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EIL5: Why shouldn't someone use Internet Explorer?
Among other things, Chrome automatically updates itself and it has a boatload of extensions, one of which lets you convert your chrome window into an internet explorer window. So it's at least as good as IE in that it can become IE at any time, and much more
How do placebos work?
Placebos don't do anything. But the person measuring the effect of the placebo doesn't know its a placebo, they think it's probably the real deal. So if they are reporting noticeable effects anyway, you know it's all because of what they were thinking, not what they were actually getting.
Why before I go to bed, do I think about stupid moments or events in my life that I regret?
You don't have anything else to think about. Also, sometime when we're tired it's hard to focus, so it's harder to silence upsetting thoughts.
How do humans seem to possess the innate ability to maintain a steady rhythm?
I teach elementary music, and believe me it is not innate. I work hard every day trying to not let them rush tempo. It's a learned skill like most others.Timing is a fundamental variable for behavior. However, the mechanisms allowing human and non-human primates to synchronize their actions with periodic events are not yet completely understood. _URL_0_
Why do some people hate the idea of marriage?
i could meet the love of my life and i wouldn't marry her.my parents had a bad marriage and a nasty divorce. no thanks.no interest in marriage. besides, if you love someone, why do you need to get married?
Why don't TV channels repeat old cartoons that were good and fit any generation?
I guess the same reason nothing stays around forever. It gets old and most of those cartoons are outdated to modern society. I know kids don't care or really pay attention to it for the most part but a child under the age of 10 or so isn't going to understand what Bob's Beepers means ect. Also and probably most logically, you can't fund the same cartoons for years and expect to make money off of it consistently. People are always looking for new stuff.
How come Celebs don't pepperspray paparazzi?
pepper spray law in cali is for self-defense only, I don't think photographers will satisfy that requirement. Plus law-suits are just an inconvenience for the celeb
Why is being afraid of black people after you are robbed by a black person considered racist, whereas a woman being afraid of men after she is raped by a man is considered acceptable?
It's not. How can it be racist to be afraid of something? Fear is an unconscious response.I hear you OP. Just the other day my gf and I are were in her car. A black man was Jay walking the street and she said " who does that remind you of" and I replied "a theif". She was offended and called me racist as she was implying I like to Jay walk. but it was just an honest knee jerk reaction as I 've been robbed twice in toronto. Both times the perps were black. One stole my laptop and broke my car window I came back as he was fleeing. The other instance I was with a drunk friend and we both were jumped by black people and had our cell phone stolen. I'm certainly not saying all blacks are theifs but from my experience Im much more wary.I think what's important is that the definition of racism is that you believe you are superior to a race. Just because you were robbed by a black person and you're now weary of them does NOT make you racist.. it wouldn't be called racist if it was a white man robbing a Asian man and he had a fear of white men, because it is not racism.
Where the idea that women were inferior first came to be?
Well, men are stronger than women so before the Neolithic Revolutionwhere people were nomads and had to forage to survive, men hunted and women picked berries. That translated into them being seen as weaker and needing a male to survive because a female couldn't hunt, and fast forward tens of thousands of years and that really hasn't changed, since society was quite literally founded on this as one of the main principles.
After two horrible wars just two generations ago, how did Europeans get so close and warm with each other ?
The big European countries got together and looked at all the stuff they were manufacturing. Since it takes many factories to come up with all the parts for a finished thing, they decided to put those factories in each others' countries. That way, if they ever go to war, they're not bombing the other guy's factories - they are bombing their own. And if they go to war, they lose the ability to make stuff because the other factory is not sending them the parts any more.
Why is older wine considered "better"?
Older wine isn't necessarily better. It can go bad if left for too long. Also, in modern wine making it's more possible to control the elements that go into a wine. This allows the creation of wines that are good to drink in the same year it was released from the barrels and very bad to drink later.
How the US can't call out on China or other countries when they hack into our networks and get classified info or weapon designs?
because that's what ALL country do. sometimes there's deal under the table or just a bullet in the chamber for later use.
Why do the States in the US need "Sexual Orientation Hate Crime Laws" when there are Crime laws on the books?
Ironically, the first case that upheld hate crimes was a crime in which a group of African Americans attacked a white kid for being white. _URL_0_ The thing with hate crimes is that they don't have to do with beating someone up for being black or gay. If a gay person attacks a straight person for being straight, that's a hate crime. The point of targeting hate crimes more harshly is that they have been used throughout American history to terrify communities, not just attacking individuals. Hate crime laws deter all people from being attacked just for one characteristic they have.
Why can't the president be seen eating on camera?
I don't know if it's outright disallowed, it's just rare, because someone eating is so mundane and an everyday occurrence, there's really no reason to. That said, I have seen pictures of Obama and past presidents eating, although in most cases, they were staged PR stunts ", 'Because it makes for lovely [photo ops]. ', "Because its associated with villiany, poor taste and bad manners. Look at movies. The bad guy is always loudly munching down some wet food or eating in a way that's bad manners. Think of Lord of the Rings when Merry or Pippin have to sing that lame ass song while his lord eats like a pig.
Why are beds so expensive?
Jason Kottke's blog has a couple posts that explain & link to further reading about it: [Busting the mattress racket] [More on the mattress racket]
why people with the least education on a topic often feel the most qualified to explain it or criticize it.
So I bought a.m stock for .25, and it went to .50! I doubled the amount o had. Now imagine the same stock is at 25.00 and it goes up that same amount of 0.25 to 25.25! Hardly an increase in comparison. When someone knows very little and learn something small, they greatly increase the knowledge percentage wise, but hardly by a real volume. That's why what you learn in a 101 class is nothing compared to a PhD level.One of my favorite phrases comes from Neil DeGrasse Tyson, it was a reference to conspiracy theorists who believe the moon landing was faked. it goes something like this: People tend to know enough that they think they’re right, but not enough to know why they’re wrong. ', "Because they have the spark notes version. It's easy to feel you've mastered a subject when you only have 10 broad data points to worry about unfortunately there could be thousands upon thousands for any specific subject.
The Dalai Lama and why China has a problem with him?
China is *huge*, and Tibet is not the only region where some people have separatist ambitions, not by a long shot. So the PRC's leadership is absolutely terrified of any of them gaining any shred of legitimacy and encouraging the others, because that might start a chain reaction and tear apart the country in a civil war that would cost many millions of lives.
What is Islamic State's endgame?
The Islamic State is a state whose laws are the Sharia law outlined in the Qur'an. ISIS's end game is to impose these laws on all nations in the world and therefore fulfilling a task metted upon them by Allah. On the other hand, the ISIS we know now may be motivated by a lot more than that. This uprising could be political, economic or even social more than it is religious. It is a possibility that these are political uprisings whose masterminds realize the power of religious jargon/language. That is, coining their agenda in terms of religion. This is a startegy employed by politicians and lobbyists all over the world.To trigger the apocalypse or their version of it at least. It's one of their biggest motivations. They 've conquered Dabiq and celebrated it as a major victory for a strategically unimportant farming city and now wait for the "Army of Rome" to be defeated there after setting up camp and initiate the countdown to the end of the world.Some people say they're trying to bring about the end times by provoking a massive war in the middle east. Or they're just a bunch of nihilistic sociopaths.
What would happen if we just voted on bills directly and didn't elect people to do it for us?
Tyranny of the majority would be a real concern. What if everyone suddenly decided it was ok to intern muslims in camps? give them numbers? kick them out of the country? We can't like it hasn't happened before - even the USA put the Japanese in camps over unfounded fears during WWII. Stir up fear in the majority against minorities and suddenly laws are passing that seriously endanger people.If everything were done by referendums or props, would you vote for everything? I don't even bother voting for one idiot every whatever years - I'm not going to spend every day to vote. Oddly the response is "that's why we vote for representatives" instead of "holy shit bureaucracy is out of control"It would probably be like putting a bunch of fat people in a room with fried chicken and vegetables and telling them to only eat what was healthy for them.
why do all online games seemingly have issues on launch day? Even when they have been extensively beta/stressed tested.
It's virtually impossible to simulate the actual load on launch day. So many companies think they're hitting the sweet spot on capacity and end up shitting the bed.There is no testing as good as actually using the software. And for an online game that includes 10s of thousands of users at once', "They aren't all terrible. 343i bit off more than they could chew, that's all.There is one more point to all of this mess with game launches to consider. In today's world it is "easy" do patches in many gigs vs the early day with a much slower internet. This has led to game being released unfinished Also in this digital age you just down load the game vs going and buying a copy. This also leads to issues.
Why almost no 7-footers are good at shooting free-throws?
there isn't good data on it, but many people and some limited data analysis indicates very large hands may make it harder to shoot jump shots and free throws. as for why some are good, well, that can just be attributed statistical distribution.
Why is the community in league of legends so toxic and hostile 89% of the time?
Pick five random people off the street and tell them to play basketball agaisnt five other random people. Also give them anonymous masks and if they win they'd get money. Probably be some aggressive behavior there.
Are police in the US really so trigger happy against African-Americans, or does it just seem this way to an outsider as such news is more widely proliferated since the Trayvon Martin?
Cops shooting whites aren't a racist news story, so it's not seen/heard as much.The black community as a whole, has more crime, meaning the ratio of cops interacting with blacks versus cops interacting with whites, is much higher. Blacks have a much higher likelihood that the criminal will have a weapon and the mindset to use it, thus have a higher incidence of cops drawing guns against the blacks in self defense.When reading through this thread, remember that the average redditor is a white, middle class man.If you made it this far down, you've seen the top comments. Reddit's fucked m8.
Why does Spanish use inverted punctuation marks at the start of words?
In Spanish the word ordering for questions is often the same as it is in a statement. In spoken Spanish you can tell whether it's a question or not by a difference in intonation - the pitch rises at the end of the sentence to signal a question. In written Spanish, you don't have that auditory information. So the inverted question mark is used for that. The inverted exclamation is used for a similar reason in Spanish.
Why hot dogs come in packages of ten, bratwurst sausages come in packages of twelve, and buns come in packages of eight?
Because some big shot at the wiener company got together with some big shot at the bun company and decided to rip of the American public! Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nitwits who will pay for things they don't need rather than make a stink.
How did 24 hour time become the accepted time?
there have been attempts at other time systems, but they haven't usually gotten very far. it's one set of measurement units that the metric system is lacking, although not from lack of [people trying].Egypt, who developed some of the first timekeeping devices, used base 12. 60 is a nice round number in base 12, and so is 24Also because 60 is such a good number to be divided there was no need to change. 1/1 = 601/2 = 301/3 = 201/4 = 151/5 = 121/6 = 10 Same with 24 worth to add: if any one asks "why base 12?" its\' because ancient Babylonians counted using their thumb on other 4 fingers, and each of them havie 3 parts, right? 3*4=12, using both hands you could count to 144', "I'm waiting for the day when us is using 24 hour format instead of the stupid 12 hour format, where one time can mean two things. Almost missed flights because of this :)
How come I hear about cancer in every organ except the heart? Why is heart cancer so rare/doesn't exist?
Cancer comes from from DNA-damage in cells, some come from carcinogens, but alot comes from the replication-process. Another important part in the creation of cancer is that cancer is a lot of cells that multiply rapidly. The heart and other musclecells doesn't divide very much, therefore it is very uncommon. And therefore cells like skin, colon and lungs which often replicate, the risk is bigger to get damaged DNA, and they are made to replicate already. So those cancers are common.
Pets that wake you up at the same time every day
I have a lovebird who tends to wake me up everyday around the same time. He's a very good boy though, if I want to stay in bed he snuggles for a few minutes then goes and hangs out in my window sill until I get up.
Why do pharmacists tell us to take 2 or 3 of a pill? Can't they give us one big one instead?
Yes, they could put it in one pill. One part of it that hasn't been mentioned is the social engineering to prevent accidental overdoses. The amount of actual medicine in most pills is tiny compared to the weight of the pill. But if the pill were 100% medicine with no fillers it would be so tiny that some individuals would not trust that its small size would actually work. Some pills would be so tiny that most individuals would not be able to easily single out their prescribed dose . So they'd ingest more pills to make it feel like they've taken enough and overdose. One pill with your prescribed dose may work very well for you, but for the general population, they need more bulk to make them feel like they're taking a proper dose and not get impatient and take more.
Why can Irish Citizens vote in the UK General Election?
The Republic of Ireland and the UK have had a special relationship dating back to considerably before they both became members of the EU. Many of the rules from that time have persisted -- for example there is no passport or other identification papers required to travel between the two countries, despite the fact that neither are in the Schengen Zone and therefore have full border controls on all their other borders. Another historical artifact is the ability for citizens of either country resident in the other being allowed to vote in elections. This applies across all elections *except* that UK citizens are not allowed to vote in Irish Presidential elections . The reasons for all this are due to the long history between the two countries, and the very large number of migrants between the two, as well as the fact that the UK's only land border is with Ireland, and Ireland's only land border is with the UK.
Why is isolationism bad for the United States?
Our involvement in the international community brings markets for our good, access to other markets for our goods, some of the easiest travel allowance in the world. Our population and government has also enjoyed having advance bases that make sure fighting happens on other people's soil and advanced bargaining, but that could be something you don't find value in. Could we be self sufficient? Probably. But you will have much more expensive and limited products, lower movie budgetd, less access to year round fresh fruit and veggies, less cross pollinated innovation, and the loss of potential businesses and innovation from immigrants. Like Google!
After a bad car crash, should you drag your family out of the wreckage?
No, absolutely not. In an emergency situation, you should not move anyone unless their lives are in immediate danger. You're more likely to kill them by exacerbating a neck injury that you're not experienced enough to recognize than save them, for practically no benefit. Being hurt and inside a car is no worse than being hurt and outside a car. Unless the car is on fire, do not move the victims, wait for the professionals.Unless they are in immediate danger as in the car is on fire or you need to administer CPR you need to leave them be. Dragging someone out could cause even more damage especially if they have neck or back injuries.
How do small animals not get hurt by rain drops?
Remember that something can only hit you with as much force as you're able to hit back. That's why even a champion boxer won't be able to punch through a piece of paper floating in the wind - there's not enough resistance in the piece of paper for the punch to connect with. It's the same idea with very small insects. If they do get hit with a raindrop, the energy transferred to them is limited by their extremely small weight. So long as they're able to get away from the raindrop before it hits something heavier , they'll be fine.
Why do major civilian airliners fly over war zones?
You should turn the question around: Why are SAM operators shooting missiles at commercial flights without explicitly verifying its identity first? Because that's the point of failure, not the plane's flight path
How and why does CPR work when a patients heart stops?
I'm actually taking a fire department first responder class. It's correct that CPR isn't used to restart the heart, just to keep the blood flowing till the pros get there. Also needed is rescue breaths using a BVM or if you are brave, mouth-to-mouth. Hopefully there is an AED available that delivers a shock to a heart that has a disorganized heart rhythm, to put it plainly. In any event call 911 straight away!!
Why is the old fashioned way of occupying a country and ruling it not accepted anymore?
Occupation is expensive, and overcoming opposition to the point where you have long term stability can take generations, especially when there are large cultural differences between the occupier and the occupied. The public, and congress, will not support a war unless there's a clear and relatively short term exit strategy. Ever since Vietnam, we want to use the military to get in, do whatever our objective is, and get out. We do not want to get into another quagmire, and we don't want to spend the blood and treasure required to occupy a country for very long.
why does our body sometimes twitch uncontrollably when we try to fall asleep?
3 steps:1) You fall asleep, so all your muscles relax.2) Your body can't feel any pressure because of the relaxed muscles, so it suddenly thinks you must be falling or something.3) You panic because you're falling and get a rush of adrenaline, which is what that twitch is.
Stephen Hawking's new theory on black holes
Imagine burning an encyclopedia and keeping all the ashes. You would technically still have all the information before it was burned but don't expect to be able to look up the capital of Kansas. I made this. But seriously, if you read the article the ELI5 is right at the end.
Why do (did) we have fingernails and what purpose do they serve in day-to-day life now?
In addition to what others have stated, it's also possible they provide a 'firm backing' for the finger, allowing fingertips to be more rigid and have better grip, where the soft skin might otherwise not be as easy to 'squeeze' around a held object.
Does snoozing in the morning have any actual positive physical effect, or is it just denial of having to get up and doesn't actually help?
Usually I don't fall right back to sleep. I use that ten minutes to just chill. Sometimes snuggle up to the gf to make her feel loved, and warm for a few minutes or just lay and kind of plot out my day then when the alarm goes off again I quickly turn it off and go poop. Day started.I used to do this to create an artificial sense of quality sleep. I would have 6 or so alarms set on my phone spaced out 15 minutes each, and would repeatedly wake and "snooze" and fall back asleep. In hindsight, this method is clearly unhealthy, but falling back asleep over and over feels great initially.It's funny how different partners can be about the whole snoozing thing. On the one hand, if my alarm goes off, I shut it off immediately because it's 5:30am and I don't want to wake my husband . On the other hand, if it's my day off and he works, he will hit the snooze button an endless amount of times.Haven't killed him yet.
How do you find a passion?
That's not something that needs explanation. You're only 5, you've got time. Do what you like doing.
why don't homeless people commit a crime that will get them sent to prison where they have food and a place to sleep?
I think a really big reason they wouldn't is because maybe they are working on their situation. It may be better in the short term to go to jail, but going to jail would totally halt/take away any and all progress you made towards pulling yourself out of homelessness. It may also confine you to being in and out of jail for the rest of your life. An employer may hire a homeless person, but who is going to hire a homeless convict?
why do we "hide under the covers" when we feel endangered. Why do we feel like it makes us Safer?
Because I'm hiding, and the boogie man can't see me if he can't see me, he can't eat me ", 'When you hide under the cover, you are alone in your own comfort zone. You can see nobody else, and on a subconsciounes level you think nobody that might want to harm you, can see you either. Like with the myth of an ostrich sticking its head into the sand.Humans are still animals, and as such, much of our incentives /responses are dictated by instincts. If you're scared, you're vulnerable. You don't want to be vulnerable so you do the next best thing, which is hide.I think it has something to do with feeling like being in the the womb. It's a dark, confined space. But there is no fluid so I'm sure if my theory holds "water." Crack myself up.
Why do objects in orbit, such as satellites, seemingly defy gravity and not plummet toward the Earth?
Getting into orbit isn't about going up, getting into orbit is about going sideways really really fast. You can see the forces in play yourself with common household objects: 1. Get a length of string, a cardboard tube, and some small weights you can tie securely to the string. 2. Thread the string through the cardboard tube, then tie an equal amount of weight to each end of the string. 3. Holding the cardboard tube vertically, start swinging the weights on one end of the string in a horizontal circle, while the weights at the other end of the string hand straight down. This will take some practice, but you'll notice that once you get to a certain speed, everything balances out - the force of the weights swinging around balances the force of the weights hanging down. That's the same forces that cause orbit. The earth is pulling satellites down, but because they're going sideways really really fast, the forces balance out. See also _URL_0_
How do FBI rewards work?
[link] Here's the info on the train that OP robbed when he was 6. I'm on to you op, the money is mine.
How big would an ant need to be in order to carry a 200lb adult?
I was once attacked by a giant flying beetle in Malaysia. Was at a small beach resort with no roads or electricity, everything was on generators and you had to bring all cash necessary. I was sitting on a deck on the side of a hill where our little cabana thing was and I hear this buzzing sound, like a big bee but more solid and muscular. Friend and I go to the balcony edge to investigate. Out of the gloom comes this tennis ball sized beetle. Both shriek like small girls . Monstro heads straight for balcony light between us. Then it turns. Flew straight at me, luckily I had instinctively picked up the plastic chair as a shield and batted it away with a loud thunk as it came at me. Thing hits the deck, doesn't move for a second, rolls over and turns around to face me. I think I pissed it off because it started up the rotars like a fucking attack helicopter and flew straight at me again! Again I smashed it down and this time my friend stuck a terracotta plant pot over it. We spent the rest of the evening watching it shunt the pot about the deck until we could find a long enough stick to knock the pot over from inside the door.
If Oil prices have dropped close to 40% per barrel, why has diesel only dropped 10% at the pump [UK]
This hasn't been mentioned, many homes still use heating oil for the fuel for furnaces. Fuel oil #2 is the same as road diesel minus the dye to show road taxes have been paid. Demand is strong this time of year because more diesel trucks and delivery vehicles are pushing out the goods for holiday shopping and cold homes needing to be heated. Price hasn't moved because increased demand has soaked up falling prices of crude.
Why are there different types of screw heads? Why not use a universal screw head?
Because different types of heads may be simpler or more complex, affecting both the cost to make and the torque that can be applied.Simpler ones may have come first but haven't been completely replaced because you don't need the same amount of torque for all materials and thus might opt for the cheaper screws .
Why are sim cards still used? Couldn't they just be done in software with modern smartphones?
The SIM card contains cryptographic keys which authenticate your mobile on the network and also encrypt the signals between your mobile and the base station. The SIM card will also contain your IMSI which is like a serial number and this is tied to your phone number, and your mobiles profile stored in the switching network. There is a large database called a home location register or HLR, and when you sign onto the network your IMSI is used to determine if you are allowed on the network or not and what kinds of services you have available. It's possible to build that functionality into a phone which is fine if you have a closed network but if you want to allow roamers onto your network, and your subscribers to roam onto other networks, then you need some kind of standard for things like IMSI numbers, encryption at the radio level, etc. SIMs come from GSM which further allowed a user to swap sim cards out and use the same phone to connect to different networks in different countries. You just buy a local SIM card while you're visiting which gives you a new phone number, and you pay local charges instead of long distance roaming charges. This also allows the subscriber to keep their cellphone when changing carriers, needing only to insert the new SIM card. In the US we had a competing format called CDMA which did not use removable SIM cards. Over time these two competing formats started to merge together with the newer standards so that you had mobiles which could use a SIM card, yet could also operate on new bands and signalling beyond GSM or CDMA. Basically the best of both worlds. Because sim cards and your IMSI number contain cryptographic keys, you don't really want to do this in software for security reasons but also to prevent things like cellular cloning, eavesdropping, and theft of service. Old IS41 analog mobile phones were very susceptible to cloning attacks and call tampering so when cellular technology was developed, so was encrypted communications using private/public key encryption at the radio level, and IMSI numbers to guarantee identification of authorized mobiles.
Why is the decrease of population growth in countries like Japan considered a bad thing? Shouldn't it be the other way?
The most obvious one is economic despair. The working age population will start to decline and will have an effect on the GDP as there is not enough people going into the work force to support the now retired age. In 2012, the average number of working people to support one elderly person was 2.6, but that figure is expected to drop to 1.3 by 2050. That is just supporting the elderly. Not including supporting the economy. Additionally, deaths and funerals can be expensive. In Japan, it is the family's responsibility to handle the spiritual rituals. If the elderly person did not have children and has outlived their partner, it becomes a burden on the person to make sure all things are finalized before death. There's also the moral aspect. In a culture like Japan, it is the family's responsibility to care for the elderly, and unfortunately, there has been an increase in elderly suicide rates because they feel as though they do not want to be a burden to their children or society. More older people and less younger people willing to take care of them can cause higher suicide rates. In Japan, there is still conservative attitudes towards immigrants. Usually immigrants are ostracized and people claim that they're taking away jobs from locals . By the way, the Korea Chamber of Commerce said that it isn't true in South Korea. In Japan, there are still deep rooted hate between Koreans and Japan, and right now, Japan is still pretty hostile towards China. America has more lenient immigration policies compared to East Asian countries which is why our population growth isn't as low as Japan. Even if American citizens aren't having children, the immigrants who come to work in America will settle and have children to put into the working class.
How and why was Ellen Pao appointed as the interim CEO of Reddit?
Because the board of directors thought that she would make them money. We don't know any more details than those. If you're getting sick of reddit, go to voat. We need new members and new content.
Why humans don't explain everything like the other person is 5? Shouldn't we strive to always simplify things down as far as possible?
> LI5 means friendly, simplified and layman-accessible explanations - not responses aimed at literal five-year-olds. It's up to the person with the correct knowledge to be as simple as they can, but the skill of simplifying content may not be with the authors of some responses. It could be left up to others to make it as simple as possible.
Why is it that when I'm tired things that normally wouldn't bother me (roommate chewing with his mouth open) suddenly make me unreasonably irritable/angry?
Because you're grumpy, you feel uncomfortable and wanna go to bed, and little things can make you angry.Also tell him to close his mouth
why do we need to rake leaves? What is the harm in leaving them on the ground to be covered by snow?
So when it snows, and you want to make a snow man, it doesn't have a whole bunch of leaves in it. C:
Why is Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem such a big deal?
As opposed to La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, the premier league and indeed many other leagues including all that I can think of, American leagues insist on playing the special song before each game and then they get all triggered if someone doesn't stand for the special song. The solution would be to stop playing the anthem before games since there's no real reason to do it, and it's a backwards practice. [There are a lot of editorials out there advocating this idea] However, this gets Americans even more triggered so it's unlikely to happen soon.
Why Does a thermostat require the user to switch between heat and cool modes, as opposed to just setting the desired temperature?
because it's a cheap or shitty or old thermostat. on newer or more advanced thermostats you can set a range, and if it's below it'll heat, if it's above it'll cool.
Why is it that when I'm drinking or drunk, I have an intense desire to smoke tobacco?
Because drinking lowers your inhibitions. If you're like me, you smoke sober, but you probably stop yourself from smoking too much. I wouldn't feel very good about myself if I smoke more than about 5-10 cigarettes a day, but when you're drunk you don't care as much. You're more likely to just do things you like or things that feel good. If tobacco makes you feel good, you're going to want to smoke more when you're inebriated.
Why Japan's population is in such decline and no one wants to reproduce children
NSFW _URL_3_ NSFW _URL_2_Japanese just aren't interested in relationships. These vice documentaries explain it pretty well. They're pretty good.From what I understand, there are three main issues:1. High cost of living2. Ridiculously long working hours3. Lack of childcare providers', "From what I understand it's the mindset they have. Basically most of them are business oriented and don't see time for relationships and family. Also, the adult industry is apparently a really good substitute for relationships, and it doesn't just include sex since both men and women can pay for companionship and attention from the opposite sex. [This video explains it better than me though it's slightly NSFW]
How a person who commits horrendous acts against humanity, such as Albert Speer get 20 year sentence while illegally downloading documents, such as done by Aaron Swartz, holds a potential for 35 years ?
Aaron Swartz would likely not have served the maximum sentence. Speer, meanwhile, was known to have defied Hitler's orders to save many lives and was the only top-level Nazi who acknowledged moral responsibility after the War. He provided the Allies with lots of information on the Nazi regime, and insisted that he was not aware of the large-scale extermination plans . So Speer got off easy for cooperating and a little truth-stretching.
Why are Baby Boomers so disliked and credited with the downfall of the American economy?
There are so many baby boomers that, in one viewpoint, are continuing to milk their careers while making it harder for young people to enter those fields. If the baby boomers that are still working retired, you'd see a larger number of available jobs compared to now.
Why do dreams always seem to reach their climax right as you are woken up or wake up?
I remember reading that you do not remember any dreams unless you wake up during them. You probably sleep through multiple dreams every night, but just don't remember them.
Why do pieces of plastic sometimes become "magnetic"?
That's static electricity. And most plastic materials are quite good electric insulatorsy which means the electricity can't discharge quickly. That's why it gets attracted to other stuff, it basically wants to discharge but can't.
How does tacking into the wind translate into forward motion for a sailing ship? Why doesn't the ship just list over or sail backwards?
As someone who has experince teaching five year olds how to sail, I may be able to help answer this. first I need you to imagine a clock face. Your sailing boat is in the center of the clock. The wind is blowing from the twelve o clock point. When you are tacking into the wind you are travelling in approx the 10 o clock/ 2 o clock direction. If you know anything about sailing, pointing your boat in the 12 o clock direction will make you go backwards as your sails can't catch wind. More about the sails now. When you are taking into the wind, it is important that your sails are pulled fully in. By that i mean the sail is parallel to the direction of the boat. I explain to people that this is so the wind is deflected by the sail over the back of the boat causing forward motion. This is roughly true. In actual fact the wind is deflected in the 9 o clock direction but the keel of the boat counteracts the force pushing you in the 3 o clock direction. This force causes rotation and the boat to start listing somewhat. I hope this makes it clear. it's much easier to explain with a sheet of paper and a big flava flave clock face! Basically if you know what direction to deflect the wind with the position of your sail you know how to sail. It's a much easier sport than it looks!
The "free" Canadian healthcare system.
I really don't understand why USA thinks that taxes are bad That's like it works, you give money to the state, and the state cares about roads, trash, police, health you know **IMPORTANT STUFF** and even if you are that rich for not having to depend in the state in health You know **EMPATHY**
Difference between lungs and gills. Why can't gills take oxigen from air and vice versa
Adding to what others have said, putting salt water will wash away key molecules in the lung such as surfactant, and alter homeostatic boundaries causing pulmonary oedema and death, negating any benefits of oxygen in the water. So in other words, they're not too hot with water.
Why do teachers always seem to think there are hidden meanings in literature?
It's not that the meanings are hidden, but that the work is complex and the meanings aren't obvious at first glance.A good art critic can take any painting put in front of them and make you think it has lots of deep meanings, and symbolizes much. Creative people push beyond common views into the unconventional. Yes there can be a certain amount of hot air in this process, but the process of thinking about things differently grows you in a creative direction. If we are to advance beyond what is, we must see things beyond what has already been seen. If you take the other side of an argument and try to do it justice, you will stretch your thinking and grow from the process, and see the flaws in the conventional reasoning, arriving at a better understanding and a plan for advance. Some pieces of art and literature make reference to things that were well known at the time, and that popular reference is lost. For instance broken records mean something to people from the vinyl era which well remember the needle skipping on a track and repeating that over and over. But to the digital music kids who never played vinyl, they have no context. Some other references come from classics which used to be part of all education but since abandoned. In these matters the teacher can help you understand the historical referenceI have a literature degree, and from my experience the teachers insights to the "deeper meaning" of a novel is only useful when they're giving historical insight. But a lot of assholes want to prove that they have read a book in a way no one else ever has so they can publish / sound good at a bar / rationalize their career, etc and that is so annoying.Because there are. Otherwise it's only a literal description of events.
Why does the US have such a large prison population?
Blacks and Mexicans make up together 30% of the population but 60% of the prison population. 50% of those in our prisons are in prison for violent offenses, usually related to gang activity. Comparing the numbers doesn't make sense because our populations are not the same. 320 Million, 60 and 20. You should be comparing ratios. So, to explain it to you like you are five: We have a lot of minorities in gangs that get put into prison for hurting people.Because prisons that get subsidies per inmate are a thing.Roughly in order of impact. 1. War on drugs/mandatory minimums for drug crimes 2. Mental health problems have been outsourced to prisons 3. Gang problems semi related to #1 4. For profit prisons encourage more/longer sentencing. This is the start of pretty minor affects. There really aren't that many for profit prisons in % of inmates. 5. Less corrupt judicial system, its harder to bribe your way out of jail in the U.S. 6. More accurate reporting/criminals are actually sent to jail not accidental deaths.
Why is the Dalai Lama so hated by the Chinese
He is the figurehead/leader of a separatist movement that is seeking independence from China, thus directly challenging China's authority over Tibet.
Why do electric/gas companies encourage you to save energy?
They are required to by government regulation. They are are also unique. While being private companies they provide a necessary needed service. Their employees know this and will work if foul weather to restore service to you. They know people's lives depend on what they do. The utilities know that there will always be a demand for what they sell. A house needing half as much electricity will still need the electricity. It is really vital. The employees do not see an income increase if more were sold. So they follow their mandates and encourage wise use.
Why do we feel our pockets vibrate when our phones aren't in it?
Maybe it's a new kind of text messaging sensory organ, growing on our leg, like in that movie, Videodrome.And I thought that only happened to me!Ever had an eye twitch? It's weird, but it's one of those things that "just happens" some times. We don't think much of it, but in the future when we all have WiFi connected contact lenses that twitch when we receive a message, we're going to feel silly when our eyes twitch and we realize there's no message.I wanna know how the hell I don't feel it when it IS vibrating!
Why is there sign language on TV when subtitles exist?
Another thing to add - Would *you* rather read the text on the bottom of the tv than hear it with your ears? Signing isn't the same as reading. It is a language and deaf people who are comfortable with it are going to be comfortable with the sign language over reading it similar to how you are comfortable hearing it over reading it.
why some people believe that Ebola is a hoax?
Probably somewhat denial. You know. If something is scary people like to act like it doesn't exist.
ELI5: Why does school primarily focus on impractical textbook knowledge rather than teaching practical skills like fixing computers, hunting, or self defense?
School is less about learning and more about teaching you the ways of how to learn. There is little reason we would need to know American or Canadian History in my case. Its about teaching kids how to act and what is expected of them in later years. Don't be tardy gets us in the routine of being on time. Teacher student relations teaches us how to interact with authority.Basic Math and English sets us up for success in the work force and later higher education.School is about introducing us to the ideas and themes of our work force. Most of what is taught is simply routine, and a product of a time gone by. For instance we are taught the correct way to write a letter, yet when has any of us done this?Physical education is to get us to regularly exercise and so on and so forth.Your question is loaded by assuming that the textbook knowledge taught in school is "impractical". How to do algebra is going to be more practical in a society that increasingly uses computers and has much more theoretical work than hunting does. Furthermore, many schools do teach you how to fix computers, and many more offer self-defense classes through phys ed departmentsk-12 school provides background education, to give students the tools and practice needed to choose a career. a blanket "teach \'em everything" approach would either: A)not provide adequate information about the subject matter or B) take several decades per studentI honestly was always taught it makes you a better learner
Why don't we treat addictions by putting the addicted people into medically induced coma for a long time?
Because addiction isn't just a physical/biological addiction. There is a significant behavioral component. If you don't change the habits, you don't deal with the addiction .pretty much at all.
Could someone explain LI5 'The Catcher in the Rye' and why it's so controversial?
Holden Caulfield is merely a jaded idealist. The reason people hate him is because relating to him makes people aware of the parts of themselves that society discourages. Yet, anyone can relate to him in some way, and this makes people insecure when they do: Subconsciously, they're afraid they're as jaded and unrealistic as Holden is, and they probably are to some extent.On one hand it is written in an annoyingly angsty style that just makes you want to punch a baby, on the other hand it is amazingly accurate to sounding like an angsty teenagerThe book is quite nice, but nothing compared to [The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs]
The evolution of organs and organ systems
> How did this happen when the probability of failure is so high? When you get failure, the organism simply dies. This way you can just kinda have millions of failures until you get a success, which competes better with it's fellow organism, which reproduces more, which then dominates.
Why does everybody say Detroit is a terrible place?
I live within 20 miles of Detroit. It's on the news every other day for some new debt crisis or scandal.
What is a root canal procedure?
They will drill the inside of your tooth out and fill it with a filler. On a X-ray it looks like canals in the the roots of your tooth. There's a good description here. _URL_1_
Why would anyone plead the 5th?
It seems like you are admitting guilt to someone who isn't protected by the 5th amendment of the Constitution.
If I left on all the taps and water sources in my house on, how long would it take for water to stop coming out? What would cause this?
Unless you have a faucet with a built-in mechanism that turns it off after a certain amount of time, I don't believe the water would stop coming out.In western states with a shortage of water it would be very uncivil. In regions of the country with adequate rainfall the installed system can probably handle it. But the water bill in my town is based on treating sewer water. I am billed for treating the water which goes down the drain. That cost is far higher than the cost of the water.
Why do so many swimming pools not allow children to wear life vests, even if they are coast guard approved?
So crappy parents watch their kids. Life vests are made to make it easy to recover you. Not to keep someone who can't swim from drowning.
With all the free porn out there, how do adult actors and actresses get paid?
Advertising. Same thing that's paying for 99% of the stuff you seen on the internet.The funny part about this is having to envision you all explaining this to a 5 year oldI'll weigh in. I'm a successful indie porn producer. These days, people are a lot less willing to pay for "normal" mainstream porn. However, there is a thriving industry for "niche" fetish porn. The weirder the fetish, the less likely it's available for free. You aren't very likely to find a video of a woman sensually pretending to eat tiny invisible men on youtube. At least not with nudity in it. My company hits about 10 niches very frequently, which occasional other forays into non-standard sexuality. I also take the niche mentality down to the next level and offer custom videos tailored precisely to the client's specifications. You want to see me hump an inflatable whale pool toy and then pop it with my high heels? Want to see me dress up like Velma from Scooby Doo and take a facial on my glasses? Want me to don dominatrix gear, pretend I'm your mom, and tell you how to take it in the ass from my big strap on like a good boy? I 've done all these scenarios and more. Niche markets are where it's at in porn right now.Why do new movies make money when there's so many good older films out there?", 'The women get paid with direct deposit. Some of the men too I suppose.I won't explain this you if you are five
why does Hollywood still add silly sound effects like tires screeching when it's raining or computers making beeping noises as someone types? Is this what the public wants according to some research?
In the DVD commentary for Dogma, Kevin Smith takes some time to explain why there were little ribbons tied to the a/c vent. He said that in film school you're taught to make your movies for the dumbest person on earth. It was still one of his earlier movies, and those ribbons on the vent show that it turned on. Some directors like to give their audience a little more credit, but for the most part one would want everyone to understand what's going on. I'd say this is along the same lines of that.
In basketball, why does following through with your wrist increase your chances of making the basket?
I can't comment specifically on basketball. But in sport in general, the idea is to have a consistent motion from start to finish. If you mentally think that the shot ends the moment you release the ball, then you tend to jerk just as you release the ball , which ruins your accuracy. I guess golf is one of the best examples. Not sure if you've ever played, but imagine trying to do these two things: Normal shot with follow-through Normal shot up till you hit the ball but then suddenly stop the club You'll find that it's basically impossible to do without losing accuracy on the shot , just because of how your muscles/mind are gearing up to do it before you hit the ball. The reason we follow through is the opposite of this effect.
If a 4 legged table wobble whereas a 3 legged does not, why aren't we making more 3 legged tables?
Unless the table tops were triangular, they'd be too tippy. But, triangular table tops don't go at all well with rectangular rooms.
How is electricity consumed when its used?
If it worked like that, your light bulbs wouldn't give off light or get warm, your heater wouldn't heat, your motors wouldn't spin. The things we 'get' out of electric devices is where the energy is going.
Why do some people say exercise isn't effective for losing weight?
Weight loss is a function of calories in and calories out. It's FAR easier to reduce your caloric intake than it is to increase your caloric output. Ideally you will combine both, but what people mean is that focusing on your diet is likely to be far more effective than focusing on exercise .
Why does eating "junk" food after a long time of eating "clean" wholesome food result in discomfort in the body.
I'm no nutritionist but it sounds like the body is having a difficult time digesting the junk food because of all the sugar and other processed materials they put in fast food. A person that eats fast food all the time will have some serious constipation issues or at least have pebble poop; at least that's what happened to me. I switched over to fresher non-processed foods and when I started doing this I would feel better and had regular bowel movements that were healthy looking. If you feel crap going from junk food to healthy food, it's probably due to the fact that junk food is laced with a TON of sugar.
If evolution is real, why do gorillas and chimpanzees still exist?
for the same reason that there are more than one species of feline, canine, shark, etc. Different species branch off of common ancestors and fill different evolutionary niches. Evolution is often thought of as a set path or a line with an endpoint. This is wrong. It's just a pattern of change and adaptation that attempts to fill every viable ecological niche.
How does the president campaign and do presidential work at the same time during an election?
Congress isn't in session. All of the House and one third of the Senate is campaigning right now. No bills are being proposed, no legislation needs to be signed, no arms need to be twisted. It's a pretty low-key time in Washington right now. As the President is out campaigning, he takes almost all of his capabilities with him if the need arises. Most of what he is doing now, however, is campaigning.
Why are feminists extremely active in the US, but little is said about the treatment of women in the Middle East?
Do you mean, why is little said in the US about treatment there, or why is little said there about treatment there? Because there is a lot of opposition to how women are treated in the Middle East. It's not an easy problem to solve though.A lot is said, but nothing is done and official statements often soft-pedal those concerns with otherwise "friendly" countries. Why? Because the Saudi Royal Family and the Sovereign Wealth Fund they control owns around 15% of the United States and funnels lots of money into the business interests of prominent American political families and big corporations. So our elites pretend that they are a modern, moderate country with similar goals to the United States when in reality they are a country that is ruled by a brutal and corrupt totalitarian monarchy with no political rights, total economic cronyism, and treats half the population as little more than slaves in addition to still practicing slavery on foreign women and children they trick into going there for work.Feminists are really active in the Middle East. They're active in some countries more than others though. Even in Saudi Arabia where women are banned from driving cars and going out without a man's company. Remember that protest when women drove cars in SA? _URL_2_ In Lebanon, there are active women rights movements mainly Nasawiya. There's also the prominent atheist feminist Joumana Haddad.If the West had any sort of integrity it would ban all economic trade with Middle Eastern countries on the grounds of the human rights violations of women. But the West makes money trading with the Middle East. Economic interest outweighs human rights every time, all the time. I wish things were differentTrue treatment of women in other countries is horrific compared to the US but if we are unable to improve conditions in the states, how on earth are we going to affect change in other countries?In most Islamic countries, blasphemy is punishable by death. The Koran teaches that men "maintain" women, so if women argue against that, they could be killed.
Why does the way you cook food add calories?
As I learned it, cooking food doesn't add calories . It actually decreases calories.It increases the net caloric gain because your body has to spend less energy digesting it. For any food, your body gets a certain number of calories, but it also has to use up calories to break down the food. This is how raw celery can have negative calories; your body does more work trying to digest it than it's actually worth.So cooking food doesn't add calories, but it makes it so your body does less work, and the overall caloric gain is higher. Things like mashing and grinding also increase caloric gain.
Ok so i just started working at pizza hut and my question is: Why do people from india always ask to cut their pizzas with a clean blade?
Jewish people don't eat pork. Hindu are generally vegetarian and want no meat traces on the pie. If you used a dirty blade and they found out, they'd be disappointed and take their business elsewhere. I don't think they'd loose sleep over it.
Why is rooftop solar energy for someone's home a threat to Walmart profits?
Because having rooftop solar would mean power is cheaper and no corporation makes a profit from it. That's offensive to the Walton family. Their world view will be that somebody who already has a lot of money should own solar and charge people for it.
How does NASA or other space agencies "discover" the space?
We communicate with probes with radio waves which travel at light speed. At the speed of light, from Pluto to Earth, that takes over 4 hours, so there's a lag of a few hours. To discover planets that are many light years away, we watch a star very closely. We can either see a planet pass in front of it, or we can see the star wobble due to the gravity tug-of-war that stars have with their planets.
Why do humans need to be taught about sex while other animals just know what to do?
We *are* naturally competent at sex. We just want to do it in a way that is more civilized and controlled than animals do. Animals don't use consent and birth control, they use estrus cycles and genital arms races and other such evolutionary tactics. Many animals are pretty much forcing themselves on each other, and the female just has to have some biological filter of sorts. Even the animals who dance or otherwise impress a mate into sex often don't care past having babies. We have a sense that we can't just try to take a mate; we have to obtain permission for it to be moral, and so on. We are curious creatures as well and want to know not just how sex works, but why. What we teach isn't how to have sex, like how to put the penis in the vagina -- we can figure that out just fine -- but rather why it feels good, what the biological parts are doing, how to know proper consent, how to control when you have a baby, etc.My understanding is that hiding sex behind closed doors and teaching it is recent. Centuries ago people were having sex when they hit puberty. 14 for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, for example. And did Romans not have their own boys and girl prostitutes.
How can my mobile phone still perform an emergency call even when there is no coverage available?
Former cell phone slinger here. From what we have been told, the extra service fees and taxes mandate 911 to work on all phones in an emergency-allowing any old phone in the drawer to be a 911 calling machine. In other words, everyone pays to have everyone's phone be able to call 911 at any time. In terms of coverage, I believe the phone still needs a minimum amount. This may not be necessarily reflected by the number of bars. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
Why will a network not rent/sell the rights of cancelled shows to independent movies makers who can continue the story for fans of the show?
If there was money to be made by producing the show, the tv network would still be making it. I think it's less about rights, and more about financial viability for the potential indies.
How does air traffic work?
> There is bound to be two planes on routes that intersect at some point. So long as they're not at the same *height* there's no problem.
How does a minimum wage increase kill jobs?
There is a interesting cycle that can occur when increasing the minimum wage. Generally, it is retail and hospitality workers that are affected and they account for a huge proportion of the population. But as minimum wages goes up, jobs may be shed, but it's more likely that jobs are retained and prices in these industries will go up. This inflation on the very staples of the lowest earners from the employers of the lowest earners in-turn nullifies their wage increase as it is offset by inflation on day to day purchases.