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How come some FTM trans grow full beards yet some men cannot? Wouldn't a male body be more likely to grow a beard than a female body with hormones? | There are 2 main things that determine your facial hair--genetics and hormones. Genetics also determines hormones, but taking HRT bypasses that by giving you hormones your genes aren't coding for. So most men and FTM people have sufficient hormones to grow a beard. So the key determiner of what the beard looks like com... |
Why do people keep saying the government is profiting on the war on drugs? | I don't know if many people are saying that the government themselves are profiting because most agree that it's a huge money pit.There are many, many private organizations and individuals that profit from the drug wars though. Probably too numerous to name but a short list would be private prisons, those who supply la... |
why counterfeit products featured slightly altered logos as compared to those of the products they're posing as. | Sometimes it's a ripoff in the same way a lot of small game apps rip off the most popular ones, so they make it slightly different to try and skate by legally. Other times it's just a poor counterfeit that didn't produce the look right even though they were trying to.Proving that someone has copied the design of your p... |
Related with Carl Sagan's civilization scale based on the information it has, how do we know the number of bits we have access to? | We don't, not exactly, and we don't have to. What we can do is make a decent order of magnitude estimate. Having 10^22 bits is not that much different than 10^24, especially in an exponentially growing information economy. But it is clearly greater than 10^, and that's all you really need to make this kind of very roug... |
Where does the cocaine go? | drunk", etc. has to go into the blood stream at some point, where the heart pumps it throughout the body. So it goes "everywhere" including your brain. Some things can't get to the brain though. The brain has a protective layer known as the "blood brain barrier" . Only certain things can get through. Cocaine is one tha... |
Why do I need to babysit my computer when it's copying files, and confirm "YES, I want to copy this files" every 2-3 minutes | Some of it depends on what Operating System you're using, but Typically speaking the computer just wants permission. If you're on a User Account and not listed as an administrator, certain places will not allow you to transfer files peacefully. And even if you are an administrator, Windows will still alert you before m... |
How do baseball pitchers throw those really dynamic breaking balls (curve, slider, cutter, etc)? | I'm not a pitcher, but my brother was. Most of it has to do with the position of your fingers on the ball. |
What is "washing" money, and why do criminals need to do it? | You just robbed a bank, and got away clean with a million bucks. Now what? You don't want to just keep it under your mattress, what good is having a million bucks if you can't change your life with it? You can't just deposit in your bank account, banks are required to report on large transactions. You could try to spen... |
Why does the military use the word "Click" when referring to distance? How far is it, and where did it come from? | Saying klick in the radio walky-talky thingy is simpler then saying kilometer. Also it can't be confused with other words easyly. |
How can a lawyer talk with the judge/police officer to lower my driving ticket when I am clearly guilty of the ticket I got? | A good traffic lawyer can: * look for inconsistencies in the paperwork and get you off on a technicality* knows the DA's and what sort of deals they would be willing to make* knows the various police departments and even individual offers, and can just things like the chances of them not showing up for court* knows how... |
why do sirens change pitch so significantly when you drive by them? | Doppler effect. The sound waves get a speed boost from the motion of the vehicle as it's coming toward you. After it passes the sound waves arrive slower as the source is now moving away from you, hence the pitch change. |
How does the turning of the blade in a wind turbine generate electricity? | The hub at the center of the blades contains a generator. The blades turn on a shaft, and a gearbox connects the shaft to the generator. Torque through the gearbox moves magnetic structures inside the generator that produce electric current in the generator's output cables. |
How did early humans know to cut the umbilical cord? | How do you know they did? There are cultures and customs today where people don't cut the umbilical cord. It's called lotus birth, and as far as I understand the idea is that the mother and the baby stay put for a week or so, with the placenta still attached sort of tethering them from leaving the bed, until it natural... |
How are hurricanes named? Is there a protocol? | So I'm very interested in the procedure of picking of the name of a hurricane. I understand now that they have a list of names, but now im also thinking---WHY name them? Super curious. |
What causes cars to catch fire? | They contain quite a bit of gasoline and other flammable materials. They also get quite hot, so there are opportunities to ignite those flammable materials. And they're made of metal, so when one crashes there's a chance sparks will be generated. Although car fires are pretty rare. Much rarer than Hollywood would have ... |
Why don't journalists simply quote Obama's original stance on whistle blowers, and ask him to respond? | Because the questions and the question-askers are screened before being given a chance to ask. It's like going to the theater and watching a play that has been scripted to seem spontaneous. |
How is it that birds can imitate the english language very well with beaks, while mammals of similar physical facial structures as humans (dogs, monkeys, etc) cannot? | It's not the structures of our face. It's what's in our throats. Humans have very developed vocal cords compared to most other mammals. This is why we teach sign language to great apes instead of just teaching them a spoken language. Birds, on the other hand, are very strong vocal communicators, thus there are many bir... |
How does a Thorium nuclear reactor work? | Currently? Not at all. Even though *in theory*, a thorium reactor is a great thing because the mathematics describing the nuclear reactions it would work with show some great properties, they currently don't work at all. Because sadly, *in practice* the technical processes needed for such a reactor to work are evry com... |
- Why does an outgoing president get to grant clemency in the US? | It's not really a custom, but rather a law, and one that is coded right into the constitution. The president can pardon federal offences, but not state ones. Obama could, for example, pardon anyone in the federal prison system today if he felt like it, but couldn't do anything for some random person in jail in Oklahoma... |
Why does "turn it off and on again" fix so many problems with computers and phones? | The computer's brain got confused and now it needs to be turned off and turned back on again so it can start everything over from scratch. |
What is the difference between warm blooded and cold blooded animals? | Adding on to other replies, I'm no scientist but I think I remember reading, cold blooded is a survival tactic to minimise the engery they use as warm blooded uses alot of energy to maintain heat where as snakes can go along time without eating, I think that all plays a part |
why do we remember Marie Curie but not Pierre Curie? | There are already pretty good comments and references, but I wanna point out some information that is not always considered. First, the facts. She was a born in the mid 19^th century, the youngest daughter of a science teacher from a formerly well-off family. She was catholic . She studied under great, well known scien... |
How do rally co-drivers write pace notes? | > How do they not let the driver in on it? The driver *is* in on it. They've seen the road before but on a long rally stage ), there is no way the driver could remember the entire route. They will drive the route with the co-driver making pace notes and the co-driver then throws them out as reminders through the race. |
Why is an electric toothbrush so much better than a manual toothbrush? | As it turns out, the attribute of an electric toothbrush that is most correlated with good dental hygiene is whether or not the toothbrush has a timer. Because it turns out that, on average, people brush for about 75-90 seconds when they just brush for the amount of time that feels right, and don't evenly distribute th... |
What happens if: I lose a court case, and I'm ordered to pay the opposition lawyer's fees but I'm completely broke? | Depends on where and what kind of case. If you it is a case that is insured they will cough up the dough on your behalf, and then give it to you sideways through premiums. If you are not insured, then the lawyers have a range of remedies. They will usually issue some sort of demand. Based on this, they may try to garni... |
Why are blueprints always that colour? | It's a method called a Cyanotype. You coat paper in ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferricyanide. This makes the paper light sensitive and you can make copies of the same image over and over again using UV light onto the paper, or the sun. Basically just the cheapest and easiest way at the time to make photocopies. |
Why are fire trucks kept obsessively clean? | Discipline. It allows firefighters to remained disciplined in every aspect of their work. This helps them work as a team and get things right first time and will help in crisis situations when you can trust other members of the team to not slack off and do things properly. Ensuring everything is clean and well maintain... |
When people lose their memory, why do they not lose memory for basic skills such as speaking, walking, etc? | Those operate at a lower level of the brain AFAWK at this time. They are known as motor functions controlled by moto-neurons. Kind of like how if all you had was your spine and legs, if placed on a treadmill it would automatically walk even though there is no brain attached because the spine seems to have it's own 'mot... |
What makes the U.S. dollar legitimate? | Because it's used as the major currency in purchasing crude oil Saddam threatened to stop accepting the US dollar for oil and we all know how that turned out.. |
How is all the background radiation, things like wifi, radio, cell signals, affecting me? What is it doing to my body? | Most of the radiation passing through your body does very, very little. Radio waves have wavelengths of around 3 meters, meaning they interact with your body very little; wifi and cell signals have wavelengths of around 4 inches, meaning that they can interact with the body, but they are so infinitesimally small in the... |
Can police pursue you beyond their jurisdiction? City lines, County lines or State lines....any difference? | Historically, no, the cops from county A have no particular authority in county B. So if they're chasing someone, they'd either have to hand off the chase to county B's cops, or stop at the border. Hence Dukes-of-Hazzard shenanigans. However, there is a legal [doctrine of hot pursuit], which lets police chase people in... |
Could we bring extinct species back to study them or just to repopulate? I.e. the dodo or thylacine. | Probably not. It's depending on how much DNA we have of any of those species, if we have a surrogate to clone them, and how much we know about taking care of them. |
Communism, why do we hate it? | After WWII, the USA had a good interest in having a strong free market in Europe and Asia. They could make a lot of money by selling things to nations recovering from the war. The Communists on the other hand didn't have a free market. Communists made things for other communists, in exchange for other communist things.... |
When astronomers discover significant events or objects, isn't it delayed by millions of years? | Everything is current for *that place* at *that time*. You're looking at this text, but it takes some small amount time for the light to get from the screen to your eyes. Does this mean you're looking at the past? Nope, it means that your eyes are currently seeing what your monitor displayed in the past, and that creat... |
Why is it that once I scratch one itch, I suddenly have multiple more places that itch around my body? | [Locked in Syndrome] should make you more appreciative of being able to scratch those itches. You're welcome! |
Why do we get homesick? | Homesickness was a medical condition back in 1752 and was described as 'nostalgia' back then. People got so homesick in the world wars and conflicts that they became physically ill - doctors found that after telling the men they would be sent home they would suddenly spring back to life and their physical ailments woul... |
Why does drinking alcohol stop an LSD trip? | Does it? In my experience, it's never made a difference. It's comforting and familiar to sip on a beer, but I've never had it affect my trip. |
Why do some urinals have standing water? | All urinals do for the reason below. If you can't see the water it's because it's below the metal drain plate. |
What sensation does an animal feel while you are petting it? | Get someone of the opposite sex to run their fingers through your hair and rub/scratch your hair. I assume it's a similar feeling. |
Why can't we make PS3/Xbox 360 emulators? | We can and do. But the average desktop PC wouldn't be able to run a commercial game in real time the archetecture of consoles deviates alot from typical general purpose pcs. |
Why is water desalinization not more prevalent? | It's an incredibly expensive and long process to build desalinization plants, and the plants require a lot of ongoing maintenance , so it ends up being really expensive way to produce clean water. |
How can a judge nullify Tom Brady's suspension and override the NFL? What authority does it possess? | Courts have the legal authority to settle civil disputes - particularly those which involve contract law. If you have a contract to provide someone with goods/services in exchange for something else of value , then you can file a lawsuit with the courts if you feel the other party has broken the terms of the contract i... |
Why does restarting my computer help solve so many issues? | By restarting your computer, you force all your programs to reload their configuration files and reconnect to their libraries . Also, restart allows the computer to drop all useless data left by bugged programs / bloatware which makes it run much faster.In most cases, a restart wipes away the current state of the softw... |
Why do people scream when afraid? | Humans are social creatures, it's better to alert your peers when something bad happens. Then can help you and better protect the group in general Animals that live alone don't make loud noises when startled or in danger |
Why do certain updates require my computer to restart? | Suppose you want to replace the faucet in your sink. To do that, first you have to shut off the water, then disconnect the old one, then connect the new one, then turn the water back on. For more complicated plumbing upgrades, like a whole-home water filter, you might have to shut off the water to the whole house for a... |
Why don't all cars have gas doors on the same side? | It's based on the engineering of the car, and since gas pumps can pump easily to either side it's not really a problem that car manufacturers need to engineer around so they don't.Well no idea why not but I think it pretty practical because if every car would have it on the same side you couldnt use 50% of a gas statio... |
What causes 'bugs' in computer code over time? | I can give you an example: People applying to universities, system requires last name to be longer than 2 characters after 20 years school decides to accept international asian students, they have last names with 2 characters keep in mind that if no asian student were to register, this would never be an issue. Most of ... |
How and why does my skin tan? Why do some people burn and never tan? | Exposure to the sun causes your skin to increase it's production of melanin. This is what gives your skin, hair, and eyes color. Everyone has a baseline production determined by genetics. This is why black people are darker. The more melanin in your skin the more resistant to burning you are. Which is why people from A... |
Why doesn't ice freeze clear? | It does under the right circumstances . This episode of How It's Made explains how: _URL_0_", 'I heard if you put hot water in the ice cube trays instead of cold water the ice will freeze clear |
I understand the geneva convention outlawing war crimes like attacking civilian targets but why regulate things like ammunition and bayonet design? | Because the point of banning those types of weapons is to avoid unnecessary suffering. Say we go to war with China. This doesn't automatically mean every Chinese person is terrible and deserves to die. If you shoot someone in the arm with a regular bullet, while it will definitely hurt and it could kill them, there's a... |
Why do poisonous chemicals say "Do not induce vomiting"? | Sometimes that is the case, but sometimes it does more damage coming up than staying down as vomiting will just have it contact the throat and mouth all over again. There's a lot of variation in what should be done about different types of poisons, it's why we have a poison control centre |
Why do most foods, drinks etc have to be refrigerated AFTER ONE use? What happens to the contents after just one use? | You broke the seal and now bacteria and mold got into what was a sterile environment. Now you have to refrigerate it to slow the growth of all the nasties you just let in. Hate to sound jaded but is this not something you learn by the time you're 2-3?", 'It comes into contact with the air and all the various contaminan... |
What are the weird electric surge/sensations that happen right before you're about to fall asleep? | I think I know what you're talking about. Does it feel like a surge of electricity trying to overtake your consciousness when you're trying to go to sleep? |
If the US Government can make billions of dollars off of legalizing Marijuana on a federal level for recreational purposes, why do they refuse to let it happen? | Marijuana was not made illegal for it's recreational use. Originally the virgin marijuana, called hemp was used for many industrial uses. The first cars seats were all hemp, it makes some of the best fabric, its oil is used for great lotion, makes durable rope, the list goes on and on. During this time, it was the prim... |
I just learned today that cloud seeding, for purposes of increasing rainfall, is a thing. Why do we not do this in the drought-stricken US Southwest? | The Southwest is a desert it's naturally dry, but populations have grown and require more water than a desert can produce. California is another story. But seeding all the time would be costly. |
Why do humans need a large variety of different food types to receive all the essential nutrients, while other animals can seemingly do so off of relatively few different types of food? | It takes energy to convert one thing to another so if you feed entirely of say meat or grass you have to use some of your energy to create some nutrients that your food source is lacking. Humans are omnivores, we eat a wide variety of foods and by doing so we can get all the nutrients we need and therefore don't need t... |
How are colleges and universities allowed to handle drug cases without getting the police involved? | Many colleges have their own sworn police officers with jurisdiction over the college. So, the police *are* involved -- it's campus police instead of city or state police. It isn't completely a black box -- the [Clery Act] requires colleges to report on crime. |
If all of the cells in your body are replace d every ten or so years, how do small blemishes like moles stick around? | All the cells in your body aren't replaced. In fact, some cells stick around your entire lifetime! Here's an article that isn't completely cancer-i recommend the sci show video too. This article references pimples instead of moles but it fits! _URL_0_ Edit: adding link lol |
Why do dogs like human food more than dog food/why can't we make their food as good to them? | Give dog food a try. You'll understand That stuff tastes like oily cardboard biscuits. It's pretty vile |
Why can't a state just print more banknotes to create more money? [LI5] | Money stands for things. A dollar stands for a dollar's worth of bread, or gold, or land. We invented money so we don't have to swap chickens and stuff to buy things. It's a lot easier. Now. Paper money used to be backed up by gold. The U.S. had, say, a billion dollars of gold, and so it put out a billion dollars of pa... |
Why are humans more interested in planetary travel/discovery rather than fully exploring all of Earth first? | Aside from the answers already given here, there's another one: because space actually also lets us learn more about our Earth. Venus, for example, is a greenhouse effect gone crazy, and it helped understand the phenomena here on Earth. Also, space exploration tends to fuel innovation and techonology here on Earth. Scr... |
Why do I get itchy watching videos about insects even when I have no particular fear of them? | **TL-DR** because you're not a serial killer. It's because you imagine yourself in that situation, you imagine that bug effecting you. This is the same reason when you see someone get hit in the balls by something most guys will flinch a bit, because when the human brain views something it stimulates and simulates the ... |
Why is adoption so long, complicated and expensive? Does the long process dissuade a lot of people from adopting? | Adopting isn't that complicated or expensive. Adopting a healthy white infant, that's what is difficult. There are a lot more parents than children out there, so the people who decide who gets one can be very selective. My parents spent 4 years trying to find an infant girl to adopt. When they widened their search, the... |
What are different shapes of pasta good for? | To put it simply, yes, different kinds of pasta are typically better for soups or creams, spaghetti are far better with something with a low density, tomato sauce boiled with some oil and black pepper while rigatoni works better with cream, meat, dense soups. Source: I'm Italian and I was born in Rome, home of Carbonar... |
Social Security money "running out" in the future | SS works by collecting a tax on people who are working today, and giving it to retired people today. Because they can't be changing the tax rate and payouts daily, they utilize a savings account for a safety net. In the past the rates allowed that account to become large. Because people are living longer and there are ... |
Why are there really strong fans right above doors that turn on whenever the door opens. | I've seen them used to create positive air pressure in rooms that need to be kept clean. So when someone opens the door the air in the room wants to blow out. This prevents the dirt and bugs from outside from getting into the room. |
Why was the US not charged with crimes against humanity for the Atomic bomb explosions targeted at predominantly civilian cities? | Hiroshima & Nagasaki weren't civilian targets, they had considerable industry involved in producing equipment for the war. Just because they weren't soldiers doesn't mean they weren't valid military targets.1) The concept of crimes against humanity did not really exist until after WWII. 2) We ran the trials handling th... |
LI5: Where is all the money? | You're probably under the relatively common misconception that governments loan money directly to each other. With this view, it would indeed not make any sense if every country were in debt. However, that's not how government debt works. Instead, the government issues bonds that are purchased by anyone and everyone in... |
Why does the top comment thread on every front page post consist of a chain of puns? | I like to think it's because puns are a simple form of humor that everyone can enjoy and contribute to easily, and lots of people come to reddit for a fun, short distraction, of which puns are a perfect example. Also, you know you're pretty much asking for a thread full of puns, right?", 'Because puns are one of the ca... |
How come there aren't any phone viruses? | Go to r/technology and search for 'android malware', there will be a lot of hits. A lot of them are about malware that imitate legit popular programs. The most recent one imitated Viking Jump to create a zombie botnet. Consoles and mobile OS systems tend to have restricted permissions to installing and running code. |
why does honey have such a strange effect on bread, making it "crunchy" for lack of a better term? | hehe that's a great description actually and I've always assumed that it's to do with the liquid in the honey being absorbed by the bread, which leaves the sugar crystals on top of the bread, making it grittier and crunchier. |
Why don't you see body builders in the MMA/UFC? | Just cause you are big doesn't mean you can fight. And it doesnt matter how big you are. A kick to the kidney will hurt regardless. Look at Lesnar. |
Why does hanging out in the sun all day drain my energy? | Other posters are mentioning dehydration and homeostasis, which are totally legitimate reasons to feel tired , but one of the biggest factors is your body not producing enough Melatonin . While you're in the sun, your body is producing vitamin D but suppressing Melatonin production. When you move from out in the sun to... |
- Why does water begin to boil at the side of the pan, as opposed to anywhere else in the pot? | The source of heat is outside the pan, so it's not surprising that the water should start to boil where the source of heat is. In the case of a gas stove, people often use a larger burner than needed, so instead of the heat being absorbed by the base of the pan, much of it runs up the sides - which leads to the liquid ... |
If you illegally traveled to another country, and then claimed you had an amnesia and you don't remember who you are, what would legal process be? | This really depends on the country. A guy named [Benjamin Kyle] is a good example of what your talking about, but people are fairly certain he is not from another country. Most likely you'd be put into a mental institution or a jail. They may not even try to identify you. |
How can the President go into a "war" when so many people are opposing it? | just because you hang out on reddit doesn't mean so many people are opposing it reddit is a fishbowl of teenage angst with a healthy dose of vote and submission manipulation", 'Reddit is most definitely not the opinion of the nationWe elect leaders to make the decision for us in a Republic. As " Commander in Chief" he ... |
Why are banks and their owners worth so much money if they are just holding onto my money for me instead of a piggy bank? | Nearly everyone who uses a bank is charged for it in some way or another. Sometimes you might not see it.. If you use a debit card or credit card - maybe your bank doesn't charge you but they charge the business that accepts the card.. Every dam time you swipe a card the business pays. For a small business this can be ... |
Why don't humans eat one giant meal instead of periodically eating throughout the day? | this is what i do most of the time, actually. i generally only eat dinner with minimal or no caloric intake otherwise . studies have shown that there doesn't appear to be any difference between the number of meals you eat a day and weight loss/gain or metabolism. there is some correlation with people who eat fewer meal... |
Why does head/facial hair grow indefinitely but body hair only grows to a centimetre or two? | Short answer: it doesn't. Long answer All hair grows in three phases: 1. the growth phase.2. the recovery phase,3. the rest phase. Hair only grows in phase one. During phase two the follicle from which the hair grows is rejuvenated, and in phase three the follicle simply rests. After phase three ends phase one begins a... |
Why is the verb 'to be' in almost every language irregular? | it's not exactly a why, but core words are more likely to be irregular than words that don't get used every day, multiple times a day. It probably has something to do with the fact that non-core words came later in the life of the language, when we were more concerned about languages making sense and following rules.La... |
Why can't we power solar panels with lights being powered by the panels? | The other answers are excellent, but I have an allegory that might be better for a 5 year old. You know, just so I can contribute. You know how you can get money by recycling cans? It's not very much, but hey, at least you get something. Trying to power a solar panel with a light that's being powered by the same solar ... |
Why did Ireland starve from a lack of potatoes? | because at that point, farmers in ireland grew less of the other stuff. to get through winter, you need to stock pile enough of one food, called a staple food. and after potatoes were introduced, they were easier to grow and didn't need processing so farmers started growing more potatoes instead of the other stuff. all... |
Why is it so hard to emulate (for example) PS2 games smoothly in a "basic" computer even tho they're way more powerful than the console? | The difference in hardware is the issue. The PS2 game was developed to run on PS2 hardware. This hardware natively supports a set of instructions; simple instructions like move, add, or subtract are widely supported, but instructions like division may not be. The difficulty is when the PC doesn't support all the same i... |
How can a corporation pay its employees without having a "profitable" year? | So, me being a person . I have a car note for 20k. No other debt I will not be making a profit for another 6 years. Once I make my last payment I will be out of debt. Then everything I make will be a profit Lets assume rent wasn't a revolving debt Just because I have debt doesn't mean I don't have extra money each payc... |
Why are restaurants/movie theaters often uncomfortably cold, even in the summer when it shouldn't be cost effective to have the AC so low? | There is also a correlation to emotions and temperature. Jails, for example, are maintained fairly cool around 65 degrees Fahrenheit, as the cooler temps reduce angry outbursts. _URL_0_ In addition, I would assume it feels cold because you're stationary. If you were the waitstaff, up and moving around, I'm sure the air... |
How come football players cant take a drink from their water bottles on the sudeline using their own hands? Why does a waterboy need to squirt the water for him? | As a lineman turned trainer when my career ended 1) receivers don't like wet gloves from condensation. 2) helmets and face masks mess with your proprioception . Especially with the movement restraints of pads and that issue, a lot of players miss their mouth trying to aim from 6 inches away. Lineman pads also make any ... |
How does absorbed light turn into heat? This makes no sense. | > but that doesn't answer the question of what happens to the photon. The photon is converted into movement. It ceases to be, it is destroyed.Both heat and light are forms of energy. Therefore, they can be transformed into each other. |
I was just reading a thread on AskReddit and I learned that us 'Muricans are strange for having a pledge. Why does the U.S. have a pledge while others don't? | As a Brit, I've often found American Patriotism to be somewhat Unnerving. It's great that you all have common ground, but at least in England, we're usually a lot more ambivalent to the ground we walk on. We have St. George's Day, which some people celebrate as the day celebrating our Patron Saint George who, supposedl... |
Why is Earth glowing like a star in this photo | the Sun is around. it's just over the horizon and Sun's light is scattered in all directions by the molecules of air, around the edge of the horizon. |
How do you explain a sense to someone who was born physically unable to perceive it? | If you're blind, I have to imagine it would be comparable to touching everything around you at the same time, no? |
Theoretically if you won the lottery for $100m, is there any reason why living off say, the 1% interest a year from a bank, would be a bad idea? | Most of the smart financial types will tell you that it's WAY smarter to take the lump sum, put your money is safe investments, and live off of a portion of the interests, absolutely. If you got 100m , and found a good mutual fund , that would be $2.1m interest per year. Now, if you decide that you're going to live off... |
Why does the USA union work, but the UK doesn't? | The constituent countries of the UK each have recorded histories that date back for well over 1,000 years before they joined the union. Thus for much of their existence they were separate, independent nations . In contrast, the United Kingdom as a political entity has only really existed for 300 years. So although it's... |
When i delete something off my computer permanently, where does it go? | When you delete something off of your computer, it's like putting whiteout on paper. It's still there, until something else gets put on top of it. Now you can always put on more whiteout, but eventually it's impossible to see what was originally underneath. Maybe something sort of can be seen, but you don't know what i... |
Identity Politics and their role in American government | When used in popular media, identity politics has to do with 1. groups that unite based on a shared trait 2. how those different groups relate, be it friendly or violent and anything in between With regards to now, we're doing a lot of examining of how being white and right-wing has led to the headlines we're seeing ab... |
How is the dollar value of a nation's currency determined? Can some nation, like North Korea, decide to go rogue and increase/decrease the value of its money? | Money is worth what someone is willing to give you for it. And if that somebody is a country, they can influence the currency's value. So if North Korea wanted to say the won was worth 10 USD, they could. As so long as they handed out $10 bills to anyone who gave them a won, it would maintain that value. The problem, o... |
why do mead and beer tools and containers need to be very well sanitized during the brewing process if both were created before people knew about bacteria? | Your premise is incorrect. Brewing tools don't need to be sanitized, FERMENTING tools do. The last step before fermenting is boiling the wort . And if you aren't cooling your wort, prior to putting it into its fermentation vessel, you don't have to sanitize that either.I'm an assistant wine maker, it lessens the chance... |
Will a single global currency ever be possible? | I remember hearing that the Euro has screwed countries like Greece and Spain who couldn't devalue their currency or print or withhold money in order to get out of their depressions. So basically if there was a worldwide currency that problem gets compounded worldwide instead of just in Europe. |
How do casinos know if my cash is counterfeit if it's taken off the table and exchanged for chips so quickly? | They're not concerned with counterfeit $50. If you wanted to exchange $10,000 they're going to check it at the cage. |
Why do some people get more mosquito bites than others? | My blood type is O+ and I NEVERRR get bit by mosquitos. Not even one time. I've spent weeks in mosquito infested places such as Florida and Oregon, and I came out with no bites at all. Meanwhile my family was covered in bites. |
Why isn't Social Security considered to be a Ponzi Scheme | I sense some anti-government stance behind that question. Can't really believe it's taken seriously. It's a program that was passed into law. I don't think you could sue this or that just depending of a loose definition of a scheme. Context is important too, you can't just be intentionnaly blind and pedantic, dismiss c... |
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