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How does the Dzhanibekov effect work? | [This] video is a great way to understand it the lines drawn by the pin explain a lot. |
Why don't videos load anymore? | probably to reduce their costs so they don't eat up as much bandwidth", 'It's a feature called Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, also known as DASH. For one, Youtube reached a point where they realised that even if people were only watching the first few seconds of the video, connections were getting fast enough th... |
what makes a particular comment "best" vs "top"? Shouldn't they be the same thing? | best comments are the ones that have a lot of upvotes but very little of downvotes aka the ratio of up/down, top are just most upvoted comments. |
Why do men pee standing up? | because we can, because it avoids putting our butt skin where others buttskin has been, because its quicker, because we can keep our pants on, because it takes less space in a bathroom so you can fit more spots. |
aggregate demand, long run aggregate supply & short run aggregate supply | Aggregate demand is the total demand for all goods in an economy, normally this is identified as the sum of consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. Short run aggregate supply is the opposite of this, it is the total amount of good produced by an economy. The difference between the short run and l... |
Why is it so much more common to see people in Asian countries wearing masks during a virus outbreak as opposed to America? | Here in Korea, we have atleast 2 outbreaks each year. Because people started to wear masks so often, its basically fashionalbe to wear it now. I think the pollution from china also has a play in this phenomenonThere have been more Pandemics in certain asian countries than in western ones in modern times, like in China ... |
Can sitemeters and other page view trackers see a visitor's computer name? What information can they see about a visitor's computer/IP address, etc? | A page view tracker can see everything that the web server can see, except for the cookies. The way a site tracking cookie works is by embedding a small image tag in the HTML. After a user asks for the HTML and begins loading the images, one of the "give me the image" requests will be sent to the tracking company inste... |
How is it possible to predict everything like this? ( | These aren't "predictions" in the tradition sense. Based on the rules of the movements, and the numbers of times he has you move , you can mathematically determine which space is not reachable. He removes a square that is not mathematically reachable each turn until you are limited to ending up on the smiley face. It's... |
Entertainment Industry Associations, Guilds, and Unions | Associations I can't really tell you. I know that the Academy gives out Oscars and is made up of some industry bigwigs, but that's about it. Guilds have been around for a long time and have served various industries. They offer training, professional networking, and some political influence depending on the guild. I gu... |
Why do males lose attraction and interest in there partner after ejaculation? | Are you still hungry after you eat, do you stay there and stare at the empty plate? Same thing.It's like leaving work for some. When the job is finished, why hang around the office? Btw, not all males are this way. |
Why does the LGBT movement differentiate between lesbians and gay people? | Not LGBT myself, nor an expert on the community, so take this with a grain of salt: My best understanding of it is that the challenges faced by lesbian women are different than those faced by gay men. Lesbian women are more likely to be objectified by straight men , or told things like "You're not really a lesbian, you... |
Where do food coloring additives go in my body? I can drink red fruit juice all day, but still pee yellow. | They get digested or metabolized in the liver. Some are excreted via fecesNot all molecules go through your body unchanged - in fact, that is in the minority. Most molecules will undergo some form of biotransformation, which will change its chemical and physical properties. So your body doesn't work like "red stuff in,... |
Why can you memorize a song or tune so much faster than just plain text? | Think of the words as clothes. The music is the clothes line. It's so much easier to recall a sequence of clothes when you can "peg" it in a certain order to a clothesline! Even better when you have multiple lines rather than a single line, so that some clothes are up high and some down low. The brain remembers things ... |
Why was the Montreal Protocol so effective, yet Climate Change has struggled so much to attract similar action? | The Montreal Protocol restricted something that was used in relatively small amounts and people could do without. A bit reluctantly, but good enough substitutes for CFCs were found. Also less ozone > more UV is a fairly simple thing easy to grasp and accept as dangerous. Climate change is being caused by burning fossil... |
If gravity has a quantum manifestation of itself (gravitons), how does anti-matter relate to it? Would there be some kind of anti-graviton particle? | The expectation is that gravitons are their own antiparticle, similar to how photons are their own antiparticle. So no, there probably isn't another such particle unless we have things very wrong. |
Will Cuban Cigars now be available in American tobacco shops? | Eventually. The first step is a reopening of diplomatic relations. Open an embassy. Once thats done, now the US and Cuba will exchange diplomats and trade negotiators. They have the fun job of determining import / export duties and tariffs and all the other rules that say how the two countries can exchange goods and se... |
Why do food and drink taste different depending on if they're hot or cold? | Taste is a sensation that occurs by food dissolving in water and stimulating the taste buds on the tongue. Some foods' water soluble components change with temperature and therefore they stimulate the taste buds differently which causes the flavor to change. Also the tongue has hot/cold receptors too, which also makes ... |
Why do washing machines have glass windows whereas the dishwashers don’t? | Washer machines has a load level, also, requires some supervision of the activity [i.e. Trying to open the door when water level is hight]. Dishwashers can't be "overloaded" neither visual inspection is needed.One important factor is that dishwasher detergents are usually quite alkaline to get rid of grease. Alkalies a... |
How is a compiler created? | You start out by writing a primitive compiler in assembly. Then you use that primitive compiler to make a better version of the compiler. Then you are up and runningCompiler \'compiles\' a program written in certain programming \'language\'. As with all the languages, programming languages also has \'grammar\', which d... |
Why do we typically not remember things from infancy or early childhood? | It's called infantile amnesia. A bunch of stuff in the brain is still being developed at that point -- hippocampus being a big one -- and memories are formed but are largely not remembered later due to 'encoding' differences . Also, if I remember correctly, there are some biochemical reasons as well but my expertise is... |
File Compression, .ZIP, .RAR, etc. | File compression works by looking for patterns in data and then replacing common patterns with a short identifier. Then you tack on a dictionary that maps those identifiers back to what they represent. An easy example is this: > I would not eat them in the rain > I would not eat them on a train > I do not like green eg... |
Why do the employees of big-box stores seldom have any knowledge of the products in the section they're assigned to? | Because that would require training, expertise, and a generally higher wage for the employees. The employees generally aren't going to educate themselves outside of work b/c they're not paid enough or given enough reason to take any pride in what they do. So since the company would have to pay for employees to have tha... |
Why is it harder to get glitter off your skin than dirt? | Glitter is kind of 2D whereas dirt is kind of 3D. As your skin is almost always a tiny bit moist it's harder to get the 2D stuff off than the 3D stuff. Try this experiment: 1) Lightly spray a concrete floor with water 2) Drop some grapes on the floor 3) Drop some notecards on the floor When you try to sweep up which is... |
What's the evidence that suggests space itself expanded from a single point when the big bang happened? | There are several, firstly there is the fact that the universe is expanding and due to red shift we can see that most galaxies are actually moving away from us. Secondly there is the cosmic microwave background which is a background of radiation found throughout the universe which would have been formed from an event s... |
What happens if a Redditor goes haywire with downvotes? | Well, it kind of depends. If the Redditor in question only ever did it on front page posts, then it would make little difference. As front page posts often have hundreds, to several thousand, net up votes, one less might make little difference. However, as /u/dnap123 points out, an article which hit the front page the ... |
Why is it that countries aren't fighting over educated/experienced refugees? | 1) The educated and experienced do not need to use the exemptions that refugees get in order to immigrate to another country. They can use the normal immigration process. 2) Russia supports Assad who is the reason for many of the refugees fleeing in the first place. So a lot do not want to go there. 3) China has an ove... |
What powers does the United Nations really (practically) have? | The thing about inter-governmental bodies like the United Nations is that they really only exist as the institutional iteration of series of treaties and agreements among all the states that belong to them. Since there is not a "world government" to enforce rules/laws the way that domestic governments can legitimately ... |
Why do they add a laugh track to certain TV shows? | So that you know when to laugh, since their jokes aren't that funny cue: [Big Bang Theory] |
How do fighters such as Conor McGregor gain so much weight in between the weigh in and the fight? | Water. Before a fight one can lose weight by shedding as much water as possible. They will put that weight back on almost immediately once they re hydrate. 17 lbs is a bit extreme, but it could be possible. |
Why do some wheelchair wheels lean inwards at the top and what is the benefit of them doing so? | It increases stability. A person in a wheelchair is more top heavy than a car, for example. Having the wheels leaning in at the top makes it much less likely to tip over in a turn. This is why you see this type of chair in races or other sports. I believe the pumping action is also slightly easier when the wheels are c... |
what happens when I continue using 2-week contact lens for more than 2 weeks? | Minerals may. Build up and scratch your eye. Bacteria may build up and cause an infection. The lens may wear out and tear during use which would leave you partially blinded until you get replacements |
Can someone explain to me as to why Greece continue to grow into further debt? | Greece still owes for the money it borrows and that money doesn't come free. There is interest on it that needs to be paid every month and it accumulates. Not to mention that the government has its obligation to pay for the government programs and government workers.Another big factor is that Greece is on the Euro whic... |
How does the "wayback machine" work? | > Is everything, as in every page on every site, archived? How quickly does something get archived? Depends on the popularity of the site. Something like Reddit gets crawled very deeply pretty constantly. "Joe Bob's Baking and Fishing Blog" may only get crawled every few weeks. > Is it an automatic process In general, ... |
Are male and female brains really different? | There are physiological differences, yes. Womens\' brains tend to have more white matter; men's tend to have more gray. White matter controls communication between different parts of the brain, gray matter is sort of the "organs" within the brain itself. This is highly simplified, of course, and the exact mechanics are... |
Why do many people continue to hear/see sounds and images from a video game they've played recently for hours or days after they've stopped playing? | Funny you mention Tetris several times, this is actually a widely recognized phenomenon aptly called the 'Tetris effect'. There is a respectively named Wikipedia article on it that I would link to if I wasn't on mobile and too lazy to bother with cross app links.Your theory is not that far off from the truth. I have he... |
How does oral analgesic gel work? | They basically prevent your pain nerves from firing. For your nerves to send signals to your brain, special gates have to open on the surface of the nerve to allow an influx of sodium ions which trigger the signal; many oral analgesics work by preventing these gates from opening. To use an analogy, think of your nerves... |
The evolution and necessity for genitalia. | It would really help if you could be more specific. I understand that you're interested in everything, but if someone tried to explain how every detail evolved, they could accidently write a book. |
why do they say breathe through your nose and out through your mouth? | It forces you to be deliberate with your breaths, letting the air stay in so it can be absorbed by your blood. |
Why is muscle soreness delayed? | Although poorly understood, there are several theories on why there is a delay. In order to better understand muscle pain, it is important to analyze how muscles contract under normal conditions and under strenuous conditions. Normally there is release of calcium from organelles in the muscle cells. The calcium acts as... |
How is it possible that 50 cent who made $100 million from the sale of Vitamin Water, is bankrupt? | Saw a comment before that said some woman is trying to sue him for $5 million for who knows fucking what. They said its his business side and not his personal side. So he is still super rich, at least from what I know so far |
As a member of the US armed forces I swear an oath to protect the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Who decides what constitutes and domestic enemy? | "Enemies" would be any person or group interfering with any part of a government formed in accordance with the US constitution, so that covers everything from homegrown terrorists to foreign military invaders. In practice your commanding officer and senior staff decides this, as in almost all instances everything about... |
If we could desalinate water with little electricity, how much could we take from the oceans and put into the clean water supply before something cataclysmic happens? | In theory there should be little net effect, because the used water would go back into the oceans and mix back in -- it's a closed loop.you only borrow water it all ends up back there. you could fill every pot and tub in the world and not dent the volume of the ocean. |
Why is American society more lax and accepting of violence than sex and nudity? | Well if you buy into the idea that the culture is influenced by the media, then the explanation is straightforward. It's because of a group known as [the MPAA]. Basically all movies in the US are censored to basically reduce sexual and nudity content, while slowly but surely allowing for more and more violence. Of cour... |
How is TRP of a show calculated? | I'm short on time so here's a quick explanation. Cable providers have a group of people, a couple thousand, who willingly let their tv usage be monitored. This data will then be extrapolated to the population of the country. The participants get compensates for this. EDIT: depending on your country of residence, it mig... |
How did we historically come to use the left/right terminology to refer to progressive/conservative political thinking? | The left side of the assemble was for people who support the liberal or democracy *not modern day democracy but for that time period it was radical*. The right side of the assemble was for those who supported the monarchy. This was during the french revolution.The monarchy was overthrown in the French Revolution of 178... |
Why do injuries to the mouth heal so much faster than any other body part? | Your mouth is made of mucous tissue. Mucous tissue is really rich with blood vessels, so there's a ton of nutrients, oxygen, and repair factors that can be carried with relative ease to the mouth. Some suggest that [saliva also plays a role in it]. However, that's beyond me. |
What accounts for the fact that humans have a relatively weak sense of smell compared to so many other animals? | There aren't specifics. We can only deduce conclusions based upon our observable facts. Nature doesn't make one sense super powered when other senses dominate. Because of our eye sight, humans use a large part of their brain processing those signals. If our eye sight is damaged, typically one or more of the senses take... |
when there's a church of "Christ the < something > " what are the founders of that church trying to say, claim, emphasise etc? | Jesus was commonly called "the Nazarene" so it's like an alias or nickname. Just another way to call him and a way to escape from the boring and repeated to death "Church of Jesus Christ" moniker. I 've actually seen a "Jesus is Pretty and Smells Nice Pentecostal Church" once while traveling. That one probably has an a... |
Why do some countries require citizenship renunciation if you were to newly obtain citizenship in that country? | Because they hold the philosophy that you can only hold loyalty to a single nation. That means you have to give up all loyalties and privileges you may have in other nations to gain citizenship in their nation. |
If cats can't taste sugar then why do many popular cat food brands add it? | Sugar is not only about sweetness in flavor. It's also a quick and ready source of carbohydrates: energy. With that said: Not all cat foods contain added sugar. In fact many don't but some certainly do. It's a cheap and lazy way for manufactures to boost certain nutrition label figures to make the catfood look more hea... |
Why do animals not get sick from drinking puddle water (or any stagnant water) whereas it can be very dangerous for us ? | Animals *do* get sick from drinking bad water. All the time. They're lousy with parasites. The difference between them and us is that humans know that we can avoid sickness by only drinking clean water.Some animals have different metabolic systems that deals with outside world a bit differently then ours. Some just kil... |
Why does good alcohol have "fingers"? | All wine will have legs. Some people think that it's an indicator of quality but that's horseshit. Which is why it isn't a criteria for judging in any reputable competition. |
What's the difference between a carbohydrate and a hydrocarbon? | "-ate" means oxygen. Carbohydrate = carbon, hydrogen, oxygen Hydrocarbon = hydrogen, carbonA hydrocarbon is a compound that consists *only* of hydrogen and carbon. Carbohydrates consist of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. |
Why is Ronald Reagan so highly praised? | He said a lot of things that people wanted to hear, and even long after it's become clear that they were mostly lies or bloviation, they're not ready to give up on a hero. Others have only learned about him in the context of claims made about him from his own party. Yet others such as Bush, Cheney, etc well their caree... |
Why do the sides of my forehead bulge out when I chew? | You're flexing the [temporal muscle], which is used to raise your lower jaw when chewing. It's the muscle that causes your molars to push against each other. If you let your mouth go slack, and then just gently tap your front teeth together, you're feel that the temporal muscle barely moves. But as soon as you try to r... |
How does suntanning work? | UV radiation from the sun damages your skin. Your skin cells detect this damage, and produce a substance called melanin. Melanin is good at absorbing UV radiation, so its presence helps protect the skin from further damage. It doesn't need constant sunlight. But melanin will degrade after a period of time, which is why... |
How do bands wear outfits during live performances without sweating through the clothes? | Wull if your wearing a jacket the sweat wouldn't show through and only they usually do a couple costume/outfit changes", 'There are a few factors to this. The change to LED lights has dropped the heat on stage a lot, so the sweating is limited. There are very often fans on or just off stage that are helping move some o... |
What is white gold? Why is it just not silver? | Gold in jewellery is not 100% gold. That is what carats stand for: they indicate how pure gold is. In general, gold is sold at 18 carats, meaning there is 18/24^th of gold in it. The extra 6/24^th are other metals - to make the jewellery brighter, tougher, etc. You can chose metals that won't change gold's colour. You ... |
Bullet Board System or BBS | As long as you knew the phone number and credentials, you could connect to any BBS in the world. But usenet is probably a closer analogy than IRC, as most BBSes did not have a live chat type feature. They were, pretty much, just an electronic bulletin board', "BBS=Bulletin board system. BBS was just a software that ran... |
How come when a large aeroplane turns we're not all forced sideways (whichever way is downwards)? | You are. Airplanes bank as they turn, so that you're forced down in your seat instead of to the side. And the turns are so wide and slow that there's very little force, so you generally don't notice it.Airplanes bank their turns in such a way the g-forces push you down instead of to the side. |
Why do people enjoy lists so much? | Lists actually can be a very efficient way to present information, but they can also be used for trivial purposes as you mention. Many people are interested in trivia, however. Affluent people have the luxury of indulging in such things1. they look nice 2. everything is better when in "list form" 3. *totally ran out of... |
What does having a mental illness or personality disorder mean? | I explain it scientifically as a chemical imbalance in the brain. Causes problems with mood, interferes with how you feel or just give you nasty headaches. Most of the time OK, but sometimes don't do so well. Exactly like diabetes. I find people understand this very quickly, and separate the stigma from the illness. YM... |
Why do people mess with the height of their vehicles? Lifted pickups, low riders... What is the point? | Traditionally, lifting is great for off roading. It can allow you to clear many obstacles better. My understanding is lowering is great for racing, as it gives you a lower center of gravity and better handling. The problem is, most people just do it to look cool. Many trucks never hit dirt, and many lowered cars never ... |
Why are a "pair of pants" referred to as a pair when there is only one? (ex. A pair of shoes = 2 shoes...a shirt is just a shirt) | Because pant legs didn't used to be connected. They were two separate items that were put on and attached to the cod piece. |
How can you hear yourself when you think? | Your mind is a powerful super computer, capable of generating the most lifelike graphics and sounds. I can sing like a 500-pound opera singer in my mind . I can play back entire portions of songs or movies, if I've heard or seen them enough times. Your brain is just that powerful.Well essentially what you're asking is ... |
Why my dad points the pedestal fan outwards to cool down the house? | Putting the fan on you causes a breeze which cools you down. Pointing the fan out is blowing the hot air out, thereby causing negative air pressure inside the house and forcing fresh air to flow in. So, if it is hotter outside than in, point your fan at you. If it is hotter inside than out, point your fan outWorks to d... |
Why is it so hard to learn words in a foreign language, but easy to learn a completely made up word as a person's name? | Facial recognition is a different part of memory from language, stored in a different physical location in the brain. We know this from studying people with [face blindness]. People with face blindness *cannot* recognize people by their faces. It doesn't matter how much they try, it doesn't matter what details they mem... |
What in the world is a fractal? | A "fractal" is a pattern—usually a picture—that has similar structure at all scales. Basically, if you keep zooming in on a fractal, you'll find very, very tiny pieces of it that look a lot like the whole thing. |
We have "click to play" for flash why don't web browser have "click to see" for image | Videos are a lot more disruptive than still images. moving pictures, forced audio, etc. Plus, most of the time you don't want a video to play until you're actually ready since you'll miss something. Not so with an image. Also, the whole Click To Play for Flash is a somewhat new thing, and stems from Flash being really,... |
Kinematics and circle motion? | Circular motion is essentially Newton's Law of inertia and 2nd Law acting orthogonally to each other. See if this helps: If a body moves linearly along line AB and you apply a force also along AB then it either speeds up or slows down still along AB. If a body moves linearly along line AB and you apply a force PERPENDI... |
Why is figure skating considered an athletic sport while ballet is not? | A core part of being a 'sport' is the element of competition. If the primary outcome of the activity is one party 'winning' while one or more parties 'lose', then you might have a sport. However, if the activity merely serves to entertain without any final determination of victory, it isn't a sport. Many people would a... |
Why do different alcohols have different effects on people? | They don't. It's all in your head. Some alcohols obviously get you drunk *faster*, because they're more potent. But there's no difference between like "wine drunk" and "whiskey drunk" or whatever. *One thing* that might make a difference however is sugar. If you drink a sugary drink, you might spike your blood sugar an... |
What's the difference between pills you chew, pills you crush, and pills you swallow whole? | Pills you chew dissolve in your mouth, and can enter your bloodstream directly by diffusing into the blood vessels there; pills you can crush or swallow whole dissolve in your stomach and do their magic there; pills that you must swallow whole don't get digested until they reach the intestines. They are all made from d... |
If a man like Bradley Manning wants to have sex with men but also thinks he's a woman does that make him a gay man, a straight woman, or what exactly? | Manning identifies as a woman. That means that her sexual orientation is the same as if she was biologically female. So, if she likes dudes, she's straight, if she likes ladies, she's a lesbian, and if she likes both, she's bi. If you don't accept that she is truly a woman, I guess she'd be a gay man if she likes men o... |
Microsoft has announced they’re ending support for push notifications in older versions of Windows Mobile. How can they do this and why would they want to? | Microsoft seem to be fed up of supporting anything mobile related. Try working with Windows CE5.They are planning to axe the Windows Notification Service , which runs on servers they have to pay for. It would be awful to just let any program send push notifications to your phone, so WNS requires that apps register with... |
Why does it feel much harder to walk when you are carrying a bag, when the bag won't even be 5% of your weight? | You mean when you carry the bag in one of your hands ? Because it shifts your center of mass, so your usual and instinctive balance routine doesn't work correctly. The additional difficulty with carrying a bag that way comes from the fact that you have to put much more energy into balancing yourself than usual. |
Why do the electrons that move when you wave your hand not create a magnetic field? | The electrons aren't free-floating like they are in metal, they are attached to atoms in molecular bonds which do not create magnetic fields. |
What are the “dots” you see on windshields of a car through polarized glasses? | It’s an effect called birefringence. When the glass goes through the tempering process, different stress patterns form in the glass that cause partial polarization. These patterns become much more apparent when viewed through polarized lenses. [More info] |
How do music streaming apps work from a legal/licensing standpoint? | You make a deal with the record company. Many form conglomerates to license their songs, others you have to go right to the record company. Basically you work out a deal on cents-per-play, and then have reporting requirements to show them what was played, how often, etc. |
Why do some of the greatest actors who have made some of the greatest movies agree to do horrible movies later on in their career? | Because acting is fun and/or it keeps them busy and/or they want to leave their families something. Making groundbreaking film after groundbreaking film can be draining and stressful. As they get older they often just want to say yes, show up, do their job, get a paycheck, and let it go at the end of the day. Dustin Ho... |
Why are brains in the vulnerable head rather than in the thorax with the other vital organs? | Is it vulnerable? There's a strong ass skull around it. Rest if the organs just have mushy meat surrounding them. |
How do scientists freeze light? | What are you referring to? You can't "freeze light". Light moves forever in one direction until it hits something that absorbs it. Some materials like air and glass slow it down very slightly, but te effect is negligible, nowhere near "freezing" |
How are parachutes packed into the parachute bags? | They are folded in a particular way after every jump geberally by experienced divers. The reserve parachutes must be packed by a licensed person but main parachutes generally aren't packed by licensed people to save money. |
Sometimes I see one cop pull over two cars. How the hell does this happen? | Happened to me once. Heading along a four lane freeway in the wilderness going pretty fast, when a VW Golf passes me. A cop car comes screaming up from behind with lights flashing and I pull over. He goes right by me and heads after the VW. I breathe a sigh of relief and start on my way again. Around a couple of corner... |
What do hospitals do with amputated limbs/body parts that they couldn't reattach? | Flagged as medical waste and handeled as local law allows, most cases it's incinerated.Unless the amputation was needed because the patient had some extraordinarily rare disease or condition the removed parts are sealed in biohazard bags and disposed of as medical waste. |
How is rabies "controlled" in the wild? Why doesn't it just destroy large populations of wild mammals? | Diseases are self-limiting. If they infected and killed everyone in a population, there would be nothing left to infect, and the disease itself would die out. Diseases "want" to be spread , and so they take measures to be highly infectious but as low lethality as possible. It's a balancing act. Too strong = run out of ... |
How does DJing work in terms of record usage and how to replicate the sound cut on it? | they don't 'know' where it is, a lot of the time they use stickers or little marks on the records that they put there beforehand. that, and a whole lot of practice. it's not very easy or they can just use a digital turntable with synthesized scratching. even then it's pretty hard to make things sound good |
What is the fundamental difference between Socialism seen in the Nordic States that has lead to their apparent success whereas it has failed or experienced power seizures and corruption elsewhere? | The socialism in Northern Europe is a means to lend assistance to those at the bottom, while Soviet style socialism tried to centrally plan the entire economy. In Sweden, etc. you can buy whatever kind of house you want and can afford, but if you're poor and cannot afford housing then there is state-provided assistance... |
In films how do they make background noises like wind so quiet compared to the actors voices? | This can be accomplished a couple of ways. One is by use of a shotgun mic that records sounds from a narrow direction, thus catching the dialogue clearly without too much background noise. Another method is known as ADR, automatic dialogue replacement, where the actors will go through and record their dialogue again in... |
From an earlier post, ELI5: Why can't children carry asthma inhalers in school? | They can, that school was just insanely retardedWell some schools have the 0-tolerance for drugs policy including prescribed drugs. They have that to prevent lawsuits.Because drugs are bad. seriously. I know how ridiculous that sounds but that's what it is, they are so afraid of anyone possibly doing anything related t... |
What is the big deal about "unlocked" smartphones? | Smart phones are quite expensive and so present an entry barrier to cell phone companies who are trying to provide a service. To solve this they sell phones which might cost $800 at only $200 if you agree to a 2-year contract, planning to recoup the cost over the course of the agreement. However, if you can unlock your... |
Why is your palm lighter than your skin? | The palms and the soles don't have any melanocytes, the cells that produce the pigment responsible for the skin color. More melanin = darker skin. edit: my english spelling sucks. |
Why do I not die sleeping in my bedroom with closed windows and doors? | Air is 20% oxygen. Divide your room into 5 parts, and one of them is pure oxygen. That's a lot. You use about 500 litres of oxygen in a day - and that's not really all that much. One square meter, about half a meter high. Maybe the size of a dressing table. Even with the doors and windows closed, your room is far from ... |
what is quantum physics? and what are some of its practical uses? | Quantum physics is characterized by the assumptions that you start with. You may be familiar with Newton's Laws . These are the postulates of classical mechanics. It turns out that Newton's Laws don't work once you get down to a scale which is small enough, so we throw them away and use the postulates of quantum mechan... |
- why companies charge termination fees. | Often times the company subsidizes part of the initial costs in exchange for you signing a longer term contract. A classic example in the US at least is mobile phone contracts. AT & T will sell me a new iPhone for $200 if I agree to a 2 year contract. A new iPhone by itself costs at least $600. AT & T pays difference u... |
Why do snow flakes form the way they do? | Snow flakes are caused by a process called deposition. Basically, you have water vapor in the atmosphere, which is gas. Normally, gas condenses into liquid , then the liquid freezes into solid ice But in deposition, the water vapor gets so cold so fast, that it changes form from gas to solid, and skips the liquid phase... |
What does it mean when companies have an 'army of lawyers'? What can an 'army of lawyers' do? | It means that the company hires a firm with a lot of lawyers or has a lot of lawyers on staff. An army of lawyers can bury the other side in paperwork, and be able to comb through all of your information to see if there is anything they can exploit for their case. |
Why does baking time vary based on your altitude? | Water boils at a lower temperature as pressure decreases . So you have to bake or boil the dish longer, because the temperature isn't as high. |
Why Does Chocolate Turn White? | It's called [blooming], and is usually caused by the fats and cocoa solids separating one the surface. |
Why are there so many japanese people with names that end with -moto? Like Yamamoto, Miyamoto, Matsumoto, etc... | "moto" means "origin." Thus Yamamoto would roughly mean "of Yama". So Takeshi Yamamoto would be "Takeshi of Yama."Moto means from or caused, similar to da Vinci, or de Monroy.From reading the Kanji and using the Chinese meaning of the word, 'moto' probably means 'Originally,' or 'originally from.' Context is important,... |
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