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Why do I lose a decent amount of hair in the shower, yet my hair thickness stays the same?
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Hair goes through three phases, anagen, catagen, and telogen, or growing, resting, and shedding. At some points, the majority of your hair will be in one of these phases, which is why sometimes you feel like you're losing a ton of hair, but your hair doesn't get thinner. The average daily hair loss is 80-100 hairs a day, which is just enough to cover the drain for those of you that don't wipe your hair on the wall. The longer and thicker/coarser your hair is, the more hair you appear to be losing.
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how raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would effect our economy
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I own a cell phone repair business in a mall. We're fairly new, and i can only afford to pay employees 8.25 to about 12 an hour. If minimum wage rose to $15, i would have to shut down. I could raise my prices to compensate, but since it's already an expensive service, it would pretty much eliminate any business for me.
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What is the biological reason behind sadness over a loved one, or sadness in general
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Additionally, there's a theory which states that sadness is a form of costly signalling. Signalling theory is one of the most important aspects of evolution which can explain many seemingly paradoxical patterns in nature. If you are sad, you suffer from reduced fitness in an evolutionary sense. Crying children attract attention not only from their parents but also from potentials preys. If you are willing to endanger yourself, you prove that you are indeed in need of help which makes parents react more quickly. Likewise, a sad adult is unable to take proper care of himself or his family. This may seem harmful but on the other hand you show that you are really committed which might make you a more desirable mate, it shows you are willing to invest a lot in your family.
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Why do products sold on infomercials require four to six weeks for delivery?
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A lot of infomercials are for products that are just starting out and don't have the revenue to maintain constant production and have large inventories. Therefore a lot of manufacturing companies are on a make to order business and thus do not have stock to fulfill your order immediately.Another possibility is that they make money the same way your bank does, they delay the money and invest it during that time. Banks make huge profit by doing that and they are only delaying it a few days ', "Interesting responses. It was my understanding that the delay was to put delivery beyond your credit card billing cycle so you couldn't dispute the charge when the product turned out to be crap.
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Why is Ohio so important in elections?
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It's a State that both parties can realisticily win, that has a relatively large number of electoral votes. Most States are dominated by one party or the other. Florida is the other big swing State.
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How come videos don't load like they used to?
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When pre/buffering videos , the advertisements wouldn't be able to set up correctly throughout the video as well. GoogleAds runs on specific algorithms to match a targeted as to the targeted individual . If the video was to buffer all through so easily, the ads would be less reliable to pop up and be directed based upon the viewer . TLDR: Advertisements pop up specific times unique to each IP Address to make money
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Why can you hear a jet engine from the ground, but not from the plane?
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There are several things going on: - Wind noise at high speed adds a layer of white noise, which has a masking effect. The engine noise is still there, but less prominent. - Airplane fuselages are designed with significant amounts of insulation. Partially this is for protection from the cold at high altitudes, but sound isolation is also a goal. - This one I'm not sure about, but the air is thinner at high altitudes, and I think this has an effect on perceived volume.
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Why do us companies have to comply with eu internet laws?
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If it is a a US company, with servers in the US and a website targeting US consumers there is no need to comply with EU directives. It's the last factor that's the contentious bit. If the website's intended audience is in the EU it could be a good deal more complicated. This is due to the [Privacy Shield] framework which the US and EU signed up to. This allows US companies to process the data of EU citizens provided that agree to do so under the data protection and privacy laws of the EU. Companies that have signed up to the framework are bound by EU directives . Without Privacy Shield, US companies would be forced to process the data of EU citizens within the boundaries of the EU, meaning their servers, infrastructure, etc would have to be physically relocated. In regards to the cookie directive, it's probably easier to just obtain the consent of *everyone* regarding cookies rather than trying to work out which visitors are in the EU and only applying it to them.
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The fall of the British Empire
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A quick answer is World War I was disastrous for the British. They won, and their empire was bigger than ever after taking Germany's colonies, but they lost hundreds of thousands of men , countless supplies, and money. Lots of it. World War II was even worse. We don't hear about it in the US, but the UK actually went BANKRUPT winning the war. The UK went from the richest nation in the world to flat broke in 40years. The US gave the UK massive loans otherwise the UK would have crumbled on itself. After the war,a broke Britain looked at colonies as liabilities rather than assets. Coupled with independence movements, Britain slowly gave up the colonies. Note this didn't happen overnight. The Empire was a huge source of pride for the British and they slowly let them go over decades following WWII. From India to Hong Kong, it was over a half century of letting them go on their own, though many happened in the 60s, particularly in Africa.
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Why is it that the body expels excess fluid by urination instead of storing it for future use like food?
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The body does store extra fluids. That is why you can go a few days without drinking without dying. As to why we don't have something like a second stomach to store water, there was apparently not enough evolutionary need for such a thing.Evolution only results in traits that are necessary, not perfect. Humans have never evolved in an environment where storing water was a helpful trait.
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Why isn't a car hitting a wall at 120MPH the same as two cars colliding at 60MPH?
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Here's how I've thought about it that makes it make sense to me. Imagine two nearly identical scenes. In the first scene, a car is traveling from left to right at 60 mph toward a brick wall in the center. In the second scene, instead of a wall, there is a second car traveling right to left at 60 mph. Imagine what happens to the left car in each case. Both times, it abruptly drops speed from 60 to 0 mph in the center. Now, imagine I cover up the right side of the scene, so that you can't see either the wall or the second car, and play one of the two scenes at random. You can only see the left car. How do you tell which scene was playing? You can't. It looks the same from the left car's perspective in both both cases.because of kinetic energy. assuming the two cards are identical and collide head on. 1/2mv^2 > > 1/2m^2 + 1/2m^2
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The conflict between Northern Ireland, ROI, and England, the IRA, the Troubles, etc.
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I know this isn't exactly the proper format but if you are a reader check this book out. _URL_0_
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How do car keys (not the physical key but the electronic beep boop) each open one car and not all nearby cars?
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When you click the button, the key doesn't just transmit a single signal, it transmits a series of signals that encode a specific code. Each car has its own code.
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Project Veritas and the Roy Moore allegations?
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What part are you confused about? Project Veritas tried to plant a fake story at the Washington Post to discredit them & their vetting process. If the Post took the story, Veritas would've immediately come out & said they planted it,hurting the Posts reputation & the credibility of other stories. What happened instead is that the Posts vetting caught the Project Veritas' lie immediately, which really just shows the Post has a good vetting process & doesn't post stories for deceptive political gain like Veritas claimed.
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Why do anti-depressants take so long (up to 12 weeks) to start working fully?
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We don't know. According to our theories of how they work it should happen pretty much instantly. The fact that they don't indicates there are still large parts of the mechanism of depression we don't understand.
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What's the advantage of having multiple separate investigations into the President, instead of just one comprehensive investigation? What happens if they come to different conclusions?
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They serve different purposes. The FBI investigation is focused on what happened, who did it, and were crimes committed. As part if DoJ it can convene a grand jury & issue criminal indictments if warranted. The House & Senate investigations are more focused on how the acts occurred and why they were so successful. Their goal is to eventually pass new laws to prevent this from happening again. Computer analogy: my computer got hacked & my identity stolen. The FBI is trying to find & arrest who did it. Congress is trying to find & fix the exploit used so I can't get hacked again.
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why are there still so many limb amputations?
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It's reddit. People post pictures of cool stuff. Modern prosthetics are cool. I mean who doesn't like cyborgs, really? This doesn't mean that there's more of them, we just like pictures of cool stuff & people that are succeeding against adversity.Amputation only occurs when not amputating is more dangerous. A severely mangled limb will start to die, which can spread necrotic material throughout the entire body and lead to death.
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ELI5: What information do apps gather about your device and how far can they go?
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Isn't that written in the terms of service agreement you haven't read. Aside from the joking, if you are really concerned about what certain apps can and cannot do, you should be more responsible with your phone. It is different for each app and really, read the terms of service agreement if you care.
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Why are androids apparently better for treating autism than fellow human beings?
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A lot of people are mentioning that it's because of the routines that autistics crave and need, but you have to look at the flip side of the equation as well. Dealing with autistic children and adults is draining. You get stressed out quickly, but you can't take it out on them. So you hold onto it and one day you just snap after Johnny asks you for the fifth time why he can't use the scissors to cut his hair again. You tell at him. And this effects autistic children way more than neurotypicals. He can shut down and you may never have a chance to get him to open up to you again. With Androids this wouldn't happen They could withstand the long, stressfully hours that would take its toll on a human.
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What is happening in Syria with regards to the USA and Russia?
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As stupid as this sounds, House Of Cards does a really good job of explaining why the Middle East matters, geographically, to both the United States' and Russia's security interests. Worth a watch. /u/Smithy006 and /u/Enthane did a damned good job summarizing, though.
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Why is it so much cheaper to buy 100% juice than to just buy the fruit and make the juice yourself?
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Juice is usually reconstituted frozen concentrate that is made from damaged, fallen and overly ripe fruit that can't be sold at the store, so the raw material is cheap. When you buy fresh fruit at the store you are paying for the prettiest product from the prime harvest that has been carefully handled.
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Why do so many of us bounce our leg up and down while sitting down?
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I do it cause i almost constantly have some form of rhythmic beat going on in my head which is why like moving my leg in that rhythm. I play various instruments so it's probably natural. I should probably add that this is mostly never the leg alone. Whichever finger is free is on Snare duty.
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Why do my Bluetooth headphones cut out when the microwave is turned on? Samsung U headphone 1200W microwave.
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> Every time I am listening to my headphones in the break room they cut out when microwave is on for the same reason that microwaves fuck with your WiFi when the microwave is running. these different things operate on similar wavelengths, and their signals interfere with your device's ability to communicate. > When I shield the body of them they keep playing. for the same reason why water fucks with WiFi's ability to transmit the signal. Water blocks/interferes with the signal. In your case, your body blocks microwaves sufficiently to prevent the interference with the bluetooth headphones. also, its important to note that in terms of technology, WiFi and bluetooth are very similar. interesting fact, this is also why you should avoid having a fish tank around if you use WiFi, especially avoid placing a fish tank between your wireless device and the router: it can negatively impact your WiFi performance.
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Are fire departments/rescue teams allowed to break through walls etc without permission?
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UK Firefighter: I guess so. Breaking in to somebodies property is one thing, but smashing a god damn wall down is something else entirely. I don't think I'd be able to do that in a hurry. We'd need a Tech Rescue Unit, and that could take a while. If there wasn't a life risk would we be causing more damage than we would be salvaging? Life risk wise, we'd give anything a good go. The key is benefit > risk.
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Why do some people have no sense of rhythm whatsoever?
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Im not very educated with this, but I see no one has commented. I think it mostly has to do with how developed certain parts of the brain that have to do with that are. Sorry it's not much.
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Why is it ok for the wooden frame of an unfinished building to be exposed to rain?
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There are many different building practices and materials. This answer in reference to a very common material used in home construction. Not all. Not everywhere. Douglas fir is often the choice for many construction projects. For framing homes this wood is never, or seldom treated. This wood is best used wet. Lumberyards will often run sprinklers on wood piles in summer. When Doug Fir is dry it becomes so hard it is very difficult to drill, nail or saw. When the framing is complete and the siding and roof is on this structure forces the wood to remain square and straight. If the framing is let to dry without siding or roofing the wood will twist and warp and be so hard it's difficult to work with. Siding and roofing are added quickly to prevent drying and warping, before the building is locked into place. Wet does not hurt wood if it has a chance to dry before rot sets in. Drying or seasoning takes place slowly for the next year or so. Treated wood is used in places where moisture is a problem and humans will not typically contact it. Treated wood off gasses poison and is not advised to be used except on a limited basis where the structure touches masonry. Fence posts, exterior posts, etc. might be treated but you don't want this stuff in your attic or walls.
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What's all this talk about "September 2015" and how something bad (i.e. doomsday, an economical crash) is going to happen?
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To be honest, I'm not sure where some of these people get their theories from. As it was with the 'Mayan Calendar' prediction, they speculated that the world would end because the calendar ended in December of 2012 [A list of how often the world was predicted to end] I'd assume this one is no different than any of the others and some sort of prophetical mumbo jumbo someone extrapolated from seeing something on a piece of toast.
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What Needs to Happen For a City to Receive Google Fiber?
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I'm from Raleigh. The Triangle area got it mostly because of Research Triangle Park and the three major reasearch universities that tie the Triangle together . With all of the biotech and medical resarch going on in our area it's stupid not to have Google fiber here.
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How does rhyming differ among languages?
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In slavic languages it's pretty much the same. Source: I speak Slovenian as my first language.Re: Japanese: it can rhyme, but doesn't . You can have two words that rhyme but to a Japanese person, there isn't that same innate recognition of "ah, that rhymes". I remember it being super frustrating trying to explain the concept to students there. Poetry that has rhyming in Persian/Dari language in Afghanistan work the same as English. Two words will rhyme at the end of a sentence. Although most Persian poetry does not have rhyming from what I have seen.
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What's going on psychologically when you have a favorite color (or enjoy/like certain colors over others)
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The notion that our favorite colors are based solely on experiences is fairly naive. Looking [here], you can see that blue and green are by far the most popular. I bet this has to do with our instincts for food and water. There is nothing better than the feeling when you see an open field or ocean. You don't get the same feeling when you see a big brown/orange field w/ no grass or the yellow desert. I think it is just due to human nature wanting to live in green/blue areas.
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Do paleontologists have educated guesses as to what's hiding under Antarctica's ice?
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i don't have much to add, but the ice cap covering the continent is said to be about 4.7km thick. I know of one core drilling that got as far as around 3.5km deep.
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Why do diabetes victims have to amputate their feet?
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> Why not the arms? Or the abdomen? Why are only the feet susceptible to this? Long standing diabetes is a risk for both peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease . Both of these contribute to poor sensation, especially in the feet early on. Due to poor sensations in feet, the person cannot feel and probably does not look out for open sores, eventually leading to sores that don't heal and hence get infected or causes significant amount of pain. Hands/arm can get bad enough to warrant amputation, but this is rare. And so, only the organs that are supplied by small arteries/vessels are prone to ischemia , not the abdomen.> Why are only the feet susceptible to this? Farthest from the heart. I don't think "only", I think "first".
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Why do so many baby boomers have Hep C?
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It's poorly understood *precisely* why they're at higher risk, but they sure are. Between the 1960's and 1980's, transmission rates of Hepatitis C were the highest. There are a combination of factors at play. That was before Standard Precautions were practiced in healthcare, and testing blood for transmissible illnesses wasn't possible. People were contracting it from blood transfusions, medical equipment, and organ transplants until the nation's blood supply began to be tested in 1992. Of course, the sexual revolution and free-love led to a lot of free STD's as well. IV drug use and sharing a needle just one time forty years ago could have caused infection. Most don't know how or when they contracted it, nor do they know they have it. Lying dormant for years, the chronic form of Hepatitis C often leads to liver cancer.
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Why do animals get hurt in a forest fire? Couldn't they just walk away from the fire?
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How do people get hurt in house fires? Couldn't they just walk away? It's not as simple as that. Forest fires usually happen when it's extremely dry, meaning that the fire may spread through the canopy before the animals know what's going on, causing falling branches, trees, burning bushes and such to block paths that they might take. Combine this with lots of smoke and heavy breathing and animals will pass out and be burned.
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Why are the only elected people in public office from just two political parties in the United States? Why don't any other parties gain any traction?
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A lot of people like there party just as much as they don't like the other party. They feel that if they vote for a 3rd party canidate that not only does it hurt the party they like, but it helps the one they don't like because it's one less vote for the guy that actually has a chance of beating the other guy.
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- Why is it bad for money to have a fixed value over time?
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1. Generally, workers resist cuts in nominal wages. Basically, this means that workers don't want to make less money than they did the year before. However, workers workers are less resistant to cuts in real wages. In other words, if I get a 1% wage decrease at 0% inflation, I'll be really sad because I'm making less money. However, if the inflation is at 5%, and I get a 4% wage increase, basically the same thing happened but the amount of money has still gone up. A small amount of inflation allows this to happen. 2. Inflation allows for a negative real interest rate. If inflation is at 4% and you invest money with a 1% interest rate, you're actually losing money , but it is still preferable to simply holding onto the money. Interest rates never fall below zero . So there is no equivalent if inflation is at 0%. 3. It would cost a lot to get to 0% inflation because it would require reducing inflation from where it is now, which requires a period of high unemployment and low output. I think I used some terms that people might be unfamiliar with, so feel free to ask me to clarify anything I said!
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Why do energy companies like Con Edison give you tips on how to use less energy?
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It's s short-term measure for them, if they can stave off massive investments in their infrastructure. Because I DIDN'T return one of their surveys, my local powermongers actually sent some bitch to my house. After explaining how I was not about to toss two grand worth of appliances that were only 5 years old and working fine, just so I could use their incentive coupons to buy maybe 6 or 8 grand worth of appliances so my power usage would go down. And, I'd see a savings of a hundred bucks. IN TEN years.
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How does one create a website/webpage?
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Plenty of ways.first start by buying a custom domain name e.g. _URL_3_ and pay for hosting.then you can build that website using tools like word press, squarespace have the domain redirect to the pages you created. Or if more adventurous A majority of guides are available online for free tocreate your own web serverThen find and follow tutorials online for the basics HTML, CSS and JavaScriptMore complex stuff _URL_3_, ruby on rails, php/ajax and some server side coding too.What happens when you access a webpage in your browser: 1. You ask DNS to find where the server is. 2. You ask the server to send the page to you. 3. Your browser convert the data received into visual elements and put them on your screen. So basically, when you host a website, you should do the following things: 1. Create a file that browsers can understand 2. Host a server that sends the file when someone requests it. 3. Register your IP address in the DNS, so others can find your server with something like _URL_4_You need a domain, which costs money to buy and a server to host your site, wich cost money
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How do we know exactly that the bee population around the world is decreasing? How do we calculate the number of bees to begin with?
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Global honey bee populations aren't in decline. It also depends if you are asking about managed bees or wild bees. Bee farmers usually report the number of beehives to a national agency. This shows us that the number of hives managed globally has been increasing well over the last few decades. As for wild bees, it's difficult to be completely accurate. Scientists who monitor wild bee populations do it by sampling statistics: for example, they count the number and size of hives found in one square mile of forest. They make the assumption that the same number of hives can be found in every other square mile of the same forest, and multiply that per square mile count for that same forest. They then do the same for other forests, savannahs, deserts, etc. The US is experiencing a decline in number of managed hives, which is what you are referring to. Globally, we are fine.
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how (in baseball) is a strike called by the first base umpire?
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If the batter swings, but checks it in time, the first base umpire has the best angle of the angle and can see if he went too far. If it's a left handed batter, the third base umpire is asked. _URL_1_
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If the Earth were a cube instead of a sphere would it keep its gravitational properties?
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This is a bit of a trick question because the earth is actually spherical because of gravity. So, asking if gravity would behave differently if the earth was in a shape that it couldn't be in due to gravity is not really answerable. However, if i'd speculate i would assume that it would be largely the same - the gravity would be weaker though on the edges and weaker still on the corners of the cube since you would be further away from the center of the mass. > would the gravity act the same? or would the force of gravity be perpendicular to the side you are on I don't quite understand what you mean by that. It seems like it would lead to the same result. It's already perpendicular to the surface you're on regardless of where you are on the planet.
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How can steam have big sales so often and still stay profitable?
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By no means is this a comprehensive answer, but picture it this way. Most people will hesitate to throw down full price for a game unless they were planning on spending the money already or are not really that worried about cash. Let's just suppose that there is a gamer who refuses to pay the full $60 for a game. On the sale of $30, your frugal consumer is more willing to buy it. Especially when you have time limited sales like Steam does, the urgency of buying the product is increased. In the end, someone may never pay the full price for the game, therefore Steam would never make the sale, but by reducing the price, they have made at least $30 off of someone who would not buy it otherwise.
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Why won't companies hire people who are "over-qualified"?
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I've managed a Staples, Verizon Wireless, and now im a State Farm agent. Anytime I've hired someone over qualified a few things tend to happen. The original salary agreed upon quickly isn't enough for them, it is very hard to train them because they feel their ways are how it should be done, and finally they dont stay with the company long because they are constantly searching for a place that will pay them for their experience.
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Why is radiation bad for you?
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When a radioactive material decays it releases some particles based off of what type of material it is. One of these particles is a high energy photon called a gamma ray. Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic wave, which light and x-rays are also. Gamma rays are not like light in that they can pass through different materials because they are so small. When these rays hit your body they can mess up your DNA, think of it as if your DNA was bigger and you shot at the parts of it with a gun. These changes to your DNA can cause the cell to multiply out of control causing cancer. You actually are always feeling some gamma rays, but being in high radiation areas just exposes you to more of them, greatly increasing the rate of cancer. EDIT: Microwaves are also electromagnetic waves as are cell phone waves. These waves are actually less high energy than light so they can't hurt you. UV rays act like weaker gamma rays in that they cause cancer, just at a much slower rate. The Sun actually emits UV and gamma and x rays but the gamma and x rays are deflected by the atmosphere so they don't effect us very much. The UV rays that get through cause Sun burn as well as cancer .
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Why Korea have such a long working hours per week than the rest of the world ?
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Koreans have a custom of not leaving until their boss does. You will find they aren't actually working once it goes over time. Just waiting for the boss to leave.
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How do some posts skyrocket to the front page, while other seemingly similar posts fade into obscurity?
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> Some users I assume we're talking about /u/GallowBoob and /u/iBleeedOrange here. They tend to post in the peak times for the USA, which is where the majority of redditors are. There is also an 'upvoted because GallowBoob' mentality, but to a far lesser degree. Finally, they do make good posts.Peak times. Right now it is the peak time in Australia so the number of hugely upvoted posts will be smaller.
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I weight myself at night I'm 180.5lb and then I go to sleep. I weight myself in the morning and now I'm 179.9. Where did the weight go?
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It's possible you lost some weight in water by sweating and respiration. However, that's probably within the margin of error for your bathroom scale. Most consumer scales are not terribly accurate.
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How do satellites orbiting the Earth get their orbits assigned to them, and how do they not hit into each other?
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Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Does anyone or any nation own Antarctica?
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A few countries have made [territorial claims] in Antarctica in the late 1800's / early 1900's, but the later [Antarctic Treaty] kinda render those claims somewhat moot the world has set it aside as a scientific preserve.There is an Treaty that says that no one owns Antarctica. In the treaty counties can use Antarctica for research as long as it is not for military reasons. Countries can not station troops for military reasons on the Continent. Also in the treaty it states that there can be no fire arms for any reason, which would make it hard to just take land. There is something like 18 different research stations on Antarctica with about 5 being owned by the US. [Imgur]Me at the South PoleActually, there is a town called Villa Las Estrellas on the western part of Antarctica that is still considered to be part of Chile becacuse they have claimed it. Suprisingly it has many amenites as a regular town doesSo if you kill someone in Antarctica, would you get away with it because no one owns it?
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Why are shorts not considered acceptable business attire, even on "casual days?"
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Because you skipped leg day and it'd be embarrassing to see your twigs on show. Also, what kind of shorts are we talking about, 3/4s? Short shorts?
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Why when a girl knows I have a girlfriend I'm automatically more attractive
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wow, all of these answers are correct to some degree.I was going to mention the 'non-desperateness' that men exude when they are attached.
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What happens to current debt during times of great inflation?
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You still owe a billion shekels in debt, but it become less valuable in terms of a stable currently like the dollar or the euro. Countries will often inflation devalue their currency as a way reduce a debt burden. That's part of the reason Greece was in so much trouble, being on the euro, this wasn't an option to them. The prospect of debt being devalued is factored in to the terms of the debt. The bonds for most countries run pretty close to their inflation rates. If you are experiencing 15% inflation, do not expect to be able to borrow money at 5%.
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Why are Greenpeace considered a 'bad' organisation/heavily criticised?
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Here's a video of a Greenpeace founding member explaining why he left the organization: _URL_0_ Basically the organization is nowadays fighting issues they do not understand.
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Why does a rising economy correlate with falling birthrates?
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One point is that with better economy, there's a lot more to do, and a lot more that people *want* to do, and they don't want to get tied down by a bunch of kids. For example, the economy is good so you make more money so you can spend your time travelling to other countries. But you know that if you had kids that would A. Suck all your money, and B. Suck all your time. So you don't have kids. If you eventually *do* have kids, you've started a lot later so you're likely to have less.
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How do giveaways work?
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Part of the marketing budget for brand promotion, if we're talking legit giveaways. Instead of the company giving it away directly, they might recruit the help of a popular social media personality to do it for them, thus exposing their brand to a larger audience. Edit: Though in the iPhone or Note case, I have no idea who's sponsoring what.
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Why do hospitals and asylums get abandoned?
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In a rural community about 20 minutes from me, there is a massive abandoned psych hospital campus. Super old, cool, and creepy. A lot of old equipment was just left in there as is; definitely could be used as a movie set. It was abandoned due to lack of funding. They actually couldn't afford to transfer a lot of patients and just let most of them walk out. Many people around here actually attribute the high level of mental illness and poverty in the area to this.
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help me explain dropping the bombs on japan to a bunch of tweeners.
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Well, you don't have to act like it wasn't a horrible thing to do. I think you can explain some of the rational behind the use of it and pressures that America was dealing with, but also agree that dropping bombs that evaporate people, and many of them civilians, as a means to flex our muscles was pretty messed up.Its tragic.
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What is happening to your eyes ( & brain) when you are thinking about something & you stare into the distance, seemingly oblivious to what is happening in front of your eyes?
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I used to do that without even noticing while driving motorcycles. Then all of a sudden I would realize that I wasn't even paying attention to the road and drove a significant distance like that. I would always wonder how it happened and why I never crashed.
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How do people own nice properties and vehicles and remain either out of debt or have very little debt.
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It's possible following some tough but ultimately common sense principles. If you're already in debt: * Save away at least $1000 for emergencies* Do not take on any other kind of debt, this includes financing a car. NO MORE DEBT!* Make a budget stick to it. This will take several months to fine tune.* Take every single extra dime left over from budget and apply towards debt.* Once out of debt save up much larger emergency fund to cover 8 months to 1 year of expenses in case you lose your job.* Start putting 15% of your pay check into retirement accounts.* If you want a house, save up 25% of total cost as down-payment. Home loan on a house is the only kind of debt you should ever take on.* Put every extra penny towards mortgage payments. * Once house is paid off start putting money into goo mutual fund investments. * Soon enough your investment income will exceed your work income* You are now wealthy.
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What’s the difference between “election meddling” and “election marketing”?
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If the U.S, does it over seas, it's promoting democracy. If a foreign country does it here, it's called electoral interference or meddling. All just depends on the actors involved, and the source of information.
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Why does an orchestra need a conductor but a rock band doesn't?
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The main reason is that in a band where the percussion is loud and easy to follow, a conductor is not always necessary. This is the same reason jazz bands don't always need a conductor. In orchestras and big bands you can also have sections of silence where someone had to keep time.One thing not mentioned yet: a conductor not only keeps time but also chooses how to blend all the instruments together where as a rock band has a sound engineer do this role and a producer making similar decisions in a studio/recording scenario', "Part of a conductor's role is to shape the music the way they want it to be. It's little-known, but for about the last 140 years, conductors have increasingly dictated speed, balance of different instruments, phrasing, and more. The reason that they're held in such high esteem is that they often have to know 12-14 parts for a 40 minute piece inside out. That's cumulative, by the way - first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, double basses, oboes 1, 2 and 3, clarinets 1, 2 and 3, and so on. For some symphonies, the conductor has to know over fifteen hours of that like the back of their hand.1) There are a lot more people in an orchestra than are in a rock band. Rock bands are 4-7 people generally, orchestras can be over 120 people. Chamber Orchestra are small groups of 3-8 members and generally do not have conductors. 2) Orchestral music is generally much more complex. There are more dynamic and tempo changes, as well as a lot more nuance in the way it is played.
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Why does the body suddenly detect itches as soon as it it thinks about itching?
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I don't know the answer to your question but I do know two people commented and I see nothing. Check, you guys might have been shadowbanned
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Net neutrality FAQ & Megathread
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So is this something Congress is going to vote on? If so, when does that happen? I've contacted the FCC and called and emailed and have gotten nothing but positive responses from Congress people.
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Where is Edward Snowden and what will probably come of him?
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He's in Russia, and will be safe there forever unless he pisses Putin off somehow, in which case he will be toast.but but why did he go to russia?
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Why are I.Q. tests used as the primary standard for gauging intelligence?
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Pattern recognition is a very important part of intelligence. IQ tests do involve much more than that. As for why we use them it's because we haven't really developed anything else.
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Why do airlines price tickets at a remarkable increase close to takeoff (next day flights) when they know they're likely not to sell?
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The theory is that if you're buying tickets for the next day, you're absolutely desperate and you have to take whatever they give you, so they can jack up the price and you'll still buy it. I also have a theory that they want to encourage people to plan ahead but I'm not sure about that one.
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Is there any science behind epsom salts efficiency as a pain reliever?
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Your mileage may vary. Try it & find out. It's a cheap option. If it doesn't work, there's no long list of side effects to worry about. Salt is COMMON in the body & many aches & pains can be caused by insufficient sodium in your diet. Soaking in salt water lets you absorb it through your skin.Not a doctor. This is how it was explained to me. Bath salts are magnesium sulfate. Magnesium is absorbed through the skin. Higher magnesium levels allows you to absorb nurients more efficienctly. That allows you to heal more efficienctly. Makes you feel better
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Why don't laptops use simcards?
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Because you just have to buy [one of these] or [one of these]. So, on the manufacturing aspect, they don't have to add a port and the functionality for no reason.
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How is requiring someone to have an ID when voting racist?
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In and of itself, it's not. However, there are contributing factors - minorities are a disproportionately high number of low-income families, and as things are currently, obtaining a photo ID can be difficult for some. They're expensive , plus there's time off work to go get it during business hours , transportation costs, and the fact that one party is notorious for closing/altering hours/relocating offices in minority districts that don't usually vote for them, thereby making it even MORE difficult. And, strictly speaking, as long as there's a fee for ID at all, requiring a photo ID is equivalent to a poll tax, which is specifically prohibited by the Constitution. I'm all in favor of requiring a photo ID to vote, to keep things honest - but that ID needs to be simple for EVERY legitimate citizen to obtain, and extremely low cost, free, or subsidized for those with legitimate low income regardless of race. Otherwise we risk disenfranchising a significant portion of the voting population.
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How is it that those gigantic Cargo Boats can tackle those huge waves in the mist of a huge storm, but not tip over?
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*midst, not mist Not trying to be rude, just a friendly tip . I've heard the word mist used where midst should've been a few times lately. I refuse to sit idly by while the word midst gets forever-buried under a pile of mist. ;)
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When exactly can a business refuse to serve someone?
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You can refuse to serve someone as long as they can't prove it was discrimination. The list of factor that can be view as discriminatory depend where you live. Different company can then add their own rules that can be more or less strict to try to limit the chance that they might be taken to court.Not sure about in the US, but here in the UK it is not uncommon to see signs up in places of business that state "We reserve the right to refuse service", effectively legally covering them should someone be turned away for any non-discriminatory reason. Should someone claim discrimination if they were refused service they will be directed to the sign. Realistically though the only real reasons to refuse to serve someone is likely to be because they were too intoxicated or were exhibiting antisocial behavior which could be seen to discourage other customers from spending. The UK also has an official network of licenced premises called PubWatch, so if you are barred from one bar in the area this information is shared across the PubWatch network and you can therefore expect to be refused service in the majority of other bars in the area. It even has the slogan "Barred from one, barred from all", although in practice this is rarely the case. Ultimately unless there is a court ruling stating you cannot enter licenced premises then each bar is welcome to make their own decision whether you should be served or notThe two easy ones are: * Restraining order from any of the staff who work for the shop or any patrons currently in the shop. * A history of violence in or around the business, known to the police. However, the system works the other way: a business can refuse service *for any reason* until discrimination is proven.
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Is there a non-cynical explanation for rich people running for office? Or interested at all in cabinet positions and politics in general?
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It is hard to be a politician if you have to worry about a day job. Becoming a congressman or cabinet member usually takes years, even decades, of working your way up the political ladder. Your early career might look like: * spend a year campaigning to get elected as state representative* get paid $20K a year as state rep* serve two years, lose reelection* spend the next two years campaigning again* win, get reelected twice* after 6 years, run for state senate, * get paid $30K a year* server two 4 year terms* run for US congress It took you 13 years of full time work just to get ready for a congressional run, and in that time, you averaged a salary of about $21,500 a year. That's a pretty low paying career, with a highly uncertain future, if you don't have anything to fall back on. The next time you hear someone complain about how much politicians are paid, remember than not paying them means only the rich can afford to hold office.
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How Come Guys Aren't Aroused Anymore After They've Cum?
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Prolactin. It's involved in the process of sexual satisfaction and relaxation after sexual acts, partially in decreasing testosterone levels and counteracting dopamine - the testosterone being required for an erection and the dopamine being required for arousal. There's a refractory period for people assigned-male-at-birth. It varies from person to person There's many discussions in the evolutionary biology realms of why this might have developed, but it's up for speculation.
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Why does Vimeo's 720p look better than YouTube's 1080p?
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Vimeo content creators are generally industry professionals who know how to properly deliver a file to Vimeo. They usually deliver a ProRes QuickTime file or another properly compressed codec. YouTube creators are more likely the general public who are uploading highly compressed files to start with which are compressed again by YouTube. Most people don't realize you can upload professional formats to YouTube such as ProRes. When I upload high resolution ProRes file from a good source it looks pretty damn good.
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Why does Seaworld get such a bad rap for keeping wild animals in captivity outside their natural habitat, but zoos rarely get the same negative attention for doing the same?
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Even though they don't get the same criticism, I personally find them disturbing. I take my kids because they learn so much and gain a little passion for conservation each time they go. But I want to cry, many times over. I cannot look at the apes. I cannot watch the big cats pace and pace and pace. I cannot go back to sea world.
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Why do emotions feel stronger in my dreams than when im awake?
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When you're awake, you act in ways that protect your sense of yourself and attempt to control how others see you, and you know on some level that what you're doing is an act and the act brings limited satisfaction. While you might say or do things that push the boundaries of what is acceptable, and you might get a thrill--a vivid sense of emotion--from doing so, you're mostly aware of what you're doing. When you sleep, you're less aware of the ideals and prohibitions set forth by your culture and your parents, and that make up who you think you are and what you think you want. In your dreams, you're faced with a desire that goes beyond ideals and prohibitions. However, because you haven't paid much attention to this desire, you don't really know how to articulate it, which is why dreams are so weird. They're presented in the language of symbolism because you haven't given your desire credence in the language you speak. Here's the hard part. The symbolism in your dreams is your own. It's unique to you. It's the language of your unconscious, and when you're unconscious you understand it unconsciously, which is why the feeling is so resonant. When you wake up and try to make sense of your dreams in the language of your ego, you find it impossibly confounding. TL;DR: your dreams present you with a desire of which you forbid yourself. To live in this desire is to live with a full sense of emotion.
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Why can musicians legally make and sell cover albums of popular music, but as an artist, if create a stylized rendition of an iconic character I am unable to do the same?
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A musician can legally make a cover version of a song by paying the mechanical royalties. There is a set amount , or a lower rate can be negotiated. There's no mandatory rate for images, like characters. So, you will always have to negotiate with the rights owner for permission to use it.
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How are 100s to 1000s of surveillance cameras operated by corporations, universities, and the government?
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There are security camera systems designed to monitor large camera systems. In the old days it was fairly complicated to record the output from multiple cameras. Usually involving fairly complex mixing and switch of analog signals. Today it's incredibly trivial. Large camera installations such at a casino may use cameras that only need Ethernet and will send a stream back to a central server attached to a robust storage system. It's not uncommon for large security systems to have a dedicated SAN, which may get backed up by the corporate tape backup system.
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Why are Girl Scout Cookies not produced year round?
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Keebler makes them year round if you're in the mood", 'They sell them at different times of the year in different parts of the country. That way, the factory makes the cookies all year but distribution is spread out. Less inventory to keep on hand.It's all about supply and demand. By keeping the supply low, they artificially drive up the demand. This is why they can charge ludicrous amounts for cookies and people still buy them year after year. Plus they have cute little sales staff that work for free.
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How police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances are able to trigger stop lights.
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Pretty sure it's an infrared system they use to control traffic lights. Opticom makes one that gets used a lot around here.There is an IR transmitter that is activated when the emergency lights are turned on. This alerts the traffic control system which automatically adjusts signal lights. This is only used in larger metropolitan areas or dense suburbsI think you'll find that it depends on the technology in place which ranges from none to auditory, visual, radio, infrared, and GPS technology. _URL_1_So some fire departments have a device on their trucks called an opticom emitter. This device uses radio frequency emissions to "communicate" if you will with the street lights and this causes the lights to change. It makes things safer because it tries to get cars the he'll out of the wayI'm a part time tram driver, and we have a red button called "signal priority" in the trams. When I get a stop signal, I press the button and it switches the signal within seconds, and gives the cars or pedestrians a stop sign when crossing the track
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Why do people want programming taught in elementary/high schools?
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If you can program a solution method, you understand the problem. I firmly believe this is the way math should be taught. Repetition on an abstract idea doesn't really help. Learning good problem solving in a practical way does. That's why no-calculator tests always bothered me. Really? I'm going to be doing this level of math without one ever? When people talk about programming, they don't necessarily mean graphics, web, all of that - that kind of practical programming isn't necessary for everyone. They mean using programs that can ready simple commands to solve simple programs, like Matlab.
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How does a web developer create a website?
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Coming prepared with the answers to these two questions will get you most of the way: 1. What should it look like?2. What should it do? Your answers to these questions will allow you to get into the details. For example, do you already have a design, or are you wanting the developer to come up with it? You probably have some images or other assets that you're putting into your portfolio? She'll need those in digital form. Are you selling anything from the site? Will you be adding content to the site yourself, or will you want the developer to do it? Do you have a domain registered, e.g. _URL_3_?
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How can hurricane hunters fly into Irma and not get torn apart or thrown into the ocean in the 175+ mph winds?
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If you were to roll down the window of your airliner and stick your hand out, the wind would be about 600mph. 175 is nothing, in fact it's about the speed those things takeoff at. They can barely fly with wind over the wing that slow. The thing with planes is, yes they make their own wind by flying fast, but they also drift along with whatever the local wind is doing. Imagine you're running indoor laps on an ocean liner. You run and run and the only speed you feel is your own, the only wind on your face caused by your own running , and you're completely oblivious to how fast the ocean liner is going because you're getting carried along with it. The ocean liner is to you what the jet stream or hurricane or any wind is to an airliner: something that carries you along that you don't even notice unless it abruptly changes speed or direction. If you stick your hand out while running laps or flying, the only wind speed you'll feel is your own. Now you won't feel the wind of a hurricane because you're drifting with it, but you will feel when it changes speed or direction because you'll get pushed and shoved until you're drifting in the new speed and direction, just like an ocean liner turning sharply might push you around uncomfortably. In a hurricane that speed and direction changes approximately once every constantly, so it'll be a bumpy ride for sure.First of all, these are specially trained pilots. Second, they are in specially designed aircraft. Third, They are able to travel WITH the hurricane, whereas other aircraft are trying to get to a fixed point on the ground and have to fight against the hurricane.Here's a great video explaining how the winds in a hurricane affect a plane differently than the winds of a thunderstorm: _URL_0_ Basically, a thunderstorm has incredible vertical wind shears while a hurricane has much more predictable, horizontal shears.
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So my SO got a brand new laptop for Xmas. What kind of stuff should we download/avoid/uninstall to make it last as long as possible?
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[VLC Media Player] is vastly superior to anything else. Plays basically every kind of file imaginable, runs fast, and doesn't shove an online store down your throat. Also as far as extensions for Chrome go , I recommend [YouTube Options], [Hover Zoom] and of course [Reddit Enhancement Suite]
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How can spiders contain so much web when their body's are so small?
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The webbing is very thin and takes up very little volume. It's incredibly strong for its diameter, with the webbing of many species said to be stronger than steel of the same width.
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what's the purpose of nuclear retaliation? (more details inside)
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After a nuclear attack you are pretty defenseless. A first world military would be quite capable of invading and occupying you. However if they're reeling from a nuclear attack as well, they will not be in position to.It's possible that B will take the high ground take their impending doom stoically. It's also entirely possible that B will say "fuck em" and punch the big red button. Honestly, my money is on the latter.MAD: Mutually assured destruction. If you know that attacking B means you're going to get destroyed as well then you probably aren't going to attack. It's a threat used to *prevent* the first attack.
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Why are some people's sneezes really violent while others are barely audible.
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What I don't understand is why some people have to yell/scream when sneezing. I get the large volume of air movement, but what does that have to do with your vocal cords?? Can't we just inhale deeply and sneeze?
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If a person never learns a language, what language do they think in (or how do they think to themselves at all)?
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Hellen Keller's autobiography is very interesting on this subject. She was born blind and deaf. [This chapter] talks about how she started to communicate with her family.
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Is there a scientific or psychological reason why knowing we are going to die doesn't drive us crazy?
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> Yet, I still can't shake the idea that someday all of this will have been for naught. He said, typing on the computer he created from scratch, in the house he built from materials he extracted from the Earth, having eaten the food he grew The real answer is the futility of one life, which you are feeling, compared to the grand, hardly fathomable scope of humanity and life itself. You're right to feel the futility because you can only seem to see yourself or the world from your outside vantage. As soon as you find some things worth sacrificing short term happiness for, long term gain, etc, for people and ideas beyond your own, once you're invested in working towards a goal that you aren't the primary beneficiary of, and have to grow to rise to challenges you didn't know existed, it will quickly become apparent that in many cases you dying personally isn't that high on the rank of preferences a human can have. The psychological mechanism is perspective; it's the recognition of the benefits we inherit and experiencing our place in the chain of the cosmos
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[Economics] What happens when technological innovation eliminates ALL jobs?
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I don't think a day will ever occur, even though technology certianly makes our jobs easier, it never eliminates them all together. Even if we had infinitely resourceful machines, 3D printers, automated drivers and the works its still rather unlikely that machines will be able to replace all jobs. we will still have need of a creative class other jobs will still be cheaper to be done manually than by a machine. Some jobs will be created as a result of this automation. finally new jobs will be created to serve these highly trained individuals who produce, creating service economy we live already in a time of unprecedented automation, and while there is certainly a growing inequality as a result, people as a whole are all living better lives as a result.
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Why Marvel can't just get the film rights for Spiderman back?
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You can't sell someone something and then just change your mind. You can't void a contract just because you change your mind either. I'm sure Sony and Marvel both had teams of very expensive lawyers review the contracts, and both sides realized exactly what they were doing.If I sold you something can I just walk in and take it back? They are not letting Sony borrow the IP, they gave it to them. Sony owns and has absolute power of Spider-Man as movie IP.
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BitCoins always just look like a string of random letters and numbers. Why couldn't I just steal BitCoins from people by smashing my face on the keyboard?
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You don't need to smash your face into your keyboard. Your computer can generate random numbers way faster than that and it's much less painful. Eventually it can even stumble across numbers that are a genuine new bitcoin. This is called bitcoin mining and it can legitimately conjure you a fresh bitcoin out of thin air. The big question is whether that bitcoin is worth more than the electricity it costs you to mine it. If you want to give it a try you'll probably want to start here: _URL_0_ edit: I accidentally a letter.
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Why is Pork so Cheap?
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Pork really isn't that cheap. The BLS [tracks costs] of all meats in service of determining the Consumer Price Index. Pork is less expensive per pound than beef but more expensive than chicken. In general, beef is more expensive to raise per pound than pork. It takes *way* more land, more food, higher transport costs, etc. There are some cultural factors that come into play here - you'll note that bacon's cost has risen more than any other meat product over the last year. That's because of the ongoing love affair our nation is having with bacon right now. This may be helping to drive down the cost of other pork products - when you slaughter any animal, you get all of it, so if there's more demand for one product, the other products will generally become cheaper.
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Why is the sinking of the Titanic such a big deal in pop culture?
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It's the largest naval disaster of all time. 1500 people died. That's half a 9/11. Not to mention the titanic was the largest ship in the world at the time. And then James Cameron made a movie about it, which was the highest grossing movie of all time until Avatar came out.
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Jupiters surface, or lack thereof
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> Jupiter is a planet, but how can a planet have no surface? Does this mean I could just fall through it? A surface implies a definable boundary. For example if you were to fall through the earth atmosphere you'd briefly and abruptly discover the location of the surface. For jupiter and other gas giants, it has areas that are solid , and areas that some variety of liquid and others that are gas. However that transition is a smooth and gradual one which makes the concept of a surface a difficult one. There's this area here that's not a gas, and this area above that that is, but you can't nail down where it stops being one and starts being the other.
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Explain to me like I'm eighty-five what reddit is.
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It's where rapscallions go when they get off your lawn.It's like when your wife tells you, "Oh Betty-Mae has the most funny picture of her cat sitting on the couch! Here, let me show you "', "Didn't somebody post to r/funny or r/pics a few months ago with a side by side comparison of readers digest and reddit? User generated content, editorials, news, etc. If I could find it, that pic would be the best explanation.
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How can a business like Planet Fitness choose who they do not want to join but it is not viewed as discrimination?
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Well they cannot choose to not have someone join based on a characteristic of a protected class, which would depend on state and federal law.. so I'm really not sure their criteria but it would have to be something other than those protected classes", 'Having been a member, they have a code of conduct, not a discrimination policy. Grunting, dropping weights, muscle shirts, etc--all barred. No mention of people, just behavior.It still seems like a violation of the civil rights act of 1964. Let me start off by saying that I agree that businesses SHOULD be able to choose their patrons as much as patrons should be able to choose which businesses they go to. Freedom of association must be a two way street. But if we are going to call it like we see it then if you can't discriminate based on protected classes then you shouldn't be able to discriminate based on physical appearance.
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How is it possible that a bomb can be dropped from a plane and hit the ground and NOT detonate?
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Bomb require ignition. Dropping something from high up doesn't mean it's going to make any fire when it hits the ground. If the ignition fails, it won't explode.
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why everything is funny when I'm tired.
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People find things funny when something unexpected happens . There's other factors, but that's one of them. When you're tired, it's harder to see things coming.
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what is the scientific reason why two first cousins shouldn't get married?
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You marked this as biology, and everyone's giving the answer about breeding, but you specifically only talk about the implications of *marriage*. I don't think there are any, just social stigma.
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