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Why can't we just rinse out our glasses instead of scrubbing with soap? | When you're washing glasses, you're trying to get rid of more than just old liquids. There could be bacteria or other invisible substances stuck to the glass, for example.Soap is a "surfactant". One end of the soap molecule likes water and the other side hates it. It makes the water want to have more surface area . Gre... |
What's the difference between SSRIs and SARIs? | SSRIs bind to transporters that clear serotonin out of the synaptic cleft. Depending on how selective the specific SSRI in question is, it may or may not have some effect on dopamine and norepinephrine transporters. & nbsp; SARIs have similar action on transporters as SSRIs, with the additional effect of "hitting" sero... |
Why does orange soda sometimes taste like soap? | Not all flavors are discernible by all people. For example there are many folks who cannot taste cilantro the way others do, but it tastes like soap. Now not all orange sodas use the same flavors to flavor their drinks. So, if the flavor used to flavor some orange soda is not detectable by you, you'll taste the underly... |
Plants Growing Strength Puncturing Buildings | Just my theory: Concrete expands when heated, concrete that is expanding is easier to be pushed through by a growing plant. When the concrete finally cracks, it expands upwards, away from the ground. Once the plant has broken through, the roots grow and expand the soil and then the soil also tries to push through the c... |
Why do the lead vocalists get most of the spotlight in music videos? | They typically assume the role as 'front man.' It isn't always the singer, it's whomever you will remember the easiest. The singers voice is usually the most identifiable part of music, so they usually get the spotlight. Aesthetics play into this heavily too, put the prettiest face out there and people will be more lik... |
Why are manual transmissions still so prevalent in cars in Europe? | I think the main reason it that **we're just used to it**, and it's a vicious circle. If you want to get a driver's licence, you need to choose whether you learn it for a manual or an automatic car. The latter option doesn't allow you to drive a manual one, so everyone picks the former one and learns to drive a manual ... |
After being breached, how do Corporations/governments determine exactly what data was compromised and what wasn't? | They can retrospectively study the event logs for activity - altering logs across a broad spectrum of devices to mask a specific activity would probably be harder than stealing all the black ops projects the US is doing. So hackers usually don't bother with this part, they just want the treasure. Plus the more things y... |
How woman's periods sync if they spend enough time together. | They don't really "sync up" as in their bodies are somehow talking to each other. A woman's cycle isn't exactly a month long, so it's going to have some variance about when in the month in shows up. If two women have cycles that are close, but not the same in timing, and are trending towards moving towards each other, ... |
How do temporary usage rights work products? (e.g. Sonic the Hedgehog in Wreck-it-Ralph) | I'm not sure what you're asking here, can you clarify? If you're asking how they can get rights to use characters that belong to other companies, the answer is that they simply ask. A contract is signed, money changes hands, or doesn't, and the movie gets made. Often part of the deal with characters like that is that t... |
Why can Bicyclists ride on the road well under the speed limit but walking on the road is illegal when sidewalks are present? | The posted speed limit is a maximum, not a minimum. There sometimes is a minimum, for example freeways usually have a minimum of 45 mph, and bicycles aren't allowed there. They ride on the road because bicycles are vehicles.Lobbying by auto manufacturers at the birth of the automobile made it illegal to walk on the str... |
Why do babies fall asleep faster if rocked to sleep? | It's a natural response that reminds them of being in the womb. Same goes for swaddling. Babies like to be warm and held tight. |
Why does my voice sound better after drinking black coffee? | Warms up the old sound box and throat ya little five year old!! Goo goo gaga', "Generally the warmth lets the voice box expand and become more versatile. For years people thought that caffeine was dehydrating but more recent reports say it's a very nominal effect. Sugar, on the other hand, can really dehydrate and stif... |
Why do white shirts become transparent when water gets on it? | The opaqueness of white shirts is due to the thin material having a few millimeters of space from the skin and light diffusing in that short distance. When a white shirt is wet it sticks to the skin. Since there is no space to diffuse, you see the skin. |
Whys there always a line for women's restroom? | fewer spots since they dont have urinals and stalls take more space. and they take longer to go, with the pant dropping, retucking shirts, wiping, ect. |
How Does a Camera/Phone make a Panorama image? | The camera takes multiple individual still pictures. The phone analyses these pictures looking for simple things, like the edges of items in the picture, that it can use to tell how much the camera has moved. It also takes measurements from the compass and accelerometer to tell how the camera has been moved. In then *m... |
Why is there no motion blur on satellite images? | There is plenty of blur and it is a major concern and has two main components; there is a lack of focus mainly due to the optics but may also include the jitter of the platform and then there is smear due sensor motion and target motion. |
Why has "squirting" had a rise in porn in the last few years, surely girls could always do it, what suddenly made it popular? | I think, and this is of course only what ***I*** think, is that a large part of the phonographic industry is based on the reaffirmation of gender roles in regards to sexuality. There is a fairly common notion that stereotypically-speaking, women are supposed to be sexually desirable and men are supposed to be sexual st... |
Why is primer needed for a paint job? Why not just use paint? | 1.Better paint adhesion2. Protects the painted material 3. Prolongs life of paint4. Hides imperfections or former paint color that can bleed through It is a pain in the butt step but if you have ever tried to turn an olive green room to canary yellow you will get it. Also if there are any oily/greasy spots primer can h... |
If it takes 8-12 hours to digest food, how do some foods make my stomach upset almost instantly? | Because you're not digesting it. Your stomach has sent the "Purge" message to your brain. Your brain then sends the message to your digestive tract to open all gates and let the express train through. It will also flush a bunch of fluid into the system to help is pass more quickly.You might have to clarify. Sometimes i... |
Why do we laugh? Specifically why do we have a physical reaction, such as chest heaving, when we laugh rather than just "feeling" happy? | Most humor is the juxtaposition between what we _expect_ to happen and what actually happens. Take the joke: > Three men walk into a bar; none of them ducked The humor there is that you expect it to be a drinking establishment, not a physical barrier Now, the idea is that this humor reaction evolved in us to quickly re... |
When Waking up from a vivid dream, why does it seem to disappear from memory a few minutes after waking up. | Dreams don't typically form long-term memories like real experiences can. They are in your short term memory, and unless you make an effort to remember them, you'll forget them very quickly. Some people keep a dream journal near their bed and get in the practice of writing down their dreams as soon as they awake. |
Does the butterfly has memories of being a caterpillar? | Yes, some memories can be retained. Caterpillars trained to avoid certain odors retained the aversion to those odors when they metamorphosed into butterflies. |
How do content-creators make money from streaming services such as Netflix or Apple music | Your 15 dollars a month > netflix/apple/spotify etc takes a share > rest goes to the content creator.Yes you can make a notable profit from these services as many people were illegally downloading their content on a large scale before these services popped up . Since most people dont want to go through the effort of do... |
How do gigantic heavy ships not sink in the ocean? What exactly keeps them afloat? | I did an interesting experiment for a science class one day. Take a pan of water, fill it up to the very brim. Put a larger pan under it. Now, put an object into the top pan which will float. Some water will fall over the edges of the pan into the container below. You should find that the amount of water running over t... |
What is Grooveshark and why is it being sued? | It's similar to pandora, though I don't know what kind of arrangements they have in terms of paying licensing fees. They allow for a more specific selection of music, and allow you to create playlists as if their entire library was your own. Think of it as a cloud-based napster. They have a desktop app as well as a web... |
Why do the subway stations in New York City look much more bare or run-down compared to those in systems of similar age, like London's? | The London Underground services ~1.2 billion passengers per year. The New York City Subway services more - 1.65 billion in 2012, and that number's been shooting up steadily over the past 5 or 6 years. The New York City subway services 8.2 million people in a relatively small area, with around 450 different stations. Th... |
Why can't we dispose of solid waste by tectonic subduction zones. | The United States MARPOL act would prevent this. Subduction zones are also constantly moving, meaning trash would spew out and damage the Eco system surrounding it. This might all ready be happening. I saw a redditor say something about the gulf of Mexico being filled with trash which is sad.It's difficult to get the w... |
Why does the door close so loud when I have a window open? | When you close the door, a bunch of air is displaced, and it has to go somewhere. If you don't have a window open, the only place the air can go is to rush out the door gap as you're closing it. This is difficult to do, and so the air forms a higher pressure "cushion" which prevents the door from closing as hard. In ef... |
How does low sodium salt work? | Some of the salt is replaced with potassium chloride which has a similar taste and the benefit of potassium which can be difficult to get in your diet. There might be other substitutions that I'm not aware of."Salts" are really just a broad term for any ionic compound. Sodium chloride is more accurately termed "table s... |
Why do some pharmaceuticals cause anorexia/eating disorders/body dysmorphia in those who have never struggled with these issues? | Many drugs, especially ones taken for attention problems, cause people to lose their appetite. Many children, especially ones that struggled with self confidence issues due to their weight prior to starting medication, get pulled in by the positive response or attention from sudden weight loss. Although the eating diso... |
the difference between an LLC and S Corporation. | The short short answer is that an S Corp is more complex and has stricter rules on how it's governed, but gives tax benefits.S-Corp: Ownership divided into shares of stock. Shares of stock have voting rights. Has a board of directors, a President and usually required to have a Treasurer. Liability for the actions of th... |
Why does fear seem much more intense during sleep paralysis than typical nightmares? | Another reason is that you continue breathing as if you're asleep . This causes a perceived lack of oxygen and is one reason for that "suffocating" or "weight on the chest" feeling as well as the terror. |
Soap kills 99.9% of germs, why doesn't it work when ingested to kill the germs inside you? | Soap doesn't kill germs at all. Soap is what's called a *surfactant,* which is a chemical that makes it easier for things to dissolve in water. When you wash your hands with soap, it's actually the action of rubbing your hands together and running water over them that removes stuff, including bacteria and viruses. *Dis... |
Why do some EU countries still have their own currency instead of adopting the Euro? | 1) They are not a part of the EU. 2) They do not want to give up control of their currency and be at the mercy of other countries. One of the primary ways that a government deals with economic hardships is by shrinking or growing its money supply. They do this by destroying bills and printing new ones as needed. Any co... |
Does a stronger sound wave eliminate weaker sound waves? | It can't really eliminate sound, but it can drown it. Our hearing has a very high dynamic range, meaning that there is a huge difference between quiet and loud sounds. The speaker in this case could easily have 1000 times as much sound pressure , and your ears would adjust to that. The voice would suddenly appear extre... |
How does muscle relaxers not stop muscles needed to live. IE: your heart | Imagine any drug you take is like a key and that key can only fit into certain keyholes on certain doors . There are different types of muscle relaxers that open certain doors and causes a reaction to occur behind that door . This is how the drug works. Now, there are three types of muscles . A muscle relaxer like Zana... |
Why do we humans have a 'cooldown' after swallowing? | Because you active a lot of muscles in a specific sequence to swallow. Before you can swallow again all these muscles need to be propely relaxed after the previous swallow. This takes some time. In other words: you can't start on your next swallow before the one you're doing is completely done + a tiny time for rest. |
What is the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'? I am 21, but desperately need it explained to me like I'm 5. | Effect: the result of an action. NOUN Affect: to influence something. VERB "How did it affect you?" "What caused that effect?" Effect is a noun, affect is a verb. In even simpler terms, "effect" is an event that happens, and "affect" is an action that one doesThink **A**ffect and **A**te. Effect is a noun while affect ... |
What kind of prison would a transsexual go to? | In Texas you are sent to the prison of your birth gender and usually put into a special cell block where you don't have a roommate. I was a guard in the early nineties, and one person came in with male anatomy and breast implants. He identified himself as a woman but still had a penis, so there was no way he was going ... |
Why does my laptop slow down over the years? what is happening to the processor? | It can be a lot of things. Older laptops tend to have a lot of junk data installed, lots of background processes users aren't even aware of. Sometimes small errors have snuck in the operating system. All of this can be solved by formatting it and reinstalling your laptop. Another thing is that programs and websites now... |
Why are there first and third world countries, but no second world? | There used to be. "Third world" these days is kind of code for "poor," but that wasn't the case. First world was the US, the UK, most of Europe the not-communist countries. Second world was the USSR and their allies, those evil scary commies. Then third world was everyone else who didn't have their act together yet. |
Why reddit has so many 503 (busy server) errors so often? | There are times when we're coming online in droves 6,292 are on now. For me, that says time to go somebody else needs a turn. I'm not sure of peak use times, but it's Saturday morning here we're just getting up and before we go out, gotta check Reddit. Same thing on workdays early check-ins, checking in from my desk, a... |
What's the difference between firearm calibers ? | Caliber just refers to how large the diameter of a round is - it doesn't reflect the length/shape/mass of the bullet or how large the casing is. A [.50 BMG] sniper round is incredibly long compared to the much smaller [.40 S & W] handgun round. [Here's an image of them side by side]. Longer bullets have more mass, long... |
Why do the United States have such a big problem with internet providers ? | You hit things right on the head in your first paragraph. In many areas there are no options about your provider. This is usually in areas with lower population density where it wouldn't be very profitable for a second company to come in. Satellite internet is always an option but if you want to stream anything or play... |
Why does spit/saliva get stickier at times? | It is mostly to do with hydration, or in this case dehydration. For example when you exercise, the water loss in your body causes less available water for making spit. Same reason why if you don't hydrate yourself enough during/before sex, your semen is chunky or your vaginal lubrication is less |
Why do we rub our face when we get tired? | Do you mean rubbing your eyes? I haven't heard of people rubbing their faces. However, we rub our eyes when tired because it stimulates the [oculocaridac reflex] which slows your heartbeat. This is relaxing if you feel very tired, and also "prepares you for sleep". Tired eyes also get dry very quickly, rubbing them sti... |
Why does water stain silk? | Two reasons: * Many dyes that are used on silk are water soluble, which means that the dyes can run if you get water on it.* Silk fibers become more delicate when wet, and, especially if you're rubbing the fabric, can slightly damage the fibers in a way that causes the fabric to look stained. |
Why does the skin on male genitals darken? | You might want to hold off on the explanation. Your nipples and penis get darker when you go through puberty. The sex hormones cause a surge in Melanin I remember a guy was trying to sext me and sent me a picture of his member and instead of oohing over it I asked him "why is part of your penis light skinned and part d... |
What is a coma? | Medically, a coma is defined as a state of unarousability and unresponsiveness. The person does not respond to pain and there are no sleep-wake cycles as present in a normal brain. However the neural reflexes are still intact The tail coming off a comet. But if you mean medically, it is a state in which all vital signs... |
How do Dyson Air Multiplier fans work? | Calling the Dyson Air Multiplier a fan with no blades is perhaps a touch misleading. There are blades in the fan -- you just can't see them. The pedestal hides the blades. A motor rotates nine asymmetrically aligned blades to pull air into the device. According to Dyson, these blades can pull in up to 5.28 gallons of a... |
How is the timing of self-dissolving sutures controlled? | So when your doctor was considering what kind of sutures to give you she had to keep 3 things in mind: the thickness of the suture, the elasticity required by the suture, and the decomposition rate of the suture. Naturally dissolving sutures will only be dissolved by enzymes in the body because they are made from, "nat... |
Is regularly "waking up right before the alarm goes off" done by the body's internal clock? If so, how can it be so accurate? | Iirc most alarms make a quiet click before going off. Your brain registers this as part of the actual alarm sounding, waking you up to deal with it. Cellphone alarms don't make this sound which is why you don't get fully awake just before your alarm goes off. Instead your brain tends to pop you out of deep sleep when i... |
Why do we have to put air in tires? Why cant we just have completely rubber tires that do not get flat? | I'm only 17 and soon hoping to go to university to do Mechanical Engineering, however i'll take a stab at what i guess is along the right lines : My guess is that with air inside the tire, it allows for a greater dispersion of the force from the ground, due to the particles being free to move about. Also, the air press... |
Does eye color affect vision? | I have heard that people with blue eyes are more sensitive to sunlight . Someone please tell me if I'm wrong. |
How are 3D graphics rendered in order to get a cel-shaded or painted effect such as in Breath of the Wild? | Cel shading is a very simple effect: you just have to compute lighting as usual and then step it . In practice you want more than one step so you use a look up table, [like one of these]. > how does the developer make sure that the inside/back of the model isn't visible through the front? Rendering translucent objects ... |
why my laptop battery will take an hour to reach 90% but then take another hour to cap to 100% | ELI5 Option . Imagine a battery is like a cup, and your charging source is a fat pitcher of water. When you first start pouring the water, the cup is empty so you dump it all in there because well, it's nearly empty and easy to control. As you get near the top though the amount of water could easily cause you to spill.... |
Why does it seem to take humans many more "tries" to get pregnant, while many wild animals seem to mate once and reproduce? | Different reproductive systems. The vast majority of animals *only* mate when they are already ovulating. Some are induced ovulaters even. Meaning that the very act of sex makes them ovulate. In humans, mating is more of a social / partner bonding thing, so we also mate when we are not ovulating and there is absolutely... |
Why do people get "stuck in their ways"? | Because it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's being fooled.It's the "don't fix what isn't broken" principle. A person follows tradition because it's never led them astray, and even if it does, cognitive dissonance/motivated reasoning will allow them to rationalize their beliefs and actions to themse... |
How do drug purity test like mecke, marque and Simon work? | Reagent testing can only tell you whether a certain class of compound is present or not, not how pure it is. In order to find out how much of your substance is what you’re interested in you’d want to use titration instead. The non-drug portion may be completely inert and not react with a reagent test kit, but if you’re... |
What is the link between the neurotransmitter GABA and anxiety disorders? | GABA is an inhibitory NT, meaning that it blocks certain synaptic activity including the same receptors that help anxiety which we use Valium or Librium. They cause chloride ions enter the neuron causing less synaptic activity. |
The differences between Suni, Shia, and Kurdish muslims in the Middle East and the conflict(s) surrounding them. | The Shia and Sunni are the two main branches of Islam, and concern the proper line of descent from Muhammad. The Sunni believe that the rightful heir was Abu Bakr, Muhammad's father-in-law, while the Shia believe it was Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law through his daughter Fatima . In addition to the above, there are also et... |
Is there a real difference between deodorant and anti-perspirant or is it just marketing? | It's in the name. De-odor-ant is designed to mask or get rid of a smell or odor. Anti-perspir-ant is designed to stop you perspiring by interrupting the sweat gland. Deodorants are alcohol based and kill the bacteria that grow but also partially stimulates sweating. This isn't a concern though as the bacteria are what ... |
The difference and classifications between military ships; frigates, destroyers, carriers, etc. | Corvettes are small attack ships. Frigates are medium-sized attack ships, Destroyers are larger than Frigates. Cruisers are larger than Destroyers. These are called 'surface combatants' and are meant for fighting enemies directly. Carriers are in a different category since they aren't meant to fight directly but instea... |
why do software versions always have decimals? What do the decimals mean? Why not version 3 instead of 2.7.10? | The decimal places often denote major , minor, and patch releases. Major releases usually have lots of features added or significant changes / improvements, minor releases may have a single feature added while patch releases may only have defect corrections for exampleThe first number is the major version, that only ge... |
Watching the World Cup, I see many soccer players touching the back of the heads of each other. What does this gesture mean? | It expresses a "no hard feelings" sentiment. You usually see it after one player gets called for a foul on his opponent. He helps up the fouled player, and apologizes if the tackle hurt him. |
What is the difference between a Function Call and a Function Definition? | Function Definition: You define what the function will do when you call it. Function Call: You call the function to do what you defined previously. 🙂A function definition is a cake recipe. A function call is a warm delicious cake One defines the means, the other executes itImagine a function meant to multiply two valu... |
Why do streetlights in the distance twinkle like stars, when the ones nearby seem to glow consistently? | The air in between you and the street light is a moving mass of uneven temperature. As the light moves through it, it gets bent which causes the twinkling effect. The same thing is going on with stars. When the light is closer there is less air for it to move through and so it gets bent less. |
When a movie is censored for broadcast who decides what the dialog will be replaced with? | The goal with censoring lines in a TV broadcast is to make it so that viewers don't realize it's dubbed, which breaks suspension of disbelief, so words will be chosen that lip-read similarly to their profane counterparts. That's why the broadcast version of *Snakes on a Plane* [is so bizarre.] For posterity, the origin... |
Why are September, October, November, and December not the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months? | They were, in the Old Roman calender. Then they were modified to make a more accurate, Julian Calender. Then that got changed again by the Church to create the Gregorian calenderOriginally they were. January is named for Janus, the roman god of beginning and endings. February is named after Februus/Februa, a god of cel... |
Why can't skaters do backflips in the olympics? | two reasons: because it's dangerous, and when they land, their skates damage the ice more than just a "normal" jump wouldSimply because the ISU considers the backflip to be too dangerous. There have been other moves that the ISU has banned such as the "head banger" death spiral in pairs skating because there is a chanc... |
What kind of device or technique do Radio stations use to get immediate access to almost every song and/or sound effect? | I don't remember the exact numbers, but nearly every radio station in America is owned by a couple companies. It's really, *really* not just a patchwork of independent stations like the old days. So they have control over millions of listeners and are able to get direct access to content from the major labels as soon a... |
How does the monetization of Facebook Likes and Shares work? | If you're referring to people making profit directly off of facebook pages, without any other product in the mix: 1. someone creates a site/page and tries to make it as appealing as possible.2. they post content people would like and/or share, and often explicitly encourage people to interact with the content. A lot of... |
Why do the words terrific and terrible have different connotations? | They both came from the same Latin root, as someone already explained. The meaning of words and phrases in language changes over time. Another interesting development is the relationship between German and English and their tendencies to use "negative" words with "positive" ones to make something "extra" good. For exam... |
What is the difference and punishment between treason and high treason in the U.S.? | Treason is against the country, and High treason is against the current sitting monarch. The US has no monarch so it has no High Treason.High treason doesn't exist in the United States. There is only treason. Canada has both, but not the U.S. |
Why are weightlifters generally more into motivational posts online, compared to other athletes? | Because bodybuilding is not a team sport, when you're in the gym 5-6 times a week by yourself you're going to need motivation more than somebody who can look up to their team mates and better players in the same club.because other athletes have competitions. something to look forward to. Weightlifters usually have to j... |
If atomic blasts and radiation can change gene expression and cause mutations, can we theoretically use similar methods to our benefit? | Chance. When cell division occurs there is a very good chance that the off spring's DNA will be mutated. This happens a lot not > 50% of the time, but fairly often. Normally 99% of these are useless and will do nothing. .7% are harmful, and will be killed by the immune system, .2999% end up as carcinoma cells .00001% a... |
Why are there only 7 visible cubes in a hypercube. | there are 8 visible cubes in the 3d representation of it. One on the inside. 6 for each side of the inner cube. and the one that contains them all.. Take a look at [this] to see what I mean. |
What about smoking cigarettes is calming? | When the body wants nicotine it will drive you nuts until you get it. When the body gets it fix the cravings go away. Also when smoking deep slow breaths are taken which is also calmingFor the addict, the calming aspect of what is otherwise a stimulant is simply the satisfying of the addiction itself./u/StickleyMan rec... |
Why do they turn of the cabine lights on take-offs and landings on airplanes? | For safety. These are the two most dangerous times in a flight. However unlikely, if an accident were to happen, by having the lights off, your eyes will already be adjusted to the outside levels of light, ready for the evacuation. |
If there is a 3D object on a screen, will my eyes view that as added distance to see or will it see it as a 2D representation? Why? | When you look at something, each of your eyes individually sees a 2d image. But because your eyes are in slightly different places, each eye sees the object from a slightly different angle. The closer the object is to you, the more offset the angles are, and therefore the more different the images each eye sees are. Yo... |
If Somalia was a failed state how did the borders stay intact and not be taken over by neighbouring countries | Why would they want it? Seriously though, the surrounding countries were probably a bit too busy with their own problems and the international community would have had something to say about it. At a minimum there would have been a very strongly worded letter.Because in the current world there's a general principle tha... |
Regarding officials (police, judges, etc) who get caught doing something immoral or illegal, why are they asked to resign instead of getting fired/license/certs revoked? | Police can be fired. In *some* locales, so can judges. But in *many* locales, judges are protected against removal except in extreme cases , as are legislators. This is done to prevent abuses, like someone who doesn't like their policies working to get them fired. |
Why the US is allowed to shutdown websites such as Mega-upload? | Because the relevant assets were inside the jurisdiction of the governments that did the seizures. A website hosted inside Germany using the .de ccTLD of Germany is safe from the USA because all of its assets are inside Germany. Germany can take action against them, though. |
How did reddit manipulate Google image results of Comcast to display a swastika? | You post the image, with the title including "Comcast". The longer it stays and the more popular the image is, the more likely it is the google bot will pick it up, and place it closer to #1 |
What does it mean when someone is always trying to one-up you in a conversation? | I do this, and I try not to. As I 've gotten older I'm much more successful. To think of it a targeted thing is more than a little misleading. It's a defect in my communication that has little to do with the person I'm communicating with and way more to do with how I'm communicating. For me, it's mostly about being ner... |
Why the NFL commissioner is boo'd? | Tradition, when it was in NYC Jets fans boo'd everything especially their team's picks. But also he is nothing but a corporate shill and spineless mouthpiece for the uncaring owners. Why should he be cheered? |
At what point does a fertilized egg or an embryo gain consciousness or awareness that its alive? | If you're talking about self-awareness, then around the age of two assuming you follow the mirror test as a valid test of self-awareness. Basically, you show the child a mirror. If they think it's another child, it's not self-aware. If it recognizes the image in the mirror as themself, they are self-aware. |
Regarding the different types of non-covalent interactions, why/how does the energy of these different types of interactions depend on the distance between them? | Non covalent bonds do not share their electrons like covalent bonds do. It is a metal bonding with a non metal. There has to be a certain degree of electro negativity difference. If you take a gander at the periodic table, there's metals in groups 1, 2, and 3 that lose one electron, two or three and then become positiv... |
Why does sleeping 6 hours earlier at night make me more tired than sleeping 6 hours late at night? | It could be as simple as your body taking time to adjust to a new sleeping pattern. How long have you been doing this new sleep schedule? |
How do cartoon shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy increase the overall quality of animation over time? What changes? | They got bigger budgets due to popularity. Also, the early seasons used hand-drawn animation made for 480p analog broadcast, while now they are computer animation rendered in 1080p.They get viewers and make more money to put into development. Just like a series I watch: Supernatural.First season the devils smoke was te... |
Why does a country like china devalue its currency? | Let's pretend the exchange rate is 1:1 for the Yuan to the Dollar. Something that costs 100 Yuan would have to sell for at least $100. Let's say now the exchange rate is 2:1. It costs twice as much in Yuan to buy its equivalence in Dollars. That good that costs 100 yuan can now sell for $50. |
Why is it whenever I stand up too fast from sitting on the couch, my vision becomes slightly impaired (or I start seeing only black) and I become dizzy? | Interestingly, the Mayo Clinic offers a [description of that dizziness, but no reason for it] My guess would be it's a combination of two things. One is the sudden movement of standing which jostles the fluid inside your inner ear. Your ear uses that fluid to detect movement, orientation, and help with balance. Jostlin... |
Can a person survive walking inside a tornado? | It's definitely possible but not probable. I don't think you'd be able to walk either. You'd most likely be picked up by the wind. Occasionally stories pop up about people who get picked up and gently set down a few miles away with minor bruises, but most people die.Unlikely, but possible. All but the weakest tornadoes... |
Why are there so many Saudi princes? | Because each one takes on multiple wives and has many children so prince has 20 children, and they each have 20 children you end up with many, many princes in the royal family. |
Please explain how a one-way mirror works. | a one-way mirror is really just a 1/2 mirror and a 1/2 glass. If it is facing into a bright room then from the bright room, 1/2 of the bright light goes into the closet and 1/2 of the bright light gets reflected back Additionally, 1/2 of the dim light from the dark room passes into the bright room but this dim light is... |
Why are there so many more shootings, attacks, and bombings in Europe than the US When the US is more actively involved in destabilized regions than countries, for instance, like France? | 1. There aren't more shootings in Europe than in the USA, but there are more Islamic terrorist attacks, which I presume is your point. 2. Europe is more populous than the USA, the EU alone has over 500m residents. More people = more stuff happening. 3. Europe is closer to areas of unrest and shares land borders leading... |
On USA Taxes, how much do you need to donate to charity to receive more than the standard deduction? | The standard deduction for most single people is $6300. In most cases, they should itemize if their itemized deductions are more than that. One way to do that would be to donate more than $6300, of course, but people can also deduct sales taxes or state and local income tax, as well as their mortgage interest, real est... |
How can a plane 'disappear' without knowing its location, when i can track flights live from my phone? Malaysia Airlines MH370 imparticular | Exactly the point and why this is a serious problem, OP.All those tracking apps rely on position reports broadcast via the airplane itself . If the airplane stops transmitting for some reason, the only thing you have is an approximate radar position with very limited altitude and no positive ID of which plane you're lo... |
How do TV shows translate word play based jokes for viewing in other languages? | depending on the circumstances, it's rewritten slightly. usually there's a surprisingly fitting equivalent you can come up with. the languages more similar to the show's original language, tend to be more likely to have an equivalent word/wording for it. but then sometimes, the joke just doesnt work anymore and they ha... |
EL15 Why can I effortlessly touch-type but I am unable to recite the order of keys on my keyboard without looking. | The same way Eric Clapton could play a blistering guitar solo, but be unable to recite all the notes of that solo to you one by one.Touch typing develops muscle memory through an act of repetition. This allows you to subconsciously 'remember' locations of keys and patterns needed to type words. As you practise touch ty... |
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