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How come PC components can get fried with the static left from a simple brush, but take 220V steady current all day long? | No components in your PC get 220V except the PSU. It steps the 220V down to 12v and lower and feeds it to the various components. PC components are finely engineered to deal with low voltages in certain places. Energizing a part of a circuit board that isn't meant to be energized can cause serious damage. |
(actually 5): Depression | It's a really difficult question because there is no one-size-fits-all solution. I can only guess your exact circumstances and what you're going through. Having given it some thought, and had a look at a few sites online, this is what I think *I* would possibly do in your situation: Explain it is a depressive illness. ... |
Why do all supermarkets have the same layout? | Also the check-out counters need to be by the exit so you can't steal as easily. Due to the large nature of the building, the back is reserved only for truck deliveries, and the opposite side is designated for parking, entrance, and exit. It's just the most straight forward organization. Makes it easier for randos to s... |
Why do many biracial people such as black/white mix primarily identify as black when they are half black and half white? | People not in privilege are defined by what they are not. If you're not white, you're black, if you're not a man you're a woman. So while a white man is a person, a black man is black, a black woman is a black woman. So if you're half black/half white you're not white, so you're either half black or just black.In my ex... |
If you're trying to burn fat, why do you need to eat? Can't you just not eat and your body would metabolize fat and not food you recently ate? | If you've not eaten anything for a long while, you'll know that the body doesn't usually like it. Hunger pangs and generally making you fell like crap is the way things tend to go. The only way to lose weight is to ensure energy intake is lower than energy output, but not zero", 'You technically could as long as you dr... |
Why are blackboxes not used in motor vehicles? | They pretty much are on the newer cars, all the data from sensors on the vehicle 10 seconds prior to the collision is recorded and stored. I might be wrong on the time allowance for recording but I know there's a time frame and I know they record. Minus what's being said in the vehicle at the time. Edit: think about al... |
How do you establish a population/civilization with a few people and prevent inbreeding? | Just for fun.. send the original 4 with a crap ton of frozen ovum and sperm from as many different people as you want. The original four would have to be taught how to inseminate each other and pass on the knowledge to future generations. Sounds fun to me. Pass, I'll read about them on reddit instead. |
Last year, Sarah Palin went on a bus tour. Was that all it was? | No. Her bus tour was just an attempt to remain relevant, get paid for some speeches, and sell some books. Palin has no interest in running for office and won't be a factor in the upcoming elections. |
How this GIF, recently on the front page, is a visual representation of what the forth dimension looks like. | Nobody can say for sure that it is. It's just our best guess. Our brains can't perceive the fourth dimension and can't even imagine it. This is just an extrapolation based on 3D objects moving through 2D space. There's no guarantee a 4D object moving in 3D space would behave the same way. |
How does a dog know it's the owner walking up to their door as opposed to a stranger? | Dogs hearing and memory is incredible, I'm at work so I can't really cite on my phone that well, but dogs know the difference in cars coming up the driveway too, like from the sounds the tires make and engine noises it's pretty awesome, so they know if it's you or not before you even open the door |
How does lazer tattoo removal work | A tattoo needle injects rather large color particles into the layers of the skin. Those particles basically are too large for digestion of the corresponding immune cells. But over time, the particles tend to break down, mostly due to sunlight. So tattoos fade with age and lose color, intensity. A laser does the same, b... |
Why is it that our world map seems to be so inaccurate? | The problem is basically that it's hard to represent the globe as a flat surface without stretching and clinching the surface of it. Here's a pretty good video on the topic that I found very well explained: _URL_1_", 'Like has been said, to represent a sphere on a flat surface you need to use a certain projection metho... |
Why as an (American) 18 year old, I can take a bullet for my country yet not enjoy a beer? | I was raised by my Grandpa and heard a lot about WW11, I don't think an 18yr old should be put in a situation to take a bullet |
Why do I cringe at the sound of styrofoam rubbing together? | A metal fork scraping on a plate. I've been known to lose it in a restaurant.I have the same problem, except at abrasive metal on metal sounds. I even have problems SEEING it happen. or THINKING about it. omg. stop. It just happened to me at the chow hall, cook dude was scrapin off the skillet thingie with the metal sp... |
The difference between Shampoo, Conditioner, Body-wash and regular soap. | Have you ever filled up a glass of water so high it overflowed? You may have noticed that the water in that glass looked like it was actually standing above the rim. Almost like a bubble. The reason the water does that is *surface tension*. Surface tension is basically the measure of how much something likes itself ove... |
Why can some overweight people lose weight with no excess skin, but others skin doesnt go away? | The skin can 'bounce back' if its not over stretched, or not stretched for too long. Many obese people are so fat they overstretched their skin, or were fat for so long, the elasticity was lost. |
The 'hipster' mentality. | There is just this warm, fuzzy feeling that I apparently know more and earlier, and therefore don't belong to the mundane masses I despise.It's a two part thing: The first part is having experienced something before the "mainstream" gets their hand on it. For example, if your non-internet-savvy friend walked up to you ... |
Why is there no cure for color blindness? | It's a deficiency of the retina, it can't be fixed with surgery unless you replace the entire thing perhaps a drug or therapy could one day cure it, the thing is that it is rare, and it is not particularly detrimental to people's well being, and thus won't get the attention of people who have the knowledge and resource... |
Do smarter people have deeper morals, or the opposite? | The hard part about answering this question is trying to quantify morals. When you are dumb being moral is easy enough. You do what you are told is the right and good thing to do by someone you trust to know more about that sort of thing than you do. Smarter people often have to come up with their own ideas of what is ... |
When two mirrors face each other, where does the light eventually "go" so that it doesn't constantly build up? | Lasers have something like that. The laser has two mirrors facing at each other. The medium between them is active so that it will radiate light in random direction when you pump energy to it . Since the directions are random some of the emitted light is emitted so that it is trapped between the two mirrors. Now that y... |
how can animals know when something is edible and when is not | You know the thing about the colors, bright colors and strange smells most often mean bag don't eat. Like the small toxic frogs in the rainforest that only have one defense which is the color if it's skin |
how you can make people hold such big secrets as Area 51 without having some leaked information? | People like money and freedom. Violate your nda with the government and you lose both. You could also be sequestered if it's a big enough project.interesting information here, specfically about "compartmentalizing information". I met a girl on tinder in San Diego who worked as a civilian in "national defense". I was so... |
Why when I put olives in my beer and then add a little salt do they go crazy, spin and then rise to the top? | Salt crystals are a very good surface for nucleation of carbon dioxide . When you add the salt to the drink, the salt crystals allow a good portion of the gas to form on them, which will in turn rise and attach to the first surface they touch: the olive. This will change the olive's center of balance and make it wobble... |
Do the waves from electronics actually affect us in any way at all? | When it comes to electronics lets simplify things by saying there are 2 types of radiation. Non ionizing radiation which does not damage cells, and ionizing radiation which does damage cells and DNA. Your cellphone, headphones, television, stereo, blender, coffee maker, even your microwave oven, are not ionizing radiat... |
Why do you mix some ingredients separately first, instead of all together when baking? | I believe it also changes the chemical compound of them when you mix them together first. I saw a cool documentary on how life began. For years scientists could not put the pieces together how a particular element got there. As it turns out, they needed to mix two elements together FIRST, then that combined element mix... |
Why is it LEGAL for a cop to lie to a civilian but it is ILLEGAL for civilian to lie to a cop? | It's illegal to lie to hinder a criminal investigation. If a cop were to lie in a way that hindered a criminal investigation, that would be illegal too. So if a civilian lied to a cop and it wasn't hindering an investigation, that would be perfectly fine.If a cop lied to another cop and that did hinder an investigation... |
Reddit's REAL Explain Like I'm Five! Sponsored by reddit, inc. | Are these videos intended to be unmoderated, single point-of-view/source ELI5 answers? The nice thing about eli5 or any Reddit is that the community decides what has value and what doesn't. These videos are clearly outside of that community approach, and I hope the intent is for that difference to be clear. |
Why you need a certain graphics card to run games. | It's not the specific card that's the issue, or even the brand. The issue is computing power. Intel makes very low end cards, suitable for web browsing, office work, and watching movies. The other two GPU companies, AMD and nVidia, make more high-end cards for gaming, although they do make some weak ones, too. Your Int... |
Im watching Interstellar and the ship spins to create artificial gravity. How does this work? | You're thinking of a cylinder, which is a bad model--the center of a spinning cylinder does not experience centrifugal force. The space ship in Interstellar is made up of a ring, and the floor you walk on is the edge of the imaginary cylinder the ring encloses, so this problem does not arise. > Standing still would all... |
What is the motive for the ISIS terrorist group? I dont understand what makes them do what they do.. | As explained to a five year old: Essentially, they are the remnants of older terrorist organizations combined with a hodgepodge of fired military, freedom fighters, and angry civilians, who want to build their own Islamic state. They see the West as the epitome of everything that goes against Muslim teachings as well a... |
What is that blurry sensation we get when we’re lying down and get up too quickly? | ELI5. Put a water bottle flat and stand it up. The water sits at the bottom. Your body is supposed to pump the blood at the bottom to the top, but when you stand up too fast your body can't catch up and your head doesn't have enough blood to work well because it's all stuck in your feet. |
Is there a legitimate excuse for an NBA player to not have a free throw percentage above 70 percent? | All of these answers contribute to WHY big men struggle more but OP's question was is there a LEGITIMATE excuse for why there are NBA players shoot below 70%. And the answer is still no. Muscle mass, mental state, big hands, fatigue, lack of practice, and incorrect form are all contributing factors as to why they are b... |
How can American Beauty have under 18 nudity and still be legal? | Nothing, really. Thora Birch's nudity in a film was done because it was consensual, perhaps under the proper supervision, and it wasn't meant to be considered masturbatory, like porn is. Teens, no matter what, are going to fool around with each other either on webcam or texting or any other social media. Might as well ... |
if I smoke 1-2 packs of smokes a year would it have any significant long term effects on my health? | Really hard to quit mang. I smoked for about eight years quit for two only by substituting it for weed and smoked a bit over the summer when I quit weed and now I haven't smoked in a month but the cravings won't go away. Shit is fierce and everyday. Quit earlier before you add years onto your habit and become more depe... |
Why is it that men and women tend to take off their shirts differently? | I would imagine most of it is socially constructed BUT if you're talking about the arm-cross-take-off that women do but most men don't it's generally due to flexibility. On the whole women are more flexible then men and that method works for them, while many men can't seem to get the motion down correctly due to lack o... |
How are housing prices above pre-recession levels, yet home ownership remains at a five-decade low? | If it's anything like here in Vegas, people are just mentally scared and their credit is shot still. Buying a home with a mortgage is almost 30% cheaper on average than renting a home of similar value. But many people can't qualify and the ones that can are still have the mentality that it is more expensive to buy a ho... |
Why are people so afraid of genetically modified food when study after study says it's safe? | I'm concerned primarily about Monsanto. I think they are a bad operator and need to be broken up. Especially their paramilitary corporation and food divisions. |
How are very accurate values of Pi calculated? | Archimedes created a method in which you start with 2 shapes , one drawn on the inside of the circle so its points touch the edge, the other drawn outside of the circle so its edges touch the sides of the circle. Lets use squares as an example . So you have a circle with a square on the inside and another on the outsid... |
Why is Nuclear Fusion "always 30 years away"? | The core problem is that the physics are reasonably easy, the engineering however is not. So physicists proclaim a new shiny theory on how you could build a machine to generate energy from fusion and then just assume that in 30 years time some engineer will have figured out how to actually put that plan into practice. ... |
why is prostitution illegal if it's two consenting adults? | My answer: it's not illegal everywhere. I know that in New Zealand, for example, the only restrictions in terms of prostitution are that local governments can prevent brothels from opening in certain areas. This way prostitutes are paying taxes , and also are not afraid to approach the police if someone commits a crime... |
Why there so much language diversity in Papua New Guinea and India, but not in China or France | Spoken languages in China has hundreds of languages. The main ones are mandarin with hundreds of different accents. There are at least 50 others like Shanghai-ese and Cantonese which is a different language entirely. Not to mention areas of the country where other country's languages that are spoke natively like Korean... |
How I can get a virus by simply visiting a website? | If a site you trust and visit often causes a virus alert, I usually take that as a sign of spyware. Spyware tends to hijack your browser, and make it load extra sites in addition to the one you think you're loading. But no one else mentioned it, so maybe I'm wrong? |
Why is everyone against Qatar hosting the World Cup? | why doesn't someone just start a company like FIFA that only sucks half as much balls? That way all the players choose that new, kinda sucks league and FIFA can go fuck itself |
How Urine Color Is a Sign of Dehydration? | A lot of people are missing one of the main points here. While the kidneys do help get rid of waste, they are equally important for maintaining proper intravascular fluid status . This is done mainly through excretion of electrolytes by blood filtration via the glomerulus in the functional units of the kidneys which ar... |
Why are most people, especially military taught to aim "center mass" when there's such a prevalence of body armor in a modern conflict? | Because you're more likely to hit your target since that's the largest part that moves the least. Hitting someone with armor is more effective than missing someone that's naked", 'At the moment, guns are better than body armour. A 7mm round will smash through ceramic bodyplate. Also, if you shoot somebody in the face, ... |
why is being "cisgender" bad? | Can you give a source of this actually happening? I know the feminist community can be ridiculous sometimes, but I've never seen them say that being cis is actually *bad*. You may be taking things out of context. They like to talk about cis-privilege. |
Why do blankets that have been stored for a long period smell weird? Stored in closets, boxes, etc | Not an answer, but did you mean that thrifty odour? Like the same odour you can smell from walking in a thrift store? Cus I've been wondering the same thing |
Why is gravity measured as 9.8 m/s^2 | I think it's probably understood that velocity is measured in distance over time. You can think of this as a change in location over time. Which units of distance and time isn't important, but the metric system would have us use meters and seconds. How many meters an object moves per second. Acceleration is the measure... |
What effect will the cessation of Saturday USPS mail delivery have? | Netflix power-watchers will have to significantly alter their habits. For those who live near processing facilities, there's a two-day turnaround period. For example, if I mail a movie on Monday, they receive it and mail another disc on Tuesday, and I receive the new disc on Wednesday. If I watch the disc on Wednesday,... |
How is it decided what pictures are featured in wikipedia articles for things like "Human" or "Cat"? | Personally, I like the Thai couple as the representative picture for humans. Most humans live in East Asia, and most humans live a relatively simple pastoral lifestyle. The picture illustrates nicely what a typical human looks like and lives like. I also really like how dispassionately that article is written, and its ... |
Why do big cases like Dylan Roof's take so long to go to trial? | This is going to be a death penalty case. Part of that will involve establishing the motive for the crime, and not just that he did it. That takes a lot of work gathering evidence, because most people won't just let you inside their head.There are also sometimes even physical issues. The trial for The Dark Knight Rises... |
Why do I have to preheat the oven? | If I'm making a cake or cookies, I preheat. Cakes can be fiddly and cookies are in for such a short time. If I'm making a savory item , I don't worry as much about whether the oven is all the way warmed up. |
Why do most Americans not use a kettle while the rest of the world does? | ######**Sweet Southern Tea** * Bring 1qt water to boil in a 1.5qt pot* Remove from burner * Add 2 family sized tea bags and steep 15 minutes * Remove tea bags and add .5 cup of sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved * Pour in a 2 qt pitcher and fill will cold water * Refrigerate and serve with ice Why would I clutter up ... |
Why North Korea having a tantrum results in them getting food aid? | They may not directly ask for help, but they definitely need it. The average NKorean probably lives in famine like conditions. Sending food gives NK part of what it wants, and they pretend it happened because we are scared of them. That doesn't mean we should take their threats lightly, though. Edit: This is the 5th ti... |
Why don't people use glasses to give them better than 20-20 vision? | 20X20 is just average, not perfect. The reason people don't do this, other than lack of necessity, is that the muscles controlling the lens of the eye aren't strong enough to compensate. If you could see an object clearly 100m away with 20X20 vision, but used glasses to see it clearly 200m away, your lens would have to... |
How do those checkbox "I'm not a robot" capchas work? | When AI finally became aware it started posting questions on ELI5 Don't give it the answer!", 'Silly robot, you think we will explain it to you so you can beat the test. Not this time!!!`It also watches your mouse movements, clicks and **keystrokes** ` Erm, there keylogging? how much of that data is sent from client si... |
Why does giving birth hurt, even though it harms reproduction? why was it not removed through natural selection? | Natural selection doesn't care if it hurts like shitting hot lava. Natural selection only cares that both mother and baby survive often enough that the baby's big-ass head is a net advantage in replicating those genes. Bear in mind, the human ginormous freaking head is, evolutionarily speaking, kind of a recent thing. ... |
Why does the USA spend so much money on her military, compared to other countries? $682Bn compared to $166Bn by China, the second biggest spender | There are quite a few reasons, and I'll try to be as politics free as possible: -We are isolated from the parts of the world that are strategically important to us, like Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. If we want to be able to intervene militarily there, that means a pretty capable navy and air force, neither of whi... |
What is the causing the drought in the Western United States; how bad is it exactly? | There is a massive ridge of high pressure off the coast. Think of it as being like a mountain range blocking all the storms and rainfall from crossing it, except instead of being made of land it's made of a column of air. While these aren't terribly uncommon, this one in particular has proven to be remarkably resilient... |
How do they make the sex scenes on shows like Game of Thrones look so real? [NSFW] | It's fake. I know it seems impossible but it is. Even kissing is faked quite often.They have skincolored underwear or socks on their genitals and things like that. Clever camera angles.HBU needs to make a show about a detective that smells crime. Full Penetration will be the twist. There is always a twistSO all in all ... |
The history of Canada. Why were the Canadian provinces not involved in the American war of independence, and how did Canada come to be a separate country? | The US wanted the Canadian provinces to join the US war for Independence. In the Articles of Confederation, which was the governing document for the country before the Constitution, it specifically stated that Canada could join the Union. Early in the Revolutionary War, US forces attempted to invade Canada in Quebec bu... |
what is a VPN? How does it work? And how can I get one for my Mac? | With a VPN, your computer has an encrypted connection to a VPN server. Since it's encrypted, it can't be intercepted by anyone other than the VPN provider. That VPN server then forwards your request onto the public internet. A third party spying on the connection will only see the connection from the VPN to the website... |
So, what exactly am I supposed to DO about climate change? | You can always try complaining or self-loathing. I'm not entirely sure if it offsets your carbon output, but it seems to be a popular option. |
Is there a difference between consuming 1500 calories in a day vs. consuming 2000 and burning 500? | An add-on question for anyone who cares to answer. Something I've noticed is that, when I eat a lot in a given day, and don't move much, I take an absolutely *massive* dump. Huge amounts of matter are literally shit away down the toilet. When I eat a lot, but *do* move a lot , I take a much smaller dump afterwards. In ... |
What is the significance of haikus? | > What I don't get is what's so special about this particular arrangement. How did something so random and mundane ever become popularized? [It's Memetic] - Basically, it's one of the main memes of poetry, right next to 'Rhyme the last word' It is short, easy to learn, easy to replicate, easily recognizable, and not li... |
When receiving an electric shock from a large current it "may make it impossible for a shock victim to let go of an energized object". Why is this? | It depends on the type of current, the frequency, and the voltage. Our bodies use electrical conduction to control our muscles. Think of them like coiled springs which simply need a small amount of activation energy in order to release their energy. If you apply a high enough external voltage, and it alternates at the ... |
how spiders start their webs across large gaps like between trees and across footpaths | I've watch them abseil down from a tree branch with a web line, walk around the edge of the pool, climb the house at the other side and then pull the web tight stringing a line from the tree over the pool to the house. |
Why do people with depression have such a difficult time making decisions? | One of the most important parts of making any decision is your brain trying to predict the future and evaluate how different situations will have different results and how you feel about those different results. Depression saps your ability to accurately judge how these possible results will actually feel, particularly... |
How did chicken become the universal meat that almost every single culture in the world eats? | Because chickens are easy. They don't require much room, they don't eat much, they grow quickly, and they breed prodigiously. Add to that the fact that raising chickens means a steady supply of eggs, and you have the perfect domesticated animal.Pork is the most consumed meat in the world so chicken is only the most wid... |
How can we be expected to follow the law? | Depends what country you're in. In the UK it's all accessible online at the handily titled _URL_2_, and they even update the records to show amendments when an old act is changed by future acts , rather than just statically showing the law as it was written when it was initially passed. Places like America and Australi... |
Why have no plane passenger parachutes been invented? | Do we really need to answer this question over and over again? It's not cost effective It weights a lot It would tear plane apart if deployed in full speed Most of the crashes are during take off/landing |
If humans continue to cut down forests, will there eventually be a point where oxygen produced can't compensate for oxygen being used? | OP I recommend you watch a video by vSauce on YouTube titled something like 'what would happen if the sun was to dissappear'. Michael Stevens discusses the events subsequent to the sun just hypothetically instantly disappearing. He discusses that after a certain amount of time plants would no longer be able to survive ... |
How is water 'purified' naturally (where it is safe to drink)? | Everybody here so far is right to an extent. I'd just like to add some soil interface and groundwater interactions for completeness and wonder sake. First, of course is soil interface. Here water is drank by plants, animals, and bacteria, used to perform chemical reactions and wash waste materials from their bodies, an... |
how does capitalism directly impact the environment | it doesn't. However it does impact it indirectly. Capitalism makes companies go for the most profit. If you go for the most profit you try to cut as most costs as you can. They are more concerned about profits than the environment. |
What are the criticisms made by the Chinese government against democracy and to what extent are they correct? | It's a spectrum. I just spent 3mo in China doing business. The feeling from most of the educated businesspeople I know was: we are transitioning to a democracy, but right now more central control is required for growth. Point being that democracy works best in developed countries, while developing countries turn into a... |
why scientific theories (evolution, gravity, global warming, etc) are more universally supported than scientific laws (mainly laws of relativity)? | As I understand, 'law' is just an old concept: people thought that they're discovering laws of nature which are universal and absolute. Later scientists found out that what they had were, in fact, imprecise, approximate models of certain phenomena. So now they recognize that they work with such models which have limite... |
Why do I read stories every few months about researchers developing amazing new battery technology but batteries still suck after so many years? | They don't suck bro. My phone has the computing power of the computer I used to play HL2, minus a GPU, and I use it all day as a camera, browser, phone, game device, storage, and a business ledger and don't have to plug it in til I get home. |
Why have wages been stagnant since the 60s, yet housing costs have doubled and college costs have trippled? | There is nothing compelling corporations to give workers more money now, whereas before the 60's you had a masive labour movement. All major increases in things like minimum wage, etc. are gained by the workers, not just given to them.Wages were as high as they were in the 50s and 60s because the rest of the world was ... |
Why is tile always cold? | Okay, so you know how sometimes you are really cold, and you want to get warm really fast? That's how tile feels all the time. Your feet are like the best blanket in the world to it. It wants to take in all the heat from your feet very quickly, which makes it feel cold. |
Why was The Greenhouse Effect taught to me as fact but now up for such debate? | Just like another has posted, it's only controversial because people have interests. Those interests can either be money or the well being of the planet. There are also slight possibilities that some of those advocating for the reduction of greenhouse gasses also being the one's likely to profit from the conversion to ... |
Why are states like California and Colorado allowed to legalize marijuana and have medical marijuana dispensaries if that contradicts federal law? | There's a big controversy over this. The federal government claims that because they decided that marijuana is bad that means that the states can't reverse that. However the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to make marijuana illegal. The constitution lists things that the federal government... |
Why do big poker tournaments still use physical chips? | Playing with the chips gives the players something to do with their hands. Anyways, it's just part of the tradition. I bet if they tried to take them away, a lot of the players would revolt. It's useful to have giant stacks of chips in front of you to try to intimidate players. It's satisfying to pull the big pile of c... |
How is Netflix making money from House of Cards? | They hope that people will sign up for an account in order to watch the show because that's the only legal way to see it. |
Why does it seem that the US is further behind in teaching other languages in education? | From my perspective as an american living abroad, while yes English is taught in schools, if you stop a random person on the street and ask them how they learned english, the most common reply is through Cartoons/Movies/TC Shows/Music etc. etc. This is accented by schooling, however the impetus to learn is often the la... |
Why are certain fruits, such as grapefruit and cranberries, dangerous to eat whilst taking blood thinning medication like Warfarin? | I remember listening to Michael Savage around 2002ish and he started in on a rant about this. Something about since the doctors said not eat grape fruit with his medicine that meant he could just skip the medicine and eat the grapefruit for the same effect. That's when I stopped listening to Michael Savage. |
The difference between a Republic and a Democracy. | All that is really unarguable is that 'republic' comes from Latin and 'democracy' comes from Greek. In English usage, Republic means a country with an elected head of state instead of a monarch. A democracy means that the country is run by elected politicians, whether the head of state is elected or not. |
What did Sony achieve by cancelling "The Interview"? | Overall I think that this decision will actually work out in their favor. honestly, who thought that this movie would do well? i didn't. This decision is the best advertising. Tell the public they can't have it then a week or so later release it and have twice the estimated profits on opening day. |
from my 5 year old. why can't we feel the earth spinning? | It looks like most comments here address Earth moving, not _spinning_. Spinning is _always_ an accelerated movement, so 'inertia' is not applicable here. Actually, the effect from Earth spinning can be easily detected, but it's just too subtle for humans to notice. See: [Foucault pendulum]. Basically, Earth is spinning... |
Why do we instinctively cover our mouths when we witness something horrific happen? | It happens if we see or hear something terrible, or don't want to say something terrible, and stops us from screaming or making noise and thereby drawing attention to ourselves. This gag response is a remnant from times when danger could have been attracted by noise. For example, imagine the response of an early human ... |
How does compression clothing work? | My arms/hands and legs frequently fall asleep while I'm sleeping. Any negative effects of wearing compression clothing to bed? |
what are the ramifications of Scotland's 2014 independence referendum and why do most Scots not want independence at this time? | It would cost both countries several billions to create duplicates of all the services needed. The UK's nuclear sub base is in Scotland so that would need to be moved. |
What's the difference between beer, lager, ale, and stout? | This doesn't give you all of what you're asking for, but I found this chart to be useful: _URL_2_", 'You can get a detailed explanation from /r/homebrewing if you want to go deeper than ELI5. Most of these responses have problems. There are two beer types, based on the type of yeast used to ferment: Lager - Thrive in c... |
The concept behind "Injury Prone." Is it just a label or does it hold some scientific backing? | There's many factors involved but yes you can absolutely be predisposed to injury although accurately measuring such a thing is difficult. For one a part of it is genetics. Some people will just naturally be built stronger and put together better as a result which will of course mean less injury. Being taller or shorte... |
How can YouTube videos be a "job" ? | I'm not sure about how this works in France, but this is pretty standard advice everywhere: You're self employed, as others have said. You should create a business and operate the YouTube stuff through it. This separates your personal and professional finances, which is beneficial for many reasons. Disclaimer: I'm not ... |
Why do Christians get so irate about evolution? | It doesn't upset *all* Christians. However some believe that humans were created as we are now some 5000 years ago and that's final. To say that humans came about by some long, chaotic and generally un-mediated process is against what they believe. It becomes a touchy subject because those who argue it most strongly ma... |
Why are humans so into kissing if it serves no reproductive purpose? | When you kiss another person you're smelling their DNA. This tells you if you should be further attracted to that person or not by judging the compatibility of your immune systems. If you have immunity to things that they do not, and vice versa, then your bodies will be more likely to produce a baby than if you were no... |
the basic rules of League of Legends so I can enjoy watching a match as a non-player | 5 people on one side and 5 people on the other side. There are 3 paths that lead to their main base. They have to destroy their enemies' 'towers' along each path until they reach the end of one side. Each player tries to stop the other them by fighting them. Once they reach the end and destroy the last big tower thingy... |
Why can't people just get divorced? Can they just both agree to go their separate ways without lawyers and such? | It can and does happen but more often than not as with everything things that go well don't make good news or story's and not all marriages end on good terms. |
How does exposure to sunlight generate vitamin D? Some kind of mammal photosynthesis? | Vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol, is a steroid hormone which has a cholesterol precursor like the other hormones in the family. A small 1% of the sun's light energy spectrum is responsible for converting subdermal 7-Dehydrocholesterol into a previtamin D, which then thermally isomerizes to the vitamin form. Great present... |
Why does "rapid rehydration kill"? | All these people just overlooked the nuclear bomb part for some reason everything's irradiated. The person's irradiated. The water, the air. If they were close enough to a bomb to have the water stucked out of them that bad, they were close enough to get hit with a lethal amount of radiation at the least. They were ful... |
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