I didn't know noise canceling relied on machine learning. It doesn't need to and the older ones likely did not.

Which is why they're great an cancelling out the low hum of the airplane but not the shrieking banshee child two seats over?

Interesting I suppose I need to learn more but would I be incorrect saying Catholicism was the first Christ based religion?

Things will cost different for a lot of reasons. For example, If a fruit doesn't grow in an area the cost of keeping that fruit edibe and in good condition while also transporting it long distance, sometimes over Seas, is going to add to the cost of that fruit.

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The cost of living is varies drastically across countries. If you're in a small and poor country, 5$ maybe a day's wage. A loaf of bread might then be much cheaper than in a country where the daily salary is 80$. Even though the exchange rate between countries means the loaf is much cheaper in the poor country, its not actually significantly cheaper for the average person living there.

As someone who has worked in corporate financial planning for almost 10 years at a handful of big companies, I have never seen it be a policy.

All of them do a combination of top-down goal setting with bottoms-up planning to the goal. Discrepancies between them are negotiated amongst senior leadership with the goal of the CFO usually being to give out as much money as is necessary, but not anything extra.

What choice do we have in the matter? One country can't control the prices in another country, just like one store can't control the prices in another store.

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The global west is paying ALOT just to provide in basic needs. This same basic needs apply to every citizen in the world yet the global west accepts to pay a higher price for it.

Because there is rarely anything they can do about it. It doesn't help me to know a widget it $1 in the EU when I live in the US and they all cost $2 here - I can't exactly hop on a plane and fly there to take advantage of the price differences.

If I live in a developed enough society, I can order from overseas, but often the import duties and shipping costs will negate whatever price advantage there is.

I took a look at the first law of thermodynamics. Way too complicated for a quick read. I wasn't a science major.

It talks about energy in a closed system. Isnt the microwave inputting additional energy while it is running?

If you don't mind educating me a bit by continuing the dialog. I find science fascinating. Sadly, I didn't get the science gene. My dad was a chemist, one brother a biochemist, the other brother was mechanically minded. Even my daughter and niece are in the sciences.

I read articles, watch videos and grasp at concepts.

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Because we don't really have a choice, and because it isn't reasonable to expect that one product will cost the same across all countries in the world for many different reasons. That includes cost of shipping, taxes and tariffs on imports, local economic conditions, etc.

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One nitpick. The chain of command isn't so much that Cardinals rule over Bishops, but rather that Cardinal is a special title that some Bishops have. The title of Cardinal does not come with any territorial administration. A Cardinal is a bishop that can vote for the Pope.

There's also taxes. Companies get tax cuts if their net revenue is below a certain point.

Basically, if a company makes a gross revenue of $1 million, but their operation costs were $750 thousand, then they get taxed on the $250 thousand that was their net revenue.

A lot of companies, such as Netflix when they started out, will take advantage of this system. They will purposely spend money to recklessly grow their catalogue, causing them to be in the red by the time taxes are due. Which gives them tax breaks that don't reflect the reality of how they are purposely gaming the system.

Catholics don't pray to saints - they only pray to God. They do, however, believe in the power of intercessions and that's what they ask of the saints (e.g. St ..., pray for us; Mother Mary, pray for us).

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So, there are many studies that show that being cold makes you likely to catch cold.

There are double blind studies done with some people dipping their toes in cold water etc.

The hypothesis for reason is that the cold makes your immune system weaker temporarily especially in the nose. But that reason hasn't been proven. But the fact around feeling cold and catching cold is proven.

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It seems worth mentioning that a big part of the Protestant Reformation was the removal of the Deuterocanonical books. As a result, Catholics consider these books part of the Old Testament but Protestant Christians (the type of Christian I think most people mean when they are considering Catholics as distinct from Christians) do not. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuterocanonical_books

Why does someone who owns a car sells the car and takes a cab or rents a car when they need it? Among many reasons could be that they are downsizing or cost of ownership is higher than for hire/renting.

thank you!!! I'll read into it. happy new year ☺️