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What makes CEO, CTO and CFO individuals so special? Why can't just any manager, tech lead, or accountant take on the roll? There are so many of them around, and yet companies have a hard time filling those roles?	[ "This [book](_URL_0_) talks about the different skills you need to learn as you ascend from individual contributor to CEO.\n\nIt is a very different skill to manage a group of people than to do the work of those people yourself. (Managing programmers is not like being a programmer.) And a different skill set ag...
Why are there so many intelligence leaks from the United States?	[ "A lot of it has to do with how big the intelligence community in the US is. It's not just the CIA, it's also the FBI, NSA, DIA, each military branch with their own intelligence fields, and many others, each with tens of thousands of people. The US typically has three classifications for data - confidential, secret...
If bitcoins have a monetary value, and bitcoin mining earns you bitcoins, how does this mining create any value?	[ "The calculations that are being done secure the network. The cool thing about Bitcoin is that it is a monetary system that is completely decentralized--there are thousands of computers working together to maintain a public ledger of accounts with balances and nobody has authority. That type of system would norma...
If I open a regular site on my phone it takes me to the mobile version. If I open a mobile site on my computer it doesn't take me to the regular site automatically. Why?	[ "Nearly everyone that has a website treats the desktop version as the standard version and the mobile version as the special version. This means there is no explicit need for a desktop prefix, since it's the default anyway, only a mobile prefix is needed. So when you go to _URL_2_, it checks if you have a phone and...
How does the olfactory sense work?	[ "Our olfactory senses use specialized cells that bind with certain molecules that are relevant for us. Most notably dangerous chemicals and pheromones.\n\nWhen such a bond takes place, your brain will be notified of the fact that you're detecting something. Which you interpret as smelling a certain scent or even a ...
What would happen if you dropped an ant from the top of the Empire State Building?	[ "Due to gravity, the ant would fall. Depending on a couple of other weather factors, it would land more or less in front of or in the vicinity of the Empire State Building.", "He'd be just fine. An ant's terminal velocity is about 30x slower than a person's, and it can survive landing at that speed. It'll never...
How is damage (in dollars) done by, for example a natural disaster, calculated?	[ "You can literally sum the values of the stuff destroyed. \n\nFor more advanced estimates (or bigger numbers) you can also add up the lost hours of labour and extra labour and materials required for restoration. \n\nYou could also estimate into the future how much money a place would make if it were not destroyed. ...
how does being tonedeaf work?	[ "> depending on the degree you're talking about, it's actually a literal brain defect called amusia. one of Oliver Sacks's books (\"Musicophilia\") is all about the brain and music, and he talks about tone-deafness. basically, the part of your brain that recognizes pitch (or tempo, rhythm, etc.) is missing or dam...
Why does WIC not allow white potatoes?	[ "\"According to Food Politics' Marion Nestle, the white potatoes were excluded because the Institute of Medicine observed 'WIC mothers already buy plenty of them.'\" [Source](_URL_0_) \n\nYou don't subsidize and encourage something people are already readily buying." ]
Do people who do not put on weight but eat a lot of sugar/fat still put their lives in danger? Or does their metabolism regulate it?	[ "Yes. Taking in excess sugar will cause insulin resistance even if you're not obviously getting fat.\n\n\"Skinny-fat\" people, people who look thin but have high body fat percentage, tend to have worse outlooks for obesity-related health problems than regular fat people." ]
Why is BP being sued years after the oil disaster?	[ "They started getting sued in 2010. Results for a vareity of different lawsuits in different places and for different reasons began getting finished in 2013. This is just another of many lawsuits being settled and decided by the courts." ]
Do Costco and Sam's Club receipt checkers actually check for anything in that 2 seconds they spend looking at my receipt?	[ "They are only looking for high priced items in your cart or electronics. They see 1 item and find it on receipt then mark it. Its mostly just for show. A theft deterrent." ]
Why are 'off brand' batteries so much cheaper than on brand? They seem to be about 1/10 the price.	[ "Take a closer look at the cheaper batteries, they usually use a different chemistry. \"Heavy Duty\" batteries perform worse than Alkaline, and don't last as long, but they are cheaper to produce. Store brand Alkalines will be cheaper than Duracells/Energizers, but still competitively priced. Heavy Duty batteries a...
Why/how do some TV series with such critical acclaim (e.g. Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones) and high production values have a different writer and/or director for almost every episode?	[ "The head of a TV show is known as a \"showrunner\" and he/she acts as the creative lead of the entire show. Showrunners function as a combination producer/director/writer for the entire series. There are individual writers to help with specific episodes and individual directors to help with management of the stage...
How can so many countries be in so much national debt? To whom is all that money owed?	[ "'Countries' aren't monolithic entities. Rather, they're comprised of many departments. Departments in the same country can owe money to one another. They can owe money to citizenry, then can owe money to private or public institutions in the same or other country. \n\nThe majority of United States Debt, for instan...
What happens in our brains when we realize we've driven miles/minutes and don't even remember consciously driving them?	[ "This happens when your subconscious mind starts handling processes that you normally control consciously. Normally, you're paying attention to the road and staying alert. When you're an experienced driver, you can pass the task of staying between the lines to your subconscious, and stop being alert for hazards. Be...
Is it more profitable for a music artist to have a song in the number one spot for a short while, or to have a song in the charts for a lengthier amount of time?	[ "It depends the number sold and length of time. You can sell 100,000 albums in a month then fall off the radar, or slow burn to 100,000 over a few months. Also, unless the artist is self publishing, they're not making all that much off album sales, at least initially.", "It can depend, a song in the number one sp...
Why does Seattle have such a large number of major US corporations?	[ "If you go back 30 years, Boeing was the only \"major\" employer in the region. All those other \"major\" companies are still new.\n\nMicrosoft is in Seattle because that's where Bill Gates' family is from. This leads to the city having a bunch of techies which is probably why Amazon decided to start there.\n\nBo...
Why does wind make such a strange noise when recorded on a device but not when we hear it with our own ears?	[ "Have you ever had someone blow in your ears? Microphone are hyper-sensitive to anything and will accept sound from almost any direction. Your ears will block all the \"simulated\" sound waves of the force of the wind except when it's directly blown inside your eartube. That's basically the difference.\nThis is the...
Why my dog attacks me, when I try to kiss my girlfriend laying on the bed.	[ "Ours do this too. Seems like they just want to play. It's how most dogs play with each other too", "This dog needs to be banned from the bed. He is assuming possession of it." ]
Why do babies and small children fight sleep?	[ "Because they think they'll miss out on something fun while asleep. They're minds are filled with curiosity and wonder" ]
Why does time seem to slow down when I'm studying and passes by really quickly when I'm procrastinating?	[ "You pay much more attention to the time when you're studying, probably something like \"only 10 minutes left\" or whatever, you probably don't do that when you procrastinate." ]
How exactly does our sense of smell work?	[ "Minuscule particles emitting from some source is able to act as a \"key\" to one of your smell receptors in your nose. This \"key\" will then trigger the receptor to emit a signal that is sent to the brain and then relayed back to the sensors with a response.\n\nSo if you think about it, when you smell shit, you'r...
- Why don't we hear babies cry or make other sounds when they are inside the womb?	[ "The baby's lungs are the last thing to form in a normal baby, once they are formed, they will send out a chemical that signals to the uterus that triggers the mother's body to go into labor.", "Their mouths and lungs are filled with amniotic fluid." ]
Why is wearing a hat indoors considered rude?	[ "It would be like wearing your coat inside, generally you don't do that. Hats have a very utilitarian function to either keep your head warm or dry and inside you don't need to do either. Eventually it morphed into a fashion statement but just like you are supposed to use the correct fork to be polite you are sup...
Why was the Fertile Crescent one of the birthplaces of civilization?	[ "Good geography.\n\nThere basic theory is:\n\nFor \"civilization\" you need specialization. you need people who can think, study science, make metal, etc. We also need to stay in one place so we can build libraries, workshops, laboratories and the infrastructure to support them. To do this you need efficient farmin...
What are some likely evolutions humans may adapt over the next few million years, if any?	[ "Because this is entirely speculative and subjective it's been removed. Try /r/futurewhatif instead, or /r/askreddit instead." ]
how did beijing get so air polluted while shanghai remains rather clear?	[ "Beijing is in a terrible spot for an industrial city. It is [surrounded by mountains on three sides](_URL_1_)\n\n\nMeanwhile, [Shanghai](_URL_0_) is surrounded by flat land and sea.\n\nUsually, it's warm at the surface and cold further up, so all the smog will rise with the warm air and blow over the mountains. Bu...
why is it we can it people into a medical induced coma but not any medical use to get them out of coma?	[ "Medically induced coma is done through drugs(barbiturates). Drugs wear off, patient wakes up. Comas cause by accident are a result of damage to the brain which is slow to repair/rewire if it ever does." ]
What is an enterprise architect?	[ "SAP is a company that makes a suite of tools, generally around accounting and human resources. Just like Microsoft Office has Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. SAP has something to process people's paychecks, the company's bank accounts and generating expense reports.\n\nThe architect's job is to connect all these diff...
What exactly is that sinking feeling you feel when you're extremely sad?	[ "What's that scared feeling called, when you don't even know what you scared about?", "I've felt sad before but I thought I felt my heart literally drop lower when I was told something devastating. I felt it only once in my life.", "Some people are mentioning they feel it in the stomach, but what would be the c...
Why are rhymes so pleasing?	[ "Our brains like patterns. Patterns are one of the really basic intelligence tools that got our species to where it is now, from the simplest \"hey, every time I eat this berry I get sick, maybe I shouldn't eat them any more\" to modern scientific advances. When we recognize a pattern (or a breach in a pattern, i...
How did sites like Grooveshark, Spotify, and Google Play get all that music available for free streaming?	[ "Grooveshark is currently in a number of lawsuits over copyright infringement.\n\nSpotify has licensing deals with music studios so that they are allowed to stream music on demand. On the free version, they pay for these license fees with ads. In the US, due to streaming music laws, anyone can use music for Inter...
Why should I install anti-virus software and a firewall?	[ "Why you should install anti-virus and firewall? Honestly, this depends on which operating system you have and so on. But, why to try to defend from virus attacks in general as well as is smart? As this is LI5, I'm going to define all virus-like bad programs as virus here.\n\n > Intramar, the French Navy computer ...
Why do football fans give Tim Tebow so much attention?	[ "He wasnt a great NFL player. Coming out he was one of the most hyped College Players in YEARS. 2 National Championships and a Heisman to his name during his time at Florida.\n\nBasically Johnny Manziel if Johnny had actually won more games in college. That and his strong social example made him easy to cover.", ...
If a person serves prison time for tax evasion, once he or she gets out, does he or she still have to pay what was owed to the government?	[ "To answer your initial question, yes they're still liable for that tax money (plus interest and penalties, usually). But if they've served a couple of years, they may not owe anything once they get out.\n\nWhy? They may have already paid it off.\n\nHow? The federal government has a thing called the federal tax lie...
Can we pinpoint the angle of our trajectory from the source of the big bang?	[ "The big bang wasn't what you seem to think it was. It wasn't an explosion in space that things are moving away from. It was an expansion of space, and it occurred at every location in the universe at the same time.\n\nGalaxies aren't moving away from some central point. Rather, space itself is expanding, ...
why don't checking accounts get interest?	[ "They sometimes do.\n\nIt was once stipulated in banking regulations that demand deposits — deposits that you can get back out of the bank at any time with no restrictions — could not earn interest. This stipulation was called \"regulation Q.\"\n\nIn essence, regulation Q was pretty toothless anyway, because bank...
When taking pictures, why does the "red eye" instance occur?	[ "Light from the flash reflects from the retina. One way to mitigate it is that \"pre-flash\" you see on some cameras: the flash blinks for a few seconds before the camera really fires and takes a picture. They idea is the bright light causes your pupils to contract, reducing how much light can reflect back from the...
Why does the US try to prevent places like Iran form getting a nuclear bomb while its own country has thousands and is the only country ever to use one?	[ "\"Deterrent. Mutually assured destruction.\"\n\nWe only ever used the nuclear bomb because it was an extremely dire circumstance. During the Cold War turning into atomic dust was an extremely likely possibility.\n\nNow that Russia's government is slightly less absolutely insane and that most NATO states have acces...
what is the difference between butter and margarine?	[ "> Tub margarine can easily be substituted for butter at the table for spreading, and some people use it on the stovetop for cooking, though we typically favour using oil over margarine in cases like this. In baking, melted margarine could work in recipes that call for melted butter, but in recipes that call for s...
From ancient times to the present day, why is it acceptable in most parts of the world for men to be bare-chested but not women?	[ "Women's breast and men's breast are not the same. Treating them differently is not arbitrary, it's meaningful. Women's breast are sexual, they develop during puberty and have a functioning role to feed their kin. They are affected by estrogen (female sex hormones). It is sexual, and thus elicits a sexual reaction....
Why do my feet get cold and sweaty when I don't wear socks and have them underneath the blanket?	[ "When you first get under the blanket your body begins to heat up, as it no longer has to work as hard to stay warm. As a reaction, it expands blood vessels near the surface of your skin to shed extra heat. The only problem is most of that heat gets trapped under the blanket. When your body registers that it isn't ...
Why do many men's bathrooms have open stalls with no doors or doors that don't lock?	[ "Many different possibilities, obviously, but if it was done by the establishment on purpose, it's in order to keep guys from doing hard drugs in there (ie heroin), or some other nefarious activity the place doesn't want occurring in their bathrooms. \nIt can also deter men from using the stall at all, if the place...
Why don't courts (U.S.) add perjury charges to criminals who lie in court and are found guilty on other charges?	[ "except that situation would never happen.\n\nthe defendant would rarely be put on the stand. if the prosecutor asked the defendant under oath if he did the crime, the defendant's attorney would tell the defendant to please the 5th and not answer.", "Claiming not guilty at the beginning of a trial is not perjur...
What is inclusive growth? And what can we do to achieve that?	[ "\"inclusive growth\" is a catch all term for economic growth that broadly benefits all parts of society.\n\nThe most obvious method for ensuring that the benefits of economic growth are spread out is redistribution.\n\nHowever, there are countless ways to attempt to achieve broad based growth by way of public poli...
How did they make a hex shaped hole on this lathe?	[ "That was beautiful work with a CNC lathe.\nThe CNC calculated how to spin both the parts to make the pattern required, similar to how it did the threads. I have not seen a good video of this particular pattern slowed down, but I'd assume it's very similar to _URL_0_ .", "He's using a rotary broach with a bit th...
How does an app like OfferUp make money?	[ "Tons of startups don't make money. They lose shit loads of it trying to get users, hoping to make the ninety back by selling the company or having an IPO." ]
Why does almost everyone who drives think it's ok to go up to 5 miles per hour OVER the speed limit?	[ "The most likely reason is that 5 mph is within the speedometer's and radar gun's margin of error, so pulling people that are going 5mph over would result in a ton of legal headaches for everybody.", "Left to do as they please, drivers will drive at whatever speed they feel comfortable and safe driving at.\n\nSpe...
what happened to RSS? Why did it suddenly just stop being a thing?	[ "RSS lets you get quick updates of websites you like. For example [qwantz](_URL_0_) updates every time a new comic goes up. The idea was that you could get updates and new information without having to go to each site and check.", "RSS was developed to pass data when bandwidth was a big concern. when bandwidth ...
Why is it that we sound robotic when we speak into a portable fan on high speed.	[ "Because the blades are rotating to push air. Sound is vibrations in air. So the blades are also affecting the sound. It will modulate your voice with the frequency of the spinning blades." ]
How can a man be raped by a woman?	[ "The human body will respond to physical stimulation even if you haven't consented and don't want it to happen. Mind over matter only goes so far, so sufficient stimulation will still have a predictable effect. The fact that your body responded in the way it is physiologically meant to respond has nothing to do wit...
where do freckles on nipples come from if they have never experienced sun exposure?	[ "People produce pigments such as in freckles independent of sun exposure. Our skin does react to sun exposure by increasing pigment production but that is a separate issue.\n\nYour implication that freckles are only caused by sun exposure is just incorrect." ]
Why do I like toasted bread, but not stale bread?	[ "It is due to a reaction called the Maillard reaction, which is a non-enzymatic form of browning which is caused by heat. It is a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars.\n\nMaillard reactions are why we like browned meat, roasted coffee and biscuits (most baking processes go through the maillard...
Why does the military have its own justice system?	[ "Military members are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in addition to the \"normal\" civilian justice system. Meaning military members can be tried for crimes under the UCMJ which are not crimes for \"normal\" civilians. In addition to more restrictive rules, there are different requirements f...
Why do parabolic (curved) snow skis make skiing easier than the 'old' style straight skis?	[ "When you make a turn, you tip your skis on their side edge towards the inside of the turn. [Like this](_URL_1_).\n\nWith straight skis, the edge would touch the ground on the whole length of the ski when tipping. Since most of your weight is in the middle of the ski, that means that the tip and tail do not push ...
When sucking a piece of candy (hard or soft) why do you have the urge to crunch and swallow it instead of savoring the flavor longer?	[ "Because your whole life youve been crushing things with your teeth and swallowing them immediately as they enter your mouth. It becomes a reflex.", "i think it has to do with the same reason why when you toss a dog a piece of food they pretty much inhale it. while humans enjoy flavor i think we have a more basi...
If someone poored the equivalent in mass as our sun, of water on to our sun, what would happen?	[ "Well the sun wouldn't go out. It would actually burn brighter. Water molecules are two parts hydrogen and and one part oxygen. The sun uses hydrogen to burn (hydrogen makes up most of the sun's mass) so by adding water you'd be adding more fuel." ]
Why is smoke sometimes black and sometimes white?	[ "It's only white when a new pope is elected. Seriously though, it depends on what material you're burning. Gasoline and oil tend to have black smoke while dry wood tends to have white smoke." ]
Why is a 2 degree Celsius increase in temperature on earth considered dramatically dangerous.	[ "Try to imagine all the matter that makes up the surface of the Earth. All that air water, earth, rock, etc. To increase the average temperature of all that involves an immense amount of energy. \n\nIt's the air in particular that's a cause for concern. Air that's 2C hotter is more energetic and can hold more water...
What tricks/methods does Hollywood use/how do they portray actions that are undesirable (to the actor/actress) or illegal (i.e using drugs, drinking liquor, sex) in movies and tv?	[ "Drugs and alcohol is easy. How can you tell the liquid in the glass is alcoholic just by looking at it? You can't. How do you know the white powder is cocaine, or the smoke coming from the wrapped \"joint\" is from marijuana? You can't. I hope I don't need to explicitly describe how dyed water could be passed off ...
In order to design/code websites, what languages do I have to learn?	[ "The answer depends on what you're going for. If you just want a simple website to host pictures of your cats, you could probably make do with just knowing (I would learn them in this order):\n\n* HTML - describes the structure of a website page\n* CSS - describes how to format said page\n* Javascript - a programmi...
Why is it so much harder to hold your breath after breathing out then it is before breathing out?	[ "When you take a breath and exhale it, your lungs will absorb about 20% of the oxygen in that breath. So if you instead hold your breath, you've actually got several full breaths worth of oxygen that are still available to your lungs, even though you haven't breathed in any new air. \n\nWhen you exhale and then h...
When to use a hyphen in between two words (global-scale, first-class, etc.)	[ "If the words are working separately, they aren't hyphenated. For example, \"itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie yellow polkadot bikini.\" \n\nIt's not itsy and bitsy, it's itsy-bitsy. Same with teenie-weenie. At the same time it's not bitsy-teenie, so those aren't hyphenated together. \n\nNow the part where it gets more fl...
How come whenever I draw a face having a certain expression I end up making the same expression?	[ "A fun little part of the brain known as mirror neurons. They're the reason that you empathize with actors on screen or in this case, your doodles. Mirror neurons believe that whatever your eyes are looking at, is actually you. So when you see someone hurt, you cringe. Or when you see an angry face you believe it's...
If calories are a measure of energy, does the same food have more or less calories/energy whether it is eaten hot or cold?	[ "Food gets broken down to glucose sugar, and various vitamins and minerals. The vitamins and minerals are used by cells for their internal bio-chemistry, and the glucose is burned (with oxygen from breathing) for energy. \"Calories\" are a measure of the amount of glucose that can be extracted and burned, and thi...
during embryo growth, how do cells physically "arrange themselves" into complex structures like organs, appendages, etc?	[ "I'm a bit rusty on my developmental biology, but the basics is that cell division is not symetrical, and at each division in the early stages, some material goes with one of the cell, and the rest with the other.\n\nThis translates into different protein being produced by the cells, or at least different concentra...
Why do you see people advertise themselves as "pre-op transgender" in dating sites (and other dating mediums) but you never see "post-op transgender" written?	[ "I think generally people who're fully done with transitioning are ready to set it behind them. The point isn't to be transgender, the point is to be male/female.\n\n > is it unethical or immoral to not make potential partners aware of your history?\n\nThis topic comes up from time to time. Even within the trans c...
if someone was to melt down pre 1982 pennies for copper?	[ "You would have to melt pennies at a large scale to make it worthwhile for the government to spend time investigating and arresting you. To melt pennies at that scale, you would have to industrialize the process (large amounts of pennies, big smelter, and a reliable customer who will pay cash for the copper). Somew...
is there a chemical reaction in the brain that responds to cancelling appointments and social activities? I often feel good after lightening the social load!	[ "You had to do a task you were dreading and nervous about, and by canceling it, your brain considers it accomplished. You are then rewarded for it chemically.\n\nIt's alot easier than spearing a mammoth anyway.", "Acetylcholine is the introvert’s version of dopamine, though I’m not 100% sure that applies here." ]
Why are fractals considered to have fractional dimensions? What does a fractional dimension mean?	[ "I highly recommend watching the following video by the best math presenter on YouTube. It should answer both your questions (and a bunch of other interesting questions).\n\n_URL_0_" ]
Why are bar codes relatively large when usually you only need one thin scan line to identify an item?	[ "You May have expierienced how long it takes from time to time for the employees to find the Barcode, now imagine its only half a cm thick." ]
Why is it that diesel gas prices are now getting much lower to the point of being close to or even lower than the price of unleaded?	[ "Did you know originally diesel was always cheaper per litre than petrol it was only when the government realised the extra miles people where getting out of a diesel car so they jacked up the price, and agricultural, and fishing boats, etc still get diesel at cheap prices for diesel (it's red diesel and I can't re...
How come we don't remember things exactly as they were?	[ "Essentially, your brain plays [The Telephone Game](_URL_0_) with itself and each time your memory tries to recall something, you're actually remembering the last time you remembered it. If little inaccuracies slipped in, some feelings were stronger or more important than another, or you forget that you told a wh...
Why does the thread count of sheets make them softer?	[ "Think of sandpaper... the kind with large grit is rougher than the sandpaper with fine grit. Not imagine the same thing with threads. Fewer, larger threads will be rougher than more fine threads." ]
If we pressed down on a nail for several months, would that affect its growth?	[ "I'm not an expert but this does happen with an ingrown toenail. The nail doesn't stop growing but instead starts to bend." ]
When taking a hot shower with cold feet, why does the hot water make your feet feel "icy hot" for a while?	[ "Your cold receptors are firing because your feet are cold. When you dip your feet in the warm water, the nerves responsible for detecting heat are then activated. So for a moment, your brain receives signals for both hot and cold, leading to the sensation you describe. \n\nSource:medical school", "There was a re...
In what way(s) will the universe theoretically end?	[ "According to general scientific concesus, there's a few ways this could go down, and it depends on wether or not highly complicated theories like the overall shape of the universe turn out to be true:\n\nHeat death is one of them, a scenario in which, after billions of billions of years, all stars in the universe ...
Russia. Ukraine, oil, and the supposed "New cold war"	[ "For now, let's ignore the social and geographic history of what is known today as Ukraine.\n\nNot too long ago, Ukraine was in the midst of deciding whether they were going to join the European Union, a move to which Russia strongly objected. \n\nRussia basically told Ukraine that if they join EU, then all the var...
I feel like a dog can sense if a person is unhappy. How?	[ "I am by no way at all a scientist or veterinarian but I have been working with dogs for over a decade. I spent a lot of time as a dog handler is a large off leash facility and the first thing I taught myself was to leave everything at the door before I went in. If something was happening in my personal life or my ...
how flashing coloured lights became associated with Christmas?	[ "The Christmas tree became popular in Germany during the 18th to early 19th centuries. It was brought to America by German immigrants during the 1800s and also became popular in other European countries. During the spread of the tradition, people began putting candles on the tree. I couldn't find a good explanation...
why lawyers and judges have to wear wigs in court?	[ "It's just a tradition, dating back to when \"court\" meant an audience before the local sovereign ruler. Back then it was part of the protocol for appearing before someone superior to you, and a token of respect for the sovereign. We keep the tradition today as a token of respect for the gravity of the circumstanc...
What exactly is happening inside my body when I have a stomach ache?	[ "Considering that there are a few different things that can be considered a stomach ache, I may not be answering your specific question:\n\n1) Feeling like you are going to vomit.\n\nYour body is wanting to remove something that it really doesn't want in it's stomach. This can vary by a large amount, but can range...
Why do we feel so dehydrated after sleeping, even for short periods?	[ "Aside from simply not being able to ingest fluids while asleep;\n\n1. Hormonal release/changes that occur predominantly during sleep.\n2. Increased sweating due to different temperature regulation when asleep.\n3. Increased fluid consumption by your body during sleep.\n4. Dryness of mouth.\n5. Possible desire for ...
How does a coding language like Python actually communicate with a piece of software?	[ "In the case of Maya, I believe you write and run the code from inside the program (Maya). So Maya will be what is reading your code and so it will recognize specific commands in the code that refer to it and will execute them. So if you have a rotate command in your python code, when Maya reaches that section, it ...
Why is Hillary Clinton's campaign paying for the Russian dossier not raising more concern?	[ "Best I can tell is the Republicans can't make a big deal about it because they are where it originated. In my mind the most likely chain of events was RNC starts dossier and when Trump won the ticket they(likely McCain)told the DNC about it. If the contents are proven to be fiction the finger can be pointed anyw...
Whats the difference between the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and a Single Payer Health Care System?	[ "Single-Payer healthcare is when the government pays for everyone's healthcare. It might be provided in public or private hospitals, but the government pays for it (or at least some of it).\n\nObamacare mandates that everyone either be covered by employer healthcare, qualify for government healthcare or buy their o...
What makes a mortgage better/worse compared to a bank credit?	[ "Good debt is debt that makes you wealthier in the end. Buying house means that you are financing an appreciating asset. You aren't taking on debt to spend above your means, you are using tools available to help build wealth you otherwise could not. Same goes for things like business loans and student loans. You bo...
Why can't the Syria conflict be resolved through UN?	[ "> Can Russia really just VETO everything regarding the Syria conflict?\n\nYes. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, and the United States, can all veto any UN resolution.\n\nBut it hardly matters, because the UN doesn't have any teeth. It can't r...
How exactly does alcohol damage the liver?	[ "in long term, Alcohol (ethanol), which naturally through the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and then by aldehyde dehydrogenase will be metabolized (or you could say; converted) into acetic acid, which is basic kitchen vinegar. Acetic acid is then converted into CO2 \\+ H2O (acetic acid itself is rather more non...
Why do not Mexico's military forces just eradicate the cartels?	[ "Because the Cartels are extremely (and I mean EXTREMELY) well coordinated and armed and not just a bunch of thugs high on their stuff who whack anyone they don't like. They are practically a paramilitary group in how they are organized and have made usage of even computers as an art form in how they perform their...
What exactly do a president and vice president do all day?	[ "All sorts of stuff. \n\nPolicy meetings, meeting with various heads of departments, briefings, public appearance stuff, meeting/calling foreign leaders,", "Well, in America the president is 1/3 of our government. If a bill passes through Congress, then he must sign it into action. He also has the ability to prop...
How does mass have no effect on acceleration due to gravity?	[ "The key you're missing is that the more mass there is, the harder it is to move it. The pull of gravity is stronger, but that is balanced out because it's harder to move. For instance, consider how much effort it takes to push a shopping cart with one hundred feathers compared to pushing a cart with a hundred bric...
Why is baldness much more common in men than it is in women?	[ "Most of the baldness you see is caused by a gene on the X chromosome. If a man has the gene for baldness in his X chromosome then he will be bald. If a woman has the gene for baldness on an X chromosome, she has a second X chromosome that most likely will not have that gene so it is suppressed and she will not ...
Why was windows '98 so good?	[ "You probably don't remember windows 3.1.. when windows 95 came out shit was forever changed. When win98 came out, everything wrong with win95 was fixed (for the most part). \n\nBetter question- why was windows 95 so good?\n\nEdit: just to wrap this question up in three simple words.. the start menu.", "I wouldn'...
Are we all capable of being indoctrinated into believing anything no matter how immoral it seems now?	[ "You might roll your eyes at the cliche I'm going to give you here (assuming you know what it is), but check out the Milgram Experiment. People can be conditioned under the right circumstances to do immoral things. Very few people are outliers that take serious effort to condition like that.\n\nIn short, yes. Peopl...
Why are the subreddits /r/news and /r/worldnews so widely hated amongst redditors?	[ "Because they are typically either a) wrong b) misleading or c) some combination of the two.\n\nThere is no incentive to be truthful or analytic in those forums. The only incentive is karma. The truth may set you free, but it sure as hell doesn't get you reddit gold....", "There are lots of different complaints p...
- Why do we eat cows and pigs abd not horses and dogs in the Western World?	[ "Horse meat isn't rare at all. You can get it in many parts of europe. Tastes ok too. \n\nAnyway, that's culture. The same reason we think that bacon and eggs is a breakfast food, and don't eat grasshoppers.", "When you work on a farm each animal is used for several things. Pigs will eat almost anything, but they...
why does the flu season start around the same time every year?	[ "Cooler weather puts more strain on the immune system and people begin sealing themselves inside to stay warm, rather than letting in fresh air. In addition, it happens shortly after students go back to school - which are great breeding grounds for disease (poorer hygiene, cramped classrooms, etc)" ]
If you're not supposed to flush wipes, why are they explicitly stated to be flushable?	[ "There is no law that defines \"flushable.\" That it fits down the toilet means it meets the common definition. If you ask a sanitary worker they will tell you they've never seen a wipe that breaks up like toilet paper.\n\nAt the treatment plant there is a scrubber that pulls out all of the condoms, tampons, wipe...

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