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How can Germany afford to give everyone in the world the right to study for free at their universities?
They don't. While everyone who gets accepted to a German university will study for free, they'll just only accept a small number of people.
Why do some people shake their legs when sitting down? What are the benefits?
I've seen it here explained before as blood pooling in your lower legs is not moving around as much as your heart would like it to, and instead of stressing the heart further, the brain just sends some signals to the leg instead to get things moving.
what's all this craze around coconut oil, and is it really that good for you?
My barber decided to be a dermatologist and diagnose my scalp with psoriasis and told me to use coconut oil on my hair , I had an incredible amount of dandruff it was pretty disgusting so I did that but all it took was 1 use of head and shoulders and all my dandruff disappeared. Pro-tip: if your a barber, please don't diagnose people with medical conditions", 'Might as well add that I use it to make lotions and stuff at work. Interesting stuff to work with, and it apparently adds a bit of a nice feel. The pure stuff feels rather light, though.Nobody seems to have said this yet. Put it on your sunburns and stay inside for a day or 2. It'll stop the stinging and heal it. Staying inside because it is oil and will make you burn faster if you leave it on
Why do police touch the back of a car they are pulling over?
It is to help track down the car in case something happens, such as it drives away or the driver kills the officer. It was stated before the invention of the dash cam, or the body cam, and is still used as a backup in case either of those aren't sufficient enough. I've also seen it explained that it is done to make sure the trunk is shut in the very unlikely circumstance that an accomplice is in there.
What's so special about Coca Cola that made it so widespread?
Coca Cola is a huge company! There are a lot of drinks owned by coke and you would never even know it. _URL_3_ I'm sure their ability to swallow up the competition along with 100 or so years of industry ties keeps them one of the most popular.Am I the only one who find coca cola not that terribly good as advertised? Sometimes, I have regrets an the feeling of disappointment for ordering it with my meals.In some countries water isn't safe to drink, so bottles of coke are popular because they can be cheaper than bottled water and won't make you ill.I thought what really pushed Coca Cola to world-wide status was its inclusion in the food sent with soldiers during war overseas, especially World War II.
Do babies from surrogate mothers end up with that surrogate's DNA/genetics?
[I found this:] A woman who carries someone else's baby contributes very little, if any, DNA to the child. This is because the child already has its DNA from its mom and dad. Also, the baby's own blood passes through its body – not the blood of its surrogate mom. However, there is a possibility that some DNA could be transferred from the woman to the fetus that she is carrying. And vice versa, from the child to the mother. This exchanged DNA will have almost no effect. At most, it will be a few cells hiding out amongst the trillions of original cells of the child. Too few cells of the surrogate mother are passed to the child for them to actually pass on any of her characteristics or affect the child in any significant way. Remember – a child's DNA comes from two places. Half comes from its mother and half from its father. But in this article, we're talking about changes in DNA that happen during pregnancy – while the child is developing. So, all of what I talk about is true for both mothers carrying their own child, as well as for surrogate mothers carrying the child of another woman.
How Norton Antivirus is still a best-selling product, despite constant negative attention from the tech community?
It's because it comes pre-installed on almost every computer you buy. People don't want to buy anti virus so they use Nortons free trail. Their numbers are probably inflated because of this.
how a flipping a coin is NOT a 50/50 scenario?
[This] cracked article explains it. There is a better chance that the coin will land on the side that it starts on. So let's say you put your coin heads up on your thumb and flip it. > As it turns in the air, heads will be facing up as many or more times as tails, but never less. Tails, on the other hand, will be facing up as many or fewer times as heads, but never more . This actually only accounts for a two percent difference in chance: 51% for the side originally facing up and 49% for the side facing down. Still close to 50/50 but not exactly. Notice this explanation has nothing to do with the weight of the coin, as described by commenter Amarkov, but rather the bias built into the original set up of the coin flip. Now, if you were to flip the coin in a way that didn't have this bias, then Amarkov's explanation is pretty much it as it.
How will NASA get landers off planets with thick atmosphere like Venus?
Yes, we would. Launching from Venus would be *extremely* hard, even without the engineering challenges of getting any sort of workable rocket to the surface in the first place. I don't think there are any serious plans to launch anything off Venus directly, although there is an upshot - it's very easy to use a balloon to fly on Venus.
How do you board a plane. Seriously.
Not so much a boarding tip but if you're at all nervous about flying/nervous in general I thought I'd give you a heads up that when planes take off and land they are loud. Like seriously loud. What you may have seen in movies is so much quieter than real life. When you're in a plane and it takes off it is deafening. This is normal. I mention this because I am of a nervous disposition and if someone had warned me of this before my first flight I would have panicked much less.
What's the difference between underwater pressure and space pressure, and why haven't we explored the ocean as much as space?
In space, there's no pressure because space is basically a vast empty void with nothing in it. So, as we travel out of the atmosphere the pressure tapers off until it gets to zero. Underwater however, the deeper you get the more pressure you have, from all the water above you pushing down. It can get up to a thousand times more pressure than we get on the surface. So, that's one of the reasons why it's so hard to explore the oceans, because past a certain depth you need to build ludicrously reinforced vessels to resist the insane amounts of pressure. That also means things like windows, which are weak points in the vessel, need to themselves be ridiculously reinforced and it becomes very difficult to see out of them. The ocean is also dark. Light doesn't travel far, so unless you know exactly what you're looking for and where to look, it's basically a crapshoot as to what you're going to find. Finally, the only things of interest in the ocean are living creatures, which have a tendency to move. So, we either have to find a place where lots of these creatures congregate, hope we find stationary creatures, use lights to attract them, or sit there and hope they come to us. None of these methods are exactly fool proof and it's extremely likely that we miss out on a lot of goings on down in the deeps because of it.
How does a house electrical ground work? Are we just constantly pumping voltage through the earth?
Voltage doesn't flow. Picture electricity like water flowing through pipes. It flows from places with high pressure to places with low pressure. Ground is the place with low pressure. With DC you're constantly pushing water, or electrical current into the ground. With AC you're pulling and pushing water out of the ground. Of course we got things backwards and current is then flow of electrons, and in DC what really happens is the electrons are pulled out of ground and not pushed into it . But this is why you need a circuit. If you pull an electron from somewhere it's going to push the other electrons around. Those electrons need a place to come from and a place to go, a source and a sink. This is the function of ground, it's a place to pull electrons from and a place to go from. It acts like a giant tank of water we can always pump water out of or dump back in.
How can car dealerships on radio claim they'll accept payment from people with bad/no credit? Doesn't this destroy the idea altogether?
It's likely because they have already sold that car before. You come in with your down payment. This covers the dealers cost. The car has a low jack. You miss your first payment, the dealer sends the repo man, and he turns around and sells the car to someone else. This time the down payment is pure profit. They don't care about your credit, because they are banking on you screwing it up.This works by using stupidly high interest rates. Most normal people get 1 to 5 %. Those "We finance everyone!" shit holes give the poors rates closer to 23%. On 5 year loans etc. Then, when the customer defaults, they take the car and whatever other collateral was used, like property. And they may sell the debt to a collection agency, getting all their money backThey change ridiculously high interest rates, spread the risk around a large pool of borrowers, and will come get that thing if you miss 2 payments.
Why aren't there species of humans?
In true eli5 style:A species is a group of animals that can have children together. Lions and bears aren't the same species because they cant have children. But there isnt anything to stop people from having children so we are all the same species. ELI5 mode over There is also the stipulation that the ofspring must also be fertile. There is the interesting case where horses and donkeys can breed to make a mule, but mules are infertile. So horses and donkeys are, while they can breed, still different species. Also, the species, must choose to breed. There are bird varieties that conceivably could interbreed but never do because of their strict mating rituals that prevent birds of different songs from being attracted to each other.
Why we tend to have less friends as we grow older?
For me, my friends had different priorities than me and I grew up while they didn't. Also, many of them went to school in other places or got into relationships that absorbed them. It's hard to find time to have a large number of friends, go to school/work, have a relationship and make time for family. It's all about prioritizing and friends usually tend to make the bottom of that list. That's why I always try to have one weekend a month to catch up with friends and have drinks/fun time.We don't lose or make fewer friends as we grow older, we just have different standards, views, etc.So someone you hang out with at school a lot at age 10, you 'd probably label them as a friend. But someone you hang out with at school a lot at age 16, you 'd probably just label them as an acquaintance. Thus, you remember you 've had much more friends as a kid but in reality, your definition of "friend" has changed as you grew older.
How exactly does a military coup work?
The CIA station chief finds a group of officers, tells them the US will back them and aid them in the overthrow of their filthy leftist political bosses. Assures them they will be recognized and supported by the US once they've assumed power. Offers advice as to the timing and method, etc. have I left anything out?
How is tipping not considered subsidizing a restaurant's labor costs?
If you have seen the movie Reservoir Dogs, you'll see everyone [giving Mr. Pink shit for not wanting to tip]. Many people watching the movie think he's reasonable for having his opinion about tipping, but everyone the character is eating with gets mad and pressures him to leave a tip. Their arguments and desire to pressure Mr. Pink into doing what they're doing is exactly why tipping is commonplace in the U.S. We tip because we're expected to, and we're expected to because people have been doing it for a long time, and we've been doing it for a long time because we're expected to.
If the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen why did life develop to use carbon dioxide and oxygen rather than nitrogen?
As an interesting aside: Nitrogen atoms like each other. They *really* like each other, and want to form pairs, and stay together forever and ever. Keeping them separate by forcing them into other structures often *does not end well* because they will just break any bond, crush any structure, and not give a flying fuck about how much mayhem they create in the process, just to get back together, quickly and with great release of happiness and energy. And that is why *a lot* of explosives are basically rickety molecular scaffolding with the purpose of keeping a few nitrogen atoms just far enough to stay separate while they're in storage, but close enough to react as soon as a spark or a bit of heat gives them a slight push. This is why we got *nitro*glycerin, and tri-*nitro*-toluene . And why for example detecting nitrogen via portable spectroscopes is a possible strategy for identifying explosives in airport security.
Where does the extra go during a recession?
The biggest loss of 'extra' is just value - if everyone thinks an economy is going up in a city, for example, they add that expectation in the price. Real estate prices go up even if the buildings don't change. Recession hits, the buildings haven't changed at all, but expectations have, so the price of the building goes down . Suddenly demand goes down in minerals and other raw materials. Price is based on supply and demand. Supply hasn't changed, but the demand drops - so people have to cut prices to keep making sales, and total sales drop. The capability of the economy to produce is still there, but the actual production itself drops because businesses think less people will buy
Why don't we just use two or more different antibiotics, with different ingredients to kill off 100% of bacteria
Simplest answer: most bacteria is in no way harmful to you. A decent amount is actually helpful. If we killed off all bacteria, we'd lose our ability to digest food So even if we could, it would be a very bad idea. In other news, most forms of radiation are also harmless.
Reddit, can you explain to me the relationship between megapixels, resolution, and screen size?
I'd just like to point out that 720p is actually 1**2**80x720. Other than that, it was all explained: megapixels and resolution relate to the number of pixels regardless of display size, and screen size relates to the display size regardless of the pixel count. PPI is the relation between the two.
Why is it called alcoholics anonymous if every meeting starts by introducing yourself?
I also want to add that when introducing yourself as an alcoholic, it's taking ownership and recognition of your disease. They say the first step is admitting you have a problem, the actual first step is We admitted we were powerless over alcohol–that our lives had become unmanageable. Whether you choose to do the steps or not, taking the first one is crucial to the recovery process. For this reason it's important that you aren't just a regular person at a meeting, you are a person with a crippling disease and are there for self help.
What is DirectX And Why do we need it
DirectX is a collection of standardized ways to do certain things with videos and video games on Windows computers. You need it because programmers use the tools DirectX provides, there's no competition for it because Microsoft owns the Windows operating system, and every game tries to install it because every game needs it to be updated at least to the version the programmers used.Direct X is like a language for games and software to talk to your computer on how to do things like draw and make sounds. Every computer is unique and different and rather than all the games knowing about all the different computers they just talk in direct X and the computers can all understand it.
How does Instant Messaging differ from e-mail?
This has been answered many time I would suggest you look up the the other treads for great answers. IIRC, Emails were more valuable before since it had lots of signatures on it and it was build to carry any file to the destination to any other email via any this network of email servers. You can even send messages to a complete stranger or companyto establish a first contact. Instand messaging requires that you log on or subcribe to the same server it bypasses most of the header to send the smallest message possible so it is sent fast. Lately they have been pushing to carry many different files. But it still carries specific types of files. As for usage, Emails should still be treated like a letter. It should explain who, what, when , where, why, in the first letter unless most of it have been talked about before. It should be formal, and used in a way so you send the least amount of back and forth . Chat and IMs will focus more on a back and forth conversation. The conversation has to have openings to let the other speak and responses need to be kept short in order to keep everything going in a fast pace.
Why/How is it that Koreans consistently dominate most of the competitive gaming scene?
It's because its a huge part of their culture, and video games are more supported. It's almost like the same reason why USA basketball is so dominant, our culture is really geared towards sports like that so there is a HUGE pool of people to choose from. While Koreans have this huge pool their culture just gears towards video games.
30's - 60's fascination with the future (à la Retrofuturism) and how it disappeared
Try thinking of it this way. If a person was 50 in 1930, that meant they'd been born in 1880. They would have been taught by Civil War veterans and personally seen the introduction of airplanes, talking pictures and radios. Some one who is 50 years old today grew up with space flight and computers and sex reassignment surgery.
What are hiccups, why do I get them and how do I get rid of them?
I don't get hiccups per se. Just a single hic and I'm done. I can also cure hiccups in others just with eye contact. It's pretty intense, but it works.
How can/do animals "smell" fear?
There's two kinds of sweat humans excrete: normal sweat, and stress sweat. The stress sweat is excreted by different glands than normal sweat, and is independent of normal sweat. This sweat has a particular blend of volatile odors, which could be sensed by smell-attuned animals like dogs.
Why do diabetics often lose their feet?
Hello, finally a question I can shed some light on. Source: I'm a diabetes specialist podiatrist working for the NHS Diabetes doesn't directly lead to people having amputations but it causes it a lot of problems that will all combine together to eventually lead to an amputation Poor glucose control over a period of time will cause: Peripheral Neuropathy - diabetics loose 'protection sensation'. If a shoe rubs, or they stand on a nail . they wont feel it. Their feet are much more prone to damage due to some reasons below. Autonomic Neuropathy - their skin is dry basically. amongst other things. dry skin cracks. doesn't respond well to pressure. rubs more often Motor Neuropathy - poor muscle control leads to deformity in feet. causing more prominent areas like hammer toes and a high arch foot increasing pressure on the balls of the foot. walk on these prominent areas long enough and they'll blister. causing a wound. Once a wound develops it has a reduced healing rate for the reasons below: PVD/peripheral vascular disease: Other diseases are likely to exist with diabetes. having a poor peripheral blood supply is likely and a poor blood supply delays healing Poor glucose control: If the glucose isn't under control. Wound wont heal Pressure: If the pressure stills exists the wound wont heal. Offloading pressure with different boots/casts is one option but really hard to do completely. Particularly if the patient still wants some quality of life If a wound doesn't heal it will eventually get infected. Bone infection can sometimes be cleared with antibiotics but its a long course which sometimes patients don't tolerate very well. Particularly if their kidneys arnt working well either. Solution to stop infection spreading: Amputation. Sometimes its a toe or two or three. sometimes a forefoot amputation. If the ulcer and bone infection is around the heel. Itll have to be a below knee amputation. Potentially much more info to offer but hope this answers it sufficiently
Why do I sleep like shit when my alarm is set to wake me up, but sleep great when no alarm is set at all?
_URL_0_ I'm sure everyone here can do basic math but this is a handy little site that will tell you when to go to sleep or even when to wake up.
Fingerprint scanner (Touch ID) hashing
The image itself isn't hashed, rather the software identifies a group of landmarks in the fingerprint, hashes their attributes, then compares the hash to the original's.
If a lot of items at chain restaurants come frozen, why can't I buy the same quality frozen food at the grocery store?
You can actually get frozen food at a surprisingly high quality, but most people aren't willing to pay for it. Given the choice between a $2 microwave meal and a $10 microwave meal, which one are you going to buy? Especially if you're already convinced that microwaved food is terrible? Especially if you can go out and get someone *else* to make you food for $10? The economy of it doesn't always work out. If you go to more expensive grocery stores, or try some of the services that deliver directly to your door, you may be able to find some of the better frozen stuff.
Why is it some people react differently to smoking marijuana
Among all the other answers it just sounds like you smoked too much. The stuff they grow is really good so you don't need to hit it more than once or twice if you're not a regular smoker.
If deflation increases the purchasing power of consumers, why do financial institutions like the European Central Bank fight it by injecting money into the economy and causing inflation?
If you wonder why deflation is bad, look at Japan. Their economy has been one of the slowest to recover, and they are currently going through deflation. The government recently approved injecting money into the economy to reverse this. Debt becomes crippling with deflation, investment goes down, people try to wait out big purchases which slows down the economy it won't lead to instantaneous catastrophe like a housing bubble crash or the dot com crash, but it really prevents recovery.
why is it that technology has advanced so far in the past 10 years yet I still can't buy a printer that works?
It is true that of all the computer stuff I use, printers have the most problems. I think it's because they have a lot of moving parts AND fairly complex software . I guess it's also because manufacturers see them primarily as a device to use up printer ink - my partner has a large format printer that - no joke - does maybe 10-20 full color prints before it needs 8 new cartridges that cost wait for it $300. But they each have a cool LED so when you open it up to swap the cartridges it looks like HAL in there. That makes it worth it.
Why do people tend to hate something that is popular even if its good?
Everyone is different, and have different tastes, so their are bound to be some who dislike something that's popular. I believe that when you dislike something that's popular, you have more and more people getting on your case about not liking it. Over time, this turns your feelings of dislike to hate, simply because of the grief it causes you by those who are fans. I have no degree in anything, nor do I have any special skills, this is just my two cents and nothing more.
Why do we get paid by the hour/salary instead of getting paid for how much work you get done?
Some places do that. It's called working for commission. The more productive you are the more you make. The problem is that at a point quality becomes inversely related to productivity.For lack of better words, there are people with no skills that still need to feed their families', "Before all the sewing jobs got outsourced to sweat shops overseas my mom used to sew dresses, she got paid something really small like $0.05 per dress. . The problem is it's hard to keep track of how many you've sewn in an assembly line especially when you've got multiple people doing the exact same part. There was also a picture posted on /r/wtf a few months ago encouraging migrant workers picking lettuce not to shit in the fields; paying people by hour won't encourage this since it doesn't matter if you take 2 minutes using the restroom or 10 minutes to use the restroom and wash your hands.
If draftees must accept the contract offered or they cannot play that year, why do teams offer such massive contracts (ie $70M) to unproven players?
The players drafted and scouted are in the top .01 percent of there profession. Giving them a good contract is faith. Meaning, if the player becomes a star he would be more willing to stay if there first contract was legit. If the team low balls , that will potentially make an upset player who won't return when his contract is up. Also, the market dictates how much money you make based on draft position and player position.
Why has it taken so long for housing developers to start installing CAT5 in new houses?
As an avid gamer and frequent downloader of large files/HD video streams, I can say that I've never had a problem with my WiFi slowing me down. Just make sure you have a decently fast connection and invest in good quality routers and network cards. When I moved to my current apartment, I made sure none of our 8 computers/devices were wired to the internet, and I've never looked back or regretted it.
Does massage really work to get rid of the 'knots'? What are the knots and why do you sometimes feel worse after a deep tissue massage?
I interned for a PT who specialized in this sort of thing. Ever heard of dry needling? Its when they take a needle, 30 gauge say 70mm, and push it into the muscle where the knot is. The needling causes instant release of the knot--and lactic acid. I had my pec done for a demo and I couldn't even lift my arm after. The next day though, I felt great, and the knot was gone.Can anyone explain to me why my knots never go away despite weekly massages and bi monthly myofascial release type massages?', "Just a personal story. I once threw out my back so bad I couldn't walk. I went in and got a massage at a YWCA and afterward I was sore a little. The next day I felt perfect again.
How does Google search the whole internet for something in a matter of seconds or even less?
The sites that Google stores in its index are stored in a database. When you type your search into the search box and press enter, your inquiry is sent to a search algorithm that searches this database. The database and the algorithm and both designed to return results to you as fast as possible which is determined by the database's storage structure and the algorithm's search pattern. This is also the case for the suggested searches that pop for you as you type in your search, which are sending your inquiries to a database of known search terms.
Why is it that cats biting people is considered playing or explained with "you annoyed it, what did you expect", while dog bites often lead to the dog being put down?
I own a Bull Arab. For anyone who doesn't know, they're a breed of dog in Australia specifically bred for chasing down and bailing feral pigs. She is about the nicest dog you'd ever meet, but it doesn't take away from her potential to do harm if provoked. My biggest worry is little kids. She stands well above the eye level of a child. And she also has big floppy ears that I can just imagine a kid wanting to grab hold of and squeeze .. I don't let her play with children. Not because I think she *will* bite one, but *if* she did the results would be horrific. I've been bitten and scratched by plenty of cats and it was never anything I couldn't brush off. It's annoying, but very superficial. Give them a tap on the nose with your finger and they bail ..Try that with an enraged dog and count your fingers after lol. What it comes down to is owner responsibility. You can train your dog, and control it's interactions. Cats aren't capable of being dangerous to an adult but dogs are more than capable of serious violence. The thing to remember is - There's no bad dogs, just shitty owners. They learn it all from someone.
Does a land owner own a three-dimensional, roughly pyramidal chunk of the Earth extending to the center of the planet?
Depends on where you live, in the U.S. you don't technically own the ground underneath you home after a certain number of feet of depth. So if you found oil, or some good resource, it's technically the U.S.'s and not yours. The govt tries to be nice in a way with thing wlike emminent domain but it doesn't always work out that way.
How can Mars One, legally, attempt to send people to Mars even with the general consensus being that the "contestants" they are sending will probably die soon into the mission?
> Mars One is a not-for-profit organization based in the Netherlands that has put forward conceptual plans to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025, also having the first humans land on Mars and beating NASA's Orion missions by a decade. Wikipedia It's happening in the Netherlands. Maybe their laws don't forbid suicide missions. Also, the volunteers will be dieing off-planet , so that's definitely not regulated.If I want to get on a rocket to Mars and die, what business is it of the government to make a law to stop me?', "Because they have no feasible way of getting the people to Mars. It just ain't going to happen. By the time that Mars One sends people to Mars, SpaceX will have had people there for a while and properly provisioned.
How does sunlight contain vitamin D?
It doesn't. Your skin produces natural vitamin D when exposed to ultraviolet B light. It's a chemcial reaction.
Why do our bodies sometimes get sharp pains in random places for a few seconds/minutes and then go away?
Alrite I'm going to jump in since everybody is asking these sort of questions. Sometimes I randomly get this weird sensation in my butt. In what I imagine is my prostate. No homo, feels pretty fucking good. What the hell is it? It happens to me randomly somedays more then other. Anybody have a clue what that is?", 'I get these sharp pains in my right shoulder every few weeks or months It hurts so much that for those few seconds my body seems to feel disabled.This has been going on for years but I never knew if it was serious or not, should I go see a doctor?I always thought it was because of Osmosis Jones missing a shot he took while chasing a bad guyBody is complicated system and sometime things like nerve system get confused by sending pain sensation to different part body or even wrong interpretations. For example referred pain, you feel pain in different part of body away from the original source. There are some theories explaining why. Like some said because some body parts and organs share same pain pathway and confusion happen from time to time like get misplaced in brain and spinal cord . At the end no body know 100% whyOne of the many possible causes is also anxiety disorder. Cue brain zaps, cluster headaches, muscle tension.I began getting horrible, short lived headaches a few seconds/ minutes at a time, turned out to be a brain tumor. You should get checked out.Random pains happen to me a lot. Well, enough for me to have wondered this same question. I always assume I'm dying or having a stroke or an aneurysm. Last night I kept getting dizzy so I did the stroke check: both hands up, tongue out straight. I hate it because I have anxiety and these things almost always give me a panic attack. Twice in the last year I was sure I was having a heart attack :/
Why is there no good ready-made queso?
I don't know what you're talking about. You can buy cans of nacho cheese at Costco or restaurant supply houses that's perfectly good. If you want something a bit fancier, you can easily dump a can of Ro*Tel in there.
Who are the 'Ukrainian separatists'? Is it just Russians that are pretending to be Ukrainian, or really Ukrainian civilians who are rebelling against their own country?
When they do things we don't like, like rebel against a government we helped violently thrust into power in Kiev, they're terrorists. When they do things we like, like overthrow a pro-Russian government, they're freedom fighters and pro democracy protestors. Pretty nifty stuff, right?", 'This is a pretty good summary what is happening in the region right now: _URL_0_', "One must also understand, that the difference between the 'Russians' and the 'Ukrainians' is pretty vague in that region. It's not like those groups have different religions or backgrounds, like it often happens in other problem regions of the world. Even in Baltic countries which were also part of the Soviet Union, there's a big cultural difference between natives and ethnic Russian. On the other hand, people in the eastern Ukraine are all somewhat similar in terms of their background. They are all pretty much 'Soviets' or 'Russian Empirer's' originially. But after the Soviet Union collapse, some are aligning themselves more nationalistically The ones that are not, constitute the majority of the 'separatists'.
How does Docker work?
Dockers are a huge lifesaver when you need to run many virtual servers on a single machine. Say I have an application that can talk to other copies of that application on different servers. With a standard VM, I can only run a couple virtual machines before my box runs out of memory. But with dockers, I can easily run 10 servers on the same box, and they can all talk to each other. The drawback is that you have to preconfigure everything to install every time a docker starts. With a full VM, you can install at your leisure, and you don't have to constantly reinstall whenever the VM restarts.
why is it legal to be a prostitute in Canada, but illegal to buy a prostitute?
Its a harm reduction strategy for the prostitutes. It keeps the act of prostitution illegal but opens up avenues of police protection for prostitutes in need. When being a prostitute was illegal the people who needed police help couldn't get it because they'd be immediately arrested for their profession. Now that the John faces the risks the prostitutes can call on public services without the fear of going to jail.
American phone numbers have letters in them how does this work?
American phones have letters above each number. Usually three. So 2 = ABC3 = DEF Q and Z didn't used to be on the keypad, but they've made their way on.
Fucking currency markets, how do they work?
Regionally, it makes sense to have different currencies because countries can have more control over their money supply. Having multiple currencies leads to each one taking on country-specific risk based on that country's prospects and policies. Because of the country-specific risks and differences, the value of currencies do not move in the same direction in response to different events, so there is the chance to make profit if you switch between the different currencies.Where would you access the forex market, is it a building like the stock exchange or online or what?
How do objects, e.g. satellites, stay in orbit?
Basically the are moving very fast as the move around the Earth. At the same time Earth's gravity pulls them downward their speed means that they miss the Earth. If they travelled slower they would arc towards the Earth and crash any faster and they would zoom off into space. For more on this - _URL_0_", 'My favorite description for this would be that the satelite is always falling towards Earth, but it is moving so fast in a perpendicular direction that it misses the Earth.
or 35, How did cats come to know how to cover up their crap, as opposed to other animals not doing so?
It's more the way that cats hunt that necessitate it more than anything else. Wolves and bears pick up a scent and follow it. Cats can do that, but typically dont, rather they hide somewhere and wait for their victim to get close. Now if they're prey smells some fresh carnivore crap nearby, the prey might be on alert and not stick around very long.
How is someone considered over-qualified for a job?
For example if someone with a degree in engineering and 10 years experience in their field applied to a job as an entry level technician the company would wonder why they are settling for such a lower paying and less prestigious job. They might also think that the person would expect to be paid based on their experience and not on the position. That is usually the biggest issue, companies don't want to have to pay a technician the salary someone with that kind of experience deserves.Attracting, hiring and training a new employee can take up a fair amount of money/resources. If a company hires someone who is overqualified for the position, that person is likely to look for a better job that their qualifications would allow for. If they do leave for a better job, then the company has wasted their resources in hiring and training them.
why do old men wear their pants so high?
As you age, your body changes shape. Your spine contracts, and the area between your belly button and your groin actually gets longer. So, they wear their pants the normal way, it just looks higher because the part of your body above the belt shrinks compared to the parts below your belt. Also, they tend to tuck their shirt in their pants, because looking scruffy isn't as cool any more when you're old.
Why are the warm states seemingly the ones that are more socially conservative?
There is a slight influence of retirement. Older voters are more likely to vote conservative, and retirees are more likely to migrate south. Overall, though, the best answer is that it's just coincidence. One could give a long lecture on the history of the country and how it was shaped by geography, but really there's nothing about warm climate that inherently lends itself to conservatism.
Why is raw meat so dangerous to humans, yet all other animals have no issues with it?
To add to everything that is already here, keep in mind that not all animals don't have issues with eating raw meat. Plenty of carnivores in the wild carry some pretty nasty parasites. Humans generally don't have these because we cook everything and kill off parasites with heat.
( sorta ) What does the liquid in female ejaculate ( squirt ) consist of and why / how does it happen? (NSFW )
Recently, there have been a bunch of reports popping up. Researchers have determined it's primarily piss.
Why can't the UN security council vote out members/vote in members so it remains 6 parties?
* 1) There is no system for overruling a veto. A veto is final, and that's it. Edit: Ok, there is, but like [/u/boogada42] said, it's extremely unlikely to occur. * 2) If we remove China from the Security Council, this would cause a massive shitstorm of epic proportions. The United Nations Security Council becomes even less reflective of the world than it already is - you just kicked out one of the world's biggest players: the country with the largest population, the 2nd largest GDP, etc. And China desires respect something awful after their [century of humiliation] by Western powers. You kick them out, China will feel disrespected, then boom. trade war with US, China-Japan conflict, WWIII, your guess is as good as mine. For North Korea to go away: * 1) China would have to get on board. Which means that North Korea has to be seen as more of a liability than an item to kick under the rug. Multiple ways to do this , none of them very likely to succeed unless * 2a) North Korea does something incredibly foolish, even by North Korean standards. Insult the Chinese beyond repair, attack South Korea outright, etc, or * 2b) North Korea seems about to collapse on its own to due an internal power struggle, and by then it's practically too late and China's worst fear of millions of unemployable, malnourished North Korean refugees stalling China's modernization is realized.
Why can’t we smile in pictures for passports and other official docs?
The main purpose is to make sure you look just like you do in person as you do in the photo. It helps enforcement officials who have to confirm identities all day do their job easier. Some people squint or have dimples or their face shape changes when they smile or frown. The other reason most people don't know is that the government has special computer systems that can track and log information about you via security cameras, cctv, toll booths, and any other forms of video surveillance they have access to. The computers need to know your natural resting face which you have most of the time so it can more easily identify you as you instead of Joe Smith in Nebraska that looks almost like you when you're smiling. Making sure the baseline is the same for everybody can help the system to reduce the amount of false positives. It's more easy to program a computer to just recognize one way a face should be as opposed to face + smile with teeth, face + smile without teeth, face with slight smile at a small angle, etc.
How did we get to the moon with computers so weak compared to today
Perseverance. At the time, they were working with the best technology of the day. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, too, but the original rockets were far more 'analog' than the current generation, which are themselves running largely on 80s technology.
How to tasers put out 1,000,000+ volts when all they require to use is a couple AA batteries?
Electricity is measured in three units, volts, amps, resistance. An analogy to water flowing through a pipe isn't exactly accurate, but will do for an ELI5. So we have a fixed amount of electricity coming from the battery. Instead of electricity through a wire, think water through a pipe. If we increase the diameter of the pipe, the same ammount of water is flowing, just much slower. If we decrease the diameter of the pipe, the water would move much faster. Now voltage is what allows for sparks/lightning. Voltage beats resistance, the resistance of air or skin. That's why lightning or tasers are very high voltage. In the context of our pipe, we've shrunk it Way down. Think about a garden hose, when you put your thumb over the nozzle to make the water go further. In less eli5 and more eli10-15 terms, using a transformer you can scale the voltage and amperage. One goes up, one goes down. So while a taser is putting out many many volts, it'd be putting out a tiny amperage, mili or even micro amps. Now since we're trying to shock someone and not drive a motor, this works pretty well. Nerves in the body are sensitive to even tiny electricity. But driving motors, for example, requires enough voltage to beat the resistance of the wiring, and then a lot of amperage to actually do the work. Car batteries for example are only 12 volts, but can put out Hundreds of amps.
Why did LGBT rights have such advances only in the last few decades even though homosexuals have existed since early society?
I imagine it was the grip that religion had on the world. Religion was taken as law for a long time. To be homosexual was seen as an abnormality. Luckily, most people are more educated and we've advanced to realize that sexuality just doesn't matter. Gay or not, you are still a human being, deserving all the rights as everybody else.
How do 'illegal' websites such as The Pirate Bay earn money with ads?
Another thing that doesn't appear to have been mentioned is that sites like this generally don't use, er, particularly reputable advertisement companies. I don't think I've ever seen a Google ad on a site like TPB. Still others take Reddit's approach and do ads in-house. Then they have total control over what they're putting on their sites. Some sites use in-house ads to create unobtrusive ads. Others use them to make a bunch of fake download links.
How does disney still own the rights to Mickey Mouse? Shouldn't it have expired a long time ago?
In addition to the copyright extensions that others have mentioned, there's also *trademark* protection. The rules for trademark protection are totally different, since they protect a brand. There is *no* time limit on trademark protection. But you must actively protect your trademark rights, and they only protect against abuses that either dilute the value of the trademark or create confusion.Disney, being as rich as they are, basically get to write copyright law. Every time MM is about to become public domain, politicians get the idea to change the copyright laws so MM is still ownedDisney lobbyists have successfully enshrined their characters with private laws such as the Copyright Term Extension Act. _URL_0_ Yes, this is bullshitThey maintain the rights to the characters by trademarking them. They can keep this up indefinitely. Essentially they have registered the characters similar to the way a company would register a brand logo. This means they can profit from movies, games, t-shirts, or anything that feature the characters. _URL_1_', "[This video] from CGPGrey's YouTube channel explains it like you're five. Actually no, CGP talks really fast and drops fantastic references for you to catch at every turn.
What would've happened if people did not panic during the Great Depression?
People panicking did not caused it and only exasperated it. So yes it still would've happened do to other insolvency issues. Maybe not to the extent you perceive but yes it would've still happened.
Is there a biological or social reason as to why there is always a line for the ladies restroom as compared to the mens?
It takes women longer to pee, that's the main thing. They have to go into a stall, close the door, remove some clothing, sit down, pee, wipe, get up, open the door -- many extra seconds compared to a man. Even worse, you can fit only 2 stalls into a space that would hold 3 urinals.
Why am I so incredibly mean imediately after I wake up from unintentional sleep?
My own personal theory, is that it has something to do with our primal instincts. If you think about it, we don't generally sleep unless we're in a safe area. If something wakes you, just as you are about to sleep, there is a chance of danger and you naturally are on your defensive while you assess the situation. I suspect it has something to do with the fight or flight instinct.
why are sushi restaurants so hit and miss? Is it hard to make good sushi consistently?
I understand where the question is coming from but I think this applies to pretty much any food not just sushi. I mean I've been to McDonald's that were way better than other ones and they are literally serving the same stuff. It's all about the time and care put into any food I think.
Why don't nicotine addicts crave the drug during sleep?
You don't crave water or a midnight snack when sleeping either. Your body needs its sleep so it doesn't wake you up just so you can go outside and smoke a cigarette
How did soldiers avoid killing allied soldiers in the chaos of war when hand to hand combat was the main method of fighting?
Think about uniforms - nowadays, when it's importnant not to get your arse shot off from a distance, everyone's in camo gear. If you look at pirates of the carribbean, the English blokes in that had the bright red coats - which is why they're known as the Redcoats - which would be pretty distinctive on the battlefield, compared to, for example, the blue of the French under Napoleon", 'Not that hard really everyone in front of you was the enemy, the guys to your left and right took care of the enemies in front of them and everyone behind you was friendly.In addition to all of the fine responses here, they didn't and don't always avoid killing allied soldiers. 'Friendly fire' is a term for a reason.
Why we (the U.S.) can't agree on the effects of minimum wage on the economy?
The issue with raising the minimum wage is not that people disagree on what will happen statistically, it's that they disagree about whether those outcomes are good or bad. For example, most studies on places that have raised the minimum wage show that the overall employment rate doesn't change dramatically. However, those studies also show that some small local businesses do indeed go out of business as a result of the minimum wage changing. These aren't contradictory; perhaps larger businesses are more able to handle the wage demands. Liberals tend to focus on lowering the poverty rate and unemployment rate. They care more about the average employee than the average business owner. They don't hate small businesses, they just don't think it's okay to run a business if the only way to make it profitable is for its employees to be paid less than a living wage. Conservatives tend to focus on the small business owners. They see it as a component of the American dream that anyone should be able to create a business free from government regulation. If one person offers a wage and another person accepts it, that should be legal - the market should decide what an hour of an employee's time is worth. Neither view is 100% right or wrong, they're just different ways of looking at the same issue.
Why the current president (assuming they still have eligibility) automatically gets the nomination from their associated party...
It isn't always automatic. In 1980 Ted Kennedy tried to challenge Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination. But really, it's just very hard to displace an incumbent candidate from the same party for the presidency. They have to be extremely unpopular for a candidate to even stand a chance, and then it's a remote chance at best.
What is happening in a hospital pharmacy that takes an hour to fill a single prescription?
More important things then your script. They're also filling scrips for pt's in the hospital. You're penicillin can wait for my stat order of cardizem.
How did humans discover the act of sexual intercourse?
At least with heterosexual sex, I've got a plug and you've got a socket and they are roughly in line with eachother, let's give it a shot.
Either the universe continues indefinitely, or it has an edge somewhere, both boggle the mind to imagine, which is correct?
If I blow up a balloon it's expanding in the air, in my city, in my state, in my country, on Earth. So what's the universe expanding into? Nothingness?
Why does McDonalds have limited time flavors if they are popular?
Artificial urgency drives sales you might go in when you otherwise wouldn't, or might visit more often. Lure you in with a Shamrock Shake and you'll also end up with a Big Mac meal as opposed to you hitting Subway or KFC. But if there wasn't the special item you crave and can't get but for a couple weeks, you'd be less likely to choose McDonald's. On the other hand, there are those who are frequent customers who eat multiple times a week and changing things up a bit from time to time helps counter menu fatigue, where they get sick of everything and end up finding a new regular spot. Additionally, there are capacity issues where they can only take on so many different, new menu items due to constraints on the kitchen cooking/prep stations, storage, etc.People will buy more of it. If they think it’s getting discontinued, they will try to eat as much as they can before it’s gone. This makes McDonald’s get a lot of money in a really short space of time.
Why do all the official NASA videos show them using outdated operating systems?
To add another point. If your network protection is good enough, your host protection doesn't necessarily have to be. That's why certain companies get away with running 15+ year old operating systems. Plus NASA's budget has been getting smaller and smaller every year. I'm sure they'd rather spend their money on rocket equipment and shit than the basic pc systems they send up there.
Why can't I taste "notes of vanilla and tones of earth and honey" when I drink red wine?
When you were smaller, you couldn't say many words. You got frustrated trying to communicate what you wanted and learned some more words. You did this by repeating words you heard, trying it again and again in different ways. Over time you understood more words and could put them together into complex sentences. We are never taught to taste and smell, but we learn the extremes fairly easily and similarly build up a vocabulary. This smells like lemon, this smells like poo. This tastes like tomato, this tastes like potato. Learning the extreme subtleties of flavour and smell - and how to associate words to them - is hard and takes time and practice. You need to be a baby again and practice, with someone ideally correcting you. That's why not many people do it - it's got to be a hobby you are willing to dedicate time to, like learning to ride your bike. Not learning these words doesn't mean you can't enjoy wine. It just means you'll be appreciating the overall taste, instead of appreciating a variety of more subtle effects. Edit: double negative
Why is it so hard to wake up early even though we've had the same amount of time sleeping?
A little context would help. Were you waking up for something in particular. On weekdays, no matter how much sleep I get, I wake up knowing I have to go to work, and so staying in bed seems super appealing. On the weekend however, especially if im excited to do something, ill maybe even wake up earlier than I do on a weekday and be ready to jump out of bed. Basically, it could be mentally you don't want to do what it is you are having to get up early to do.
Why do our eyes go black when we stand up after sitting for a while?
_URL_0_ It can be benign, or it can be a sign of something more serious. It's definitely not normal. You should mention it to your physician during your next checkup.
why is immortality always gained through a means of evil?
That's not true. In Harry Potter, Nicholas Flamel was immortal due to his creation of the philosopher's/sorcerer's stone.Imo it has to do with attainability and balance. If becoming immortal was easily attained it wouldnt lead to a good story or be plausible as humans are afraid of their mortality it creates a really good story contrast to see how far someone will go to avoid their fear of mortality. As well as balance in life, you cant gain something as remarkable as immortality without also giving something as remarkable. You could delve further into it and say to be mortal is to be human and giving up mortality is giving up humanity or a part of it. Thus its attained by "evil" means and subsequently shedding your humanity.Those are just the stories that get passed down the most. The most popular ones, if you will. Those with the protagonist not facing reasonable/interesting obstacles usually don't make for good stories, so they're not spread that much.
Why does my heart feel heavy when I'm sad or have a major case of "the feels"?
Broken heart syndrome. Basically the heart pumps different than normal, from feeling bad.Technical jargon, if you're inclined, but not explained like you're 5, maybe 10-15: _URL_1_
Why do people drown?
Panic can prevent you from doing even the obvious thing to save yourself. The knowledge that water can kill you, coupled with the knowledge that you don't know how to swim, is a perfect recipe for blind panic. This is one way you get stories of people drowning in shallow pools when all they would have had to do is stand up. People who have never learned how to handle themselves in water are prone to flail wildly, which is a fast way to sink.
Is there an explanation for trigonometric functions which doesn't rely on triangles or circles? Or are these functions solely explanable by unit circles or right triangles?
They're the solution to a typical second order differential equation d^2 x/dt^2 = -A^2 x To which both cos and sin are solutions. This is important in springs, for example. A very important application is in relativistic quantum mechanics, where the Klein-Gordon equation is a second order equation like the one above and the coupling of Dirac's equation also produces the same sort of equation.Yes and no. You can absolutely give [definitions] of the trigonometric functions that will not involve any overt use of geometry, and these abstract definitions are very useful indeed, but any half-way decent understanding of them will always involve knowing about their geometric origins. Therefore, I would not say that they can be *fully* explained without geometric language, as its simply part of their very nature .
Grapes grow all over so why is wine only made in very specific regions?
Wine can be made from grapes all over the world. For example Napa valley is well known. But there are wine vineyard all over California, such as the central valley, most just get made into wines that don't label their origin. Commodity grade grape juices. For example this south African wine might have been made with grapes or grape juices from anywhere_URL_0_", 'The quality of the grapes partly depends on the climate. Crappy climate can produce crappy grapes and therefore crappy wine. But wine is still made in many places not perfectly suited for it. For example, many states in New England of the United States still make wine despite freezing winters and rocky soil.
when thieves steal artwork valued at hundreds of millions of dollars by notable artists like Cezanne, Degas, Monet or Van Gogh that are never recovered, how is this profitable?
They end up in the hands of private collectors. Collectors will even place 'orders' for certain paintings which are then stolen. The only example of a major theft that fell through might be the Gardner Museum robbery in which the paintings apparently never made it to the intended buyer.Even if they only get pennies on the dollar, that is set for life kind of money. There are plenty very rich people who will pay a few million to have an original van Gogh only they get to look at.
What actually happens to your body when you consume large amounts of calories (5,000+) within 12 hours?
Think of your esophagus, your stomach, your intestines as a long tube that makes you like a donut. As you shovel food into that tube, your body and the bacteria residing in that tube break down that food into absorbable components. It takes a certain amount of time for this process to happen and then your body still has to absorb these components, and while some absorb quickly like sugar, others can take longer. Now right now we are working with a normal diet, when you increase that to a 5,000 calorie diet your basically pushing things through the tube at a faster rate. Your basically going to be skimming the easiest to breakdown nutrients into your body, like I said the sugar is going to absorb quickly. The harder something is for your body to breakdown and absorb the more likely it is to be pushed out the other end at this increased rate. Which means that your body can only absorb so much before it's pushed out, it's not super efficient. Now people who usually partake of 5,000 calorie diets are usually not the kind of people who are eating foods that are particularly hard to break down, usually it's very processed food, which means the breakdown process has already been started externally. Which means that they are very likely to become fat, as their body tries to store all of the excess nutrients it was able to absorb.
I hate the taste of raisins. My friend on the other hand, loves them. Are we both experiencing the same 'taste'?
Not necessarily. The best example I can give is myself: I HATE the taste of alcohol. Drinking it sends me into involuntary, almost vomiting. I have learned this is genetic and I'm not that rare.The chemicals that make up the taste of raisins are the same. How you and your friend interpret those chemical signals are different.
Why is albinism such a common mutation in nature?
It's definitely not more common, animals in the wild with albinism are killed almost immediately. However, albinism isn't fatal on it's own, so animals in captivity are much more likely to survive and live a long healthy life, so it's possible that, since albino animals that are part of our society are less likely to die early, there are more of them around than other genetic diseases.
why weren't tridents popular medieval weapons
No. Tridents are okay tools for spear-fishing- which is why you see Neptune carrying one in paintings and sculptures, and why the gladiators who carried them also used nets- but they're lousy weapons. *You* say, three points means three chances to hit your target, *I* say it means three chances to get your points tangled up in something and render the whole thing useless. Besides, the side points are too hard to attach to the shaft firmly- if you try to stab something that's much harder than, say, a fish, you risk the tines just breaking off.
why do absent fathers supposedly cause girls to become strippers etc?
The pop-psychology answer is that she seeks the attention and approval of older men to fill the void left by her father's absence, and does so in inappropriate ways because without a father, she never learned to relate to men in a non-sexual manner. The better answer is that children of single parents often have problems, strippers often have problems, so there is a lot of overlap between those two groups.It seems your question has been pretty well answered, I just wanted to say that I took a class in undergrad about sex work, and the professor wrote a book you might like if you are interested in learning more about this sort of thing. It is called Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers, written by Bernadette C. Barton.
How/when did liking anime become associated with sexual deviance and poor social skills?
Because Weeaboos don't shower. They deserve all the negative attention they get on this alone. To any Weeaboos reading this: seriously guys, go take a shower. Clean yourselves once in a while. Please. Also, because people who obsess over anime are usually pretty fucking weird. I like mecha anime and watched a ton of it growing up, because giant robots are pretty cool. But I also played sports and had good social skills. I also never really met anyone else who was into it, so I never really brought it up with friends. I used to work with a girl who was a Weeaboo. She would always wear anime t-shirts, she never showered, would always try to speak japanese , and was kind of a jerk to everyone. Kind of off-putting.
Redshift: How do we know the original emited wavelenght?
Redshifted objects in space are usually stars, and we have a pretty good understanding of what stars are made of and how they function. Specifically, the hydrogen atmosphere around stars absorbs light at very specific wavelengths. A star's spectrum will be mostly complete except for those hydrogen absorption bands that have been deleted. If that same absorption pattern is present but redshifted way down to longger wavelengths, you know exactly how much redshift has occurred because we know where that band *should* be.
What happens when i empty my trash on my computer? Are those files gone forever?
On a computer there are several levels of deleting something. * Put it in the trash. It's just in a different file folder so you can get it back from there.* Deleted it like when you empty the trash. At this point the computer marks the space on the disk as free to be reused. You can still get it back but it needs special software.* Overwritten. When a file is deleted and more files are written some of it will write over the old file. Some parts of he old file can be missed so there can still be parts of it left readable. You can also overwrite the file before you delete it. In the past there were arguments for sometimes overwriting a file multiple times, but that probably isn't needed anymore.* [Secure Erase]. Hard drives do some tricks behind the scenes yo be more reliable. They notice when part of the drive isn't working correctly and mark it as bad. The data is copied off a bad block and then it will never get written to again, so anything that was on them gets left there even if you overwrite the file. To erase these blocks there are commands that can be sent to the hard drive, the problem is these secure erase commands will overwrite every block on the hard disk, so it erases every other file also.* Destroy the drive. Ultimately breaking up the drive and sandblasting the platters is probably the most reliable.On Mac, if you go into Finder Preferences and select "Erase files securely" then it actually does erase the file. Not sure if Windows has a similar function. But otherwise in general, no it doesn't actually erase the file, it just erases the pointer to the file, in the index. It doesn't show up in the list of files, but it's still there on the disk until some other file gets written in its placeNo, you can still recover them. They only are really gone once you download more info that takes their place.
Why is there an 'X' in permanent marker on my dog's lower belly?
A green slash is a common way to denote neutering/spaying. One of my cats was a Humane Society kitten and her tattoo was the female symbol with a slash through it. It's especially useful for the females as spaying is a very tramatic procedure. No one seems to want to cut open their abdomen just to see if her ovaries are still there. Edit: blue is also used, I've been told.
What would really happen to an astronaut if they removed their helmet in space?
The major danger from a vacuum is the lack of oxygen, I.e. asphyxiation. Generally, you'd get 10-20 seconds of consciousness, a few more seconds of extreme disorientation when oxygen deprived blood from your lungs reaches your brain, followed by unconsciousness. If rescued within a few minutes you'd probably survive. It's possible that eardrums might rupture depending on how fast air was released from the astronaut's suit. Astronauts are trained to exhale in a situation of loss of pressure. Otherwise severe damage to your lungs, throat and ribcage are likely, at which point you would be forced to exhale violently whether you liked it or not. This would make resuscitating you later, pretty unlikely. Moist exposed areas of your throat, nose, mouth, and eyes would experience the uncomfortable sensation of moisture simultaneously boiling and freezing. Might be like dunking your head in ice cold diet soda, at least until you blacked out. This would cause frostbite on the surface of mucus membranes, your eyes would be most seriously effected, unless you closed them. Note that normal blood pressure is enough to keep most bodily fluids from boiling at body temperature.
How does rent to own housing work?
it gives the owner piece of mind because he would have long term tenants that wont trash the place.the downside is you won't be building any equity in the property because it would stay in the owners name until the end of the payment period, and you don't get the tax benefits of home ownership.
How come it appears that roadway maintenance workers are sitting around most of the time?
I worked for a municipal sewer service. One piece of equipment was called a TV van, consisting of a camera on a line that crawled mechanically along a sewer pipe spotting problems. So, there's a guy in the van, watching the closed circuit TV, a guy at the manhole operating the camera, keeping it freed up, going, etc. Another guy with him for safety reasons and perhaps one or two guys directing traffic. A citizen called in to complain that our workers were standing around on the highway while somebody else was just sitting in a van watching TV. There are all kinds of circumstances to every kind of job that a layman is not going to understand. Feel free to stop and ask questions. Our management encouraged citizens to do so .