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What's the point of smashing together atoms? Do we do it just because we can? | Yeah sort of. There's two types of research, basic and applied. Applied tries to come up with solutions to everyday problems like how do we make longer lasting batteries for electric cars or stronger and lighter alloys for jet engines. Basic research asks questions for the sake of asking questions. Why did we send a probe to Pluto? Because it was there and we were curious. What are the fundamental particles of the universe made of? How do geckos walk on glass? Why is Uranus tilted 90 degrees? |
How do accents form by region? Like why do people from Chicago have a different accent than people from Georgia? | You live in one region, you basically meet the same people over and over, sometimes there is someone new from other country. That's how accents are created. |
How do we know Homosexuality isnt a psychological disorder? | I read a while back that someone had found an epigenetic link to homosexuality. Dont know if its true or not. |
why I can't live my life off of cash | I believe you are confusing two different concepts: keeping your money and a bank, and using credit. As to keeping your money in a bank: it's a better idea than keeping the money yourself. If you keep cash yourself and your house burns down, you get robbed, or in some other way lose the cash you're out of luck. If you give the bank the cash, you will always be able to go to the bank and get the cash out. If for some reason the money gets stolen from the bank etc. you will still get your money back. Even if the bank goes completely bankrupt, any money you had in the bank will be paid back by the government. As for credit, if you want to borrow money, you need to show that you're credit worthy. If you want to buy a house, chances are you will need to borrow a lot of money. So banks talk to each other to figure out if they lend you money, will you pay it back. A lot of things go into this calculation. The most important of which is if you've borrowed money before, how good are you at paying it back. This isn't the only calculation though, other things include: how good you are at paying your bills, how much money banks know you have and things like that. The better you are at doing these things the more the banks are willing to lend to you, and if you're looking at borrowing two to three years worth of wages to buy a house, banks need to be confident in your ability and willingness to pay them back. |
Why do some people talk in their sleep? What causes it? | This is also known as 'somniloquy', it occurs to some poeple during both the REM and non-REM sleep phases. When it happens during REM sleep which is the stage during which we dream the mouth and vocal cords, usually inactive when we're sleeping, briefly gets activated, and the words spoken by one's character in a dream are spoken out loud. This usually only occurs during momentarily overlapping states of consciousness and lasts only a few seconds. |
What are the benefits of hacking your wifi router? | I'm guessing there are multiple firmware and it depends on the model of my router and what I want to use it for but what are the best ones in terms of stability, security, ease of use and options? |
Why do people continue to dispute mans impact on global climate despite what appears to be absolute and certain evidence? | This seems like a misinformed question. Climate science is a little different from 'regular' science, in that you can't do controlled experiments with it. So it's natural to have at least some doubts about it. Furthermore, we don't have a very comprehensive understanding of the climate in general , so it's also natural to question the assertion that human activity is the cause . Note: I'm fairly certain we are experiencing human-induced climate change. But the evidence for this is *much* less significant than for the discovery of a new fundamental particle, for instance.I am not a "denier", but I strongly dislike the contempt with which people speak of those who are skeptical, whatever the reason. They say "only an idiot" would be skeptical of science. Nothing could be further from the truth. Science is based on skepticism. On the notion of "show me" instead of "tell me". Science has become the new religion, the new "that which cannot be questioned". To act like it is wrong to be in any way skeptical of relatively new scientific research is to act directly against the founding principles of science itself. |
In history we always learn about the Jewish extermination in the Holocaust, how come nobody ever talks about the other millions who perished? | People are *constantly* talking about all the non-Jews that were killed in the Holocaust. More attention is paid to the Jews because they were the primary target of the Nazi's propaganda & they account for roughly half of the victims. |
If running out of gas, should one go faster to attempt to get to a gas station quicker or go slower in order to preserve gas? | Drive at your cars most fuel efficient speed, time/speed doesn't matter, just the miles you get per gallon of remaining fuel. Close all windows, switch off AC and minimise acceleration/braking. It's worth noting as well that if descending - coasting with the clutch in actually causes you to use MORE fuel than clutch out and zero throttle. |
so what's exactly happening when I'm being tickled? | As somebody who works on muscles as a living I have concluded that it is usually do to protective emotional responses. Whenever a person is stressed, our body's natural response is to protect istelf by basically contracting certain muscles to protect vital body parts. For example, pulling the shoulders up and forward to protect your neck. When you do this you are not only stressing the muscles in your neck and shoulder girdle, but the muscles that cover the back and sides of your ribs. Over time the muscles store more and more tension. Within tense muscle you can have pins and needle type pain, tenderness, a ticklish response, or even numbness when applying pressure. The ticklishness resulting from an overprotective, subconscious emotional response. I can be ticklish or the complete opposite by simply changing my emotions. I have wondered this same thing for a long time and this is the conclusion that I have come to through personal experience and inquiry. I hope this helped and I would love to be corrected if I'm wrong as it would help with the work that I do. |
How is being trans NOT a mental illness? | Because being transgender does not itself inflict mental distress. The social rejection and violence towards transgenderism is far more harmful than anyone coming to terms with their personal identity ever could be. The ELI5 is because it's not hurting or hindering themselves or anyone else. |
Do pets understand the concept of babies and the young? | It seems to me that what pets understand is that a particularly small human is under the protection of the large humans - they see the small humans as being some sort of special member of the group, for one reason or another, and treat them as such. I have three kids. The two older ones both love our cats, but both also understand that if the cats bite when being mauled with hugs, the cat will never be punished. They've learned that cats are not pillows or stuffed animals and need to be respected, and the cats have learned that, within limits, we have their backs. |
Why do people purchase expensive water? | I buy bottled water, because I don't like the taste of my tap water and I keep it in the fridge so it's cold when I need it unlike tap water, nothing against tap water though if the stuff in my flat tasted like the stuff at my mothers house I'd just keep a jug of it in the fridge. |
Suffering from depression, I exercise to try and get those "endorphins" and that "runners high"... but I don't experience it, why? | Excercise can help. But it has to be additive with other therapies to have the fullest effect. I saw in the comments that you go to a doctor. That's good. But you need to see a weekly therapist if you can afford to do so. Most insurances do cover them as well. Also, if you're psychiatrist is being as dimissive as you are saying it's time to look for another one. Everyone is different and requires different therapies. As per a runner's high. It's not at all what it's chalked up to be. Do your best to get consistent excercise. Daily you should aim to do at least 30 minutes of light excercise and 30-45 minutes of rigourous excercise 3 to 4 times weekly. Join a gym and lift weights |
Why are pet hedgehogs so popular in the UK but almost unheard of in the USA? | Ever heard of Sonic? My guess is that they're not native. Go to South East Asia and visit a market there, you'll see fruits you've never heard of. |
Why does a company like Tesla or Uber have such high valuation (over 50 Bn) despite have low sales or losing money yearly? | In the case of Tesla, there is the intellectual property owned by the company, specifically batteries. And the research going on to develop new batteries. And don't forget value of assets - your house is worth money, but it doesn't generate income. Massive factories full of machines to build electric cars are worth a lot of money even if you didn't use them to build cars.Former investment baking analyst. Profit or earnings is a very misleading figure especially for companies in the growth stage. Typically free cash flows are used instead for valuations. Companies such as Amazon have revenue growths have been in the 20-30% range year over year. That growth requires substantial investment in assets such as warehouses and distribution networks that erode annual profits to practically nothing. Counterintuitively, annual losses for a growing company can be a good thing if money being spent on building the company and they are growing at a rate to justify it. Making a prolifit and have nothing to do with excess cash can be seen as a negative sign as the company has nowhere to reinvest that money. The value of a company is not based on current earnings but the present value of all potential future earnings and cumulative probabilities. GM makes money annually, but as a mature company has limited growth prospects and expectations from the market. Tesla is expected to grow at a rate and probability to justify its current valuation. |
What is the muscle inside my head that makes my ears rumble when I flex it and what purpose does it serve? | I've Been trying to figure out how to word this exact question for months.I get this when I close my eyes really hard. I thought it was because I could heard the sudden rush of blood in my head I caused by flexing. It sounds like water flowing underground. Also, it happens to me when a song or white noise ends.I can only flex it for around 1.5 seconds before it stops. It says it can dampen sounds, but it doesn't really change the sound levels for me.mive heard of some people actually being able to dampen sounds so effectively that its basically as good as proper ear protection. Is this the same thing, or is it something else? And also, is this just gonna be ignored? |
The plot of Donnie Darko | A teenage kid, doesn't fit in, escapes death and is then haunted by a hallucination. He lives out his life, meets a girl, and subsequently realizes that his knowing her will cause her death. In order to save her he follows a subconscious piece of advice from his hallucination, goes back in time to the moment when he should have died. Rather than escaping his own death, he allows himself to be killed thus saving the people he loves in the future. |
Why do we explore space more than our oceans here on Earth? | It's a little easier to build a telescope or a radioscope to view the stars and planets than it is to build a submarine that can handle the depths of the ocean.I forget where I heard it but it was ELI5 as it can get. "Space is easy, it's empty."We have explored much less than 5% of the universe |
Who decides where the actors should sit during the Academy awards? Do the people in the front row sit there for a reason? | Nominees and trendy stars get seats in more prime locations. This includes the first handful of rows and the aisle seats in the few rows behind that. Recent Oscar winners from the past few years typically get some of those prime seats. You'll note that as stars fall out of favor even those who have won an Oscar five or 10 years ago they will start to appear further and further back. Some exceptions to the rule for priority seating is given to anyone who is presenting for an Oscar even if that person hasn't had a big film in the last few years or hasn't won any notable awards in decades. I've actually heard that in some cases stars will receive notification of where they are sitting and if they feel that it's too beneath them or they feel like they have been mistreated in their placement they will simply refuse to show up. There are obviously limited seats so if you look at old footage from the Oscars and you see who is in the front few rows some of those people may not even be invited anymore due to limitations and the number of available seats. I do however believe that they always reserve seats for every past Oscar winner although if those seats are far in the back many of those people will probably choose to not attend. I believe all invitees also need to RSVP because there is a list of alternates that are given an opportunity to attend if there are available seats. Then of course all last minute cancellations or seats where somebody was scheduled to attend but simply didn't show up are fillled by paid seat fillers. This is why you never see an empty seat when they pan the crowd. This is also why you sometimes see a face you don't recognize sitting next to an A-list celebrity in the front few rows. Typically this is because the person who was sitting in that seat is backstage waiting to present for one of the next awards.Also has a lot to do with camera placement, and lighting. They know ahead of time who the cameras will focus on, so they take that all into account. |
Would somebody please explain to me the Republicans point of view? | In a non-biased point of view: republicans believe that there should be very limited government spending. That, if you work for your paycheck, 1/3 of it should not go to taxes to pay for government run programs like welfare, medicare, whatever, for other people. They want to be able to keep the money they earn. What a traditional republican would say is 'why should I work hard for my paycheck when a portion of it goes to someone else to have everything I have for free through the government'.In other issues: they don't really advocate for a 'green' environment . They are also pro-life and against abortion, usually on the basis of religion. The belief is that if you conceive life, it is murder getting an abortion. But then the debate of when conception begins. Anyway, they also are traditionally in favor of a strong national defense, having troops in something like 182/195 countries in the world. They are also in favor of the death penalty. Using 'an eye for an eye' logic. One last one, republicans im pretty sure are in favor of a flat tax. This means that everyone, regardless of your income, pays the same amount to the government. They don't believe that if you make more, you should pay more. That's all I can think of for now, if I think of anymore I'll throw up some edits. |
Why do we require a lawyer for divorce if we don't need one for marriage? | You don't need one actually. It most likely depends on the terms of the divorce, are both parties friends or do they hate each other? Together with the sense that the divorce should be fair or if you have a prenup. As the divorce can be quite dramatic it can be nice to have someone handle it on your behalf etc. a lawyer or some kind of divorce mediator. Marriage is something both parties want, but still here a lawyer can be used to write the prenup.To answer this with an analogy, I would just ask "Have you ever noticed how it takes more effort and deliberateness to untangle headphones than it does to make them tangled?" The same principal is at play here. It's very easy for two people to agree to tangle up their assets and such, it becomes much harder to untangle. A lawyer is rarely *required* but is often necessaryA lawyer is not required for a simple, "uncontested" divorce where both the husband and wife agree on everything. A lawyer or a mediator becomes necessary when you need someone to represent your legal interests that are opposing to those of your estranged spouse.I've never seen a requirement for a lawyer. Usually it's just for contested cases, but since divorce is usually happening after contested situations, it usually results in needing a lawyer. I have seen couples divorce without a lawyer because they either couldn't afford one, or out was a totally mutual separation with no animosity. |
During conversations, do we actually think before we speak or is it just instinct? | It makes sense, and it seems to me one mechanism for that 'automatic feeling' to responses is that we really don't hear what is said to us. Have you ever gotten into an argument that, after calming down and spending some time talking about it, you found that you both were saying the same thing? I think that there is much 'autofilling' that happens in our minds when we are talking to each other, so that the words aren't really processed, but are 'grouped' for meaning and recycled based on the thousands of prior conversations. Humans are great 'pattern finders' and I think that tendency is at the heart of most of our communication._URL_0_ I found this an excellent read on the subject, a bit heavy at some times but definitely explains it and then some of the Pros and Cons. |
How does Mongolia still exist today, how hasn't it's massive yet virtually unpopulated land been taken? | The country has been conquered before: it was under Chinese rule from the 17th century to 1921 . It was even briefly conquered by the infamous Baron von Ungern-Sternberg during the Russian Revolution, until the Chinese came back. And he had more than 500 kangaroos. Then, in 1921, the USSR backed a revolution and set up a puppet government, that lasted until 1990. So yeah, it's been conquered before. |
Why do our bodies find certain positions comfortable at night. | I know that certain sleeping positions do things like improve your posture, air flow, digestion etc. Read it in one of those woman-y magazines once. That, and probably habit. Like I can't sleep on my back/stomach because I'm so used to sleeping on my sides.dont have an answer but i sleep on my stomach, face to the right, and arms under pillow. any other way irritates me and i cant fall asleep. |
Yanks - what on earth is a 'take a penny, leave a penny' jar? | Oh come on! I'm a Brit, but surely this is obvious?! Put your change in a jar by the till, so others can take it if they need it. |
What's the point if buying a TV with a refresh rate of more that 60Hz if we cannot perceive it? | You can definitely perceive higher than 60 Hz/60 fps. Different parts of our eyes have different sensitivities, but in tests, people have been able to detect movements at over 550 Hz. There are also other benefits: movies are 24 Hz, so if you have a 120 Hz TV, you can just display each frame 5 times in a row, and it'll be smooth. If you have a 60 Hz TV, each frame has to be displayed 2.5 times, which isn't possible; instead, some are displayed 3 times and some 2 times, which results in stuttering, staccato movement. |
Why does America have so many people in jail? | War on drugs, for the most part. Not only the direct effect of incarcerating so many people for victimless crimes, but the effect the war has in creating a massive black market for drugs which is fueled by cartels and gangs. This leads to much more violence and theft than otherwise. There is likely no government failure greater than the war on drugs. If we abolished it and legalized all drugs tomorrow, within a couple years, we'd literally have hundreds of thousands less in jail and crime in general would drop dramatically. It would be one of the simplest and best moves we can make right now to improve the future of the country. So naturally it won't happen. |
if atoms slow down by lowering temperature, does this mean you age a little slower if youre cold? | Yes, since the mechanisms for aging slow down. But you'd need some truly insane cold in order to have any meaningful difference, and you'd die of hypothermia long before that. But then again, dying of hypothermia does indeed stop aging.Do you also think slower? Move slower even? |
The Israeli/ Palestinian issue. | Holy crap, Don't Mess With The Zohan is blatant Israeli propaganda - really bad stuff . And that's what I gathered from the first twenty minutes. Could not finish watching it. Basically, in the late 1800s a man named Theodore Herzl created the modern Zionist movement - a political ideology and the belief/goal of a homeland for Jews only. Britain gave Jews/Herzl/political players the land of Palestine . So in 1947 and in 1948, Jewish people migrated to Palestine and Jewish forces ethnically cleansed Palestine . They expelled three-quarters of the Palestinian population . There is a large Palestinian diaspora. Now, the issue is that Palestine was stolen and dispossessed. Palestinians are forced to live under a military occupation and an apartheid system that privileges Jews over them . Israel keeps confiscating land, demolishing Palestinian homes and destroying trees, farms, crops etc and building illegal Jewish settlements. Israel's also blockaded and besieged Gaza, essentially trying to starve the 1.5 million Palestinians. Raids, the imprisonment of innocent Palestinians , the use of drones and white phosphorous bombs, attacking and killing protesters etc are part of Palestinian daily life. It really boils down to land theft, occupation, apartheid and no right of return for Palestinians because Israel wants to be a state for Jews only. |
Why the encryption strength will not increase when an encrypted message gets encrypted again? | The easiest way to think about this is that if you can break 128-bit encryption, then cracking it twice isn't really any harder. Example: putting two panes of glass in your window doesn't make it harder to break in. It just means they need to smash two windows. You're better off doing one pane twice as thick. |
How do programmers account for changes in timekeeping? | The short answer is that you let someone else do it. It's an annoyingly surprisingly complex topic. [This video from computerphile explains why]", 'There's an impressive number of wrong answers in this thread so far. Computers don't keep time the way humans do. They choose a moment in the past, called an "epoch", and count the ticks from then. That's it. The most common epoch is midnight UTC Jan 1, 1970. Since this is a single moment that occurred for everyone everywhere, if you count the number of milliseconds that have passed since then, you can have a reliable, monotonically increasing representation of time. When you're ready to display that value to a human, you just translate it to "wall time," the time displayed on a wall clock. To do that you need to know the current user's time zone and have the latest time zone data that tells you all the rules about leap seconds and such. But no program written by a programmer that knows what they're doing would ever store time like 3pm. In the early days of computing they did things like that because you couldn't keep a massive number like milliseconds since 1970, and that's what led to Y2K fears in these old systems. But even in 2000, no one was worried about any program written after about 1980.Usually programs fetch their times from the Internet, or one computer does, and the others sync to that. Time isn't hard coded into applications, its just part of the operating system clock. The os handles the current time value. If an application needs to track time different than the os, it fetches it from a time server, via Internet or local. There needs to be a central location as to establish a single current time value, otherwise everybody would be off and anything dealing with networking wouldn't work outside of any local network . |
Why isn't Austria absorbed into Germany? | Why should it be? They're two separate sovereign states with different cultures, industries, and histories.It was, during WW2. At the end of the war, it, and other territories Germany had annexed were restored. Germany was weak and divided into two countries after the war, and had better things to worry about. Also, any effort to "absorb" another country would have been seen as a rekindling of German expansionism. Even the reunification of Germany in 1990 was met with unease in some circles. Today, there is really no reason for it. With the EU, they are already integrated to a degree, and both countries are perfectly happy to be independentBefore unification of Germany, there were 2 dominant German empires, Prussia and Austria. Both empires tried to form unified Germany, and Prussia succeeded in convincing lesser German nations to join them instead of Austria. Because of that, Austria is excluded from German unification. |
When people unionize, what's to stop their employers from just firing the lot of them and just hiring new workers? | It's illegal. The National Labor Relations Act bans employers from firing employees just for organizing into a union or any other kind of collective bargaining instrument. Employers are often sneaky about this and will fire individual employees that they consider likely to instigate unions. They'll just try to find different reasons for it. |
Why is crossdressing as a sexual fetish rare in women ? | Women's clothing is designed to be sexy much more than male clothing is. Female clothes accentuate the sexiest parts of a woman's body, are more form fitting and in brighter colors. |
Why do I wake up from naps drenched in sweat but not when I wake up from my normal sleep time? | This could be attributed to sleep cycles. When napping, our body usually doesn't enter REM sleep, which is the most restful stage of the sleep cycle. Instead, our bodies stay in the more physically demanding nREM sleep stages. |
What causes the job of being a moderator on reddit to attract such power hungry people? | It's a thankless task. The only people who get anything out of it are those who want power.I 've never been a Mod on Reddit, but have on another large site. There are only two people who want to be Mods: Those who want the power to make things "better" and those who just want power. The former get tend to get frustrated and quit after enough exposure to all the *experiences* the Internet can provide. The latter tend to stick around longer.As a former AOL Moderator in the 90s, , I can attest that many of the people in this position really enjoyed the power of being able to kick others offline. I met some life-long friends there, and some are very wonderful people absolutely decent human beings However, while in the act of moderating, many of us, myself included, relished in squelching, banning, and kicking people offline. At first, it was a rush to watch their name drop out of chat, knowing they'd be getting a message of their transgression. You convince yourself you're doing it to preserve the sanctity of the user experience. But then the next minute you could be going into rooms where two willing happy participants are talking about things that violate the terms of service, say a sexual act, or talking about marijuana or even a vulgar lyric to a song, and some of us would knock them offline just for breaking the rule to the letter of the law. In retrospect, now, toward the end of my tenure doing this, I became a whole lot more easygoing and let people get away with cursing, even if they were screaming any of the Carlin 7 right into chat. So I guess over time, that power-hungry nature can dissipate. This may not be an explanation, but a confirmation from someone with years of experience doing this.Power-hungry people tend to be attracted to positions of power. "Moderator" is a position of power, so it attracts power-hungry people. |
Why will my phone lose battery even when it's not in use? | Aside from what was already said, batteries naturally lose power even if they're sitting in your closet. That's why they have an expiration date.If your phone will be put away for a while, or you are out of cell range, turn on airplane mode, and your batter will last much longerPhones still communicate with the network while standing by |
Why do so many native speakers of English mess up "your" and "you're"? I know they sound alike, but they're so different! | No difference in spoken conversation Most people don't do a lot of written communication outside of things like texting where grammar is already being shredded. |
Sports teams are extremely wealthy. Why don't they build their own stadiums? | The city uses most stadiums as well, with concerts, etc. They aren't just used by the pro team that plays there |
Why does the US (and other countries) have wild animal control programs? Do they work? | A lot of times predators are reintroduced to reduce the 'prey' animals. This is needed because either we have removed the previous predators and populations are out of control. Also we have a strong financial reason for hunting in general. A lot of money is brought in from tags and licenses and that money goes towards conservation of wilderness. Also all those hunters/fishing also provide benefits to Outdoor retailers and other stores. [Here] is an article that breaks down some of the benefits of hunters. |
Why do ladies say they don't want guys staring at their chest but wear tops that show a lot of cleavage (or more?) | Would you like complete strangers to stare at your face wherever you go? If not, why don't you cover it up? |
Why do mirrors only flip the image horizontally and not vertically as well? | They don't flip anything. The orientation of the reflection is directly across from where the object is. |
The odds of getting struck by lightening are about 1/1,000,000. How much do those odds change if you stand outside with a metal rod in your hand during a lightening storm? | You'd have to do a double blind experiment to find out, where you give a selection of people in a thunder storm metal poles, and a selection of people poles from that fake metallic plastic shit. Then let the ~~games~~ study begin. EDIT: But yes, your overall point that averages over large swathes of the population aren't useful. As i keep reminding my bank, very few people actually play the lottery.In Breath of the Wild, I get struck by lightning 100% of the time when it storms if I have metal armor/weapons and am outside. |
Why do many animal species have mating seasons? | Some animals need their babies to be born when there is lots of food available. For other animals, including humans, it doesn't matter so much. |
If the human race as a whole decided for whatever reason that we wanted to destroy the entire planet, how easily would we be able to do it? | The faster you want to do it, the harder it is. So conversely, if you're willing to be patient, this wouldn't be as hard as you might think. Destroying the planet Death Star style is too hard, because overcoming the planet's gravitational binding energy is, well, impractical. But we could conceivably drop the earth into the sun. You'd do it with asteroids. Get yourself a few million rockets, and a few million big-ass ion drive units. Fly them out to the asteroid belt, and outfit a few million big rocks with motors. Then carefully fly each rock, one by one, *near* the earth on a flyby trajectory such that the gravitational interaction between the earth and the rock steals energy from Earth's orbit in just the right way to decrease the Earth's perigee distance. Do it just right, and you can fly the earth past Venus to get a really big change in Earth's delta-V. Or, now that I think of it, screw the sun. Just crash the earth into Venus. That would be easier, and still sounds pretty destroy-ish to me |
Why are employers so anal about "gaps in employment?" | Because it's unusual and a possible indicator that the candidate was fired. If you can provide a legit reason/explanation it'll be forgotten. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of the interview. |
How do Doctors and GPs not get sick after coming into contact with numerous sick people every day? | 1) beginning of career : getting sick often2) a year into career : not sick as often3) years into career : immune system is strong enough to fight off most infections Being around infections will eventually boost your immune system to adapt quickly so you aren't sick all the time |
Determining what is and is not cultural appropriation? | There is no official board that dictates whether a practise is or is not cultural appropriation. Different people will have different opinions and not all appropriation is bad. It's going to have to come down to your own personal ethics. One thing that I would take into consideration is, does this practise seem hypocritical? For example-- and this is obviously a fictional one--if it was trendy to dress like a homeless person living in a favela, and you yourself were a person who took measures to gentrify streets and displace homeless people, then I would say that is hypocritical and inappropriate. In other cases, it's less obvious. I, for example, wouldn't wear anything or get a tattoo that references marijuna or pothead culture, even though I occasionally smoke pot; the reason being that as a white person, I'm significantly less likely to be arrested for doing the exact same thing as a black or Latino person in that regard. Now, marijuana leaf t-shirts are not a sacred/holy part of black culture, but they do convey certain messages about the wearer and I would feel guilty about taking advantage of my ability to be respected by and trusted by the police even if I'm wearing a pot t-shirt. Does this answer your question? It's a case by case basis, and you have to ask yourself what values the thing represents and whether you share those values. |
How are stats like "90% of rape goes unreported" come up with? If they're unreported, surely the date doesn't exist? | I am a recent graduate with a master's degree in public administration, so I've seen these kinds of studies. Yes, as others state here, it's done with surveys, with promises of anonymity. Women who have been sexually assaulted will talk about their experiences anonymously, on surveys and studies, when they won't go through all the trauma of formally reporting the rape, getting grilled by law enforcement, having a rape kit done , being dragged through the mud in a trial by a zealous defense attorney, etc. etc. etc. |
Why doesn't earth have nearly as big craters or nearly as much craters as other planets? | Plate tectonics!! Ok so the Moon and Mars are our closest relatives because they're nearby . Both the Moon and Mars don't have plate tectonics. Plate tectonics moves the surface of the Earth around, causing either mountains like the Himalayas and the Andes, trenches like the Marianas trench, or mid-ocean ridges like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Earth's crust is constantly being destroyed and reborn . The oldest oceanic crust is only 100 million years old. There is continental crust that is older, in Australia, but it's been eroded by wind, water, etc so the craters aren't preserved. Edit: Also, oceans. There are some big craters underwater, like under the Gulf of Mexico that caused the KT Boundary extinction and there's one from about 30-35 million years ago under the Chesapeake Bay. Since the ocean is such a large part of Earth's surface, the likelihood that an asteroid would hit the ocean is very high.> I LEFT 4 TWO HOURS It bothers me how you spelled out the number 2 but used the number 4 instead of spelling out "for".The earth has gotten hit plenty of times. We're just bad at noticing them and they get worn away due to erosion and tectonic activity. However, several impact craters extend deep into the earth's crust and would therefore be unaffected by tectonic activity. The Vredfort and Sudbury impact sites are both over 200km across and are coincidentally among the most productive mines in the world. The Chicxulub crater actually forms part of the Yucatan peninsula. The Chesapeake owes its unique ecology to the fact that it's an enormous crater that allows seawater, freshwater and deep aquifers to mix together _URL_0_ |
Why Minecraft looks like it was made in 1994, yet still manages to make my computer heat up and lag. | Most of the lag has nothing to do with the drawing of the graphics on the screen; that's the easy part. However, a LOT of calculations are being done that you may not be aware of. TNT is heavy on the CPU because it needs to perform many calculations for every block in its radius. Furthermore, much of the CPU is already trying to keep up with everything happening around you in the game world, including loading new chunks into memory, running timers for different blocks, calculating AI and physics for each mob, and so on. On top of this, the entire game is written in Java, which is not very efficient on the CPU .I have limited knowledge of programming or game development, but it is my understanding that although the graphics may be of low quality, there is still a lot of rendering and "behind the scenes" stuff that needs to be done. Sorry for not going into it any deeper, hopefully somebody with more experience can chime in.I'll try to do a real simple explanation. The whole world is interactive, everything has it's own properties to it. While most standard games, the interactive levels of the game is very minimal even though there is an illusion of higher graphics and environment. Like in GTA you have a building as your landscape but when you get close it's just an empty shell of graphics. |
Why can't modern elections be decided by votes on the internet? | There is already too much voter fraud. When I voted I went about a 1/20th of the way to the local library to get to somewhere suitable to vote. Paper voting isn't too much of a bad system, especially with voting by mail or proxy . Related: Republicans in republican states are trying to change some laws involving voting to allow less different types of ID. This impacts minorities who are poor, less likely to own ID like a driver's licence, who generally don't vote Repblican. |
Explain why this kid's $14 "electromagnetic harvester" doesn't create free energy. _URL_0_ | It appears to be a [transducer] simply converting one form of energy to another. It doesn't create free energy because [the universe works in a way] that makes this impossible at the level of everyday physics. Some devices can concentrate energy into a more useful form, which may require an input of energy. E.g. a magnifying glass and heat pump are examples of this. This may be an example of this. & nbsp; There are several good answers to this question [here], [here], [here], [here], [here]. You must also consider the energy used in making this device before deciding if you have free energy. This matters particularly when considering renewable and nuclear power sources. *How much energy must be generated before they have paid back the financial and energy costs of building the generator and the infrastructure to deliver the energy to the point of use?* |
Why can corporations commit fraud, money laundering or worse and just pay a fine, whereas a man who plugs his electric car in at a school on the weekend gets arrested. | Because you read sensationalist articles. Also, heads and people with certain fiduciary duties can most definitely go to jail. Fraudsters frequently go to jail, along with anyone that violates Securities Exchange laws. I'm seriously not trying to sound condescending, but headlines about corporations are always, always sensationalist. |
Why do people think chiropractors are a wasteof time? | My thing with chiropractors is that they never really *cure* anything. You go in, you get a massage and a back crack, you feel better. One week later, your back is sore again. It's like a legitimized scam. |
Why is it that humans need such complex nutrient balances while cows just chill and eat grass all day? | I believe you're thinking of it backwards. By having a diverse diet we don't have to eat all day and are capable of doing more than just chilling. Additionally, the human brain takes a lot of energy to power. Cooking food makes it easier to digest. Which may have allowed our brains to develop more than any other animal. So, if we hadn't evolved to eat a varied diet and learned to cook our food, we may never have advanced beyond standing in a field all day, shitting, and swatting flies off ourselves.We raise beef cattle, and while I'm not a vet, I can say that the notion that simply eating grass would be enough for a cow to be completely healthy, not to mention gestate, is not a complete picture. Eating grass: what type of grass, what is the protein content, what are the mineral and vitamin contents, has the grass grown past it's "peak" nutritional value, what season's grasses are growing right now. Any one of these things out of a "good" range quickly becomes a nutritional issue. Vitamin deficiency, muscle and/or fat loss and the myriad of health issues that come with that, not to mention the health of the possible unborn calf or nursing calf- it quickly becomes complicated. Add in uncontrollable factors like weather that affect said grasses, and you start to realize the careful balancing act we perform in trying to keep our cattle at their healthiest and best body condition. We end up needing to supplement with hay from previous seasons, cattle feed, minerals. Sometimes a cow that isn't thriving will get vitamin b shots and iron. In cow utopia, at any given season the perfect grass would be growing at just the right moment for just the right amount time before the next seasons grasses would pop up to bridge the nutritional gap from grass to grass. This would be describe what we are always chasing, and always juuuuuust short of as cattle raisers. |
how are we able to consciously read while zoning out at the same time? | This is the exact reason why I failed multiple classes in middle and high school. I can't pay attention when I read and I still can't to this day. |
Why do Instagram filters make things "look better"? | The first thing that comes to mind is that they simply look *different*. Most of the photos you see on facebook are very amateurish, might not have the best composition, light comes from a crappy flash, colors are boring, etc. If you don't know the people in the photo, they'll most likely be very boring to look at. Most photos you see in commercials or similar contexts have been through some kind of photo editing. I'm not talking changing the size of the boobs kind of editing, but rather fixing colors, contrast, balance, cropping, etc. If we for example want to convey a sense of warmth in the photo, we'll likely color correct the photo to be more reddish in hue . Instagram does a basic version of this, but with somewhat exaggerated filters. You could do the exact same thing in Photoshop, [here's an example]. The original image is very sterile and cold in color, and very boring. But in the altered version there's some exciting pink and purple, giving the photo a bit of magical atmosphere and an interesting look. **tl;dr:** Photos taken with a normal digital camera and flash are usually gray and boring. Instagram helps you easily edit the color and contrast of the photo, giving it some life and interest. |
Can someone explain why the NSA spying on me is a bad thing? | here's one reason: * there is no accountability in government, so * government bodies are easily corruptable.* corporations are only accountable to make money and are by definition amoral.* religious fundamentalism can make people crazy, also tied very close to government bodies. Spend 3 minutes: * Read about the American Revolutionary War* Read about Pol Pot & Khmer Rouge* Read about Nixon/Watergate two other points: * People can be bad. Not very long ago, slavery was a perfectly normal thing. When it was outlawed, a large part of the USA _went to war_ to try to keep slaves.* Gov't today means 'cool with-it Barack' but realize that there are many governments that force women to cover their entire bodies and won't allow them to drive cars. THIS IS REAL LIFE, not a stallone movie. |
Why the Uncertainty Principle stops Quantum Entanglement being used for FTL communication. | It's not a perfect analogy, but quantum entanglement is a bit like putting a coin heads up in one box, and tails up in another. If you open one box, you know instantly what's in the other box, but you can't use it to communicate, because changing one box won't change the other one.The responses in this thread are a microcosm of the entire debate about this. |
Do domesticated dogs and cats "know" that an infant is young and vulnerable, and thereby let the infant harass the pet? | We experienced this with our cats. I believe it is the head-to-body ratio that clues the animal that this is a baby mammal. And smell tells the animal that it is MY baby mammal. And domestication tells the animal that I might remove its only food source and shelter, or something worse [I'm not clear on domestication processes and what fundamentally changes for the animal - like, for example, it should see a baby mammal as the best and easiest prey, not a hands-off at-all-costs creature]. |
Why commercial planes aren't equipped with parachutes for everyone. | I'll hazard a guess: it's cost vs. risk. Because airplanes are statistically safer than something like the deathtrap that is car travel there is no pressing need for parachutes for everyone on the plane. Additionally, if there were parachutes for everyone, think of how much time it would take for everyone to put them on and orderly jump out of a frickin' plane thousands of feet in the air. Finally, there is the simple fact that a parachute for everyone would take up a lot of space and increase the cost of a ticket. Perhaps airplane companies even surveyed airplane travelers and found that no one was willing to foot the bill for parachutes. |
Why do home toilets have tanks on the back but public toilets do not? | Bar owner here. You don't want anywhere people can hide drugs or a convenient surface upon which to take drugs. Also, drunk people love to break stuff. If they break a toilet, the pub can flood disrupting business. Depends how rough your pub is though, mind.In the UK they do have cisterns just concealed behind a panel. See here: _URL_0_', "In public systems, you need a reliable mechanism that can serve many people, a public toilet uses a flush valve water closet where you don't store water in a tank behind the toilet. For private or home systems, we usually use a private water closet system where we know that the rate of usage of that toilet is far less than that of a public toilet. Knowing those facts, mechanical engineers have created a set of numbers called fixture units so they can represent the likelihood of a system to use water, you can take an idea of them from such a [website].You can realize that the public systems have higher FU, and adding the multiple FUs in your system, you can get the water demand in that toilet by checking such [graph.] All in all, both private and public systems have a tank, but the public system has a bigger tank on the roof with more flow and a bigger pipe. |
Why is essay writing stressed so much in school when there is little practical use for it in the work force? | In ELI5 terms? You're wrong. There is plenty of practical use for it in nearly every line of work. Maybe not strictly writing essays, but using the same set of skills: think of football players pushing dummies or running through tires to practice. They don't do those same things in an actual game, but the strength and agility gained from those exercises is used. |
why can't we learn a "language" of other animals? | Killer whales have what are basically cultures with different diets and styles of hunting. I'm pretty sure some animals are saying complex things to each other don't know why we aren't further along in deciphering some of it", 'There isn't any doubt that certain animals communicate using language to some degree. However, animal languages seem rather arbitrary *compared to human language*, and there have been decades of research into the sounds made by mammals and birds to identify words or grammar *in the sense that we recognize them.* Italics above to emphasize the differences there will necessarily be between animal and human hardwiring. A lot of animal *communication* is based on body language, smell, electric impulses or even colour as with certain squid that can change their hue. Bees will "dance" to describe to the hive where they found a load of nectar. The fact that many animals use senses to communicate that humans don't, or don't even have, requires a special effort on our part to understand mindsets that may be fundamentally alien to ours. That, and we may find that if we at some point are able to talk to, say, dolphins, they might not be interested in conversing about much else than fish. |
how does pseudorandom works? | The word is most often used in programs which make random numbers. Programs run on algorithms which run the same way every time and thus are not random. Usually, programs will use something like the computer's internal clock to act as an initial seed value then do various mathematical operations on it to generate a chain of numbers. From a human perspective, the numbers usually look random. And for simulations, they are often random enough to be usable. But since the process which generated them can be recreated to produce the exact same string of numbers, the term pseudorandom is used to describe them. |
If marrying blood relatives was common practice for centuries, but so bad for our genetics, why aren't we all deformed? | How do you know we're NOT all deformed? Maybe it's less physical and instead we're ALL messed up because of the inbreeding, but since it's all of us, no one knows the difference. |
Why do people and governments deny the Armenian Genocide? Whats the purpose? | I'm from Turkey. It's basically a political display of power. The government uses this stance as measuring and asserting their leverages to foreign nations. Think of it as several kids fighting at a playground. One kid is a big, strong bully and the other ones are physically weaker kids: + Hey Bully, you stomped on my sandcastle! - Nope I didn't. + But everyone saw that you did! - No. If you believe so, why don't you do something about it? And they can't because while they can overpower the bully together, it would cause a lot of problems and the bully is actually the cousin of the school principle , so it would serve nothing. So the bully is using this stance to exert control over diplomatic relations. The people deny it because they are led by the government to do so . So it's more political rather than ideological. |
Why is there such a big push to colonize Mars when it doesn't appear necessarily more viable than colonizing the deserts of earth? | Beyond what people have said, generally a space race or major space milestone brings with it tangential science benefits here at home. Many technologies that we now take for granted first appeared as a result of the Moon landings. So even if it's impractical for people to live on Mars, the science and tech breakthroughs we figure out in doing this very impractical thing will provide very practical things here at home. |
Why do airline pilots have to go through security screening at airports? | I'm actually gonna answer as if your 5. It's because the the pilot may carry a bomb and the plane will go boom!!! |
Why is it hard to fall asleep without a blanket; even in warm weather? | I think it's because blankets give us a sense of protection, easing us so we could possibly fall asleep better", 'Is it? I just took a nap at lunch with only a dog on top of me. Does that count as a blanket? |
I understand that the winter is colder because of the angle the sun hits the earth. So why are the NIGHTS so much colder, too? | Sun is shining - > earth gets heat - > getting warm Sun isn't shining - > earth gets no heat > getting cold days are long, nights are short - > long warming up, short cooling down = warmer days and nights days are short, nights are long - > short warming up, long cooling down = colder days and nights However, greenhouse effect because of clouds/atmossphere may alter this basic rules significantly (temperatur below 0° Celsius at night in sand desserts, or relatively warm nights in places with many clouds/water in the atmosphere |
Why is being "overqualified" for a job a bad thing? | I think your question has been answered already but I wanted to add that from an HR perspective, I will always ask the candidate why they are interested in the position when they are clearly overqualified. If they can answer reasonably then I don't hold it against them. I think there are plenty of good reasons as to why someone would want a position that they are overqualified for, but on the flip side if I get the impression that they are just looking for a job ASAP and will probably continue looking if I hire them, then I would pass.As some additional advice, as people have said when you apply for a job that you are overqualified for people are worried that you may either become bored, perform poorly, or leave as soon as something better comes along. A few years ago I took a job that didn't require even a High School diploma despite the fact that I have progressed beyond college. If you're able to get an interview or otherwise speak to the person in charge of hiring, address the issues. Let them know why you're looking at this job rather than something that matches up with your credentials. Maybe you want a part time job just for extra money, or maybe you worked in the advanced fields and the stress was too much. If your partner applied for the job they had good reasons for it, you just need to be able to communicate those reasons and avoid the "Well you're only going to stay until you find something better" view people may have.Bad for him because he probably wanted the job? Bad for the employer to have over qualified employees because you may need to pay them more and there's a fair chance they may leave to find a job that their skills are better suited to. |
Once a cemetery is full, and they stop accepting new bodies, how does it fund itself to stay open and maintained? | Sometimes they just close. In my area, we have many circumstances where older cemeteries have their heads stones moved to a new location so that the area could be re-developed into farm land, Parks, and commercial buildings. I don't know if the bones where removed or if they existed. I would like to think that one day its all just earth again, though. I have herd stories about places in the USA where cemeteries just kinda close and fall apart unless local volunteers pick up the slack. |
Why do we always put our hand where pain is? | Part of it is assessment. Your instinct is to touch it to get more info about the damage, to assess how bad it is, whether or not there's something still there continuing to cause damage, or to stop bleeding. Pressure can also force excess blood out of an area, reducing internal pressure and therefore pain. And we instinctually cover wounds so a vulnerable point isn't further exploited. |
Why are wifi upload speeds so much lower than download speeds? | WiFi is symmetrical. Your computer+access point or computer+computer negotiate a speed and can send/recv at that rate in both directions. Since you are probably asking about asymmetrical connections from your Internet Service Provider, let's take a look at that. Both cable internet and DSL have specific frequencies to work with. For better or worse while creating these standards the lion's share of spectrum has been dedicated to download bandwidth; the average user needs this to happily watch YouTube and Netflix. In addition to this, upstream channels are slower because your modem needs to get its signal back to you provider - usually without any additional amplification. For Cable, most providers are using DOCSIS 3 which allows 40Mbps down and 12Mbps up per channel. They have to deliver TV on the same network otherways cable could be very, very fast. _URL_1URL_0_", 'Lets oversimplify it. The bandwidth providers have Download to sell and Upload. They sell you the home user download speed with little upload, then they sell the upload to the content providers like youtube with little download speeds. If they were to equally sell the bandwidth equally 50/50 it would waste a lot of bandwidth |
Why, out of all places, is the Guantanamo Bay detainment center located in Cuba? | It is one of the few places in the world under US military jurisdiction, but answerable to no one else. A military base on US soil might be subject to civilian judges. A military base in Germany or Japan could be subject to diplomatic protests. But since Cuba objects to the very existence of Guantanamo, the US really doesn't care if it objects to the prison or not. And the very fact it is difficult to get to limits the prisoners access to press or legal representation.The same reason the concentration camps were in Poland. Out of sight, out of mind.Hey, anyone else notice how much we're beginning to look like an evil empire? |
How do people write really, really well in essays and in academic writing? | From what I've seen, the biggest factor in how well a person writes is based on how much they read. Reading exposes the reader to new vocabulary and new ideas which they then begin to use in their own work. It doesn't really have to be academic work - although in that case their passion for the subject they study helps as well. |
What does the eye doctor expect when he asks you to read the letter chart at an eye exam? | I wonder this too. I just got my eyes checked and they said I didn't need glasses. But I've had a prescription for the last 6 years and I know i need them because i have migraines without |
Why do hotels provide little bottles of shampoo and shower gel or soap, but no toothpaste? | I'd agree with most of the other comments, and add that it's also a lot easier to bring toothpaste than shampoo etc, because your average shampoo bottle is way bigger than your average tube o' toothpaste. I know I don't usually have room in my suitcase for a bottle of shampoo and/or conditioner, I've got too many dildos to lug.I believe it is common to take a toothbrush and toothpaste along when going for a trip, so they save money. Almost no one takes soap and shampoo with them on a trip. I have been in one hotel that had a toothbrush and toothpaste for guests. |
If using q-tips is dangerous, how are you supposed to clean your ears? | Though you usually don't need to, there are times when ears become plugged , and cleaning them out involves breaking up the plug and flushing it out. For that, take some hydrogen peroxide & dilute it with hot water . Lie down with your head to one side so that the plugged ear faces up. Use an eyedropper to drip the warm solution into your ear: at least one eyedropper full. Let it work for about 15-20 minutes . Then put a towel to your ear and turn your head so that your ear's facing down. If your ear's still plugged, do it all again. Other than that, you can just let water get into your ears while you're showering, then shake it out. Seriously, unless your ears are plugged, they don't need cleaning. |
Why is circumcision popular even though not many religions require it? | My boyfriend is Turkish and had his foreskin removed when he was 12. He said it was extremely painful and his brother vomited from the pain when he had his removed. Apparently it's tradition and they even have a celebration for boys after this process in Turkey to commemorate his transition from a boy to a man. |
why is it that passengers fall asleep when the cabin pressurizes? | I tend sleep on flights. It's not because of the pressurization -- it's because I'm strapped to an uncomfortable chair for a few hours, and sleeping is like a time machine to final approach. |
Where did anchors get their shape? | This is more complicated than one would think, actually. & nbsp; First off, understand that anchors are not actually what keeps the boat from moving. It's actually the cable that connects the anchor to the boat which keeps the boat or other sea vessel stationary. The cable uses the movement of the water to form a natural catenary. The catenary is the curve of a cable. This occurs because the cable is fixed to the boat and the ground so the weight of the cable causes the catenary. This curve of the cable absorbs the sudden movements of the water, such as waves, and allows the vessel to remain in place. & nbsp; Now, the catenary only works properly if it is safely secured at both ends. This is where the anchor comes into play. There are various types of anchors that are used. It all depends on the material that makes up the sea bottom. Some areas are extremely rocky and require a different anchor than if it were a soft sand. Their shapes are all different. For example, the [Mushroom Anchor] is used in a soft sea bottom for vessels that are going to be there awhile. It is designed so that it goes straight into the sea bottom and uses suction to remain. This is for more permanent mooring. The more traditional [Fisherman's Anchor] is designed so that the two flukes can dig into a soft sand bottom.Auxiliary question: where and how are anchors made? |
Why does food stored in cans stay good for so long? | This question would be better in reverse, given that conservation of food kill all bacteria and seal it. What makes it eventually go bad? Usually it is that the package itself doesn't hold up. So storing the can in a friendly environment helps it last longer. If the date on the package says 5 year from production, the product can be safe to eat 20 years later. Do not buy damaged cans for long term storage. Avoid humidity or even wet places to avoid rust. Avoid temperature swings so the expansion contraction of the content stress the can and its seals. |
Where did AIDS come from? And why did it spread so suddenly and quickly? | Radiolab has one of the best explanations of this. It's a long episode but well, well worth the time. _URL_2_ |
How are McDonald’s burgers so cheap? | My local Mcdonalds had a re-grand opening. * Monday 20pc nuggets $4.99* Tuesday Quarter Pounders w/ cheese .99cents* Wednesday Breakfast Sandwitches .99cents* Thursdays Big Macs .99cents* Friday Fish Sandwitches .99cents* Saturdays Small Shakes .99cents* Sundays Mcflurry's .99cents This has gone on for over a month now and no signs of stopping anytime soon. |
Why is it so satisfying to argue with people on the internet who you'll never ever actually meet? | Sadly, I understand where you're coming from. I see a troll that's being a douche, and I can't help but say something sometimes. I absolutely understand that it's going to do almost nothing, but it is kind of fun to call someone a douche in an articulate manner. Then watch them yell and sputter in a moronic way. |
How can people not be in a "gender binary" | putting it simply from a genderfluid's point if view, not being in the gender binary simply means that you don't feel like you fall into the stereotype of a single gender. for genderfluids it would be that at certain points of time I feel like a male but at times I'd feel like a female or gender neutral. |
what would happen if the U.S attacked Iran? | Well an invasion and regieme change are off the table, as the American public wouldn't tolerate it after Iraq and Afghanistan. What might happen is a bombing of the reactor near Qom and other sites. The first country to do it would be Israel, and in fact the U.S. are trying to keep them from doing this. It would strengthen the Republican guard and hardline elements of the regieme, and make democracy even more difficult for Iranian activists. Iran would try to blockade the Straight of Homuz, but they're easily outclassed by the U.S., and might even back down like Saddam did from Israel when they bombed his reactors. Since it would almost certainly not have U.N resolution approval, the U.S. would be chastised in the general assembly, and promptly ignore it. Most importantly, it would drive nuclear weapons production further underground both in Iran and elsewhere. |
What exactly happened to make Julian Assange and Wikileaks go from loved to hated? | The ultimate truth is this When they leaked documents of the Iraq and Afghanistan war under the bush administration, the Liberal media loved it because they were undermining a republican president. Once Obama took office, and they leaked the same type of information, the liberal media hated it and vilified him. Wiki leaks has always been controversial. It's the media's portrayal of wiki leaks that's changed. #welivein1984", 'Pretty simple really - conservatives hated him as long as he revealed stuff they felt was damaging to their cause . And now he is revealing stuff that supports their cause, they love him. Clearly it was never a principled objection to leaking per say - it was all based on what he was leaking. And in all honesty, the longer that Assange has been holed up in isolation at the Embassy, the longer he is becoming more paranoid and unhinged - understandably so. So we have more reasons to be dubious of his motives now than we did in the beginning.Depends on who you ask. He is loved by libertarians no matter what he does because he is exposing government corruption. The people that loved him and now hate him are democrats. They loved him because his leaks In the past made democrats look good. Now they hate him because they blame him for Hillary losing the election. What most people don't get is he is going to attempt to expose government corruption no matter the political party. He's more concerned about the truth, and politicians hate that. |
why can't we take all the money being spent in court fighting over voter ID and just ISSUE everyone a free ID. | How about we don't do the voter ID and not spend the money in court? We would have $2million for something else. |
Why can i carry a concealed gun to protect myself, but I can't carry brass knuckles or a switch blade? | In order to carry a concealed weapon you must complete the appropriate training. You can own firearms and brass knuckles and switch blades so long as you keep them in your home and don't carry them around with you, but some states/counties will allow open carry with no issues. |
Why is Braille not just bumped out letters of the alphabet? | There is another system called 'Moon'. I only became aware of this since I started working at a special school for disabled children which includes visually impaired. Moon is used in the signage around the school. It is derived from latin alphabet and is meant to be way easier to learn. Here is the wiki page: _URL_3_ |
How can the US switch to instant runoff voting? | Portland maine is about to have it's first ever IRV election-- and it is to elect a mayor . Change begins at the bottom, so if you want it at the federal level start at the local. |
Why is xenophobia from non-white Americans often ignored or even defended? | Everyone likes to have someone to blame when things dont go their way. Minorities been shitting on other minorities since the beginning. It usually goes in the order of whoever got here first blames the next people to get here. It's not just racial. It's ethnic/religious too. Black, Asian, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Polish, Muslim, Romany, Catholic. Everyone has had a turn. Some people are still having theirs. The reason you don't hear that much about it is mainly population size I.e. when part of 10% of the population shits on part of 5% of the population, it's just less prevalent than when 65% do it.> I would have thought that a group which has onrgo doubt had an uneasy history in America might be more sympathetic to other people People still have agency. A minority is still a person, and as a person they can be just as "good" or "bad" as other humans. The number of people who look like them in a given population has little bearing on that. The fact remains that there's a lot of conflict between people and cultures and as it went in the US, white people ended up with a far larger share of power and representation. |
Were our teeth naturally supposed to be yellow? And is it actually healthy for them to be white? | When I wake up in the morning my teeth look a bit yellow even after brushing, after I've been up for an hour or two they are look perfectly white. Does this happen to anyone else? |
Why do men's testicles move around when completely motionless? | The testicles contain two sets of muscle that are involved in retraction. There is the [Dartos] which is involuntary muscle, responsible for temperature regulation, and causes the retraction of the entire scrotum. There is also the [Cremaster] which is a voluntary muscle and is responsible for retraction during fight-or-flight response. And, importantly, there are actually two cremaster muscles; one for each testicle, each of which can operate independently. They respond more quickly than the dartos. The motion you're seeing is probably from them doing their thing.I noticed this a few months ago when I went to shave my balls. I figured it had something to do with temperature and circulation. Thanks for bringing it to Reddit!', "I've been curious about this as well. Hopefully someone can explain this.ELI5: How so many men posting comments here have *never noticed* that their testicles/scrotum adjust on their own??happens when you breath deep or flex your abs. so its not entirly just for temp regulation. |
Why has nobody assassinated Kim Jong-un | Partly because any country found to be doing so would incur China's wrath, and generally look bad to the international community. Partly because destabilizing a government that has nuclear weapons is probably not a good idea. And partly because it likely isn't as easy as it sounds. |
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