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DragonFireCK t1_j2f6nlx wrote

If you managed a perfect inverse of the wave, the two waves will cancel enough other out and there will be no sound at all. This means that, with perfect noise cancelation, you could be sitting right on top of a jet engine and would hear nothing and have no damage occur.

Practically, getting a perfect inverse is impossible. You'd need a speaker perfectly aligned between the source of the sound and your ears, and the source will actually be a bunch of different points inside the engine, meaning you need roughly an infinite number of infinitely small speakers and microphones.

I did find a video that shows how the phasing works. Its worth noting that the antiphase (opposite) sound will sound the same as the original if heard on its own.

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ice1000 t1_j2f5yxk wrote

>Isn't it better to carry over unused expenses to the next FY?

To measure performance (budget vs actuals) the budget needs to follow GAAP rules. The income statement is closed and resets every year. For the actuals, it is not possible to carry over income/expenses. The budget needs to follow a similar pattern.

Then there's a matter of tracking. If you did carry over unused expenses, it would be a big hassle to track net expenses. Is this $1 counted against last year's saves or this year's budget? And you'd need to do this by invoice line and by account. It would be easy to game the system by always counting against current budget and letting the previous reserve grow. You'd have to use some type of inventory accounting, FIFO/LIFO so that dept managers couldn't game the system.

OK sorry, I'm rambling. Net effect is that for the income statement, expenses do not carry over into a future year. The budget needs to follow the same convention.

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Emerald_Encrusted t1_j2f4we1 wrote

From a Protestant perspective, Catholicism was far from being the first Christ-based religion. In fact the whole reformation fiasco that took place in the ~1400-1600s was a reactionary movement that sought to return to older, original representations of the faith as portrayed in the time of the New Testament’s writing. This movement was fueled by a critical thinking process that spurred a return to the original texts of the religions, and a realization that Catholicism had much in both its rituals and its canon that was nowhere spoken of in the original ethos of the faith.

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flyingbarnswallow t1_j2f4us0 wrote

Iirc lemon and lime juices are both around 6% acid, but the composition differs. Lemon is almost entirely citric acid, whereas lime is 4% citric and 2% malic. At least, I’m pretty sure these are the values we use when acid-adjusting cocktails, which is how I know about it lol

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MacduffFifesNo1Thane t1_j2f4okl wrote

ELI5: You see that Christmas tree over there? It's not the same as this tree with leaves that shed its leaves in the fall. But they're both trees. Christianity is all trees, Catholicism is a specific kind of tree. We call that "species" for trees and "denominations" for Christianity.

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