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Game mods. Why can't any game be modded? What makes a game "moddable"? | It depends on how open the game engine is. Things like Elder Scrolls/Fallout games are easy to mod because the developers [Bethesda] released special kits that allowed people to develop. A similar thing can be done with Source engine, and Valve's steam workshop or Gamebanana archive. Other games like Pokemon could be m... |
Periodic table: Why do elements in the same group react the same way? | TL;DR:Elements in their respective groups all have the same number of electrons in their outer shell and will all mostly react the same with other elements. ELI5? They just do. ELI9th grade? For the most part, elements in the same group have the same number of valance electrons . For the general view, these valance ele... |
Why aren't jobs generally rewarded based on their required effort? | Jobs are rewarded based on supply and demand. An unpleasant job that doesn't add much value will pay higher than a more pleasant one that adds a similar amount of value. However, the CEO of a company creates a lot more value for the organization than the guy cleaning the bathrooms. Even though the latter is less pleasa... |
Why is it easier to back into a parking spot when parallel parking? | Just as /u/KahBhume because the steering wheels are on the front. To help you understand the difference Imagine you're parked and now try to get your car out of the parking space in reverse. I bet you can see how difficult that would be. That's basic the same movements you'd need to park going forwards. When trying to ... |
Why is it often cheaper to buy a whole new printer than it is to replace the 3 ink cartridges? | Refill them at Costco. Refills go for $7.49, 9.49, and 10.49. It's the same quality ink and can usually be done while you shop. I've had people bring in the same cartridge five times and it still worked like new. Overall, there is about an 80% success rate but it beats the hell out of buying them for 50 plus bucks.Beca... |
How would a gun fire in space? | Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required. The only difference between pulling the trigge... |
What are movie clapper boards (movie markers) used for and how do they work? | They allow the audio and video to be aligned . They also have information about what scene is being shot and which take and film roll to allow the decision makers some organization. Most films shot more than the entire movie, and shoot each scene multiple times choosing the best ones for the final film which creates a ... |
What does using a paper bag actually do when having an asthma attack? | I think you mean panic attack. When you breathe really fast , you blow out a lot of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is converted into carbonic acid in your blood. By reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in your body, your blood becomes less acidic. This is bad for you because your body needs a to operate between a cert... |
why the response to Iron Man being in CA 3 seems to be for the most part negative. | The Civil War arc is basically authority vs liberty. The US Government enacts a superhero registry in a good-natured attempt to instill some order in the vigilante superheroes. Captain America and others oppose the registry and continue fighting villains, while Tony Stark and his side attempt to capture everyone who is... |
How do small book stores, psychic shops, and other relatively small market businesses make enough profit to keep their business going? | The majority of such small businesses have very low overhead. Often the owner is the one doing the vast majority/all of the labor, they don't need many supplies and they're generally in locations where the rent/lease of their space is very affordable. The business doesn't need to make all that much money per day in ord... |
Why are some bullets described as calibre (50.cal) and others described as in mm (9mm)? | These both refer to the bullet's diameter. For the most part, they are not interchangeable, guns can only take bullets of a certain size. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is that it's fairly common for certain handguns to take .38 and .357. Caliber is measured in inches, and typically comes from... |
Why does the ocean have its distinct smell? | It's mostly that you're smelling the stuff on land, seaweed, fish and other stuff decaying and becoming stirred up and thrown into the air by the surf. If you go a few miles off shore, the smell isn't there.The smell of the wet salty water in the air mixes with the smells of all the different thinggies that live near t... |
Why the ipv4 address are limited to 255.255.255.255 instead of 999.999.999.999 ? | This is only a way of representing 'bits' of computer language that is easier for us humans. Short hand, called decimal notation. Each section of an IPv4 address is a byte . This makes 4 octets.Each octet is 8 bits, with maximum value of 255 each. 8 consecutive bits have values = 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 These are a... |
The political turmoil in Hong Kong. What caused it, why it's such a big problem. | One issue not mentioned here is that many Chinese people think the HK protesters need to STFU. I live in China and I've talked to lots of people about this and they feel like HKers think they're better than mainlanders. Many of my friends are still upset about the whole Opium Wars that gave HK to England and think that... |
How does a presidential pardon work? | On top of what has already been said, Presidential Pardons have very rarely been used before the person's sentence has been completed. In other words, Presidents almost never pardon somebody who is in prison or who is going to prison. One notable exception was Ford pre-emptively pardoning Nixon for anything he may have... |
how do your odds change when the lotto gets to 1 billion dollars? Isn't it the always same regardless as you have the same amount of numbers to choose from? | The odds don't change of you having the winning ticket, but the odd of sharing the jackpot with someone increases when more people play.On a similar note, why does my Powerball ticket say I have approximately 1 in 25% chance of winning?', "_URL_1_ This a few days old but relevant. Also there's a post on /r/dataisbeauti... |
Why are so many people allergic to Peanuts these days? | This isn't an explination as to why, but good info about the fact that there is potential increase in peanut alergies. > Peanut allergies are an increasing concern in Olmsted County, Minnesota, as indicated by a 3-fold increase in diagnoses from 2.05 per 10,000 children in 1999 to 6.88 per 10,000 children in 2007. Sour... |
Why do many Christians believe that drugs (esp. marijuana), even if used medicinally, are sinful, but prescription drugs are not? | I wouldn't pin it all on religion. From a cultural standpoint being sick is costly to the society in which you live. When sick, certain resources which are typically rare or expensive must be allocated to you. Moreover someone needs to take over your duties and responsibilities. In order to prevent those from cheating ... |
How do video analysts determine that a video has not been altered? | It's bullshit. Of course they'll say it's unaltered, it ups the spooky factor. Basically, you can prove that a video *is* edited/altered, but you can never prove that it's *not*. There are telltale signs of poor compositing, keying, etc, but if you do it well it will look perfect and there'll be no way to tell. And of ... |
Why do plastic bottles have pointed bottoms? Also, how come others like Gatorade completely ignore this and don't have it? | The pointed bottom on the plastic pop bottle is called a gate mark. It's where the plastic was injected into the mold. The injection molded part makes what they call a preform, which then is blow molded into the final part. The Gatorade bottle probably has a different gate design or is straight blow molded. Not straigh... |
If certain images such as van Gogh's "The Starry Night" are in the public domain, how are reproductions able to be sold? | They can sell reproductions **because** it's in the public domain. Public domain basically means 'do whatever'; including profiting off of it in whatever way you care to try. There's no authority that needs be consulted or fees to pay. You an do this with the IP itself - like publishing a book in the public domain with... |
What kind of work do monks in an abbey do? | Depending on what flavour of monasticism you're looking for, you may also find good answers over on r/Catholicism. Generally the monks have a trade that they sell in order to help sustain themselves. Usually this is a food or drink product, but also textiles, stoneworking, or soaps. It can also refer to general mainten... |
if sea levels rise 20,40,60+ feet, how does that displace millions of people? | It's enough to completely submerge some islands. You have to remember to think 3D. It's not talking about the high-tide line going 20 feet up the shore, it means the surface of the ocean being 20 feet higher - 'sea level' itself increasing. And most of the world's population lives on the coasts. Mind you I think 20 fee... |
Why can't evolution just be a part of creationism's plan? | It can, despite the answers here. It's possible that God created an evolving universe. To believe this, you don't have to reject the bible or parts of it, you just have to not take it literally. 6 days doesn't really mean 6 human days as they are presently.Biblical Creationism does not allow for enough time for evoluti... |
Why is the same coax cable that can carry an HD signal from my satellite to my receiver unable to transfer above 480i from my receiver to my TV? | The signal is beamed into the sattelite on a digital carrier, it's using the same cable, but, it's not using RF modulation that a TV can accept directly If you wire a TV directly to the reciever on coaxial cable, the only thing the TV knows to understand over that connection is RF. |
If a man is castrated, what comes out of his ejaculate? | The testicles don't produce semen, that's done in the prostate. If, for instance, a man has had a vasectomy, the testicles are still there but the tubes that plumb them into everything else have been severed. Someone who's had a vasectomy can still produce ejaculate, but with no sperm present. However, a vasectomy isn'... |
Why are objects floating in water attracted to each other? | I see surface tension is noted as the reason for small bodies of water, but for things like the ocean - why doesn't everything float to the centre of that? |
If you can survive weeks without food as long as you drink water, can obese people just starve their fat away? | [This IAmA] went up a few weeks ago, I think you'll find everything you want to know here! |
Why are all organisms alive now so much smaller than dinosaurs? And why aren't there organisms alive right now that even compare to the largest dinosaur? | Others have noted that your premise is false. Additionally, animals don't aim to get big. dinosaurs grew large potentially as something of an arms race. A giant prey animal is hard to eat. A giant predator is hard to flee. Natural selection may have favored greater sizes for this, or any number of other reasons. By tha... |
How would Ryanair be able to "sell" tickets for a price of "0"? | Can't find a link on mobile but I remember hearing a Ryanair proposal to pipe in commercials for the duration of the flight, which would subsidize the ticket cost, along with the already mentioned charges for extras and upgrades . |
Why was WW2 filmed so well and did the other countries of the axis film too? | For reference, much of the footage you'll see was actually filmed by famous directors for the war department. There's a really interesting Netflix documentary series called Five Came Back about it, they can tell you all about this if you're interested. |
Why are games like ARMA PC exclusive? | For ARMA it would be because of the complexity of gameplay itself. For PC exclusive games in general, the best answer is that it is the developer's choice. |
Why do men have a higher insurance rate, and why is that not considered discrimination? | It is, by definition, discrimination. But discrimination is not by default illegal. Private parties cannot violate your Constitutional rights. So any equal protection or due process argument for discrimination is out right there. The Federal government is limited in power for the type of anti-discrimination regulations... |
How do fighter jets lock onto other jets and how do other jets realize that they have been locked onto? | There are a few ways. [henry82's comment] talks about RADAR missiles and missile detection. Infrared missiles and infrared detection are often used by handheld launchers and helicopters, respectively. I am not familiar with fighter jets, but this is, as far as I know, how it works with helicopters. Infrared missiles us... |
What determines the flight ceiling of an aircraft? | Aircraft need air for two things: 1. For the engines to burn - combustion needs fuel and oxygen, if the air is too thin then you can't get enough of the latter. 2. To provide lift - if the air is too thin for the particular wing design, then you're not going to get enough air flowing around the wing to keep the aircraf... |
How do cats communicate with each other? Do they have their own method of 'talking'? | I want to fuck you", or "Relax, I'm not gonna hurt you." Some animals, notably apes, have more sophisticated methods of communication. Apes can be taught simple sign language, and use it to communicate thoughts like "I want a baby |
Why does water have to be boiling in order to cook pasta? | I've looked into this and I believe it comes down to two things: 1. In order to cook it quickly. 2. It would be otherwise difficult to ensure that the water is at a specific temperature. If it is boiling it is definitely at 212 Fahrenheit. This means that they can give instructions to cook the pasta for a given amount ... |
If all the clocks in the world stopped for an unknown amount of time, how could we figure out what time it should be? | We would still have the sun and stars. For known locations, you can compute the time using a sextant. The current international agreement on precision time requires precise atomic clocks and computers, you'd have to get that back after the mysterious alien invasion . |
Why people deny climate change? What are their arguments? | Many people have different reasons for rejecting climate science. Some have financial interests against it, so they don't care. Some are skeptical of the government funding research and don't trust scientists because they think they're biased in favor of government control. Some have religious objections and think huma... |
Why was gold 'unanimously' chosen as currency and a representation of wealth? Why not something essential like food? | As I recall from Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the main character's wealth and social status was determined by his massive cache of yams. |
How come when you take a picture of a computer screen or TV screen, these weird ugly lines show up that you can't see with the naked eye? | That's because of the [Moire pattern] produced. Moire patterns are produced when you overlay two patterns that are very similar, with a small amount of displacement or rotation. In this case, the two patterns are the pixel density of the picture and the pixel density of the computer/TV in the picture. Both are very sim... |
Why can't the Ecuadorian Embassy simply be stripped of diplomatic status to remove Julian Assange? | [This article] from The Guardian a few years ago delves into that very topic, and gives a pretty thorough explanation about how they actually *could* technically, on one hand, but then again they *can't* on another. And then you have to imagine the repercussions a precedent-setting event like that could have, or course... |
Why do skyscrapers always have lights on? | Probably depends on how tall the building, but perhaps it's for helicopters or something. Also perhaps people are working late / overnights / weekends. Possibly due to cleaning crews as well. Idk where I work it's only 9 stories tall but all the lights are connected to motion sensors so if we aren't there, the lights a... |
Is it mathematically possible to run out of new music? | There is a video from Vsauce answering the question stated in your thread's name: _URL_0_ tl;dr: yes it is mathematically possible, but will take a looooong time. |
Legitimate arguments for not banning the Confederate flag. (Other than the 1st amendment). | It's important to understand that the argument isn't about banning the confederate flag, it's about taking it down from *government property*. There's a *huge* difference there. Even the Nazi Swastika is legal to fly on private property . The debate is over whether the government should deliberately fly the flag on gov... |
Why is it "half an hour" instead of "half a hour" | herb" , and the like get "an". Words like "helicopter" and "hair" get "a".Even though 'hour' begins with a consonant, it makes a vowel sound- 'ow'. That's why we also say 'It's *an* honour' not 'It's *a* honour'."An" is used when the next word has a vowel *sound* at the start, regardless of what letter appears first wh... |
How is a global economy based on the requirement of constant, infinite growth sustainable in a world with limited, finite resources? | Because technology increases resource efficiency and as a resource becomes scarce, it becomes more expensive, which incentivizes both increased efficiency and using alternatives that have become cheaper than the primary resource. This model lasts a very very long time to the point that by the time it actually could bec... |
Why when I'm sick to the point of feeling like death can I get in the shower and almost feel complete relief until I shut the water off? | I think it's because the feeling of all those water jets hitting you is a lot of stimulation to your nervous system. This distracts you from feeling the nausea. Another possibility: hot water causes you to get hot and blood flows to your extremities and away from your core. This affects your digestive system by making ... |
What is the point of the 1 and 2 gears on my automatic transmission minivan? | They're there if you need to be consistently in a low gear and you don't want the car upshifting automatically. For example if you're driving up a steep hill, and you need to stay in low gear for the extra power."Automatic" on your transmission shifts through the gears based upon your current gear, and RPM count . High... |
How does a person find out their personal information is being used by someone else if the person who stole it can have calls and mail sent to themselves? | It can happen. I had my identity stolen in the 90s. The person used it for several years and I never knew until a routine traffic stop and I was hauled off to jail for 9 felony warrants out for my arrest. How did I not know? They used my drivers license number as their social security number so my credit was never affe... |
Why is tar associated with dinosaurs in fiction? | It wasn't more commonly-occuring, but it's a great place for animals to get stuck and leave nice fossils. Places like the LaBrea Tar Pits give us this association of large animals walking into what looks like water, and getting hopelessly stuck in pits. Most dinosaurs just die somewhere, or get eaten, and never leave f... |
Why are things that are hot to the touch, not so hot to the mouth i.e. Coffee? | Because you're sipping that coffee very very lightly. You can easily splash a few drops of the same coffee on your hand and not feel a thing. If you took coffee that was 190 degrees F and had to decide to take a large sip and swallow it or spill the same amount at the same temperature on your hand, you would most defin... |
In an unavoidable head on collision is it worse to slam on the brakes at the last second or to just let it ride? | It'd be better to decrease your velocity than just bout anything else. The force of your muscles is an inconsequential variable in a head on collision. You exert a few dozen pounds of force on your brake, a hundred or so max. This is essentially a rounding error in the force of the collision. Taking just a couple of MP... |
What is the physical cause of that periodic slow internet connection we all face? | Too many people using a service with inadequate throughput.. pretty much the same problem you experience when there's too many people using your wifi, only on a larger scale.. |
How do Chinese writers express their characters in their books as speaking in different ways depending on where they are from? | Old Li, with his Beijing accent that leaves an impression of a 40-a-day smoker " etc etc. Obviously I'm not a writer so I am sure they would do it much more stylishly than this but just to give you an idea :) More broadly, China has a bit of a blurred difference between what it considers a regional "accent" versus a re... |
Why is college so expensive, and where exactly does that money go? | Don't mind me, just commenting on this thread so I can periodically check up on it until someone can explain where my life savings has been going these past three years. Those bastards.This is pretty basic explanation [Why Is Higher Education So Expensive?] [The Shocking Truth About Student Debt]The average college deb... |
Why can't touchscreens recognize a touch while a finger is being held on it in another location? | Not all phones/apps are like that. It's more likely for ease of use. But there are tons of applications that you can use multiple fingers on. |
Why can't railguns be connected directly to the outlet? | Your outlet doesn't give you enough power fast enough. That's what the capacitors are for. They can store a lot of power delivered slowly and release it all very quickly.The current requirements are much more than what outlet can provide. And besidds., the outlet is AC. Magnetic coils operate on DC. |
Superconductors: How can something carry with no loss at all? Wouldn't it just be asymptotic, with increasingly small resistances? | No, the resistance does drop as the temperature drops but at the critical temperature the resistance drops to zero and current will flow without loss. A highly simplified way to imagine how it works is that the atoms in the substance are so cold that they don't have enough vibrational energy to affect the elections as ... |
Why the facebook chat list is structured that way, and why people I haven´t speak with in years are located near the top? | Those people are at the top because despite the fact that you haven't spoken to them in years, you check their profile everyday so they remain at the top. |
Where does all the school funding actually go? | * Building, Maintenance, Utilities * Salaries * Finance - Debt service* Materials - computers Paper, Toner, cups and stuff for food service, Pencils, Books, etc Should go to all the same places. but more of it If we had just spent any of those TRILLIONS that we spent in the last 10 years playing WAR we would have had w... |
How are key/door/locks makers manufacturing so many keys/locks etc. without ever repeating a combination? Or do they repeat them and hope no one will figure out they have the same key combination? | my buddy and I had our first cars both had a single key for door and ignition. So one day just messing around as we were walking to his car I tried opening his car with my key . and it worked! we died laughing and then tried starting the car it didn't. But it was funny that our keys could open each others cars. |
Hugging in a boxing match | Fighting is hard. It's a rest they are sharing. But they have to be careful when they do it because their opponent will probably still try to hit them during or right after the rest. |
why are you constantly thirsty when having Diabetes Type I? | You aren't. You can be, but it has to do with the fact that your kidneys are doing overtime to dump glucose and ketones in the urine and unabated glucose creation in the liver . _URL_0_", 'Urine is created to keep your system in balance, especially keeping blood at the right salt/sugar concentration. To address too muc... |
Is it possible to win a full scale nuclear war? | No, because you can't win a grenade battle in a closet. Nuclear attacks are suicide attacks. |
why does the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GT86 look like identical cars? Surely someone ripped off the others design? | It's because they are the same car with different badging. It's a neat thing car companies do to save a buck |
Why do residents of Puerto Rico get to vote on the primaries but not on the actual presidential elections? | Because the national parties have chosen to give residents of PR the ability to select delegates who help determine the parties' nominees. They're private organizations and can choose to do so if they please. But constitutional rules prevent PR residents from voting in the general election because PR isn't a state, and... |
Why is it sometimes when I lay down in bed at night, I get really bad depth perception and everything looks far away for a short period of time. | Ooh, I've had this, sometimes when I'm ill. Not had it for years, though. |
Why are iPads experiencing such a steep decline? | Because it's a durable good with multiple redundancies. Most people who would want an iPad already have an iPad. Those people probably also have a smartphone and a laptop, maybe a desktop computer and a game console or two, maybe a Roku, etc. Among all those devices, people would probably upgrade their phone first, the... |
Antimicrobial surfaces like copper or brass. | I only really know how to explain this like a chemistry major who did a little bio chemistry, but I'm going to try and get this to a 5 year old level. Cells are little self sustaining chemical reactions. If you put the right amount of chemical into the wrong reaction, you can change the result of that reaction. Copper ... |
How planet's rotation affects on day length? How is that related? And If I lived on 12-days-planet, then my age will be half? | The **rotation** is the planet spinning on its axis, which produces the day/night cycle. The sun is high above your head at noon, but as the earth spins, the sun appears to be moving away from above you, towards the horizon, because the planet is spinning and blocking your view of the sun. But 24h later, the sun will b... |
Why isn't Lena Dunham getting the same treatment as Josh Duggar when they did the exact same thing? | She did get quite a bit of heat for a period of time. I believe her book sales were adversely affected. This Duggar thing just came to light, soon it will pass and people won't be talking about it anymore, either. |
Why do some people have such a hard time losing weight, (even gaining massive amounts) while others can eat whatever they please and still remain skinny? | Well you see son/daughter. .. it's like this bucket right here that has a small hole in the bottom of it. Notice how slowly the water leaks out of the bottom? Now look at this other bucket. the hole is a little bigger so the water leaks out faster. Notice when we add water to each bucket that the one with the smaller h... |
Why do car companies make average, everyday autmobiles capable of speeds any higher than 80-85 mph? | Here in Austin, we have 80 mph speed limits. Hell, you won't get pulled over unless you're going over 90. Edit: some of our toll roads aren't 80, they're 85 |
When you're swallowing food or a drink, and you accidentally swallow air with it, what is that intense pain in your chest and throat that follows for several seconds? | Am I the only one who has never experienced this? This is the first I've heard of it. |
Why does too much sleep give you headaches? | It never happens to me. See /u/theletterqwerty 's post. Too much sleep just makes me want to pee. Then I get up, pee and go back to sleep if I'm still feeling like it. And yeah, I do sleep for 12+ hours at times.Being in the same position too long can things such as headaches and other aches. Sit down in a chair for a ... |
How much power does China have over Taiwan? | I'm from Taiwan, so I can offer some perspective to this. In general, China doesn't have any control over Taiwan. We maintain our own government, military, currency, economy, etc. without the influence of China. So it is more of a case of hardcore denial. However, China does use more subversive measures to try and infl... |
How does psychological projection happen in the mind? Why is it so common? | I've always wondered this myself. Maybe because your insecurities are in the forefront of your brain? So you'd notice someone with a feature that reminds you of your own insecurities more often? |
why does our nose get stuffy when we lay down for the night but clear up when we are out and about? | I think it's a matter of blood flow. When you're laying down, there's more blood pumping in your head and that swells the tissue around your sinuses. Even as I sit here, I can put my head down and within seconds I feel a rush of blood to my head and it becomes harder to breathe through my nose. When I lift my head, the... |
Why are Republicans so opposed to Hillary Clinton running for office? | She is fairly well liked and respected amongst many Democrats and some Republicans, and would likely drive many female voters to the polls, even some who might not have voted otherwise. Surprising for a member of Obama's cabinet, her approval has been independent of the president's. That isn't a very comforting idea wh... |
My doctor said I had inflamed gums and I need to floss everyday. How does flossing reduce inflammation not exacerbate it? | Your gums are inflamed as a precursor to a bacterial infection. Flossing is more important than brushing because a brush can't reach below the gum line. Healthy tissue doesn't want to grow on or near bacteria or plaque, which will cause your gums to recede as a natural reaction. This puts your teeth and gums at further... |
Why do the healthiest of foods cause bad gas? | Actually it is because most of people eat that food not so often, so their gut bacteria doesn't know how to digest it, but researches shows that if you eat legumes every day for 21 day your bacteria will adapt and you will get maximum 3% gas more than usual if at all |
Why are mines resource specific (Iron, coal, etc), instead of general purpose? | You don't dig a mine to extract what you want from the ground. You dig a mine to extract what's there. Coal-bearing rocks are different geologic structures than iron bearing rocks. |
How the heck do I stop my clothes from shrinking?? | Buy bigger clothing so that they shrink to the right size. Buy preshrunk clothing. Buy clothing that isn't made of shrinking materials. Don't machine dry your clothing, hang dry it. Don't use the hot setting on the drier. |
When your hands are cold and you put them under lukewarm water it feels burning hot. If you can get past the perceived heat, will you actually get a burn? | Your nerves were numbed by the cold, and are now waking up. There is also the factor of your nerves adjusting to the previous temperature, and now being over sensitive . An actual burn is caused by your flesh cooking , this simply isn't possible with warm water, no matter how it feels when your hands are really cold. O... |
Why do we have certain dreams that are 'repeated'? | To be fair, I HAVE wondered from time to time if there's not an ounce of truth in some of those dream interpretation theories. I've had weird, repetitive, even symbolic-type dreams that could only make sense to me .and I'm as skeptical a type as you'll find. I'm not averse to the idea that our minds process that which ... |
How do you cut a wedding cake? | sometimes you don't even eat the cake if it's a really elaborate one that you do eat, there's usually one or two layers that are meant for eating and the rest is for show, although technically edible. usually those cakes are made with a special frosting call fondant that you can mold easily and it tastes like sugary sh... |
Why aren't there any major coastal cities in Antarctica? | International agreements forbid resource extraction on Antarctica, so there's no economic motivation. Early on there were a few small whaling outposts on outlying islands and that's about it. Besides, it's far harsher than Yakutsk. To put it in perspective, there are exactly two species of vascular plants native to the... |
- Whether the chances of getting 6 consecutive numbers on the Lottery, is less or the same as getting 6 random numbers. | You are correct. The numbers printed on the balls don't mean anything. They could just as easily have been letters, or colours or random smiley faces. The sequence 1, 2, 3, 4 etc isn't more special than any other random sequence. |
How do foaming soap dispensers work and how do they change liquid soap to foam? | I'm local soaper and also have 15 years working in industrial food processing before I changed my career to law enforcement. The aerated dispensers often have a chamber right before or after the pump mechanism that will add air to the liquid soap. You don't necessarily use less soap in this case. It depends how dirty t... |
How do they name guns and what do the numbers at the end of the names mean? | Model Number", kind of like cars. Hope this helps. go to /r/guns for more information, they are real helpful. |
With regards to the weather, Why does a low pressure system result in low temperatures and high pressure system result in high temperatures. | It's more the other way around. Heat makes the air less dense which creates a lower pressure and cold does the opposite. It's like how hot air rises and hot air balloons fly. The hotter air is less dense, and wants to rise up until it finds are the same density creating less pressure were it was as it leaves. It's also... |
Why does government still allow people to buy cigarette, despite the strong link between cancer and smoking is obvious? | For the same reason alcohol is still allowed/prohibition didn't work; people would lose their minds and you would just end up with even more dangerous black market smokes. |
Why do we boil water to power turbines when there are other liquids (such as alcohol) with lower boiling points, requiring less energy? | 1. Latent Heat of Vaporization - The energy released or absorbed during a constant-temperature process. To phase change boiling water into saturated steam takes 970 btu's of energy plus the BTU's to heat the water up to boiling. Meaning steam can carry a shit ton of energy once super heated. 2. Availability - self expl... |
Why do humans tend to get congested after a night of drinking? | Very interesting, I usually get somewhat congested when I drink pretty much any alcohol but then Kronenburg beer is a whole different animal; By the end of the first bottle I'm very runny, by the end of the second bottle it's like someone built an airlock in my nasal passages. |
Why won't gas prices go back to pre-9/11 prices if we are producing as much if not more oil? | 1) Financialization of MarketsA)The Financialization of Commodities - There is a lot of buying and selling of oil beforehand - this buying and selling of contracts before the oil is even extracted. This raises the price by adding middlemen that are only there to extract profit.B) The Financialization of the economy as ... |
Why piston engines are less efficient and being used less than turbine engines. | First off, they're called Stirling engines. Although you're partly correct regarding the source of energy , this is only partially true. It's the expansion of the gas inside the pistons that drives the engine in a closed circuit system, but a heat source is required to heat said gasses, which can become a problem in si... |
How can my computer mouse accurately detect distance and direction, despite my mousepad being entirely one color? | Depends on the mouse. Touch pads, detect heat and pressure and translate that motion you make with your fingers to an equivalent motion on the screen. Trackball style mice, detect motion using a moving ball, one that can rotate in all directions and is translated to motion using wheels inside the mouse housing that mea... |
What is and what happens at Planck Temperature? | I've covered the question of what exactly the planck temperature is [here], check out the last paragraph and if that leaves any questions, please ask. As for what exactly happens there: We don't know. Our laws of physic break down beyond that temperature. The fundamental forces start acting weirdly and we get wrong res... |
What is the deal with "verification" posts? Why do people need to verify they're female? | If you're talking about /r/gonewild, it's not about verifying that they're female, it's about verifying that they're actually the person in the pictures. It's to prevent somebody from taking pictures from a cam/porn site and pretending to be the person in them. |
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