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title: This Notebook
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# This Notebook

This obsidian vault collects [[me|my]] thoughts
on my most developed [[supertopics|supertopic]],
which I would call "[[construction-estimating]]",
but that includes fields far more disparate
than my peers would traditionally consider relevant.

This journal is for my rough ideas
that I'm likely to change my opinion on
as my understanding of them develops.

It's my intent that any outside sources used here will be properly cited,
and that work can be assumed to be my own unless otherwise stated.

This is not an appropriate place for definition lists, tables,
or other resources provided without context or analysis.

## Contents

Despite how alien my approach may seem to most estimators,
I believe its all merely extrapolation on the conventional practice.

* Industry Knowledge
* Statistics
* [[strategy]]
* notes relevant to [[my-occupation]]

## Purpose

* Compensate for my poor memory
* Make my achievements in understanding more "real"

## Tone

I write as if someone else will read these notes,
I find this beneficial for my current and future selves.
Explaining concepts completely
forces me to understand them completely
and to provide context I may be tempted to omit
because it is obvious at the time of writing.
When revisiting notes its then much easier to pick up where I left off.

> [!note]
> It's recently been pointed out to me
> that it can't possibly be my intent for others to read my notes,
> since I tend use diction and syntax that is needlessly opaque.
> I'm compelled to agree,
> but I don't know how to reconcile that fact with my intent.

I often use an arrogant tone
which helps me stop fiddling over specific wording and just write;
somewhat similar to the technique of pretending you hate your audience
to sound more confident.

## Conventions

### Semantic Line Breaks

I didn't like them at first,
but this notebook uses [semantic line breaks](https://sembr.org/)
for text wrapping.

I shoot for less than 90 columns.

## TODO

This notebook is in constant need of maintenance.
For the current backlog, see [[TODO]].