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How much trouble are we in environmentally? | I don't know, but watching that dude in the north pole play piano while glaciers fell behind him was unsettling. |
How do Casinos Prevent Money Laundering? | For the record, I'm with OP on this one. I walked into a casino with $500, left with $3500, and there was no paperwork or record at all. I was playing roulette and I hit $100 on 20 straight up for $3500 and later $100 on the 17/20 split twice in a row . No paperwork. No one following me around reporting me to anyone. I... |
What would happen if a human walked into a room that was 100% oxygen? | If you are assuming 100% O2 at 1 atmosphere of pressure, pulmonary edema would occur within 24 hours. This is due to inflammation of the lung tissue, which is caused by free radicals. You can measure increases in pentane and ethane production, which are mediated by direct oxidation of the fatty acids in the membrane. I... |
- Why is Obsidian so sharp? | It's volcanic glass man. Glass is super sharp. I hope I put in enough words to get past the bot.Because of its molecular structure, it breaks at very fine edges. This causes it to be sharpIt is glasslike and can hold a very sharp edge for a while. |
How does the US have Trillions in debt but is still considered wealthy? | > Also, how is the US able to operate with such debt and how come other countries don't ask for their money? They *can't* ask for their money back. US debt is in US treasury bonds. US Treasury Bonds mature at a set rate, the government can't pay it back faster nor can anyone ask for their money. Furthermore, do note th... |
Why do some people see this dress and gold and white, and others see it as black and blue? | I 100% saw blue and black at first, but after I looked at it for a while it became white and gold I guess it's something like that spinning ballerina that was around for a while? |
All of these websites state to "buy gold", if the economy collapses. Why would do people assume we'd barter gold instead of housing, food, water, ammunition, etc? | Gold is more useful if the US economy were to tank. Our currency isn't backed by any hard material , so the dollar could theoretically become valueless at any time. The idea is that you still have wealth in a transferable form that's likely to be accepted in trade, whether domestic or international. Now odds of any of ... |
How do clocks compensate for the fact that a day isn't a full 24 hours? | It's such an insignificant amount of time that it's not really noticable. That's why leap years are only every 4 years instead of more often.Clocks are mechanical and are not 100% accurate to begin with. They become more inaccurate over time. Otherwise, many internet based clocks sync with servers that keep time for th... |
Why do some people get goosebumps from sounds, and other people don't get them from the same sound | I get tingles from some of the ASMR vids. For me it feels like someone I really like running their fingers gently up and down my neck on very short neck hairs. Hard to describe, but like a pleasant, intimate, gently tickling feeling. Som people bring in erotic feelings - it's not like that for me at least, but it sort ... |
How do GoPros stabilize the image? | The big difference between a GoPro and a Flip is nothing fancy, it's just a difference in the lens. Most older video cameras have a pretty narrow field of view, while GoPro and other action cams have a very wide, almost fish-eye view. That means that any shakes move objects on screen proportionally less, and they're le... |
what made Kurt Cobain stand out from the music of his generation? | To be honest I always felt that if Kurt didn't look like a male model he would have far fewer fans |
Why don't fast food chains sell alcohol? | In some countries , [McDonald's serves beer]. In North America, the laws and regulations regarding alcohol are prohibitive for fast food chains. They would need to get licensed and strictly control who buys and drinks alcohol in their restaurants. Their employees would need special qualification to serve alcohol. The w... |
How Bank of America can legally manipulate the posting order of transactions to cause Overdraft Fees. | I worked at a different bank for a while when I first graduated high school. They said they used to pay the largest clearing items first, because they were most likely more important. For example, if a check for $5.00, a check for $100.00 and a check for $1000.00 were clearing your account and you only had $950.00 in t... |
How does Chik-Fil-A not struggle financially relative to other fast food franchises, considering they are open one day less than all the other businesses (They are closed on Sundays)? | I'm not aware of their financials being public, but we can make some assumptions. As a service business, most of their spending is likely on payroll and consumables - raw food, cleaning supplies, cups and napkins and such things. If they close for a day, they aren't making money from sales that day, but they also aren'... |
How did the world record holder for the most time without sleeping (11 days) not die or go insane? | I stayed awake for 105 hours. There is a surprising amount of clarity after about 36 hours, as if everything becomes like a pin-point, very focused. I would say the most difficult thing to deal with is the auditory and visual hallucinations. I think I could have gone much longer, but I began to not trust my environment... |
Why is there fluoride in our water supply? | It's not a heavy metal--it is, in fact, neither a heavy element nor a metal. Fluorine itself is one of the lighter elements, in fact--atomic number 9. The heaviest element in typical fluoride compounds used to fluoridate water is silicon, atomic number 14. There is no evidence of harm from water fluoridation--and studi... |
Why are states like Indiana considered to be in the midwest, while clearly being on the eastern side of the United States? | The Midwest isn't the same as being to the west. It's more of a cultural thing. Also it comes from a long time ago when the west was still being explored so everything between the eastern populated part of the US and the unpopulated west was the Midwest. A lot of it is at the eastern half. |
how do drug addicts end up using their drug of choice, without becoming addicted to all drugs? | They try that drug and not all the other drugs? That's, really it? I don't see why you think someone would try every drug in the first place, nor why they'd instantly get addicted to them all. Except for extreme drugs like heroin, you'd mostly start the addiction just because it feels good, so. switching to something e... |
Pros and cons of PC daisy chaining | Some old devices rely on this behavior to reduce the number of cards you need GPIB is a protocol widely used for electronic test equipment that supports daisy chaining. Up to 10 devices can be chained together and use a single GPIB PCI card . Obviously this saves the user both slots and money on cards. The downside is ... |
Why are JFK conspiracy theories so plausible? | The less we know, the more room conspiracy theorists have to fit in their own narrative. A narrative that more often than not supports their vision of how the world is. There are a lot of things we don't know about what happened. So, people run wild with it |
Why can we have dozens of normal interactions and a few positive ones every day, but we fixate on the one negative one for hours? | In my experience, this has some relationship to addictive type behaviors, poor self esteem, or issues with perfection. Note that this recommendation comes from a twelve step program and if you have issues with that go ahead and ignore it since it won't work for everyone. If you are willing, go find a book called Drop t... |
Why does Trump want Obama's college transcripts so much, and why, for 5 million dollars to charity, won't Obama give them up? | Trump wants Obama's college transcripts to prove he can boss him around, and Obama doesn't want to publicize them because he doesn't want people thinking Trump can boss him around. And also because it's none of Trump's business and Trump could just give 5 million dollars to charity if he wanted to. It's like the grocer... |
What has the legalization of Marijuana done in Colorado? | Who would have guessed that prohibition would lead to an increase in crime?? Certainly not our dear government, I mean it's not like we have any other instances of mass prohibition to look back on or anything .Less crime, violent crime down drastically. A quick search, dozens of sources all say the same, positive effec... |
why do people tend to want what they can't have? | People tend to want everything. I want some Pepsi. Lucky for me, I can have some, because there is a bottle of it in my fridge. My desire for Pepsi can be easily fulfilled. After I drink a bunch of it, I am satisfied, and I don't want any more I also want ten million dollars. Unfortunately, I don't have ten million dol... |
Why can a average computer display beautiful HD video, but struggle with gaming graphics? | It's the difference between showing you a bunch of paintings that someone already made, and painting my own pictures 60 times per second. Showing you a video is pretty easy Here's the thing I need to show you, then here's the next thing, and so on. But a video game is a bit like creating a video one frame at a time, ba... |
Why would a city like Sydney invest in Light Rail instead of just creating dedicated bus lanes? Wouldn't the dedicated bus lanes provide greater flexibility and a lower cost? | Cities still invest in highways for public cars, and that's obviously more expensive and less efficient than either light rail or bus lanes. Much of the decisions cities make are responding to consumer demand so they get voted in next election, rather than making the best decision. One thing I will mention is that elec... |
What's the deal with those tar pits in the USA? | Those are most likely the La Brea tar pits. It's a popular tourist attraction and they're in a public park, so they're happy to get the money. The pits are naturally-formed but they're exposed due to the result of excavation. |
Why is Fox News known for being conservative while Fox television is very liberal (Simpsons, Glee, Family Guy, reality shows, etc.)? | I believe Kent Brockman answered this in an episode of the Simpsons: Lisa: One thing I've always wondered How can Fox News be so conservative when the Fox Network keeps airing raunchy shows? They don't fit together. Kent: Fox deliberately runs shows that will earn them huge fines which are then funneled through the F.C... |
If atoms are 99.99% empty space, why aren't objects mostly empty space? | They're empty space the same way a magnetic field is empty space. 'Matter' is just a bunch of energy fields interacting.Atoms are 100% not empty space. The electrons of atoms are not some orbiting body. When they are bound to atoms they effectively occupy the entire volume described by the electron cloud. Since the ent... |
How can a computer generate a random number? | They use a formula based off the computer's clock", '"Random" is an impossible concept! Dun dun dunnn. |
How did Germany realistically believe they could not only take over Europe, but maintain control of it, considering there were 49 other countries in that continent. | They had a powerful army, and throughout history, countries have successfully managed to invade and conquer huge parts of the world. They could have succeeded if other countries did not declare war against them. It's important to note the United Nations was only formed to attempt to keep the peace after WW2, world poli... |
How the "helicopter effect" happens in a car when you have a window open. | I'm having trouble picturing this. Anyone got a video?", 'Hey I have a follow up question to this, is it the same reason the helicopter effect occurs when I get out of the shower?To piggyback of his question, why do I not remember this happening on old cars ? |
Why do stars revolve around the center of the galaxy? | Most, if not all galaxies, have a very large black hole at their center. Depending on the size of the galaxy, these black holes can be the equivalent of billions of solar masses. They are insanely massive objects. But that's not the whole picture. Each star in the galaxy contributes to its overall mass, and the whole t... |
Why do some shows like Dexter, Game of Thrones and Sherlock "look" like movies whereas shows like The Big Bang Theory or Friends do not look like movies? | Lighting plays a massive part. Shows like the big bang theory are shot in a studio with a simple lighting set up that basically just lights everything from every angle, this allows them to quickly shoot a scene without having to change the lights for each shot. Game of thrones on the other hand will light each shot ind... |
Why must combustion engines "idle?" instead of just turning on or off when using energy, like most devices? | Because a gas engine takes a lot of energy to start up: it's not one explosion, it's a lot of explosions happening one after another, each one powering the pump that puts fuel in place for the next one. Starting the first explosion takes time and energy: energy that has to come from somewhere else. Think of it like a c... |
How can some countries claim separation of church and state, but use religious reasoning to pass bills/laws? | The idea of separating Church and State does not require an absence of religious thought. It is more direct and practical than that. It means that the Church , as an organization can not influence politics. It means the Pope, say, can't lobby the President to pass a law. It doesn't mean that legislators can't consult t... |
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. :-/ | It's a cancer of the blood cells. It's serious, but if it was diagnosed early, he will probably live - about a 90% survival rate over the next five years. He will probably be subscribed Imatinib, the standard drug treatment for CML. This drug attacks a specific function of the cancerous white blood cells. If it works w... |
How come police officers, etc, are allowed to gain so much weight? | Lowered standards due to retention/recruiting needs, jurisdictions where you only have to hang on 30 seconds before backup arrives, if you can do twenty pushups and run a ten minute mile you've more fit than 90% of adults, etc. Take your pick, most people are compliant and those that aren't don't usually require a judo... |
Why is my money worth different amounts in different places? | Let's say you really like Pokemon cards. You trade them on your block for all kinds of stuff like candy and other toys and over time the kids on your block have a pretty steady agreement on what they're worth in candy and other toys. One day your parents move your family to Los Angeles. In this town the houses and cars... |
What makes a university more prestigious? Does it really make a difference on my education, or is the syllabus mostly the same? | From how I understood it when I was looking at University's. The syllabus will be similar to more prestigious schools. The main difference is for example in a small state school, a mayor or maybe senetor would guest speak at a political science lecture, where as top tier schools former presidents would speak. The educa... |
Why is a kilogram or kilometre equal to a thousand, but kilobyte equal to 1024? | I haven't seen anyone else point this out - Kilograms, kilometers, etc. are part of the metric system. Kilobytes, megabytes, etc. are not part of the metric system, but they do use similar naming conventions for convenience. |
What would happen to the Cartels and organized crime in the US if marijuana is legalized. | They can sell it cheaper because they won't have to pay taxes on it. There's a pretty big business with cheap cigarettes near the eastern german border for that reason. Even if those cigarettes are even more unhealthy than the normal stuff people still buy them. Also, cartels can still just sell harder drugs. |
Why has the movie industry resorted to re-re-making films? | Hollywood has been remaking movies for decades. It isn't new, they've always done it. They do it because they can make money from it.Some of it is related to licencing. Studios pay big bucks to license the rights to use a book or story or character in their films. Those licences often expire after a certain amount of t... |
how can a car run over a hand and not break any bones | Bare with me on the math. 2000lb divided between 4 tires is 500lb per tired. Granted the weight of a car is by evenly distributed. If it was a tire opposite of the engine it would probably have even less force. Anyways, pressure is the term used to describe the force per area. Lets say the contact area of your hand is ... |
Why are tax breaks to the rich considered different than government handouts? | Because the media is controlled by wealthy people who don't want people too bright. In the US the wealthy pay a smaller percentage of their income that working people do. Mitt Romney had to fiddle his returns to make it look like he paid 15%. The average worker pay nearly 7% just in Social Security taxes and 1% in Medi... |
Thoughts on ELI5. (We can, and should, do better than this) | I agree. This shouldn't be a replacement for Google; if it's a simple question with a simple answer, it shouldn't be asked here, you can find the answer easily online. This should be for complex topics that require a simpler explanation, since the answers online are often dense and obtuse without explaining much. |
How do I go about moving to a different country? | I moved to Mexico about 9 years ago. I had to apply for my FM3 which took a few weeks to process. Applying for the visa required my US passport and birth certificate. I lived in an apartment so I didn't purchase property. Renting was the same as in the states. I looked in newspapers and what not for ads of available ap... |
What is Port Forwarding? I want to maximize my online multiplayer on gaming consoles, should I use it? | Most home routers use something called Network Address Translation. With NAT, you can have one publicly routeable IP address, but many internal private addresses. Those addresses individually aren't routable from the internet, so when you initiate communication from your device, your router makes a 1 to 1 port translat... |
My roommates regularly handle raw chicken, then proceed to touch their other foods without washing their hands. How are they not sick all the time? | Here's my ELI5 version: Speeding is illegal and you will most likely get a ticket if caught. However, sometimes you don't get caught. Alternatively, sometimes you get caught, but get let off without the ticket. Same principle. Speeding is handling raw chicken, the police are the bacteria, and getting a ticket is gettin... |
Why is nobody worried that if we DO build an off-earth colony, the removal of matter from earth would change it's orbit/gravity? | Well, it would change the earth's orbit and gravity. Especially if it orbitted earth, because any 2 objects gravitationally influence each other. But the difference would be so tiny it would be hard even to measure, not to mention notice.Because the earth is big really big. Even if you sent all human structures ever bu... |
How do I perceive myself as a single entity, when I'm actually composed of a group of cells that are each self replicating blocks of life? | I think it's funny that people here think they can answer this question in a way that a: everyone can understand and find useful and b: sounds like it's just common knowledge and the questioner is the last person to figure it out. Or maybe he is . |
Why is it acceptable to shame smokers but fat shaming gets you in a lot of trouble, when lead to health problems? | Let's be real. Neither type of shaming comes out of concern for the target's health. They happen because people love to feel superior to other people, and while in gradeschool the bullies could pick out literally any differentiating characteristic to mock others over and their peers would go along with it, in adulthood... |
Why is the word 'marine' used to describ elite soldiers in books and videogames? | In the military, especially Military Fiction, marines are simply the best, most broadly trained soldiers. They can do anything and tackle anything. It's like noticing that sailors don't actually sail. The word has taken on a new meaning with advancements in civilization. |
Why can't we sneeze and pee at the same time? | I can totally do this. And being very pregnant at the moment , this happens even when I don't want it to.I once sneezed while I was peeing.. I made the force so much more powerful that it should have been.I just pee harder. maybe I'm an alien. |
Why aren't more scientists, engineers, economists, sociologists and the like governing our countries? | I don't know how many of my people you've interacted with, but a lot aren't exactly what you would call 'people persons'. Quite often they are more concerned with their research than with events going on around them. Also, the threshold for bullshit can often be low. Politicians on the other hand thrive on bullshit. Th... |
What are the arguments for and against the idea that automation will cause massive unemployment? | A really interesting video in support of this idea was made quite recently. It covers some of the arguments on both sides, but is mainly geared to convince you for the idea. Watch it critically and I'm sure you can formulate your own opinion. _URL_0_ It's also a bit long so I recommend watching it when you have spare t... |
Why do school districts have multiple smaller elementary and middle schools that feed into one larger high school? | Small children are harder to manage than older ones. They need more attention & more space to run around and play. If you put 400 second graders out on a playground together, it would turn into a giant shitshow - they really just can't handle being in groups that large. |
Why can't I choose where my tax dollars go? | For the same reason you don't get to decide what your waitress spends her tips on. For the same reason you don't get to decide how your landlord spends the money you pay him for rent. It is simply not your money anymore. Once you pay someone else money, that money is no longer yours. It belongs to them , not you. You h... |
Why the video players on Hulu, Netflix, and YouTube play more reliably (at least for me) than embedded white label players on corporate sites, including TV networks? | It all comes down to money: * Main stream broadcast companies do not get nearly as much money from ads online as they do from ads on the TV, so many don't put much effort into the online experience because they'd rather you watch on the TV. * Online free sites such as Hulu make all their money from ads in their streams... |
if energy can not be created, how is energy everywhere in the universe? | It has always been there. According to the Big Bang Theory initially in the form of heat mostly. Then the universe expanded, energy got scattered and some of it-transformed. A little reminder: energy cannot be created nor destroyed, however, any kind of energy can be transformed to another kind. At least that's what ph... |
Why isn't there pet food for people? | Well, most pet food isn't actually all that great- roughly equivalent to junk food for people. The biggest problem with trying to standardize food for people is that different people can have widely varying dietary needs and tastes Actually, you know what? we do have something like that for humans, it's called baby foo... |
Humans have existed for thousands of years, why have we not yet adapted to the radiation of sun and still need sunscreen to protect us? | Because sun exposure causing sunburn and peeling is not enough to significantly affect the ability of individuals to reproduce. Even if you got skin cancer from exposure to the sun, it most likely would not kill you until well after you had had whatever children you were going to have. There's just no evolutionary pres... |
What are Tesla's "Battery Farms" and how do they work? | Electricity isn't used consistently through the day. Everyone's at work through the middle of the day so there's not much electricity need in the suburbs, but high demand downtown. In the afternoon and evening everyone comes home and does their laundry, turns on their video game consoles and starts cooking dinner, wher... |
Why is Climate Change a partisan issue? | for a lot of people it's not an issue of if climate change is happening or if it is bad, but more so if it is worth dealing with it monetarily. this often is a division among left/right as one is more fiscally conservative than the other. other issues include one side doesn't want to have government regulation on busin... |
How does New Horizons have enough fuel to reach Pluto? | ELI5 Answer: It's been coasting there. Since there's no air in space, there's no air resistance to slow it down. |
What makes a person shy? | From personal experience of shyness for majority of my young life, it's usually caused by an incident or two when at the impressionable ages. For instance, as a child just starting school, the child might try to make friends with a crowd and is either pushed away or is made fun of. This scars the child making them thin... |
How do movies flop? | So it's very hard to tell near the beginning if a movie is going to be bad. Until all the filming and editing is done, no one can predict that a movie will flop. At that point, most of the budget for the movie is spent. Let's say that a movie is budgeted $20 million. After $17 million is spent, the director and produce... |
How come online banking transactions still follow bankers hours if it's all computerized? | Short answer: the core banking software was written in the 70s - 80s. Long answer: a typical setup is to have a real time system that hoovers up all the transactions during the day, and a batch cycle that processes and finalizes them each night . Depending on your bank's install, some transactions may be reflected in r... |
Why do some politicians say the military needs more money when the military itself says it doesn't need more money? | Pretty sure I haven't seen this posted elsewhere, so I'll bring it up. When Congress sends money to the military, it has all kinds of strings attached as to how the money gets divided up to get spent on. So X amount goes towards operations and maintenance and Y amount towards something else and so on. So, what you can ... |
How do we trick ourselves into wanting something we know is detrimental to us, like opting for a coke or beer over water when we are thirsty? | We don't trick ourselves, we've been tricked by the people who put that product there. [Observe.] |
Why do we "feel" the urge to the dance when hearing music? | Looking at a photo doesn't make us want to move. Watching a video with no sound doesn't either. Hearing a steady sound like a vacuum cleaner doesn't either. Or a random messy sound like car horns. But when we hear sounds that repeat in simple ways, especially in ways that we've heard before, it can make us want to move... |
why canned food last much longer than other packed food? | It's a combination of a number of things, most importantly that the process heats up the contents and kills any bacteria, and that the vacuum seal created prevents new bacteria from getting in, and deprives the contents of enough oxygen for new bacteria to grow. Plus, with pickled goods, the pH from the vinegar is anot... |
What would happen if you stumbled upon a bear while it was hibernating? | Its random. They might wake up, look at you and go back to bed. Or they might stay awake to watch you leave. Or they might flip out and run you down. It depends on how you woke them up. Hibernation is kind of a big deal. It'd probably be pissed at you but it'd be hard to wake it from hibernation I think. |
What's going on in my body when I feel the actual sensation of heartbreak in my chest when I'm really sad? | hurt heart" or "ripped out my heart" to describe responses to social exclusion and argue that such expressions are "more than just a metaphor". > The psychologist and writer Dorothy Rowe recounted that she thought of heartbreak as an empty cliché until she experienced it herself as an adult. Heartbreak can sometimes le... |
How did DVD's continue to be a mainstream product along side Blu Rays? Why didn't they die out like VHS tapes did when new technology hit the market? | It's probably the fact that getting a means to play a Blu-Ray was very expensive at first. The PS3 was by far the cheapest option, and even that was $499-$599 when it first came out. That was more than many people were willing to pay, and for comparison, the PS2 was $299 at launch. And most people would probably agree ... |
How were women forcibly sterilized in the US? | This is an extremely loaded question. The eugenics programs of the United States were legally designed around keeping the disabled and other genetically unfit out of the breeding pool. It was labeled with pure intentions of humans having the ability to direct their own evolution. To build a stronger, smarter master rac... |
Why is there a gap between when a film comes out in the cinema and when it comes out on DVD? | It depends on who has the exclusive rights to the film. When a movie comes out, theaters have exclusive distribution rights to the film for a certain length of time. Generally, this is where most of the money for the film's owner will be made. After that, the rights may go to Pay Per View type services. Again, there is... |
Why are baseball teams so inconsistent year-over-year compared to basketball teams and those of other sports? | Basketball has five active players, so each one of them has a huge impact on the results. As long as one of your starting five is LeBron James, your team is going to be consistently good for the years he is there and healthy. Now in baseball there are many more active players. You can argue over which one is most impor... |
How can NASA be sure that the asteroid 2000 AJ129 will not impact Earth, but can't determine its size. | They also don't know the size very accurately because they don't know its colour for sure. They know how bright it is, to a decent degree of accuracy, but without aiming a bigger telescope at it it's just a point. So is it darker than average? In which case, to be as bright as it is, it needs to be bigger, or is it lig... |
If you disagree with Supreme court judgment, why you are not allowed to appeal in The International Court of Justice? | Because then American government doesn't recognize the authority of that court and the International Court of Justice doesn't have the military power to enforce their authority. |
When, How, and Why getting a famous person's signature became a big deal | It's also worth noting that people used to get autographs of lots of people, not just celebs. When I was a kid, my grandma gave me a little autograph book and told me that when she was a young girl, she'd have all her friends and the people in her life sign it. I imagine having a celebrity's signature in there would be... |
Why do some people sleep like rocks, while others wake up at the sound of a pin drop? | It's an evolutionary trait. If you were a caveman, you better pray that you are easily waken up. It's supposed to protect you from predators and other threats that could kill you if you stayed asleep. If you ever feel jealous that someone can sleep through anything, just remember they're more likely to die in the wilde... |
Why is depression treated with more respect than rage? | Depression is looked at with compassion and understanding because it's so it's so relatable. Most people have either experienced some sort of sadness or depressive episode or known someone who has experienced depression on some sort of level. Many people understand the seriousness of depression, the necessity in seekin... |
what is the point of using stenograph machines in court when it can just be audio recorded? | It's easier to quickly search written papers, as you can skim a document for key-words and phrases. The stenographer can also quickly read back what was written, without having to worry about speakers, audio quality, etc. It also helps transcribe it later, as text-to-speech isn't wildly reliable. |
Why does sticking one foot out from under the blankets prevent me from getting too hot? | Your blood picks up heat from the rest of your body, flows to your foot, and gets cooled. The cool blood flows back to your body, cools the rest of you. Then the whole cycle repeats. In theory, it's much like the way a car's anti-freeze and radiator works. |
Why do some women who have had kids think having a c-section is taking the "easy way out"? | Well the alternative to a medically necessary c-section can be death of the baby and mother, so it's maybe not easy but definitely preferable. |
Why do yawns sometime yield no fulfillment as if you couldn't "complete" them. | I've found m that when this happens I become very self conscious about my breathing, which used to cause even more anxiety. But now I lean into the self consciousness by meditatively focusing on the sensations of my breath. This usually relieves my anxiety and allows me to yawn to completion. |
Why is American culture so prevalent in other countries? | Not your sports though. The world plays British sports. Shame we're awful at most of them. |
How do airlines get away with overbooking flights? | I've heard that there is a certain percent of no-show among passengers . Knowing that airlines sell more tickets than they have seats. Surprisingly, they prefer the risk of paying a compensation to a person who they didn't have a seat for, meaning that they get more money from 'no-show' people. So, basically, it's a ga... |
Why are there Nazis in the USA? | Because people opposing them started calling them that, and they took a liking to it, for some reason. Nazi comes from the NSDAP, which was Hitler's party. Anything not related to the NSDAP - which doesn't exist anymore, is not a Nazi. Those extremists just like using Nazi symbolism. Also, consider that Nazi often is u... |
Why do Americans call their national game Football when it hardly involves a foot kicking a ball? | Did you know that the British didn't call it 'football' until WWII? Before then there were two games: one called 'soccer' and another called 'rugby' When the British were exposed to American soldiers playing football, they adopted the shorthand, as is the tendency of British English. Soccer has only widely been called ... |
Is there a difference between a 50mm lens and let's say an 18-100mm lens set at 50mm? | There are more lens elements in a zoom lens than a prime lens. This causes a few differences: -Every piece of glass introduces a small amount of imperfection in the image, between imperfect glass not transmitting the image 100.00% perfectly, and normal optical distortion from any lens. -It's more expensive and complex ... |
Explain cricket like I'm 5 (and American) | You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men... |
Why are English accents used in most film/shows that are set in ancient times? | Well it's not just an 'English accent', it's a Surrey/ southern accent. It's the Queen's accent. Northern accents are reserved for working class stuff, as is the south London or cockney accent. Nobody really uses the West Country accents, probably mostly used in horror movies, except for Hot Fuzz.A little parallelism, ... |
Why is out-of-state tuition significantly higher than in-state tuition for most universities? | States subsidize students from there in order to get them cheaper education. If you go out of state you're not getting that. |
What are Agglutinative, Fusional, and Analytical languages and how do they differ? | -c-", and "-ya" to express negation, 1s subject, 3s object, and past habitual aspect, respectively. Fusional languages tend to have several meanings attached to each morpheme, and thus generally have a lower morpheme-to-word ratio. An example is how in Latin "domus" , the "-us" is a bound morpheme expressing both mascu... |
Why do so many food establishments throw away perfectly fine food rather than donating it to the needy? | I used to run a food distribution warehouse. We distributed food service products to restaurants, schools, hotels, etc. There were two main reasons that we did not donate expired or returned products. 1) The FDA requires complete one-up, one-down traceability. That means that, in the event of a recall, we were required... |
How did the economy in Nazi Germany work? | Towards the end of the war, Albert Speer was put in charge of wartime production, and then most of the economy. [Here's] a brief overview of his economic plans. He turned out to be a management genius. One interesting thing I read about is that when your boss is a murderous tyrant, you tend to develop 'fiefdoms' within... |
Politicians lie all the time and it's usually easy to prove them wrong so why aren't they prosecuted for making false statements? | Lying is not a crime, mostly. It is a crime to lie in court. It is a crime to lie to congress during a congressional hearing. It is a crime to make a false report to congress. It is a crime to lien on applications for federal money's. But it is not a crime to lie in a speech or political ad, or debate. |
Why is a real helicopter so hard to fly but a $20 toy helicopter can be flown by a 6 year old | Quadcopter rely on sensors and electronics to control the rotor speeds. Single rotor Helicopters, even RC ones, don't rely on sensors feedback mechanisms. In an RC helicopter, it's servos and motor speed controllers that are tied directly from the radio control stick. In real heli's, they're physical mechanical linkage... |
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