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What is happening when you are "blackout" drunk? | Apparently I'm groping the girl in the superman costume in front of her boyfriend and she doesn't really care. I'm also puking in the sink. Apparently. |
Why indigenous women in Canada have been murdered or gone missing at such a high rate? | They disappear from Indian Reserves and no one realizes they're gone for a while. Police aren't allowed on reserves except with a warrant, and they can't solve a crime that no one knows when/where it occurred. Having an entire population willfully segregated from the rest of society sure doesn't help either, there are ... |
How did humans discover that you could get milk from a cow? | Human women have something called breasts . They are roughly all similar in shape and features. They are all round and have a tiny bud on the end called a nipple. These breasts are there to excrete milk for mothers' babies when they are born in order to feed them in the early years of life. The breasts which produce mi... |
What would happen of the Earth stopped rotating? | Everything would be catapulted forward at approx 900 miles an hour. Be worse than being in a supersonic plane crash for everything all over the planet at the same instant. Anything that wasn't destroyed instantly would be taken out by the 900 mile an hour tsunamis as the oceans sloshed. |
why do we have a constant "R" in the ideal gas law? | Every natural law used to have a constant in them. My father's physics textbook published in 1950s was full of them. Force is equal to mass times acceleration, but it was written as *F = k · m × a* The *k* stood for a conversion constant. The idea of the international standard units is to get rid of those constants. In... |
How did prostitution work before birth control? Would people "pull out?" Was there a type of abortion? | [pennyroyal herb] could be one method used. Hence the Nirvana song Pennyroyal Tea *Sit and drink pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me* |
How/Why does a song get "stuck" in your head? | It's like replaying a memory in your head. If you think about your first kiss then you normally replay most or all of the memory at once instead of kiss and done. The self-conscious reproducing of a song is because of our sub-conscious memory. Our sub-consciousness will play a song in our head just like when we lay in ... |
How can a diary be admissible as evidence? Couldn't it be completely forged the night before? | You're conflating two concepts, weight/credibility and admissibility. Whether or not the diary could be forged goes to weight and how much credibility you should afford it as evidence. Whether it is admissible is a whole other set of questions.If a diary is genuine and the writer can give evidence of what is contained ... |
i read that the world population will keep growing till a certain year (i dont remember it) but why it stop growing after that? It will even decrease i remember to have read. | Education, better availability of contraception and the wide spread opinion that the world is over populated. It's not some magical force, it's just the sensible thing. A lot of countries, especially the high density ones, have been witnessing negative population growth for awhile. |
Why can orthodontist move teeth even though the roots are in bone? | It's real movement. By putting the teeth under tension the orthodontist applies a force on the bone. Bone ist living tissue wich can adopt to chanching requirements. It will resolve at the side the teeth are supposed to move at and it will be build up at the other side, on wich there's space now.bone remodels over time... |
Is there any reason to think that electronic cigarettes have *any* chronic negative health effects? If so, then why? | While they are definitely healthier than regular cigarettes, preliminary research suggests [e-cigarettes probably do have some negative effects]: > Electronic cigarettes can change gene expression in a similar way to tobacco, according to one of the first studies to investigate the biological effects of the devices. > ... |
What, exactly, is tilt shift and why does it look so different? | Technically a tilt-shift photo is taken by tilting a lens away from the sensor and shifting it a bit which has the effect of making it focus funny and changing the perspective. Both of those contribute to fooling your eye since the photos have a blurriness and perspective like a miniature photo which you can't get from... |
If the new parachuting record holder forgot to disconnect on time would he have drifted in to space? | No. You don't go into orbit because you are really high up, you go into orbit because you are going really fast. On Earth, we have to put things high *and* fast to keep them in orbit, but the height is just to keep them from being slowed down by wind resistance. On the Moon, you could orbit as close as you dare to the ... |
Why do 2 windows allow better airflow? | Pressure differential creating movement of the air . This can happen because you have a window open facing the wind- when air moves in your house it displaces air that goes out the other window. If the other window is closed the pressure increases in your house and wind can't force more air in. It's not actually changi... |
Why don't more people just buy generic drugs if they are the same as the expensive ones? | At first only the company that invented the drug gets to sell it, so they can make back their research costs. Then, after a number of years anyone can buy it. By the point the brand is already in people's heads and marketing can continue it. |
What exactly are Jewish settlements and why do the people of Palestine hate them so much? | That whole area is very small. Israelis have high housing prices because of limited space. So they want to build more developments outward. But in doing so, they run up against Arab populations that live there and assert that this is their land. Both sides claim the land and neither is willing to give ground to the oth... |
If the "correct" way to write professionally is to be concise and direct, why is professional writing from previous centuries often so long-winded, passive-voice/indirect, and difficult to read? | I would not call the example you gave long-winded. It only appear so because the author did not separate sentences. If you simply replace every single 'and' with a full stop, turning the text into 4 separate sentences, it is not that bad! |
If everyone in the US is required to have healthcare, why do we still use open enrollment periods? | > but since it's now required why are we still doing this Its not required. You are still allowed not to have insurance, you just have to pay a tax if you choose not to. You arent breaking any laws by not having it. |
Why does a shower room steam up despite the water being less than 100'C | At regular pressures, 100 degrees celsius is the temperature where the water evaporates until all of the gas above the water is steam. However, at lower temperatures the water will still partially evaporate, but it will want to stop part way . For example, at about 82 degrees celsius equilibrium is half of the gas abov... |
How does Intel Turbo Boost actually work? | Back in the days, multicore CPU's would all work on the same clockspeed. Both cores could run 2.66 ghz, or 2.33 ghz, etc. After a while they figured out how to make one core run on say 2 ghz and the other one on 3ghz. If you are using software that can only run on one core, then you want that core as fast as possible. ... |
In America, why are black women over-represented in the nursing, elder care, and special needs care fields? | I didn't even realize this was a thing. Now that think about it, it seems kinda true. |
Since Norovirus is not a food-borne illness, why does Chipotle seem to have a disproportionate number of outbreaks within the past year as compared to other chain restaurants? | Fresh foods is why. A food service establishment that uses canned goods, or frozen goods or other pre-packaged fruits and vegetables, is more likely to be safe because of sterilizing treatments, high heat, freezing, and other industrial processes. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rarely given any kind of treatment thoug... |
Why the Pope stepped down | On the surface of it he said his health was not up to it. However for many hundreds of years every pope has died in the job and ill health has not been an allowed excuse to quit. Thus there has to be a deeper reason. Clearly the deeper reason is that he just can't handle the size of two problems. The first problem: the... |
Why YouTube blocks minor nudity but allows "A Serbian Film" to be shown? The movie contains rape, necrophilia, and child sexual abuse. | I don't think any of the people in this thread claiming its because its in a movie and movies are art has seen Srpski Film.Its illegal to show minors nude, whether it is under 18 or hairy men who break rock, it is illegal. but acute nudity is allowed.It's the only thing I've watched that I truly regret watching.I think... |
Is it beneficial in any ways to mature early/late compared to others? | In my experience, the primary benefit to maturing later is looking younger as I age. I'm in my 30's and I get approached by women in their early 20's who assume that I'm their age. That's about it though. |
Two bodies of water meeting and not mixing | This is a little complicated to explain, but it can also be entirely based on water trajectory. There are lines and surfaces in a dynamical system, like fluid flow. Some of them are strong attractors or repellers, and the strong repellers can act as a barrier to transport. So if two distinct bodies of water straddle a ... |
Why have shields never been used in warfare since the popularization of guns? | [They do make shields like what you're talking about] but they're too bulky and unweildy for the military so they're mostly used by police. The military needs to be agile and quick, so virtually every unit forgos shields in exchange for body-armor like bulletproof vests, because they're better than nothing, and don't i... |
If productivity is up, and work week hours are not down, where does all the 'extra productivity' go? | > Where does all benefit of our extra productivity end up? Executive's pockets? > Corporate bank accounts? Yes. When you adjust for inflation, American workers have not had a raise since the 1970s. Minimum wage has actually dropped. But during the same time, the ratio of worker to executive pay went from around 1:10 - ... |
Why is it that when we kill civilians it is called collateral damage but when civilians die here it is called terrorism? | One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter. I suppose another difference, though, may be we are targeting a military objective and civilians get in the mix, as opposed to simply targeting civilians for the highest kill count possible.Nationalist propaganda? I mean, everybody outside America knows that "... |
How can grocery stores get away with selling virtually the same product as a major company just by switching up the name up and calling it store brand? | In order for a company to have exclusive rights to a good, they have to have a patent on it. For most foodstuffs, there either is no patent for it, or the patent expired years ago. When you think about it though, most of the food sold in the average grocery store has existed in one form or another for hundreds of years... |
Police officers of reddit, why is there a resistance to the implementation of body cams? | Not a cop, and not opposed to body cams but I imagine being constantly filmed every second while trying to work is nerve wracking. Try doing any job with someone looking over your shoulder. It's annoying AF |
Why do dogs tend to spin around a few times before laying down? | The most credible hypothesis I've heard is that it's a holdover from when they'd flatten down grass and plants where they were going to lie down to make it more comfortable, to flush out any critters there, and to make it more difficult for critters to enter again. |
Please elim5: uncertainty principle (Heisenberg principle) | Basically the more you know about one aspect, the less you can know about another aspect. That's why the name Heisenberg is funny in Breaking Bad. The more you know about Walter White, the mild mannered teacher and family man, the less likely you would be to figure out he's Heisenberg and vice versa. |
Since Amanda Knox was (re)convicted of murder in another country, can she technically avoid prison by just staying in the U.S.? | The Italians will probably try to ask the US to extradite her, but the US won't do it.why is everyone saying no. they have an extradition treaty with ItalyYes. She announced awhile ago that she had no plans to return to Italy if she was found guilty, which she has beenThe US government might not look favorably at doubl... |
What took place in the facebook experiment. | Here's the paper: _URL_2_ The research, while flawed and having poor conclusions, simply states that moods can be transmitted through what you see on social media. IMO, the paper reads like it was written for a five year old. |
In reference to small business owners, what does it mean to "work for free"? | I've done it had savings, used them to carry us over the first 18 months until the money started coming in. Luckily didn't get too near the bottom of the bucket. |
Why do humans have buttcheeks? | Also cushioning so the hard pressure points of the bones don't come through the skin and form a decubitus ulcer. |
How do jpeg/jpg images get so pixelated and messed up? | JPG is old. The codec came out in 1992. You barely see cars on the road that old these days. That JPG corruption is the sacrifice the codec makes to achieve a file size, giving up parts of the image because they require more file size. PNG as mentioned is lossless, meaning there is no difference between the original im... |
Why are Asians, on average, shorter than other people? | My Japanese studies teacher back in college said it has to do with diet and very little to do with genetics. A large portion of the world's Asian population eats too much rice and not enough calcium and protein, and you can't grow tall off of rice. A lot of Asians in America are short because they grew up eating the sa... |
Why do actors (especially popular ones) get any say in the script or general film making process? | Because a star actor is a limited commodity, so they can make demands in exchange for their services. If you really want Jim Carrey for your movie, there's only one Jim Carrey available. If he says he wants input on the script in exchange for playing the part, your options are basically to agree, or go without a Jim Ca... |
Why do my glasses still work when looking through them backwards? | You mean [the symmetric shape]? In this case it works the same looking through either side. I think it is possible to have them only work one way, but it isn't a requirement. |
Why don't they better manage audio levels on DVD movie releases, making quiet talking scenes more loud and toning down loud action/music scenes? | Clear Voice", or whatever your tv labels these settings, so that the frequencies of human speech is amplified. Now, if you were using a surround sound system and still are encountering this issue, increase the sensitivity of the center channel independently of the other speakers. Also, you are using DVD's, which have w... |
As a UK citizen, why does it cost me less to call South Africa and USA than it does to call a much nearer country like France? | Just a guess, but it might have to do with prices people can afford. For example, someone calling S. Africa is most likely poorer than someone calling France, therefore they can't afford to pay as much as the UK-France guy can for a phone call. This is becoming obsolete though as Skype continues eating up the internati... |
How do radio stations get song information to my car? | They use in-band signalling, which basically means that they include the information in the same signal that gives you the music itself. In Europe it is called RDS, and in North America is is called RBDS, but they essentially hide a signal that gives about 1000 bits per second of data in the radio signal. Your tuner ca... |
How do some corrupted GIFs end up looking like misplaced textures in a computer simulation? | [Here is a *really* cool datamoshed version of Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball.] It gives a whole new meaning to the song. |
Why do I enjoy smelling my own disgusting odors? | More likely it's your Primal, beastly self that enjoys these animalistic odors. One of the most primitive, deep and powerful parts of the brain is the one involved with Olfactory stimuli. It recognizes, helps categories and is unbelievably adept at remembering old familiar scents. It is also fairly keen at recognizing ... |
Why don't advertisers be more honest? | For you, that style of advertising doesn't work. For many more people, it does, so they target the larger group. |
What's the reasoning behind people saying the United States government is ran by big corporations? | Corporations make deals with elected officials to give them lucrative jobs after their term in office is over in exchange for voting this way or that way in order to benefit the corporation. No money is exchanged, it's not a bribe, no wrongdoing has happened, nobody can prove anything. But rest assured, the corporation... |
Why are very similar animals, like the pin-tailed snipe and the common snipe, or chimpanzees and bonobos, considered different species, but a St. Bernard and chihuahua are considered the same species? | It's a combination of science and politics. Basically species classifications are largely irrelevant in modern biology as they have been so corrupted due to politics.Polar bears and brown bears can reproduce and have viable offspring. Yet we consider them different species because their behavior and morphology is diffe... |
Why do people from China keep trying to sign into my Google account? | Basically because established accounts are useful for a. sending spam and b. phishing attacks. Basically, new accounts are tied to two factor creation mechanisms so creating an account with one of the top end email providers is much harder than it used to be. Also these top providers are already able to get past alot o... |
Why do people keep saying the bombing suspects "are from Chechnya, not Russia?" Isn't Chechnya in Russia? Wouldn't this be like saying "they're Texans not Americans?" | No, it's like saying they're Quebecois, not Canadian. Quebec has a history of considering themselves a state-within-a-state, and there is a large separatist movement that has, on occasion, resorted to terrorism. They don't share the language or culture, and so they refer to themselves as Quebecois instead of Canadian. ... |
H2O seems like a fairly simple chemical compound. Is it possible to create water from hydrogen and oxygen and if so why is this practice uncommon? | It is really easy to produce water from hydrogen and oxygen, and from molecules that contain hydrogen and oxygen. In fact, it is so easy, most of the hydrogen near the surface of the earth has already been made into water. That's why there is so much of it sitting around all over the place. It is much easier to find wa... |
Why does my phone reception strength vary so much when the phone is completely stationary? | [Multipath] is the usual reason. This is when the radio signal the cell phone gets has been bounced off of multiple surfaces and broken up into many signals, so the total signal power at the cell phone is the combination of them all. Since some of the surfaces are moving, the signal power bounces up and down because so... |
How can we estimate that the golden record on Voyager will last a billion years? | It doesn't matter. The record is for us. The message is to humans. That message is that we are a presence in our solar system, in this arm of the galaxy, in the galaxy and in the universe. Of course we won't last forever and don't seem to be particularly important at all. But we can dream. |
Why does it take 10 business days for a company to remove you from their mailing list? | Having held a number of jobs and worked with a number of email systems where this was part of the job, here are reasons why it can take up to 10 day : It can sometimes be a manual process to remove, and that covers issues like people being out of the office or busy on projects, being able to batch and handle unsubscrib... |
The motives behind banning any kind of research | In this case, it's not a ban on research. It's a restriction as to what research a particular government agency can do. In the CDC/gun violence research, let me pose the question: If the CDC wanted to spend $6 million on gun violence research, what diseases should have less research funding to make that happen? AIDS? C... |
Would it be possible to make a video game where the graphics are actual pictures from the real world (not animated). | The real problem is you're making a 360 degree film with actors. If you want the path to diverge in to a different direction you have to film every possibility, There's little room for dynamic action. In the end it's a lot cheaper and far more flexible to animate. |
Why does it seem that, in the past 50 years, man-made technology has advanced more than it did in all of time beforehand? | Imagine humanity as a video game, Minecraft, for instance. In the beginning it's rocks and sticks, after awhile though you build up to iron, and then before you know it you've got a completely automated castle. Modern technology is the culmination of technology, and unless something significant changes, next generation... |
How do car manufacturers get away with claiming fuel economy figures that are entirely inaccurate/unachievable in real world driving conditions | They often don't. Hyundai had to roll back its fuel-efficiency claims for eight models, along with an additional five rollbacks for its sister company, Kia. Hyundai and Kia issued a joint statement saying they will give customers a personalized debit card that will reimburse them for their difference in the EPA combine... |
Why do most people not like the taste of beer when they are young? | It's an acquired taste. Nobody likes it the first time they try it, but if you keep drinking it for long enough, eventually you'll grow to actually like it, or at least tolerate it. |
Why do children seem to have so much more energy than adults? | They aren't fat, they don't see the pointlessness of running around the house screaming, they don't put energy into mental things, and they don't have to do chores or go to work.They usually get much more sleep than adults. |
What exactly do people learn when they study theology at a school of divinity? | From a practical perspective, I went to seminary and graduated with a Masters of Divinity. I was able to choose electives beyond core classes. Core classes were things like Old Testament, Missiology, Spiritual Formation, New Testament, Ethics, Church and Sacraments, etc. Examples of electives I took:Theology of John Ho... |
How can we sometimes tell someone is looking at us and turn to meet gazing eyes? | You can't. Ever seen someone in front of you spin around and look at you? You look at them too, don't you? |
Why Don't We Have a Rover On Mercury? What Makes Mars So Special? | Mars is the most Earth-like, and it may have contained liquid water. Mercury and all other planets are still cool, but if we're looking for things that tell us the most about our own planet and about the potential for life then Mars is the place to be. Also distance plays a big role, Mercury is much farther from us tha... |
The real powers of the President of the United States. | Another power that wasn't already mentioned was the power to grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. Explained like your 5: Sometimes people do very bad things that hurt somebody else. These people then get put in jail for what they did, sometimes for a very long time. However, the President is all... |
Who are the spectators for the Olympic games? What are the demographics for these people who travel half the globe in order to see their national Archery team? | Most of the people traveling long distance to see something more obscure like archery are either family/friends of the competitors, or else they're hardcore archery fans or other professionals - maybe retired former competitors, or people who didn't make the cut for the Olympics. The rest of the audience will be locals... |
What makes us attracted to a certain "type"? | From what I've learnt from my immunology course , you tend to like the smell of another person based on your 'MHC repertoire.' These things are what we need for protection from pathogens. Your MHC alleles/genes are basically a mix between your mother and father's genes. Basically, the more diverse your MHC allele reper... |
(This might sound dumb) If we exhale CO2, how does breathing into someone's mouth while performing CPR help them? | We don't exhale pure CO2, we also exhale 80% of the O2 that was in the air in the first place and some other stuff. |
How do trees know to lose their leaves when the weather hasn't changed much from Summer -- > Fall -- > Winter? | It's to do with the ratios of red and infrared light that the plant is exposed to. A phytochrome in the plant changes its state depending on which light is present. Depending on the ratio or red:infrared light as determined by the length of the day and measured by the phytochrome the plant reacts appropriately. For mor... |
Why does water that has melted icecubes in it taste bad? Shouldn't it just taste like regular water? | Get silicone ice trays. The cheap hard plastic ones that come with the freezer or from the dollar store reek of plastic. Also, use the ice quickly after it's frozen or it'll get that stale freezer air taste. |
Why is using cardio to increase your heart rate health but using a stimulant to do so is not. | Think of a car driving down the highway. If you step on the gas the car goes faster and you get to your destination. The engine works harder but it's because you are driving. Now put your car on a lift and hit the gas. Sure the engine heats up and runs but you're not getting anywhere - you're just ruining the engine fo... |
how did cavemen take care of their teeth without toothpaste and dental supplies? | mostly they didn't. chewing on sticks helps. not having candy helps greatly.When we want to know things about cavemen we can study primitive tribes that still exist to get an idea of such things. 1 different diet: much less sugars and acids so much less damage to the teeth. 2 They may have used twigs as seen in this vi... |
How is paid suspension even a punishment for police officers? | It's right to put someone on paid leave while investigating the claims. It would not be fair to take away their paycheck before you find out if they've done anything wrong. In the second case you mentioned, the investigation was over, and he was put on unpaid leave. |
What just happened with bitcoin? | bitcoin had a meteoric rise in price over the last 2 months, went up a hundred-fold or so. if you cash out now you're gonna do pretty good, assuming you had bitcoins for the last month or two at least", 'TIL I have made a few hundred dollars on accident. Sweet.I read all the posts and I read the Bitcoin FAQ. I still do... |
How are fire drills done in skyscrapers? | This is somewhat speculation but i did recently read about 2,000 pages worth of NIST reports regarding the 9/11 attacks on the WTC. There seemed to be a few factors to take into consideration. 1. Identify the severity of the fire. A microwave fire on floor 59/120 may not be worth evacuating the entire building mainly b... |
As a person gets fitter, are they better or worse at burning calories than a fatter/less fit person? | It depends. A fit person is better at burning calories, because they have more muscle. A fatter person is better at burning calories, because takes more energy for them to do the same thing. So, a 200 lb person burns more calories than a 120 lb person doing the same task.But, a 200 lb person that is mostly muscle will ... |
why is it that in my dreams I can never hit someone/something hard? It always seems like I'm physically restrained. | Just sort of answered this in another post about nightmares. When you are in the REM sleep stage, your body paralyzes itself, to protect you from acting out your dreams. Although you can dream in other stages, it is believed that you dream more during REM. Perhaps this sensation of being physically restrained in your p... |
Why did it take so long for LED light bulbs? | A combination of price point and incentives to buy and sell them. LED lightbulbs are expensive, much more expensive than incandescents. It wasn't until the last decade or so that they became cheap enough to justify buying them over incandescents. It still takes a long while before the upfront cost outweighs the cost of... |
Would the human body grow any differently if it was conceived and born in zero gravity and what would these differences be? | There is a TED ed video on this topic that I show my students. It talks about the effects that lack of gravity might have on the human body systems- decrease in bone density, decreased muscle tone, cardiovascular effects , and balance . It doesn't answer your question fully, because we have never actually been able to ... |
When watching TV with subtitles, explain why our minds always (seemingly) choose to read text rather than just watch and hear audio? | When I'm reading subtitles, I'm not actually consciously reading. When I think about it, I see the words, but what's actually happening is that I'm hearing the words in my head in the voice of the person speaking I don't know if that even makes sense. |
How is it that the stock market can drop so suddenly and with no warning whatsoever, virtually over night? | The value you see of a stock is the last value somebody bought it at. If you and I buy 100 shares each for 1, then Greg buys 10 of my shares for 2, then your Fidelity account will say you have 100 x 2=200 in your account. However, if Greg realizes he want to buy crack tomorrow and sells me back those 10 shares for 0.5 ... |
how does the restaurant get the tip from my card when they have already swiped it? | This is already changing in the US because of EMV cards . Restaurants are going to be required to take tip at time of sale like in Canada and Europe. Canada and Europe reduced credit fraud up to 50% switching over to EMV. A lot of businesses are not happy about that, but it's going to be good for the consumer. There ha... |
I hope this isn't too obnoxious... ELI5 The 2012 US Presidential Candidates | Do you think the government should generally stay out of the economy, but maybe it's necessary to have the government interfere in social issues in order to keep the country morally in check? Vote for Mitt Romney. Do you think the economy needs the government to regulate it to prevent the rich from exploiting the poor,... |
How can water evaporate from a closed bottle? | So either water is evaporating for a closed bottle or you just keep forgetting how much water you've had inside ..ill give you a hint, it's the latter |
Why does Facebook try so hard to sort by top stories instead of most recent | It's the herd mentality. The idea is that you will find interesting the same thing everyone else finds interesting.I really wish they let users set their default as Most Recent and have it stick that way, as opposed to having to navigate back to it every time. Facebook has done a ton of testing showing that no matter w... |
Why doesn't attempted murder get punished as harshly as murder? Why does involuntary manslaughter get punished at all? | Involuntary manslaughter is not the same as an accident. It just means you didn't plan the murder beforehand. From Wikipedia: Involuntary manslaughter Involuntary manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought, either express or implied. It is distinguished from voluntary manslaughter... |
Why do we see objects as faces/figures when waking up in the middle of the night? | Evolutional thing, it proved better for our brain to produce more false alarms telling us there is a potentional danger in the darkness, than to leave the real danger unnoticed and get killed. That's why we're good at spotting patterns similar to living organisms everywhere, in the clouds, wall plugs. etc. |
Why are you charged in the US to receive phone calls and texts? | When you make a call, your phone company and the other person's phone company have to figure out how to split the bill. In Europe, the caller's company pays the whole bill. The receiver company sets their price and gets all the cash. This was originally to help pay for development of phone companies in rural areas. Thi... |
The apparent increase of police shooting unarmed people | These are the same shootings as always, we just live in a world that has more video cameras than ever, so there's more evidence of it than ever before. |
How are some 3D TVs able to turn 2D programs into 3D? Don't they need depth information(which they don't have in 2D programs) to be able to display 3D images? | I don't know about all the intrinsic mechanics of how 2D is transformed into 3D content. But i figure it less like theirs an algorithim to make the content 3d, but more of a shooting fish in a barrel approach. At least i'm thinking it depends on the technology. You can make anything 2D content 3D, but it wont look prop... |
How does your body decide where it takes fat from when you're burning fat? | Keep in mind that while targeted fat reduction isn't really a thing, targeted muscle toning is, which gives the perception of targeted fat reduction. Edit: Clarification |
Why are the investigations and prosecution of FIFA officials led by the US, as a country where Football/soccer is by far not that big? | The actual *indictments* by the US are largely for corruption in CONCACAF, which is the regional soccer governing body for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; today, they were extended to the governing body for South America, but it's still focused on corruption in the Americas. CONCACAF is based in the ... |
Why aren't the major powers invading North Korea because of their rogue behavior and possession of nukes? What would happen if they did invade despite tensions with China ? | I'm no expert but I do know they have hundreds of artillery pieces pointed at all of the S. Korean and American troops stationed just south of the De-Militarized Zone. That along with having nukes = leverage.They are within immediate striking distance with South Korea. They will most likely play dirty. They have a lot ... |
How AVG selling my browsing history is bad for me? | Well lets see, you log into facebook at your new job to add a coworker and the first thing to pop up is a Viagra ad and an ad for midget dog porn. How's the job hunt going? |
Half life of a single atom or radioactive elements in magma | > This makes it sound like the radioactivity and half lives only come into play when the stuff hardens but wouldn't the material be halving its life while still in the liquid magma too? Often the daughter products of radioactive isotopes have very different chemical or physical properties than their parents, that cause... |
Why can I eat an entire chocolate cake in one sitting? What happens to all the surplus energy? | A pound of fat stores about 3,500 kcal of energy. Therefore, to gain a pound of fat, you'd have to consume 3,500 calories more than the energy you consume over that period of time. Most people have a resting metabolism of between 1,500 - 3,500 kcal per day. So, you don't notice the increase of fat, because it is at mos... |
What caused South Korea's president to get impeached? | Maybe ELI4: She was elected as the leader, but somebody else was telling her what to do/say/dress. The public found out, and are naturally upset. I like /u/mattexcursion 's analogy.Like most of the Western media, the answers here have focused on the fact that Choi Sun Sil was the daughter of a cultist. This is a pretty... |
Why does youtube buffer videos in all ¨P's¨ but when i'm watching porn it works flawless? | I don't completely understand your Bonus qustion, but here is my attempt to answer it from what I gather. Previously Youtube worked such that if you opened a link it would buffer the whole video regardless of how much of it you actually you saw. The problem with that was, if the video is especially long or of a high qu... |
Why can't we order donuts like we order pizza? | You've stumbled on a fucking great idea. But make sure to start in an area where deemand for donuts is already high or you might fail. |
If diabetics have problems when their blood sugar is high, why is a diabetic episode lessened by consumption of more sugar? (candy or juice)? | It's actually a problem if their sugar gets too high *or* too low; the situation you're thinking of is one in one someone needs to *very* rapidly raise their blood sugar. Most diabetics have candy, juice, or glucose syrup in case of this particular emergency. |
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