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What is actually happening inside your body that causes common cold/flu symptoms? | I don't know all of it but things like runny nose, sneezing, coughing, and other such things are your immune system reacting to the bateria or virus and trying to get it out of your body. That's why common allergy symptoms are similar to cold symptoms, it's your body reacting in the same way but in the case of allergie... |
Why does the president need a daily intelligence briefing unless something big is happening? | Because something happens *every single day*. It's a big world with lots of moving pieces. Imagine that your best friend's house was burned down by someone. "Wow, that came out of nowhere!" But then you learn that one day, they had an argument with someone. A few days later, they got into a physical fight. A few days a... |
Why is it that the term "All Natural" isn't FDA regulated? | It's very difficult for one to define what "all natural" is. Before reading further, I 'd like you to just take a moment and write down or think about a definition which you think fits the description of "all natural." Done? First off, the definition of all natural can't be too broad as "found in nature" because then l... |
Universal Basic Income. If every citizen over 18 receives $1,000 a month then what would stop the cost of living to rise and negate the income being received? | Prices likely will rise in places that implement it. This will *partially* negate the increase in wealth some people experience. But prices don't automatically rise with income--they can be "sticky" and resistant to change. It's also important to remember the money supply isn't increasing; such programs are usually int... |
If the bags attached to oxygen masks in airplanes aren’t supposed to inflate, what’s the purpose of having them? | Oxygen is still flowing through them,its just not immediately obvious. Interestingly, that oxygen is created from chemical oxygen generators and not oxygen stored in tanks.It reduces the oxygen going to waste, leaking out against your face, when you aren't inhaling. Instead, some amount of the oxygen that would have ju... |
Why are lethal injection drugs so complicated. Why not just give them an overdose of ambien or morphine? | Some states use a three drug method. One drug to knock them out so they're not aware of anything that's happening to them, one to paralyze them so they can't have involuntary movements that might be distressing to onlookers, and the final drug to stop their heart. Any drug on its own would kill , but the second on its ... |
What is instantaneous velocity? | It's how fast and in which direction you're moving *right now* as opposed to your average velocity over some time period. Example: You're driving to your friend's house. At some point, you're heading straight north, glance at your speedometer and see 30 mph. That's your instantaneous velocity: 30 mph north. Let's say i... |
How does the economy work in a socialist democratic state like Norway, Sweden, Finland? | It works just like anywhere else, just with higher taxes and more goverment intervention. Socialism is still capitalistic, you may be thinking of communism instead, which is something entirely different.you pay taxes. you get public services. in 'socialist democratic' places like in Scandinavia, you pay more taxes, and... |
How do food companies work out the calories found on the packages of their products? | Basically, they burn the food, and see by how much the burning food heats up some water. They then use a formula to calculate the energy given off. |
why do doctors draw blood from our veins? If our whole body is full of blood why can't they stick a needle and pull out the blood? | Blood only travels in veins and arteries. There are miles and miles of them. If a needle is stuck randomly in your body, it could damage and organ, muscle tissue or nerves. The veins that lie close to the skin make them easy to see and draw blood out without damaging other parts of your bodyIt is super duper dangerous ... |
Why don't cell phones have caller ID like land lines? | Caller ID information is sent as an additional signal along with the ring. The phone number to name translation is done by the phone company at a local exchange, it's not sent all the way from the caller. The database they use usually only contains local-ish data and general geographic mappings of area codes. This is w... |
Construction workers of Reddit, what is that tripod thing I see you guys using every other day for hours on end on roads and construction sites? | There are many tools that have been used historically. The people using them are called surveyors. There's one called a level that can be used to find the elevation of terrain. There's a theodolite that is used to measure vertical and horizontal angles between sighted points. But mainly today they use advanced machines... |
What is the benefit of reddit downvotes? | I think it's to help ban offensive material. Something racist, for instance, might get upvoted by the few racists in a thread, but the downvotes are there to send it to the bottom in case it's a very unpopular opinion. |
Why do different parts of the world have different emergency numbers? | Interesting question! In the USA, AT & T recommended 911 back in 1967 as the nationwide emergency number. AT & T chose 911 as it fit into the North American Dialing Plan N11 code system and 9 hadn't been allocated at that time. Canada also adopted the 911 emergency number. 111 is the emergency number in New Zealand whi... |
How is property in outer space valued? If the earth colonized Mars what government/organisation would technically own it | There's a [treaty] that forbids countries from claiming territory in outer space. That means that while theoretically a private company could simply go up there and claim it, but it wouldn't be recognised by any earthly government they'd have to set up their own government |
The Popularity of Star Wars | As a reddit *elder person*, who, by definition could have teenaged grandkids, I, too, am utterly baffled how Star Wars survives 35 years after it was initially a special effects tour de force. In it's day, it held a special place, but come on, surely it's old, lame and mostly irrelevant by now. |
What changed from 1985 to 2015 with respect to interest rates? | When it comes to interest rates what you have to understand is that they don't exist to benefit any group or individual, because people looking to make money out of money will always try to buy bonds or stocks. The interest rate is a monetary policy tool. When we lower the interest rate, we give the economy a little nu... |
Why is porn so bad? | 1. It instills bad values in the immature, creating less-than-capable parents, who in turn foster a broken home. 2. Your dopamine receptors down-regua late, causing a lack of stimulation to the reward center. Many believe this is a cause of ADHD and many other disorders. |
How can forecasters predict when it's going to be windy? | Whichever direction the wind is coming, other meteorologists report it. If the wind is blowing South, a weather official higher up North will make notifications that wind is headed their way. East will notify the West and so on. Now, the wind blows in every direction so as you can imagine there are a lot of notificatio... |
if dogs in general aren't capable of self recognition when looking in a mirror, but they bark at other dogs outside, why don't they bark at their own reflection? | This might be what you're looking for: _URL_0_ "While the mirror test has been extensively conducted on primates, it is of limited value when applied to animals who rely primarily on senses other than vision. In light of this, the mirror test has been adapted to function through other sensory modalities, such as scent.... |
Why do people "feel" a storm or rain coming in, in an area where they have broken a bone or had surgery? Myself included. | Barometric pressure effects all of our internal bits as well. When pressure changes some people get sinus pain due to the pressure change in their heads which can cause headaches. This works the same for joints that may already be inflamed due to arthritis. Scar tissue also behaves differently than regular tissue, it i... |
Why aren't clear gun magazines more common in the military? | The plastics in clear gun magazines have several problems, some that come to mind are as follows: The plastics have lower strenght than the stamped sheet metal. The plastic can degrade over time and have limited field service life The plastics are flammable and can burn And At elevated temperature conditions, the plast... |
Is it normal for members of the American government to sue the president? | It's not exactly what I'd call common, but it's not impossible. You can basically sue anyone at any time for anything. This doesn't mean that the judge won't just throw your case out of court though. I'm fairly certain that's what's going to happen here. Nothing will be accomplished except for a waste of time for the s... |
How do gasses (like Helium, Nitrogen, Co2) make it from our environment into those metal cylinders? | Mostly they separate the gasses by cooling them down. Each one condenses into liquid at a certain temperature, Nitrogen becomes a liquid at -320 degrees, CO2 at -109, Argon at -186, Oxygen at -293, etc etc. By taking a mixed gas and cooling it, they can draw the gasses off one at a time as a liquid. The three main comp... |
Why are boats almost always predominantly white? | You mostly see this convention on small watercraft or large passenger craft. Military and cargo vessels vary widely in color. Several correct responses so far: less heat absorption which can damage the hull and discomfort the crew, more visible in bad weather or darkness to avoid collisionsIt makes it easier to see aga... |
How to Become Super Saiyan | Grit your teeth, bend your knees, and go "HUAHHHHHHH" as loud as you can for at least six episodes. |
How come most couples consist of two equally attractive people? | inherently we look for the best genetic mate when picking a partner. the easiest way to determine this is by outward appearance. Because both male and females are trying to do this, you will find that this commonly results in everyone starting at the best, and working their way down until a partner accepts. at the same... |
Why are our keyboards Qwerty? | QWERTY keyboards were designed for typewriters, the design was made to avoid people from pressing two keys too quickly after one another to avoid the typewriter from getting jammed. QWERTY is what people got used to and now its what everyone uses. There's another type of keyboard that was designed to allow users to typ... |
What's the difference between sociology and cultural anthropology? | Sociology studies the social interactions between people. So how a child interacts with another child. Cultural anthropology studies the variations within different cultures. How a family unit operate in a western culture versus an eastern one. Theories as to how either behavior or variations came into existence can be... |
If I slapped at a bullet coming towards me at the perfect time, would I be able to deflect it? | Nope. It's mass times velocity, not just mass or velocity. In other words, it's moving fast enough that your hand isn't strong enough to make up for this. You could deflect it a tiny amount, but not enough to stop it from ripping through your hand and whatever is behind it. |
If the sun is a big burning ball in space, how does it still constantly burn if fire needs oxygen to stay alive.. And theres no oxygen in space.. | The sun isn't burning, it's fusing. Essentially, it's an incredibly massive ball of hydrogen plasma being crushed by its own gravity so much that the hydrogen at the core is fusing into helium. A helium atom is slightly less massive than two hydrogen atoms, so that extra mass gets converted into energy in the form of p... |
What is the difference between Antisemitism and Islamophobia? Why is one term ridiculed and the other not? | The difference is that Antisemitism is a prejudice against a certain *people*, not the religion of Judaism, but rather the ethnic group of Jews. Islam does not refer to any such ethnic group, but rather a system of ideas and religious philosophy, and the followers of that philosophy independent of their ethnicity or na... |
Why do car's wheels seem to rotate in a different direction at higher speeds? | It's called the wagon wheel effect. I can explain exactly what is happening, but it's likely you 've only seen it under strobing lights and in movies. If you watch something rotate slowly and your frame rate is slow enough you will see the object rotate normally. But what happens if the object rotates so fast, that the... |
Why does it appear to be much less turbulent within an aircraft flying toward the eye of a hurricane than it does flying into a thunderstorm? | Turbulence is caused by unstable wind currents. It's when the plane gets swatted around in different directions in rapid succession. If you look at [the air currents in a thunderstorm] you have columns of air rapidly rising or falling. This will push the airplane up & down, causing turbulence. A hurricane is a cyclone ... |
How are large rocket engines tested in what seems to be indoor environments | They're not. Typically large rockets are tested at the facility that was built for the Apollo project. This is a large outdoor test stand complete with blast deflector and water noise suppression system. _URL_0_ You could not run an engine in a "vacuum" without an exhaust system that was as efficient as the engine itse... |
why nobody make ''organic tobacco'' with no added chemicals. | > perhaps maybe the only added ingredient could be nicotine Nicotine isn't added. It's a naturally-occurring chemical in the tobacco plant, and is the entire reason that people started smoking tobacco in the first place. And most of the harmful chemicals aren't added. They're naturally produced by burning the tobacco. ... |
Why do we toss and turn in our sleep? Why do some people do it more than others. | We toss and turn in our sleep to keep from building pressure on one part of our body for too long, potentially hurting it. Some people may do it more than others because they have a lesser quality of sleep, or because of an underlying psychological reason, ex. I tossed and turned A LOT when I had bouts of depression. A... |
why do cars honk for no reason in Manhattan? | I HATE the cars honking for no reason. If you're #22 in a long line of cars, and 100 feet ahead of you the light turns green, it's gonna take more than 10 seconds for the cars in front of you to all clear enough for you to go. Honking AS SOON AS THE LIGHT 100 FEET AWAY TURNS GREEN DOES NOTHING FOR YOU!!!", 'We see this... |
How can I be allergic to crab and lobster, but not shrimp? | All foods have their own specific makeup. I'm allergic to blackberries, but not blueberries or raspberries. I'm also allergic to cashews, pistachios, peanuts and walnuts, but not pecans or almonds. You just have to go food by food and see what you have a reaction to. I'm 41 years old and still finding foods that I'm al... |
Why do we blink when we hear a sudden loud noise? | It's a protective mechanism. Loud noises often mean danger, and our eyes are delicate and need protecting. It's called the *acoustic startle-reflex*. |
How do plants reproduce? | In simple terms, plants reproduce through their pollen, either blown by the wind from one plant to another, or by animals. The flowers attract animals, such as bees, to come for the nectar. While they drink the nectar, the insect brush up against the pollen and carry it with them to the next plant or flower. The pollen... |
Why can you run for miles without your legs getting so tired that you can't keep going, but you can only do so many push-ups or curls before you can't do any more? | Probably because of 2 things 1. Early humans needed to run long distances to run animals to the point exhaustion 2. You use your legs way more than your arms/abs', "What am I the T-1000? I can't run 200 yards without getting tired. |
Do countries near the GMT Meridian have an economical advantage compared to those close on GMT+12? | trade routes wouldn't be particularly effected given time zones are regularly dealt with by travelers and business. overnight workers taking in planes and ships from day time locations. Tom Cruise's character in War of the Worlds is an overnight dock worker, we meet in at sunrise as his shift ends. for market trading i... |
What happens to this booming smartphone market when phones become "good enough?" | 1. We'll find new things to do with them that use the extra power. 2. They'll become smaller and be used for different things .like Bill Gates never said not in 1981 that 640K would be enough for any desktop computer _URL_0_ |
Why do they draw sooo much blood for blood tests? | You're asking about a lot of different things in your description. The short answer to your title is that different tests require different amounts of blood that are processed differently depending on the type/color of tube drawn. A secondary reason is for follow-on testing/re-testing in case of odd results. DNA testin... |
How does something like Google Maps work on the software side? What kind of software is used to make it interactive like it is? | > What kind of language/programming is used to make it interactive like that? Code that is to run in the browser is written in Javascript, as that's the standard. In the past, Flash and Java were popular choices, but now these languages have fallen out of favour and many browsers have either dropped support or plan to ... |
Why can't we use endo and exothermic reactions together to achieve maximum efficiency? | > Wouldn't this make it 100% efficient Hahaha, no. Nothing is *ever* 100% efficient. It can't be. > because the energy is all being used rather than just dissipating? There's the rub. How will you be sure that every single erg is going into the other reaction, and that none of it will dissipate through the walls of the... |
Why do eggs solidify when heated and why don't they turn back into membrane when cooled down? | Because egg white is not just a liquid, it is a soup of proteins, when these proteins are heated, they change shape and crosslink with each other to form a solid meshwork. When the egg is taken off the heat, the protein are still bound to each other, the meshwork remains and this keep the egg solid.It has to do with th... |
Why does some high-voltage electronic equipment produce such a distinct humming noise? | In MERICA, you hear 60 Hz and it's odd harmonics near the power transformers. That's because the electric and magnetic field variations are causing the physical pieces parts of the transformer to flex non-linearly - vibrate slightly, and make sound waves. Tune your AM radio to an empty channel like 600kHz or 660 KHz an... |
Why are most automated voices feminine? | In America, guys don't like taking instruction from men, as it takes away their manhood. In the UK, men don't like taking instruction from women, which is why Siri is masculine in the UK and other places as well. |
What is franchising in sports? how does it work and what are its merits and disadvantages? | In major professional sports like the NFL or NBA, each team is owned individually and run as a separate business which is affiliated with other businesses that all operate under the rules and guidelines of the league. Players are employees of the team, not the league. This is similar to how a franchised business like M... |
What is the process of a "natural" death? | Death *by natural causes* refers solely to the absence of outside forces acting on the person. Just like the term 'old age', it is fairly non-descriptive, and could cover all sorts of varying conditions from some form of infection to any form of organ malfunction. My best wishes to you, your grandma and your family at ... |
If DNN's require large data sets, then could the data from humans navigating virtual environments be used to train a DNN how to do so? | It seems my original follow-up question was deleted due to it being to short. So here I go again. It very much depends what you want to do. DNNs are just one way to do machine learning. What do you want it to do? What do you mean by "navigating virtual environments"? |
Why did I feel stronger at swim practice when I got 1-2 hours of sleep the night before, whereas when I got 13 hours of sleep I felt exhausted in the water? | In my experience, it was a combination of factors. If I went into a morning practice running on almost no sleep, I felt like I was still somewhat awake from the day before, because I'd basically taken a nap. Not really sure of the science there. I do however know why you're tired after being comatose. You're dehydrated... |
How has the American state of living affected our natural selection? | It hasn't and it won't. Natural selection takes place on a scale larger than any socially constructed thing. Social and cultural preferences and effects occur far too rapidly for there to be any lasting natural selection effect. By the time something has lasted enough generations to have even the tiniest effect, societ... |
If the human eye sees in 24 FPS, why does 60 seem smoother and better? | The human eye has no "FPS". It's constantly receiving input and processing it. It's a common misconception that I see a lot on Reddit.24 FPS is not the upper limit of what the eye can see, it's the estimated *minimum* something needs to be in order to appear as a moving picture instead of a slideshow. Minimum. Not maxi... |
What's the deal with this badger cull? | Bovine tuberculosis is a real and very serious concern for dairy farmers. It's highly contagious, and if your cows catch it then it's illegal to sell their milk . This is financially devastating for the farmer, and usually bad news for the cows too, as they'll probably be put down as they're no longer economically wort... |
What are allergies and why do certain people have certain allergies? | An allergy is an immune response to something that shouldn't have an immune response. Essentially, the body's immune system is an army, it sees dirt, mould, general icky stuff, and it fights it like a good army staving off an invasion. An allergy is the body looking at immigrants and attacking them. Like they should be... |
Why are firm mattresses recommended but sleeping on the floor isn't? | A hard floor and a 'squishy' mattress are opposite extremes. The floor will fully support your body, but will not conform to your body shape. A mattress that is too soft will not support your body well, but will contour to your body well. Ideally, you will want a mattress that can still conform to your body but with su... |
Why do Realtors still exist? | Buying a house isn't like buying a sandwich. There's a lot of paperwork involved, inspections, negotiations, escrow, yada yada yada. People pay real estate agents to take care of that stuff. |
running, sprinting, and jogging. What's the difference? | Running is what you'd call the action itself; sprinting and jogging are just different speeds of running. I would say that sprinting is running as fast as you can-- think of how fast the athletes in the 100m dash at the Olympics go, or what you would do if you were being chased by a bear. Jogging, on the other hand, is... |
Why do livestreams always have a small delay but group calls (on skype for example) don't | Well, for starters, a video game stream is sending the data to sometimes *hundreds* of viewers , whereas you're just sending data directly to your Skype contacts. In addition, the Skype video is likely nowhere near as high quality as the video game stream. Also, there often *is* a delay - a slight one - when you're usi... |
China's supposed "currency manipulation", past and most recent. | There is no "supposed", Chinese currency manipulation is an economic fact. The Chinese have regularly manipulated their currency, primarily via pegging their exchange rate at or near a certain value. This manipulation has been a key factor in China's success as the Yuan has been intentionally prevented from gaining aga... |
How do broken GIFs work ... or don't work... ? | [There's a link in the sidebar] of the subreddit you linked to. TL;DR videos are compressed by storing only the difference between subsequent frames, instead of storing the whole frame. These frames are called "P-frames". However, when there's a significant change between two frames , the entire frame is stored instead... |
Why Semi Truck Trailers have 2 wheels next to each other? | There are two sets of wheels at the back so that the load is distributed. What that means is that each one carries a part of the weight. Think of it like carrying something heavy with a friend. The front of the trailer is supported by the cab, which usually also has the double set of wheelsI would guess having them in ... |
If I had a stake in some company and my stock was valued at $30 Billion. How would I go about getting that money if i decided to sell? | Yeah. You basically own a bunch of stuff that people pay a total of $30B for. It would be the same as if you owned $30B worth of chairs. Its just stock is easier to sell than chairs.> Would you actually get that much money all at once? Almost. One doesn't just sell $30 billion dollars in stock. You have to hook up with... |
heart murmur (for instant on cats) | Your heart has valves that open and close to allow blood into a chamber and to stop blood from entering. A murmur occurs when a valve doesn't close completely which allows blood to leak extra blood into the chamber. You can usually hear a murmur with a stethoscope. To go along with the "lub-dub" sound a person with a m... |
How do skin grafts work? | " how does that help the area you took it from." It doesn't hurt it because you only take a small amount. It's more like gary has two apples, and both of your apples explode, so now you're going to starve. Gary gives you one apple so you won't starve, and now only has one apple. BUT NEITHER YOU OR GARY WILL DIE AND THE... |
Where does one learn to spray paint/graffiti? | I mean, graphitti is just a mix of classic painting theory and calligraphy. Both of which you can learn in a traditional setting In terms of getting high up, it depends. A lot of the time some parkour stuff is needed but scaling buildings isnt the hardest thing in the world. Dangerous, but not hard. For not getting not... |
I read that Oprah bought part of Weight Watchers and the stock skyrocketed. How? | When a celebrity as successful as Oprah endorses a product, She is basically saying "I think this is a good product". People respect Oprah and her decisions, as they got here where she is today. People think "Oprah is a smart woman, and she thinks Weight Watches is good, therefore it must be good!" and go out and buy i... |
What happens in a bipolar person's brain causes them to go "manic" or "depressed"?? | I'm bipolar 2, and no doctor has ever given me the same answer as another doctor. It's one of those things where they don't know the direct cause, but they know how to treat it . Most doctors think it's a combination of genetics and past experiences which cause bipolar . The phases of bipolar are caused basically by ev... |
What would happen if you were being legitimately brutalised by police and fought back and won? | If it was taped, you'd have a chance. Otherwise, you're screwed.yould probably get shot by the rest of their gang members', "A few years back my mom came home from the bar at 2am, an hour later the cops were banging on the front door. It turns out our neighbor called the cops because she thought she heard a disturbance... |
What are the health differences between masturbation and having sexual intercourse | Well, when it comes to prostate cancer, it is frequent ejaculation that lowers the risk of it. Now, whether you get that via sex or masturbation doesn't make a difference. > As part of Harvard’s Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 29,342 men between the ages of 46 and 81 reported their average number of ejaculations ... |
What would happen if I had two exactly identical phones, carrying identical SIM cards... | phones continually ping the cell tower telling the tower "i am phone 123456, do you have any data for me" "no" if you had two phones both saying "i am 123456" the first one that asks the tower will get "yes, you do, here it is" the second one will get "no"It goes to the first phone it finds in that case |
Why can men orgasm and ejaculation without masturbation, having sex and nocturnal emission? | Sex is physically nearly the same as masturbation, so far as the penis is concerned. In fact sex is the reason we ejaculate, as that is how we get the semen into the woman to fertilize her egg. As for nocturnal emissions. That is a result of a prolonged period of not ejaculating, physical stimulation of bed sheets and ... |
How does smell travel through the air? | Things that are known to be smelly often release airborne molecules, tiny little particles easily carried by air flow. For example, a freshly brewed cup of coffee releases tiny molecules that your nose picks up. Poop does the same. That's why we use water in our toilets! The water traps most of those molecules, reducin... |
Does Fractional Reserve banking cause all money to be created in the form of debt? | Fractional Reserve banking is not started from scratch in any of the economies. They simply plug it in to the system. So there is some extent of money already present in the system for the Fractional reserve banking to work. > where is the money used to pay interest over and above the principal coming from? The system ... |
What happened to local co-op in games? Aside from the Internet (of course). | A local coop game requires more processing power to render the game from multiple viewpoints. As the last generation of consoles dragged on longer and longer, developers were having problems making the game continue to make the game look better and better while also leaving enough ram and processing power for the game ... |
Why do commercials for prescription drugs have happy imagery contrasted with dangerous side effects? | The happy imagery is designed to get you to want the product they are selling. The dangerous side affects is to conform to federal regulations related to advertising of medications.Because pharmaceutical companies are drug pushers. They don't care about the side effects if they can profit. They know that x profits will... |
What would happen to you if you fell through a tunnel going through the centre of the Earth? | You'd smack into the side of the tunnel. Coriolis force. But *ignoring* that —\xa0in our imagination, the Earth is not spinning … and it's perfectly spherical and uniform …\xa0and it's entirely alone in the whole universe … and the tunnel has no air in it …\xa0and also all cows are spherical —\xa0you'd fall all the way... |
Why does it hurt to touch your pupil, but not the white part of your eye? | Pain is your body saying that something bad is happening. If it hurts more it means you can damage something easier. Also- stop touching your eye You cannot touch your pupil. More than likely, you are touching your cornea. It does not hurt, just ask any contact lens wearer, unless you do it with something sharp. And if... |
Why do we feel the need to throw up when pushing our bodies to the limit? | During intense workouts the body does a few things. For example, when you run or workout intensely your muscles need lots of oxygen. Your lungs and blood can only get so much oxygen to the body, so one thing that happens is that \'non-essential\' organs start to shut down so they don't use as much oxygen . Your GI trac... |
why is sugar the unhealthiest carb if all the other carbs get broken down into sugar anyway? | sugar IS a carb, but not all carbs are sugars. BUT all carbs are MADE of sugar. Basically, glucose and other simple sugars can chain together to form 'complex carbohydrates' like starch. Those complex carbs take more energy to break down, because first you have to basically unzip them into the more simple sugars like g... |
Why is it that when I squeeze the sides of my shampoo bottle it sucks air in, but when I squeeze the front and back shampoo comes out? | It took me a second to figure out the situation you are describing, but I think I get it now. You're talking about a certain shape of shampoo bottle, the kind that's pretty flat, not the cylindrical kind. When you squeeze the sides of the bottle, you are actually increasing the space inside the bottle, and making it mo... |
Why don't things like the Westboro Baptist Church and the such get arrested for hate speech? | No, there are no hate speech laws. You are entitled to say anything you like provided that it is not a direct threat> If America doesn't have hate speech laws why not? Is it the whole freedom of speech thing? Exactly. The First Amendment to the constitution states: "**Congress shall make no law** respecting an establis... |
Why aren't glaciers and ice caps made of frozen salt water? | The biggest reason is that salt water doesn't keep its salt when it evaporates. Only the fresh water part turns to vapour and it leaves the salt behind. So you have only fresh water in clouds. Those clouds produce the snow that falls on mountains and the poles where it's colder, and forms glaciers and ice caps respecti... |
why do employers prefer multiple part time employees over less full time? | If they work more than 29 hours a week, the company is responsible for providing them health insurance. That is really expensive. Much more cost effective to have multiple part time employees that you don't have to pay for their health insurance.At least in the US, full-time employees are legally entitled to benefits. ... |
Why do cops wear oxford shoes rather than running/sports shoes? Wouldn't they be more mobile with the latter? | The dress codes vary from department to department and have been evolving for a long time. Most officers I know now favor all black boots on duty. Not western style boots, more of a military / hiking / trail runner style that is pretty comfortable, provides ankle support and foot protection and is conducive to running.... |
Why/how did certain things become considered quintessentially "American"? | Barbecue is easy. Several native tribes had been pit smoking meat for a long time before Europeans came to America; in fact, "barbecue" likely comes from an Arawak or Taino word. When the domestic pig was introduced to America by the Spanish, it wasn't a big leap to slow-cook it. Guns are more complex. In "The Signific... |
If I access the internet on my own phone through the companies wi-fi, can they see what I've been browsing and does this create any legal worries? | Yes they can see everything that goes through. If you're using SSL they'll only have the websites visited, not logins or anything like that. I personally don't trust any public hotspot or access point. If I need to do anything remotely sensitive I route through my home VPN or use 4G/LTE. Legally it depends on your cont... |
Why are telecom companies allowed to be regional monopolies without antitrust lawsuits and being broken up ala Bell? | Three things: 1, a monopoly in and of itself is not illegal. It is only when you abuse your monopoly position that it becomes a problem. 2, back when all this was happening the internet wasn't a real thing. The internet has grown into something near essential but back in the day your cable company brought you HBO, nice... |
Why do the ends of my fingers hurt after i cut my fingernails "too short"? | The nails are still attached to the nail bed. When you clip too short you damage living tissue and aggravate the nerves therein. |
As a non-American, what exactly are electoral colleges and how do they affect the US Presidential Election? | In the US the president is not elected by popular vote, instead he is elected by the electoral college. The representatives to the electoral college are decided by each state. Each state get's one electoral college member per member of congress they have . Most states are winner-take-all, so that whoever gets 50%+1 of ... |
Please explain utilitarianism to me like I'm 5. | There's this Cookie Monster, and he's obsessed with getting cookies. Whatever gets him the most cookies is what makes him the happiest. So if by taking a cookie from someone, the Cookie Monster can get two cookies, even though the person you took the cookie from is losing a cookie, there's still a net gain of one cooki... |
Why are eggs used as an ingredient in every single recipe | It depends on the dish, because eggs do a lot of things. They act as an emulsifier: they make watery things and oily things combine into an even mixture. Examples are things like mayonnaise and salad dressings. They can leaven things: by beating them you put little pockets of air into the eggs . When you heat it up, th... |
Why are black Americans referred to as "African Americans" even if they are not African? | The term became popular in the mid-20th century when African-Americans became more politically active. Part of that was an attempt to connect with the African heritage that they had been stripped of when they were brought to America as slaves. So, they began referring to themselves as African-Americans, like Irish-Amer... |
why didn't the Nazis pack winter clothing when they invaded Russia? | Operation Barbarossa, what the Nazis called the invasion of the Soviet Union, was based on something called the "Marcks Plan". Marcks\' plan envisioned that the conquest of everything up to and including Moscow would be finished within nine to seventeen weeks. The invasion was originally intended to be launched in May ... |
How did it come to be that Japanese Books/Comics/Manga are read from right-to-left, rather than left-to-right? | Japanese is traditionally written right to left, but vertically as well. The Chinese gave them their writing system, which evolved into the Japanese alphabets. They also write right to left. |
How do we control our bowel movements when we sleep? | > especially in those times when you wake up and you realize you are about to burst. Well, those are the times when you couldn't control it, so your body woke you up to take care of business. Otherwise, when you're sleeping, most of your muscles go into paralysis. This includes your intestines, so they aren't churning ... |
Why do hot temperatures make you irritable? | Because it's fucking HOT!!!!! It makes me feel like I can't breathe right. I struggle taking breaths. I get tired faster. I feel like there is a weight on my fucking shoulders that I'm carrying. I get throbbing headaches, and it fucking sucks! Plus I'm sweaty as fuck and feel like I'm going to pass out! That's why sir!... |
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