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TODO.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tags:
 This page is for tasks related to the organization
 of the contents of [[this-notebook]].
 
-For other tasks and goals see [[personal-tasks]].
+For other tasks and goals see [[my-tasks]].
 
 For tasks describable in a single imperative, see [[small-tasks]].
 

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business-process.md

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+---
+title: Business Process
+tags: []
+---
+# Business Process
+
+> A [**business process**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process),
+> **business method**, or **business function**
+> is a collection of related, structured activities or
+> [tasks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_\(project_management\) "Task (project management)")
+> performed by people or equipment
+> in which a specific sequence produces a service or product
+> (that serves a particular business goal)
+> for a particular customer or customers.

business-requirements.md

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+---
+title: Business Requirements
+tags: []
+---
+# Business Requirements
+
+> [**Business requirements (BR)**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_requirements),
+> also known as stakeholder requirements specifications (StRS),
+> describe the characteristics of a proposed system
+> from the viewpoint of the system's end user
+> like a [CONOPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_of_operations "Concept of operations").
+> Products, systems, [[software]], and [[business-process|processes]]
+> are ways of _how_ to deliver, satisfy, or meet business requirements.
+> Consequently, business requirements are often discussed in the context
+> of developing or procuring software or other systems.

computer-language.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Computer Language
+tags: []
+---
+# Computer Language

conduit-sizing.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tags:
   - destiny/fleeting
   - topic/construction/electrical
   - type/encyclopedia
+up: "[[electrical-construction]]"
 ---
 # Conduit Sizing
 

conest-manager-review.md

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ title: ConEst Manager Review
 tags:
   - occupational
   - type/process
+up: "[[conest-processes]]"
 ---
 # ConEst Manager Review

conest-processes.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: ConEst Processes
+tags: []
+up: "[[conest]]"
+---
+# ConEst Processes

conest-senior-review.md

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ tags:
   - occupational
   - status/not-started
   - type/process
+up: "[[conest-processes]]"
 ---
 # ConEst Senior Review

consolidate-electrical-info.md

@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ Necessitated by task [[refactor-system-scripts]].
 
 * Consolidate and expand on existing content
 * Create an entry point for topic
-
-![[topics.base#my-electrical]]

construction-methods.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: Construction Methods
 tags:
   - topic/construction
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
+up: "[[construction]]"
 ---
 # Construction Methods
 

courtiers-reply.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Courtier's Reply
 tags:
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
+up: "[[fallacy]]"
 ---
 # Courtier's Reply
 

demsetz_1969_information.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+aliases:
+  - Demsetz (1969)
+title: "Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint"
+tags:
+  - type/media/article
+author: Harold Demsetz
+doi: 10.1086/466657
+journal: The Journal of Law and Economics
+number: 1
+volume: 12
+year: 1969
+---
+# Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint

electrical-construction.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Electrical Construction
 tags: []
+up: "[[construction]]"
 ---
 # Electrical Construction

estimating-director-review.md

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ title: Estimating Director Review
 tags:
   - occupational
   - type/process
+up: "[[conest-processes]]"
 ---
 # Estimating Director Review

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executed-contract-revisions.md

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 title: Executed Contract Revisions
 tags:
   - occupational
+up: "[[conest-processes]]"
 ---
 # Executed Contract Revisions

fallacy.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fallacy
+tags: []
+---
+# Fallacy

function.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: Function
+tags: []
+up: "[[mathematics]]"
+---
+# Function

information.md

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+---
+title: Information
+tags: []
+---
+# Information
+
+[**information entropy**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory))
+is the expected value of [self-information](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_content)
+of a random variable:
+the expected reduction of uncertainty
+when a value of the random variable is revealed.
+
+[units of information](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_information):
+* [**natural unit of information** (symbol **nat**)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_(unit))
+* [**hartley** (symbol **Hart**)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley_(unit))
+* [**shannon** (symbol **Sh**)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_(unit))

intellectual-capital.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
   - status/not-started
   - topic/ergonomics/organizational
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
+up: "[[organization]]"
 ---
 # Intellectual Capital
 

learn-banjo.md

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: Learn Banjo
 tags:
-  - destiny/fleeting
   - topic/hobbies/music/banjo
-  - type/task
+up: "[[my-tasks]]"
 ---
 # Learn Banjo
 

learn-shorthand.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ tags:
   - destiny/fleeting
   - type/task
 title: Learn Shorthand
+up: "[[my-tasks]]"
 ---
 # Learn Shorthand
 

location-vs-scope.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Location vs. Scope
 tags:
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
+up: "[[construction-estimating]]"
 ---
 # Location vs. Scope
 

lustig_2015_strategic-foresight.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Strategic Foresight: Learning from the Future"
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/book
 ---
 # Strategic Foresight: Learning from the Future
 

measurement.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Measurement
+tags: []
+---
+# Measurement

music-analysis.md

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ tags:
   - topic/hobbies/music
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
 dg-publish: "true"
+up: "[[music]]"
 ---
 # Music Analysis
 
 Refers to methods for determining the composition of,
-and purpose of compositional elements in, music.
+and purpose of compositional elements in, [[music]].
 
 Sonic Visualizer

my-tasks.md

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 ---
-title: My Tasks
+title: Personal Tasks
-tags: []
+tags:
-up: "[[zane-meyers]]"
+  - destiny/permanent/entry-point
+  - status/draft
+  - type/directory
 ---
-# My Tasks
+# Personal Tasks
+
+This note collects my personal tasks and goals.
+
+For tasks relevant to the organization of [[this-notebook]],
+see [[TODO]].
+
+![[tasks.base#personal]]

neca-mlu_appx-c.md

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: "Appendix C: Additional Costs of Change Orders"
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - type/media/reference
 up: "[[neca-mlu]]"
 ---
 # Appendix C: Additional Costs of Change Orders

nfpa-70_400_flexible-cords.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 aliases:
   - nec-400
-title: ARTICLE 400 Flexible Cords and Flexible Cables
+title: Article 400 Flexible Cords and Flexible Cables
 tags:
   - authorship/other
   - exclude-from-word-count
   - topic/construction/electrical
   - type/media/reference
 ---
-# ARTICLE 400 Flexible Cords and Flexible Cables
+# Article 400 Flexible Cords and Flexible Cables

nfpa-70_800.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+---
+title: Article 800 General Requirements for Communications Systems
+tags:
+  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - topic/construction/electrical
+  - type/media/reference
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
+---
+# Article 800 General Requirements for Communications Systems
+
+## Part IV. Installation Methods Within Buildings
+
+### 800.110 Raceways, Cable Routing Assemblies, and Cable Trays.
+
+#### 800.110(A) Types of Raceways.
+
+Wires and cables shall be permitted to be installed in raceways that comply with either 800.110(A)(1) or (A)(2).
+Medium-power network-powered broadband communications cables
+shall not be permitted to be installed in raceways that comply with 800.110(A)(2).
+
+##### 800.110(A)(1) Raceways Recognized in Chapter 3.
+
+Wires and cables shall be permitted to be installed in any raceway included in Chapter 3.
+The raceways shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 3.
+
+##### 800.110(A)(2) Communications Raceways.
+
+Wires and cables shall be permitted to be installed in plenum communications raceways, riser communications raceways, and general-purpose communications raceways selected in accordance with Table 800.154(b),
+listed in accordance with 800.182,
+and installed in accordance with 800.113 and 362.24 through 362.56,
+where the requirements applicable to [[nfpa-70_362_ent|electrical nonmetallic tubing (ENT)]] apply.
+
+##### 800.110(A)(3) Innerduct for Communications Wires and Cables, Coaxial Cables, or Network-Powered Broadband Communications Cables.
+
+Listed plenum communications raceways,
+listed riser communications raceways,
+and listed general-purpose communications raceways
+selected in accordance with Table 800.154(b)
+shall be permitted to be installed as innerduct
+in any type of listed raceway permitted in Chapter 3.
+
+#### 800.110(B) Raceway Fill.
+
+The raceway fill requirements of Chapters 3 and 9
+shall apply to medium-power network-powered broadband communications cables.
+
+#### 800.110(C) Cable Routing Assemblies.
+
+Cables shall be permitted to be installed in plenum cable routing assemblies,
+riser cable routing assemblies,
+and general-purpose cable routing assemblies
+selected in accordance with Table 800.154(c),
+listed in accordance with 800.182,
+and installed in accordance with 800.110(C)(1) and (C)(2) and 800.113.
+
+##### 800.110(C)(1) Horizontal Support.
+
+Cable routing assemblies shall be supported where run horizontally
+at intervals not to exceed 900 mm (3 ft) and at each end or joint,
+unless listed for other support intervals.
+In no case shall the distance between supports exceed 3 m (10 ft).

nirvana-fallacy.md

@@ -3,26 +3,20 @@ title: Nirvana Fallacy
 tags:
   - status/draft
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
+up: "[[fallacy]]"
 ---
 # Nirvana Fallacy
 
-The [nirvana fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy)
+The [nirvana fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy),
-also called the "perfect solution fallacy"
+also called the "perfect solution fallacy",
 is the mistake made when a solution proposed to replace one existing
 is judged against a hypothetical perfect solution
 rather than the solution in current use.
 
-> [!quote] Harold Demsetz "Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint" (1969)[^1]
+> [!quote] [[demsetz_1969_information|Demsetz (1969)]]
 > The view that now pervades much public policy economics
 > implicitly presents the relevant choice
 > as between an ideal norm and an existing "imperfect" institutional arrangement.
 > This _nirvana_ approach differs considerably
 > from a _comparative institution_ approach
 > in which the relevant choice is between alternative real institutional arrangements.
-
-[^1]: Harold Demsetz
-    "Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint"
-    _The Journal of Law and Economics_
-    Volume 12, Number 1
-    (April 1969)
-    [doi:10.1086/466657](https://doi.org/10.1086%2F466657)

outlets.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ tags:
   - topic/construction/electrical
   - type/encyclopedia
 title: Outlets
+up: "[[electrical-construction]]"
 ---
 # Outlets
 

package-managers.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Package Managers
 tags:
   - type/encyclopedia-entry
+up: "[[software]]"
 ---
 # Package Managers
 

pdi-estimating-systems.md

@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ tags:
 up: "[[pdi-estimating]]"
 ---
 # PDI Estimating Systems
-
-![[topics.base#occupational-systems]]

personal-tasks.md

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Personal Tasks
-tags:
-  - destiny/permanent/entry-point
-  - status/draft
-  - type/directory
----
-# Personal Tasks
-
-This note collects my personal tasks and goals.
-
-For tasks relevant to the organization of [[this-notebook]],
-see [[TODO]].
-
-![[tasks.base#personal]]

probability.md

@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ title: Probability
 tags: []
 ---
 # Probability
+
+[probability theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_theory)

raceway-terms.md

@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ As such, conduit used for other purposes
 Raceways used for supporting communications cables
 _would be_ out of scope, except for Article 800.110:
 
-> [!quote] NEC 800.110(A)(1) Raceways Recognized in Chapter 3
+> [!quote] [[nfpa-70_800#800.110(A)(1) Raceways Recognized in Chapter 3.]]
 > Communications wires and cables shall be permitted
 > to be installed in any raceway included in Chapter 3.
 > _The raceways shall be installed in accordance_
 > _with the requirements of Chapter 3._
 
-[[nfpa-70_800]]
-
 Raceway is not a _wiring method_
 unless it is used to support _premises wiring_,
 which communications cabling is not.

software-requirements.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: Software Requirements
+tags: []
+up: "[[software]]"
+---
+# Software Requirements
+
+[**Software requirements**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_requirements)
+
+[[davis_1990_software-requirements]]

software.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: Software
+tags: []
+---
+# Software
+
+[**Software**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software)

sql.md

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ title: Structured Query Language (SQL)
 tags:
   - status/not-started
   - topic/software
+up: "[[computer-language]]"
 ---
 # Structured Query Language (SQL)

tasks.base

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the-story-of-ymar.md

@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ tags:
 description: |
   An excerpt from _The Shadow of the Torturer_, Chapter 17 "The Challenge" by Gene Wolfe,
   with my analysis in comment blocks.
+up: "[[wolfe_1980_shadow]]"
 ---
 # The Story of Ymar
 
 %%
 From [[wolfe_1980_shadow#XVII - The Challenge]].
+See [[the-book-of-the-new-sun]]
+for general analysis of the series.
 %%
 
 Now I begin again.

timestamped/2026-01-11_11-00-00.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ daily: "[[2026-01-11]]"
 ---
 # 2026-01-11 11:00:??
 
-![[favorite-quotes#"It Takes an Engineer to Build a Bridge that Barely Stands"]]
+![[my-favorite-quotes#"It Takes an Engineer to Build a Bridge that Barely Stands"]]
 
 The value that estimators provide for a contractor
 is in modeling project cost.

timestamped/2026-03-20_13-18-50.md

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ daily: "[[2026-03-20]]"
 ---
 # 2026-03-20 13:18:50
 
-I've wanted for a long time to build a NAS for my [[homelab]].
+I've wanted for a long time to build a NAS for my [[my-homelab]].
 
 [DIY NAS: 2026 Edition](https://blog.briancmoses.com/2025/11/diy-nas-2026-edition.html)

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uncommon-syntax.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Uncommon Syntax
 tags:
   - type/encyclopedia
+up: "[[writing]]"
 ---
 # Uncommon Syntax
 

value-at-risk.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: Value at Risk
+tags: []
+---
+# Value at Risk
+
+[Value at Risk (VaR)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_at_risk)

vault-maintenance.md

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 title: Vault Maintenance
 tags:
   - topic/meta
+up: "[[README]]"
 ---
 # Vault Maintenance