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Why is it that One World Trade Center has less floor area than even one of the two Twin Towers? | It wasn't optimized for floor space, it's more of a monument than an office building in the eyes of the public. I mean just look at the designs even! WTC 1 & 2 were rather rectangular. This new one, not so much. |
Why doesn't the American Military do something to stop the Mexican Drug Cartels? | The Mexican Drug Cartels as you know them from political speeches and movies don't really exist. A Cartel isn't even much of an organisation, it's a complex network of subcontractors and allies and associates and affiliates. And it's literally not a cartel. Life would be easier for the DEA if it were. Read [this articl... |
Why is it so hard to maintain eye contact when speaking with someone? | Because you don't want people to know you. Think about this: when you look at someone, does any other part of their body feel awkward to look at? Not usually, because the other person isn't observing you through any other means except vision. Same thing goes for other senses; things get really awkward when a person sta... |
Why don't Sloths die out? They don't seem to have any defense mechanism. | Sloths are basically bags of intestines digesting leaves. They have almost no meat at all. On the outside, they are covered in long, wirey, matted hair that's often full of plant and mold growth. Nothing bothers to eat them because they are a gross, difficult, and almost pointless to eat. edit: Well, this blew up while... |
Why is 50 Shades of Grey rated R and not X? | Subject matter isn't that important, there have been other movies about BDSM that have gotten R ratings. What is important is the amount of nudity and explicit sexual situations they show. |
What's the explanation for physically recoiling when we see something really odd or disturbing? | We were once animals and animals do it. The instinct to recoil is stronger than our cognitive ability. Recoiling probably had an evolutionary advantage. It's just today we are in a bubble of safety, but the instinct hasn't evolved out of us. |
why does water taste so much more refreshing after eating mints? | For me, drinking water after having something minty in my mouth hurts my throat. I don't know why, it just does. I don't like the taste of mint to begin with.Different foods effect your pallet in different ways. It’s like chocolate and potato chips. By themselves is great. Together will change your life. |
Why does Japan insist on whaling when the rest of the world abhors the practice? | Because they don't really care what the rest of the world thinks. Honestly, I think they do it just to spite everyone else at this point. Whale meat isn't even that popular in Japan any more. |
Why do we use the current signal waves for wifi even though they can get disrupted by walls? Is there a better solution, if so why aren't we using it? | Tl;dr it's a tradeoff of speed vs range with current technologies. Disclaimer: not an expert, or even an enthusiast. Take this with a grain of salt. Wifi is a relatively high-frequency band, which means it's easily stopped by walls versus something on a much lower frequency, i.e. radio. You can boost the transmitter po... |
What exactly is Google's TensorFlow? | If you have no compsci background, we need some introduction. When a developer is writing software, they are _rarely_ thinking about explicitly pushing around 0's and 1's around on a some chip. That's because pushing around 0's and 1's is usually boring and needs to happen a few billions times per second. There are lay... |
If gravity acts on everything in this world, does that mean it affects cell phone/radio waves? | cell phone", and "radio waves" are all actually the same thing as light, so it all works the same.Yep! It's just that the mass of the earth and the sun are much too small to have a noticeable effect on the path of our radio communications. Now, if we were trying to communicate between galaxies, or near a black hole, th... |
Why are some morning people and others more of a night owl? | I can't find the article now, but there was a study done where they transplanted the Thalamus of a Morning Monkey to a Night Owl Monkey and vice versa and they switched. The former Morning Monkey was now more active later in the day and the Night Owl Monkey was now more active in the early parts of the day. Edit: ELI5:... |
Would it be possible to place protons on the outside of an atom, and have the electrons in the center? | No. Electrons all have a negative electric charge so if you try to stick them together they would repel each other. Protons can be close to each other thanks to an interaction called the strong nuclear force that only interacts on atomic scales. There's no equivalent for electrons. |
Considering renting a nearly 100 y/o house, Radon/Carbon Monoxide/Lead paint/etc worries? | In Europe, people live in houses older than 100 years all the time, so relax, there are other things in your environment far more likely to kill you. |
Why do some people struggle with swallowing tablets? | Ugh, I can't swallow pills and it's so frustrating. Even when I try to forget I have it in my mouth, I still can't do it. After having spent all my life knowing I'm never supposed to swallow something solid, for me it's impossible. I've always been curious how people manage to do it successfully Were you made to when y... |
Why does our depth perception get so bad while covering one eye or wearing an eye patch? | It only does if you are indoors, hold your head still, and don't look at something that's moving. You see, the brain uses the difference between what your eyes see as a way to perceive depth. Close your left eye, then close your right eye while opening your left. Keep switching between left and right. You'll notice you... |
Why are eggs such a common ingredient in many baked goods? What do they do? Are there any alternatives that work just as well or better? | The fact that it start out as a liquid that can be mixed in to other ingredients but when baked it solidifies is what holds many breads, pastries and cakes together. It's like a binding agent that ties all of the ingredients together. Coincidentally this binding ability saw eggs being used in early artwork as a way to ... |
If all the cells in our body are replaced every ~month. Why do we keep things like scars and wrinkles if they're not in our DNA? | First, I don't know who's blowing sunshine up your skirt, but all the cells in your body aren't replaced every month. After a period of years most of your cells are probably new, but some will last your entire life. Second, scar tissue isn't skin, when you lose an area of skin down to the dermis it's gone forever. Scar... |
How do farmers make sure that no fertilized/developing eggs make it to market? | They separate the roosters from the hens when old enough to determine sex of chick a pen of egg laying chickens won't have any roosters. |
Why can't your cellphone be on in an airplane? | You mean without Airplane Mode on, correct? Well, the concern is the near improbable chance that it interferes with the airplane's instruments. As for why all devices should be stowed away during take-off/landing, that's just so that you are alert, same reason you can't decline your seat during those times. |
Cops have radar guns which allow them to see the speed of a moving vehicle. Can they be used in a moving vehicle to tell the speed its moving at? | As long as the gun is pointed straight ahead ..not sure about having to hold it out the window though. You may get the difference in speed between the gun and the windshield which I'd hope would be 0.Yes, they do. I believe Radar Guns use the [Doppler Effect] to measure the speed of the car. Which works both ways wheth... |
How does a hit to the corner of the jaw knock someone out? Versus not knocking someone out with similar blows to the rest of the head/face. | Feel along your jawline and you'll find a small notch halfway up. There is a fairly large nerve there, about half the size of a grain of rice in that little divot. Because it's large and has hard bone behind it, a strong hit to it causes incredible amounts of pain. It's not that the body can't function if it's hit, it'... |
how do rivers not just run out of water? | Rain. Rainwater from a large territory tends to gather into rivers. Sometimes it does this directly by falling into lakes or running over the ground in streamlets that feed into creeks that feed into the river. Sometimes it does this indirectly by being absorbed into the ground, overflowing the natural ground table lev... |
Wrestling, it's scripted, but is it staged? Is that happening in the ring a real fight or are wrestlers really good stuntsmen? And why sometimes blood happens? | For some more insight to how calling a move works, there's a series on Youtube and Dailymotion called Botchamania. They show a series of botched moments from wrestling, and at least once an episode run footage where you can hear the wrestlers calling moves under their breath.Almost completely staged. They are great stu... |
Why not just Google your question to find the answer instead of posting it on here? | I love it when people on a community-based website suggest that it bothers them, or it's wrong for using the community as a source of info through conversation. One time in a sub, there was a very interesting topic I was reading about, but didnt quite grasp the core of the idea. I commented on it with a question and a ... |
Why do presidential nominees in the United States get briefed on top secret national security information? | In reality, they don't. The two nominees will get a one-time briefing that is 'somewhat sensitive' that will give them a broad overview of the current situation that the United States is in. It's only once they get the country's vote in November and become the President Elect that they start getting the top-classified ... |
The Price is Right $1 Bidding - Why people do it and why people hate it. | The rules are if your bid is higher than the actual price, you lose. So if everyone is bidding $1,250-$1,500, you're giving yourself 1,249 possible values to win.The rule is "the winner is the one who is closest without going over." Bidding 1 dollar ensures they don't go over actual price while being closestThe super d... |
Why does the moon not rotate? | It does spin. It just spins in a such a way that the same side of the Moon always faced the Earth. And it's no coincidence—this is a phenomena called [tidal locking]. |
Why does Windows use file extensions everywhere (like .exe or .txt) and Linux usually doesn't need them? | Linux does use file extensions to help categorize some files. But extensions don't have special properties like in Windows. In Windows, the only way that the operating system knows that a file is supposed to be executable is by the extension -- like exe, or com, or bat. These extensions tell the OS that this isn't just... |
If mouthwash is as strong as companies claim, why do we have to brush our teeth? | The plaque formed on our teeth is extremely sticky and strong, and mouthwash only destroys the cover of it, only brushing will force that plaque off your teeth. Once it's finally gone, THEN you can use the mouthwash since it has the ability to truly kill all the germs in your mouth |
What does it mean, or what happens when an atom changes energy state? | Each atom has electrons orbiting it, but it only has certain orbits that are allowed, and only 1 electron can be going round each orbit in a given direction. If you have more than 2 electrons orbiting the atom, the 3rd has to go further away, which is higher energy. If an atom absorbs a photon , the outermost atom jump... |
Why do famous musicians use older instruments? | > Shouldn't the instruments made today sound better then those made hundreds of years ago? No, not necessarily. Some, like Stradivarius violins, were crafted so finely that even a top of the line modern violin doesn't quite sound the same . Wooden instruments will sound different based on how the wood ages, so sometime... |
How does counting cards work in blackjack? | Card counting works by exploiting certain rules in blackjack. Namely if you get blackjack , you get paid 150% your money instead of the normal 1:1. Now, say the reverse happens and the dealer gets blackjack, you only lose your original wager . Imagine a deck where the only cards remaining are aces or cards of 10 value ... |
Why do singers lip sync? What do people think about it? | It's mostly down to two things. 1) the singer cannot sing that well in a live setting, possibly due to the fact that when their album was made they were over produced or tuned and so cannot perform that. 2) the general population expect to hear what they hear on the album and don't like to hear what their favourite art... |
Why do so many people own SUVs if they only use them to drive back and forth to work? Why not get a more fuel-efficient vehicle? | I don't know about other places, but here in Colorado there is a shitload of outdoorsy type shit to do. Most people can't afford a vehicle to use on the weekends to go camping and hiking and what not all, or drive out to the boonies to go shooting or whatever else, and keep another vehicle just to drive back and forth ... |
When you see a headline like "YouTube buys Twitch..." why wouldn't the journalist just say Google? | Google owns YouTube but it is still separate. Example: You own a dog and it eats some poop, you wouldn't say that you ate the poop just because you are the ultimate owner. |
Why do other sites have domains in their country (ex. .ru for russia, .au for australia, etc.) but most U.S. websites end in .com? | It's mostly related to people wanting to own a domain entirely controlled by their own government - this is especially true of foreign government agencies. .com, .gov, .mil, .edu and most other really common top-level domains are controlled by US institutions and thus are under US law and power. The simple solution? Ev... |
How come minors have to pay taxes in the US? Since they can't vote, shouldn't they be tax exempt regardless of their income? | Do minors benefit from the usage of said taxes? Obviously so. Just because you don't have a say, or your say isn't what you want, doesn't mean you aren't benefiting from being taxed. |
At the risk of seeming insensitive, if bombs are so powerful, how does one person hugging a suicide bomber save so many others? | It's actually explained when you look at the anatomy of an explosion. Explosions take the path of least resistance, as in - they blow from the center of the ignition point outward. Hugging a suicide bomber, would inhibit or slow the force of the explosion, forcing the deadly concussion blast in other directions. A suic... |
What is all that noisy crap an inkjet printer has to do before it prints anything? | It's blowing a bunch of ink into a sponge to make sure that the print heads are clear. Ink tends to dry up on the surface of the 'jets' and, if you don't do this, it'll result in streaking, splattering or just not printing at all. |
Why are some people so much louder when they eat? | Growing up and eating breakfast in the mornings with my dad, I apparently ate loud enough for him to tell me to either eat at a different time, use a plastic spoon, or stop being so loud. I eventually learned to be quieter. I must have gotten those attributes from him because I can't stand loud eaters. I think it proba... |
Why do we have two separate machines for washer and dryer? Is it not possible to combine them? | It is possible to combine them, such machines are sold. But it's a trade off, it's not great at washing, and it's not great at drying. They typically use more energy than the two stand alone machines would do, washing and drying the same amount of clothes. |
What is the point of accumulating wealth beyond of what you can spend in a lifetime? | To me it's stems from the tradition of honoring your family name. Humans have a tight bond to tribalism and class is apart of this. Once you establish wealth for your family then it must be maintained . Most cultures have some form of this family elitness attitude. Asian ties to their family name. The English elites an... |
Why lobsters and other seafood like it, MUST be cooked alive? | Seafood in general goes bad pretty quickly, but there's no hard and fast rule that it must be cooked alive. You could kill or stun them right before cooking, but that's just more work for the cooks, so they don't do it. |
How encryption isn't easy to decrypt | Decrypting a file is easy if you have the key. If you don't have the key you have to guess at it. Guessing the correct key is the difficult part EditOops didn't read the whole thing. |
Why is it that independent countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. still have their Monarch as that of United Kingdom? Why can't these countries have one of their own? | Actually, they do have monarchs of their own. It's just it happens to be the same person. But strictly speaking they are separate monarchies. There is no actual reason why the Queen of Canada has to be the same person as the Queen of Australia, or the Queen of Britain. If you find the concept difficult to grasp, think ... |
how did Nicola Tesla pull energy from the air? And how do we use this phenomenon in science/technology today? | He didn't. Tesla just transmitted energy between two points without a physical connection between the two. Advances in technology have made it more practical to utilize this for wireless power transfer. |
Why do people trace the lineage of Jesus back to King David through Mary's husband Joseph since they do not share the same genetics, per the story of the Virgin birth? | Because Jesus has to come from the line of David to fulfill a prophecy. The reason he's coming back? because he needs to fulfill the rest of the prophecies that he didn't fulfill, yet.Adoptive children have the same inheritance rights as biological children.Jesus is the adopted son of Josef. So he's the descendant of D... |
Why does milk, even if heated up, go bad if left out, but baking with milk such as to make cookies or cake not go bad quickly? | I'm a dairy technical manager and all of these answers have it covered - we actually clean our machines with effectively salt and soap! Lol |
Why do people only fill half the glass when pouring wine? | Custom more than anything. The glasses are supposed to be shaped in such a way that they aerate the wine and that effects the flavour. It also guides the smell to the nose when it's sipped. A full glass doesn't allow for that. |
How is plumbing fully functional during a power outage? | The water pressure coming into your house depends on the actions of systems that almost certainly still have power or of systems that don't require power to operate for at least short periods . The rest of your plumbing system, in most houses, just takes advantage of that existing pressure. It doesn't add to it or subt... |
What's the difference between holding your pee and a kegels exercise? | Kegels are meant to strengthen the muscles in your, um undercarriage, whereas holding in pee is doing the same thing while expanding your bladder dangerously. A family member who is a urologist told me it's one of the simplest, yet most dangerous things you can do to your body because there is the chance that you will ... |
When my cell phone is limited to making emergency calls only, why can't I use the signal for other things? | Most governments mandated that emergency calls should be allowed on any mobile network, regardless whether it is the network of your provider. So if I'm in an area not serviced by my own provider it will be able to make emergency calls on the networks by competitors. If you'd want to use that signal for other things yo... |
What would happen if a hump back whale accidentally swallowed you? | Humpbacks are filter feeders - they take a huge mouthful of water and then squeeze it out between very thick and stiff hairs in their mouth called baleen. The hairs trap any krill, shrimp or small fish in the mouthful, which the humpback then swallows. First you'd be taken into the mouth and squeezed against the baleen... |
Are airplanes flying as fast as they can? | No, but it's not too far off . When you look at the equations for fuel efficiency for a jet aircraft you find that flying higher is better, since the air is thinner and offers less resistance. The thin air means that you have to fly faster because there's less air to push off of, but that's OK because flying faster mea... |
How can a medication cause such a specific side effect as thoughts of suicide? | It happened to me. I'm Bi-polar. Doctor gave me a new drug to try. that night I took it and within 45 minutes I was suicidal. It was crazy. All I could do was walk around in circles feeling anxious, freaked out by the thought I can kill myself. |
why do we sometimes sweat excessively when sleeping? | In my experience when i weighed 265, i ate alot before bed. Holy fuck did I sweat. I'm now 235 and don't eat before bed, I don't sweat ever when I sleep now. Most likely a weight problem or eating lots before bed problem. Here's a list, but if none of these fit you, you're eating way to much before bed or you are unfor... |
the Mafia and all its groups (camorra, la cosa nostra, sicilian, etc.) | > all they got from Paulie was protection from other guys looking to rip them off. And that's what it's all about. That's what the FBI could never understand. That what Paulie and the organization [i.e. the Mafia] does is offer protection for people who can't go to the cops. That's it. That's all it is. They're like th... |
If the FBI decided that a president/politician had committed a heinous crime, how would the next steps go down? | It's unclear whether the President can be charged without an impeachment first. Some schools of thought believe the House and Senate have sole jurisdiction over the President until he's impeached and removed, others believe that may not necessarily be the case. Either way it's never happened before. |
"Betting against" things in the stock market/bonds or whatever. | I have a car. I let you borrow the car for a day for 10 bucks. While borrowing the car, you sell it to a friend for 10,000 dollars. You then go and buy another, identical car for 8,000 somewhere else. You give that identical car to me. I made 10 dollars, you made 2000, and the guy who loses is the one who paid too much... |
If mosquito's are attracted to light. Why don't they all fly to the sun and leave us alone? | Here's a cool video on the subject that I recently watched, if you're not satisfied or just interested in seeing a visual representation. _URL_0_", 'I think mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide. That is why mosquito catchers and magnets work. _URL_1_', "Are mosquito's attracted to light? I know moths are Anyway, ... |
How can martial arts specialists punch through rock or wood? | practice, practice, practice. I could state physics as an explenation of how it happens, but instead i'll use a quote from Bruce Lee that i saw playing the UFC game on Xbox > I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times. when your punches, kicks, and... |
Why is the 4/4 rhythm so ubiquitous, even across different cultures? | It's whole, easy to stick to, easy to remember, universal, others find it easier to follow |
Why do colleges care about legacies? How does having parents or grandparents who are alumni of a certain university make the student a more qualified candidate? | The single best predictor of financial success is whether or not your parents were wealthy. Three children if wealthy donors are likely to become wealthy donors. There's also the idea of an institution representing ideas that last longer than single person's life. This is where traditions and identify come from.The off... |
Is it possible to put a backdoor in Linux? | It's certainly possible. The problem is that all of the source code of Linux is open source. That means everyone in the world can read the lines of code. So if someone wrote in a backdoor, it's there for anyone to find. If such a backdoor was found it would seriously question the credibility of Linux and could very lik... |
How can turtles eat food underwater without swallowing too much water? | Also, , sea turtles' livers are able to process salt water far better than ours. So, if your question was also about excessive salt intake, that's a potential answer.I am imagining similar to me bobbing for say, grapes? and then furiously expelling the water through my teeth.I don't know about turtles, but other animal... |
how sharks can smell blood from such far distances away underwater | Fill your bathtub. Then drain it. As it's draining out add a couple of drops of food coloring and watch what happens. |
How are those glass decorational items made? The ones that are just a solid glass blocl, but with some kind of 3-D image inside of it? | They're called [sub-surface laser engravings] or bubblegrams. When doing laser engraving, typically they focus the laser on the surface of the material. It creates a microscopic fracture. With glass, crystal, and certain plastics, you can focus the laser below the surface. This causes the microfracture to occur deep wi... |
Why is the upside down flag offensive on a PacSun shirt, but not as the House of Cards logo? | I have no idea what PacSun shirt you're talking about, but the upside-down flag is a traditional maritime distress signal. *House of Cards* is a television show about a nation in crisis, so its use of the upside-down flag is appropriate as artistic expression. |
I understand Evolution, but still have some questions. | Because humanoids aren't the ultimate survivors in every niche, or even most niches. Alligators had no real incentive to evolve into new and interesting shapes, they're already great at what they do and their environment didn't change enough to warrant any earth-shattering adaptation. |
Why are computer error messages a mixture of numbers and letters instead of an actual useful and understandable message? | That mixture of numbers and letters **is** a useful and understandable message. It's just not intended to be useful or understandable to *you*. The programmers who wrote the code can use that information to help debug the root cause of the crash. There's no way to make an error message for every possible contingency th... |
Why do dentist have the highest suicide rates? | They don't. There's always issues with suicide research and there's issues with drawing such large conclusions based off of small samples . A lot of the literature on the issue reaches different conclusions and some of it is biased due to the fact that they're trying to prove the myth true. [This article] and [this one... |
What's the difference between "Professional Photography" and something you would see on instagram? | Pro photographer here. I've had this argument a bunch of times, and the best explanation I can come up with is 'control'. You used the example of taking a picture of a tree with a phone. Well, if you do that, you're pointing a camera and hoping. If I was taking a picture of a tree well, first, do I want just the tree o... |
Why do so many asian demonyms end with "ese"? (Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Burmese) | relating to", or "belonging to" > -ese, from the Latin, -ensis, meaning "originating in" They all save similar meanings, and the assignments seem to be arbitrary, maybe based on what sounds "better." For example, a citizen of Vienna is both Viennese and AustrianThis is a good question, specifically why we say "Chinese"... |
How does the boat in this gif not tip over with a sail that big? | For most sailboats the keel sticking down into the water takes quite a lot of pressure to tip over, and generally as the boat get more and more horisontalt, bending with the wind, the wind pressure lessens. On a professional racing sailboat like this, I'm sure the others redditors point of weight distribution of crew a... |
Why doesn't someone like Tiger Woods get progressively better at his short game? | Why don't you get better at urinating after 20 years? You reach a plateau and outside factors can have effects on your performance.Because while practice helps, people just arent good at some things, plus there is focus, and since he hasnt been good at his short game in the past, he now thinks he isnt, so he plays wors... |
Why is "If man evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?" not a good argument against evolution? | Evolution isn't a linear process. Imagine it like this: You have a monkey. That monkey have two baby monkeys. One of the babies is a pretty standard monkey, very similar to the parent. The other baby is a bit more intelligent than the average monkey. Standard monkey goes on to meet a standard lady monkey, and they have... |
Why do bananas make fruit ripen faster? | Bananas\xa0are medium-level producers of ethylene compared with kiwi\xa0fruit, for example, which produce more. But because bananas\xa0are large, and often you'll have a bunch of them in your\xa0fruit\xa0bowl, they can appear to be the cause of\xa0other fruits ripening. Ethylene gas is also used commercially to\xa0ripe... |
why Google Chrome loads up about 30 instances? And uses so much ram? | You can read the details at _URL_0_ From Google's site: Google Chrome takes advantage of these properties and puts web apps and plug-ins in separate processes from the browser itself. This means that a rendering engine crash in one web app won’t affect the browser or other web apps. It means the OS can run web apps in ... |
How does the justice system compel a defendant to participate in a civil case? If someone wants to sue, what stops the other party from just saying no | If you refuse to respond to a suit the court will simply find against you. You don't have to agree to be sued. |
How do animals know the "way home" when they are hundred of miles away? | I don't have an answer, but I'm just repeating a pro-tip: Take your dog on walks all around your neighborhood/local area, don't just use the same route. It greatly increases the odds that they will wander upon somewhere familiar and be able to find their way home.I think this is survivor ship bias. Many animals start t... |
How do theoretical physicists find solutions to the biggest and smallest answers to the universe using math alone? | So, the underlying thing here is that *math is never wrong*. The physical law that uses math to describe itself may be wrong, but the math itself isn't flawed. So, when you have a given theory, you stretch that theory to it's mathematical limits in order to predict the existence of a given phenomena. If you then search... |
Why can't they make a flat, rectangular map of the world without severely distorting the actual size of land masses further from the equator? | Best way to imagine it is with an orange peel. Peel an orange, then spread the peel out flat across the tabletop without tearing it anywhere. Doesn't work. You want to map a 3d surface o a 2d one, you *have to* distort it in places. Geometry on a curved surface is weird; you can make a [triangle with three right angles... |
How exactly does the birth control pill work? | First, it is important to note the reproductive axis. Your brain secretes a hormone called GnRH that acts on the pituitary gland to produce LH & FSH. These hormones are responsible for acting on the ovary to develop the egg follicle and produce estrogen. This system operates in negative feedback i.e. low estrogen tells... |
Why are we comfortable in 95 degree water, but not 95 degree air? | A simple answer to this question: [thermal conductivity air vs water vs aluminium] It's the same reason why metal *feels* cold even though it's the same temperature as the surroundings. Edit: [This episode of Veritasium explains it well] |
Why does everyone hate the new Sim City? | it must be your systems" finally too many people complained.. *These are a few of my least favorite things!* My little fake people, they just keep on freezing. the lag is increasing, how can we be *the* problem? don't those guys know how to cluster their shit? *These are a few of my least favorite things!* When the gam... |
Why do carriers care if you tether? | 1. It ties up bandwith on their network 2. They can make money off it. Most carriers sells mobile broadband devices. By tethering you're circumventing their mobile broadband service, so they charge you for that in lieu of you signing up for mobile broadband. |
what does it feel like to be on methamphetamine? | Invigorating, empowering, like you are the best possible version of you. There is excitement and potential in even the most basic and mundane tasks, and you are the epitome of creativity. But in reality you're just a nasty little tweaker playing with bottle caps and pliers, or balloon animals and coloring books. |
Why does Ron Paul seem to be doing leaps and bounds better recently? | The Paul supporters are much more passionate about their candidate, they stayed around after voting to become delegates. Finally their work has officially paid off, although his support hasn't increased all that much. We area democratic **republic** this means the majority doesn't rule, the most passionate minority can... |
How did math get us to the moon ? | Here is an actual explanation that can be explained to most people DV is the amount of change in velocity. Basically, going from 0 to 60 takes 60DV Going back again is another 60DV. Going from 0 to 60 and to 0 again requires 120 DV Engine ISP is how efficient an engine is. The more efficient an engine, the less fuel it... |
If plants want more sun then how come they have not evolved to be black? | I want to fly. Evolution will likely never grant humans wings capable of flight. Evolution isn't a magic fairy that grants you wishes, it's just a process by which things adapt and survive. |
"Obamacare" Point-By-Point - Part 3 | Honest question, maybe I'm misunderstanding -- why is the government paying more than the cost of some of these medicines/treatments ? |
What is happening when someone tells a dog or cat "say 'I love you'" and they actually respond similarly? | It means you're either in a Disney video, or you need to lay off the 'shrooms.Generally when people talk to animals or children they will use certain pitches in their voice to express different emotions. Dogs will understand when they have done something wrong based on your tone of voice whether you yell "I love you" o... |
what is a shooting star? | It's space debris of some kind that enters the atmosphere at great speed. As it does that the air around it and the object itself heats up. This all leaves behind a glowing trail of gasses and possibly pieces of the object itself which you see as a shooting star. As for terminology, a shooting star is synonymous with m... |
How is it that houses in various stages of construction can get drenched in rain, yet not develop a mold problem after completed? | After the frame is finished and walls put up, the house is wrapped in tyvex, which only allows moisture to seep outward. The entire house air dries as the electrical, plumbing, drywall, fixtures, etc etc are put in. You're talking month of air drying before the house is finished.They don't always. Source: i worked cons... |
why are the European branches of American companies usually run from Northern Ireland? | As others have said, it's mostly a tax issue but there's a few other reasons, such as having a large English speaking population, high education rates and infrastructure that was a very high-standard . Also, having ports slightly closer to the Atlantic doesn't hurt. It's definitely a reason the US Military refuels in o... |
How was Beethoven able to write all that music without hearing it? | There are several ways he actually did this: - He was, but of course, a bloody genius- We must realize that he was not always deaf. His deafness started with mild ringing in the ears to gradually fading over a period of 12-13 years. Now, this sent him into panic mode initially and he tried his best to combat the impedi... |
When I punch "A" on my computer's keyboard, what is the process that allows the image of "A" to appear on the Reddit editing field | The push causes the keys to go down closing circuits in the keyboard. The keyboard has a controller that registers the depression of the keys and sends that data on. The OS has software that detects this data being sent along, picks it up, compares the keys pressed to the current keymap and determines it's shift and a ... |
Why am I more tired at 7 AM when I got 4 hours of sleep, than I am at 7 AM when I stayed up all night? | You generally feel unrested if you haven't completed a full sleep cycle. That's why on the weekend when you wake up on your own without an alarm you feel so well-rested and when you wake up on a weekday for school or work to an Alarm you feel awful. Your body naturally wakes itself up at the end of sleep cycles - being... |
What is the difference between a vegetative state and a coma? | You can wake up from a coma. If you're in a vegetative state your brain is damaged enough that they know there is no coming back from it, there's just enough left working to keep you alive. In computer terms, a coma is a crashed system that might come back if you reset it while a vegetable is fried and can't do anythin... |
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