Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main'

.obsidian/community-plugins.json

@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
   "novel-word-count",
   "easy-copy",
   "anchor-display-text",
-  "calendar"
+  "calendar",
+  "periodic-notes"
 ]

.obsidian/core-plugins.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "tag-pane": true,
   "properties": true,
   "page-preview": true,
-  "daily-notes": true,
+  "daily-notes": false,
   "templates": true,
   "note-composer": true,
   "command-palette": true,

.obsidian/plugins/calendar/data.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "shouldConfirmBeforeCreate": true,
+  "shouldConfirmBeforeCreate": false,
   "weekStart": "locale",
   "wordsPerDot": 250,
   "showWeeklyNote": true,

.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/data.json

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   "library2": {
     "type": "excalidrawlib",
     "version": 2,
-    "source": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.16.1",
+    "source": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.18.3",
     "libraryItems": []
   },
   "imageElementNotice": true,

.obsidian/plugins/periodic-notes/data.json

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "showGettingStartedBanner": true,
+  "hasMigratedDailyNoteSettings": true,
+  "hasMigratedWeeklyNoteSettings": false,
+  "daily": {
+    "folder": "",
+    "template": "templates/daily",
+    "enabled": true
+  },
+  "weekly": {
+    "format": "",
+    "template": "",
+    "folder": "",
+    "enabled": true
+  },
+  "monthly": {
+    "format": "",
+    "template": "",
+    "folder": "",
+    "enabled": true
+  },
+  "quarterly": {
+    "format": "",
+    "template": "",
+    "folder": "",
+    "enabled": true
+  },
+  "yearly": {
+    "format": "",
+    "template": "",
+    "folder": "",
+    "enabled": true
+  }
+}

.obsidian/plugins/periodic-notes/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "id": "periodic-notes",
+  "name": "Periodic Notes",
+  "description": "Create/manage your daily, weekly, and monthly notes",
+  "version": "0.0.17",
+  "author": "Liam Cain",
+  "authorUrl": "https://github.com/liamcain/",
+  "isDesktopOnly": false,
+  "minAppVersion": "0.10.11"
+}

.obsidian/plugins/periodic-notes/styles.css

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.periodic-modal {
+  min-width: 40vw;
+}
+
+.settings-banner {
+  background-color: var(--background-primary-alt);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--background-modifier-border);
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+  margin-top: 1em;
+  padding: 1.5em;
+  text-align: left;
+}
+
+.settings-banner h3 {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.settings-banner h4 {
+  margin-bottom: 0.25em;
+}
+
+.has-error {
+  color: var(--text-error);
+}
+
+input.has-error {
+  color: var(--text-error);
+  border-color: var(--text-error);
+}

2025-12-06.md

@@ -12,34 +12,4 @@ title: 2025-12-06
 
 ## 2025-12-06 13:13
 
-### Intellectual Capital
+[[intellectual-capital]]
-
-#topic/organization
-
-> [!info] Also Known As
-> * Knowledge Capital
-
-> [!quote] [Knowledge Capital | Investopedia](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/knowledge-capital.asp)
-> The term **knowledge capital**
-> refers to the intangible value of an organization
-> made up of its knowledge, relationships,
-> learned techniques, procedures, and innovations.
-
-[Intellectual Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_capital)
-
-Intellectual Capital : Realizing Your Company's True Value by Finding Its Hidden Brainpower
-
-#### Human Capital
-
-[Human capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital "Human capital")
-
-#### Structural Capital
-
-[Structural capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_capital "Structural capital")
-
-#### Relational Capital
-
-> [!info] Also Known As
-> * Social Capital
-
-[Relational capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_capital "Relational capital")

2025-12-12.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ 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"
+> **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"
 >

2025-12-17.md

@@ -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
+often have ridiculous sounding names[^2]
-
-> `bubble-tea` and `ratatui`,
-> libraries for creating CLI's, come to my mind
-
 when, he suggests, they ought to just be called what they do.
 
-Unfortunately some people and organizations agree,
+[^2]: `bubble-tea` and `ratatui`
-giving us terms which mean both something very general
+    (libraries for creating CLI's) come to my mind
-and something very specific.
 
-> [[project-management-tm|"Project Management"]]
+Unfortunately some people and organizations agree with him,
-> was my go to example, but weak
+giving us terms which mean both something very general
-> because it's difficult for me to articulate
+and something very specific.[^3]
-> the difference from construction project management
+
-> especially to someone un familiar with the specifics of either.
+[^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.

2025-12-18.md

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ so better that they don't crowd out my main notes.
 What interests me most in [[construction-estimating]]
 is an idea you might call "estimating golf":
 the goal is to produce a satisfactory[^1] estimate,
-the estimator can not view the project documents
+but the estimator can not view the project documents
-and must ask questions about the job
+and must instead ask questions about the job
 (answerable in a sentence or less)
 of a neutral party ("the reader").
 The estimator fails if the estimate is unsatisfactory[^1],

2025-12-20.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ tags:
 
 ## 2025-12-20 19:28
 
-Typesetting is arranging type on the page for print.
+**Typesetting** is arranging type on the page for print.
-Imposition is arranging pages for binding.
+**Imposition** is arranging pages for binding.
+
 [Bookbinder JS](https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/)

2026-01-02.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: "2026-01-02"
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/daily
+---
+# 2026-01-02
+
+## 2026-01-02 10:10
+
+### Harborside Plaza 4
+
+#### TODO
+
+* [ ] [[electrical-takeoff|Electrical]]
+* [ ] [[telecom-takeoff#Backbone Riser|Telecom Backbone]]
+* [ ] [[distributed-antenna-systems-takeoff|DAS]]

2026.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: "2026"
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/yearly
+---
+# 2026
+
+Year of Self-Possession

ambiguity-in-construction-estimating.md

@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ and undoing years of poor conditioning is... not easy.
 
 ## Naming Conventions (Use Case vs. Description)
 
-Related: [[realism-vs-instrumentalism]]
+Related topic: [[realism-vs-instrumentalism]]
 
 Naming by use case is intuitive for those without estimating or field experience,
 but has the side effect that those accustomed to the names
-will inevitably _treat them as descriptive_.
+will inevitably _treat them as descriptive_,
+leading to [[ambiguity#Category Mistake|category mistake]].
 
 | Use Case            | Description   |
 | ------------------- | ------------- |

favorite-quotes.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tags:
 > [!quote] John Culkin, commonly attributed to Marshall McLuhan
 > We shape our tools and, thereafter, our tools shape us.
 
-> [!quote] _Walden_, Henry David Thoreau
+> [!quote] _[[thoreau_1854_walden|Walden]]_, Henry David Thoreau
 > Men have become the tools of their tools.
 
 > [!quote] Jeff Duntemann
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tags:
 > [!quote] Alan Watts
 > We are sick with a fascination
 > for the useful tools of names and numbers,
-> of symbols, signs, conceptions, and ideas
+> of symbols, signs, conceptions, and ideas.
 
 > [!quote] Paul Arden
 > If you get stuck, draw with a different pen.

full-takeoff.md

@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ tags:
 
 1. [[takeoff-review]]
 2. [[pdi-labor-plan]]
-3. [[material-pricing]]
+3. [[pdi-material-pricing]]

intellectual-capital.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Intellectual Capital
+tags:
+  - authorship/other-for-now
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/not-started
+  - topic/organization
+  - type/encyclopedia-entry
+---
+# Intellectual Capital
+
+> [!info] Also Known As
+> * Knowledge Capital
+
+> [!quote] [Knowledge Capital | Investopedia](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/knowledge-capital.asp)
+> The term **knowledge capital**
+> refers to the intangible value of an organization
+> made up of its knowledge, relationships,
+> learned techniques, procedures, and innovations.
+
+[Intellectual Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_capital)
+
+Intellectual Capital : Realizing Your Company's True Value by Finding Its Hidden Brainpower
+
+## Human Capital
+
+[Human capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital "Human capital")
+
+## Structural Capital
+
+[Structural capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_capital "Structural capital")
+
+## Relational Capital
+
+> [!info] Also Known As
+> * Social Capital
+
+[Relational capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_capital "Relational capital")

markup-vs-margin.md

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ title: Markup vs. Margin
 ---
 # Markup vs. Margin
 
+**Markup** and **margin** are both terms to describe the percent profit of a sold good or service.
+**Markup** describes an item's profit relative to its cost to the merchant.
+**Margin** describes an item's profit relative to its cost to the customer.
+
 $$
 \text{Profit} = \text{Sell Price} - \text{Cost}, \quad
 \text{Markup} = \frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Cost}}, \quad
@@ -31,4 +35,4 @@ Because of \*waves hands\* finance reasons,
 contractors (and sellers of products and services in general)
 almost exclusively talk about profit in terms of margin.
 Even if someone says "15% _markup_"
-they're still probably talking about margin.
+they may still be talking about margin.

mike-holts-illustrated-guide-to-electrical-estimating.md

@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ title: "_Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating_"
 ---
 # _Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating_
 
-Holt, C. M. (2023). Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating. Mike Holt Enterprises, Inc
+```yaml
-
+authors:
-234 page textbook
+  - Mike C. Holt
+year: 2023
+title: "Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating"
+publisher: Mike Holt Enterprises
+type: book
+pages: 234
+```
 
 ## Pros
 

nontraditional-computing.md

@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ tags:
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
 ---
 # Nontraditional Computing
+
+**Nontraditional computing** refers to UX patterns

statistical-modeling.md

@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ tags:
 ---
 # Statistical Modeling
 
-Bayesian inference is a method of statistical inference,
+Bayesian inference is a method of **statistical inference**,
 the practice of analyzing and describing
 
 stochasticity is the property of an outcome
 that can be described with a probability distribution
 
+[[monte-carlo-methods]]
+
 ## Credibility
 
 * [[statistical-significance]]

statistical-significance.md

@@ -11,37 +11,37 @@ title: Statistical Significance
 ---
 # Statistical Significance
 
-[Statistical significance - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_significance)
+> [!quote] [Statistical significance - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_significance)
-In statistical hypothesis testing,
+> In statistical hypothesis testing,
-a result has statistical significance
+> a result has statistical significance
-when a result at least as "extreme"
+> when a result at least as "extreme"
-would be very infrequent if the null hypothesis were true.
+> would be very infrequent if the null hypothesis were true.
-
+> 
-More precisely,
+> More precisely,
-a study's defined **significance level**, denoted by $\alpha$,
+> a study's defined **significance level**, denoted by $\alpha$,
-is the probability of the study rejecting the null hypothesis,
+> is the probability of the study rejecting the null hypothesis,
-given that the null hypothesis is true;
+> given that the null hypothesis is true;
-and the p-value of a result, $p$,
+> and the p-value of a result, $p$,
-is the probability of obtaining a result at least as extreme,
+> is the probability of obtaining a result at least as extreme,
-given that the null hypothesis is true.
+> given that the null hypothesis is true.
-The result is said to be statistically significant,
+> The result is said to be statistically significant,
-by the standards of the study, when $p \leq \alpha$
+> by the standards of the study, when $p \leq \alpha$
-
+> 
-The significance level for a study
+> The significance level for a study
-is chosen before data collection,
+> is chosen before data collection,
-and is typically set to 5% or much lower---
+> and is typically set to 5% or much lower---
-depending on the field of study.
+> depending on the field of study.
-
+> 
-The [**null hypothesis**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_hypothesis)
+> The [**null hypothesis**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_hypothesis)
-(often denoted $H_{0}$)
+> (often denoted $H_{0}$)
-is the claim that the effect being studied does not exist,
+> is the claim that the effect being studied does not exist,
-or that no relationship exists
+> or that no relationship exists
-between two sets of data or variables being analyzed.
+> between two sets of data or variables being analyzed.
-
+> 
-If the null hypothesis is true,
+> If the null hypothesis is true,
-any experimentally observed effect is due to chance alone.
+> any experimentally observed effect is due to chance alone.
-
+> 
-In research,
+> In research,
-the researcher develops an [**alternative hypothesis**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_hypothesis)
+> the researcher develops an [**alternative hypothesis**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_hypothesis)
-(often denoted $H_{A}$ or $H_{1}$)
+> (often denoted $H_{A}$ or $H_{1}$)
-which claims that an effect or relationship _does_ exist.
+> which claims that an effect or relationship _does_ exist.

supertopics.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Each supertopic note will be linked as below.
 
 %%
 
-## Risk-Oriented-Estimating
+## Risk-Oriented Estimating
 
 Main article: [[risk-oriented-estimating]]
 

the-book-of-the-new-sun.md

@@ -434,19 +434,22 @@ and/or from spending time near larger gravity wells.
 
 Also a spacefarer
 
-### Ymar
+### The Previous Autarch
+
+Severian's unnamed predecessor to the autarchy.
+He is not Ymar, but Ymar's successor.
 
-Severian's predecessor to the autarchy.
 He takes several forms in Severian's narrative
 before they meet in truth.
 
-Master Rudesind, the painting cleaner
+* Master Rudesind, the painting cleaner
-at the Citadel and then the House Absolute
+    at the Citadel and then the House Absolute
-Maybe?
+    Maybe? No.
+    Confused with the unnamed clerk of the House Absolute.
 
-The proprietor of the House Azure
+* The proprietor of the House Azure
-who is also [[#Vodalus]]'s contact
+    who is also [[#Vodalus]]'s contact
-in the House Absolute
+    in the House Absolute
 
 ## Creatures
 

uncertainty-in-construction-estimating.md

@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ as reported in the winning contractor's historicals.
 
 an organization pays in estimator hours.
 These hours have a direct cost in salary and benefits,
-however the greater cost is the opportunity cost
+however the greater cost is the **opportunity cost**
 of tying up an estimator who could otherwise be starting a new project.
 
-In many cases, the utility of doubled throughput
+In many cases, the [[utility]] of doubled throughput
 far outweighs the increased risk of individual bids.
 
 %%