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aliases: []
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tags:
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- authorship/original
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/incomplete
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- topic/meta
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- type/encyclopedia
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title: This Notebook
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---
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# This Notebook
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This obsidian vault collects [[me|my]] thoughts
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on my most developed [[supertopics|supertopic]],
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which I would call "[[construction-estimating]]",
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but that includes fields far more disparate
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than my peers would traditionally consider relevant.
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This journal is for my rough ideas
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that I'm likely to change my opinion on
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as my understanding of them develops.
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It's my intent that any outside sources used here will be properly cited,
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and that work can be assumed to be my own unless otherwise stated.
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This is not an appropriate place for definition lists, tables,
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or other resources provided without context or analysis.
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## Contents
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Despite how alien my approach may seem to most estimators,
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I believe its all merely extrapolation on the conventional practice.
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* Industry Knowledge
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* Statistics
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* [[strategy]]
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* notes relevant to [[my-occupation]]
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## Purpose
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* Compensate for my poor memory
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* Make my achievements in understanding more "real"
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## Tone
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I write as if someone else will read these notes,
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I find this beneficial for my current and future selves.
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Explaining concepts completely
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forces me to understand them completely
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and to provide context I may be tempted to omit
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because it is obvious at the time of writing.
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When revisiting notes its then much easier to pick up where I left off.
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> [!note]
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> It's recently been pointed out to me
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> that it can't possibly be my intent for others to read my notes,
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> since I tend use diction and syntax that is needlessly opaque.
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> I'm compelled to agree,
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> but I don't know how to reconcile that fact with my intent.
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I often use an arrogant tone
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which helps me stop fiddling over specific wording and just write;
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somewhat similar to the technique of pretending you hate your audience
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to sound more confident.
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## Conventions
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### Semantic Line Breaks
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I didn't like them at first,
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but this notebook uses [semantic line breaks](https://sembr.org/)
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for text wrapping.
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I shoot for less than 90 columns.
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## TODO
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This notebook is in constant need of maintenance.
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For the current backlog, see [[TODO]].
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