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id: 2026-06-05T09:48:37-0400
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title: 2026-06-05 09:48:37
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tags: []
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daily: "[[2026-06-05]]"
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# 2026-06-05 09:48:37
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## Accubid Reverse Takeoff
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I have mixed feelings
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about using negative or "reverse" takeoffs
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in [[accubid|Accubid]].
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### Pros
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Pros as an alternative to simply changing existing counts.
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With more than one revision,
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it quickly becomes difficult to have confidence in count changes.
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### Cons
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This note specifically concerns using negative quantities
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to cancel out positive for breakdown purposes,
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which I suspect is the only practical purpose for them.
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Net negative quantities cause all kinds of problems.
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There is no link from the positive to the negative,
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so any change to the former must be repeated for the latter.
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With more than one revision,
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determining net takeoff quickly becomes unwieldy.
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LiveCount "un-reverses" reverse takeoffs
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when adding or deleting from an existing run,
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which is not intuitive or well known.
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