frugal.
 If y'all properly cited me
 on some of the dumb shit I say in implied confidence,
 I'd cry.
 In conclusion:
 You could call it plagiarism, but I'd disagree.
 _Intellectual dishonesty_ I'll grant,
 so long as you agree it's tasteful, or at least fun.
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 # 2026-02-27 19:00:57
 ## Attribution
 > [!info]
 > This is a more objective explanation of my opinion on attribution
 > see the previous note [[2026-02-27_17-48-43]]
 > for a less formal discussion.
 >[!quote] [[README#Attribution]]
 > ## Attribution
 > 
 > Please do not credit my work
 > unless you are obligated to by formal standards.
 I'll concede that I hold this preference
 in large part _because_ it's unpopular,
 but let it not be said that I don't have reasons.
 The academic value of written work is,
 with very few exceptions,[^1]
 independent of its author.
 [^1]: Testimony of firsthand witnesses to events,
    though biases and the deterioration of memory
    make it not so much better than baseless speculation
    when compared to video evidence.
 This point is not controversial,
 it is understood that Warren Buffet's analysis of the stock market can be flawed
 even though he is a very successful trader.
 If despite this you
 I am lead to two conclusions:
 1. you believe the author's person is relevant (you are foolish)
 2. you believe _I_ believe the author's person is relevant (you believe I am foolish)
 But I rarely believe either of these in earnest
 because the fallibility of experts is almost universally understood.
 I'm not educated, but I've known many subject matter experts;
 electricians that have been so
 for over half as long as the profession has existed in earnest.
 I have known them to be as fallible
 but I know you've been in my shoes
 and experienced the same in your own profession,
 so we can share this secret and recognize
 that no expert's word can be trusted
 on the merit of their "experience".
 > [!quote] John Dewey, _Experience and Education_ (1938)
 > Experience is inevitable, learning is not.[^2]
 Damn it.
 [^2]: Dewey never says this in _Experience and Education_,
    or really anything so quotable.
    It's a popular paraphrasing of ideas expressed throughout the book,
    however from a cursory reading it doesn't seem to be one
    Dewey would agree was especially relevant.
 This being the case, I'm lead to a secret third option:
 3. You believe the idea is relevant,
    but want to deny responsibility for its application.
 Lorem ipsum set amet...
 I consider it a glowing endorsement
 when my ideas are thought good enough by others to claim as their own,
 and I'm tempted to say that those frustrated by the same
 need an ego adjustment.
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 # 2026-02-28 07:59:45
 ### Legitimate Genres
 #### Pop
 Pop music is defined by inoffensive themes and melodies.
 "Pop" alone is not a complete genre.
 ##### Avant-Pop
 ##### Hypnagogic Pop
 * Jack Stauber
 ##### Chamber Pop
 * The High Llamas
 ##### Dream Pop
 * The Marías
 * Hibou
 ##### Indie Pop
 * Sub Urban
 ##### Bedroom Pop
 * ivri
 ##### Synth-Pop
 * Crystal Castles
 #### Rap
 ##### Cloud Rap
 * Een Glish
 ##### Emo Rap
 * Grim Salvo
 ##### Scream Rap
 * femtanyl
 #### Rock
 ##### Alternative Rock
 * Nirvana
 * Softcult
 ##### Indie Rock
 * Hockey Dad
 ##### Pop Rock
 ##### Soft Rock
 #### Heavy Metal
 ##### Trap Metal
 Grim Salvo
 #### Punk
 ##### Post-Punk
 * Alone in My Room
 * Jfarrari
 * Молчат Дома (Molchat Doma)
 #### Folk
 ##### Indie Folk
 * Annabelle Dinda
 * Emerson Woolf & the Wishbones
 * The Crane Wives
 #### Jazz
 ##### Acid Jazz
 #### Blues
 ##### Country Blues
 * Bonnie Raitt
 ### False Genres
 #### Grunge
 Grunge is typical of time, place, and aesthetic
 (1990's Seattle dirty punk), not musical elements.
 Nirvana is Alternative Rock,
 Alice in Chains is Heavy Metal.
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 # 2026-02-28 12:02:03
 It is difficult to express how _little_ Accubid does for the user.
 Except for LiveCount and SupplierLink
 (which are separate programs anyhow)
 100% of its functionality could be replicated with database queries.
 This trait is not unique to Accubid,[^1]
 what is unique (and uniquely frustrating)
 is how little the workflow would change if it was. 
 [^1]: Programs like this are called CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) apps.
 If you were to replace the Takeoff tab with a command prompt,
 this is what it would look like to take off (2) receptacles:
 ```sql
 INSERT INTO Takeoff (drawing,area,phase,system,bid_item,labor_factor,assembly,length,count)
 VALUES ('E1.01','Level 01','BOH','Electrical','Building','Standard','DUPLEX REC',0,2);
 ```
 Given the option, I'd already pick the console;
 but I'm aware I'm an outlier.
 Consider though, that ...
 Not to mention that such a schema would allow mouse-less takeoff,
 a considerable boon for [[ergonomics]].
 ***
 I get strange looks when I suggest that construction estimating could be fun.
 Truly I believe it _would_ be fun,
 except for the total absence of [skeuomorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph),
 interfaces designed to resemble their physical counterparts.
 > ![[level-selector.jpg|400]]
 > Mock-up of a level selection interface,
 > perhaps for quickly creating typicals.
 %%
 ```
   |     Roof     |
   |   Level 15   |
   ⭍ Levels 04-14 ⭍
   |   Level 03   |
   |   Level 02   |
 ___|   Level 01   |___
   |   Level G1   |
 ```
 %%