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Why is Patriotism more evident in places like the U.S and not so much in places like the U.K? | The age of the countries involved, US is a baby in age compared to the UK, and the UK isn't as much a world power as ages ago when we had a Empire etc. Not to mention patriotism isn't too far removed from nationalism, and that has caused, well problems to say the least here in Europe. |
Why is it that Steam can sell games for really low prices? | because digital copies of games are free for them. So it's all about how many they can sell. If they believe they can increase the sells by 50% by decreasing the price by 50%, then they will do it. As long as they can sell a lot of copies, they could sell you the game for 0.1€ and they would still be making money. |
Why are some games locked to 60 FPS when others can run in the hundreds? | Well it's so you have a constant frame rate. You lock it at 60 fps when your computer can run higher so that for even the most intensive moments the fps will stay the same. For shitty computers you usually lock the frame rate at 30 If your computer can't handle 30 then you shouldn't play that game. |
Why do so many books have two to three blank pages at the start? | I've got a buddy who is an expert. Let me give them a call and see if they can come down here and we will see what it is worth. u/RebeccaRomney can you answer this in only the way you could? ^^^I ^^^wish ^^^that ^^^wasn't ^^^a ^^^dead ^^^account", 'Those used to be there, and often still are, because the book is printe... |
How is high-speed internet and on-demand television transmitted over what is basically just a thin copper wire? | Voltages vary between two levels to represent 1 and 0, and then it's essentially the same as every other digital transmission. It's an over-simplified explanation, there are more complexities - but this is ELI5 :) |
If hackers were able to use inside knowledge of bank systems to steal $1 billion over time, how would they eventually have cashed in? | [From the Kaspersky report], they've moved the money between banks, added some money on people's accounts, then remotely dispensed it from these accounts on various ATMs around the world, where it'd be picked up. |
Why is women's handwriting noticeably different from mens? | Girls have better motor skills at younger ages than boys. There are many factors, but motor skill is the big one. Why are people explaining it like it's rocket science on this subreddit?", 'I remember as a kid always getting teased about writing like a girl since I had nice handwriting. As it turns out, chicks dig neat... |
Why do men bald on their scalps but not their beards? | I don't know, but I have a bald spot in my beard.I have bald spots in my heard areaOkay smart guys, I have plenty of testosterone. Why does my beard look like I have mange as a 24 year old brown kid. Aleut/filipino + mostly white genetics. Tan, blue eyes, almost black hair .scraggly beard. This vexes me.Full head of lo... |
Why do you need a ";" at the end of each line of code? | It's the computer's version of the period. It tells the compiler where each line ends and the next line begins. |
if something has a rechargeable battery that is dead (such as a Gameboy SP), why can't it still be used if a charge cable is plugged into a power source? | Many types of tablets, phones and controllers have no way of powering themselves directly by a power cord, but are only powered by their batteries. The cord can only charge the battery. These devices often don't turn on right away when plugged in because their batteries have a minimum charge level they require before a... |
Why do certain foods give you diarrhea an hour or two after consumption when it takes 8hrs to go through your entire digestive system? | i like to imagine my body is run by a network of small people that live inside me. as food comes into my stomach, the manager kind of surveys it for a minute, checks the sheet of what came down, and decides how to deal with it. if theres any kind of bacteria he doesnt like he just says something like 'we cant use any o... |
why do babies not respond to noise whilst sleeping the same way adults do? | I have a 7 week old and find that her sleep depends on her mood. If she is fighting sleep but it gets the better of her, she will wake up much easier, kinda like she's waiting for the moment to spring into action. If she is ready for a nap and goes off with her bottle, I find that loud noises don't bother her. Loud sou... |
Why the creators of American Football named their sport "Football" when there was already a much more popular sport with that name? | Didn't the British call it soccer up until about the 1970s?", 'From Wikipedia:In the United States, American football is referred to as "football."[2] The term "football" was officially established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season, when the sport first shifted from soccer-style rules to rugby-style ... |
How does Ubereats earn money when there is no delivery charge and minimum orders? | > when there is no delivery charge You're mistaken about there being no delivery charge. If the area is particularly busy, they charge a $5 delivery fee. In addition, they may charge more for the food itself than the restaurant charges for that same food.Might be a bit late but I actually asked my boss about it, as I w... |
Why does my leg insist on shaking and why does it feel so good | My grandfather had RLS. After his leg was amputated at the knee, he said he still felt the crazed need to move the portion of the leg that wasn't there.Similarly, I have chronic back pain, and for some reason moving my legs/hips a lot when I lay in bed lessens the pain considerably. |
What muscles are the least used and why do humans still have them? | I nominate Palmaris longus. Palmaris longus is a muscle found in the forearm of the human body, originating near the elbow and inserting on the palmar aponeurosis. This muscle serves no apparent purpose, as it has no effect on the tightening or clenching of the hand. In fact, 14% of the population does not even have th... |
What's that weird, sharp pain you get in your foot when jumping down from something? | I think [Plantar fasciitis] is what you're looking for. Basically, there is a thick band of tissue on the heel of your foot. If this tissue is overstretched or overused, it can cause a sharp pain. Basically, when you're biking, your heel conform to the paddle. When you get down, it stretches back to a position to suppo... |
Why are people so protective of their IP address and MAC address online, and what would the realistic consequences of openly posting them be? | > I see a lot of videos with people putting their finger over their MAC address or blocking out their IP address Honestly? Most are being silly. It's trivial to find an IP address of someone. Hell, if you want to find one of the IP addresses behind reddit, just type ping _URL_1_. For home use, it's even sillier as most... |
why are the colors red, white and blue so common on nation flags? | One possible reason is Great Britain The British empire spawned over 50 countries and almost every single one of these adopted at least one aspect of the Union Jack. Everything from the stripe/cross arrangement, to actually having the Union Jack in their flag . Obviously, the most common trait for one of these nations ... |
Why do almost all companies pay their employees only relatively small constant amount salary while the company itself can make millions of money to their owners? | The employees' pay is the least amount needed to get enough people with the skills to complete the work. The amount left over -- whether it's a lot, a little, zero, or negative -- is what the owners get. So they try very hard to make sure it's a lot, by finding inexpensive ways to make stuff that people will pay a lot ... |
Why is there such a huge disparity in the viewpoints about climate change or global warming? If it is scientifically proven, wouldn't everyone be on board? | On top of what people have said scientific papers are not easy to read and it's not easy for a layperson to find out what the actual scientific evidence is saying. There tends to be a lot of jargon and complicated terminology, and the actual amount of evidence for a layperson to go over is pretty huge. So people tend t... |
Why does everyone like Bernie Sanders so much? | Consistent and strong voting record, supports income inequality reform, supports social security reform, wants to dismantle the NSA, backed by Elizabeth Warren, opposes Hillary, etc. I'm definitely liking him so far, granted I disagree with him on a few issues such as gun control. |
Why do governments spy on their own people? It doesn't seem like there's a special interest that benefits. | A cynical answer is the government benefits, an altruistic answer is the people benefit. Most attacks against a government or a country come from within it's own borders. Most mass killings or uprisings start within the country itself. Very little violence, in the western world especially, comes from out side sources a... |
What is a garbage disposal in your sink and why are they so common in America but not elsewhere? | Well its a grinder that is just below your drain in the sink. It is for vary minimal scrap food that doesn't come off the plate after you put the rest in garbage. Most people use them wrong though and just shove what ever they want down it. It's not ment for lots of food waste |
The effects of a growing child in space, from conception to puberty | Vsauce has a video talking about it actually. It's been a long time since I've watched it, but give it a watch and see what you think. _URL_0_", 'From what I heard conception would already be difficult because your body has a hard time keeping it hard in zero G.I'd imagine that bone structure would be weaker than norma... |
why aren't women allowed to play normal baseball? | They aren't, a female can play in the MLB, its just that none have been good enough. Their currently is a girl in little league, name Mo'ne Davis, who is aiming ti be the first girl in the MLB.People seem to be misunderstanding your question. Several of them on purpose. I would try reposting it as "Why is softball the ... |
Why can't humans shake themselves dry like animals? | Well we can it's just that we don't have the thick coat or the feathers that other animals do so our ability to hold and throw water is reduced", 'We expect to dry almost instantly. I squeegee water off me in the shower, and that gets most of the water off. It would probably dry me off fully if I did that one or two mo... |
Quantum entanglement as a mean to communicate with another civilisation from another galaxy | To our current knowledge, it's not possible to send information through quantum entanglement like that.Entanglement does not allow communication. The result of entanglement give you results that are classically impossibility but what each player would see is independent of any transformation that the other player would... |
How have string theorists narrowed in at an estimate of 10^500 possible universes? | Okay, well it sounds absurd when you think about how many there are and how someone could calculate that. I'll try to explain it the best I can while reasoning you are not in the questions field of study. Well the number they designated, was like 10^10^16, if I'm not mistaken. It would actually be even bigger than that... |
why, even though in a class all kids get the same amount of gym time, is it enough for some kids to stay in shape while not enough for others? | Because the amount of gym time in school isn't enough to do much. Especially not if you don't combine it with healthy eating", 'I know you said you weren't really looking at the "weight gain", but rather just overall fitness but it's interesting to note how little physical exercise comes into play when talking weight g... |
why The Beatles are considered the greatest pop/rock band ever. | It's hard to understand out of context, but the Beatles really popularized rock music. Rock music evolved out of jazz music and was primarily played by black artists. The Beatles were very influential in transitioning it to a white audience.As others have said, the Beatles were talented. Paul McCartney has a gift for w... |
How can dogs sleep through loud noise but will wake up instantly if you call them? | This is known as the [cocktail party effect]. It is the phenomenon of being able to focus on a single sound in any situation where many sounds present themselves. In humans, the classic example is being able to hear your name called across the room at a loud cocktail party or being about to focus on a single conversati... |
How do Eastern European countries provide blazing fast internet at cheap prices to their citizens, while I pay Comcast and arm and a leg for crappy internet that is much slower than advertised? | I don't have an answer to the question but it is infuriating to me. I just returned from eastern Bulgaria and had lightening fast data with TMobile as my provider. In Florida, about 20 percent of the time, I have to allow my YouTube video to buffer, and I live in a relatively populated, affluent area. Just blows my fuc... |
What's the difference between a sports jacket and a suit jacket? | A suit consists of matching jacket, pants, and sometimes a vest. They often have patterns that don't go well with unmatched garments. A sports jacket can be paired with a wider variety of pants, and will often have more neutral patterns and colors to make this easier to do. |
How do train rails how up such heavy train carts? Won't they buckle under the extreme weight? | Steel is really strong, and can hold many times its own weight before it starts to deform. The rail cars have a bunch of wheels to distribute their weight across a larger section of the track, and there are weight limits for the cars and their cargo loads to ensure that they don't exceed the capacity of the rails. |
Why is bondage the go-to strange sexual preference in pop culture? | Just guessing here, but I'd think that in a free society where everyone is supposed to be equal, role-playing sexual dominance/submission is about as kinky as you can get without crossing into what may be considered too kinky for mainstream acceptance Edit: fixed a misspelling. |
Why do countries have huge 'national debt' and 'deficits' even if they are wealthy countries in general? | Because having debt isn't in an of itself a bad thing, and the wealthier you are, the more confidence you lenders have in your debts being paid back. When you buy a house, you take on a huge amount of debt and have to pay interest on it. But this is usually good for in the long run having a house **now** will benefit y... |
Why does the TSA seem to be so unanimously hated on Reddit? | The other comments have already summed it up, but yeah, it's pretty basic: The TSA costs a shit-ton of money, and does absolutely nothing to protect anybody. Lots of people dislike cops, but it's a rare person you'll find that says that a police force doesn't provide any benefits at all. That's why the TSA is hated so ... |
Why do Republican Politicians deny man made climate change so badly? | I'm not a Republican, but I can answer for myself. It's not that I don't consider the possibility that global warming and/or climate change are occurring. It's ironically the proponents pushing me further and further from the science. Trying to bully and manipulate me into agreement by doing things like calling me a de... |
why do so many young people think they can change the world yet so many old people are like "it is how it is, accept it" why / when does that disappear? | Because old people are living in the world that their young selves created. It's a continuous cycle in human society. |
Why aren't microwaves hot inside immediately after being used? | Microwaves only heat up water. Your food only comes out hot because it contains water. Because they are non pourous, the walls of the microwave can't absorb water and will not be heated by microwaves. |
Is there any audible difference between cd quality sound and mp3? What is it more specifically and what should I listen for? | IRC most of the studies done show normal people can't see big differences if the mp3 is 192kbs or superior if its inferior there is a clear difference", 'What does "lossless" conversion do? Are their other audio clues that something is ripped at an inferior rate other than "tin sounding" vocals and bass drums? |
Why do we divide the days of the year into 7 months of 31 days, 4 months of 30 days and 1 month of 28/9 days? | if you really wanted to get freaky with our calendar year, you could also have a 25 hour day and make the year 350 days. That would still roughly match the Earth's rotation around the sun and we'd have our timekeeping in multiples of fives, with 10 months at 35 days each. There's some research suggesting that it would ... |
how does suddenly feinting work? Shouldn't there be enough oxygen left in the blood? | Fainting from a panic attack is usually caused by hyperventilation: when you breathe too quickly, the acidity of your blood changes, causing a change in pressure. There's still plenty of oxygen, but all of your bodily processes require a delicate balance of pH. You fall unconscious, and your autonomic nervous system st... |
Why doesn't the US print its own money and why does it allow the Federal Reserve to charge interest on the money it prints? | Its supposed to instill faith in our currency. If the government had control of printing our money, then they could print whenever they wanted based on purely political decisions. As a result, investors who might want to invest in u.s. money wouldn't be really sure of the true value of the dollar. By having the federal... |
how can anchorage, Alaska get 24 hours of sunlight the longest days of the year? | It just goes in a circle across the sky and goes up and down a bit. Basically, the earth's tilt makes this possible. Imagine the north pole is tilted somewhat towards the sun, while the earth spins underneath. Depending on the tilt, a certain amount of land is always facing the sun during the rotation. Conversely, the ... |
What are the consequences of a large income gap? | If the gap is big enough, and social mobility is low enough then, eventually, you get revolution. Good governments do something about it before that happens. |
How come a mechanical watch changes it’s time over a long period of time | Most time measurement systems experience 'drift' which is when their measurement of a second slightly differs from the 'true' measurement of a second. Theses minuscule errors accumulate over time. For example a cheap digital RTC chip will have a drift of ~1 second / year. Mechanical watches specifically can experience ... |
What is the difference between a DJ and someone who plays music from their computer at a venue? | There could be a great difference or none at all. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Plenty of skilled DJs mix live using laptops. |
Why do some people get less severe hangovers or no hangover at all? | I doubt if you'll get much more than a bunch of semi-bullshit folk remedies in this thread. Which is strange, since your question is about people having different levels of hangovers, and not how to avoid one. Yes, avoiding basic dehydration is necessary, but it is not nearly enough to offset the sleep disturbances and... |
If the UK's debt is equivalent to £45 per tax payer, why can't the UK government just tax everyone £45 and clear the debt completely? | UKs debt is a lot higher than that according to Wiki. It's 1.56 trillion pounds and they have a population of 64,716,000 people. That's just over 24000 pounds per person. |
Why do stoneage tribes still exist? | These tribes are very isolated and fiercly fight intruders. Society has decided it's better to just leave them alone. |
Why do people criticize Christianity for being "homophobic," but leave Islam alone? | Because in regions where Islam is the dominant religion, there isn't enough support for gay right for there to be a discussion about it.We appear to be "leaving Islam alone" with air strikesSimple answer? Political Correctness I know. Its weird. |
If silicon based life forms existed, what would be the differences and similarities compared to carbon based life forms? | Silicon life is completely unnecessary. If there was some, it would probably be different than carbon-based life. Trying to imagine it is like trying to imagine a concept like heaven. Since there is no sample at all, and there aren't much mathematics nor chemistry concepts to really make accurate predictions. No matter... |
What is it about Macs that make developers not place computer games on them, in contrast to a PC? | One issue was that Macs were well behind PCs at times, performance-wise The Motorola 68xx based Macs were well behind Intel PCs until Apple switched to Power PC chips and then those fell behind when IBM didn't give them anything faster than, um, I forget, it wasn't as fast as what Intel and maybe AMD had. Also they wer... |
Why are muslims only allowed to have up to four wifes and not more? | Because five would just be greedy, obviously. Who needs five wives? That's ridiculous. Four is plenty. |
The difference between wizards, mages, sorcerers, enchanters, spellcasters, druids, and shamans | For the most part, the words are used interchangeably, except for druid and shaman. They both tend to have certain religious aspects to them, and are usually treated as priests of sorts. As for the rest, the difference depends on what fantasy world you're in. I know this makes me a nerd, but I'll use Dungeons and Drago... |
What has Bill Murray done to make everyone like him so much? | 1. SNL alum2. Caddy shack 3. Wes Anderson films 4. Unpretentious5. Golfer that thumbs his nose at the blue bloods 6. Nice late career renaissance 7. He's not Chevy chase 8.parties with normal people That's my list.A while ago I listened to a podcast that some comedians were on and they randomly went off a a tangent abo... |
How do people get homeless? Especially in the U.S | A teacher making $40,000 can't make it. How is someone making minimum wage going to pay the rent? We must be talking apples and oranges. |
If the main goal of our brain is survival, why does it let get depressed and in some cases commit suicide? | First of all, not the brains goal is survival, evolutions goal is survival till reproduction. We are able to produce kids at the age of 12. Most people died before 20 historically and the rest made losts of kids, so our numbers grow, evolutionary we are winning. Evolution doesn't really care about anything else. We did... |
How did pizza and chinese become the only standard delivery options? | Canadians get Swiss Chalet. We can order like chicken cordon bleu to the door, while I can't think of any chinese places that do delivery where i live. |
Is Obama right in claiming that the USA is the wealthiest country in the world when it also holds the highest national debt in the world? | The way I understand it is to think of national debt not as a raw number but as a percentage of GDP. Think of any two people, one makes 500k a year and one makes 30k a year. They both have 25k in debt. That is a serious problem for the person making 30k as it is such a large percent of their income while it is relative... |
Why, when energy companies all raise their prices within weeks of each other, it's not price fixing? | All energy companies buy their electricity from the same energy pool, much like a stock market. They all buy at approximately the same price, thus their customers end up paying the same price . Even though the energy company might have their only energy producing plants, they still pool their resources so you don't buy... |
How do the camera people of nature documentaries get such up-close, personal, and stable shots of such dangerous situations? | With extreme difficulty. It's finding the angle that's the problem, then they can just zoom in. When it comes to underwater, their cameras will be on poles so they don't have to get in the dangerous waters themselves |
According to the Bible, how did Jesus's death save humanity? | God's plan is for his children to live on earth, learning and improving through mortal experience, and then to return to him with perfect resurrected bodies. However, two barriers stand in the way. While on earth everyone sins, making us unclean. No unclean thing can dwell in the presence of God and God can not look up... |
If a sound is "masked" by a louder sound, is there some way to hear it, or is it lost? | Depends On frequencies. If two people are making the exact same sound it's going to be amplified and louder. But the waves can also knock each other out making it hard to hear one or both of the sounds. Think of the white noise played by noise cancelling head phones. This is designed to block out background noises. A r... |
Why do blinkers make the blinking noise? | Actually, the [mechanism of a blinker] consists of a bent piece of metal that gets hot when current passes through it ; the metal dilates because of the heat, and thus moves away from the contact and interrupts the circuit to the lights. Without the current, the metal then gets cold and moves back into the initial cont... |
Why does Google+ still exist? | I tried to love it, I really did. In fairness it's interface has improved a lot but the reality is that without user base is pretty much defunct |
How do you dance in a nightclub?! | 1. Have a drink or two first. Any more than three is trouble . 2. Don't try to dance to music you don't like. 3. Relax and let go. Start off with small movements. Once you're comfortable and staying in rhythm you can try to be a bit more adventurous. 4. DON'T flail your arms wildly like a jackass. Part of being on a da... |
Why did the U.S. decide to only drop nuclear bombs on Japan and not Germany during WWII? | Like others have said, Germany had already surrendered and the Allies tried to force Japan to surrender but they refused. We eventually made them an offer that they couldn't defuse |
If every action has an equal and opposite reaction, why do unbalanced forces exist? | If you look at the system as a whole, the two forces cancel out. But each force acts on a different object *in* the system. So from each object's point of view, the forces are unbalanced. For example, imagine Bob's car is stopped on the highway, and Matt's car slams into it at 60mph. Matt's car puts a huge impact force... |
How come if a woman doesn't want a baby she can have an abortion..but it a man doesn't want a baby he still has to pay child support? | The law is all about weighing competing values against each other. Our courts have decided that a woman's right to control her body is more important than a fetus' right to life. The courts have also decided that a child's well-being is important enough to compel both parents to contribute financially. It's not a perfe... |
How can a website be down on Chrome while not being down on a different browser like IE? | IIRC, either Chrome or IE doesn't allow you to send your own security certificate. You can read more about the concept [here].. I don't know if that would be the problem, but I suspect it might be. Chrome and IE are getting two different security certificates--one works, the other doesn't.I understand what you're sayin... |
How would an AI prove that it is self-aware? | When it acts like something that is self aware, for every purpose that matters, we can consider it self aware. If it generates data we didn't put inside it, it's worth keeping and recognizing to be as valuable as human life. Philosophy doesn't matter. What are we, anyway, other than machines that produce original infor... |
if an object accelerates in space without slowing, wouldn't it eventually reach light speed? | But what if an asteroid for example wasn't in orbit and wasn't being influenced by gravitational pull of anything but was able to continue in a straight line, it's velocity wouldn't decrease would it? |
Why do some (usually low paying) jobs not accept you because you're overqualified? Why can't I make burgers if I have a PhD? | If you aren't smart enough to remove your PHD from a Subway application then you don't have enough common sense for the job |
Why do we need baby teeth | You get teeth when you are supposed to be transitioning from only milk and cereal to that and certain solid foods in your infant diet. You didn't need teeth to swallow milk and cereal, but you do need them to chew soft solid foods. |
Why are E-cigs being held to the same point as a real cigarette? | Second-hand e-cigarette aerosol contains benzene, formaldehyde, isoprene, nicotine, nitrosonornicotine, and toluene. The State of California requires any facility where these chemicals may be present in detectable amounts to post the following: > WARNING: This area contains chemicals known to the State of California to... |
Why does the doubling your money strategy not work in gambling? | The house pretty much always has the advantage. You also don't have infinite funds and losing streaks happen. You are basically guaranteed to eventually lose everything. |
How does non-state propaganda get disseminated? | Teach it in schools, control the Media and your set. The japs wanted to take China and eventually Australia, they realized the US wasn't going to sit by and watch, so they started the war by trying to take out the entire US navy on their side of the ocean, they got pretty unlucky with that and it cost them the war. |
The is the controversy with Uber. And how do Uber drivers make so much more than regular cab driver? | I will never use a taxi service again if I can help it. The dispatchers seem to be universally rude and dismissive. Something as simple as asking them to call when they arrive so I don't have to wait outside is met with bewildered shock, as if I asked for a fucking blowjob. I hope every fucking one of them loses their ... |
Why are the populations for China and India so much larger than every other country? (especially other nations that are just as old) | Population density and large landmasses. Both China and India are dense countries, although not near the top: China has about 144 ppl/sqkm, and India has 401 ppl/sqkm. That means that India is about as dense as the Netherlands, and China is not far off from France. However, those countries don't take up much space, so ... |
How does the Iron Man suit defy the laws of physics? | RAW Horsepower. The writers specifically state how overpowered Tony Stark's little arc reactor generator is, and with enough power you can make anything fly as fast as you want or do whatever you want. |
Why do we have two nostrils, and not just one bigger nostril? | From what I understand, one nostril is always more open than the other which gives us some kind of stereo smell, allowing us to have a sense of direction to smells. Could just be an old wife's tale though. |
What did Hitler tell people about the Jews that made so many rational people support him? | Hitler was phenomenal. He was a German nationalist who was simply sensational to listen to. He promised to rebuild Germany and to get rid of the growing Jewish problem. The Jews were targeted because they were known to be wealthy and affluent. This is not 1% type wealth, but well off. They were also stingy and out for ... |
Why almost all boats (watercraft in general) have names but airplanes don't? | I can think of one plane, named for the pilot's mother: The Enola Gay. Reasonably famous. More generally, plenty of personal aircraft have names, as well as many commercial craft. FedEx names their planes if I'm not mistaken. American Airlines does not. So, more planes have names than you think. |
Why don't people fill bubble wrap with helium to reduce shipping weight costs. | * Helium is expensive compared to air. * Helium is difficult to contain, it will slowly leak through the bubble wrap.* Even if you could contain the Helium, the resulting buoyancy of the packing wrap wouldn't have a significant result on most products overall weight. |
When people are frozen cryogenically in the hopes of being revived in the future, what happens to their body tissue, especially in the brain? | Cryogenics has been fairly soundly proven as a crock. You are absolutely right in your thinking- brain tissue is irreversibly damaged. Even if there was a way to revive a cryogenically frozen person, all of the data stored in their brains would be lost, and if the person could wake up at all, they would have no idea wh... |
how did chickens become the symbol for cowardice behavior? | My chickens don't run away from everything. Only very reasonable threats. Which is what prey does. I imagine it's because chickens are always observing their surroundings, looking every which way. It's kind of like something someone who was afraid would do? I don't know, but chickens are pretty cool.I suspect it has to... |
Why is it that when I wake up in the morning, I can't clench my fists? | Your CentralNervousSystem gets a lot of rest when you sleep. Its also where a lot of your strength comes from It sends the signals to your muscles to contract and how hard to contract. Your neural network is just coming back online, give it 30 minutes and some coffee and you'll be alright. You can close your hand right... |
"We're making the shuffle less random to make it feel more random" | Add rule that says smthg like can't play song by artist that matches one of last x songs played so less random but you'll feel it's more random because you won't hear repeats |
What is so bad about regressive taxing? | Generally things that hurt poor people more than rich people are considered bad, as most people aren't rich. |
Why Do Women's Bathrooms Often Have Couches and Other Perks not in the Men's Room. | TIL that women's restrooms have couches in them", 'Breastfeeding in a more private area seems to be a pretty obvious reason to me. |
Why is that at sometimes I get random stinging pains at random spots on my body? | If it's not concentrated like Postherpetic Neuralgia , and you don't or haven't suffered from any neurogenic problems, then it could just be as mentioned cramp. If in doubt, talk to a medical professional. Reddit is not the place, and symptom checker will tell you it's HIV 9/10 times. I diagnose; You're fine. Source; W... |
Why wouldn't Papa John always have 51% of stock issued to him. | Because if you don't sell shares of stock, you don't get actual cash for buying mansions like _URL_0_ Ownership is good, but without a lot of money into the company, it is tough to expand the company quickly. Would you rather own 30% of a massive company, or 51% of a regional chain? |
How come our eyes can't look in different directions at the same time? | My eyes can look in different directions, my brain just doesn't know what the fuck is going on. |
the arguments for and against fracking. | I'm an environmental consultant for the EPA, and I think Gasland was a load of propaganda. I can't justify using anecdotal evidence and unsupported statements as a scientific basis when I decry anti-vaxxers and climate deniers doing the same thing. Right now, there is no solid evidence that hydraulic fracturing is any ... |
Why does heavy traffic usually move at a stop-and-go pace instead of a steady, slow pace like 15 mph? | It happens when a road is running over capacity. There are literally too many cars trying to drive on the road at a given time.At that point, traffic flow is unstable. Every tiny little thing results in a ripple effect down the line. People blame it on stupid drivers, but that's not the main issue. The main issue is th... |
What is the difference between non-rechargeable batteries and rechargeable batteries (besides the fact that one can be recharged)? | All batteries are briefly-rechargeable, but non-rechargeable batteries will overheat and potentially catch fire when you recharge them, which is bad. If you took the stuff inside non-rechargeable batteries out, and put it in a well prepared lab, you could recharge the stuff, then make new batteries with it. We don't be... |
Why do you need to shampoo every day? | You don't need to. Shampoo removes all of your natural oils and can dry out you scalp. It wasn't until more recently in human history that us humans started doing it daily .. Personally I had bad dandruff until one day I read an article about it and started cutting back. I am now down to shampooing about every 7 to 10 ... |
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