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Why do fizzy drinks like Coca Cola go 'flat' after a while?
When the coke is in a closed container the CO2 doesn't completely leave the drink because it reaches an equilibrium with the little air that is in the can. However, because the can is no open there is plenty of air for the CO2 to go to, so the leftover amount of CO2 is very low.
How is mudd/dirt removed from inside your ears without your aid?
The motion of the jaw opening and closing kind of pushes the build up out your ear. I'd imagine it then just comes out in the shower/bath.
Do infants that rely on sign language communicate as poorly as infants that use their voice or are they well spoken due to a more 'tangible' language?
I forget what age, she was probably 2, but my niece learned a few words in sign language and it helped communicate her needs, such as thirsty, hungry, and so forth. All around the time she learned to to talk. So her parents would make the sign and say "thirsty" so she learned to say it but sign it as well so there was less miscommunication or frustrationsJust an anecdote but my wife is deaf and I am hearing. Both our girls behaved differently as they learn both languages simultaneously but they are not behind in verbal communication and it's so nice for them to be able to signal what they want at an early age. Our 19 month old can tell me when she wants a drink or to eat and knows how to "guide" me to what she wants and has been able to do so for a while now. It's nice because she tends to be less frustrated that she isn't getting what she wants and understands when I tell her to wait or that she isn't getting what she wants she may not like it but understands. Our first preferred more verbal communication at first but generally what I said above applied as well and now she does both interchangeably and recognizes that mom can't hear her but I can Guess my point is it's different for all kids but from what I 've seen with my kids and other kids those that learn ASL young they are less frustrated as they feel like others can understand them and it doesn't negatively affect their verbal skills in fact it can put them ahead in some cases.There is a school of thought that teaching kids signs will help with later language development, and that signs are fundamentally easier to master than spoken language. I've heard it, not sure I believe it. But I wouldn't say sign language is some kind of less capable communication than kids that don't learn signs. I've seen it work to some degree at least in pre-speech kids.
because there is a 1 million dollar reward for anyone who comes forward with proof there is an afterlife, how come the long island medium has not come forward? or any other medium?
Presumably because they aren't capable of providing verifiable proof.I'm unaware of any such reward . The Randi prize is more geared towards demonstrating paranormal powers, but I suppose a "proof" of the afterlife could qualify. However, I'm a little unclear on how, exactly, one COULD prove it, especially to the satisfaction of the general public. Houdini set up a code phrase with his wife that was supposed to prove if a medium ever contacted him from beyond the grave. The medium Arthur Ford *did* later produce the correct phrase, "Rosabelle believe," but that was long after Bess Houdini got sloppy and talked about the phrase to others, including a family servant, who blabbed it to her journalist boyfriend, who published it in a magazine some years before Ford repeated it. The bottom line about mediums is, simply, they're fakes. They *might* genuinely believe they can communicate with the dead , but none has ever produced the least bit of convincing evidence.
Why does it help to "sleep on it" when making big decisions?
When faced with a big decision, it's probably going to spark some emotions that put you in a slightly irrational state of mind . It's best to wait until you're in a headspace in which you can make a rational, not impulsive, decision!
A whitening toothpaste advertises 1 shade whiter every week. Theoretically, could I brush my teeth 28 times in one sitting and have my teeth 2 shades whiter after?
No. Brushing has nothing to do with it, the effect comes from having the chemicals sit on your teeth for a weekNo. You could have your enamel removed by overbrushing and have a lot of dental work incoming thoughFrom what my dentist tells me, "whitening" toothpastes just feature more/grittier abrasives. Probably not a good idea.
What is required to have the internet/WiFi technology? If we're to one day live on the moon and other planets, will we be able to have these things?
The Internet is a network made by connecting millions of computers around the world together. Wi-Fi is one of the systems we can use to connect computers together- it uses high-frequency two-way radios for the computers to communicate. It wouldn't be too difficult to have a network of satellites that connect computers on the moon to computers on Earth. You could have the receiving station for those satellites connected to an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi router and you have Wi-Fi on the moon. Getting Internet on other planets is a bit more difficult. For one thing, the speed of light actually becomes a problem here. In the best case, when Earth and Mars are as close as they'll ever be, it would take 3 minutes each way to communicate . Not to mention that because they're rotating at different speeds , they'll be much farther apart most of the time, and some times the Sun will get between the two so you'll need a large network of satellites that go around the sun to get a connection. We could make an internet on Mars the same way we made the Internet on Earth , but it wouldn't be terribly useful at first because all the useful information is on the computers on Earth.
why is there no yy chromosomes?
The woman has the XX, while the man has the XY chromosome pair. A man can inseminate a woman and pass on either the X or the Y, while the woman always provides an X.males have xy, females have xx, so it's an impossibility. You can get these though: XX normal\t XY normal XO Turner \t XXY\tKlinefelter XXX Triple-X\t XYY\t XYY
Car drivers are fined for running red lights, why aren't pedestrians fined for walking on "Do not Walk" signs?
They are. It's called jaywalking. Enforcement will vary with the attitude of your local police force.They are. That is a crime called jaywalking and they not only have the ability to fine you, they can arrest you for it.It's jaywalking and bad things can happen in conjunction with [it]. And cops can stop you for [it].
; Why do we feel cold after we wake up, even if the temperature is the same as when going to bed?
During the night, your body temperature lowers from 96-99 to 94-95 as we sleep. When we wake up, we are used to the temp and soon wake up feeling cold due to the decreased body temperature and accustom to blanket. We seek warmth to bring us back up to operating conditionAlso, circulation is slower because you aren't using many muscles. So the blood getting to your feet is not quite the same compared to "normal" when you are moving and standingAt night, your body temperature is lowered. That and being used to the blanket can make you feel cold in the morning.
Why do trees lose their leaves in winter if they need them to breathe?
They need them to make sugar, which they store during the Winter as they don't need to use it.
Google Analytics. How does it work and what is the information used for?
You visit a webpage somewhere on the internet. The site owner added some JavaScript to the page that you never see. When your web browser finishes loading that web page, it automatically runs that JavaScript. The script makes your web browser send a bit of data to Google servers. It tells them the page you just loaded, your computer's IP address, your language, and a unique code that identifies you. From your IP address, Google can tell where you are geographically located . Now Google has some useful information:* Who you are * Where you are connecting from* The web pages you 've visited on this site and in what order As a site owner, I can use that information to find out things about my visitors to make the site better. A few examples: I get a lot of visitors from Russia . People always visit my main help page and don't open any other help pages . People spend an average of 5 seconds on my welcome page . Most of my users always visit the same page . A lot of users visit page A, then page F, then page B. I expect them to go to page A and then page B. . Analytics can do a *lot* more than that, but, in a nutshell, this is what happens. You can compare Analytics to a member/club card at a grocery store. They don't care who you are specifically - what they care about is spending habits. Whether you're Barack Obama, Sinead O\'Connor, a homeless guy with an eye patch, or a Labrador Retriever, they're interested in shopping patterns. You usually shop on Friday nights? You usually buy frozen pizzas when they're on sale, regardless of brand? You're loyal to buying Coca Cola Classic, regardless of whether it's on sale? That's useful - it tells them a little bit about people's habits and not just what the "average shopper" buys .
When selling a car on craigslist why do people call, sound excited about the car, say they are coming over right away to look at it and then never show up?
> Did they forget? Are they pathological liars? Do people on craigslist just have a different definition of "right now"? People are fickle. They routinely make promises and then don't follow through. I 've seen this with recruiting volunteers for a charity thing, scheduling appointments for private tutoring sessions, selling stuff with a postcard on a billboard, even applying for jobs. Just don't take it personally and adjust your expectations of humanity I guess.I use to sell cars on craigslist and this happens very often. I feel that it happens because there is very little accountability to the meeting. If they don't come, they don't really incur any pain. You now hate them but they won't know you do.I had a set of four F150 tires on the rim which had for sale on Craigslist. They had great tread and where a very good brand. I just wanted $100. After four people said they wanted to buy them and then never showed up, I hauled them to the dump and threw them away.
Why did Hitler think that Northern Europeans were "the perfect race"?
Because that's the race he belonged to, of course. Racists always think that their race is the most superior one. It's an amazing coincidence, don't you think?", 'Hitler grew up in a period of time when social Darwinist racial theories were widely spread in public and taught in schools. In Europe in the decades leading up to World War I and during the war people talked a lot about the different European "races" competing with each other. Hitler and the Nazis took these theories and ran with them while in other parts of Europe the "race war" ideology became less popular as a result of WWI.
Why can't our Children Inherent our memories and experiences/learning ?
Your memories are patterns left in your brain after something happens. They are not encoded into your DNA and definitely not encoded into your sperm or eggs
How video game hosting works.
What do you mean by "hosting"? There are many topics that we could go into. Do you mean "servers"? It works in the same way as a web server, it's just that instead of web pages, it's sending and receiving other data. Do you mean that your buddy on the room across can press a button and host a server? It's the same as above, except the server software is included in the game itself, so your buddy is actually running two programs: the server and the game you're playing. Do you want to know about this other data? Most games today send information like "I pressed the up key" to the server, and the server moves you forward in memory and sends a reply back.
How to use stock charts/ graphs to a traders advantage
Charts help in studying the movements in the stock prices visually, which helps in understanding the trends and other technical aspects of a company's performance. Using the charting techniques, the analysts are able to find trends and patterns in the stock price's movements which helps them to forecast future stock prices and gives them the idea on whether to buy, sell or hold a stock. Chart analysis is a very important concept in "Technical Analysis" of stocks. If you are looking for information to get started, start by researching on the subject of technical analysis.
How do you start a fire by blowing on it? Shouldn't that put it out?
Blowing on a fire, or more usually the embers to start it brings the oxygen that fire can use as fuel closer to it, which allows it to grow and burn more. This does only work to a certain degree though, if you blow too much air, or too hard at the fire, it'll blow it out if the fire's small enough; like when you blow out a candle.
How is the data in an MP3 file translated into the sound coming through my headphones?
First let's talk about a .wav file. Take a sound and capture it with a microphone . The microphone converts the sound into [electrical voltages] that vary with time. Use an Analog to Digital Converter circuit to convert that time-varying voltage waveform into a series of numbers. For example, 0000 could represent 0 volts; 0001 could represent +5 millivolts, 0010 could represent +10 mV, etc. Stick that series of numbers into a computer file and you 've pretty much got a .wav file. Depending on how often your ADC [sampled] the waveform and how fine the voltage steps are , your .wav file could get kind of large. So you use some special techniques to compress the file and make it smaller. One major technique is to analyze the sounds and remove high frequency components that humans can hardly hear. The mp3 algorithm applies a bunch of tricks like that to make the computer file quite a bit smaller. To turn an mp3 file back into sound, reverse the process. Reverse the mp3 techniques to create a .wav -type file, send those numbers to a Digital to Analog Converter chip , and send the resulting voltage waveform to a speaker . Voila!', "Sound is moving air, moved by a speaker. The speaker is moved by an electromagnet driven by an amplifier. The amplifier gets it's signal from a digital to analog converter. The the audio file is a series of digital numbers that feed that converter. At each step, it's a pretty direct translation. The alternating current electricity drives the speaker position to the same magnitude and frequency. The sound file stores those series of positions. The whole thing works in reverse for recording from a microphone. Hope that helps
how the audio works on VHS tapes.
VHS encoded 3 tracks related to audio. 1. a control track that was on the bottom edge of the tape that was used to ensure the proper pace of the overall tape to ensure accuracy. 2. one or two audio tracks that ran along the top.
how does astronauts not get throat burns from stomach acid in 0G?
The stomach has two "gates". One prevents the things inside to go back up when you're doing a handstand. The other one prevents the things inside to continue to the intestines before you're done partially digesting them.
why getting into a hot bath is so pleasurable, despite the body having to work harder to maintain a safe body temperature.
Warm water causes your blood vessels to open up to compensate for the higher temperature, and will also support some of your weight, which helps to immediately reduce all the effort your muscles have been making all day. Your body can only tolerate certain ranges of temperature, too hot and your nerves will definitely fire off in order to warn you, otherwise your skin will provide some degree of insulation against the heat. Additionally, I’d take an educated guess and say that hot baths replicate the feeling of being inside the womb, which is a pretty warm, floaty place to be in. Hot baths are like a throwback to thatA hot bath is much closer to body temp than a room temperature bath. Your premise is wrong.
Spacecrafts can withstand insane forces while launching into orbit, why is it gently tipping over during landing such a catastrophe?
They are designed to handle significant air resistance and compression in the direction of travel. Hit them from the side, like when they fall over, and they'll crumple easily.
What happens when frying food that makes it so much worse for you?
Frying food entails submerging it into oil and fat at very high temperatures, which greatly increases the fat and calorie contents of the food. The fat adds flavor and gives fried foods their signature taste, but also makes them unhealthy as we all know. There are different ways of frying something, with the traditional "deep fry" being the most unhealthy. What you are frying to begin with also is something to take into account Heres an excerpt i found from a food website: "When something is deep fried in oil, it doubles or triples the caloric density. If you submerge any food in oil – whether it’s a potato or breaded chicken or an oreo, it’s going to increase the calories – because fat is soaked up into every available space. A large baked potato has 220 calories and 0.2 g fat. When that baby is cut up and turned into French fries it contains 697 calories and 34 grams of fat"The problem is not the food you fry, but what you use to fry. You are covering the food with fatFats are molecules and they have structures called Double Bonds . Like trying to break a pair of sticks instead of just one, these double bonds take a lot of energy to break, so when your body tries to break these, it expends extra energy . When you fry food, the oil goes ahead and breaks these double bonds into single bonds, so your body absorbs much more energy, which can be turned into fat inside the body. Also, double bonds come in two forms, cis and trans. Although it would take a bit to explain the difference, you 've probably heard of "trans fats" and these can cause cancer. Any mixture of fats has a tiny amount of trans fats, small enough to be harmless, but the more fat you put in your food the more risk that you get too many
What gives fresh cut grass that distinct smell?
Volatile organic compounds that the plant uses to try and self-heal, as well as signal other plants that there is danger. Basically, they are screaming. In scent-form. _URL_0_
What happened to labor unions? Why are they no longer around?
The PATCO union defeat by President Reagan changed organized labor in the United States thereafter. Laborers stopped trying to form unions and managers started employing more aggressive union-busting techniques that had been previously frowned upon by the National Labor Relations Board. Unions were in trouble for years before that. Basically labor could organize against management, but when the Civil Rights movement came about, they were deeply divided. Some wanted to protest in the streets with the Civil Rights leaders while others insisted that organized labor was a white man's world. This division undermined their political power, eventually resulting in Southern union workers supporting anti-union Republican candidates. This change formed 1970s politics which made Reagan's 1980 campaign possibleThey most certainly exist in the US as well at least in some parts. In the midwest we have carpenters, masons, electricians, laborers, teachers, heck even some IT Helpdesks have unions hereIn many ways there were a victim of their own success. The things they were fighting for, they became law and people needed them less. Then in the 1960s and 1970s, they started to get sidetracked into politics and fell victim to corruption. At the same time, foreign competition emerged for American heavy industry, and unions made it harder to compete with cheap foreign labor. The majority of the jobs that were lost were union jobs.I don't know where you are, but in Canada at least, they are alive and well. There are unions for security guards, postal workers, autoworkers, truckers, police, doctors/nurses, insurance agents, etc. Upon research, they are common in the USA as well, but they simply don't advertise, and have so much sway that there is rarely a need for them to go public with a massive strike or work stoppage.
Why does your nose run when you're sat in the cold?
Some of that is the same thing that makes a dog's nose wet - condensation. When it's cold, your nose gets cold but your lungs, and the air coming out of them, is still ~98f/37c and the air has picked up a lot of moisture from your lungs. When it contacts the cooler tissues of your nose, it condenses and eventually drips into your trail mix while you're talking to a hot hiker on the way up to Mt. Yale or whatever.
how can defeat device software, like the kind recently found in Volkswagens, allow a car to cheat on its emissions test?
For testing purposes the car is put on a device where the traction wheels can rotate. If a car doesn't have 4wd one pair of wheels does spin but the second pair doesn't. Newer cars don't like if only one pair of your wheels spin 'cause it thinks you are loosing control, so you have to trick the car into doing it. You got to implement a test mode which has to be activated before the car will let you 'drive' the car strapped to a machine. Now the software knows the car is being tested and accumulates some other sensor data to make sure it's the case. If the software comes to the conclusion the car is being tested it throttles down the engine performance to produce less emissions. On the next start of the engine it will enter road mode with higher emission again until it is set to test mode again.The emissions tests are a mix of validating the emissions from the tailpipe and reading information from the OnBoard Diagnostics in all cars. I don't know the specifics of the VW method, but essentially when something is connected to OBD for reading diagnostic information, the computer in the car could modify the mixture of fuel, air, oil and whatever else it can control to make the emissions different characteristically from "normal" operation and more favorable for emissions testing. Alternately, for places or emissions tests that don't actually check out of the back pipe, it can just feed wrong data back through the OBD port.
What exactly are reddit bots and how do they work?
When a human uses reddit, he types things and clicks things and the site responds to him by changing the content shown on the screen. When you click something or type something into a browser, the browser will get that information and based on the currently loaded site will either change what is displayed on the current page in some way, request a new page or submit information to the site. Bots are programs that request pages and submit information just like your browser does, they just don't display it because the program doesn't need a monitor to "see" the information, its all in the ram. For example the autowikibot might do something like this in its code. Request page _URL_0_ search for comments with _URL_1_ in them. if A comment with a wikipedia link is found, request the page from wikipedia and get first paragraph submit information to reddit in the same way that you browser does, to let reddit know you want that paragraph as a reply to the comment with the linkA reddit bot is a computer program that downloads all of the newest posts to reddit and writes replies to them. They are programmed like any other computer programs. There are libraries you can download to help do some of the work, like getting all of the newest posts and posting some text in a comment.
Why do some people you see have money but do not seem like hard workers, while others who do seem like hard workers live in poverty?
The metaphor "The Rich get Richer and the Poor get Poorer" is quite true. I'm sorry to be the one to break the news to you, but money makes money. People that are successful probably had money to get them to the point where they're aloud to be lazy. It seems like thats how society works nowadays. :s
Why did so many Caribbean nations have serious discussions about joining Canada?
Many were former British Colonies, and some were Spanish Colonies. When Canada became an independent nation as part of the Commonwealth, they wanted similar abilities, so these areas were proposed to be Canadian Territories, much like the Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories. These fell through for a variety of reasons. The Turks and Caicos Islands were only partially for union with Canada, with many people against it, and Canada's involvement with Haiti made the union controversial. As of this past May 60% of people in the area support a union with Canada, with the Premier visiting Canada to build a relationship that would develop into a possible "marriage in the future". Bermuda fell through simply to a lack of support, and is still often talked about, and politically supported, but just never done. The WIF simply couldn't reach an agreement on the union, as which parts would be responsible for what and how much independence they would have, so talks fell through. I 've never heard of Jamaica being seriously considered, except near the end of the 19th century. But I suppose the question is why were these territories considered, but not others like India, or African Nations. The simple answer is that nations such as India and the African Nations were countries in their own right when Britain added them to the Empire. Many Caribbean nations still had British Military up to when they were separated from the Empire, and were reliant on Britain for trade. With Canada being one of the most prominent Commonwealth nations, and being so close, it would make sense that they would seek to become territories.
With the recent passing of the world's last *male* Northern White Rhino, how will efforts to revive the species continue?
Most likely as CRISP-R gene sequencing advances more this will allow them to remove and replace the southern white rhino DNA and would allow them to make a complete northern white rhino they have made significant progress in wanting to bring back the woolly mammoth and even calm with in the next year or so will have successfully brought it back from extinction Edit- to clarify the mammoths would be hybridI believe sperm was extracted from white rhinos in the past, so in-vitro fertilization of the existing females may be possible.
How do people physically cross the DMZ to defect to/from North Korea?
Some defectors have crossed the DMZ from the North to the South. How did they do it? Very very cautiously and carefully.
What do fruits and vegetables do for my body that vitamins can't?
Some synthetic supplements aren't exactly the same composition as their naturally occurring counterparts. Because of this, their bioavailability is much lower . Also, many people may think that eating a bunch of processed foods then taking a multivitamin is the same as eating "healthy." One reason for eating fruits and vegetables as a source for daily micronutrient requirements is that they provide a higher level of satiety for a lower level of calories. Basically: increased satiety, no processed sugars/fats, and more bioavailability. Source: I have a degree in Nutritional Sciences.Starting off, I'm not a doctor, nurse, or nutritionist. However my sister's a nurse so that entitles me to answer. I've heard that vitamins are absorbed 'better' when being digested with food but have never really heard truth to that. From what I know, and have read, it's simply that real food offers so many other nutrients and vitamins that pills alone can't offer. You can't eat crap all day but then take vitamins to 'balance it out.' There are ~50 nutrients your body needs. Vitamins are a great supplement but shouldn't be viewed as a replacement. Source: _URL_0_
Why do people sometimes make odd noises after they misspeak in order to re-attempt speaking and why does it so often work?
Short answer, recalibration. You kinda try to reset. Do various noises to check your voice, see if they came out ok then try again.Its to draw attention to the fact that they're aware they just misspoke, most commonly mixed with a bit of humour. There's probably some element of it being a learned reaction as there are a few common stereotypical variations such as immitating a cassette tape rewinding.
Why is is that people who don't make much money always have so many kids?
Remember that in America at least, there are huge tax incentives to have kids. I work at a credit union, and it's not uncommon to see $5,000+ tax returns. I've seen two for around $8,000. I have a relative that has kids for the child support and tax refunds that they provide. She doesn't worry about how much the kids will cost, because child support and the government enables those kinds of parents. Dont forget also that the same people that don't put much thought into planning out their birth control probably aren't the type to sit and plan out their finances.I have always wondered this about third world countries. I mean no one should be denied the right to raise a child but there is a point where you need to be able to look after yourself before you take on the responsibility of a child. And i know it can happen after the child is born and i do feel sorry for those people
Some Soap/Shampoo rinses off with water quickly, while some others leave a slippery residue even after rinsing off for a long time. I hate this. What is the substance that is doing this?
Some soap is soap while other "soap" is more like industrial detergents. Some people complain that real soap leaves behind a film. Maybe that's what you're talking about?Could have to do with hard/soft water. I remember when I was a kid we finally got a water softener and it seemed like the soap took longer to rinse off
Why can radio waves go through walls, while microwave waves can't, and light can go through some materials?
For the same reason you can have an object that's transparent to blue light and not to red. Different wavelengths of light interact with different materials. You're probably thinking of materials as "solid", so that the light "hits" the atoms in it, but that's really not true. Even a "solid" object is almost entirely empty space, and it's unlikely that a photon passing through will directly hit anything. What makes an object opaque is that the photons interact with electrons in the material. This can scatter them, absorb them, convert them into lower-energy photons, and so on: in any event, they don't reach the other side of the material. A transparent object is just as solid as an opaque object, but the chemistry of its material is set up in such a way that it doesn't interact with light in the visible spectrum. But an object can easily be clear in one part of the spectrum and opaque in another. Earth's atmosphere, for example, is transparent to visible light, but opaque to most UV, infrared, microwaves, and soft X-rays.
Why don't we have to pay sales tax on items from vending machines?
The markup includes the relevant tax. It gets paid, they just don't break it down for you.
With dropping/increasing currency, why doesn't anyone exchange for a profit?
It is. Look up forex. You can either buy and hold currencies to sell for later or take advantage of exchange rates to buy one currency and sell at a good price for another, then exchange it to your own currency for a profitBecause its wildly unpredictable, and is essentially gambling. That being said, it is totally a thing and people do indeed trade this way
If my company can decrypt my HTTPS traffic?
If your IT guys REALLY wanted to, they would have to set up something along the lines of a man in the middle attack using a proxy server. Basically, when a proxy server is set up, all your web traffic goes first to their server, and then out to the rest of the internet. They could break the HTTPS encryption by connecting to your bank on your behalf and then re-encrypting it using their own certificate, which they could do because your browser trusts their servers as a CA. It would be very difficult to set up to be transparent though, and they might be able to get into some trouble if it came out they were doing this.
Why does DeepDream seem like it's mainly just adding eyeballs and animal faces to everything?
It relies on the image dataset you have given it. When you feed it animals and eyeballs, it's gonna dream about animals and eyeballs. There is now a live system of DeepDream and it has a different dataset - > _URL_0_. You can see it's dataset in _URL_1_ You can guide what DeepDream is dreaming about in twitch chat and even combine words. My favourite was "bikini" ^^
What happened to /r/punchablefaces and why? Just a few days ago posts from the sub were reaching /r/all, but now the sub is filled with random content and there are 40 mods.
There have been a few threads on /r/OutOfTheLoop, but basically the top mod decided they didn't want to mod anymore and turned the controls over to someone who enjoys trolling. _URL_2_ _URL_0_ _URL_1_", 'There were a lot of posts with the face of one of the "BLM" activists that interrupted a Sanders speech. Looked punchable. I guess it's being "policed".
Why is the Nanking massacre so controversial among the Chinese and Japanese? Which is correct?
Unlike Germany, which took the high road of apologizing for all of their wartime behavior, the Japanese have never fully taken responsibility for their war crimes. Comfort women are the other well-established atrocity that comes to mind. To be fair, Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking presents itself as a scholarly book but is not. Japanese scholars have seized on that. Still, the amount of evidence not to mention Japanese behavior all over the Pacific Theater make for a very solid case that something dark and grizzly happened there. One particularly touchy issue is a Japanese report sent home describing a Japanese prince having a contest to see how many people he can decapitate how quickly. This is pointedly controversial because it involves Japanese royalty. Nevertheless, it fits with the rest of the scummy behavior and I'm not sure anybody outside of Japan contests this happening. Numbers are always a difficult thing when it comes to war crimes, but it is laughable to say that nothing happened there. I award the point to the Chinese.
Why do most Americans ignore the speed limit on the highway?
California was probably a poor representation of how *most Americans* drive. They are notoriously fast. Maybe it's because they're wound up from sitting in traffic. In terms of traffic enforcement, it is well-known that most law enforcement is unlikely to stop for 5 or 10mph over on a highway. Although you could be pulled over for even 1mph over in many areas, there is generally a 'buffer'. And drivers will sometimes push these limits resulting in a feedback loop of sorts. Also, as a culture, Americans are very motivated by keeping a tight schedule. We have somewhere we need to be *5 minutes ago* which results in some hustle and bustle.If everyone is driving faster than the limit then you are less likely to get pulled over yourself. Collectively, we are pushing the acceptable speed so that we can get to our destinations faster, while lowering then risk of getting ticketed. Plus, if everyone is driving faster, then the ones who are driving significantly under the limit are actually dangerous. While it is legal to drive, say 45 in a 75 zone, it is not safe to do so when everyone else is doing 75-85It isn’t enforced. On most interstate highways, there’s about a 10mph buffer zone. Maybe a little less in states where the posted speed limit is 75mph but you’re probably safe at anything < 80 regardless. There’s also safety in numbers. If you run onto a football field in the 3rd quarter you get arrested. If you do it moments after a big win, and you’re accompanied by 50,000 friends, you’re in the clearAre you referring to the stopped traffic in a 70 mph zone or the traffic going 90 mph in that same 70? I feel like we are just shooting for an average speed.
What about orgasm that makes it feel so good that we want it more and more?
/u/casey_pritam has it right, but to go more in depth: The act of sex itself is exercise, and so you're already going to get what amounts to "runner's high" afterwards. Combine that with the other drugs that your brain naturally produces, and you have an addictive experience. To answer "why," simply evolution. Humans evolved to **want** to reproduce. How? The individuals of the species who had the most enjoyment from the act of reproduction ended up reproducing more. Simple as thatThe slow motion explosion of feel good chemicals in the brain in the moments before orgasm and a release of estrogen, cortisol and other relaxing chemicals afterwards
How do you understand computer specifications?
You might want to re-ask with a little more detail in the text. What exactly is it you don't understand?
Why don't we ride moose?
Lots of people ride elephants. Its not about size. Its about moose being violent, evil, murder machinesElephants have been used as domestic animals for thousands of years. Horses can provide anything a moose could provide, but much better. But you can try to ride a bull moose if you want.
Baton Rouge / red stick why?
It's in the article you cited. Says in 1723 the French saw a red pole which marked Native American hunting grounds .
Why does the skin produce heat after it has been sunburned?
The damage of a sunburn extends to the blood vessels in your skin, which causes increased bloodflow to the skin, making it appear red and feel warm.A sunburn is pretty much a wound. When the Sun's rays pierce the skin too much, then the skin gets damaged, similar to being cut but a knife, needle, etc . Since it's a wound, the blood will concentrate in that area to help repair and heal the sunburn while doing its best to prevent more infection, and since sunburns tend to infect large surface areas, the pooling of blood makes the area feel hot or warm to the touch.
Marcus Aurelius & Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli was an author; he wrote a book called "The Prince", which was written in the form of an instruction manual to a leader of the time. He was explaining about how politicians should manipulate, pay false praise to their superiors, exploit their inferiors, etc. etc. This is what "Machiavellian politics" refers to. Ironically, while many people think that Machiavelli actually said that this was what made a good leader, he was actually being satirical and making fun of the present leadership.
Why do tin cans have that ribbing around the sides?
The ribs act like tiny beams, reinforcing the side of the can against crushing. A smooth-sided can is much easier to dent.He mentions the ridges on food cans about 8 min in but this is seriously the [most interesting video] on the most mundane topic I've ever seen. Just in case you wanted to know more about cans than you ever intended to.It increases the structural integrity of the can. If you have ever seen a water tower you can see a scaled up version of that. They often have ribbing on them too.I talked to someone who works in a can filling factory. The food is often cooked in the can at 121 C, so the ribs allow the cans themselves and the steam produced to expand during said cooking, and then to contract back to regular size after cooking, without damaging the seal. Strength is a secondary concern, usually the crush strength isn't as important as the vertical strength .
How is it possible that one with mental disabilities suddenly attain profound skills after a head injury? (Savant syndrome)
It's not known how Savant Syndrome works, but one theory is that we all potentially possesses the skills Savants shows, but that our brains are "locking" those skills for some reason, and that an injury can prohibit this locking mechanism to function properly. This is a very interesting theory, because it could inherently mean that we can develop drugs that "unlock" those potentials. IIRC, Savant Syndrome is most common among people with Autism. Also from what I recall, people that have developed Savant Syndrome after a head injury were not previously mentally illThe brain is a very weird thing. I 'd say the impact altered his brain chemistry to allow him to "feel" the music . the piano is one, if not the, most complicated interactions between man and machine', "Learned skills are not passed along since they're not encoded in the genetic information. How are savants possible? It's not actually known.
Could some explain sampling variability in statistics for me please?
by looking only at reddit one could reasonably assume that pretty much everyone in the world is a white libertarian male between the age of 15-30 but if you look at say everyone who lives on your street you will reach a different conclusion. this difference is your sampling variability
Why do people no longer smoke opium as much as they did 100 years ago?
In short: because opium has been distilled into more potent forms. The long answer is the history of opiates, from which opium is a relative. This lead us to the drugs we have today that are related to opium such as: Heroin, Morphine, Codine, and Oxycontin. All of which are highly addictive and are regularly abused. Much like opium was 100 years agoBecause we have plenty other drugs now. Some of them are derived for opium. Also the war on drugs.Smoking opium is tricky. To smoke it properly takes an old-fashioned Chinese or Persian opium pipe, and the knowledge of how to use it. It has to be prepared carefully and slowly. Without opium dens around, it's much harder for people to find that knowledge, and the equipment is hard to find as well. Outlawing opium smoking gave rise to the recreational use of stronger drugs derived from opium. Opium derivatives are much easier to smuggle, and in many cases are available as pills/pharmaceuticals. This makes them much more prevalent than pure opium today. The slow-paced and un-stealthy nature of smoking opium makes it difficult to fit into a busy schedule, and keep hidden from others. Some people prefer to get as high as they possibly can, having used stronger opiates. Smoking opium can provide a strong high with a dosage that plateaus at a certain point, so a life-long smoker doesn't need to increase her dose. However, if you've used other, stronger opium derivatives, this makes smoking opium initially a mediocre experience by comparison, especially since the process and tools for smoking opium properly aren't likely at hand.People still smoke it in Afghanistan, other parts of Central Asia, and Southeast Asia as well
Why do male children get bonners if they do not get sexually aroused?
What is a bonner? For a serious answer it is usually due to some slight stimulus either a touch or rubbing of the pants. The nervous system reacts just showing it is working. Young and older men can get erections when needing to urinate or go poop. It is just a nervous system reaction. Just a system check.
The mining strikes in Northern England in the 80s and why Margaret Thatcher was hated for it
Margret Thatcher came into power in a similar fashion to David Cameron, i.e. the country was spending way too much money and she had to reduce this deficit. While in power she reduced social welfare spending and closed down the mines in the north which were no longer profitable which lead to strikes by the miners who had lost their jobs. Her cuts to social welfare also affected those in the north more than the south as there was a north/south divide in income and standards of living in England so those in the north had to rely on social support more than those in the south which combined with the miners losing their jobs led to a lot of unhappiness. All of this has happened before and has happened since however the thing which made thatcher different is the rapid spread of rumors and anti thatcher pieces in tabloids, for example it was said that she filled the mines with concrete to prevent anyone re-opening them and she was branded as thatcher the milk snatcher . Of course the Labour party was also very critical of her being, as they were, the opposition party . Many people affected by her cuts still don't think of them as necessary for the UK economy and still cling on to the it's all thatcher's fault idea even if they weren't alive during her period of power. David Cameron will likely be remembered the same way.
If the Toba supervolcano nearly killed off human species,why not larger species such as elephants,bears et cetera
The evidence for the Toba theory is very controversial. Presuming it as the basis of your question is problematic. That said, humans are not as sturdy as bears or elephants. They rely on manipulation of the environment to survive. 75K years ago they were not nearly as good at building structures to manipulate the environment as they are today.
Using Methanol injection in cars
Is typically used on water injection engines, , basically it is spraying water into the cylinder or incoming air/fuel mixture to cool the combustion chambers of the engine, this allows for greater compression ratios and largely eliminates the problem of engine knocking . As a result of this it increases the octane rating of the fuel meaning performance gains can be obtained though only through the use of a super/turbocharger. This in turn increases the power output of the engine, anywhere from 10-15%. With modern intercoolers, water injection is no longer needed although it can greatly reduce the NOx gas emissions from the engine. The most common use of water injection today is in vehicles fitted with aftermarket forced induction systems, such as turbochargers or superchargers. These engines are commonly tuned with a narrower margin of safety from detonation and hence benefit greatly from the cooling effects of vaporized water.
What would happen if everyone in the US that has student loan debt just stopped paying?
There is a group called Debt Collective which recently initiated a well publicized debt strike for debtors scammed by Corinthian Colleges. They plan to follow this up with a wider strike for all borrowers in the future. Go to _URL_0_ and show your support. You can also subscribe to /r/studentloandefaulters here on Reddit as well. The debt levels have already long since jumped the shark. When people are faced with decades of payments that don't touch the loan principal, when they are locked out of participating in the economy and building wealth, and when they must defer all major life milestones they will become more receptive to active resistance. Btw this question comes up a lot here on Reddit. You are not alone.Very bad things, although the degree of "bad" is open to debate. In some ways you 'd see a repeat of what happened in the housing crisis. Investors who hold student loan-backed securities would see their returns on those loans disappear, much like they did when so many mortgages started going belly-up in 2007. The domino effect of those loan defaults could be anywhere from bad to devastating on the US Economy. I'm not sure who would be knowledgeable enough to accurately guage the actual impact, as these kinds of scenarios quickly get extremely complicated - to the point that most experts are really just guessing. It would not be pretty, though.
Why does 90 degree heat feel hot while a 90 degree swimming pool feels amazing?
Water is way better at transferring heat than air is. First off, it's got a higher heat capacity . It's also a more effective thermal conductor - water has a thermal conductivity of 0.6 W/mK, air has a thermal conductivity of .025 W/mK. In layman's terms, it takes more energy to heat up the same mass of water, and it's easier to give up your heat to water than it is to air . Your body has a hard time giving off its heat to 90 degree air, but it can easily give off its heat to 90 degree water. The other thing that makes it hard to cool yourself on a hot day is humidity. Your body cools itself in air by sweating. If it's humid, there's nowhere for your sweat to go - instead of evaporating, it stays on your skin, because the air is too saturated for your sweat to evaporate. In water, you don't need to worry about the fact that your sweat isn't going anywhere, because the cool water will gladly take the heat from your sweat and from your warm skin.Because water conducts heat more efficiently than air. Your normal body temperature is around 98.6 degrees, and the main way the body cools itself is through evaporative cooling when it is exposed to air. In humid weather, sweat has a hard time evaporating since the air contains too much moisture already. If your body is in water, you are surrounded by mass that is better able to absorb heat than air, so even if the water is 90 degrees, your body will feel cooler since that temperature is lower than your body temperature.Arizonan here. 90 degrees is bliss. It was 115 today:( conversely, our pools are around 80. That's perfect!
Why do women have curvier butts than men?
Curvy male ass right here. Fuck the rules.Women have larger hips than men because they will have to carry and give birth to children. While that might seem like bigger asses, its actually the hips. There's no reason why a women would have a fatter as than a man, maybe you just keep good company?", 'They have a higher proportion of body fatHmm. This is one clusterfuck of weird ass answers. Men has testicles. These produce testosterone, the male hormone, which causes our deposition of fat to be more on the stomach and around the internal organs. Women have ovaries that produces estrogen, the female hormone, which causes fat deposition on the boobs and arse. Also, testosterone facilitates muscle growth especially on the upper body, so men develop proportionally bigger upper bodies, making the arses smaller relative to the rest. In addition to the above, women have different bone structure. Smaller chest and shoulders, but wider hips, so they can push a screaming 8 lbs potato through. If a man were to train his glutes a lot, he would develop a somewhat round butt. Also, some people are just genetically predisposed to develop larger butts.
- What's happening in North Carolina?
A couple days ago NC amended the state constitution to define marriage within the state as "one man + one woman" Obviously, this has upset the people in favor of gay rights. This is reminiscent of people working to get interracial marriage made legal 50-some years ago ', "The people of the state voted to change their state's ruling document to say that gay marriage is not legally allowed in their state, and no law can be made to make it legal. so, in essence, it made it so that only a marriage between a man and a woman could be recognized by their state as a legal union, and get the benefits of the union from the state.
Why are we able to put our hands through liquids but not solids?
Liquids can be very complicated but are still liquids. The molecules in liquids are fairly short and do not bond much with each other. I am putting in these qualifiers. That is because water is special and has polar properties. Colloids can be very complicated. In solids there is much more bonding going on. Molecules can be very long chain. They physically confine each other from movement because they are so large. Solids include a huge number of molecules and types of bonds. There are ionic bonds and covalent bonds. Salts are solid but their structure is vastly different from covalently bonded molecules. The simple answer is that liquids are composed of molecules which are small and do not bond with each other much. Solids are made of molecules which can be very large and interact with each other to form solids.Think of a ball pit. The balls can move around freely, so it's easy to move around in the ball bit. Now imagine all of the balls had velcro on them. They'd stick together and it would not be easy to move around in the pit at all. The distinguishing characteristic of a liquid and a solid is that in solids the molecules hold onto each other strong enough that they don't easily slide past each other, like the velcro balls. In liquids the molecules can move around pretty freely like the normal balls.
How do they put elevator cars in elevator shafts?
I will try to sum it up the best I can! The hoist-way is generally made of block wall or poured concrete. At the landing on each floor, the openings into the shaft are roughed-in oversized so that material can be 'flown' into the hoist-way with an electric cable hoist and set into place. Each company has their own procedure on building an elevator, but in my experience, the guide-rails are installed from the top of a running platform . _URL_0_ This is done by setting the first lengths of guide-rails to get out of the pit. Then each piece of the car is hoisted in and assembled, starting with the safety plank, platform, side stiles and the crosshead. Once the car is built, you start stacking rails until you top out. _URL_1_ It is at this time that the hoist-way door frames and sills can be set into place. Once this is done, the masons will infill the gaps between the frames and the oversized entrances. It is quite a process but a really cool trade. My experience: I installed all of the elevators at the newly renovated Big House among many others while in the trade. Hope I didn't bore you!", 'I think that is one the first things they do when constructing a building.
What would happen if you were swallowed whole by a whale?
Well, actually you'd die from hypoxia before you'd even reach the stomach.You would chill for a few days and then talk to God. Duh!!!!!
When they 'sweep for bugs' in a room what are they actually doing? What all are they able to find?
The purpose of a bug - which is a listening device - is electronic. Which means to operate it must either be on to record, which uses/sends signals. Or it must be sending what it's receiving back to someone or some thing. Usually there are two types. Ones that send information back to someone and ones that must be retrieved to check the information on them. Think of using a metal detector on the beach. You are checking for metal that you can't see. A "bug sweeper" is very simply checking for electronic transmissions of some sort in the same manner. There are obviously more complicated versions of each part of my explanation but that's the basicAs previous commenters noted, they are looking for anything that sends out a radio signal. In addition, many electronic devices accidentally emit a small amount of radio noise as they operate, and this can be searched for. In addition, some electronics *respond* to the presence of a strong radio signal by resonating and then emitting a signal back. That can be tried too.
why do kids cry when they get tired?
Humans might just crave more attention from their parents than other animals. Consider that caring for children is veeery important for humans, it might be evolutionarily advantageous for babies to cry when they're tired, so that they are looked after more and aren't left to sleep where they can be eaten by predators. Just a theory.Actually they feel this weird thing that is being tired but they do not know that by relaxing they will sleep and it will pass. Thats why they fight it. It is unconfortable as hell being asleep and being unable to sleep because again, they feel it but they do not know what to do and them they cry. Sorry, english as second language here. Hope I made it clear.My theory is that tired children are generally feeling stressed by a stimuli and they become frustrated. ie. Wanting to play with toys, yet tired Tired, but being kept awake, etc It gets to a point where nature's "coping mechanism", crying, takes overKids have not yet developed the concrete operational thinking unlike adults have to accurately explain their feelings, thoughts and emotions in such a way for adults to comprehend what they want to convey, essentially crying conveys all the things they want to get across for their lack of words or ability to share what they want when they are tired.Man, I cry when I'm tired. I'm 24.
What does "integrated" or "dedicated" or "onboard" mean in reference to graphics cards?
Integrated graphics cards use your computer's RAM and processing power and aren't very good for running 3D programs. Dedicated cards don't because they have their own and are definitely better at running 3D programs. Also, Integrated = Onboard; Dedicated = Discrete. If I'm not mistaken, the 7560D is the *integrated* graphics card of your AMD Processor. All in all, integrated graphics card are pretty bad for gaming or anything that needs to render 3D objects. Dedicated graphics cards are the way to go in that case. EDIT: Are you on using a desktop or a laptop? [Replacing/adding a graphics card on a laptop is very hard to do.]", 'Just to confuse things, there are some laptops that have both integrated and dedicated graphics on board. I have an Asus laptop that will use the integrated graphics while you are using battery power and dedicated graphics when plugged in. Integrated graphics are less powerful and therefor require less electrical power to run them. Dedicated graphics processors require more electrical power to run them. So, in this case, when on battery power it can last much longer and while plugged in can run programs that need more powerful graphics like games.
How does a female paradise-bird decide if the performance of a male is good enough?
Well how do **you** know someone is sexually attractive? It's a mixture of instincts and experience. Does he look healthy and colorful? or is he injured or dirty? Does he look like someone you've had good experiences with? Is he the right species in the first place, or does he do the wrong dance? And how desperate are you to mate?
Why adware and spyware makers and utilizers arn't prosecuted for unwarranted wiretapping or hacking.
> Edit: BTW SpyHunter seems to be the best scan/removal tool around. Most others I tried, scans returned clean or very few threats. Just because it finds lots of errors does NOT mean it's good. A quick google search shows that Spyhunter has a history of deceptive advertising and other shenanigans. I would not be surprised if they play up how many "errors" and "bad stuff" they find in your computer to make themselves seem more viable. It always feels good to see a big red number and hit clear to make it go away.The makers can indeed be charged with all sorts of things. But it's complicated. 1. Investigators need to contain and reverse engineer the virus to actually prove that it does something harmful. Generally not that difficult, but it takes time and someone has to do it. Anti virus companies do this all the time, but the police don't and they won't spend time and money on it unless it's big. 2. They need to find the makers / utilisers. It's not really difficult to be anonymous on the internet. It's a bit more difficult when money is involved, but with some clever laundering that can be sorted too. Generally, unless A LOT of people are infected, nobody is even going to bother trying to track down the people behind it. 3. They need to be prosecuted. Our virus makers could be hiding in some country far away, where the authorities don't give a fuck if some American has been visiting the wrong niche porn sites. It'll be a long and expensive process to get the criminals handed over.
Why are all adverts on porn sites of such poor quality? [NSFW]
Sometimes advertisers purposely make their ads look like they're written by non-english speakers. I get spam on a daily basis with people pretending to be "a young russian lady living in the boonies of ukraine. I love meeting your acquaintance on my profile" and crap like that. They're trying to make it seem "more realistic" instead of polished. It gives it a certain unrefined genuineness and non-corporate legitimacy. That might explain some of them. As for the general low-quality of the rest of them, the internet in general isn't a very good place to do lots of advertising. Most ad companies do PPC at REALLY low rates - they also pad the accounts so 50 hits is only registered as 2 or 3. They'll disqualify the majority of your hits and claim that they were "bots" or whatever. Plus, a lot of people have ad blockers . Honestly, have you ever clicked one of those ads? That's partially why they're low quality - nobody clicks themBecause reputable companies such as Adsense, Bing and others don't allow porn sites into their network. These networks along with checking the quality of the publishers site also ensure that the advertisements are of a certain quality to protect their image and reputation. Companies such as exoclick and others, however, even allow you to put a GIF of a massive dong being flopped out as an ad for "V-Pills" and other bulltoss products like that so it kind of makes you think that they 'd accept anything.
Why do people that "look" friendly, and have friendly facial features, generally end up being nice and friendly?
[Roald Dahl had a theory.] From "The Twits": > “If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. > A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”', "Probably positive reinforcement. Someone looks friendly, so everyone's friendly to him, then he thinks 'wow,people are actually nice', so he's friendly to everyone and so on. Personally, I don't think beautiful people do it consciously, because it's very hard for most people to critically examine a situation which says you're inherently better than others.
What is the difference between blackheads and whiteheads?
The oils in a blackhead are oxidized due to a hole in the skin. This changes the color to a translucent yellow-brown, which appears black when in the skin. A whitehead is not exposed to air, and the oil does not oxidize. Thus, it stays white.
Why do many bullet effects in movies (Ex. Saving Private Ryan) look so much better than bullet effects in Tv shows? (they look like sparks)
because there is both more time and money spent on details in films. Tv shows have to work quickly enough to produce 40+ hours of content in a year and turn a profit for each episode. film has a year to produce 2 hours of content with a giant profit margin.
What is the ringing sound in our ears every once in a while, and why can no one but ourselves hear it when it happens to us?
the sound is a fault in your ears commonly known as tinitus. The reason no one else can hear it is because it is your ear that sends a faulty signal to your brain, thus you "hear" the ringing noise', "This question has been answered, but there's an interesting complication in its premise in that there's a variant of tinnitus that other people *can* hear. It's called [objective tinnitis] and is the result of spasms in the inner ear. It's estimated that about 40-50% of people have these, but the majority simply don't notice the noises made.
How gas masks work and their effectiveness.
The round thing on the front is a filter. If you have a Brita water filter at home, you know how a filter works; stuff comes in, bad stuff stays in the filter, and purified stuff goes through. The gas mask does the same thing, except to air, and filters more compounds than a Brita does.
What is the reason for making a throwaway account?
So that when you admit to killing your drug addicted brother in law it can't be traced back to you and get you arrested. . Plenty of users use the same name across multiple sites and its possible to identify who they are if you try, sometimes you want to talk about stuff that you don't want traced back to you.
Why does Spotify play so many ads for features on the application instead of payed ads by advertisers?
If you subscribe for premium you pay a monthly fee. I think its more profitable for them to increase paying users than it is for other companies paying for add time.I work mainly in TV and radio advertising and usually if you see something like that it is because they cannot sell the airtime. Now in those industries it is very rare to not have airtime sold. If a company is advertising it's own products it can be part of a campaign they want but usually it is because they cannot sell it. In TV they would just give another advertiser the airtime for free so why Spotify are not doing that, I am not sure, but I'd suggest it is one of the below They might only have a few advertisers and don't want to overplay them and piss off potential customers. If they did give it free to other advertisers they are effectively telling the advertiser that they have loads of extra inventory and the advertiser could use this to their advantage when negotiating the next campaign. Finally advertisers might a specific reach and frequency they want to achieve and blowing it all in the first weeks of the campaign might not be in their best interests.
How college scholarships work. (US)
Scholarships are largely offered by a variety of organizations that are not standardized, so the rules vary from scholarship to scholarship. Sometimes, you can win a scholarship as early as grade school to go toward your college education . Most scholarships require proof that you are either currently enrolled in a university or have been attending and will be starting soon. Generally, you get scholarships to fund your current studies, not to pay off old loans. Whether they are sent to you or the school depends on the scholarship. Some are specifically to go directly to tuition and may be sent straight to the school. Many are given for general expenses while studying , others are given for something very specific ; these are usually given straight to the student but may require some sort of proof of what you sent it on .
Why did coins use to have a hole?
Some kinds of coins were produced by pouring metal into molds which were then broken apart and the rough coins stacked onto a rod where they were clamped and then the sides ground down to size in batches of hundreds at a time. Square holes were even more helpful in that they tended to resist twisting in this process. In other processes the coins were stamped or the edges left irregular, both of which didn't require a central hole.
Why does radio have more commercials than TV?
Also consider radio's principle audience are drivers - literally captive audiences because they're stuck in their vehicle. If all the stations play their commercials all at the same time, you'll learn this flipping through the channels, eventually settling on a channel in defeat. Eventually, commercials will kick off and you won't even bother adjusting the radio, because you know there is nothing else to listen to.I’d question this assumption. Every reference I can find says the average radio station plays 25-30% advertisements. That sounds like a lot of ads, and perhaps it is but it’s actually the same amount as a TV station. TV shows will run 8 minutes in a 30 minute block or 16-17 minutes in a 1 hour block. The numbers for radio match almost exactlyThis is likely because they are a) much cheaper to make b) less effective because they are only audio, and thus ad agencies need to saturate the air waves with their commercials and c) They are the only way for radio stations to advertise, whereas tv shows have other methods such as product placements.
Why doesn't someone just make a new site like Youtube?
There already *are* a lot of sites like Youtube. They're just not as big so many sites that like to embed the video files may not support them.
Why is it that when I'm in the drivers or the passengers seat and one of the back windows are open it makes this really annoying ringing feeling in my eardrums?
It is a harmonic vibration caused by the inability of the air entering the open windows to find an easy way to escape. My 2004 Jetta Wagon vibrated and hummed very loudly if you rolled down all the windows at high speed. Your ears are very sensitive to vibration .
Why is there no thunder or lightning during snowstorms?
I don't know the science behind it, but I know that I've heard thunder during a blizzard. Usually, thunder/lightning comes from lots of heat in the atmosphere where the weather front is.[Good explanation] TLDR: Warmer air holds more water and has stronger updrafts, both of which contribute to lightning.There can be we've had thundersnow before here in Chicago. Not super common, but does happen.
How come there aren't vitamins named after every letter in the alphabet? And why did they name vitamins after letters anyway?
This [video] explains it very well. It comes down to being historic, the people who discovered the vitamin named it, but some vitamins were actually two substances and some were the same substance with two names. This lead to this confusing system of vitamin namespart of the issue is that some "vitamins" are demoted over time or renamed . e.g. inositol used to be a B vitamin , but has now been demoted to a micronutrient. same with something like choline. In the case of B vitamins, there are still other compounds that are still considered vitamins, which is why we still have a vitamin B, but vitamin H is no more, since it has been renamedIIRC vitamins were once considered "vital amines" . Doesn't answer your question directly but I suspect they named them with the idea they would find vitamins in the same family
Why are ants considered to be especially dangerous to other arthropods?
They are heavily armoured, have jaws that can do damage, and tend to have tens of thousands of friends that could show up.
How Can A Game Company Offer a Free Version?
Pay to play games rely on regular monthly spending. Every month, they know they will get $15 from 100,000 people. Releasing expansions also give a big boost of money to the company. Free to play games make everything from an item mall. Here, people can spend real money for extra benefits in game. The most profitable items are things that give a high end item or benefit by chance that cannot be bought directly. At most times, the top 5% or so of the players are 90% of the money spent. The top few may spend as much as $10,000 a month on some of them. These people help pay for the game.
What's the difference between ibuprofen, acetaminophen and Naxproxen?
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What is happening inside my body when my stomach growls?
**When people hear their stomachs make noise, most of what they hear is gas and intestinal motility, the normal movement of the intestines. Even when you’re not eating, your gut is moving. If you have food in your intestine, it can muffle the sound, but if you have air in there, and that’s all you’re moving, that is what you’ll hear. Some people are more sensitive or have a heightened sense of what’s going on inside their bodies, so they hear it or feel it more.**
- why do we sweat when we eat really spicy food.
You don't have a "hot/spicy" taste receptor. Capsaicin oil, the chemical that makes things taste spicy is actually doing so by triggering the heat receptors in your mouth that normally tell you if food is physically hot. The exact opposite of effect is triggered by Menthol, which chemically triggers the cold receptors.
How did colors come to be such an important source of symbolism?
Colors have always been a source for feelings. Certain colors create certain feelings. For example: [Yellow and Red make you hungrier which is why McDonalds and countless others use those colors.] [Red is a powerful color that makes people more aggressive and attractive] Blue is seen as more stability and trustworthy. Colors have been important part of our psyche before history. These feelings are likely due to evolutionary aspects.
How can a state's economy be driven by domestic consumption?
Domestic consumption is your own people buying your goods and services. It is better in that it is more reliable as well as improving the life of your people. Exports can swing based on currency exchange rates as well as the economy of other countries. If the U.S. stops buying Chinese goods, their economy will collapse. If China makes its money selling to people in China that is not a risk.
How is it possible to still be susceptible to chicken pox if you've already gotten an up to date immunization shot for it?
No vaccine works perfectly for everyone. Some people don't develop a strong immune response for one reason or another. This is one of the reasons it's important to vaccinate everyone. When enough people are protected, it's harder for a virus to spread to the people who aren't protected.
Why do you need a NASA lens to record candle lit scenes on film, yet the human eye is as small as a mobile phone camera and can see low lit scenes just fine?
Our brain is incredibly powerful and can 'compute' the dynamic range and the white balance of everything we see. Even the the most expensive sensors on the best cameras available today can't recreate the wide dynamic range our eyes do for us, at least not without combining multiple images.Example. When driving through a tunnel as you approach the end your eyes see fantastic detail in the tunnel around you, AND in the bright outside the tunnel in front of you. Now try taking a photo of that and see that you either get detail in the tunnel and super overexposed outside, or detail outside and underexposed inside.One day cameras may reach this level but not for a long while.
How exactly do tinted windows work?
It's basically a film that you put on the window, making it darker inside than outside. You can see through glass-like things easy if the opposite side is better lit. This is how 2-way mirrors work, and why you can see inside lit buildings at night, but not during the day.
How is it you can legally stream a video game but not a real sports game?
Actually, video game publishers *could* shut down streaming of their games if they wanted to, but they don't want to. The legality of streaming a video game isn't set in stone yet. Game publishers own the performance rights to the characters, logos, music, and pretty much everything in the games they publish. It isn't clear if a player's playing adds enough to the performance to be considered Fair Use, as no case has been decided on those grounds yet. However, most publishers see streams as free advertising, and those that don't see it that way turn a blind eye to streaming to avoid pissing off their hardcore fans.The market value of a video game is mostly in the interaction -- you tell it to do something, and it does it in the game. Streaming it online loses them little, if any, money. A real sports game, however, the market value is 100% in the spectators watching it. Television companies pay big bucks for exclusive broadcast rights for these games, and streaming it online would violate those contracts.
How do those bid one cent websites make money?
Because: 1. You pay something like $0.60 to place a bid and raise the price of the item by $0.01 2. You lose that $0.60 forever, *even if you lose the auction*. So if something raises in price from an initial $0.01 to $10, that's 999 bids, which, at $0.60 each, is $599.40 that the company has made in non-refundable bidding fees from all of the people who *lost* the auction.
Why do bombs squads blow up "packages" that they determine to not be a bomb?
Maybe it was for fun. Maybe you can't be too careful. Either way, any time a threat is made, it has to be taken with utmost precaution. Even if a baby doll sounds like ticking is coming from its leg, it's a threat.
Why do professional swimmers wear 2 caps when competing?
So I was actually wondering this out loud the other day while I was watching the Olympics with my wife, and not 10 seconds later the commentator on the TV actually explained it. He said occasionally you will see some swimmers wear their goggles with the strap on the outside of their swimming cap, but most wear them with the strap on the inside. Some swimmers wear their goggles with the strap in contact with their hair, and then a single swim cap over top, but other swimmers may feel that their hair is too slippery for the goggles' strap to stay in place, so they wear a swim cap, then the goggles with the strap over top of the first swim cap, and then a second swim cap to make sure their goggles can't slip off. He seemed to know what he was talking about, so I trust his explanation.While diving in goggles and caps tend to fall off also while swimming caps tend to fall off bringing the goggles down with them. Wearing two caps helps to keep everything stay put and avoid the drag caused by your hair. This is also why goggle straps are typically placed under the cap. Source: swimmer.I'm guessing, but most likely, the increased weight doesn't matter compared to the reduced drag from smooth-ass head. Edit: stack exchange is 100% better than reddit for these things._URL_0_