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Used car pricing.	[ "1. people highball their car because potential buyers will haggle down the price. that is a near guarantee, so they list the car higher. \n\n2. people wildly overestimate the value of their car. it might have 200k+ miles and there might be a crack in the manifold... but it drives like a dream!\n\n3. dealerships ge...
why do girls or guys put naked pictures of themselves on the internet ?	[ "1. Attention/validation/excitement;\n2. It's just a normal picture to them and the fact they are naked isn't an issue for them;\n3. They were paid at some point, but has been distributed by others freely;\n4. It was never meant for public dissemination but some asshole decided to put it out there;", "Maybe a bet...
What is quantitive easing?	[ "One of the jobs of the Federal Reserve it to help set monetary policy for the United States. One of the main ways it does this is by setting the Federal Fund Rate. This is an interest rate that banks pay each other for interbank loans, but more importantly, almost all other interests rates (home loans, credit ca...
How Does Stephen Hawking's Chair Work?	[ "Hawking suffers from motor neuron disease, and over time, he's become more and more paralysed. Early on in the disease's progression, his students were able to understand him (with some effort), but as his disease progressed he's needed other solutions. In the mid-80's he had a tracheotomy, and lost his ability t...
Why is it that when you drink cranberry juice it creates a sort of texture in your mouth, but other juices do not?	[ "Some drinks/foods (namely cranberry juice and red wine) have something inside them called Tannins. Tannins bind with the proteins in your saliva on your tongue and cheeks, changing (temporarily and very little) the surface of your mouth by taking away some of the natural coating that is normally there.", "Cranb...
Why are farmers struggling financially when there are more people than ever before to feed, people eat more on average than ever before, we know more about the science of agriculture than ever before, and there is more advanced machinery for planting / harvesting than ever before?	[ "Automation is eliminating most of the simple jobs for farmers. A typical farm machine does the work of 40 laborers. So now being a farmer means you need a ton of money to operate a fleet of expensive machines.", "Saw this on Facebook recently:\n\n > “The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything...
Why do men start balding sooner and at a much faster rate than women?	[ "A product of testosterone called [DHT](_URL_0_) is toxic to hair follicles on the head." ]
Why do judges and lawyers in the UK still wear those ridiculous wigs in court?	[ "Why do priests wear their collars backwards? Why do businessmen wear a strip of fabric around their necks that have no function? Why do chefs wear that puffy hat (when any hat would work)? I think labeling something as \"ridiculous is a bit subjective", "It's traditional and entirely optional. If the judge choos...
How do animal eggs get their nutrients?	[ "The yolk contains the nutrients needed for the animal to grow. Think of the yolk as the place a of the egg. The fetus is attached by an umbilical cord to the yolk. By the time the animal is fully grown, the yolk nutrients have been used up." ]
How does a compiler work and what language is a compiler written in?	[ "A compiler is basically just a translator. It turns one language into another one, just like a hypothetical machine that could translate English into Japanese. The output of a compiler (the language it translates to) is typically the computer's machine code.\n\nCompilers usually have a few pieces.\n\n* The lexer...
What happens to people who were previously charged with illegal possession of marijuana after a new law legalizes it?	[ "It depends on the exact nature of the new law. All else being equal, they may still be convicted, or if already convicted may still be imprisoned, because they broke the law as it stood at the time.\n\nHowever, recognising that this is kind of silly where a law is introduced that basically says \"welp, we shoul...
The reason behind Colorado county secession vote today	[ "Many states have tensions between urban areas, which tend to be more liberal, and rural areas, which tend to be more conservative. In Colorado, which in recent years has trended liberal, legalized pot, banned high-capacity magazines, etc, the rural conservatives are particularly distraught.\n\nOf course, it's rat...
How do tape recorders adjust for the differences in spool sizes?	[ "The speed of the tape isn't controlled by the speed that the reels turn, it's the other way around.\n\nPart of the tape path, usually just after the heads, is a cylindrical drive called the [capstan](_URL_0_), and a pinch roller to hold the tape against the capstan.\n\nThe capstan turns at a constant speed and *th...
How substances like gasoline are able to store so much energy	[ "Hydrocarbon chains (like gasoline) are made of carbon and hydrogen. When these substances undergo combustion, the carbon atoms bond with external oxygen to form CO2, and the hydrogen atoms bond with external oxygen to form H2O. Every time a complex molecule (hydrocarbon chain) becomes a simpler molecule, energy is...
If teachers have to spend so much money out of pocket on school supplies for class why don't they just stop?	[ "Teachers are kind of strange in that they care about the children under their charge and also care about their jobs. Kind of crazy I know", "Former high school teacher here. Two thoughts come to mind. \n\n1) Nobody gets into teaching for the money. If you're a teacher, you probably have some sense that people de...
Why do I have two bars of WiFi signal when I lie on my left side, but when I lie flat on my back I loose my Wifi altogether? Surely a few centimetres shouldn't make a difference?	[ "Wifi signal can act like waves in a pool. Up and down all over the place, but sometimes there is a dead spot where the waves bouncing off the walls cancel each other out. Try moving the router, or even just changing the angle of the antenna." ]
why are YouTube videos not available to My country (u.s)	[ "Copyright issues. One company might have copyright laws registered in the US, but not in, say, Russia. So Youtube might block that video in the US because the company can sue them for hosting the video in the US, but won't in other countries." ]
What sound properties do different musical instruments have different from each other?	[ "This has a lot to do with overtones and resonance. \n\nResonance is pretty self-explanatory: how well something (in the case an instrument) resonates throughout a room or building due to the sound waves bouncing and amplifying for a short period of time. \n\nOvertones are what make a sound \"thick.\" When an instr...
Why don't more satellites get damaged from space debris?	[ "While there is a lot of trash around, space is huuuuuge. And the chances of something beeing hit are pretty small. This map shows you all the sattelites in earth orbit _URL_0_ and just look at how much space there is inbetween them.", "There is a lot of space debris up there actually. It's just the vast dimensio...
Why don't humans (and other organisms) evolve into perfect beings?	[ "All evolution does is adapt you to survive and reproduce in your surroundings. If thats the end goal, humans pretty much are perfect", "Fittest means, \"reproduces the most.\" It does not mean physically perfect. Insects are fitter than any other form of animal life on the planet because they are the most numero...
what is thread-concurrency?	[ "Thread concurrency is when multiple threads are running at the same time. Idk if the same principles apply for software and hardware, but at least in software, concurrency introduces problems that normally wouldn't exist.\n\nLet's take the example of ATMs that digitally records how much money my bank account has. ...
If the minimum wage is increased, won't employers, corporations, the 1%, etc... just increase prices to give themselves the same financial advantages they have now, thereby wiping out the gains for the minimum wage earner?	[ "You know what won't go up?\n\nThat $6000 debt on your credit card. The $13000 you have left on your car loan. The $200,000 you have on your mortgage.", "Will prices go up some? Maybe, but chances are it won't be in proportion. Basically, it goes like this: How much are you willing to spend on a Big Mac? If y...
Why does direct deposit take upwards of two weeks to activate yet opening a credit account can take 20 minutes at a store?	[ "Assuming we're talking about direct deposit of a paycheck, it's likely your job that is causing the delay and not the bank. Businesses have to have their payroll and financial booking in order before they can pay you. They might not be able to handle financial changes on short notice for a variety of reasons. If t...
Are Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan considered different cities? And what considers them boroughs?	[ "They're all part of New York City, though they were once separate and individual cities. As for what considers them “boroughs,” that's the colloquial name for the counties which now bear those names. Queens and the Bronx are the same in both cases, but Manhattan is New York county, Staten Island is Richmond county...
Why do animals like deer, kangaroos and such seem to vaporize when hit by a fast moving car?	[ "Vaporize? They don't. You can clearly see the bodies after contact.\n\nHowever, the blood is expelled as a loosely compacted liquid which, as liquids do at high velocity, disperses as a mist.\n\nSome of the internal organs would go with that, too, as they are very squishy, and squishy things hit by something large...
Why does it feel colder when you get wet?	[ "when water evaporates off your skin, the water takes some energy from its surroundings (meaning you) in order to change from a liquid to a gas. This is also why sweating makes you cooler. The evaporation of any water, sweat or otherwise, cools you down." ]
How do swype keyboard work and how are they so accurate?	[ "You start on one letter. The computer takes a list of words that start with that letter. You swype to the next letter -the computer eliminates all words that don't have that letter next. You swype to the third letter and it eliminates more words and so on until you have only the word you swyped in. However, your i...
the meaning behind this quote: "Karachi is like Gotham City.. except we have no Batman.. and our Joker lives in London"	[ "Karachi (largest city in Pakistan) is currently experiencing some large problems; both in crime, and politically. This is in part due to [Altaf Hussain](_URL_0_) who is the founder and leader of the [Muttahida Quami Movement](_URL_1_) - a political party in pakistan based in the city of Karachi. The problems surro...
Why is it that Russians are never (or barely ever) referred to as Asians, even though Russia is technically part of the continent Asia?	[ "Most Russians live in what is considered by most maps to be Europe. However, far more importantly than that, most Russians are ethnic Slavs and are far, far more culturally connected to Europe than any Asian culture.", "You've been misinformed your whole life, but not intentional.\nThe country you know as Russia...
What would happen if a civilian took the laws in their own hands (Catching criminals, helping the police etc.). Are there any legal restricitions against doing this, like Batman does?	[ "Canadian lawyer here.\n\nThis depends massively on the jurisdiction you are in. In Canada, anyone is allowed to arrest someone they find committing an indictable offence (comparable to a felony), but there are certain restrictions. For example, if I'm going to arrest someone, I have to directly find them committin...
Back in the old days of Minecraft Modding, why did we need to delete the "META-INF" folder to avoid a black screen?	[ "Meta-Inf is an address book of sorts. Minecraft will attempt to index everything in that address book. When modding old-school style, we replace files in the minecraft.jar itself. That will lead to some disrepancies in the addresses and whatnot. Minecraft then crashes cause it can't find what it expects. By deleti...
What is tenure, how do professors get it, and why can't it be taken away when they abuse their power over students?	[ "This may help:\n\n_URL_0_\n\nA professor certainly can be fired for cause." ]
What is the "life expectancy" of the human civilisation?	[ "That's way too complicated to possibly predict, and as far as we know, there's likely not anything we could do to ourselves (nuclear warfare, anthropogenic climate change, etc.) that would wipe us out completely, even if it would be catastrophic. Some humans somewhere would somehow limp to survival. Although we do...
My sister and I are the youngest of seven, four years separating her and I. She and I have five distinct birthmarks all in the same places and similar shapes, however none of our other siblings have these birthmarks. Why is this?	[ "its about DNA...you have some common genes with other siblings that you just don't notice. \n\nthe birthmarks are just more noticable, especially if they are in nearly the same places.\n\nthe other siblings probably got those genes as recessive genes means those birthmarks didn't show up for them", "Do you share...
Why do airlines ask you to turn off/airplane mode your phone during a flight when? Does it actually affect the flight?	[ "I'm a pilot. While usually cell phones don't affect our instrumentation (anymore, this wasn't always the case), I can definitely tell if someone in first class (or in the cockpit haha) has their phone on because as soon as we get low enough for them to have service, I will hear a bunch of clicks in my headset if t...
Why does it take so long for new video game consoles to be produced?	[ "Consoles are typically sold at a loss to encourage people to buy them. This increases the install base, and developers want to target the largest audiences possible to maximize sales. Developers have to pay a licensing fee to the console manufacturers to release a game on their platform. So the reason it takes ...
what's the difference between torque and brake horse power?	[ "Torque and HP are related by an equation:\n\nHP = torque * RPMs / 5252\n\nTorque is the amount of twisting force available at that moment at the wheel. HP is the amount of energy the engine is able to produce, and they are in a fixed relationship with each other.\n\nWhen people argue about torque vs. horsepower fo...
Does the heat index (or wind chill) objectively effect the human body?	[ "Before I answer your question, I want to address your 99 vs. 100 degrees C example. Water will evaporate, very quickly, at 99 degrees C. It just won't quite reach boiling (assuming normal atmospheric pressure). Now, what causes the heat index is temperature and humidity. The amount of moisture already in the air...
where do birthmarks come from?	[ "There are two types of birthmarks.\n\nPigmented birthmarks result from when there is an excess of skin pigment cells, the cells that give your skin colour, in one place. Examples of these would include moles, café au lait spots, and Mongolian spots.\n\nVascular birthmarks are from an increased amount of blood vess...
Why do modern TVs seem to increase the framerate of video, even when to footage is decades old?	[ "Modern televisions have a setting that is usually turned on by default that causes this effect. The way it does it is by looking at two frames in the image, seeing what the differences are, and \"guessing\" what another frame between the two would look like if it was there when the show was recorded. The TV then c...
Short Film Industry. How do short films make money? How much do the directors/producers/actors earn on average?	[ "They generally don't unless you win an award.\n\nThey're usually funded by art grants or private investors as a proof of concept for the director and/or crew's talents." ]
I read somewhere it's impossible to overdose on melatonin. But, what would happen if I consumed an entire bottle at one time?	[ "I was laying in bed sleeping when I woke up adrenaline pumping fully alert. I couldn't move, I was paralyzed. My body didn't do the \"feels like I have a million pound weight\" deal, just didn't do crap.\n\nStanding over me was a demon dressed in a white dress. I've heard stories of the white light, etc. I tho...
Why do I see the same length of my body in the mirror no matter how far I am from the mirror?	[ "What do you mean by \"length of my body\"? Do you mean you see yourself as the same height? You see yourself as the same height because you are still the same height. looking in a mirror is like looking at a person on the other side of a piece of glass, standing as far from the glass as you. Since they're still th...
What are the differences between mechanical keyboard switches?	[ "Mechanical switches differ not only in actuation force, but also in the profile of that force. A switch might be designed to require a high force to begin moving, but then it lightens up. Or it can be made to get heavier as you push it. They can also differ in how much force it takes to keep them depressed, and wi...
the speed of light through different materials.	[ "That's an error a lot of people make. Light itself doesn't slow down, it only appear to slow down. Light isn't bouncing around inside the material, because it that would be the case, then light would be scarttered in all direction when exiting the material and there would be a randomness in the apparent speed of l...
Why are we circumcised?	[ "From what I understand, it was a religious reason to Jewish folks, but it became more mainstream when John Kellogg(as in the cereal company) recommended it to prevent masturbation. I may be wrong, but that's what I understand of the subject.", "People used to not have access to baths and showers like we do today...
What is the difference between techno and electronic?	[ "Techno originates from the 80s in Detroit. It sounds dark, industrial, and sometimes depressing. A good example is Prodigy - Breathe: _URL_1_\n\nElectronic is a catch-all term for all music that uses electronic instruments.\n\n\"Electronica\" is not a genre. It is a marketing buzzword from the 90s when electronic ...
Why are so many universities selective with admissions if more students means more revenue?	[ "Imagine you have a movie theater that seats 200 people. There's a popular movie coming out. Would you sell 800 tickets to the show? I mean, that'e more revenue, right?\n\nWell, yeah, but you can't handle that many people. So, capacity and infrastructure are part of it.\n\nAnother part is that limiting the number o...
If residential solar is such a good investment, how come 95% percent of homes don't have it yet?	[ "Probably because it takes 10 - 20 years until you have your costs cut and start to make profits since solar panels aren't cheap at all. Here in germany the goverment was support solar panel companies but have since cut those supports.", "high initial cost, low rate of return, and the systems are fairly complicat...
Why do so many airline pilots have alcohol problems?	[ "Poor pay, irregular hours, spending time away from family, stressful environment and lack of rest to name a few.", "I think your premise is false. If this were true, it wouldn't make the news. I think the fact that it happens so rarely is what makes it newsworthy.", "And gives them suicidal thoughts? I think...
Why did some animals become mainstream pets?	[ "They were the easiest to tame and domesticate. Also, some had actual uses beyond \"companion\".", "Dogs that liked to be around humans did better than those who didn't. Eventually dogs lived in our villages and ate our garbage in exchange for offering us some protection.", "Pets are a fairly recent developme...
Why is it so incredibly difficult to hold in a bowel movement?	[ "The anus is an involuntary scphincter. When you try to hold in your poops you are controlling muscles around the anus but not the anus itself. Once there is enough internal pressure the anus will relax and there is nothing you can do about it.", "The real question is why the pressure goes away completely if you ...
How big is an atom?	[ "Let's try with size comparisons.\n\nFor reference, the average measures I'll use are as follows: the diameter of a grain of sand is 0.2 millimetres, the diameter of an atom (electron cloud around the nucleus) is about 200 picometres, and the diameter of the nucleus alone is 10 femtometres.\n\nNow for the compariso...
Why (or how) do certain mobile apps and programs make phones heat up and drain battery so quickly? And how does fixing a certain string of code fix that?	[ "Most of the time, most parts of your phone aren't being used, or aren't being used fully.\n\n- The GPS chip is switched off when you're not using location services\n\n- The cellular data chip goes into a lower power mode when you're not sending/receiving data\n\n- Even the processor isn't used very much when the a...
How does ADHD affect the brain?	[ "You know the story of the ant and the grasshopper? The ant works hard, plans for the future, prepares and stores food for winter. Grasshopper fucks around all summer, procrastinates, does whatever he wants and when winter comes he's caught off guard and underprepared. \n\nWell, in the brain of an ADHD person, the ...
Why are almonds cheaper in milk form?	[ "> Doesn't it take way more almonds to make a half gallon of milk then 6oz of raw almonds?\n\nNot \"way more\", no. Depending on the recipe, I've seen something like 6oz - 8oz of almonds for half a gallon of almond milk. And keep in mind that you don't need almonds in great condition. If you're buying almonds to...
When I pee, am I peeing out the water I drank recently, or the water I drank yesterday to make room for the new water?	[ "When you drink water, it eventually becomes part of your blood. Your kidney regulates your blood pressure by drawing out water from the blood, which gets excreted as urine. So it's not really possible to differentiate water you drank now from water you drank earlier or even water your body produced.", "Imagine i...
Human babies are a luxury?	[ "Our large brains mean we have to be expelled from the body before we grow too large to fit through the birth canal, so as a result we have to do a lot of our growing outside the body.\n\nOur brains are also the reason why we have and can use weapons to prevent being eaten by a lion.", "Because we are a K selecte...
Seeing all of these Harambe & Deez Nuts votes in the presidental elections, What would happen if one of them actually got the majority of the votes?	[ "If the person behind the name was eligible, then he or she could get the job. In the last election in the UK, Lord Buckethead stood against Prime Minister Theresa May in her constituency: if he had one, she would have lost the PM job (since the PM has to be a MP), and he would have become an MP.", "Harambe is ...
How can movies shot in the 1980s and 1990s be released on HD platforms such as Bluray?	[ "Yes, the original 35 mm film had much higher resolution than Blu-ray.\n\nRemember, they were meant to be shown on a huge cinema size screen... if you put up a Blu-ray movie on a 20 meter wide screen it wouldn't look nice.", "Thoses movies were filmed on... film. 35mm film. This is a pretty good stuff in fact.\nW...
Before electronic currency, how did central banks, e.g the Fed, pay for the production of legal tender (bills/coins)?	[ "Electronic bookkeeping was not the first time balances were written down rather than represented with physical objects. Did you think that when I deposited $50 in a bank in 1950, that exact $50 bill was kept in the vault until I asked for it back? No, they took the bill, added it to their stash, and added 50 to th...
How do planes land safely on seemingly not safe days?	[ "Airplanes are much heavier than cars, so they slip less. It's the same reason a heavier car won't slide off the highway as easily as a smaller car. Plus, the runways are very long and very straight, so they're designed to have lots of room for stopping (and the engines usually will reverse thrust to slow down th...
If I go back a couple of hundred generations I would have more direct ancestors than there were people alive on the planet: How is this possible?	[ "Incest \\o/\n\nedit: to clarify: At some point multiple of these positions in your tree of origin are occupied by the same person." ]
Why do toe nails typically have fungus while fingernails usually don't?	[ "Toenails often are confined in a dark, warm, moist environment — inside your shoes — where fungi can thrive.\nToes usually have less blood flow than do fingers, making it harder for your body's immune system to detect and stop infection." ]
How are tyres attached to wheels?	[ "In car tires, there's a steel wire that's on the edge of the rubber tire. This wire is forced over the lip of the car wheel when mounting the tire. Then tension of the wire combined with friction of the rubber and air pressure seals(mostly) the tire to the wheel.\n\nIn some off-road wheels, a securing ring of ...
why do you always get a distinct feeling/smell/ thing when you get struck in the nose or face?	[ "I don't think the exact cause is known, but shocks to the brain - which could come through a blow to your face - can produce these odd (metallic?) taste sensations. They're common in concussions. Presumably a taste center in the brain is being knocked and playing up. You should get any potential concussion checked...
If insects use the moon to navigate at night, how do they navigate when it is a new moon, or any other phase in which the moon is only out for a short time at night?	[ "The main theory is that they just use the moon as a landmark to help them fly in straight lines... But that there are other cues they use to navigate.\n\nApparently this is too short for ELI5... It's like if you were using the morning sun to help you walk in a straight line. Even if the day becomes cloudy, there a...
Why do Americans use 'mom' and not mum also change other words?	[ "For the same reason you don't use Ye Old English like you read in Shakespeare's plays, or even the most obscure English from way before that.\n\nLanguage change, and that's fleek, it's lit, it's groovy, and it's far out, man.", "Mom is the older shortening of \"Mother\". As with many things it is the British not...
Why do I sometimes 'hear' my heart beat through my ear when I lay my ear on a pillow?	[ "You are hearing your pulse as it travels through your ear.\n\nThe pillow blocks out most external sound, and you laying at rest causes you to focus on certain things." ]
Why when I press on my skin it leaves a white spot for a couple of seconds?	[ "You have tiny blood vessels near the surface of your skin (capillaries). When you push on your skin you force blood out of them. When you release it takes a fraction of a second for the blood to return.", "It's called capillary refill and one of the many simple tests a doctor or clinic might make, push and see h...
Why do big companies fear their workers unionizing?	[ "Lets say you work for a company and you feel like you deserve a raise. You walk into your boss's office and you say, \"Pay me more or I quit\". Your boss can let you quit - it is easy to replace a single worker after all.\n\nNow, lets say that you get _everyone_ in the company to walk into your boss's office an...
When animals are pregnant and then give birth, does the mother understand what is happening?	[ "Before you answer this question you have to answer \"What do animals understand?\". There is limited evidence that animals have the same self-awareness that humans do. \n\n\n_URL_0_\n\nSkip to about 5 minutes for an explanation on the explanatory gap and the 'theory of mind'." ]
Why aren't people electrocuted during a flash flood/storm?	[ "Being electrocuted in the water isn't easy. I know you get told a lot about not taking a bath during a lightning storm. But chances are even if you did, nothing would happen. There are still thigns taller than you, still a whole lot of places for electricity to conduct more readily, and a lot of space between you ...
If electrons and protons are oppositely charged, why aren't they attracted to each other in the nucleus of the atom?	[ "Electron degeneracy pressure and the pauli exclusion principle. The force of this is greater than the electromgnetic force. \nTwo fermions cant occupy the same quantum state, unless gravity overcomes this as in a nuetron star. \n\nELI5\n\neseentially the force attracting protons and electrons is weaker than one th...
Why does it feel like HD movies are more HD than real life?	[ "Processing.\n\nAt least, that's my assumption, as a photographer.\n\nI can take a picture and on the review screen on my camera, it looks pretty close (like 99% accurate) to what I actually see.\n\nThen I pop it in to lightroom, blast the shit out of the contrast, knock down the shadows and raise the saturation a ...
Ponzi Schemes	[ "Jill has 2 dollars. Jack tells Jill if she gives him the 2 dollars, he'll be able to give her 3 dollars back later. Jack does so and makes sure Jill tells all her friends what a wonderful deal Jack is offering.\n\nOne of Jill's friends now wants to lend money to Jack. Jack takes this money and waits for another on...
How do simple traffic stops/calls escalate to deadly force for police officers/offenders so frequently?	[ "The thing is that its not frequent. They dont report the millions of traffic stops that operate smoothly. They find the one or two that escalated and report the crap out of it until people start to believe that cops are killing black people for no reason or drug dealers are gunning down cops on the regular.\n\n & ...
What is the source of heat for the Earths core?	[ "> What is the source of heat for the Earths core?\n\nA small portion is residual heat from the initial collapse of material into the gravity well of Earth, but the majority at this point is from radioactive decay of heavy elements in the core.", "The majority comes from radioactive decay. There are various ele...
Why iOS update is 75MB but requires 1.5GB to install?	[ "Because that 75 MB contains 3kb of changes to make to this 1MB file, and 2kb of changes to make to this 2MB file, etc etc. when it installs, it has to load the original file, duplicate it, apply the changes, and then return the file to its original place and delete the original.\n\nSo why don't they just do this o...
Why does the combination of a fedora/trilby, graphic tee, and shorts make my skin crawl?	[ "You've probably gotten such a negative/weird view of these people from Reddit so when you finally saw one you had a pre-determined opinion." ]
Muscular tone. Why do muscles get harder? How? Why do they get 'soft' faster than they get hard. What's the difference with muscular mass?	[ "The fibers aren't really getting \"tougher\" they are getting larger. Muscle fibers are composed of smaller structures called myofilaments (primarily actin and myosin). It is the creation of more myofilaments which causes muscle growth or what we in science call hypertrophy. \n \nWhen you exercise, you damage th...
How does head lice start?	[ "Head lice is a great example of how infection can spread. \n\nIt doesn't spontaneously happen. Someone carries it, and passes it on. \n\nYou and your family are lice free. Your 2 kids go to school, one in daycare, one in kindergarten. \n\nThe kindergarten and daycare are also lice free. \n\nYour kid goes to the mu...
What is a Caveat?	[ "The most common usage of the word is used as a warning. An example would be \"You should update your computer firmware with the caveat that if you do it in the wrong order you could brick your system.\"", "It is the Latin for 'beware'. The phrase 'caveat emptor' translates as 'buyer beware' (i.e. 'sold as seen'...
In regards to colleges/universities, how does "tenure" protect someone from being fired?	[ "I'm far from an expert, but I believe it's essentially an employment term that acknowledges an advanced academic skill set and offers permanent employment to retain access to those skills even if they're not currently required or aren't meeting any desired output criteria. \n\nI think it effectively protects you a...
Will the number of atheists increase as time goes on? How would a society where atheists are the largest group behave?	[ "> How would a society where atheists are the largest group behave?\n\nLike Norway.", "There's an atheist awakening that's only local to the United States, where the proportion of open atheists currently raises as time goes on. In other parts of the western world, atheism is already well established, and someti...
Kneeling during/sitting in national anthem disrespect to armed forces?	[ "It's only disrespecting the armed forces in a super roundabout way. In the US, we stand to pay respect to the flag, which represents the US. If you're in uniform (military) you also salute. Maybe other professions as well, like police and firefighters, but I don't know for sure. Our military fights for the US, and...
How can companies own the rights or patent a chemical?	[ "A government must exist that creates laws that say such ownership is legal, then it's sold to that company from the government.\n\nSome things are not legal as property in some countries so a patent is different in every single country and a patent in one country does not transfer legally to be a patent in another...
At what age did the voice in my head begin?	[ "we don't know. Ask a psychologist or a child development expert." ]
Volcanoes and SuperVolcanoes. What exactly is a volcano and why does it erupt?	[ "The Earth, in the middle, is mostly iron and other dense elements. Gravity pulls them together with such force that they're super hot --- so hot that they melt, and become \"magma\". Floating around on top of all this melted metal and rock is a crust which has cooled off enough to solidify. \n\nThe crust is not on...
how do you make a Haiku?	[ "A Haiku is a poem written in a 3 line format. It doesn't need to rhyme, or have rhythm or anything like that. It literally only needs to follow the pattern of syllables per line 5 7 5.\n\nThis is a haiku.\n\nThis line has more syllables.\n\nThan the first and last.\n\n\n...is a Haiku.", "Watch Jacksfilms haiku v...
why do some countries (such as the U.K.) drive on the opposite side of the road as the U.S.? When the car was invented, why was no standard created?	[ "Driving on the side of the road was decided way before the invention of the car.\n\nIf I remember correctly the UK drives on the left because when everybody had swords and road around in horse and carriages they would ride on the left so they could joust with their favoured right hand should they need too. Over ti...
ELI(foreign)5: Why is Boy Scouts of America such a big deal?	[ "The Boy Scouts is like an after-school club that kids can join. A lot of boys are in the Boy Scouts - it's very popular. They do fun things, like learn how to light fires, and tie knots, and navigate. They work on projects which, when they finish them, they get a [badge](_URL_0_), which they can sew to the vest of...
Why is it so difficult for US Government workers to be terminated?	[ "It is a way to reduce corruption and political favoritism. Most federal workers have what is called \"civil service\" protections, which means they have to be hired in an open, competitive process, and can only be fired for good reason. Important employment decisions (like hiring, firing, promotion, suspension,...
Morning wood, and if a similar phenomenon occurs in women	[ "There are a few theories about why this happens but scientists aren't exactly sure the cause of morning wood. Women will also get clitoral erections in the morning but they're not as noticeable.", "If I recall correctly the penis being flaccid is a reflex, at sleep the reflex is partially inhibited, thus creatin...
The USPS suffered a $5.3 billion loss in the most recent quarter of this year, is there a possibility that the Postal Service could go out of business? What happens then?	[ "If the USPS gets in too bad of a financial situation, the US government will have to reabsorb it; there are way too many things the government needs it for to just let it go out of business.", "USPS isn't a business, it's a service. This distinction *must* be made.\n\nUSPS gets most of their funds from post...
Why can't the UN's blue helmets intervene with force when the situation calls for it?	[ "This is actually my debate topic for this month! Technically, they can, it just has to follow the 3 principles of peacekeeping. They must [1] have the consent of the host country (the country where they will have troops on the ground) [2] Impartiality in their dealings (not in execution), to protect the civilians ...
Why do toddlers like to see their own reflections so much?	[ "\"It looks like me, but I'm right here, it moves the same as me too, I must observe the specimen.\"", "There's lots of theories about how mirrors and seeing oneself in a reflection is important to an infant's development. \n[Lacan's theory of the 'mirror stage'. ](_URL_0_)" ]
What will happen if a skinny guy lifts lots of weights without eating a ton?	[ "He'll get leaner and stronger, but not much bigger and not as much stronger as he would were he to eat more.", "A lot of \"skinny\" guys are out of shape and actually carry some body fat. While I was wrestling, we had a trainer that would occasionally do body fat measurements(They aren't perfect, but they would ...
How is sound digitally stored?	[ "You're actually pretty close to the truth for some forms of sound storage. \n\nSound is recorded with a microphone, basically just creates an electrical signal that responds to different levels of air pressure. You can record those air pressures, and you record the sound. Analog recording, could say, connect th...
How come when you take a picture of your computer screen on a cell phone/digital camera all the pixels show up?	[ "Well the reason is simple. When you see a monitor it is actually projecting more than one image at any given time. This is how we create motion. Without getting into to much detail you can push your mouse and the little arrow will move around. So what is actually happening here is multiple images are being display...

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