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why the economy is not "zero-sum"
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How much is the tree outside your house worth, if you were to try to sell it as it is, right now? Pretty much nothing, right? Now, go chop down the tree and build a table out of it. How much is that table worth if you were to try to sell it? Maybe you're not a very good carpenter, so it's only worth $20. Maybe you're fantastically good at it, and it was high-quality wood, so it's worth $2000. Either way, congratulations, you have just increased your wealth without making anyone else lose wealth.
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Why can a Chinese company ship me an eBay purchase for $1.06 including the product, when it costs me a minimum of $1.97 to ship something across town in the U.S.???
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It has to do with fixed cost. When companies ship things internationally, they tend to do it in bulk, in order to save cost. Lets say for example, a single ship costs $100 to send from China to the U.S. If you were to place a single $1 retail item on the ship, your net loss would be $99. Now, what if that ship could hold 1,000 of these small items? Then by selling all the items, net profit would be $900. So imagine how many of these converters they could put on a massive [cargo ship] where any one of their containers could hold hundreds of thousands of these things. If they fill the entire ship with these converters, the retail price will compensate the shipping cost so easily that it's almost negligible, and so they're able to pass the savings onto you. This is also why they sell these things in bulks of 5, and have an estimated shipping time between Wed. Sep. 17 and Fri. Oct. 24, up to two months! Because you know, China is pretty far from the U.S.
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Why is the rich getting richer a bad thing?
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You are sat round a table, a big round table that seats a hundred people and it's mac'n'cheese for dinner. Now you have more mac'n'cheese than anyone else, more than you could possibly ever eat, and because of that the people sat immediately to your left and right admire you, worship you, love you, want to have sex with you, in fact they make sure your wine glass is always full, pass you napkins and generally see to your every need without question, you get served first and dictate how much everyone else gets. They have lots of mac'n' cheese too, but not as much as you, as you get further around the table people have less and less, and that person opposite you, across that large wide table has no mac'n'cheese, and you know they look upon you with envious eyes and would do anything and I mean ANYTHING just for 1 spoonful. Now you could give them some of your mac'n'cheese, but if you did that you wouldn't have the most mac'n'cheese, the people next to you would not adore you so much, you would have to pour your own drink, they wont want to have sex with you, they wont love you, you would no longer be special and the best. Besides you don't have to sit next to those that have little or no mac'n'cheese, don't have to talk to them, listen to their stomachs rumble, or see the hunger in their eyes. So what does that matter you are happy, its all good. so you tell me OP, do you still think the rich getting richer makes sense?
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if working out is just damaging and repairing muscle tissue, couldnt we just mechanically damage the tissue and recouperate saving time and energy?
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I have absolutely no credentials to back what I am saying outside my amateur understanding of fitness and weight lifting, so take what I say with a grain of salt. As others have said, it is possible to build muscle with electrical stimulation, but I have to believe there is probably a limit to how accurate or efficient that stimulus can be. Moreover there is actually a brain body connection that is also trained when weight lifting. When gaining strength as a result of weight lifting some of those gains don't come from additional muscle, but instead from your brain learning how to more efficiently use those muscles. So assuming you could force the body to build 50lb of muscle absolutely perfectly, it probably wouldn't be able to use much if any of it. A probably bad example would be riding a bike. Someone who can't ride a bike probably has all of the physical necessities to do so, but their brain hasn't learned how to use them to actually ride a bike. The same could be said of the artificial muscle growth above. The body might be physically capable of lifting 300lb, but the brain wouldn't know how to utilize the muscles to do so.
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Explain to me, like I'm five, why some economists believe the current of Chinese economic growth is dangerous and unsustainable
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Follow up question: Whats the difference between the government injected economy in China, and other country's that makes it 'dangerous'?
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Why don't some people think that fish, insects, etc. are animals? What exactly do they think they are?
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I think she means she won't give them the same rights as 'normal' animals. Maybe she'd save a dog drowning in the ocean, but to a fish washed up on the beach, eh fuck it, it's only a fish
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How do animals think without a language and words?
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I think we just often speak in our heads to express our emotions and desires, but these don't need language to be felt.Let's break it down by different species: Insect - Low Level of thinking: - No words/speaking/language- No consciousness- Absence traits e.g. Little to no memory- Simple inputs/outputs Your Dog - Medium level of thinking: - No words but uses barking to give simple messages such as a warning- Some level of consciousness - > knows he's "there" or exists but probably won't know it's him staring at himself if he looks in the mirror- His brain can make simple connectionse.g. Seeing your face registers as a positive thought in his memory loop resulting in a wagging tail and possibly barking to convey that simple message of happiness Humans - High level of thinking: - Developed language to fully communicate with others- Fully conscious and aware of ourselves and surroundings- Very active and complex memory networks- Not only do we physically respond to stimuli , we problem solve and develop plans to remove negative stimuli from our environment So it comes down to inert brain mechanics and brain size which can probably be explained by complex brain chemistry. There are probably also biological limitations which prevent your dog from speaking as we do because they have different tongues and voice boxes. Otherwise, I'm sure he would express his happiness to see you in words. Edit: Formatting', "Who said animals don't have a language? Dolphins interact with one another with a series of clicks and clacks
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How do people travel without any money?
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They make money while they travel. Get jobs that pay for their stay. I've done it for a year , still spent over 10k.
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Why do most drinks generally taste better when they're cold?
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I can't drink cold coffee to save my life. But fresh from the machine it's delicious.
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Will searching certain things on the internet really get you placed on a government watchlist?
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The capacity simply isn't there to assess the millions of searches made and the links between them. However, if you're flagged because of something else, they can look into it to see if you warrant further investigation.
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Why only humans need to cook food to eat it?
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One additional reason why we're the only species that cooks their food. Once you recognize that cooking provides benefits , we're the only species that does because we're the only species that **can**. Figuring out the benefits of cooking requires a level of intelligence only humans have. A dog, a dolphin, a chimpanzee: none of them could cook food, even if they wanted to. No ape or monkey could, even though they'd probably have the best shot. We cook because we can. Why not ask why we're the only species that drives cars? We're the only species that performs surgery. Lots of stuff humans do are exclusive to humans .Also remember that animals in the wild die all the time from bad meat however nobody cares', "I assume you're talking about meat, since we regularyl eat fruits, vegetables, and nuts raw. Simple truth is - humans *don't* need to cook meat to eat it. You will be able to fully digest a raw steak. However, it will: A) require significantly more energy from your body to do so, and B) probably give you digestive troubles the first few times as your stomach builds the framework to digest raw meat in large quantities, C) put you at risk of food poisoning . The risk of food poisoning is essentially the same risk that every other carnivore faces each time they eat - it's arguably higher for them, even, since the meat they're eating hasn't been raised under the careful eye of a human handler watching out for nutrition and disease. Animals in nature *do* get food poisoning, get sick, and die. Cooking our food protects us from that.
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Why is that people with good singing voices (Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Christina Aguilera) can imitate other voices or singers so easily?
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I think it's more that people with great control over their voices usually have not much trouble with singing either.
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Counting cards in black jack.
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In 5 year old terms: there are 52 cards in a deck. Each deck has 4 suits .Each suit has 13 cards . to keep with the simplest explanation, lets pretend we will play blackjack with just one deck As the dealer gives me a card, I keep track of what cards are being played in my head . As each card is played, I know how many cards are left to be played and which cards remain out there. As I keep track of the cards being played and which cards are left, I assign probabilities of which card can come next . As the probability of drawing the cards that benefit me rises, that is when I know when to double down, split, etc. If you're smart and can do it without drawing attention to yourself, it's very efficient because numbers don't lie. I hope this helps, I don't think it's easy to explain this to a 5 year old. lol
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Why do we have bounty hunters? Isn't that the job of the police? If it is for bail skippers, why do they have powers others don't?
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Bounty hunters work for the bail bondsman, who fronted the bail money for the accused. The bounty hunter's job is to prevent the bail bondsman from having to forfeit the whole bail amount, and in return he gets a cut of the fee paid.
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Why do paparazzi not get the same flak as the person whom hacked the nude pictures in the fappening?
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they should have no expectation of privacy" as if acting is done by a bunch of exhibitionists. No doubt the Kardashians are different in that their bread and butter is gleaned through publicity but many *actors/actresses* are in this career field because they enjoy **acting**. Since childhood, they enjoy becoming another character, a chameleon. The side effects of success in doing so is fame but it's not what drew many of them to this fieldBecause the media companies who buy pictures from paparazzi are mad that they weren't offered the pictures to monetize, so suddenly this is a "feminist" issuerelated:_URL_5_', "Cameras have been around a long time. Society is used to them, laws have been laid down, paparazzi know all the ins and outs and loopholes of those laws. People have been taking telephotos for a long time, so it's not new news. The legal situation is better settled, and the paparazzi usually avoid blatantly illegal tactics. It's just a known, and therefore less interesting situation. Computer hacking and photo stealing is new, clearly illegal, and therefore more interesting and newsworthy. From the perspective of the person that's got their topless pics everywhere, it's more or less the same. But the other aspects are different.
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How/why can antidepressants increase thoughts of suicide?
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slash178 is completely correct, and I can personally attest to the truth of their statement. Sometimes, when you start taking such medications, your energy returns before your happiness does. So you end up not only as depressed as you were before, but with a sudden nervous energy which spurs you into some kind of action, and the combination roughly mirrors a state of acute desperation. My personal experience is that desperation is a much more dangerous state than any other. Even depression isn't as bad, because it comes with a lack of drive which hampers any efforts you might make to hurt yourself.I had/have depression and have taken antidepressants in the past. They give you motivation and energy but do nothing to fix your actual issues. You still hate your life and wish you were dead, only now you have the motivation, energy and will to end it
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Why is the moon covered in craters while the Earth seems to have only a few?
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Atmosphere. The moon's atmosphere is many times thinner than the Earth's. This means that many debris items that would hit the Earth's surface are burnt up and never hit, or if they do they are much smaller than if they hit the moon.
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How incredibly simple paintings can be sold for tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Just the super-rich showing off how super rich they are. They can afford to part with $46.5M for something that is intrinsically worthless. Even buying a fleet of supercars or megayachts doesn't show the same disregard for money.
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how come it take battery's so long to charge when electricity moves so fast ?
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the voltage difference determinmes how quickly the electrons move into the battery and perform the chemical reaction that allows it to act as a power source. as the battery comes closer to being fully charged, the differential decreases, slowing the process. additionally, wall and car outlets have a limited voltage for reasons both practical and conventional that limit the charging process. as has been mentioned the process is also exothermic, which can also limit charging speed, though in a home setting that's not much of an issue.
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Why does space rocket starting sequence takes so long?
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Here's a cooking analogy, offered in the hope that it helps: instead of thinking about trying to get your eggs and bacon to finish at the same time, try to imagine managing a team of chefs who are working together to deliver a fifty-course meal all together within a target interval measured in seconds. And, yes - there is a *huge* manual involved. Important moments? Let's see - onboard computers agree that it's safe to launch, transition from ground power to internal power, fuel storage and delivery systems within expected tolerances, various data links to ground systems are working properly, etc.
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What is a "Right to Work Law" and why are they a good/bad/neutral thing?
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Right to work laws are a way to bust unions. In the U.S., there's no such thing as a closed shop -- a person can be hired for work regardless of union membership . But if you get hired, in a non-RTW state, you can be required to join the union as a condition of employment. This is only fair, as the union is responsible for fighting for your rights and negotiating your wages and benefits whether you join or not. In an RTW state, employees don't have to join the union if they don't want. This allows them to free ride on the union's work in negotiating good wages and benefits without contributing anything. It also makes the union less effective because they have to do the same amount of work but don't get paid as much.
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Why is the law to own a pistol 21, while to own a long gun is 18?
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Just a minor thing, but owning a handgun before 21 is OK in some states. It's a federal law that you can't purchase a handgun through a registered dealer before you're 21 ). A decent amount of states don't have laws against 18 year olds owning handguns though, so if they were gifted a handgun or if they bought one in a legal private non-FFL sale it's completely fine. They just can't buy one from a FFL.
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how are some people able to lose their foreign accents but others still have them after 30 years in the US?
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I think effort's a big part of it. My first Indian professor had been in the states for decades and his accent was so thick almost no one in the class could understand him. Learning had to be done outside of class. The one I have now is much more understandable . I also had a calc professor from China who is very careful and deliberate when he speaks English, and he's super easy to understand. You can tell that he puts a lot of effort into getting his point across.
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Why does Reddit hate Minus?
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It loads very slowly, worse on mobile but the reason people use it is because it can handle more data that imgur so that's the trade-off. I'm not a particular fan of minus but it could be the opposite and be a /r/shittytumblrgifs
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what would it be like if humans could see the full visible spectrum of light?
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You'd see semen and urine stains **everywhere**. I think you wouldn't really see new colors, but the traditional rainbow would expand into the infrared and ultraviolet. If that happened you would see things that are normally invisible, such as certain biological substances. Many creatures mark their territory with urine, which is mostly an odor cue, but it is thought that a more complex eye could see the mark in the way it shows up under a blacklight. So if your eye could see the whole spectrum, you would probably see loads of patterns in nature that were not visible before.
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Why are boy choirs more common than girl choirs?
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Women were barred in performing any types of music for the church until fairly recently. It's just tradition, at this point. Plus, men are able to sing at lower vocal ranges than women can.
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If I had a closed room with a light bulb, and turned that light bulb on, would the room indefinitely fill up with photons?
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A photon is more like a little package of energy, some of which is vibrating and pulsing at a frequency in the spectrum our eyes are able to sense. It isn't physical matter. It is more an energetic potential.
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I am new here and don't know if this has been asked already but ELI5: why America funds so many countries with different things when their own country is going through so much trouble?
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We aren't in that much trouble and we're still number one with the biggest military and many many allies.
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why do animals especially dogs and cats seem to have the same physical characteristics?
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I think the mistake you're making is comparing your Labrador to other Labradors. Dog breeds are reasonably analogous to ethnic or racial differences in humans because all dog breeds are a single species just as all human ethnicities fall into a single species. Obviously your lab doesn't look much like a pomeranian just as a Thai person doesn't look much like an Ethiopian. The same is true of cows cats or any really widespread animal though sometimes it will take a keener eye to notice the difference, just as its harder to notice differences between Danes and English people but there **are** differences. It comes down to when the closest common ancestor of the two groups lived. Black labs and golden labs have a close common ancestor while huskys and black labs are very removed from one another. Kenyans and Ethiopians have a close common ancestor but Kenyans and Swedes have a very distant common ancestor.
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How does the drinking game from Shanghai Noon (the movie) work.
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I'm not sure there *is* a rule here. In the last play, they perform exactly the same actions, but only Owen Wilson drinks.Love this movie and love that scene, would enjoy playing this in English
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out of everyone who uses reddit, how is every post so averaged out in upvotes and downvotes that its rare to see anything above 4000. How come there aren't more landslide upvoted posts?
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You don't see the real numbers of votes. Reddit fuzzes the numbers as a way to help stop spam and bots.
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Why in the world would people on ebay bid MORE than a gift card's value?
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These cards are less traceable because they didn't buy them directly although generally they'd buy prevaid visa cards on the darknet over TOR or a similar system I think. This is important if they want to buy a burner laptop for doing hacking or similar criminal or spy stuff or want to buy illegal goods.
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during hyperinflation, if someone hoards an obscene amount of money, say $1,000,000 and that has little value during hyperinflation, what happens to that amount once the economy stabilizes?
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My understanding is that at some point, the 'old cash' is replaced by 'new cash'. So anyone would recognize the those [leftover $100 Trillion bills] as the old currency, and was either traded for new currency or it would be deemed worthless all together.
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Why can't homeless elderly claim social security and medicare?
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You have to build up a certain number of 'credits' in order to qualify for retirement funding. If you've been unemployed a long time, you're basically hooped.
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Why does going outside to get some "fresh air" genuinely seem to help with headaches/feeling ill?
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Relevant wiki links: [Sick building syndrome] [Indoor air quality] Hope these help! These pages were really informative when I was researching plants to add to my office to improve air quality recently. Basically comes down to indoor air doesn't cycle through with fresh air frequently enough and allows for the buildup of not-so-nice chemicals, mold spores, and other respiratory tract irritants.You may have headaches from staring at the computer screen close to you, and going outside lets you look into the distance and relax your accommodation It may be that removing yourself from a stressful situation helps more than the air your breathing', "There are a wide range of indoor air quality problems that could be causing your headaches. > DO you have a sore throat, runny nose or watery, itchy eyes? Are you sneezing, coughing or wheezing? Does your head ache? Feeling tired and irritable? You may have picked up a bug from a friend, family member or co-worker. Or you may have gotten sick from your house. > ''People usually attribute these symptoms to a cold or a flu,'' said Andrew Port, director of indoor air quality for Environmental Waste Management Associates, a consulting company in Parsippany, N.J. ''But in a significant number of cases, these symptoms are indicative of either a problem with their heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system, or the presence of elevated concentrations of indoor air pollutants.'' _URL_2_ You may want to keep some windows open to air out your house. During the winter, I always open up doors and windows for about 20 minutes a few times a week. During the summer, I like to keep the air flowing throughout the house all day and night because I am also sensitive to mold, dust, and fumes from things like furniture.
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How do doctors perform 20+ hour surgeries? Don't they get mentally and physically exhausted?
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Ok so ex-surgery resident here. The vast majority of our cases don't go that long. Neurosurgery cases on the other hand can go that long, but surgeons take breaks and if they need to nap. However I've been in a few cases that have gone 8-10 hours, but these cases go this long because either something has really gone awry or the person has terrible anatomy. Also surgery residency trains you to power through anything despite you being dehydrated, hungry, and tired. Honestly though time flies when your having fun and you don't really notice it because of the immediate pressing issues at hand.
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Recently in class I heard a shoe squeaking in the hallway at the same time that someone was writing on the chalkboard...
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Chalkboard noises bother me because I don't like the sensation of chalk or writing on a chalkboard. It doesn't have a lot to do with the sound itself
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Why do my gums bleed when I floss?
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Going with the group here go see the dentist. If it's not causing pain it should be an easy fix, probably gingivitis. [Make sure you say it like this though]
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I'm addicted to cigarettes, but only when I've been drinking?
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Alcohol dilates your blood vessels, so the head rush hits you hard and strong. Being drunk in general makes drugs feel better . You inhibitions are also lowered, meaning you're more likely to do things you know aren't great for you.
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Why can we get electricity from wind on earth, but planes do not have small wind turbines to lower gas and electric costs?
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Some aircraft do, it's called a ram air turbine. This is not used in normal flight, since it's far more efficient to take power directly from the engines, but in the event of an engine failure the turbine can generate enough power to keep the most important systems running until the plane has landed. The energy to run this turbine comes from the gravitational potential energy of the aircraft as it loses altitude.
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If we all know people make money from ad clicks, why haven't all web users taken an approach to clicking a few extra ads just so there's more payouts for all?
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Well, probably not the answer you want to hear, but I've been mercilessly subjected to a never ending vomit of advertisements my entire life. 99.99% of the time it's for products / services I couldn't care less about. Religiously using AdBlock and dumping cable has a breath of fresh air. That being said, I wish I could better support my favorite websites, blogs, podcasts, etc, etc -- I'll click on a few ads for you.
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Why do cats go crazy and run around wildly from room to room for no obvious reason?
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I'd love to see what happens when a cat gets thrown into a laser tag arena. I'm convinced it'd blow up.
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Why do we measure speed by the hour instead of minutes?
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> the speedometer shows me that I'm driving 1 kilometer per minute rather than 120 Km/h True ELI5: When you grow up, you go to school and will learn how to do easy math. The point is that this is the unit which is most useful in real life. And if time was metric, we could do conversions a lot more easily.Here are a few of the speeds near my house, and the counterpart in miles per minute 10 MPH = .1666 25 MPH = .41666 40 MPH = .6666 55 MPH = .91666 60 MPH = 1 Much easier to read and understand the first columnwell we could also use the basic measurement of speed in physics: m/s . But I think we use km/h because of convenience and because switching to another unit would be quite difficult.> my friends that I'll arrive to his house If he's your friend, you should know how long it takes to get there following the standard speed limits. Besides, you can't judge based on your speed at the moment, because you have to slow down and speed up. Even stop for traffic lights. If he's your friend, he's not going to be upset over a difference of a few minutes; unless he needs to hide a body. In which case, he should tell you so you've got time to get a shovel and tarp.Calculations in physics tend to use metres per second anyway, converting where needed. This is because the metre and the second are fundamental SI units. A quick conversion: 1 m/s = 3.6 km/h, so 20 m/s = 72 km/h = ~45 mphBecause using fractions or decimals is not very quick at communicating speed of travel. Neither is minutes. Most people travel for longer than an hour.
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I'm a lurker - please explain reddit karma
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In simple terms, Karma is like money except you can't spend it. You can't get enough of it, it is great to have but you can't do anything with it.
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Why are some people very photogenic, and some people just aren't (even though they may be very good-looking in person)?
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There was a really great response to a post awhile back where a photographer explained what it meant for someone to have a good side, and how Harrison Ford, even though he was very ruggedly handsome, has a 'bad' side due the assymetricality of his face. It was very interesting but I don't know where it is.A camera takes a photo 2 dimensionally, unlike how we view 3 dimensionally. It's how you can get [forced perspective] photos that would be otherwise difficult to see with both eyes. Basically, a camera "sees" differently than how you see. Even if a person is good looking in person, their features may get "flattened out" in a photography, making them look unappealing. Certain face shapes and bone structure will photograph better because it won't get lost in the image. There's probably someone else who can explain this a lot better than I can, but this is the gist I know and I hope it helps! I may also be wrong about a few things, for which I apologize for in advance.When looking at people in real life, you're looking at a constantly moving object, but a photo captures one frame of that. Statistically, you look better in the 100 frames that you see IRL than 1 photo. Also, your brain looks for symmetry when looking at things in real life, but photos are 2D, and so a lot of the features that stand out and make a person hot in real life aren't shown well in photographs, making the person lose their best features.
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Why aren't blimps and zeppelins more popular?
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The Hindenburg disaster scared people away from airships. Soon afterwards, planes became cost effective. There just aren't many jobs an airship does cheaper or better than other forms of transportation.
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If a nuclear missile is shot down from the sky, say several miles above a large city, what would happen to the city below?
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Missile parts would fall from the sky There would be no nuclear detonation, they're wayyyy harder to detonate than a normal bomb because if everything doesn't go perfectly you just get a dirty bomb", 'Similar events have happened already many times. Read here: _URL_0_
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Why can't cashiers in America sit down?
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It's seen as being lazy, or that you aren't working as hard if you're sitting down, so you have to stand up incase someone decides to complain that you weren't working hard enough. Makes no sense.
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If Rio de Janeiro is so screwed up with crime, corruption and waste and yet is still having the olympics anyway, could the olympians just not participate?
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All olympians can choose whether they want to partake in the events or not. It's a matter of weighing up the pros and cons, an athlete may be in the greatest form of their life with odds in there favour for success. Alternatively it may be the only or last time the athlete will compete and refusing todo so could affect his/her reputation.
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why aren't we investing in engines that run on hydrogen?
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Another problem that hasn't been solved is storing hydrogen. I'm not saying that a canister of hydrogen is any more dangerous than a tank of gas - either way, you get in a car accident, you have fuel leak and fire concerns. No, the biggest problem with storing hydrogen is that the atom is so small, it can escape the walls of any container. You can super cool it to liquid to slow it down, but not stop it. You can put it in a thicker canister to slow it down, but not stop it. And the higher the canister pressure, the faster you'll lose containment. It's actually a big problem for NASA for their hydrogen/oxygen rockets - they have absolutely massive reservoirs for hydrogen which they keep hooked up to their rockets up until the last moments, *after* the engines are lit, constantly pumping hydrogen fuel into the rocket. There is ongoing research to find a way to trap the hydrogen in weak bonds, say, in activated charcoal, to be released on demand through some means. Solid storage like this can actually store more hydrogen than liquid hydrogen canisters.
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Why is widespread use of antibiotics breeding antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but widespread use of refrigerators isn't breeding cold-resistant bacteria?
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All the top comments here seem to miss a big point; Use of antibiotics is **NOT** breeding resistant bacteria. **--IMPROPER--** use of antibiotics is. Here's what happens; 1. You get sick and go to the doctor2. The Doctor prescribes you antibiotics.3. You're supposed to take them for 5 weeks, but you FEEL better after 3 weeks, so you stop taking them.4. Because you stopped early, there are still bacteria left that you didnt let the medicine kill.5. These remaining bacteria are now able to recover, grow, reproduce, and develop a RESISTANCE to the particular antibiotic you were using. Enough people do this enough times and viola; Antibiotic resistant bacteria. Basically, because you exposed them to the antibiotic, but didnt kill all of them, the ones that survive are able to come up with better ways to resist the antibiotics, and pass that on as they reproduce. So now, you get sick all over again, only this time, the antibiotics you used before dont WORK anymore! This also allows the bacteria a greater chance to spread to other people, where the process of improper antibiotic use may or may not be repeated. Enough people do this and we end up with stronger and stronger bacteria, and need stronger and stronger drugs to take care of them. **TL;DR: IF YOUR DOCTOR SAYS TO USE ANTIBIOTICS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, FOLLOW HIS GODDAMN DIRECTIONS AND DONT STOP TAKING THEM EARLY BECAUSE YOU WILL KILL US ALL.**
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Why does water conservation not address humans consuming water rather than running faucets or showers?
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When you drink it, you later pee or sweat it out and it returns to the water filtration plant or the environment. It is not lost. Plus, we must drink water to live so that doesn't count as waste. You can shower once a week and be fine, but you can't drink water once a week and survive. Third, we couldn't waste much by drinking it . Carelessly leave the shower running and you can waste a couple gallons of water. But you can't accidentally drink two gallons.
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Why, after flipping a coin to decide something, do we then flip the coin back over again onto the back of our hand before revealing?
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Assuming flipping a coin has a 50/50 chance for coming up heads/tails, doing one last flip is irrelevant to the outcome. In the 50% heads comes up, you'll flip to tails, and in the 50% tails comes up, you'll flip to heads. This leaves us with the same 50/50 as before.
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Would a refrigerator act like a heater if placed outside in subzero temperatures?
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No, because the box inside is controlled to mauntain a upper limit of temperature by cycling equipment on, and a lower limit by cycling it off But i digress. Because the exterior environment is colder than the minimum temperature, it would simply not bring on the equipment. Moreover - it would probably be too cold for the equipment to start, from the oil being too think or due to a low ambient temperature kit. This is not accurate for absorption RV units, though. My *guess* is they don't really use them differently much at all for regular storage in very cold places, but very likely **do** have some special units to maintain samples and medicine temperatures that could be more advanced for maintaining specific temperatures and humidities.No, it would not. A refrigerator is a *heat pump* that takes heat from inside and throws it out. It will work extra efficiently at this cooling task in a cold environment -- until the environment gets *so* cold that the equipment stops working.
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why sometimes after swallowing larger pills it feels like the pill is still in your throat.
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Don't swallow pills with water. I take several large calcium supplements daily, doctor's orders. It's easy for them to get stuck when swallowed with water. I've found a much more comfortable way is to take a bite of food, chew it until I'm ready to swallow, put the pills in my mouth and swallow it all. I promise you, this discovery is akin to learning to open bananas upside down.The reason the pill feels like it's still stuck there is because the esophagus can only really send one message to the brain - "something's in me!" So if you bruise the esophagus on the way down by not being relaxed enough when you're swallowing, then the nerves will just keep sending that signal that there's something stuck there when, in fact, it's passed through to the stomachI just want to point out that this sensation occurs at the other end of the GI tract as well. When I have a massive poo, it still feels like its in there, even after I waited another 5-10 minutesOne time I had a pizza crust stuck in my throat for like 3 days. Those were good times.
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If Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of Murder, the crime he was being charge with, how was he found guilty of Culpable Murder, a completely different crime?
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Certain offences 'automatically' import lesser closely related offences when brought to trial. This usually involves offences that are really closely related in their nature. For example assault occasioning grievous bodily harm would usually automatically allow a court to also consider the lesser 'assault occasioning actual bodily harm' charge. When someone is indicted for Murder, the lesser homicide charges are 'automatically' brought in. There's no need to specifically charge the person with them. Obviously this doesn't mean the person can be convicted of all of these offences for the same incident. It just means that if the more serious charge isn't satisfied, the court can go on to consider the lesser ones. The reason they are automatic? It's generally common sense. Murder/Manslaughter/culphomicide are all based on the same offence element . It makes sense that an accused must avoid conviction from all those offences when they kill someone.
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How did humans keep their teeth from rotting out before the toothbrush was invented?
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the 'toothbrush' was invented a long time ago. People have been rubbing sticks and leavesagainst their teeth since forever
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Why do I, along with a lot of people I know, find it far more natural and convenient studying from printed papers rather than from a computer screen?
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Because the screen is constantly shining light at you, your eyes are actually just seeing a bright rectangle. While you can recognise the words, your brain isn't registering them as well as printed material where only the white space is shining back at you.
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Why did the Concord stop flying ?
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The Concorde was never a financial success. It cost as much as a 747 to operate, with a third of the passengers. And when you figure all the non-flight time involved in door-to-door travel across the Atlantic, it wasn't that much faster, you are still going to waste most of your day in transit. Finally, because of the sonic booms, it could only travel at full speed over the ocean. Then in 2000, Air France flight 4950 hit some debris on the runway during takeoff, ruptured a fuel tank, and wound up crashing into a hotel. Over 100 people died. The Concorde was grounded for a while, and by the time it returned to service, 9/11 happened, result in a decrease in air travel. The airplane was also badly outdated and due for a major upgrade. British Airways and Air France instead decided to pull the plug at that point.
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Why are (domestic) cat's noses so much stronger than people's, when a cat has a nose the size or a dime, and ours is the size of a pepperoni?
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Bucksalty is correct. The cat's nose is more like a crazy straw where it is folded over and the air has more space to travel over. Our nose would be more like a toilet paper tube, that even though the passage way is larger, it has less room for smell sensors because it is more of a straight shot.
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If I stream a 3.5MB song versus download it to my computer. Is the data usage exactly the same?
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Should be the same size, that's if the source file is the same size. As for movies that depends on the quality of the video because it could be streaming is 480p, 720p, 1080p and might drop resolution depending on your internet capabilities vs a straight download of an HD 1080p video. At least that's my understanding of it
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Why is there a 'j' sound when you pronounce the word 'module'?
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ch", and "j" . Because the sound has become a voiced fricative, it is realized as the voiced fricative from this area of articulation, /ʒ/. However, in the word "module*, this sound is preceded by /d/. And English likes to join /d/ and /ʒ/ into one sound, which we write "j". This form of stop plus fricative is known as an "affricate". So the stop and the fricative are joined into one affricate, causing the speaker to say "j". We can observe this pattern in some other words. Some people pronounce "assume" as [əˈʃuːm], because in this case, the /j/ becomes a fricative, becomes palato-alveolar, is devoiced due to the neighbouring /s/ lacking voice, and then the two simply elide into one /ʃ/Simply put, it is a natural slurring of D followed by Y when said with little care or rapidly. The D and Y blend into a J because the way the tongue moves is very similar. People tend to "round off" a lot of speech in such a way. In this case, you're just letting the D be less explosive. "Would you.." turns into "Woulja " for example.Not an explanation, but another word that comes to mind is adroit is easy to slur into ajroit. It seems that when D gets lazy it becomes j. I'm not site if this is one, but there are standard changes in pronunciation like this that happen predictably over time and is one way linguists trace back rough time frames as to when languages diverge.
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If humans and dolphins are the only mammals that procreate for fun, why does my dog hump my leg?
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Most mammals definitely enjoy sex. It's kind of nature's incentive to get them to procreate. The animal that enjoys sex is more likely to reproduce so there is a selective pressure for orgasm. Many mammals have mating seasons, which makes people think they don't enjoy sex or don't have recreational sex. But really reproducing at certain times of the year just ensures the best chances of offspring survival. So there is also a selective pressure to only want sex during the right season. But at least mammals definitely enjoy the act, and probably all orgasm.Just for the record, you seem to think "procreate" means "have sex". In fact it means "create offspring" so your question, taken literally, doesn't make much sense.Assuming you meant engaging in sexual acts for fun rather than procreating, I'm pretty sure Bonobos also have sex for fun. Bonobos are definitely mammals- myth busted? Edit: This doesn't actually answer the question so i redirect thine to /u/onefifthavenue and /u/Opee23", 'Many mammals procreate for different reasons. Not just for producing offspring. Bonobos and several other social mammals have sex to solve conflicts, show dominance or to strengthen bonds between individuals in the group. Your dog humping your leg can have different reasons. It can be a show of dominance, just playing, excitement or, in rarer cases, a lack of socialisation and nobody showing it the right behavior. In most cases its just playing and nothing serious, if he does it very excessively you could try to discourage him from doing itAll animals feel the need to procreate, but not for pleasure. An animal is considered successful by the amount of babies that they have and raise to adulthood or sexual maturity. Animals will try and procreate with just about anything in order to try and be successful.
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Why is mint the go to flavor for toothpaste, mouthwash, etc?
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My kids toothpaste is different flavors like orange, bubblegum, etc and I think they taste awful. Not sure when mint comes into the equation, when they get a bit older I'd imagine. Perhaps the flavor is too strong for many young palettes? Idk. Interesting question though sometimes standards maintain for CPG, other times they evolve from marketing campaigns to capture the desired demographic.The aroma of the herb activates the\xa0salivary glands\xa0in our mouth Improving the health of a person’s mouth is a well-known benefit of mint. Since it has germicidal qualities and quickly freshens breath, it adds to oral health by inhibiting harmful bacterial growth inside the mouth and by cleaning the tongue and teeth. This is why, mint used to be rubbed directly on the teeth and gums to refresh the mouth and eliminate dangerous forms of growth. In modern times, for the same reason, mint is one of the most common elements in toothpaste, mouthwashes, and other dental hygiene products. Of course, the easiest way to get these results is to simply chew on the leaves. _URL_0_
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Why do mobile networks in US restrict data usage so much?
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On Verizon's new plans, you can get 20GB for $120/month, 30GB for $225/month, or 40GB for $300/month. This strikes me as odd, because the per GB price of data gets more expensive if you choose a larger data plan. Usually I'd expect the opposite - buy in bulk, get a better price.
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Why are tech giants vastly overcharging Aussie's for their software?
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The simple answer is Because they can.It was normal to tack on additional fees for physical media which had additional distribution costs and somehow this continued for electronic media. And they got away with it.ITunes was a big bully in this regard. Purely digital content cost more in Australia. No additional costs, just interwebs.The claimed reasons are things like Aussies earn more, thus things cost more.Licensing costs more to licence things in AUS.Exchange rates.Cost of doing business in AUS. But the main reason is that they charge what the market will bear. If they can sell it for X+y, they will.Colloquially known as the Australia tax. Things like Netflix - They actually licenced OITNB to Foxtel. So when they opened Netflix Australia they didn't own the rights to screen their own show there. This is one example, but itunes, Photoshop, steam etc are just all hocum
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When I scratch a cat or dog's "sweet spot," am I tickling them or relieving an itch that they weren't able to scratch?
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As long as I'm scratching my cat he has to lick something. I'm pretty sure it's involuntary, but he seems to enjoy it.What decides where the dogs or cats like soft spots?
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What makes a stick shift different than an automatic other than manually shifting the gears? Is there anything better/worse about it?
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The actual mechanical differences underlying them is that manuals use a synchronous transmission, consisting of two axles with gears of different ratios meshed. The gears are fixed to one shaft, but the other is free spinning, and a selector locks a specific gear to the second shaft to engage that gear. You use the clutch to let the 2 axles change relative speeds to match the new ratio when changing gears. Autos use planetary transmissions, which consist of a centre gear, a ring of gears attached to a hub and an outer ring gear . Different ratios are selected by locking different parts of the gear assembly, such as the hub or the middle gears on the hub. This assembly is repeated sequentially to get more ratios. Instead of a clutch, autos use a torque converter, which uses hydraulic fluid flow instead of something more like brakes. It's worthwhile noting that many autos can be driven manually, but because they use a torque converter you still don't have to manage the clutch. Sources/details: _URL_1URL_0_
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What are the side effects of having a currency with a real, fixed value? Is such a thing even possible?
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Basically if you tied your currency to something then it is stuck. Lets say you tied it to gold. Now the only way possible for your country to be worth more money is to buy/mine more gold. No other production counts in growing your economy. It is purely how much gold exists within your borders. You want more money you mine more gold. And how is that useful? gold isn't a really practical metal. In fact it was first used as currency precisely because it wasn't practical for much else. It is much better for your economy to be based on the value of all goods then fixed to a single good.
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What is anxiety and depression? Are they related to eachother?
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I can't speak for depression, but anxiety is essentially excessive, irrational fear. It can range from mild discomfort/ a general feeling of unease to full blown panic attacks. The easiest way to describe a panic attack is having complete confidence that everything is going wrong, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Usually panic attacks are triggered by something but there doesn't have to be. Essentially, it all comes down to how much control you perceive to have.
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What is the gold star on people's comment?
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Gold is reddits way of paying for server time.. You could use it for certain perks eg. New comment highlighting, remembering links you've visited across computers, and notifications when you're mentioned in the comments. More Info at _URL_0_", 'Where do you purchase it? Sorry for the dumb questionThe money goes towards helping reddit stay running.
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Is there any, AT ALL, even if its just an idea in science, a way to REVERSE ENTROPY?
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Well, if you don't mind that it's even just a pie in the sky idea Isaac Asimov wrote a short story about asking a computer that very question. It's called *The Last Question* . It seems like a story you might enjoy. Sorry. I know nothing about physics, but a little bit about books. I'll just show myself out
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. Why is the mustard pack at most fast food restaurants see through in the back when the mayo and the ketchup packets are not see through.
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I'm pretty sure it's because mustard can go bad in the packs and you need to be able to see it to tell before you open it. Source: One time I was in my friend's car and he had a packet of mustard in the cupholder and I asked where he found mustard that color, he looked at it, told me it was bad, then threw it out the window.
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How does a voltage divider actually work?
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The derivation isn't too complicated. Assuming you're talking about the circuit element, let's take the more physics based approach rather than, say, nodal analysis. We have a voltage supplier of 10 volts, and two resisters of resistance R. The total current in the circuit is 10/; this just comes from ohm's law, V = IR. The voltage drop from the first resister is 10/ * R, then. The voltage drop across the second resister must be 10 - 10/ * R. From here, we have the voltage potential at the second resister to be 10 * R/, which is the voltage divider formula.
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The TurboTax hack and how it may affect someone who has filed through them recently.
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I don't understand how the people who are filing the false claims get paid. I understand they are filling in other peoples' information but wouldn't the check written to them be in the original owner's name? Or if they got them directly deposited, they could track these bank accounts and freeze them?
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how $2 automated car washes make money?
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By having overhead and materials that cost less than $2 per wash. The consumables for a car wash are pretty cheap, as it's mostly water.You know what type of [people] have car washes?Now you know how.
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Why did the western world make such a big deal about helping Libya but not Syria?
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Lotta good answers. I'll add a small fact I heard on NPR. Most of what NATO did in Libya was provide air support. This meant NATO jets were flying all over Libya. For this to happen NATO had to destroy Libya's antiaircraft weapons. The first NATO attacks on Libya were designed to destroy Libya's ability to defend against planes. Once that was done NATO could basically fly, and attack, where ever they wanted. Syria, according to some dude on NPR, has much much much better antiaircraft defenses. A Libya style NATO attack would be much more dangerous for NATO pilots. And more expensive. I agree with what everyone else said about the political situations, but this has an impact too.
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Why are urbanized birds such as pigeons and geese not scared of humans, but birds such as seagulls and crows are?
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Some birds like Pigeons and Geese are used to having humans around and they have become used to it. Also they know humans usually have food on them so they've learned to tolerate our presence. However most pack/herd animals are scared of humans because we are predators. They will fly away from any animal that has two forward looking eyes. Forward looking eyes give us binocular vision that allows predators to judge distance, this a common trait among all predatoral creatures. It depends on the environment the bird is in, in a city Pigeons are well adapted to having humans around and know that mostly, they won't be harmed and can normally get a bite to eat from people sat on a park bench. Geese are the same since they have been adapted to Farms. Wild geese may have a different response. But in general, Birds, Horses, Cows, Sheep and other prey animal are wary of animals that look like a predator.
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Why do judges sentence people to, for example a 10 year sentence, when the criminal will often be released earlier than that? Why not just set a shorter sentence?
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I've always thought of it in terms of the carrot and the stick. They dangle the carrot with the possibility of getting out early as an incentive for good behaviour while in jail. If you don't behave well, then then use the stick and keep you in jail the entire time.if theyre good, you can release them early and its fine. but if you give them a light sentence and he is not good, you cant just extend it all willy nilly
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Why is Internet Explore a terrible web browser?
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By 2001, Windows XP had been released, and IE6 was bundled with it. It became the dominant browser by 2002, with like 90% of market share. It was a mess of a browser, it never followed web standards and was extremely insecure. Microsoft had a monopoly over the browser market so they had no incentive to change anything. People hated it but couldn't do much considering everyone used it. When Firefox was released in 2004, and Chrome in 2008, IE was obviously forced to change itself, but the stigma was there forever for IE. By the time IE11 came out, it was a pretty capable browser, but no one wanted to use it because of IE6. That's why Microsoft released Edge with Windows 10 too.
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What is the net lifetime advantage to working out?
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Working out is fun and I eat whatever I want. This just sounds like you justifying not exercising and eating healthy to yourself, which is fine if you don't want to do it.
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Why Americans use drywall instead of concrete and bricks to build houses in areas prone to natural disasters?
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Concerete and bricks are *a lot* more expensive than drywall, and aren't immune to damage from natural disasters, either.
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What's it like to trip on LSD?
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I want to know! Always been curious but afraid to try myself .Better answers will be found at r/psychonaut as well as archives of written experiences at _URL_0_.It's all sharp and pointy, round and fast. It feels like: ZAZAZAZAZAZA! WOOSH!
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If weed is so much less harmful than cigarettes on what basis was it made illegal and where does all the negative stigma about weed appear from?
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[One of Nixon's aides later admitted that the war on drugs was created to target groups Nixon considered political enemies- anti war hippies and black people.] By criminalizing their drugs of choice he had a new way to silence dissenters. Not the only reason it's still illegal but part of why this whole mess began
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Why do we have a permanent human presence in ISS, and want one for mars, but not for moon?
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I'm no expert but let me try to answer this question the best I can. Mars is the preferred over the moon for an extraterrestrial colony because of several reasons - It has an atmosphere. The moon doesn't. Mars's rotational cycle is around 24 hr 40 min, which is pretty close to an Earth day. This means that our plants will find it easier to adjust. If we want a permanent colony on an off-world rock, a launch facility is a must. Mars is rich in iron and the atmosphere is filled with carbon dioxide and oxygen-which can be used to produce rocket fuel. I'm not a native English speaker so I apologize for any grammatical errors.
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Why is English the default language in the world?
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Britain planted the seed by establishing it's empire all across the planet leaving very few countries untouched. After the empire disintegrated, United States continued to spread English with it's strong economy and huge immigration. The internet pretty much sealed the deal as English became the international language of business.I have no data but I 've always thought the main reason was that while many languages have been the language of trade, English happened to be the "common" one when communications technology knitted us all together. Go forward 100 years it'll be must English and Mandarin I betThe British Empire was the largest empire in history. As an English speaking country, all of the territories it claimed became prominently English speaking as well. The Spanish Empire had similar influences, as can be seen in large swathes of Central and South America.
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Why do some companies rely on sweatshops, wouldn't automation be cheaper and more consistant?
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> wouldn't automation be cheaper and more consistant? Sometimes it is, so the process is automated. In clothing for instance, processing the cotton into fabric is automated because it's cheaper and makes a better product. The actual sewing of the fabric isn't automated because workers in Bangladesh are cheaper.
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Why is Daylight Savings Time still a thing??
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Well, living in Toronto, I'm pretty happy for it.In the winter, I don't like to find myself walking to school in darkness, and in the summer a super-early sunrise doesn't feel great either.I feel that CGPGrey did an excellent job explaining what daylight saving and the issues that come with it. [Video Here]
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Why are teachers paid so poorly when everyone seems to agree they are deserving of much larger salaries?
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Unfortunately, not every agrees that. If they did, it actually would happen - it's entirely within our public power to increase taxes and pay teachers more. A slim majority of the population, however, believes that government employees are over paid and that teachers' unions are selfish. They're wrong, but they're the majority, and it's why all unions, especially government employees, are suffering.I think it is largely an American issue. Here in Canada, teachers get paid very well with excellent benefits. Same in the Nordic countries. It may have to do with the stength of labour unions in Canada compared to the US, or it may have more to do with the public being more willing to spend tax dollars on public education.Because people who teach don't do it for the money. They do it because they think it will be a job they will enjoy. So demand is met for the amount of teachers they are looking for now at that salary, so there is no reason to pay them more.Because the federal and state governments in the United States would rather spend our $ on things like "Defense" rather than education. Pretty much the politicians in charge care more about their own bank accounts than teachers or kids. This is a very crude approximation but it's true.
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Why do concept cars always look way better than their production model
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Concept cars are the automotive equivalent of those crazy outfits you see at fashion shows. They exist to showcase design themes, color schemes, patterns, etc. They're not supposed to be your daily driver, just like nobody is ever going to wear those crazy outfits on the street. They establish the design language for the upcoming season/model year.Concept cars are hand built out of the best material out there. When it comes time to make the Mass produced parts, they make them out of material that would make the car affordable for the masses. Concept are also built on existing chassis, where the final product is made on its own chassis. Hope that helps
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Why do dreams feel like they are an hour long when only a few minutes have really passed?
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Hmm I always feel as if it's the other way around Dreams feeling like a few minutes when it's actually hours.
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My doctor just told me that I shouldn't eat Subway because their food is highly processed, especially their bread. What does this mean?
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It means you should find a new doctor that doesn't follow the Food Babe like it is actual science.
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Unless there is a manufacturing defect with a product causing it to injure someone, why would someone sue a gun manufacturer?
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I assume you're talking about the lawsuits from the late '90s and early '00s where some cities sued some gun manufacturers. The cities claimed that the manufacturers should have done a better job tracking their weapons and that the manufacturers negligently supplied shops that they should have known were selling a lot of guns that were used in crime. Essentially, the plaintiffs argued that a reasonable manufacturer of a deadly weapon would avoid supplying the weapons to merchants who did business with criminals. Congress then passed a law that protected gun sellers from being sued for the unlawful or criminal use of firearms or ammo, with a few exceptions. The exceptions mostly involve knowingly selling guns that the seller knows will be used in a crime and selling guns in violations of other statutes. So if you sell a gun to a felon or sell one to your friend to protect himself during a drug deal, then you can still get sued.
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Why is it considered inappropriate to ask someone how much their home is worth?
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It's considered a social faux pas in some circles. Interestingly my friend happily divulged his net worth recently, though I had some vague idea as he hinted at it before. IMHO it does more harm than good and so that may be why people shy from the following topics when in social company: **money, religion and politics** One reason to avoid mentioning it is privacy - divulging rent is pretty harmless as it typically normalizes in the same area but once you start factoring in that it is typically the highest chunk / highest valued asset in many people's portfolios, giving away house value or mortgage amount gives a pretty accurate description of their finances. Own a mortgage of x dollars in this neighborhood, where historically the price is x dollars, appreciating at y dollars, and you can figure out what your friends are worth. Then out comes the layperson criticism, requests for money, and so forth. Not worth the hassle.
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How does Internet/bandwidth "cost" an ISP money?
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It is not the bandwidth itself that costs money. However, what does cost money is the infrastructure that is put into place to supply the bandwidth, maintenance of that infrastructure, lawyers to comply with FCC regulations , employees to fix things when they fail, employees to help you fix things on your end when you can't get internet, monitor traffic flow etc. So by buying bandwidth, its not the bandwidth that's costing money. It's the system required to get the bandwidth to you reliably.ISPs have to maintain their equipment. Keep their security up. If there is a fiber cut and thousands of people lose their Internet connection, workers have to be paid to repair it. So there is labor costs and parts costs associated with that repair.
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Why are cats so terrified of water?
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Body temperature- a cat's body temperature is higher than a human's, and their lower body mass means they have less temperature to lose. Because of this, pleasant water to you is cold to a cat- the cold water is unpleasant at best, and could dangerously lower core body temperature at worst. Their fur is also not set op like, say, an otter's fur Since most water a cat encounters is cool water at room temperature or outside temperature, they associate water with unpleasant sensations. you might notice that there are videos of cats enjoying water, like in baths- in these cases, the water is usually warm, and accommodates their higher core body temperature, so feels pleasant to them.
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Why do other countries NOT have something like the European Union?
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They do. There's the African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Caribbean Community, Union of South American Nations, etc. The Arab League will probably develop in to something similar to the EU too.
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If a country is at war and another government blows up your property, what is your remedy?
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Even if insurers provided you coverage for war time loses, their total loses would be so high that they would be unable to pay out without government intervention. Therefore, at the end of the day, it is likely up to the government as to whether your home would be covered as they would need to bail out the insurers.
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Is there a reason most fast food places have the colors red and yellow? Like McDonald's, Carl's Jr, In N Out Burger, etc.
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During infancy, babies only see in shades of grey for the first week or so. The next colors they see are red and yellow. The blue and violet end of the spectrum develop last. [Source] The red and yellow signs hit our primal instincts. At this point I'm speculating that there's a correlation between an infant's ability to see red and yellow and its desire for nourishment. Bonus: Tool's [Lateralus] - Lyrics: Black then white are all I see, in my infancy. Red and yellow then came to be. Reaching out to me. Lets me see. Extra Bonus: Those lyrics are done in fibonacci numbers when sung in meter.
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How is Bernie Sanders' free tuition plan a success when all of the affected citizens are currently below the voting age?
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Amazing that you totally discounted the people who would pay for this and didn't include them as the affected.
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