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Is modern industry able to make cheap paper not from wood? | Paper gets made from fibres such as linen, too, and a lot of paper is recycled. It would come down to cost, whether synthetic polymers would do the job and be cost-effective . Tyvek® has many of the properties of paper - e.g, it's flexible and you can write on it - but it's more expensive.Even if we could make paper ch... |
How does diversity enhance workplace productivity? | It doesn't on its own. Most of the time companies are just filling hiring quotas. How can it make te workplace more productive?Well you get different people working together towards one goal. Different people of different walks of life can lead to multitude of solutions and one good person in charge can blend those ide... |
Why does it get greenish outside when a tornado is coming? | I always tell people this when they come to Iowa and they look at me like I'm crazy. Before I left work yesterday morning, I told my boss it looks like there is gonna be a tornado today. She said no the news said its only gonna be a thunderstorm. I went outside and could feel the temperature change and laughed. Sure en... |
How accurate is The Newsroom's portrayal of Global Warming in this interview? | So first things first, my climate science experience was doing a research project as a summer student during undergrad about five years ago, so I am happy to be corrected by others. I still have lots of friends doing climate science research though. It is an interview that I can see happening in 10-15 years if we still... |
Why do cats almost always walk in a circle before they sit down? | I like to look where I'm about to put my bum when I'm gonna sit down. I might feel a little nervous about my landing if I didn't glance at least .I imagine it's much harder for 4 legged animals to look while they've started the sitting motion like we can, they coud use the circle method to look over where they're about... |
How can a high-wealth individual effectively drop their income tax rate to zero? | You can create a foundation, then donate your money/assets to a trust that on your death pays out to the foundation. That trust will pay you X amount of money until you die, and all proceeds donated to the trust will be tax free. That's US-specific. |
why do wrecking balls, and possibly other wrecking equipment spray water from the top? | It might be for dust control, water will settle the dust from demolitions so that it doesn't contaminate the surrounding environment and create hazardous conditions for the workers/people who pass by.If you mean machines that cut into hard surfaces it is to lubricate the cutting surface and cool it. Otherwise, the cutt... |
Why do places like India and China have such a higher population than the rest of the world? | They don't. India and China have about the same square km size as Europe, however, Europe has a lot more mountainous regions and areas of low/little farming/habitation compared to those regions if you account for everything. Europe has a population of ~900 million with China and India having 1.3 and 1.2 Billion respect... |
How do apps like Soundhound and Shazam so accurately ID songs? | I've worked a bit with a system called [Echonest] that does something similar. Basically you can use Echonest to create a database of 'fingerprints' for the music in question. Depending on the power/flexibility of the system, those fingerprints can be matched to the song, someone humming the song, a low quality version... |
Why do we work so hard against extinction of any species, when 99.9% of species naturally die out? | It depends. If a species is going extinct naturally, I think we should let it go, maybe a keep a few in captivity or something. However, there are many species that have gone extinct or are going extinct due to human activity, and sometimes, this can have a great affect on the ecosystem. Take Great White Sharks, for ex... |
How do ants seem to find food so easily? | Cool! I'm so happy right now for having learned this about ants! I was really curioused but didn't really think of looking it up and here I find almost the coolest facts about them! But what about when a food is in your bag and you're in a vehicle, surely there is no ant anywhere there and it is moving the time I put a... |
what is the beneficial role of mosquitoes in the circle of life? | They happen to pollinate blueberries and other berries. So there's that. I'm not sure about what else fills that niche but there are possibly others. In certain regions that lack honey bees this is vital. Edit: added information from further research.You should read this: [Scientists: Go ahead, kill all the mosquitoes]... |
Why does it take so long for Windows to find a device driver - locally or via Windows Update. | Because Windows looks like it was designed by a hundred different teams at MS. Apparently no one talks to each other and they all like to pass blame off to other groups. This means certain things just don't work well. I remember seeing some MS emails released as part of some lawsuit where Bill Gates was trying to use/u... |
Is there a possible way to speed up the process of ridding a location of radiation? For example, after a nuclear accident such as in Japan or at Chernobyl. | You can remove the loose radioactive materials that are emitting radiation and move them elsewhere, as [the hazmat crews in Japan did with a special gel]. Aside from that there's no way to make the radioactive materials non-radioactive except to let it decay naturally. |
Why do you have to turn your car off to pump gas, but police can leave their cars running? | I used to repo cars. Some cars batteries were so dead that we had to leave them running while pumping gas. I've also seen people use their cell phones and open their doors. I think those precautions are just being super cautious. |
Why do big objects look like they're in slow motion? | Because you're looking at their motion relative to themselves. A giant in a movie will take longer to take a step than a human, despite the fact that the step carries them MUCH further they appear to be slower. |
Why do companies design bottles in such way that you can't get all of the product (e.g. Ketchup or shampoo) out of the bottle? | If it was like a toothpaste tube people would be pissed the bottle won't stand up in the fridge. What design did you have in mind? |
What's the difference between DRAM and VRAM? | DRAM is those sticks of RAM you usually have 4 slots for on your motherboard. It's purpose is just random access. VRAM is dedicated RAM hard lined into your video card in order to render and produce complicated video feeds and physics actions in a program. This ram is designed to do just that and not much more. |
The reason and use of the serial numbers on cash bills/currencies and why coins do not have such | Not only what u/WRSaunders said, but paper currency can be tracked around the country/globe by serial number, which is a way to prevent counterfeiting. Counterfeiting coins is a very lengthy process and usually requires not only the mold, but the correct *type of metal*, making the fake coin nearly as valuable as the r... |
Why are milk-derived products so much less common in the cuisines of East Asia than elsewhere? | They just didn't have cows in East Asia. Domesticated cattle originated in Europe, and East Asia stayed very closed to outside cultural influence for most of its history. |
On Fullscreen, why can I hide most of my mouse cursor on the right/down side but not top/left? | the hotspot on your mouse cursor is on the end of the arrow . this stays on screen but the tail.. it doesn't matter. |
What happens when websites/servers go down for maintenance? | Usually it's to - put the code on a different machine - install a new version of their website - Install a piece of software that requires i.e. a reboot - More |
Why is it safe to take some medications orally during pregnancy, but unsafe to breastfeed whilst on the same medication? | There is a filtration barrier of sorts between the infant and the mother while it is in the womb and some drugs are not able to pass through that barrier. So it was not in your baby's blood. These same drugs may be able to get into the breast milk of the mother as it does not have the protective barrier that the placen... |
Are we creating a super flu by making a new vaccine each year? | Think of it like this. You have a military base facing a large amount of ground troops with assault rifles. These troops of your cannot defend themselves against it and bases are slowly overrun, thr bases are falling and they move on to the next guy. The scientists are working for a way to help these troops defend them... |
Why did languages start to gender words, especially categorizing most objects as male or female? | le soleil", is masculine; the moon, on the other hand, being much more gentle, was ruled by a goddess, Luna, hence the French word for "the moon |
If a single state, like Colorado, passes a single-payer health insurance program, what's to prevent people who don't pay taxes from rushing the state? | Tell him not to pack up just yet. Amendment 69 is polling very poorly, recent polls only show 30% of voters support it. If it did pass, though, you're right. Colorado residency requires that you: * Own or operate a business in Colorado or * Are employed in Colorado or * Have lived in Colorado for 90 days. Were Amendmen... |
How do pharmaceutical companies make money when everything prescribed is the "generic" brand? | IIRC, in the UK at least they are entitled to keep the patent exclusively for 10 years, then it will be publicly available for reproduction. \rAlthough, I'm not sure exactly how but, they have this sneaky trick were they make a molecule that does the job they want then they add on some extra inactive molecules, then ev... |
Why do do people cap their fps? Isn't more frames = better? | 1. Your display shows pictures at a constant rate . 2. In signal processing, there is a concept known as Nyquist's frequency. It gets mathy and technical, but in short it means: You need to sample a signal with a rate at least 2X the signal's frequency, otherwise you'll get distortion . At the end of the day, this mean... |
Why is Northern Ireland still controlled by the UK? | The really short, really basic version is, because the majority of the population there want it to be, for now at least. There are two main opinions in NI on the status of NI, the Unionists who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom and the Nationalists . Mostly this is split along the same groups as their religious... |
how celebrity trials/court proceedings move so quickly when other judicial processes seem to take forever? | Michael Jackson's trial wasn't that quick. He was charged on December 18, 2003, and the jury verdict was rendered on June 13, 2005. Tom Brady's trial needs to be quick because the suspension will become moot if we wait 2 years. |
Does this actually work and if so how? [math] | As you probably know 0 *2 = 0 *1 is true Yet the following is false : 2 = 1 So we cannot go from the first equality to the second one. That's basically because we cannot divide by 0 .One of my favorite false math things is: * n^2 = n * n* n * n = n + n + n + + n * d/dx = 1 + 1 + 1 + + 1 * 1 + 1 + 1 + + 1 = n* So, d/dx ... |
Why do YouTube Channels sign away their IP and Ad Revenue to join Multi-Channel Networks? | As well as everything else that's been mentioned: protection from morons. If somebody decides to DMCA-troll a channel, the MCNs can generally deal with it fairly quickly and easily, more so than a single channel could.Probably the same reason anyone starting out small-ish would sign with a larger entity: exposure to a ... |
Why is gay marriage still an issue in the 2016 election? What could a president do to reverse the Supreme Court's decision? | Realistically, there's not much the president can do directly. However, there are 2 main things that the president can influence that may lead to invalidating the Supreme Court decision. First is, as others have mentioned, pushing for a Constitutional amendment that will overturn the Supreme Court's decision. Because o... |
What causes our eyes to turn red in a photo? | Going to trying going a little younger with my language based on the other answers. A camera's flash is key to red-eye in photos. The flash is so bright and aimed directly at the subject that it can light up deep inside the opening of the eye, showing the color of this part of the eye. That explains what we're seeing, ... |
What would happen if a hole 2cm wide opened in my submarine while at the bottom of the Mariana's Trench? | The pressure would force a jet of water into the cabin at *extremely* high speeds. Water moving at that speed can easily cut metal, and you'll quickly have many more holes in your submarine. In a fraction of a second, the submarine fills with water, crushing any living thing inside under the pressure . |
Why is there a stigma/hate against Human Resource departments? | Bullshit corporatese interview questions requiring an arms-race of insincerity in order to get hired. Endless fucking team-building workshops, bullshit personality tests, bureaucracy-laden performance reviews, endless PowerPoint presentations by people who Really Believe In Them and have zero productivity requirements ... |
How are ads played on data not considered data theft? | On which websites ? As much as I dislike ads, they're the reason why so much content on internet is free. Peoples are paying to ensure you see these ads, and so you don't have to pay for the content. ", 'There's probably something about this on the "terms and conditions" that no one reads. That's probably why it's not ... |
If restaurant goers are not forced to tip after their meal, how is it legal for waiters/waitresses to get paid less than minimum wage? | Most states require that if tips don't result in a waitstaff employee's pay being above the legal minimum, the restaurant is required to pay them enough minimum wage. However, given the operating conditions at most restaurants, I suspect requesting such would almost certainly result in the dismissal of said employee fo... |
What is the difference between atmospheric, vacuum, gage, and absolute pressure? Visuals and analogies are welcomed. | Absolute pressure = pressure relative to vacuum . atmospheric = pressure of the air. 101 kPa, or ~14 psi. Atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa absolute vacuum pressure = atmospheric pressure - pressure in the vessel gauge = pressure in the vessel - atmospheric pressure . Tyre pressures are measured in gauge pressure. So if ... |
How is energy produced on the sun? | Basically, there's so much hydrogen in one place, that the gravity of it all makes it crush in on itself at the middle. When it does this the two Hydrogen atoms fuse together and make something new. Not everything gets used up as part of this, though. There are left over particles that get shot out as part of the explo... |
Is 20°C twice as hot as 10°C? | No. Temperature is linear so when you double it you are doubling the affect. However, you are not looking at it in absolutes . If you did convert you would be comparing 283 K to 293 K which is obviously not doubling. If you were asking 280K to 140K it would be a correct assumption. Problem is, using absolute values isn... |
why we cover our mouths with our hands when we're shocked. | Actually your response to shock is to open your mouth, covering it is just a natural reflex so shit doesn't get in.Maybe because we see it on hollywood. We learn expression and language from those around us, maybe its a learned behavior? just speculation no actual data.So no one puts a dick in your mouth when it's open... |
If cancer is due to damages DNA, how do children, with newer DNA, get cancer so often? | How new the DNA is isn't an indicator of how undamaged it is. If the DNA started damaged, it could result in cancer immediately. The process of generating DNA for offspring is not perfect and mutation and other DNA-copying mechanism errors can cause problems in new DNA. |
With all of the pyramid schemes, or simply scams disguised as a job (receive and resend packages, etc.), how exactly can you determine the real career opportunities to the schemes? | If it sounds too good to be true, it is. If you have to pay them to start working, it's a scam. If they want you to sell products that no one wants, it's a scam. If they talk a lot about huge amounts you can earn from home or in your spare time, it's a scam. If the ad doesn't mention the company, it's a scam. If you go... |
Why does wet nail polish dry so quickly when you spray Pam (cooking spray) on your nails? | Woah, does this really work? How fast will the nails dry using your method? I've stopped painting my nails because they always seem to mess up in the long drying period. |
Why aren't all new computers sold with only USB 3.0 ports? | Because older ones are Cheeper, if it's a low cost PC/laptop you stick in low cost parts. |
Why do Space Shuttles leave billowing exhaust behind them but China's rockets leave nothing? | It looks like the solid-fuel booster rockets are producing the large orange exhaust, whereas the shuttle's own engines produce a transparent exhaust similar to the Shenzhou-10 exhaust. |
Why do bugs circle people's heads. | It's the most exposed part of you and as such releases the most chemicals - i.e., exhaled breath, oils, other junk insects are attracted. |
why are there almost no video games with sex even though we have 18+ rating and gore is ok? | There are plenty, but they are much harder to pull off.It's easy to makesomehing look brutal or disgusting, and the mechanics of violence are easy and straight-forward. It's much harder to make something that looks sex and appealing, and even harder to animate, write and program the logic behind it. Sex is rather compl... |
Why must I keep updating Adobe Flash every couple of weeks? | If you use a Mac why do you have Flash?Just use chrome for those sites. It keeps its own flash engine up to date and you don't have to worry about it |
Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign? What has he been doing since? | Pope Benedict XVI was very old, and believed it was his time to step down from a position that a younger old man could carry on with, rather than holding it until death. It shows a progression within the church, much like how most monarchies now allow women to ascend to power rather than following tradition. What he's ... |
Why do we still have AM radio? | When radio, particularly AM radio, began to plummet in popularity in the 90s, a significant percentage of the stations were bought up by conservative talk radio and conservative, evangelical religious broadcasters. That's *really* big business these days. AM signals can carry for long, long distances, particularly at n... |
How did early hominid/human menstruation pass natural selection procedure when bleeding for five days would attract predators in the wild? | As some other contributors mention, it probably didn't occur as frequently. Below a certain percentage of body fat , monthly cycles will lighten off dramatically or cease, so if getting enough food was a constant challenge, the females may not have had ample body fat to bleed each month, at least to the degree the mode... |
How is it that being able to pass a top secret security clearance test isn't part of the process of running for president? | In the United States, the authority of the federal government to classify material, and to issue security clearances, is granted by statute, specifically [50 USC Subchapter III.] By law, the president of the US holds the ultimate authority to make determinations regarding the classification of information. That's the *... |
Why copyright lawyers and legal departments don't just Google mp3s exactly the way we do, and shut down the websites where they are hosted? | They can only have the song taken down, not the site. The sites cannot be held responsible for the types of files their users upload, even if it seems like its the sites express purpose. If the RIAA had this kind of power to report a site to the Feds and have it taken down, they'd be too powerful. They'd use it against... |
If all countries from richest to poorest are operating on borrowed money, to whom is it all owed? | All money is created as debt. That's how our currencies work. Government bonds are just an amount of debt created when the bond is sold. And because interest is accrued, the amount owed will always be greater than the amount of money that exists. This is why economies must always grow, as it is the only way to service ... |
Why are most heavenly bodies spherical or nearly spherical? | That's how gravity works. As mass increases, the gravity does as well. That is focused around a central point and as it accumulates mass, it distributes it as evenly as possible around that point. |
When you're composing on the level of Beethoven or Bach, how much of it is theoretical and mathematical and how much of it is emotive improvisation? | I'm reading Godel Escher Bach at the moment, and I was sort of wondering this as well. |
What difference did St. John Paul make to history and to the Catholic Church? | To start with, he served as Pope for almost 28 years. Because of this long tenure and easier methods of transportation he was able to travel more than any other Pope. He traveled around the world and touched the lives of millions and millions of people who had never seen a Pope before. They were moved by him. Many peop... |
what's the difference between a state and a province? | The only consistent difference is the spelling. Some countries/nations/thingies/kingdoms choose to spell their subdivisions one way, and others choose to spell it a different way. If you wish to understand the exact political relationship between the parts and whole, you have to study the politics of that country in de... |
Why is the film industry moving to Georgia? | It's a huge industry, so other states are offering tax rebates to incentivize filming there. Georgia is one of the biggest ones doing that. |
Why do all the planets appear on one horizontal plane in diagrams? | Because they pretty much *are* on the same orbital plane. _URL_3_ There a slight differences but there's no need for them to be reflected when your model isn't going to be to scale anyway.They are for the most part. the largest deviation i believe is 15 degrees from the horizontal plane. this is caused by the solar sys... |
Why do the American, Australian and English accents sound so different? | The countries are geographically separated, which means that for a couple hundred years people from one really didn't talk to the others regularly. Electronic communication only really took off in the late 20th century.This meant that any change to the accent in a given country would not be heard by people from the oth... |
How does animal camouflage work? | Why do you think that it is impossible for those animals to have exactly those color schemes? Being just a little bit like the surroundings is an advantage, being even more like them is even more of an advantage, and so there'd be a strong benefit in a stable environment to looking more and more that way. As an aside, ... |
Why is twilight so bad? | I had a vague dislike for it before reading the books or seeing the films, just because of trailers really. I can now confirm that the first book at least is utter shit. Over the summer we went to a wedding, and I used my Dad's kindle a lot, including a large torrent of misc novels that I'd downloaded for him. The Twil... |
Why won't NASA just crowd fund their manned flight to Mars? | This is like asking why I didn't sell lemonade on the corner to fund my college education. The money they could make from crowdfunding is orders of magnitude smaller than what they need to go to Mars. According to kickstarter they have gotten pledges for nearly 2 billion dollars so far, for all their projects combined.... |
State laws vs federal laws (for example marijuana) | The DoJ isn't actively seeking to enforce those laws for states with legal recreational or medical marijana laws on their books, if I recall correctly. Edit: I should also point out that those states are violating Federal law and the DoJ could reverse stance and choose to enforce them, but they aren't currently under t... |
Nintendo Switch system requirements are a max of 32g for SD card. Why wouldn’t a 128g be compatible? | They chose to only support up to SDHC and not SDXC You look at the plastic and think all SD cards are the same but your computer treats them differently based on size and needs to know how to talk to each Basic SD cards are up to 2GB and are formatted with FAT16 SDHC are formatted as FAT32 and support 2GB to 32GB SDXC ... |
What makes Messi and Ronaldo so much better than other elite footballers? | This is a great article explaining why Messi is so good. _URL_2_ A summary;Messi is the best dribbler in the world, the best passer in the world, the best chance creator for his teammates in the world, one of the most accurate shooters from inside the penalty area in the world, one of the most accurate shooters from ou... |
Why do birth defects increase when people give birth when they're older? | The quality of the woman's eggs declines as she ages. In simplistic terms, the good quality eggs are used first. |
Why Are misleading scientific studies allowed to be published as 100% true on the media? | experts noticed a trend" , its usually jumping to massive assumptions based on a small subset of data or one specific test. The articles just sell hyperbole and avoid ever catagorically stating that something is true but you'll damn well feel like they did after reading the article because of the phrasing they'll use. |
Why do humans need toilet paper ? | actually 3/4 of humans don't. [source - toilet paper facts] :) it also has to do with the position our body is in when we sit on a toilet seat, which is less efficient at expelling waste than when in a crouched position.Humans don't necessarily need it, but us in the first world have really fucked up human function. By... |
Can you denounce your citizenship and be technically and officially a citizen of no country? | To add a bit to #5: while there's no international set limit on how many citizenships you can hold at the same time, some countries do not allow dual citizenships and some countries do have a nominal limit of how many you can hold or which specific countries you may be a dual citizen of. Considering the requirements fo... |
Why does an oxygen molecule have to oxygens (O2) but a say sulfur is just S? | According to Wikipedia, elemental sulfur usually exists in chains of eight sulfur atoms with a symbol of S8. I guess it's just uncommon to refer to it that way. _URL_0_", 'Since when do five-year-olds ask about chemistry? This belongs in r/askscience. |
Why do dogs sleep so much | My dog only sleeps when I'm on my computer , which I assume is because I'm not active . Do you spend a lot of time on the computer or in other 'quiet' activities? They might not have anything to do but sleep during that time, unless you give them a toy or something. |
How do life insurance companies make profit? | Take $10 from 100 people every month for a year. When 1 person dies, pay him $1,000. Statistically you've done the math that says only 1 person on aversge dies each year. Some year might have 2 or 3, but other years might have none. You just need to balance how much revenue vs how much payout.They take all the premiums... |
English currency (the old system) | The basics were that you had 12 pennies to the shilling, and 20 shillings to the pound. Therefore a pound was worth 240 pennies. Those were the core units of currency. Additionally, at various times there have been other denominations based on various multiples of the above. A farthing was a quarter of a penny, a halfp... |
Why are western nations upset now that the Russians are bombing ISIS? | The U.S. dislikes the Syrian regime and believes that its violence against its own people is feeding a legitimate rebellion against them. However, ISIS, while opposing the Syrian Government, is considered a larger threat, so we're fighting them. The U.S. thinks that the current Syrian regime should hand over power to a... |
If you are born on February 29 of a leap year, when is your birthday? | I have a friend who has birthday on February 29th and he celebrates on March 1st, his argument is, that he wasn't there on Feb. 28th.Also in germany it's considered rude and bringing bad luck if you congratulate before the actual birthday. EDIT: I suck at spelling |
why are radar detectors even legal | Once a radar detector detects anything it's already too late since it only alerts you to detection and does not stop you from being detected", 'I fucking laugh my head off when people downvote things regarding driving like an asshole. The **vast** majority of us do drive like assholes, but ask almost any driver and the... |
Why does the skin of the penis not get pale like the rest of the body? Would it damage the penis/skin if it got a tan? | Part of what you think of the penis being tan is an illusion. It looks darker because it is all shriveled up while flaccid. All the melanin is closer together making it appear tan/darker. If it gets hard, it won't have that appearance. I don't see why the penis would get damaged if it got tan, it's thinner skin but not... |
Why are some languages so incredibly diverse yet all of them use the same question and exclamation marks? | I think it's because of Western influence that we have similar exclamation and question marks. Take Chinese for example, Ancient Chinese had no spaces nor punctuation marks. You have to interpret the flow through the rythm of the writing. Chinese punctuation marks are introduced in the 20th century and were influenced ... |
9/10 on the end of gas per gallon price. | It's just a psychological sales trick, like 99 cents instead of $1. In reality it's only 1% less. Then again, the 1% owns everything. Maybe gas stations are proof of the illuminati. |
The TV show Cosmos seems to have caused a big stir in the US. Why is this? | A few main things, as unbiased as I can be: It's caused a positive stir among many who appreciate a very well made science documentary on prime time TV, echoing the late Carl Sagan's groundbreaking show and making complicated scientific ideas accessible to the mainstream community It's caused a negative stir amongst se... |
What is Cyclomatic complexity? | It's hard to count code. Counting the number of lines is the bullshittiest bullshit way of measuring how complex a piece of software is. Cyclomatic complexity is an attempt to be more accurate. Imagine a software program that never branches. None. No `if`, no `while`, no `goto`. It does the SAME thing every time, no ma... |
Why doesn't water taste like... Well anything? | It's because you haven't put enough gin in it.What? Water tastes like something. It tastes like water.i've heard that it was a survival technique, the better the water the less taste. if we where to taste water that had too much taste we might of not drank it. Im not sure how true this is though", 'It does. Go down to ... |
Why do we "feel good" | This is an unanswerable question. There is no 'why', it simply is. Those chemicals make us feel good. What transducer the chemical action into the lived experience of good though? We can't answer that for the foreseeable future. What is feeling good? Depends on how one wants to interpret it. E.g., I could understand th... |
Adding salt to my water allows me to retain fluid better. Why? | Your kidneys use a salt gradient to suck the water out of your urine before it reaches your bladder. If your body doesn't have enough salt, it can't efficiently concentrate your urine and therefore you pee out more water. |
Why are some games only released for a console (Xbone/PS4) but not on PC? Aren't all games written in a programming language that PC's can compile? | Two factors play into it. First and foremost, marketing. You have to pay money to design a game for a console, and a lot of the time you can get a discount if you make your game 'exclusive' to that console. Sometimes it's just cheaper to refuse to sell your game on PCs. Secondly, hardware. A PC game has to recognize an... |
Why do some retailers put a quantity limit per purchase for an item? Wouldn't they want to sell as many as possible, regardless of who the buyer is? | I was at Walmart and saw a sign saying people could only buy 5 boxes of .22lr ammo. I think it's so more people who are looking for that ammo will be able to buy at least some of it, and not have to entire inventory bought up by one person. |
Why do most phone/tablet manufacturers still make use of glass for screens? | Maybe the phone companies like that they break. That's more money for them when they do repairs and replacements |
If cashews have to be steamed or baked to be safe to eat, how did someone discover that? | there are some people out there who will try every thing possible, things that you can't even think of. even today, when it comes to games, you see people discover bugs and techniques that you would never have. that's just a game. when it comes to food, people are highly motivated. i see these posts all the time about ... |
How have we become so good at predicting the weather? I understand some meteorology but can't understand how we're able to predict temperature to the degree and even rainfall to the inch. | If you compare the five day out prediction to the actual weather you'll find that they're not accurate to the degree/inch. Only once the weather systems are nearly overhead can the predictions be that accurate. They are pretty good though, and based on models that use a hundred years of historical data and computer mod... |
Why does the air get cooler when something like a fan blows the air faster? | Imagine you have an 'outline' of heat around your body. This outline insulates you and keeps you warm. When a fan blows on you, it blows away your outline, which makes you feel cooler. |
Why do people bite their fingernails? | It's not entirely clear why nail biting occurs. It's considered an impulse control problem as well as a habit. Some people believe that most likely nail biting is instinctual, left over from our time as primates, and that when we're stressed these instincts come out against our will. |
Why do anti-depressants have such a terrible effect if you miss one? | Well depression is a tricky balancing act. Before medicine, the rock bottom feeling. Take it for a while, you lead a relatively normal life. Skip a dosage, you don't go directly to rock bottom, but to a few steps above that. Instead of being crippled by depression, you have some minor motivation. Just enough to be able... |
Why do some people owe lots of money to the IRS. | Because they made money, and either didn't tell the IRS about it , told the IRS about some money they made but not all of it , or told the IRS about it but made a mistake in the calculations . |
What is different about eggs that are advertised to contain omega 3's? | The chickens have been fed a diet that includes flaxseed which contains omega-3 fats, and some brands also supplement that with fish oil in the feed . The resulting amount of omega-3 that results in the egg is a tiny fraction of what you likely need . Here's an article about the topic from the Globe and Mail: _URL_0_ |
Can you shoot a gun in space? | It should be no problem, though I'm not aware of any actual tests. Gunpowder contains both fuel and a source of oxygen so it burns without requiring atmospheric oxygen. |
How does one make money off making porn videos, if they're freely accessible? | Mostly through advertisements for other porn sites. Like on pornhub for instance, you'll see a lot of ads for sites like adultfriendfinder and ashleymadison, which require payment so, in turn, they are able to pay the site for ads. |
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