There’s a lot of things going with sound, but in general sound1 + sound2 is louder. You may not always perceive that, and if one of them is significantly louder, it’s not a significant difference. Active noise cancelling uses sound to make other sounds disappear, but this is just a trick, the pressure is still there (it’s why prolonged use of active noise cancelling can be bad for you).

When it comes to decibels, dB, it’s a logarithmic unit so adding them isn’t straightforward. You need to do logarithmic addition, so 5dB + 5dB = 8dB, and 90dB + 90dB = 93dB, but 70dB + 90dB = 90dB.

Not nearly to the same degree, and most colleges have no problem kicking out domestic cheaters.

Harvard is private, there aren’t out of state fees. They do pay significantly more than American students, which is why universities are fine with ignoring the rampant cheating from foreign students.

There’s plenty of other factories that might even pay their workers.

BMI is correct for about 80% of people. The biggest problem is for people that are very tall, as you are 2 standard deviations from average height it works less well. The muscular argument is a fairly weak one, as the extra weight even as muscle can still be bad for your skeleton (and many that say they are muscular aren’t 2+ standard deviations from average).

I’m slightly shorter than you, but the best I ever felt was when my BMI was on the edge of normal and overweight.

There are things you have to be prepared for and you will snap at each other at least once, your life will change and there are good and bad things about it. There are a lot of things you can do to help. Most things come down to proper planning and sticking to a rigid schedule for baby while being flexible about what each parent does. As a father be prepared to do 99% of of household things like cooking, shopping, cleaning, and laundry for about the first month.

• start sleep training early, like week 2 or 3. The earlier you start establishing a schedule the faster it works. Things get vastly easier if they sleep alone through even part of the night.
• get mom in post partum therapy right away, it’s more of a when not an if that she will experience some. Most experience mild symptoms, but a mom that gets even more fatigued and snippy makes everything more difficult.
• your free time will drastically reduce, this can be a big source of problems. Especially in the first few months. You can still do things, and you occasionally should, leaving the house is good for everyone, just be flexible with it. Also find something you can do in short bursts for relaxation.

Cheating is like divorce it’s common if you look at the percentage of relationships. They are both less common if you look at at individuals. Cheaters always cheat again, those who get divorced often do so again.

It’s the job of Congress to hold the president accountable.

AI doesn’t copy things anymore than a person copies them by attending a concert or museum.

Talking to an AI chatbot is within the range of normal.

Wanting to fuck the AI chatbot is not normal.
Avoiding interaction with others in favor of an AI chatbot is not normal.

Google admitted at least internally that they were going to be actively political against Republicans and trump after he won in 2016. That still hasn’t changed.

I discovered even worse recently. The office i went to added a third party wellness company to the new patient sign up process, so you were agreeing to their payment policy then next page is a nice dark pattern to join some bullshit company.

It’s saying no by saying yes. The hostile No is what Trump wants, a yes that could never be accepted doesn’t give him what he wants.

Canada joining the US individually would radically change us politics though. It would make Democrats or further left a strong majority. The point is Canada making this offer makes Trump is the one that has to turn it down or lose everything, Canada would fundamentally change the us as 10 more states.

Canada should play the longer game and agree to join the US if:

• each province becomes a state.
• more representatives get added to accommodate the additional states.
• French remains an official/supported language.
• poutine becomes a national dish.
• 5 years of no income tax for formerly Canadian citizens.
• favorable conversion to USD

I don’t see things changing without a coordinated strike and deaths from lack of care. I also don’t think most healthcare workers are up for that.

Cop discounts are more about ensuring frequent patrols than anything altruistic.

Games workshop would then have to use both of them. Space marines pre-date both of them.

1. Kids. Being married before you have kids is huge in some states and important in many. In my state unmarried father’s have no rights to children even if they sign the birth certificate. Sure you can adopt, but that’s far more expensive than a marriage certificate.

2. Protection in the case of breakup or divorce. You have rights to shared property in a divorce, you have no rights to anything you didn’t buy or put in your name otherwise. You can sort of solve this with making a partnership and putting all assets into it, but it’s not quite the same and far more complicated. Also if you aren’t the breadwinner, there isn’t really a way to ensure spousal support without a marriage.

3. Legal protections. You can’t be compelled to testify against a spouse. While you can do things like medical power of attorney, you don’t get it by default like marriage, which means you either need that document on hand at all times or in an emergency situation you could be prevented access or decision making authority until you provide documentation. There’s also social security, you can draw on a spouse, but there isn’t an equivalent, same for pensions that offer survivor benefits.

4. Insurance benefits from employers generally require you to be married.

Monopolies are not the only thing that governments are supposed to prevent. Anti competitive practices are supposed to be illegal regardless of monopoly status. The same is true of cartel behavior.