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TheRealAmadeus t1_j2f7f8y wrote
Reply to comment by IShouldBeHikingNow in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
PreCISELY
sterlingphoenix t1_j2f797a wrote
Reply to Eli5 why do we as humans, globally, accept to pay a different price for the exact same product just somewhere else on the globe? by [deleted]
Clarification: as opposed to doing what, OP?
humanophile t1_j2f72qe wrote
Reply to comment by LordCoweater in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
2-3 whole heads, raw It also drives away vampires and Tinder dates.
pytness t1_j2f6xm5 wrote
Reply to comment by snoopervisor in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
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DragonFireCK t1_j2f6nlx wrote
Reply to comment by ShouldBeeStudying in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
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.
pytness t1_j2f6ckg wrote
Reply to comment by Left__blank in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
There is no need to analyze it.
Sound is a wave like this: ---^v---
Notice it goes normal, up, down, normal.
If the microphone gets up, it produces a down and the other way around like this: ---v^---
So if you sum the waves (what u hear) you get --------
IJustBeTalking OP t1_j2f613j wrote
Reply to comment by Phage0070 in eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die? by IJustBeTalking
I learned so much from this lol ty
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.
DupeyTA t1_j2f5x34 wrote
Reply to comment by BillWoods6 in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie
"I grew up on 2847000th Street and Xyxzghva Avenue."
"I didn't know you grew up in the desert."
"No. I said Xyxzghva Avenue, not Xyxzkhva Avenue. I was on the beach."
Thneed1 t1_j2f5u18 wrote
Reply to comment by Azi9Intentions in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
Not so much an opposite wave going in the opposite direction, but an opposite wave going in the SAME direction.
If the waves are going in the opposite direction, you can’t cancel everything out.
[deleted] t1_j2f5sfv wrote
Reply to [ELI5] Why do plumbers hate Drano? by kalesalaad5
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drafterman t1_j2f5qyk wrote
Reply to comment by corveroth in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie
Said act says:
"that portion of said District included within the present limits of the city of Washington shall continue to be known as the city of Washington"
NotDaveBut t1_j2f5nq1 wrote
Ot's a requirement at nonprofits that the whole budget gets used yearly. Because, you know, they're not allowed to make a profit
bobsgonemobile t1_j2f5dy1 wrote
Reply to comment by Igottamake in [ELI5] Why do plumbers hate Drano? by kalesalaad5
PassiveChemistry t1_j2f5d7p wrote
By seeing what happens when you poke it (sometimes quite violently, not always intentionally)
shifty_coder t1_j2f59bn wrote
Reply to comment by AbsurdistWordist in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
And the sugar content of honey acts as an osmotic, drawing out fluid, reducing swelling.
spayder26 t1_j2f52en wrote
Reply to comment by Cloudinterpreter in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
it is probably right, you just need to dilute it in water
Silentone89 t1_j2f4xby wrote
Reply to comment by fubo in Eli5: Why when you yawn your hearing goes down? by Big_carrot_69
Wait, it can actually be used to help prevent hearing damage from loud noises.
For example, I could flex the muscle to get near a generator to shut it off without putting in ear plugs and lessen my risk of damaging my eardrum?
Emerald_Encrusted t1_j2f4we1 wrote
Reply to comment by NotKanz in eli5 Christian vs Catholic? by shad0w_qween
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.
sterlingphoenix t1_j2f4vm1 wrote
Reply to ELI5. What does "return" do in programming? I read about it a lot and still dont understand the purpose. by BlendsLoL
Clarification: Which programming language? return does different things in different languages. The answers you're getting are very specific to languages like C and it's derivatives, but this is NOT global.
flyingbarnswallow t1_j2f4us0 wrote
Reply to comment by AbsurdistWordist in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
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
DrRob t1_j2f4pr7 wrote
Brain injuries, which have been with us as long as we've been a species. An interesting and surprising exception is Aristotle, who basically thought the brain was a radiator.
MacduffFifesNo1Thane t1_j2f4okl wrote
Reply to eli5 Christian vs Catholic? by shad0w_qween
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.
Macawesone t1_j2f4hib wrote
Reply to comment by phiwong in ELI5: How do forges melt heat resistant metals like steel... by Zeoinx
how do they hold titanium Tungsten when melted
sodrrl t1_j2f7hxk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: Why do we board up the windows of abandoned or currently renovating buildings instead of leaving the glass? by bandreasr
Usually just cordless angle grinders