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What, exactly is capitalism? | I read a book written by a woman who lived in a communist country for years. It was just a collection of her experiences, among then buying tampons and toilet paper. She emphasized these items because with capitalism, companies aren't forced to make items, hand them out for free, our even do a good job making them. But... |
Why do inmates get free lunch while school students don't? | As others have said, they frequently don't. It's rapidly becoming very expensive to be poor in this country. |
What exactly happens over time to alcoholic beverages that get better with age? | I'm an idiot. I read this as why do people enjoy the taste of alcohol more as they get older. No toddler can drink a glass of red wine or a shot of bourbon with a straight face. |
Why do smoke detectors require batteries, when they are plugged into the wall? | You want them to keep working if the fire damages the wiring and the mains power fails, or just if there's a fire during a power cut. |
Do I have to pull over for an unmarked cop car? | No, you're not breaking any law by not stopping for an unmarked police car. _URL_1_ However, you probably should immediately call 911 and verify whether it's a real police officer, and I would be.. cautious. The actual law does make some exceptions, though which may be new: _URL_0_ > Traffic control vehicles of the Was... |
Why should we care about the depreciation of a new car? | If you look at the total cost of ownership of a car, the biggest single expense is the depreciation. He's _URL_0_ breakdown: http://www._URL_0_/nissan/versa-note/2014/costofownership The cost of owning a Versa in the first year is almost $10,000. The cost in the 4th year is $5100. You can skip the most expensive years ... |
Power usage by smartphones is progressively growing, but battery capacity stays relatively same. Why? | For smartphones, power is king. People will buy phones because they run fast, because they can play high def videos, etc. So a huge amount of research and development goes into smaller, stronger components to give a device lots of power. And of course, plenty of development goes into other power-using components - scre... |
Why doesn't Netflix just offer a second-tier membership for current shows to compete with Hulu? | No, because Hulu has agreements with broadcast networks, who have purchased the exclusive rights to show those shows in the US. That's the entire reason Hulu exists, and the best that Netflix could do would be to try to pry a network away from it. But really, I don't see why they'd want to. |
Why does a home loan at 4% end up taking 70% of my monthly mortgage payment? | They are forced to include: 1. the APR. You are also expected to understand what that is. It's an interest rate. 2. an amortization schedule. this tells you how much you will be paying each month and for how long. this doesn't have to be advertised, but it has to be disclosed to you in a pretty clear fashion before you... |
Why does it take so much time and encouragement for humans to learn how to walk but other animals can almost instinctively walk/fly sometimes within minutes of being born? | Humans are useless when we're born because we're actually born pretty prematurely due to our bodies' complexity. There's a lot of development that goes on after birth for humans to develop intelligence, muscle, reproductive systems, etc. Human reproduction focuses on getting the brain and rudimentary systems working in... |
The point of Speaking in Tongues? | I knew some people who did this from time to time during prayers and such. I remember that every time it happened out seemed so forced and predictable which sort of goes against the whole idea of being so overcome by the spirit that you are no longer able to control your words and are simply babbling incomprehensibly f... |
How does money work in prison? Are there things you can buy with cash? Do you have access to your bank account? | If you are there under a work-release program, you can continue to have a job, but the jail must get your paychecks direct deposited to them, which they take a portion and the rest can be put on your commissary, or in your regular bank account for your spouse, family, etc. Prisons love people with jobs, it's good money... |
How does a site (reddit, Facebook, whatever) verify a captcha when other computers can't? | I wrote a CAPTCHA system for my then-employer about 10-12 years ago, shortly after the first ones appeared. This is the algorithm we came up with: * First, pick a word. We used the computer's built-in words list, picked a word of at least 6 characters and added two random digits from 0 to 9 at some place in the word. T... |
Why can't we have external graphics cards? | Some older laptops did have separate internal cards for graphics, but these days it's cheaper and easier to integrate them into the motherboard. As for external graphics cards, in the past there hasn't been enough bandwidth on any external connector to run a graphics card, but now thanks to Thunderbolt2 it is possible ... |
If starfish don't have brains, how do they have consciousness? | Who says they are or are not conscious? Who says a brain is required? What is consciousness? We know very little about how anything other than humans thinks. We don't even know that much about human consciousness. |
What would bing actually need to do to beat google? | If Bing ever overtakes Google it will be because of something Google did, not because of some new Bing feature. Maybe enough people will get tired of Google collecting so much data about them and selling it to advertisers or giving it to law enforcement and they'll decide that Bing isn't so bad after all. |
Why are imported chinese products of such low quality and price? | That $899 iPad isn't really low quality or low price.You get the quality you pay for. The idea that Chinese products are by nature inferiors is nothing but propaganda. Many high quality products sold in the US are made in China - see AppleProducers there pay the workers very little and the low-quality products tend to ... |
How does the human body suddenly become allergic to a certain type of food, after years of eating it without any problems? | I am curious about this as well. My wife has recently acquired an allergy to bananas. She used to have no problem eating them. Now if she eats one the inside of her mouth itches. Also, weren't peanut allergies virtually unheard of like 50 years ago or something? Now they can be deadly. What's up with that?", 'On a slig... |
How does sweat keep us cool? | Water is made up of a bunch of tiny molecules. These molecules are all moving around. This movement is heat. Some molecules move faster than others. When one of the molecules is moving particularly fast it flies off, taking all of it's heat with it. This leaves the remaining group of molecules a little cooler. Multiply... |
How does universal income not f*ck up the economics of a city/town/country? | Because we probably spend as much or more on the various safety nets we have. If you gave everyone the bare minimum $ amount the needed to live for a month each month, you could also be more relaxed with minimum wage and how many part time vs full time you hire, because that's not necessary funds for survival. It mostl... |
Why does Teller of Penn and Teller never speak? | I watched an interview about his project film about a guy replicating a painter's style where he explained how he came into doing magic. He explained that as he performed in front of small crowds he liked the personal nature of it, the intimacy. As he played larger and larger crowds he felt that by not speaking he felt... |
Why do humans (typically) develop hand dominance (right vs. left handed)? | i think it's like this. when you're a baby, it's really hard to use either hand. so even small imbalances of using your hand creates quite a difference in your ability to use them. like, say your first action is to pick up a spoon, and you do it with your right hand. you're going to pick it up again with your right han... |
Why Pluto suddenly became a dwarf planet. | Because we recently found out that Pluto hasn't cleared its region of space of other objects. Planet wasn't really a useful term. For a long time it basically meant large object in space that isn't a star. The term was pretty vague and meaningless. In 2006 scientists met to try to nail down a more exact definition for ... |
Does vapor smoke/e-cig smoke contain or do anything harmful? | the truth of the matter is that no one really knows yet, aside from the nicotine if you're not vaping 0mg liquid. propylene glycol is basically the same stuff you put in fog machines and is considered relatively safe by the fda in the states. it apparently is toxic in extreme quantities though so long-term effects may ... |
How does this guy do his job without instant death? | For current to flow, there has to be a voltage difference. When the guy in the helicopter approaches the wires with the rod, he is bringing himself up to the voltage level of the wired. Once there he's fine. This is also why birds don't get shocked. The whole bird is at the same voltage as the wire but with higher resi... |
Why do the United States and a few other nations still fluoridate water, where as in some countries like The Netherlands it is banned and considered a neurotoxin? | My time to shine! I did a whole year's worth of research on this! In a nutshell, fluoride is really helpful. But, as with any helpful substance, too much can cause conditions like fluorosis, which make your teeth all stained. Flurosis is actually common in the united States where states do not control their water/ well... |
If tobacco, nicotine, no cigarette smoke are so harmful to the human body, why does the FDA allow them to be sold? | The tax collected on cigarettes here in Australia is huge. In 2013-14 the Australian Gov't collected $9b in cigarette tax revenue. That's an awfully big hole to plug if they outlawed them totally. It has only climbed since then. Most heavy smokers will never live to retire, so they work for 40 years paying income tax p... |
Why should I (the average person) use online privacy tools VPNs, Ghostery, etc? | Some info on my web page _URL_3_ I care about security and privacy, but I don't use a VPN or Ghostery. Each person has to decide the level of security/privacy they're willing to pay for . There is no one right answer for what level to pick, what tools to choose. And there is no such thing as total security or privacy. |
Why we know so much about spying/doings of the government and nothing really happens? | Because it's not news. Everyone has spy agencies and uses them to spy in each other. If you're a high ranking foreign figure, someone's spying on you. Nothing is done because that would mean dismantling EVERYONE'S national security forces. |
Why do we kiss with our eyes closed? | Staring at something an inch away from your face will give you a splitting headache. Your eyes aren't built to focus at that distance, so you close your eyes to spare your muscles. |
What does it mean to short a stock? | Shorting has several steps. First, you borrow share of stock from someone , let's say a share of Google. You generally pay a small lending fee for this privilege, but let's ignore it for now. You then sell that borrowed share for current market price, let's pretend it's 100$ At some point, however, you have to return a... |
How does our body absorb creams? Which parts of our skin do they go to? | Absorbed through your pores. For your face it mostly only needs to affect the fat and skin cells in the immediate area . As for patches and medications they will get into your bloodstream. |
If Vladimir Putin's net worth is about $70 billion, why isn't he listed among the world's richest people? | The google search also lists the source as some dude who basically made it up. We pretty much have no idea about Putin's net worth, other than that it's extremely likely to be higher than the official figure. It's probably way lower than $70 billion. |
Why is it so important and commonly requested in the United States, unless you opt out, to specify your Race/Ethnicity? Specifically, why is there a completely separate 'are you latino' category? | The Latino/Hispanic community in the States is probably the largest group where English isn't necessarily the first language of many speakers. Also, Latinos/Hispanics settled the Southwest and California coast long before other whites arrived, so their culture is highly influential in many places in that area of the St... |
If light photons are massless, how can they be sucked into a black hole? | Because gravity warps space-time. Blackholes have SOOOO much gravity, that when light it following close to it, the gravity that is curved around the black hole forces the light to follow the path toward it. It doesnt have a choice, it's following a straight-line path, but gravity changes the paths so that the straight... |
How does my TV 'translate' the signal it receives into images and sounds? | I mean, like every other bit of digital indignation , the signal is a string of 1s and 0s that correspond to pixel colors, pixel locations, and sound frequencies. It's all just a matter of splitting up the received commands and sending them to where they need to go. |
How to do perfect shift on manual transmission. | If you don't mean a non ELI5, this link seems pretty useful. _URL_0_", 'Granny shifting, not double clutching like you should. |
can all animals with a brain have the potential to speak like we humans do? | it's lack of vocal cords, not brain issue if by speaking you mean communicating then yes, they do . also you seem to be confused by how evolution works. Monkeys are not less evolved than humans - ability to talk is not some goal evolution works towards |
What is going on with the brain when you have a song stuck in your head, sometimes for days? | I call my brain a jukebox. Sometimes I will start singing a song to myself without even realizing why. I'll get a line in the song and realize I heard something that triggered that particular line. |
Why is the ACLU opposed to the Michelle Carter guilty verdict? | Freedom of speech means you can say things without the government jailing you for it. Speech is not violence, in fact the whole point of moving folks away from violence to talking through their problems is to counter manslaughter . If they can throw you in jail by calling speech manslaughter, then maybe insulting the P... |
Assuming it was possible, what would happen if you dug a hole straight through the earth and went through it? | If you were digging, then you would get stuck close to the middle in the middle. You wouldn't get crushed, though. Gravity doesn't focus itself like that. Instead, the gravity from all the matter around you would pull on you, creating a net of zero, much like that in space. If you were falling, then you would fall stra... |
why are sites like Google and Facebook (and others) so intent on pushing video content? A lot of people don't want it, and it must be expensive to host | What metric are you using that people don't want it? I would be willing to wager that more than plenty of people want it. Provide something that people want oe they will gravitate elsewhere. |
If a flight's overbooked, why would a seated passenger be forced to leave for someone who isn't seated? Wouldn't it be first come first serve? | When a flight is overbooked, the flight attendant on the ground asks you nicely if you'd rather fly a different flight and they will compensate you economically. If they can find enough people to do that, it's fine. If not, the last ones to come are placed in a different flight, but still compensated economically for i... |
How does Déjà vu occur in the brain and why does it happen | The previous commenters are right that there haven't been a lot of studies done on déjà vu in the general population due to its nature. It has however been studied in patients like me who have temporal lobe epilepsy. Temporal lobe seizures often begin with an overwhelming and far richer sense of déjà vu. Mid-seizure EE... |
How individuals with photographic memory don't get 100% in every test they take | What kind of test ? If you mean at school and university, then a lot of the time memory doesn't have much to do with it. At my university we were even allowed to bring any documents we wanted during tests, it didn't make them easier. |
How are private military contractors legal? | Let me put it to you this way: The US has local, state, and federal laws. In Miami, for example, you're subject to Miami city laws, Miami-Dade county laws, Florida laws, and US laws. You reside in 4 separate jurisdictions simultaneously. Travel outside Miami and you're no longer bound by those Miami laws, but are still... |
Animal pain, human pain | Humans are definitely capable of this behavior. You don't go anywhere or do anything when injured if you are in safety, but people who suffer serious injuries don't just wait around if their stranded away from safety. Your survival instict tells you to relax and rest if you have food and shelter while injured, but if y... |
Can someone explain the argument against building a wall separating the U.S. and Mexico? | It would cost a crazy amount of money to build and maintain and would cause more problems than it would solve, if it managed to 'solve' anything. |
why is sexuality so much more taboo among humans than most other topics? | I see a lot of disease/paternity centered questions here so I won't reiterate on those themes. I'm currently doing my 4th paper in sexuality at university so hopefully this will help elucidate the subject a little. You must remember though, that there are many many factors that influence societal perceptions of sexuali... |
How does programming work in different languages (as in country wise)? | import", and "switch". People who speak any other spoken language like French or Japanese use these same words - they write "while" or "for", they don't translate those keywords. Virtually all programming languages work this way. There are a few exceptions, but all of the widely-used languages just use English keywords... |
How do British shows make money if they don't have advertising? | Note; this tax is optional, but you pay it to have a television license which by law, you need, to watch tv. It's not compulsory, you don't have to have a tv. Channels with advertising such as ITV, get their money from advertising revenues. the BBC and their associated channels are the only ones without advertising. |
Why does it take so long ( tens of years often ) for a deathrow inmate to be executed? | This was literally asked yesterday. The short answer is that the appeals process takes a long time and the reason it takes so long is because *we can't un-kill someone*. So we prefer to make sure we gacked the right person. |
What actually happens if "the government shuts down" | > What the hell does shutting down even mean? It depends on a lot of factors. The White house can declare certain things as critical and keep them running . And some programs keep running on their own. Lots of defence spending will keep going , social security will keep paying, but new enrolees to SS will be delayed, a... |
How does the google's "I am not a robot" reCAPTCHA work? How are they able to differentiate between a physical click and a programmatic click. | It checks your mouse movement and cookies. Once you do it once it will most likely remember your IP address and won't ask you again. |
why do demons and satan always have the same physical appearance? | Even if you look at lots of medieval and Renaissance art, the depictions of the Devil are pretty all over the place. In fact, the horned goat-man archetype seems to actually be pretty rare based on the few depictions I've seen. Have a look. _URL_1_ _URL_0_ _URL_2_", 'Came here to answer but it has already been done and... |
Why, given the amount of satellites in orbit, can you only glimpse one or two looking at the night sky? | There are hundreds of them over horizon at any given time, but they just aren't that big or bright mostly. What you see is probably low orbiting communications stuff like Iridium - they're low and they have big solar panels to power the transmitters. ISS is very visible, but it's huge compared to any satellite", 'To se... |
Why can movies and games that's rated R and rated M be bought buy 17 years of age? What makes 17 so special, where tobacco and marriage comes at age 18? | Because this is a country founded by people who left Europe because everybody else was having sex they didn't approve of.It should be noted that R and M ratings are not legally binding. The MPAA and ESRB were created by their respective industries as a means of self-regulation, precisely to avoid government interferenc... |
I speak English. If I time traveled to Great Britain (or any English speaking country) in the 1700s, could I understand them? | As others have mentioned, it might be a little difficult to get it all, but you would largely understand. I just wanted to add [this video] in, which gives some great examples of this in the context of Shakespeare's plays. They attempt to recreate what the original pronunciation of the text would have sounded like arou... |
Why is Pearl Harbor not treated like 9/11? | 13 years versus 73 years. Most people who were alive in 1941 and remember Pearl Harbor are dead. Those that died's families are dead. No one is around to remember. In addition, Japan is our ally. It would be rude to keep bringing it up. We are still fighting those who perpetuated 9/11. |
why do black people have increased health risks? | It totally depends on what disease process you're talking about. African-Americans have higher rates of acral lentiginous melanoma.Caucasians have higher rates of superficial spreading melanoma. Caucasian and Asian women have higher rates of osteoporosis.Being moderately overweight can decrease rates of osteoporosis. S... |
If a plane cabin is pressurized, why do our ears pop? | Airliners usually pressurise at about 8000ft internal pressure so it's as if you are at 8000 ft even if you say took off at sea level so there is still a pressure differential untill you hit 8000 ft where it maintains that altitude pressure internally even though it climbs to 36000ft externally so your ears will pop as... |
Why are animals with bigger brains, like whales for example, not smarter than humans? | Also consider the whale uses a massive portion of the brain to keep its giant body working. Not to mention compared to a human brain it doesn't really have much surface area. Which can help boost intelligence.People make the mistake of thinking "brain matter is brain matter" and it's all more or less the same. But this... |
Can I replace all meat that I eat with tofu (let's say 24g of protein every few days) and still be healthy? | Hi! I usually just lurk, but I felt like I could help you out.I've been an ovo-lacto vegetarian for almost a decade. There's an oddly widespread belief that protein is only found in meat, but that's not true. Nearly all foods contain a variety of essential amino acids and meeting your body's needs is not only possible,... |
I've been on the National Do Not Call Registry for awhile now. I still get multiple telemarketer calls every week. How do they get away with this? | > After she was done reading from her text, I promptly called her a bitch, then hung up. This isn't the right thing to do. Not because it's mean or something, but because just calling them a bitch hanging up doesn't mean anything. You have to tell them to stop calling and take your name and number off their list, or pu... |
Why does Lego not take down knock-off brands like Lepin? | I feel a part of it is that they will never really be competition for Lego. Lego is THE brand when you think of building blocks. I didn't even know that Lepin was a thing until this post. In short they don't even need to.Lego’s unique selling point isn’t the bricks, it’s the designs and kits. Lego hire top engineers to... |
In gaming, why does it often take as long to go back to menu screen as to load the actual levels? | It takes processing power to free things from memory. For instance, if you have a browser open with a lot of tabs, you'll notice your computer runs sluggishly even after you've closed it; it needs to free up all the memory it was using. Basically the same thing is going on with games. I imagine it would be like if you ... |
Why has air traffic control not been automated by computers? Wouldn't a computer be able to more accurately keep track and maintain all flight paths and altitudes? | do you still need a licensed driver", etc-- are 10x more problematic in the sky. It isn't necessarily harder to automate, but is harder to declare "officially safe enough"In a way, air traffic control is computerized and automated with alerts, but you always need a human that can think critically in certain situations,... |
Why do American university dorms have multiple people in one room while as UK ones are all individual? | I'd like to know that as well. Currently studying in the UK, I like the system here :) |
Is it possible to turn CO2 into O2 + C? If so, how? | It can be done, but it's not worth it. It necessarily takes more energy than you get from turning O2 + C into CO2, which is where most of our energy comes from. |
How do online retailers such as Amazon and Ebay confirm the legitimacy of their luxury items? | In a way they don't. They just have systems in place to investigate potiental fraudent listings and pull them once a third party becomes concerned of them or if the listing triggers a internal coding. Also they guranntee their items where if it gets to you and you determine its fake in so many days 30-90 days if you in... |
Why No Multiplayer Team Matches In Console Sports Games? | This is a feature that FIFA has. You can play 11 on 11 online. I believe that EA's NHL titles offer similar features. Madden has 3 v 3, but as mentioned earlier, it would be difficult to entice players to simulate an entire game as a lineman. I doubt that number will increase dramatically. In contrast, almost every pla... |
How does the fridge and A/C work ? | When a liquid turns to a gas it absorbs heat as it is a higher energy state. Cooling systems take a gas, put it under pressure until it becomes a liquid. It is then pumped through a cooling radiator called an evaporator, there is an orifice it's runs though just before this which causes a pressure change and allows the... |
[Big Bang Q] If the universe originated from a single point, why is it (and everything in it) not more symmetrically distributed? | There is clumping in some spots due to gravity, which forms a lot of the structures that we see like stars, planets, solar systems, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. However, when you look at the whole cosmos, things actually are pretty uniform. If you want to talk historical data, there is the cosmic microwave backg... |
Why do employers want experience for entry-level jobs? | I own a coffee shop. I am not opposed to hiring and training a barista without experience. I've done it a few times. When I do, it's totally by instinct and the general feeling I get from the person. Does it seem like they'll fit in with the culture of the shop, are they responsible, organized, do they seem self motiva... |
When I take a hot bath or sit in a jacuzzi, is my body sweating profusely? Am I essentially relaxing in a big pool of sweat? | I think so. Sweat and dirt are the usual reasons there's ring around the bath when you drain it.You will definitely sweat in hot water, but it definitely won't cool you off. How "profusely" a person sweats is probably variable between individuals, but one study of water sport athletes showed "[a small to moderate sweat... |
How does Comcast know who's on Tor? | Like everything else, tor has certain traffic patterns, which can be classified using a heuristic. It seems detailed enough to be true and also well within the capabilities and interests of the ISP. The purpose of Tor is to get what you want without anyone else knowing about it. By shutting down tor, they still won't k... |
Why does bedding feel and smell so good after a day in the sun and wind at the balcony/terrace/garden? | This is it! Ozone! The exact, familiar smell I could not pinpoint but [u/Rabbyk] could in his post. Think also sunshine after the rain smell the lightning strike you mentioned and the dog is a great example too although this is the stinky one especially when wet because of all the microbe action going on the skin and f... |
How can the national unemployment rate be just 5.1% yet at the same time there is an extremely high number of people on food stamps? | I'm not American but I'd warrant a guess that while they're employed they're not earning enough to live on. If you was employed to work 2 hours in a Friday evening collecting glasses at a bar you are still technically employed however you're not earning nearly enough money to live on so you'd need help from the governm... |
Why do large buses not have seat belts included in them? | One explanation I've heard is that in an emergency situation, for example a fire, a school bus driver is one adult to 50 - 75 children. Most children don't have the fine motor skills, nor the reaction skills to un-buckle a seat belt and exit the bus to escape the flames. And if the driver has been incapacitated, that's... |
If someone builds a business from scratch why must he or she allow employees to unionize and make demands upon him or her? | It's a rough analogy, but think of unions as just other companies selling products. The employer buys materials and labor to build widgets. The company selling the materials is an organization with lawyers, sales teams, and other specialized departments trying to get the best price for their product. Why shouldn't labo... |
Why can't scars heal? | Some types of scar heal eventually. I've got a burn scar on my arm I got when I was 14, you can only see it if I get really tanned, as the skin there darkens quicker. I've got one on my finder where I almost cut it off when I was 16, it's still there but it is slowly fading; it used to have an obvious pucker, but now i... |
I'm 27 and I'm starting to notice something. Are adults looking and acting younger? Or is it my perspective on age that's changing? | I think part of this is due to social media follow me for a second. People in their forties and fifties are more in contact with newer fads and styles because they are plugged into FB and Twitter just like their younger counterparts. They aren't disconnected from younger social circles immediately after high school/col... |
Why does the UK have so many more political parties than the US? | Well, its not like any other party has a significant number of seats in parliament besides the Conservative Party and the Labour Party plus the Scottish National Party in Scotland, those 3 have 613 of 650 seats. The Lib Dem have 9, the Greens have 1 and UKIP none. In any case both the UK and the US system only have dir... |
Why is it easier for me to remember numbers that are hyphenated (social social security numbers, phone numbers) but hard to remember a long stretch of only numbers? | I": instead, you remember the chunk "FBI". That's 1 "thing" instead of 3, so it's easier to hold onto. EDIT: As others mentioned, and as I forgot, some research has shown the most people are able to remember up to 7 "things" at a time. That being the case, the original phone numbering system in North America using 7 di... |
Why was/is childbirth so dangerous? | In evolutionary terms, we would in theory end up with a much easier birth process, like most other species, but we are not the finished product, we are in a state of evolutionary change, where the size of the baby's head has evolved to be bigger to contain the modern big brain, while the size of the mother's pelvis has... |
are numbers real things and where do they come from | ELI6 level: You might enjoy this article here._URL_1_ It includes some sections trying to answer that question. I don't know if your 5 year old will understand it you can tell them the gist, which is that very, very smart people haven't figured it out after 2,500 years! |
Why are things like BET and _URL_0_ OK but if there was "white only" versions, it'd be a problem? | Blackpeoplemeet isn't black only. There's actually a lot of white women and other races of women on it that are interested in black men. BET is also not black only, as many white and other races of entertainers have appeared on there promoting their music or movies. The networks are targeted towards a specific demograp... |
Why does it seem that there are more news about police brutality/malpractice than actual criminal news in US? | News stations don't report news, they report stories that will sell to the biggest audience. People don't tune in for the typical murder, they tune in for police brutality though. It is a hot topic and news stations want the attention. |
Why does Microsoft care so much about people using Edge? | What's even better than knowing what you search for? Knowing everything you do on the sites you searched for. Also, with significant market share in the browser market, you get a strong voice in how browsers should work in the first place. Back when only IE was big, there was no real standard on how to develop webpages... |
Do animals express discrimination/racism based on the colour of fur/skin? | We would buy eggs and raise chickens in an incubator when I was a kid. No adult chickens, just the chicks and when they grew up we sold them. One time we had about 8 chicks, and all of them were darker brown and black except for one that was all yellow with two black stripes down his back. We were worried the others wo... |
How do the Amazon pricing algorithms work? | The Amazon marketplace is full of vendors that run their own pricing algorithms. They compete with Amazon and amongst themselves to drive sales and are also trying to figure out eachothers' pricing strategy. Volatile/inflated prices are the result of vendors who are not checking their servers while running pricing expe... |
Why haven't more liberal countries than the US legalized marijuana? | Because everyone signed the International Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961. That would have to be demolished to fundamentally change drug policy. So it's more going along with the status quo than a real decision to keep drugs illegal. For example, that convention states that each signer country will have onl... |
Why can insurance companies charge based on race/sex/age and not be sued for discrimination? | Gender discrimination is illegal in insurance in the EU. You're not allowed to charge a man more than a woman simply because he's a man.Because they are not charging based on race/sex/age. They are charging based on health factors that correlate with race/sex/age. For example: if you have actual proof that African-Amer... |
Why are you more susceptible to sneezing and runny nose directly after waking up, as compared to once you get up and around? (While not being sick) | I've always thought that, as a photic sneezer, its because my eyes aren't fully dilated to light. |
If black holes are just stars with a higher density which prevent light from escaping then, why aren't they referred to as a subcategory of star but instead a fundamentally different object? | Think of how we understand black holes to be formed; during the death of an extremely large star, where enough heavy elements have been fused together that it can't help but collapse in on itself. That is different than the majority of stars we already categorize as such - stars that fuse lighter elements into slightly... |
Why do cellphones in movies have fake OS's | Then there's the opposite end of the spectrum with overly obvious product placements in movies. You know that the producers in Skyfall didn't just HAPPEN to have a few bottles of Heineken lying around. Coke, Sony, Heineken, BMW, Omega watches and others dished out around $200 million US to have James Bond seen on film ... |
Why do different types of alcohol have completely different effects on me? | Congeners. Some types of alcohol have more than others because of how the alcohol is made and distilled. I'm not sure that this is accepted as fact but there has been some decent research on it. |
How do News/Radio networks gain political biases? | This is a good question, I would say that political ties, money, power, swaying the popular vote. Theres many reasons they could have for being biased but in the end its to give their views the advantage. There should almost be regulations in journalism to prevent bias. Because when you're reporting on something there ... |
How do people not get violent ill after giving rim jobs? | Alongside plain old cleanliness, there's another STD prevention method: the dental dam. [Carefully cut apart] a condom or glove, spread the latex rectangle onto the receiving area, and enjoy having a barrier against the ick without taking too much sensation away. [This video] brushes onto it, among other methods. In ge... |
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Scotland becoming a separate county? | advantages -Self determination i.e. we will govern ourselves like virtually every other country on the planet disadvantages -None - the above advantage trumps any possible disadvantage. You see, being governed remotely by another country can *never* be satisfactory when that other country holds different values and pri... |
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