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Why are we discouraged to talk openly about salaries when money is the essence of why we work? | Just my own personal opinion but I don't really need a dollar amount on what my friends make. It doesn't matter to me. If your bills are paid, let's party |
why our bodies can recover from common cold and then forget how to next year? | The word 'cold' is an umbrella term for a bunch of different viruses, and these viruses are always mutating, so new ones are 'created' every day. You become immune to each one you get, but there will always be more. |
does a baby smell like s mix of its parents or a new smell to an animal with a more sensitive ability to detect odor? | I'll answer this directly for you since no one else seems to want to. Babies have their own unique smell. They produce tons of pheromones and that is why a lot of times pets will become very protective of the child. For example, my dog, although he wanted nothing to do with my son when it was just us in the house, when... |
Why do some people involuntarily bounce their leg(s) when they're nervous, bored, or for no reason at all? | apparently people do it to cope with adhd or anxiety, but personally if I make my leg stand on its toes it starts doing it, as far as I know I don't have adhd, anxiety, etc. I just like doing it |
How was salt used as a preservative before refrigerators? | Bacteria and other bugs that make food go bad like moisture. Salt removes the moisture from the food and makes it so that the germs don't have a good environment to thrive in. So the food stays preserved for longer. Most people would soak the food in water before eating to both re-hydrate it and remove some of the salt... |
How can entrepreneurs buy old drug patent / manufacturing lines when the drugs should be eligible for generic? | They're trying to leverage the market until another manufacturer introduces a generic. There's a few ways they can do this - they can pay off generic manufacturers to stay away, they can raise the price to get consumers to switch to a drug that *does* have a patent, or they can raise the price to make a profit and drop... |
Why isn't the public allowed to read the details of the TTP trade deal? | Treaties are often negotiated in secret because their provisions are all up for grabs. By that I mean, if I'm negotiating a treaty with Mexico, and I insert a clause saying that every Mexican must have a picture of me in their house, this obviously wouldn't be acceptable and public outrage might cancel the treaty proce... |
Why does only one side of my nose get stuffy when I'm sick? | I don't remember where I got this information from but supposedly because some smells take longer to register with your brain than others, you breathe in rapidly through one and slowly through the other. The faster one would get a rush of quick info and the slow one a slow stream of . Well, slow info. -_-. I'm clearly ... |
Why do people still think the earth is flat? | Some people are just conspiracy theory nuts who want to believe that there's some massive cover-up of something. Or they're just plain nuts. And some think that there are things in the Bible that require the Earth to be flat. In other words, they are religious nuts. **TL;DR** - They're nuts. |
Why does it feel good to be clean? | Speculation here, but it could also be the body's positive feedback response to making yourself less susceptible to disease, getting rid of germs, etc. |
How hardrives hold information, even when they are powered off | Hard drives aren't electronic RAM, like your computer's memory, which only store data when the power is on. Hard drives have [a platter inside coated in a magnetic material], which can be read from and written to just like a floppy disk -- it's just far more detailed and position sensitive than a floppy, so it can stor... |
What does the 'end task' command do differently than normally exiting out of a program? | Programs usually have various operations to do before they shutdown. If a program is frozen, it is unable to perform/finish these operations, and does not shutdown. 'End Task' closes it regardless.One of the main parts of a desktop application is called the "message loop." It is code that continually runs, checking for... |
Explain to me like I'm a precocious five year old the Vatican's view on condoms, the Pill, sex, and marriage. | As an important caveat to what a lot of other posters have said Catholics don't exactly give a fuck about any of these rules and interpret what the Vatican says loosely to say the least. |
While it is easy to get the chemical formula for things like water, how is it that we know the exact chemical formula for a humongous protein like Titin? | A protein isn't just a random bunch of atoms. They are made out of small building blocks, called animo acids. They are simpler molecules, with a dozen or so atoms. Once you know the order of amino acids, you can know the composition of a large protein. Also, there isn't always one exact composition. Some animo acids gi... |
When two guys are pointing guns at each other close range, like in movies, why doesn't one of them just shoot the other? | It's a calculated risk, in some movies one guy will shoot first and miss! leaving a chance for the other guy to get a good two rounds off in the blur. So its better to try and out wait each other in cinema, not only for suspense and a few choice lines, but to ensure the hero has a chance to double blast the bad guy.Not... |
Why does the discovery of Kepler-452b is such a big news even though it is so far that we won`t ever reach it ? | > won't ever Yeah and we won't ever fly, leave our atmosphere, or cure any disease so why even bother?", 'Nobody seems to have mentioned *why* it is so far away. The first searches for planets looked in the "easiest" places to look - they were just trying to find *a* planet. That works but it doesn't answer the questio... |
Why do babies laugh when someone gets hurt? | Do you make a funny exaggerated face or make odd noises when you get hurt? That's probably what is being reacted to, not your pain.Same reason we do I would imagine. How many TV shows feature people falling down? |
Why can't we just plant the Gros Michel banana again? | Because the banana plants aren't derived from seeds but bulbs of the banana plant. There are still plantations that grows that type of banana but not on a large scale. |
If Curiosity, the Mars Rover, is Nuclear power, why can't the ISS be Nuclear Powered? Its more reliable and A LOT less heavy? | Curiosity uses an RTG which relies on radioactive material, but is not at all like a nuclear power plant you'd see on Earth. RTGs produce relatively small amounts of power, the upside is they're very durable and require basically no care after construction. The ISS has far higher power requirements, and since there's h... |
Legit question: How are the US troops "protecting our freedom"? | The Cold War was a contest between the USSR and the USA to see how far they can spread their culture and ideologies. It's long over but the US wants to continue because, at the end years of the Cold War, they tripled their military budget. They don't want to waste or reduce it, so they find excuses to use it. This mili... |
What's going on in Brooklyn, NY? | I'm interested in the comparison of what's happening in Flatbush, Brooklyn to the London Riots. Can anyone share details or observations about other environmental factors that lead to the London Riots and that are present in Flatbush, Brooklyn?", 'Just curious, is there concealed carry in NY? |
what's the difference between the 3 degrees of murder? | 1st - malice and forethought 2nd - malice but no forethought 3rd - no malice, no forethought I'm not a lawyer.The distinctions between types of criminal homicide are based upon what was in the killer’s head and what the killer actually did. Intending to kill after deliberation is worse than intending to kill in the hea... |
Why do you count 15, 30, 40 in tennis? | I read somewhere that it was to do with the face of a clock. 15, 30, 45, 60 . Eventually the 45 got shortened to 40 because it was hard to say in France . Then again, it wasn't a fully reliable source. |
How can a new I5 4 core 2.5 GHz cpu out perform 6 core 3.2 GHz processor just because its older? | Clock speed it's only one factor that determines how well a processor performs what's more important is the design of the processor what's generally referred to as it's architecture. That's where the big difference is. There have been big advancements in architecture design that allow newer processors to be much more e... |
How did they take the lead bullets out of hunted game and how do we make sure we've got all of them? | Simple answer is they didn't. More complicated answer: if it was a shotgun style weapon the pellets really don't penetrate too far, so they would try to feel them out and would get most of them that way. If it was a rifle/musket the projectile is much easier to find and remove. |
How Facebook can suggest that I know someone with no mutual friends...and is right | sometimes its based off who's phone number you have saved as a contact on your phone", 'that person searched for you but did not try and friend youEvent attendance could be another pretty big giveaway. |
Why are/were governments still going after 90 year old Nazis when current government heads around the world have committed some of the same crimes or worse? | Some countries including the US I think haven't ratified the ICJ or ICC or both of the treaties. So citizens from their countries can't be tried right? |
What Happens if I Declare Bankruptcy, Especially to My Student Loans/Car/Personal Possessions/Credit? | Talk to a credit counselor. You're stuck with student loans until you die. Any loans your parents cosigned on will fall on them. |
Why can't I fully picture people's faces in my imagination? | I can hear my brothers voice in my head perfectly, but I cant accurately remember what anyone else's voice sounds like. similar i guess", 'This is a supposition here, but there is a portion of your brain, the fusiform gyrus, which is responsible for recognising and remembering faces. Face blindness is called [prosopagn... |
Why is discussing pay from work a bad thing? | Also etiquette. I wouldn't want people knowing what I spend my money on and what my bank balance is so why should I need to know others? |
Why do F1 cars have slick tires for grip when it's dry, but when my tires are bald I have no traction? | Different rubber compounds for different purposes. Their tires are way stickier than yours but they won't hold up for anywhere near as many miles as yours will. |
Why New Yorkers hate New Jersey | ELYCalifornian: They don't really hate it. I think there's a similar pseudo-love-hate-just-because-they're-there relationship between SF and Oakland. If you don't have enough money to live in SF, you live in Oakland, right? Except imagine if Oakland was technically another state. And SF was about 10 times bigger, both ... |
why does Israel collect Palestine's taxes? | palestine is not a country and not a state, it isnt reconized by other world countrys as one, its becouse of old aggreement form 1990's that Israel will collect taxes and send them, thats why they send 50m$+ |
why do people react differently to anti-depressants, and differently to different kinds of anti-depressants? | The thing we call depression isn't one single biological condition. It's a loose collection of symptoms that might happen for a wide variety of reasons. |
how on earth do we know where we are in the universe? | We found a mirror really far away and we're taking selfies. No kidding that's really interesting I'm saving and upvoting, I want to know. |
why is it hard to diffuse a bomb? | There's always the chance there is more to the bomb than you may see based on the wires. Batteries and capacitors hold charges and detectors could be in place to blow when the wires are cut. |
Why are the meat of animals killed by lightning/electrocution not edible? | I went to a slaughterhouse in 7th grade and they show us the electric brush clamp they put behind a pig's head to kill it. So obviously it's not inherently bad for the meat", 'They are fully edible. But because they were not killed in a controlled manner and were not immediately prepared for shipment and stored in a re... |
What exactly is so bad about Windows 10 that people refuse to update? | General rule of thumb, if it ain't broke, don't touch/fix it. That goes for a lot of things. Why do I have to update when it's perfectly fine?", 'It'll break current programs in business. It might break some of your games. It collects information about you to be sold. Facebook does this, but facebook is "free". You 've... |
Millions of years ago when the Earth was inhabited by dinosaurs and species of animals that do not exist today, why is it that none of the larger species of animals survived? | As the continents drifted apart the amount of oxygen also decreased. Back then there was way more oxygen availabls that allowed larger creatures to exist. Now that there's less, the size animals can grow was affected simply because there isn't enough oxygen to support the larger size |
How Can loans be bought and sold? and what is the benefit of this to the party selling? | You, with your student loan, owe the government money, let's say £1000 . But the government is worried that you might never pay it off. Considering that possibility, they figure that they would rather just have £700 right now for sure, rather than the uncertain £1000 in the future. So they sell the loan to someone for ... |
Why are Al Jazeera and the likes of BBC held in such high regards? | There are NO 100% unbiased news sources. However, some are *much* better than others. Al Jazeera is entirely *unreliable* when it come to news about Qatar or Saudi Arabia. However, their coverage of the rest of the world is really quite good. The BBC is also a world-class journalism source. Both have much less bias tha... |
Why do you feel drowsy if you lie in bed during the day, but you don't get that same feeling at night? | Your body has rhythms according to a 25 hour cycle. This describes not only a sleep-wake cycle, but also the periodic rise and fall of hormone levels. Cortisol is one of the most important hormones during this cycle. It is released by the adrenal glands and typically spikes in the early morning around or slightly befor... |
LI5: Super Condensed History of the Universe | lim: ΔS = ∞; T = 0 K. Wait, five year olds don't know thermodynamics? Shit, nevermind. |
How can Coca-Cola be used as a rust remover but still be safe to drink? | I'm sure it'd dissolve your teeth if you just let it sit in your mouth. Fortunately, we swallow it, and our protective linings keep it moving, then break it down and digest it for us.Coca-Cola is not safe for us to consume. Who told you that it was?in my personal research beer is usually a safer and healthier drink tha... |
Why does the letter d change direction when it is capitalized? Why is it the only letter that does this? | Direction is relative, man. I mean, what is direction anyways? We're all just floating in space, spinning around some star. There's no such thing as direction. Nothing is real.french here.g to G = gauche d to D = droite only for those two letters. Too much vine tonight, sorryI consider it interesting that we can assign... |
How do 1 in 4 African-Americans get by not having valid photo IDs? | I am white and grew up in a big east coast city.My mom did not have a photo ID until she was 50, and she got a passport. She never drove, and never flew. Any store she went to would take her check because they knew her by name. She had a credit card.I did not think this was weird, and still don't. This was more than 25... |
Why does shaving against the grain cause so much more irritation than shaving with the grain? | It's mostly a problem with people of ethnic background, because our hair tends to be more curly. That's the biggest source of the problem. When you shave with the grain, you slice the hair in such a way that the end is relatively flat. Think of an unsharpened brand new pencil. When you shave against the grain, you slic... |
Why are rescue victims wrapped in what seems like aluminium foil? | It's made of metalized mylar. The mylar is plastic, so it is a good insulator against conduction, it's a solid sheet to prevent convection, and the shiny metal film reflects your heat back into you for radiation insulation.You can buy these at camping stores or places that have emergency supplies. They fold up really t... |
What is about dawn that causes roosters the world over to collectively lose their minds and start screaming at the sky? | Lots of birds sing at dawn, for various reasons such as marking territory and mating . Not sure what the accepted motivation is for chickens, but both sexes can do it , and although they start when they wake up, they can also do it throughout the day. How much they do it depends on the breed and personality of the bird... |
Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files on [my website]... WTF does that mean? And what's a robot.txt? | I received that very Email today. But, it ended up in the spam folder. Apart from the content inside, I'm slightly concerned about the legitimacy of the Email. How do we fix it, only if it's not spam but real warning from Google? Edit - It's real. And not spam. |
Why don't Americans have that accent and tone of voice that they did in the 20's-50's anymore, like the father in to Kill A Mockingbird? | I'd contribute some part to movement. There's a different speech pattern in every state. I'm from the Florida and we had a bit of a southern twang, I moved up to Illinois when I was 14 and have lost the accent. |
Who are the Freemasons and what do they do | Ask Them. Just go into a lodge and ask them. They will be more than happy to show you around and tell you about what they do. They won't tell you details of their rituals of course, but they are pretty open and friendly and will tell you a lot.So this might be a stupid question because the word "mason" is in the name, ... |
Why is it inappropriate to go to a job interview with a beard even if it's well kept? | I haven't gone to a job interview without a beard for more than 15 years now. I've gotten a few jobs, and I haven't gotten a few, but I don't think any of that is because of the facial hair. Maybe it depends on the job or the company or something, but my feeling is that there's no requirement to shave for an interview. |
Why don't car manufacturers make front or side windshields with "heat strips" to melt snow or ice like in the rear windows? | Hey something I actually sorta know about. I actually put in windshields for a living, a lot of cars actually have heated windshields, BMW, Cadillac, Land Rover, Toyota highlanders, sienna mini vans. They're becoming a lot more popular. As for door glasses I have never seen one heated, nor heard of one. |
How instincts biologically work? | I don't know much about it myself, but [this] gives a high-level intuition of an idea in this area", 'Don't we all have an inside perspective on how instincts work? We are all operating on the same kind of "hardware" so to speak. I 've always looked at it in the way that emotions and instinct are more or less the same ... |
Why do airlines still hand out peanuts on flights, when peanuts are known to be a common, potentially fatal, allergy? | Most people with peanut allergies aren't so severe that being in a room with peanuts will hurt them. My daughter is allergic. She can test them or touch then, but other than that she's fumble and dandy |
Why is a 'swiss bank account' such a bigger thing than other countries bank accounts? | Swiss economy is very stable. So it is very safe to keep money in Swiss Bank, especially for the rich. They securely store billions of dollars in Swiss bank. As they are a stable economy, there is no chance that there will be a bankruptcy or something like recession affecting Swiss Bank.The privacy is also very high. Y... |
If there are nutritional labels on all of the food we buy, including water, why is there not a nutrition label on liquor? | Because food is regulated by the FDA and liquor is regulated by the ATF. It's not food, it's alcohol. |
Why do I sometimes spray saliva when I'm yawning like a snake shooting venom at an attacker? | Another one for you guys to try if you haven't already: Close your eyes, open your mouth and stick your tongue out. Now tilt your head back and pretend your shaking a salt shaker onto your tongue. You should be able to taste the salt.All these amateurs, gleeking on their paperwork. I just gleek in to a special sock I k... |
why should you always close the commode seat after your done? | I close it so I don't accidentally drop stuff in there. Pretty much anything that lands in toilet water is taking a one way trip. |
When I am starting to fall asleep, why does my body sometimes jump or jolt me awake? | When you're just about to fall asleep, your heart rating decreases, your whole body is completely still, and actually resembles the state of slowly dying. So to prevent that, your brain sends shocks through your nerves, to make sure you're not dying.This would happen to me constantly when I use to fall asleep in high s... |
Why are most of us right handed? | I'm no scientist, but perhaps the right handed gene is more dominant than the left."Evolutionary advantage" occurs when individuals possessing a particular trait directly compete for resources with individuals possessing a different trait, or have different survival odds. Think of the things you would do to fight, hide... |
How do rules in war work, and what happens if a country breaks the rules? | The victor can't break any rules . The rules of war are only to legitimise the victor and demonize the loser |
Seriously, assuming trickle down economics really trickles anything down, why then does the income inequality gap keep on getting wider? | First, on 'trickle down economics', the short answer is 'no, it doesn't work'. To the extent that corporations have tax breaks to 'save jobs', to the extent that regulations are used to protect corporations from competition, to the extent that industries 'write their own regulations' to escape liability, these things o... |
Why is every US Air Force pilot required to be an officer? | You aren't, it just depends on what you are flying. Source: I was a 6 year Active duty E-4 that formally piloted a Phoenix UAV. AFSC was a Computer Programmer. |
If cooking kills bacteria, why does it matter how long we leave meat out, or how often we thaw and refreeze it? | Bacteria are just like you and me and houseflies. Food goes in, shit comes out. Some bacteria shit can be really bad for you. Since someone's asking for examples: * E Coli: Makes aspartic acid-phenylalanine amino acid . * Staph: Enterotoxins. * Clostridium botulinum: Botulism toxin. * Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis: Tet... |
Why is it bad to reuse water bottles when unopened bottles can sit on the shelf indefinitely? | Cancer Research UK have an article on it claiming it's bull [here] Still though, a quick google will show that the exposure to BPA chemicals can reduce testosterone in men. You can get a much nicer and more durable BPA free bottle that's not made of cheap plastic like disposable bottles and not have to worry about it. ... |
If the human voice moves a very tiny amount to air be heard, why is a light wind which moves much more air not incredibly loud? | No one is mentioning the vocal cords. The air you're forcing out of your lungs are causing your vocal cords to vibrate, which makes the sound. The wind isn't in an enclosed space being forced past something that is meant to make sound. Think about if you blow into a clarinet, it's going to be much louder than if you ju... |
Why is there such a push to get more women into coding? What is so important about it? | Social conventions can, subtly and not-so-subtly, deter someone from pursuing an activity they could be really good at and enjoy because of their gender. We want to challenge these social conventions so that everyone has full freedom of choice to find things that they love and are good at. In my mind, it's not so much ... |
Why do white people have so many different hair colors (blonde, red, brown, black) while all other races all have black hair? | Not all hair found I'm other races is black. It's dark yes and many different shades and strengths of brown/black etc.Malcolm X and Genghis Khan were ginge. Not every non-white group solely has black hair.Genetic superiority. No, no, I can't even say that with a straight face. Just kidding."All other races" have black ... |
Why do people worship Google? It doesn't seem any different than Bing or yahoo to me? | Being slightly older and around when all this came about Google was the lesser enemy and the most progressive. Yahoo was just pants and Bing didn't even exist then, Ask Jeeves just wasn't up to scratch and we had tools like copernicus to scan them all as that was how you searched in the early days for the best results.... |
plot summary of all the halo games(just the ones with master chief) | > Who are the forerunners? A species that dominated the Galaxy 100,000 years before the game. Really advanced tech, bit of a arrogant species. > Where did the flood come from? Flood started as a Powder that arrived in Human territory 110,000 years ago due to a precursor plan. After hundreds of years of using the powder... |
How can someone be over qualified for a job? | I was told I was overqualified for a position. I was willing to get in on the ground floor and work my way up in the organization. However, this was actually his complaint. He said with a college degree that I would probably be pulled off the labor floor within a few weeks into a more managerial position. So why should... |
ELI3: Trying to explain gravity to my three year old niece. I'm failing to explain it to her. Can you help? | This is from a Cracked article I think.Gravity is a force caused by the FSM placing his noodly appendages upon us in order to hold us firm to the ground, less we float off to heaven before our time and harsh his mellow. This also accounts for the increase in global average height of the last few centuries. The higher o... |
How Turing machines work, what they're for, and how they relate to the Busy Beaver game. | A Turing Machine is a mathematical object, an abstract object, like an integer. It's not a machine in the sense that you think. They're used for establishing the basis of computation and therefore figuring out what's computable or not. I'm not familiar with the Busy Beaver game so somebody else will have to answer that... |
When paper money became the new standard, how was in distributed? What was the process for people to exchange their old currency for the new currency? | [gonna highjack with a side-question of my own here if thats ok] And how hard would it be to do that again now, and replace it with plastic money like Australia has?? Genuine question. I'm in the UK at the moment and quickly learning that paper money fuckin sucks *so* hard. E: phrasing. |
How products like Coke are able to keep their recipe a secret and still have their ingredients listed | In the same way I can tell you that a cupcake is eggs, butter, self-raising flour, caster sugar and milk, or that thermite is iron oxide and aluminium, that information alone isn't going to be enough for you to actually make them. Even canned soup - cook it too long and you're going to burn it. It's about knowing how t... |
Can I have armed, deadly traps on my property? What if someone trespasses and dies by getting caught on one of the traps? | People are allowed to make legitimate mistakes without facing the death penalty. Some kid who wanders onto your lawn to get back their ball or is chasing their pet does not deserve to be murdered. Neither does the public servant who may need to visit your home for whatever reason. One can only use deadly force when the... |
why does Ecuador seem to be the go to place for political dissenters like Snowden or Assange | You ask why is Ecuador seemingly able to refuse the demands of the US government? This seems hard to explain because we are a small, weak country, military and financially. US could destroy us if they tried. And many people here is really afraid of what the US can do to us because of this. The only thing that we have t... |
Why do cops use fatal guns instead of tranquilizer guns just like used in animals? | Tranquilizer guns do not behave like they do in movies. The drugs used in tranquilizers are adminitered based on weight. Too much, you risk an overdose. Too little, you risk the drug not having the desired effect. The drugs also do not act instantly, so whatever you end up hitting with a tranquilizer may still end up c... |
How do woods / forests spread or start ? | Geologically, the earth has a lot of change over a very long period of time. Some of the earliest were tree ferns, and then about 310 million years ago, trees began to form through evolution. As an idea of the changes, the Appalachian mountains were as big as the Himalayas at that time. It was mainly conifers and gingk... |
It seems like WWII is more prevalent in pop culture than WWI. For example, why are there way more movies about WWII than WWI? | All this long winded nonsense! It's because Nazi's are ready made Villains. The literal best bad guys and most fun to hate on. I mean they used skulls on their uniforms for the love of God. 🤗 |
If the stock market crashes, what does that truly mean for our economy? | Basically it's all down to confidence If stock brokers lose confidence because of a few bad trades and think they will lose more money, stock levels drop and because of this they sell more creating excess demand. The excess demand lowers stock levels further, and lower confidence. This low confidence can filter to bank... |
Why does gasoline smell so good? | You can't just explain why something smells good. Smells are subjective. I personally like the smell also, but there are also plenty of people who find it sickening and unbearable. |
Why is a federal deficit a good thing? | A federal deficit is not a bad thing and comparing it to a household budget is a false analogy. However the problem we do have is a federal trade deficit. But that is a a whole other problem that people don't like to talk about. It is a real problem but since both parties are a part of it we don't hear too much about i... |
Why are pretty much all tires still filled with air? | old cars use to have solid rubber tires. before tube tires and after wooden ones. Every single little bump is felt. Wouldn't be good for today at all. |
Why is reverse engineering sometimes impossible? | The US actually has an agreement with Russia where they could manufacture those engines themselves, but the cost to set up the production process would be exorbitant. As for reverse engineering, rocket engines rely on a great number of technologies from how to make just the right alloys to how to forge and join compone... |
I bought generic sleeping pills at Wal-Mart yesterday. Today, my YouTube is inundated with ZzzQuil ads. How does this happen? | **tl;dr** Google has a ton of data on you, and they are constantly gathering more. Do you own an Android based smart phone that you carry around with you? The amount of information Google can gather about you is astounding. For starters, the phone knows where you go, how you get there, and even who you are with if they... |
Why do whales die on land? They breathe air and do not have gills. So what is causing their death? | In order for them to be able to breathe, their ribcage would have to expand , but with it, it would have to lift their bodyweight. Their muscles in the ribcage are not made for this. In the water, this wouldn't be a problem, because the bodyweight isn't pushing down on their lungs anymore. |
Why do humans not have a "mating season"? | It's evolutionarily beneficial for the female to hide her ovulation cycle in order to hide who the father of the offspring is. This is thought to reduce the likelihood of infanticide from unrelated males. Additionally our ancestors never needed a meeting season as that is only beneficial when food is sparse during cert... |
How is it that amazon can deliver packages the same day it's ordered? | Most people live in or near a major city. If you set up warehouses around all of those cities, you'll have storage space that's near most of your customers. It's ambitious as hell, with a lot of logistical challenges around storing and routing items that quickly but from a bird's eye view it's as simple as getting a lo... |
What makes open source software more secure? Doesn't make sense because the hackers know how the system works, right? | You see there are plenty of different types of hackers out there. I'm going to list two. Black Hat - A hacker that would use this open source software to his advantage and maliciously infect or affect other users. White Hat - A hacker that would also use this to his advantage, but a positive one. Most likely the develo... |
Why do we not treat soft drink companies like we treat tobacco companies? | Because drinking a soda isn't bad for you. Over consuming calories is. You can be just as unhealthy by eating tons of pasta etc. It's not sodas fault people are fat. It's not addictive. They aren't tricking you into thinking it's healthy etc. You can't really persuade people into eating healthy the same way you can by ... |
Why we refer to certain figures with their middle name/initial | Well, for assassins and serial killers, we do it so all the John Booths, Lee Oswalds, and John Gacys who *didn't* murder presidents or little boys don't get lumped in with the bad apples who did. |
why are explosives acceptable in war, while chemical agents aren’t? | It's more based on effects and the extent of damage done. Chemicals are sometimes super slow and agonizing death VS more 'humain' relatively quick death from explosion. While a lot of explosions might not kill but will maim, chems will only kill and as previously stated its ugly and super slow 90% of the time |
Why is Bill Nye considered an 'authority' on science when he only has a bachelor's degree (in science)? | He is a *science communicator*, not a scientist. Not that there's anything wrong with that.My thought, based on zero knowledge of his academic credentials or life time of professional employment, would be that he is a well known presenter with whom many people will associate with the man that may have introduced them t... |
Why is a flight to London more expensive than a flight to Edinburgh, Scotland when I have to connect in London? | Why didn't you just buy the tickets to Edinburgh, get off in London and skip the connecting flight? You could have had your first choice, $800 cheaper. I feel like there's a TIFU in here somewhere. |
Why don't video game companies use USB drives instead of CDs to install games? | I want to add to this question. Why not have games on USBs or SDs for game consoles. DS and Vita ages are on cards, cards are faster, smaller and do not have a scratch risk like a disk. Cards are pretty durable. I know DVDs cost feck all. But if a game company bought in bulk a load of USB sticks or cards then they woul... |
Why Apple stock is dropping after Jobs' resignation | Investors don't like uncertainty. Tim Cook has had some experience as CEO of the company whilst Steve Jobs was on medical leave, but is he really up to the job full time? Will Apple continue to innovate and move stock without Steve Jobs? Are these questions too hard to answer? What's your personal view on the matter? T... |
Why do the "Big 3" US auto manufacturers like Ford always appear to be in peril despite massive sales? | In a word: Unions. If they did what they were intended to do, Unions are a good thing. But they have since been corrupted and became a horrible thing. Makes it impossible to fire bad employees and inflates necessary wages to do the job needed. Therefore, prices are through the roof to cover the union contracts. A stand... |
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