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What is socialism & liberalism | Unfortunately you really need a much more defined question. A little context would be helpful. Eg where you're from, why you want to know etc.Socialism holds that the state should regulate things that would allow for profit that does not match the effort . An example: I buy land and there I find iron ore. I hire lots o... |
Besides moving away from family, why isn't every student moving to Germany now due to free college tuitions? | - The tuition might be free but the cost of living is not. Moving to another country is generally more expensive than moving to somewhere else in the same country. Getting a student loan to cover your costs is a lot harder if you're studying abroad.- You'd need to be able to speak German, and not just at a basic level.... |
How fucked is Donald Trump? | I mean, Donald Trump is incredibly wealthy. He can afford to miss out on the money he earns from his NBC ventures and still live a perfectly luxurious life. So, he isn't really *fucked,* but he's probably lost out on a lot of visibility and a good amount of potential income. |
Why are children being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border? | [This article breaks it down]. In a nutshell, this type of separation where prosecution for illegal entry was warranted has long been policy *for some proportion of cases warranting prosecution*, but the Trump administration has decided to significantly ramp up prosecution and treat people crossing the border as indivi... |
Why stagnant water makes humans sick and can potentially kill them but animals and bugs have no problems with it. | I'm pretty sure animals can get sick from stagnant water as well. My dog has to get a [leptospirosis] shot specifically for this. |
We often hear about first world and third world countries/problems ect. But why do we never hear about second world? | We can better understand the world in more granular detail today, there are a myriad of terms which are more useful than the old cold war references. EU trade bloc, EEA members, various free trade groupings, Mercosur and Unasur in Lat Am. The new pacific trade pact countries, when agreed. Internationally we have terms ... |
Why Did Sex Become A Taboo Subject | America has long been influenced by Christianity and sex is a big no no in it. This influenced culture by making sex taboo. If you were to look at a less religious place like the majority of Europe, sex is not nearly as taboo because religion isn't as prominent. |
How come we don't feel the earth's rotation? Or its revolution around the sun? | From a psychological point of view how would you know what standing on a planet which does not rotate felt like? From the moment we are born we experience the Earth's rotation. We should not also forget the brain is fond of taking 'short-cuts' by ignoring what is deemed unnecessary or unimportant stimuli Without an ade... |
Why do different species that are raised together not want to eat each other? | animals are generally motivated by food. in the absence of the need to eat, they have no reason to spend the energy to kill their cohabitants. the more intelligent the predator is, the more likely it tends to be that it will eat its neighbor. I've heard that it's because they get bored. |
Why do so many things now say "Contains a source of phenylalanine"? | Phenylalanine is an amino acid. In and of itself, it's harmless, and is important to the structure of many proteins. Excess Phe needs to be broken down and disposed of, same as any other amino acid. Normally, an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase sticks a hydroxyl group on, converting it into tyrosine, so it can b... |
Why does an ice skater’s kinetic energy increase when she pulls her arms in? | Ahhhhh many of the other answers are wrong. Source: I went to grad school for physics. OK, angular momentum stays the same. The moment of intertia does become less . But kinetic energy does increase! So where does the kinetic energy come from? From the skater pulling in their arms! If you've ever been on one of [those ... |
What do the motions mean when a conductor is guiding the orchestra with his wand? | Usually he's keeping time, but many of the motions are in areas that need to be emphasized, like a big entrance or a certain rhythm they were working hard on. He doesn't tell each individual section what to do unless it's very important for him to do so. Some motions can be whether to get louder or softer, he can dicta... |
. There are lots of different OTC painkillers (Tylenol, Anvil, Acetaminophen). What are they best for, and how can I determine which one to use for what? | So there are two basic types. Acetaminophen and NSAIDs. NSAIDs typically act on specific enzymes to block the function of pain receptors receiving more stimulation. I'm not even remotely quailified to answer this, but NSAIDs also reduce inflammation, hence the name. The main difference is in some side benefits.Some wor... |
if fruit is sweet to encourage animals to eat it and carry the seeds away from the parent tree, how do lemons and limes fit into this mix? | Your question suggests that parent trees produce sweet fruit *for the purpose* of attracting animals. That's not how evolution works, and that kind of phrasing will lead to many points of confusion. Those trees survived because animals liked sweet fruit. And, over time, by selective elimination of the less sweet fruits... |
How music travels through wires into speakers | First, it's important to understand how speakers work. A speaker vibrates and produces a sound because changes in electricity cause a change in a magnetic field which pulls part of the speaker . When this happens quickly, the speaker vibrates the air and you hear that as sound. Different speeds of vibration correspond ... |
Why do camera phones take much better photos outdoors than indoors? | There is a sensor in your phone which is responsible for collecting light and converting it to a picture. The larger the sensor the more light is collected and you can make a better picture or take one more quickly. Outside there is more light which allows for better pictures. When a sensor doesn't capture enough light... |
How are large computer files compressed into 1/4 of their size? | Imagine an image of a red square inside a blue square. In a raw format, all the pixels' data would be stored, e.g. red red red red red red blue blue blue red red red red A simple image compression algorithm would instead store the data as: 6 red, 3 blue, 4 red No data has been lost by doing this, but the data takes up ... |
the difference between a historian and someone who just really likes history? | This has already been said but a historian likely has a specialty, analyzes and applies all aspects of history to said specialty, writes a fuckton, works in a university. Person who likes history - takes a bunch of extra history classes in undergrad because it sounds fun, ends up with a double major in history, then ra... |
why grocery retailers like publix or Kroger sell roasted chickens for a cheaper price than they sell raw chickens | because the chickens that you can buy precooked come in bulk and have to be prepared so they are probably cheaper to buy for the store. Plus, if they don't sell, we either cool them down for sale as cold, pick the breast meat and cool it down for salads, or sell them at a reduced price. There's lots of room for profit ... |
How come there has been multiple GOP debates, but only one Democratic debate? | The obvious reason here is that there are probably 5 or 6 potential Republican candidates , while there's really either Bernie or Hillary for the Democrats. the sheer number of candidates forces the need for more debates since you can't talk about as much stuff in a single debate, and you need more time to determine wh... |
Why are untrained bouncers/doormen able to use physical force to detain for police/throw people out, while uniformed unarmed security guards may only observe and report? | There is pretty much no difference between a security guard and a bouncer in terms of legal authority. Both are entitled to use reasonable force in protecting property or preventing trespassing. Bouncers tend to use force more often because they deal with intoxicated patrons and people in fights. Since these people are... |
Why was the Treaty of Versailles so problematic? | Well, it's largely to blame for WWII, which was a pretty big deal. Germany was destroyed over a long term by crushing payments to the victorious country. This caused a lot of problems and left room for Hitler to come to power.The Allies *really* wanted to punish the losers of the war. The Ottoman and Austrian empires h... |
Why can a negative result on a DNA test clear a person of murder charges, but a negative result will not necessarily absolve a man from paying child support? | Being the parent of a child is a legal status, not a biological one. If you suddenly find out your 10 year old is not your biological child, you remain the legal parent. Part of the reason is so you can assert your parental rights for this child you have an ongoing relationship with, and part is because the courts hold... |
Why does America need oil from the Middle East? | Because 'having a ton' is not the whole discussion. Between the us, Canada and Mexico, there is about enough oil production to supply something like 88 percent of American demand. It is true we could drill for more in Texas and new mexico, but it is literally cheaper to purchase the equivalent amount of crude from the ... |
Why are "sorta", "wanna", and "gonna" not considered words? | want to", and "going to". Language does change over time, though.People may disagree with me here, and they would be wrong. A word is anything that people say which is understood by other people, and they understand it with the same meaning. A lot of people think the dictionary is an absolute reference book, they are u... |
How effective would martial arts be in a real street fight? | Mixed Martial Arts is very similar to the idea that you have. I know its very popular in the US. That said each martial arts technique has its own weaknesses and strengths. While I can't speak in detail certain styles are going to have clear advantages over another yet at the same time present unique challenges. For in... |
Why are there no consequences for political powerhouses (USA,China, Russia) for refusing to accept the rome-statute of the ICC? | All international law is voluntary. That's how the system works where every participant is sovereign . The UN is not a world government and neither is the ICC. Both are only able to enforce their edicts through cooperation but both are still important because they provide places where a bunch of nations can regularly a... |
What good does it do for companies to offer financing for such high priced items at such a low payment per month and with no interest? | Most companies that do this, like the car dealerships, or a mattress or furniture places, aren't actually the lender. Someone else is, they gets their money now. |
I've heard from some sources that cheap wine is just as good as expensive wine, but I've also heard the opposite from other sources. Who's right? | Most wine blind taste tests show, decent $10 a bottle wine tastes better then super cheap. Pretty good $25+ wine tastes better then $10 wine. Anything beyond that is a crap shot. So stick in that teen dollar priced wine and you'll be pretty good. |
Why do both parties have to consent to a divorce? | Here's how a divorce works: - Person A files for divorce. The paperwork generally includes information on both spouses, the reason the spouse is filing for divorce both spouses assets, information on children, and how Person A wants their assets divided and any proposed custody or child visitation arrangements. - Perso... |
How does the "I-feel-observed sense", that makes us feel uncomfortable when we feel like someone is watching us, even when we can't see clear evidence of someone watching us, work? | Maybe it's because we are social animals. We use feedback and other information to determine how we should act in the presence of other people. However when we don't know who is watching us or how they are reacting to our actions and expressions, we get a kind of social anxiety. We know they are in a position of power ... |
Why do introverts need more alone time than extroverts? | There is no such thing. It's all about where you get your energy from. If you recharge alne, then you are an introvert. If you get energy from others and feel drained when alone, you're an extrovert. It has nothing to do with how you perform in public. Being an introvert doesn't mean you can't be lively and very social... |
I am generally confused. Why is Obama sending 3000 troops to "fight" Ebola?? | West africa is in chaos, they need border patrol, hospital security, things of that nature. They aren't sending troops to shoot at the disease. |
How is tea healthy? | Boiled foods can lose many of their nutrients because they go into the water you're cooking them in. You lose the nutrients because you don't drink the water and the nutrients therein. Broth is considered very healthy, and is essentially the water various foods are boiled in. Tea is like broth, not boiled vegetables. |
How do stores like 7-Eleven and Wawa allow credit transactions of less than $1 without taking a hit? | It depends on the store, honestly. If it's a huge chain store, they're more likely to be fine with charges under $1 because the interchange fees are negligible compared to their profit margin. If it's a private-owned or franchised store, the interchange fees to process the card will eat up the entire profit margin depe... |
The theory of multiple Universes | This is how I understand it Any time a choice or action is made, there is a paralel universe where any of all possible results happened. So say you wake up tomorrow and want to have breakfast. What do you choose, cereal or toast? There will be one universe where you had cereal, one where you had toast. By the same theo... |
If Apple and Samsung keep trying to sue each other how come Samsung supplies parts for Apple Devices? | Apple and Samsung are always suing each other over software patent infringement. If a large company gets the opportunity to possible sue and win against pretty much their competition, they are going to take it. They were suing each other for billions in damages, which would greatly give you an advantage, they would hav... |
What's the marketing move of releasing a videogame sooner in america than europe? | In the USA, new releases are typically on a Tuesday, which I think has to do with it being a slow shopping day so stores wanted to boost sales by releasing new stuff. In Europe, new releases are typically on a Friday; probably because it's the weekend. Those are just the standard release days for those regions. Nintend... |
can a bullet be reused at all? If not, why not? Thanks | If a bullet hits something solid it is normally deformed beyond the point of reusability. However you can just recast the lead and copper into new bullets. Bullets are designed to be expendable and cheap so it's not usually desirable to try and reuse them. Bullet casings, which are normally ejected from the gun when fi... |
What is it that corporations do to avoid paying taxes? | also, there is the 'too big to fail' syndrome for the really big companies. so company X says it won't pay tax even if it has no reason to. if the government forces it to pay tax it will withdraw it's business from that region/country. the government would rather they stay and not pay tax as they generate jobs and stim... |
If speakers oscillate in and out how do they make complex waveforms that are made of more than just simple tones? | It's not different parts of the speaker moving independently. It's no wonder that confused you, because it makes no sense. The speaker makes two different tones at the same time by oscillating at two different frequencies at the same time. They both add together to make one complex motion. The speaker moves in that com... |
Why does e (the number) come up in so many seemingly random applications? | #A Simple Answer - Why e appears so often. 1. Nature tends to be self-referential in many ways. One way is rates-of-change. 2. The number e is mathematically interesting because it represents *the* self-referential power function. IOW, the derivative of e^x is e^x.3. Therefore, many natural rate-of-change equations can... |
Why do familes / people have their own distinct scent or odor? | I have noticed that everyone's house has a distinct smell to it because whenever I would sleep over a friend/relative's house I would notice that my pillow would smell like their house when I brought it home.I 've always loved smelling things, and people. I don't know why, but since I was small, I enjoyed the smell tha... |
How can some older video games run smoothly on PCs while some other old games cannot? | without an example it's hard to answer as your question could have many answers depending on what you specifically have in mind. For instance a really old computer game may not be able to run properly because of differences in hardware and the OSs i.e. a 16 bit DOS game from the 90s would not run on today's PCs because... |
Why is it easy to develop vaccines for certain viruses but really difficult to develop vaccines, for, let's say, HIV? | HIV mutate very frequently due to the instability of their RNA structure. And as a result they can develop resistance very fast. Same thing for the flu, that's why we need flu shot every year |
How do IP addresses work in E-Mails? | When you're a large organisation , you're going to have many email relays. Many. Every time your email passes through a relay, it gets another Received header . Same thing will happen on the other end - the destination's network might have many relays until it eventually drops the email in your mailbox. This is why you... |
If movie theaters don't profit from the actual movie, why are some movie theaters cheaper than others? | Someone else mentioned food costs. Being able to pull in more people means more opportunity to up-sell food to them. In addition to that, some theaters sit on more costly real estate, some theaters have more screens than others, and some have more employees than others. These are all variables which can effect the pric... |
How come Xbox One has a Blu Ray drive? I thought Sony invented it? | Sony doesn't own blu-ray, although they are part of a group that developed it, and they are going to profit when it gets licensed to microsoft for the xbox one. I believe Phillips actually handles licensing among the group of companies.Not allowing Microsoft to buy blu ray players to put into their XBox Ones would be a... |
How can a country afford to implement a basic living income policy? | The simplest answer to your question is that most Universal Basic Income proposals are not about *spending additional money*, but about *reallocating government funds*, because basic income makes many existing systems and costs redundant. Best case scenario, it replaces all wellfare programs. Implementing basic income ... |
Why can't Verizon and AT & T offer an unlimited data plan (or just refuse to)? | I have an unlimited data plan from AT & T. Its an old plan that i got back before smartphones were a big thing. Its kind of like being in a rent controlled apartment in Manhattan. I use outrageous amounts of data every month. I do end up getting throttled once i go over a certain amount, but with using WIFI where i hav... |
The Unit Circle and why it's important | As darian4611 said, the unit circle is there to make trigonometry and geometry easy. All the math that you would want to do on a circle works just fine on any size circle - but by making the circle have radius 1, everything works out better. It's exactly the same reason you like to know the price of meat per pound. It'... |
Why was tarring and feathering such a popular punishment back in the day? | It wasn't a funny prank type thing. It was horrible torture that almost always resulted in extreme agony with death to follow soon if the victim was lucky. |
Why is it so expensive to fire a rail gun? | It's probably something to do with the method of electricity production needed to create the magnetic field. However, Rear Admiral Bryan Fuller has stated that it costs the US Navy less to fire the rail guns they are developing than a standard missile.Why does the projectile still cost $25,000? That seems a bit steep. ... |
How can Syria be held accountable at all for using chemical weapons when it never signed the Chemical Weapons Convention? | Who cares if they signed it? If we all agree murder is bad, and a few people say they don't agree to it, are they exempt? No, and Syria isn't exempt from this rule either. |
If I inhaled pure oxygen would I be able to hold my breath longer? | David Blaine did a [Ted Talk] talking about how he held his breath for 17 minutes. He uses a technique that involves purging CO2 from your body, by breathing pure oxygen. It's pretty interesting, and answers your question pretty well. Also, Blaine did an AMA a while back. Just search his name. |
If cooking chicken kills bacteria in the chicken, why can't you defrost it on the counter due to the fact that it creates bacteria? Won't any bacteria growth be killed during cooking? | Bacteria cause illness with food in 2 ways: Food poisoning and food infection. With food infection, a person eats food contaminated with bacteria and enough bacteria survive the harsh environment of the stomach to cause illness. Where in the GI tract illness happens and how many bacteria are needed to make someone sick... |
Why do laptops preform better when plugged in? | The default power management settings typically put the processor into a lower performance mode which uses less power when on battery, and switch to maximum performance when plugged in. You could change the settings to get the same performance when unplugged, but the battery won't last as long.Look at your power settin... |
Why people smoke after sex (or a meal) | Once you're addicted to cigarettes, in addition to the chemicals actually contained in the cigarettes, smoking will trigger a dopamine release - 'feel good' chemicals your body releases when you accomplish something. Everyone wants more dopamine, smoker or not difference is that, to an addict, smoking a cigarette = acc... |
If overall countries like the US can go trillions into debt, why can't its individual states too? Why the need for tax increases/job cuts? | Aside from the two reasons already mentioned: 1. State laws requiring balanced budgets 2. The Federal Government being seen as a much safer investment than any state. There is also the fact that the Federal Government issues debt in currency it issues itself. States have to pay back their debts in Dollars issued by ano... |
Why is montreal dumping raw sewage in the St lawrence?? | From what I remember in the /r/worldnews thread last week, I think it's because they need to temporarily shut down one of their sewage ~~facilities~~ pipes for repairs. It's a tough situation because the repairs are necessary, and obviously on the other hand nobody wants to dump sewage into the river. I remember a wate... |
If two identical cars, one 5 years old with 100k miles and one 10years old with 50k miles, were given the same price point, which would be the better buy? | Super subjective. I bought a 12 yr old ML350merc because it had done less than 15,000. Changed the tyres and all the liquids. Basically a new car 75% off. But I also looked at ex BMW 745 embassy cars that were 3 years old with well over 200k miles. All easy motorway miles with cruise control on, handled by professional... |
why is a bottle of soda cheaper than a bottle of water? | I really have no idea, but I'll take a guess. It's either one of two reasons: 1) Pure marketing. People who buy bottled water have more disposable income than people who buy 20 oz bottles of soda. Bottled water is more of a luxury good than soda, so it has a markup. It's the same reason why two handbags made in the sam... |
Why are older iTunes movies (2014 or before) still $14.99 or more? Wouldn't a lower cost drive greater sales? | Firstly, you having them in your wishlist is a great little example of demand. It wouldn't surprise me if that data is used to help decide on the right pricing . Secondly, they'd have to see an increase of about 50% in sales of the film after lowing the price to have this be worthwhile. You've kinda just said it you'll... |
What happens to my cat when she eats catnip? | I don't know, but I suggest you get your cat into a treatment program soon. Catnip dependency is a serious problem affecting dozens of cats nationwide. Signs of dependency include: sleeping 24+ hrs a day, licking one's own asshole, and aversion to water.There's really no way to know exactly what they experience. The be... |
What happens if Kim Jung Un dies? Who takes over and is there ever a chance the government will change with a new leader? | His dad died 3 years ago today, resulting in Un taking control, but nothing really changed. If Un died I'm not sure who's next in line but I imagine it would be one of his brothers. |
Why do dogs either lick the air or hate it when you blow air in their faces? | Or hear me out guys, they like it just as much as one of your friends just blowing air at you. You don't. It's annoying and invades personal space. |
Why does staying up late and waking up at a normal time have a different feeling of tiredness than going to sleep at a normal time and waking up early? | Well, there are two factors here. 1) Sleep cycle. Waking up at the end of a cycle always feels better than in the middle, which is why 4/8 hours is better than 6 hours. Actual length varies by person too. More importantly is 2) Sleep debt. If you sleep 6 hours a night instead of 8 for a week those 10 hours of missed sl... |
Antibiotic resistance. Do antibiotics still work for people who don't take them all the time or are the viruses adapting to resist the antibiotics? | 100% of viruses are invulnerable to antibiotics and they always have been. Bacterial infections are still treatable with antibiotics most of the time, but the antibiotics are becoming less and less effective. There are bacteria infecting humans right now that are unaffected by 100% of available antibiotics, and those c... |
Why are there no "Good" diseases? | Well there are tons of bacteria inside you that are helping you staying alive, we just don't consider those to be diseases. Diseases is when something bad happens. If get some beneficial microorganisms inside us, it is not a brief period of being 'negatively-ill' before our immune system fights it of, rather evolution ... |
In Quantum Physics how can simply observing something change the way it reacts? | When you look at something, you know that we see things by light bouncing off an object and reflecting back to us, right? When you look at a really tiny particle. say an electron, you're hitting it with light. This causes it to move, since it was hit with a photon. You know know where the electron is, but you don't kno... |
How do quantum computers theoretically work and how are they so much more powerful and intelligent than regular computers? | I think at the current stage quantum computers don't even work to a level that's practical for any purpose whatsoever - and you can forget about shrinking them onto a tablet/phone. Afaik scientists have only managed to build quantum computers that have at max a couple of bytes of memory . So not really useful for any c... |
Why do most cases of tourette's have people uncontrollably yelling profanities? | I worked with a kid who had Tourette's. He never uttered a profanity. He had a thing where if he was touched on the right side, he had to be touched on the left and vice versa. Most people with Tourette's don't shout out profanity. They have ritualized behavior. |
When we cry, what is the purpose of the tears? | And what about babies? They cry when they're hungry, angry, hurt, sad, constipated, you name it. Source; I just babysat my 16 month old nephew who cried because he DID NOT want his bottle. |
Are new planets constantly being created as the universe expands, or was the Big Bang just a "one and done" deal for new worlds? | Planets are formed from dust around stars. Planets didn't even start forming until long after the Big Bang, and neither did stars for that matter. |
Why aren’t USB and HDMI cables designed to be inserted both ways? | Designing a connector that can be inserted both ways is a little more complex and expensive. It wasn't considered worth the effort when HDMI and USB were designed in 2002 and 1994 respectively. At that time, portable devices weren't nearly as common. It was expected that you'd plug your DVD player, PC monitor or games ... |
Why is it such a difficult and lengthy process for a country to create a nuclear weapon? | You need highly specialized equipment, that those countries cannot get them readily due to sanctions. They can build those machines, but that takes a lot of engineering to build from scratch, and to build them requires other machinery that is hard to get, but they can build them too, but again, add more years. Then the... |
Why do some people like music like rap and others like music such as rock? | Preference in music isn't dictated by predictability. There are socioeconomic factors, as well as environmental factors and even personality traits that all play a part in an individual's musical preference. |
If digital things are coded in binary, is it possible to code in binary to create something? | You can, but it's extremely difficult and time consuming. One wrong bit and the whole thing is screwed-up. |
Obamacare Point-By-Point - Part 4 | We love you for this. I hope that either you finish it this year, or you aren't disqualified for redditor of the year, both years even. |
Why was Kim Davis arrested while the judge Tonya Parker seems to have gotten off Scott free. | Probably because Kim Davis was obligated to perform her duties, and she refused on an unconstitutional basis. My guess is that judges are allowed to perform marriages or not, and Judge Parker decided not to until marriage was legal for all couples. That's her discretion. Also, by refusing to do her duty, Kim Davis was ... |
Why do we have to take some medicine 'before food' and some 'after food'? | In addition to what has been said in previous comments, some medicines are adversely affected by certain foods or drinks. Some antibiotics cause extreme nausea when alcohol is consumed. A popular drug for acne chelates calcium if its in the stomach so if you've had your bowl of cereal in the morning and take the pill y... |
How is it that iphone storage is full but it's still possible to stream songs over Spotify | The cache memory is reserved for streaming , and so you can't save files to it without removing that restriction, and in most cases you aren't 'allowed' to without messing with things, and so that memory might still be empty, and it is also periodically deleted from the oldest or least used files up to the newest, to m... |
What do companies like Accenture exactly do? | I'm assuming that you're referring to business consulting firms. Basically one business has a problem that they don't have the experience to handle so they pay money to the consultancy firm to fix the problem for them.Jimmy Kimmel sums it up in 30 seconds _URL_0_ |
Why when my body is room temperature at night my feet feel freezing cold. What is going on in my body that makes my feet cold but everywhere else warm. | You may have poor circulation. But I'm not your doctor, who you should be asking about your personal medical issues. |
how does McDonald's make every item taste the same as the last time I got it and even at a different location? | Stringent quality controls on how the food is prepared . All the base ingredients are sourced from the same place suppliers, and then they are mashed together in giant factories with the same amount of each ingredients every time so that you get the same, say, hamburger patties or buns every time. It is the same way, w... |
How does the person riding a horse have control of where the horse turns? | Simple ELI5: using the reigns as well as your legs. > Couldn't the horse just go rouge and say fuck it? sure, and it happens. Think of it like your dog. When you tell your dog to sit, it sits. Why? Because it's been taught to do it, by initially rewarding it for responding to some input with some action . And, just as ... |
What is it about alcohol and the inclination to comment on this site or my newspaper.Sober, won't say a word. | Do you like to talk when you're drunk? I know I do. Do you like to say stupid shit you have no idea about when you're drunk? I know I do. Do you drink at home, alone, at night? I know I do. You can only spend so much of this time masturbating. You either go to bed or let your fingers start talking for you. |
Why do indian people and other asian people have different skin tones despite being so close geographically? | India has a huge natural barrier at it's Northeast border the himalayas which would make it difficult for central Asian groups and Indian groups to meet. There are a few ideas about how people left Africa, but generally it is thought that about 50000 years ago people left following the coast and taking a southeast rout... |
Why is there such a clear average difference in the type of jobs Middle Eastern immigrants tend to go for vs Mexican? (i.e: Taxi Driving vs Landscaping) | you take the job you can get . It just takes 1 Middle eastern hired as a driver 50 years ago, who got enough money together to buy his own taxi then more, along the way he's more likely to hire family/friends or other middle eastern because he knows how hard it is to get a job some of them do well snowball effect. Also... |
Why Japanese pornography managed to be so perverse despite the country's notorious sense of honour, pride and dignity? | The Japanese historically viewed sexuality very differently from western cultures. For them, nudity was not something that needs to be shamed, but should be modestly concealed, bathing together was not a big deal and is instead a communal activity . Even sex was not considered to be uncouth, a wife might even pay for h... |
How is my Internet data rate split between devices in my home and how do ISPs offer different data rates? | It costs the ISP practically nothing to provide data. All the costs are in hardware, support and billing. So the data allowance is about getting more money from you for the same thing by attaching an arbitrary limit.Same thing with speed. The hardware provides a hard limit, which is the maximum anyone can provide you. ... |
Why do restaurants leave the tails on shrimp, even in pasta dishes with sauce? | In some countries, they leave the heads on Let me dig out a pic for you. I ate the bodies and my wife sucked out the heads last weekend . yuck Edit: I uploaded the photo to my cloud and can't find the thing i'll keep looking Edit: found it. _URL_0_", 'Gives them more appeal. But most of all satisfies my food fetish. |
Why doesn't smoking, drinking or doing other drugs while pregnant qualify as child abuse or neglect? | Lawyer in Virginia and I've worked on a few of these cases. In VA it is if both the mother and child test positive at birth it may be grounds as abuse/neglect. The child can be taken or far more likely issued a protective order and if mother doesn't comply then there will be an emergency removal order. |
How does 1+2+3+4+5... = -1/12 | I think it's important to note that the mathematics that they are doing in these videos is not the same mathematics that you are doing in calculus when you find the limit of a function as it approaches infinity. Clearly, the set of natural numbers is closed under the operation of addition . I'm not familiar with this p... |
Why do we go what is called "Nose blind?" | The short answer is that people aren't really sure why, but it may be related to the threat processing part of the brain. In this [NY Mag article] it's suggested that if the brain doesn't perceive the smell as a threat the brain downgrades the amount of effort it'll spend paying attention to the scent. The longer the s... |
Why are so many Americans opposed to the idea of a universal healthcare similar to other high income nations? | I don't think this gets talked about much, but there's a major hurdle unique to the US. Currently, it's more or less standard for employers to provide a healthcare plan for their employees. Most people with employer provided healthcare are reasonably ok with their healthcare. Moving over to a government universal progr... |
If Butter is just churned Cream. Why does Cream go bad very quickly, but Butter lasts a long time? | When you churn cream into butter you get two products. Butter and buttermilk. Real buttermilk, not the cultured kind from the store, is very sweet, contains lots of sugars and water and protein. Butter is mostly fats who's structure has been arranged in such a way to make them into a solid. This will still go bad prett... |
What is the benefit of a government privatising it's services? | It would depend greatly on the service. Privatization of prisons has mostly shown to be a fairly bad idea with prison lobbies pushing for harsher sentencing to keep full houses; and lawsuits to recoup money if not. Privatized healthcare is the primary cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. Can you imagine what a privatized mi... |
How does Reddit Karma calculate? | Each post is given a default Karma of 1 = your own vote weight. That is not counted. So if you go on a commenting spree and post 50 comments, you don't just magically get 50 points. Each point you gain over 1 point adds to your karma - each point below 0 takes away from your karma - 0 votes don't subtract anything. Sou... |
Why Unix based software can't get (gets far fewer?) viruses than Windows software | The problem is that Windows users run as administrator, so viruses can do things to their computers. Unix has a proper security sandbox because it is designed to support multiple users on the same machine. On Windows, the usual setup is that the account you use all the time is an administrator and can do anything. On u... |
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