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why don't heavier people naturally have more muscle definition from carrying around extra weight? | They do have more muscle, it's generally restricted to their legs. Look at a lot of people who used to be fat and then got in shape, calves of God himself I swear. |
Why does my car only have 5 forward gears? | Automotive engineer here, though electrical, I will clear up a few things. The reasons you might not have/want more forward gears is a combination of cost, complexity, and most important weight. There is a point of diminishing returns, where the extra weight will hurt your economy more than the extra gear would help yo... |
If alpha and beta particles are respectively helium nuclei and electron why are they dangerous? | Another dangerous thing about alpha particles is that helium *nuclei* are super reactive. A helium *atom* with two electrons is very happy and stable, but a helium *nucleus* without any electrons is very energetically unhappy and will forcibly rip two electrons off of almost anything else it touches . This is bad if th... |
How possible is it to have a helicarrier (like the one from Marvel's Avengers) and how would it work or why wouldn't it? | Nothing about the idea fundamentally violates the laws of physics, but it'd have to be huge. Like, impracticably huge. Like, the size of a smallish country huge. Helicopters are a really, really, *really* inefficient way to fly. Lifting something the mass of an aircraft carrier would take a rotor area about the size of... |
Why do some people put slashes in their 7's & Z's? | To not confuse them with 1's and 2's. Some put slashes through their 0's to differentiate from O as well. |
Why can't my $199 laptop play stutter-free 1080p if my $30 Chromecast can play the same media just fine? | In a $199 laptop, you are guaranteed that every component is of the shittiest possible quality. Just don't expect much. |
When did we start giving kids sugar for breakfast and why? | I don't know if it's true that children ate fat and protein for breakfast. Maybe wealthy children, but for most, it was whatever the local carbohydrate was. Corn, rice, wheat, millet, whatever. Usually a gruel, sometimes a bread of some sort. Of course, that was probably whole grain for most of history. |
Why do mirrors look like they have depth while screens (computer, tv, etc.) just look flat? | It's because each one of your eyes is receiving a different image, while a screen shows the same image to both eyes. Try this experiment on a mirror: Put an object in front of you between the mirror and yourself, then close your left eye, look at the object's reflection through the mirror, then close the other eye and ... |
Keto. What is it? Is there scientific evidence for it? Should everyone do it? | > Should everyone do it? No, the world hasn't enough sustainable resources for us all to eat mainly fat and protein. Carbs are much more efficient to produce. Animal fat from grain-fed animals uses about ten times as much resources compared to getting the same calories from carbs made from grain. Before the keto fans a... |
How much of humanity's creation accounts for Earth's mass? | Pretty much none of it. One way of looking at it is to consider a globe with accurate raised mountains. But in fact, if such a globe were the size of a china teacup, it would be smoother than the cup. So our structures are as nothing. OTOH, our pollution can affect the thin layer of life on the surface, and that's impo... |
On very tall buildings (100+floors) how does usable water get to the very top and how much resource does it take to get one gallon up that high? | In response to your edit- in my experience, if the pumps don't work, nothing works. I was stuck in a hotel during the big blackout in NYC, and the sinks, tubs, and toilets were all non-functional. I felt really, really bad for the cleaning staff who had to go through the whole building after that. We were kind of lucky... |
Do cell phone companies limit/throttle data because there actually is a bandwidth shortage, or is it a cash grab? | There is no doubt that the US has some of the highest cell phone/data charges in the world. Verizon are currently advertising 5GB for $55/mo , whereas in the UK I can get 5GB on Vodaphone for £17/mo , which is less than $14. There is definitely a cash grab going on somewhere. Whether it is specifically in the area of d... |
How does the United States Profit from War? | It's not the nation that profits. It's not the taxpayers that profit. Its not the soldiers that profit. Companies that get contracts with the US government are the ones that profit. Let's say I sell bullets and missiles. If the US isn't at war, they don't need to buy them or buy that many. If the US is at war, they hav... |
Why Do People Fear Darkness? | It's a combination between sensory deprivation and our imaginations. Because you cannot see, you cannot verify that your imagination is nothing more than a figment of your mind. Thus you think about it more, and you get afraid. That said, humans have sufficiently high cognitive abilities to ignore this fear and tell ou... |
Couldn't a poor country just add money to their government? | Inflation! Imagine a country with only 2 people in it. Person A has 10$ in his wallet.Person B has one apple. Imagine these are all the goods and money there are in this country . Naturally, the apple would sell for 10$. Because the apple represents 100% of the goods available, it sells for 100% of the money. Now say t... |
Why does wine give such wicked hangovers? | In addition to any chemical composition reasonings, you might not have a good sense of the relative alcohol density of wine in comparison to beer or liquor. Each bottle has approximately 7.5 standard drinks , thus drinking two bottles is the equivalent of 15 cans of beer or 1 oz. shots. That's a lot of alcohol, my frie... |
Surely music is mixed in the studio, so why does it sound better when I use a preset EQ? | Yes they have, but to what they deem to be *nice* which might differ from your definition. Besides, while the track may be perfectly mastered and rendered correctly in studio, your equipment may not be perfect to produce it perfectly i.e. sonic errors/attenuations in frequencies at the DAC; earphones etc., and that cau... |
How do the people who run bets on sports make money? How do they protect themselves if too many people make a high reward bet and it wins? | Same as a casino, generally. The number of people who lose is almost always greater than the number who win. Then there's 'the odds.' Betting on the team most likely to win gives a much smaller payout than betting on an unlikely team. |
How can headphones make us feel surrounded by sound instead of just coming from left or right? | It's just the way we hear things. We only have two ears, our brain combines and compares the information from both of them to determine where a sound is coming from. |
Why does Apple have aps you never use and can't delete | Because they can. I keep stocks newsstand and game center in a folder called iCrap. I like Apple Maps and use it regularly. The ones I don't use take up very little space.My big question is why does Contacts have it's own app. It's entirely redundant, exactly the same as the Contacts panel in the Phone "app"', "Because... |
Why aren't there organisms that live on the sun, eat fire, and drink heat? In other words why does there need to be water for life? | Conditions for life have to be optimal to allow a series of very complex chemical reactions to occur. The kind of chemical reactions that can occur on the surface of a star, if any, are very limited. You can't have any complex chemical chains that exist in several thousands of degrees. Water is essential not just becau... |
Why do humans need to use toilet paper but animals like dogs don't? | Humans don't need toilet paper if we sh*t in the correct position ass to grass squat will leave your bunghole clear and free to release those freedom fighters with collateral damage! |
Why are automatic transmissions in cars unpopular in the U.K.? | They're unpopular everywhere *except* the US, by a huge margin, so that might be a better question to ask. Personally, I find driving an automatic is boring and uninvolved and if I'm going to spend that much time and money in/on a car it's not worth it if I don't enjoy driving it. There's also the problem of only knowi... |
What the blue light with orange shield does at the Dentist? | Perfect answers, though OP, why didn't you just ask the dentist?", 'That "gun" is a UV light source gun.When dentist need a quick hardening he uses a " UV-gun " for faster hardening.Orange shield block's UV reflection which came outta your mouth. |
Why below sea level areas of New Orleans were resettled after Katrina | This is a big country. Surely there's somewhere else to live, that isn't a death trap during a storm. Am I missing something?", 'That what I am screaming .it has actually been resettled other times in the past. |
If we can build a functional hard drive in minecraft- is it theoretically possible to build a computer within minecraft that could build minecraft? | Sure, once you have something complex enough to build a [Turing Machine], it's only a small jump to a Universial Turing Machine. Once you have a UTM, you can perform any calculation that could be performed by any computer. but it'll be slow as fuck and far too complicated to actually build by hand.There is a name for t... |
Why doesn't Wikileaks simply start a new site to avoid D.O.S. attacks? | They have done this. You can see a load of mirrors [here]. It looks like they're all being hit by the DoS attack. |
If graphene is so great, why isn't it be used in anything? | It's great, just not cost-effective right now. That's why you see all sorts of cool things in laboratories, but nothing has actually reached the store shelves yet. Kind of like solar panels; they are really nice in theory, but still very expensive and kinda hard to set up for the average consumer. |
How does anesthesia work and is a person rendered asleep or unconscious? | Kinda disturbingly, we don't know exactly. There's been countless theories, ranging from merely dulling our senses, to essentially rendering us brain dead, as u/GhostCheese Mentioned. All we know is that it works. Somehow. |
If a mosquito sticks his "needle" into someone with AIDS, then into someone who doesn't have AIDS, why doesn't the second person not get AIDS as well? | HIV, the cause of AIDS, is a very delicate virus. It can't survive in a mosquito. Other blood borne illnesses can, not all, but some. |
why don't we have artificial livers and kidneys yet? | We may have them one day, or we may be able to create them using stem cells, but currently we can't build our own nor grow them organically. As others have said, they're incredibly complex little organs, too complex to be made artificially as yet.years from now? after we *really* figure out stem cells perhaps? probably... |
Why does my jaw feel tingly when I eat sweet things | You're not alone, happens to me with cheesecake, I cannot eat cheesecake for this specific reason I don't know why!?!?!? |
What's with people eating so much during hangover mornings? | It really depends on the type of hangover it is. If you're feeling nauseous and are puking a lot then you probably won't be eating much. Although it often does help to eat something to settle your stomach. If you're just feeling drained, have a headache or are lamenting the decisions you made or the things you said whe... |
Why do I feel happier when anticipating something than actually experiencing it? | Behavioral economic studies say that we should space out the good things in our lives. IE, if I'm going to get a bunch of new furniture, I should get the couch, wait a few months, get the arm chair, wait several more months, etc. |
what triglycerides are and why having them too high is bad. | Triglyceride are long chains of carbon molecules that, when burned, release TONS of energy. In this sense they are largest the energy reserve for the body. Energy storage is good for our bodies, but remember too much of a good thing isn't always good. Below are separate explanations for why triglycerides are bad. Exces... |
Can the police arrest you for refusing to answer their questions, at what point can you legal resist? | > Is it an arrestable offense alone to buy cigarettes on the black market The police can arrest you if they have probable cause to believe you were committing a crime. Buying black market cigarettes is a crime. Police have the discretion whether to arrest or simply confiscate and issue a ticket, but that is a matter of... |
Listerine kills bacteria in my mouth, but I know it's not killing 100%. Aren't I genetically engineering superbug bad breath bacteria by using it? | If you fire bomb a city, you kill 99% of the population. The survivors aren't going to start having fire proof offspring anytime soon.We 've been using alcohol as a sterilizing agent for a very long time. You using Listerine isn't going to push it any faster. It would be like saying "we keep shooting people with bullet... |
Scientifically, what is happening as we die? Are we any closer to stopping/reversing/slowing down the process? | You just don't exist anymore. It's like the billions of years before you were born. Death is like falling asleep or going under anesthesia.I think like this: i will feel in death what i felt before birth - not a goddam thing.If it makes you feel any better, you're probably tripping balls as you go._URL_3_ |
Why do I sleep less when I go to sleep drunk, and why do I have so much energy the whole next day? | I'd like to know the answer to this too. It happens to me. Its not because your young. I'm 32 |
If the earth rotates at an angle, why are summers at the poles not boiling hot? | Because the angle isn't that extreme. The poles are still very far away from the areas closest to the sun during the rotation. |
If earwax is meant to protect our inner ear, why do we remove it? | because sometimes a big clump of it breaks loose and everyone sounds like robots until you flush it out best to clean it out before then source: my girlfriend's relatives all sounded like robot at Christmas turned out to be stray earwax |
why you can instantly watch HD movies and shows through cable television without buffering or latency, but it takes time to simply load a picture on the internet. | It's the difference between buying a large, already-made pizza, or ordering a personal pizza that has to be baked for you. The ready-made pizza might be bigger, but it's already ready for you. The people who want to give you your pizza have been making them constantly to give their hungry customers, and you don't have ... |
What would happen to you if you jump into a deep pool of boiling hot metal like this guy? [NSFW] | You'd float on top of the metal while being horrifically burnt to death. The heat in the air would scorch the inside of your lungs. |
How do fiber optics work? Why can light enter but not exit? Are there any practical applications of this technology? | A cool practical application that hasn't been mention is the outer segment of the photoreceptors in your eye form a tiny fiber optic system. By limiting the angle of light that each receptor will accept, it improves the performance of the retina. |
The concept of taking your shirt off before a fight | 1. Keeps it clean and undamaged 2. Keeps your opponent from using it as a weapon against you. 3. If the fight lasts long enough you will become slippery and be harder to hold onto. You can use someone's shirt to choke them out. If it is a button up shirt and you pull it over their head it is very difficult for them to ... |
If HIV can be spread through body fluids, why can't it be spread through saliva? | There is an imbalance of salt within HIV virions and infected cells compared to the outside environment, which is saliva. This salt imbalance causes water to rush into infected cells and virions and make them explode. A second factor is proteins in the saliva that eat the outside of virions. One of these enzymes is cal... |
Which is more of a drain: 2 a/c units which are meant to cover 100m each covering 400m or having 4 a/c units? | It may seem like the amount of energy would be the same, but with 4 units you've increased inefficiencies like bearing and compressor friction. Furthermore, with 4 units cycling, each time they turn on they've got to run for a few minutes before they reach full efficiency as the gas pressurizes and the ductwork is cool... |
With the invention of the automobile, how were the masses taught how to drive? | Mostly by running into trees and ditches. Certainly not by colliding with other cars. There weren't enough of them.When my grandfather bought his first car he was shown how to start it and how to use the accelerator by the salesman. It was only after he was in motion that it occurred to him that no mention of how to sl... |
How do we know what it will feel to touch something? Even things we never touched before? | Associative Memory. It's the same as being able to tell what type of food is around by just smelling. Your brain catalogs everything you touch, see, smell, taste, etc. and afterwords you able to know what suede feels like without touching it. It comes from your memory banks. |
How does the situation in the Gaza strip affect the United States? | At this juncture, things haven't developed to the point of ELI5, so I cannot provide you with that kind of answer. On the Diane Rehm show, during the international hour, several journalists remarked on the situation. Here is a link where you can listen to the show: _URL_0_ |
If dogs can't recognize themselves in a mirror, why don't all dogs react to mirrors as they would an unfamiliar dog? | My dog growled at herself the first time I showed her herself in the mirror, didn't react the second time. I think that dogs are smart enough to learn what mirrors are and how they work. |
The reason for why these simple paintings were sold for millions. | 1) They were the first ones to do it2) It's an expression of emotion rendered visually3) Gesture and the use of chance tap into your unconscious 4) To make you think about what you're looking at5) Art. |
Why do file sharing sites allow ads with misleading "DOWNLOAD" buttons? | I've never understood this either. The ads don't make me come back to the website after misleading me. Downloading an executable file is definitely making me steer clear of the site if I accidentally click on it, too. I think OP might be asking why in the sense I'd be asking. It only drives people away from your site. |
Why does the antibiotic I'm taking, liquefy my feces? | Antibiotics don't discriminate; they attack *all* bacteria. There is a lot of *beneficial* bacteria in your digestive tract. Antibiotics are weakening those, too. Your doctor *should* have told you to compensate for this by eating a bunch of yogurt or anything else with probiotics, or taking probiotic supplements. |
What causes random fleeting aches or pains in the human body? | The [endocrine system] is our body's chemically based control system. It works by sending chemicals through our blood to make changes down to the very smallest molecular level. It can be slow to react as these chemicals travel all over our body but only as fast as our blood can carry them. When the chemical gets to whe... |
Why is nepotism viewed negatively but getting a job through "connections" encouraged? | Depends on the people in question. It isn't as maligned in some countries, and it might be influenced by their degree of inbreeding. _URL_0_ _URL_1_ And one might not hear of it much where it is maligned, for e.g. Bill Gates's mother was rather influential in his success. ", 'Nepotism is only viewed unfavorably by fool... |
How to correctly use an equalizer. | So every single comment has spoken about what an EQ is or does but not how to use it. In a room or car it's all taste. You could do all this pink noise stuff but chances are you're not doing anything heavy enough that this would be important. My roommate had the bass on his stereo way past what was balanced but that wa... |
What exactly is social security? And why does it matter that it wont be there when I'm retired | Social security is a government program where they take a portion of your paycheck and, when you reach a certain age, they give you a regular payment, ostensibly to live on. A lot of people are a little miffed at the idea that it might be gone when they retire, because they'll pay into it for years or decades and get n... |
Why do most Americans seem to be suspicious of the federal government? | First, I think I'd call it skepticism at its best, and suspicion at its worst. But this skepticism about federalism and the balance between states' rights and central government is something that has always been part of the fabric of American society. This started with the founding of the country, when Americans kicked... |
If the probability of landing on any one space on a monopoly board is equal, why do people land on Boardwalk much much less frequently? | There are ways that you get sent somewhere other than what you roll, which is why the chance of landing on each square isn't equal. There are a lot of ways to get sent to jail, so the spaces roughly 6 to 15 spaces after jail are the most commonly landed on. There are also Chance and Community Chest cards that send you ... |
why do super morbidly obese (400+lbs) people not have super strong muscles? | They often are surprisingly muscular under the fat. It's evidenced by the fact that if these people do lose weight, they tend to lose far more muscle mass with that weight loss than you'd expect looking at them.Had a couple of fat friends that played college football. So they were very mobile and athletic but still fat... |
Why do camera angles change so fast in action films? | If you move the camera around a lot, it creates the illusion of more action and movement. Look at [this scene from the new Star Wars trailer]. It looks like there's a lot going on, right? Now [look at it with the camera motion removed] - it's not really as exciting anymore. |
What happens when you add extra blood into the body(same blood type) even if you don't need any? | The practice is/was common in sport, coming to light with Lance Armstrong's doping scandal. You can read about the effects of blood doping here: _URL_0_ |
Who were the Aryans? From where did Hitler's idea of this race's superiority stem? | Iranians are the nation of true Aryans. I'm not sure where the blond hair and blue eyes theme came in. Has anyone seen that episode of it's always sunny in Philadelphia with the hitler painting? |
Why do so many humans have an innate fear of the dark? | Oh, I don't see this one on here so I'll throw this out as well. Our eyes have cones and rods, which see colour and light/dark. In low light levels we lose the ability to see colour due to the energy of the photons not being strong enough to activate the right nerve endings. The light level can still be enough to see w... |
Why did Bush and Cheney not testify under oath to the 9/11 commission? | Suppose that they were asked a question that revealed secondary classified information - that would then become a matter of public knowledge. Think of it like this - you're a politician accused of murder when you are innocent. Your lawyer advises you to take the 5th because your alibi is that you were at a strip club w... |
Why don't electric utility companies put their power lines underground so storms don't knock out power? | I moved into a brand new development. No ugly wires in the air, nothing to worry about. It's great! Though it's really not. Once you leave our development, the wire comes out from the ground and shoots up a pole. So if something happens to that pole or transformer, guess what happens? Power is out in the new developmen... |
What happens after Chinese students go to college in the US, then return to China with knowledge of events like Tiananmen Square? | The events of Tiananmen Square, along with many other events and revolts, are well known within China, it's simply oppressed. As you seem to be aware, public media is state controlled. But you can't stop people from talking, and talk they do. Chinese know there is unrest and disobedience in their country, though, they ... |
Why NASA is building a new rocket instead of re-using the Saturn V design. | One main reason for the design of a new launch vehicle is the advanced manufacturing and materials available today. This coupled with the redesign of some critical components such as the F1 engine will make many of the subsystems compile with much fewer parts and higher precision. All of this will make the SLS a much b... |
Why the NFL doesn't create brand new teams for LA and Las Vegas instead of moving existing franchises? | Major sports franchises rarely add teams, and when they do, it's because the number of cities that can support their teams has increased. The leagues keep the number of teams at a number *below* the number of cities that can support them intentionally. Why? Because it gives the teams leverage with the city when it come... |
Why people are against stem cell research | People think that it's unnatural, and that scientists are playing God. They gets cells from fetuses and the organisms they create with stem cells can get horrible mutations and painfully die. |
what is the unspoken bond between smokers where you can ask a stranger for a cigarette and 95% of the time they'll give you one? | Kind of the same bond with pot smokers n' joints although alcoholics, they're more 50/50 with the sharing. |
How is it that the sun's gravity is strong enough to hold planets like Jupiter in orbit but doesn't suck in smaller planets like Mercury and Venus? | It's also helpful to know that the planets have an effect on the sun's orbit as well; within the suns rotation it orbits a small amount, smaller than its radius. The amount that it moves in comparison to its radius is just a fraction however and that's why we don't hear about the sun's orbit. |
Why can't countries with lots of zeros on their currencies just knock off some zeros to make their cash easier to handle? | Countries can do this and have done this. Mostly it's a big hassle though, because they have to basically reprint a new currency and/or come up with some sort of scheme of before and after currency change dates. Then there's the hassle of updating all the financial markets and adjusting any long term deals etc. It can ... |
What happens to the money in a cash register at the end of the day? | It gets counted, then put in the safe. The next day it will go to the bank. Source: Ex Mc'Ds closing manager. |
How did old civilizations deal with fish and nut allergies? | They just died. Adrenaline shots weren't exactly commonplace. The concept of washing your hands was only invented roughly 500 years ago. Before then, people just died of illness a ton and that was how life was. If someone broke out in hives and stopped breathing after eating peanuts, it was probably safe to assume that... |
How are commercials cost-effective to a company? Has anyone ever seen a comercial and thought, "Wow! I'm going to go buy that." | Marketing/Advertising is all about making sure that when its time to make a purchase, your product/service/company is part of the equation. Two forces in any market are competition within the market, and the threat of substitutes. Through marketing and advertising, companies can try to lessen the impact those forces ha... |
Why is human head-hair so long compared to other primates? Is it purely visual or is there another reason? | i've heard that long hair that looks healthy throughout is indicative of individual fitness over a long period of time rather than just the immediate present. |
Is bad eyesight caused by staring at the television for too long or it's just a myth? | I had perfect eyesight until I started my current desk job where I am sat in front of a screen for 8 hours a day. My eyesight has deteriorated over the past 2 years so rapidly it's hard to believe.these are the issues people are finding out about VR headsets. Staring at a screen thats a few inches in front of your eyes... |
Why is Congress allowed to take so many breaks, many of which last weeks at a time? | > Every day this bill doesn't pass it affects 3.5 million unemployed folks. How is this allowed? Congress doesn't have to pass any laws at all. In fact the most recent congress has passed one of the fewest in recent history. There's no reason to think that if they were in congress more often they would pass this specif... |
Why does NASA use russian capsules instead of making their own capsules? | I don't understand how you could be informed enough to ask that question but not know the answer lol", 'The ISS is a joint venture. While NASA was working on the Space Shuttle, they did not develop any new single use capsule tech. After the cancellation of the shuttle program, the Russian soyuz design was the only reli... |
Why is the use of tear gas prohibited in war, but acceptable for the use in riot control? | You are confusing the nonlethal tear gas with chemical weapons, which are banned by the Geneva Protocol. While both reffer to gases, there is a profound difference. Tear gas is an alternative to hiring more riot control and bying more nightclubs. The most potent gases will drop any human animal with respiratory system ... |
How did the Native Americans advance technologically so much slower than Europeans? | Necessity is the mother of invention. If I had to hazard a guess, they didn't have a need for all that tech. They got by fine with what they had. Along with fundamental core values, such as you can't own the land, so why fight over it and have need for a bigger gun than the next guy to take from them? While some tribes... |
Why is it illegal to sleep in your car? | It's typically not. A lot of people pull over at rest areas on the highway to sleep in their cars. |
Why what this woman says is ridiculous (I'm not very good with computers). | This is to be expected from modern television. The writing is aimed at the lowest common denominator. It's part of the incessant dumbing down of society. Intelligence is a bad thing these days, the people that watch these programme are idiots. People aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.Am I the o... |
How do young people from places like Europe and Australia afford to travel extensively not work? | I'm from the UK and moved to Australia when I was 21, I tried the whole backpacking and traveling thing, not my cup of tea, so I settled in Melbourne and got a job. I met loads of people who were doing exactly as you described 'chilling out, partying and not working' they call it living the dream. What I learnt was, th... |
What causes some people to be heavier sleepers than others? | I think part of it is predisposition and part of it is learned. I used to be able to sleep through anything. Now, I can prepare myself prior to falling asleep to be a light sleeper. If I'm in an unfamiliar place, care about where I'm going the next day, or just don't want to sleep too long, I can prep myself without th... |
What happened to MySpace and why? | Honestly, I think what happened is that people loved Facebook's streamlined service, and Facebook had what MySpace didn't: smooth, functional design, no custom-backgrounds, music, etc. that broke your browser and crashed your computer. Facebook felt like an adult version of MySpace, thus it seemed like the better place... |
Are GM crops/food as bad as many people seem to think they are? | There are concerns about them, such as their engineered genomes getting beyond their intended ranges . However, the possibility of risks is still an area that requires more study and information. That they increase yield is certainly beneficial, assuming that yield doesn't come with 'terrible death!' At this point, my ... |
Why is there so much more debate over the Syria situation than there was over Libya? | Khaddafi had such a long and documented track record of lawbreaking that no one seriously doubted the world would be a better place without him in it. Compare and contrast: many people wonder whether this chemical weapons business is for real, and apart from that, there's not much to hang on Assad-- he's just fighting ... |
Why do some shots hurt more than others? | One reason is sharpness of the needle. Sometimes, the medical professional sticks the needle into a vial of fluid, fills the syringe, then sticks the needle into you. But the act of sticking the needle into the vial dulls the needle. So you can really feel it when you are injected . Needles are so thin and delicate tha... |
Why do men almost always get the short end of the stick during divorces? | The law doesn't explicitly favor women, but it does support the lower earner in the relationship, which is more often the woman. If one person is the primary source of income in the family, that person will be made to pay the other some amount of money that keeps the other person's lifestyle about the same. The intent ... |
The "You are a white male" thing. What's the point and why some people say that? | It's just meant as a reminder to look at issues from multiple perspectives. We form our beliefs based on our own life experiences. As a result, we are less equipped to understand things which we have not personally experienced. This is extremely relevant when talking about race. A black person does not understand what ... |
How is it legal to be charged for something you did not consent to buy? | You can negotiate the bill with the hospital, if you don't have insurance to cover the costs. Insurance companies routinely negotiate significantly reduced costs, and so can regular folks. |
why do cars require a 3 point seat belt but airplanes which travel at much higher speeds only use a lap belt? | Because if the airplane crashes your fucked. It don't matter how many points your seat belt has. Military planes have rear facing seats to improve crash survivability, but your average air commuter dosnt want to face backwards while flying. The lap belt is just there to keep you in your seat in the case of a rough land... |
Is it good for a computer to be cold temperatured? | As long as it doesn't cause moisture to condense, then it is absolutely better for your computer to be colder. Electronics lifetime gets a lot shorter the warmer it runs at. Keeping something 20 C colder will quadruple its expected lifetime. Error rates are also lower, and you can run at lower voltages. There is a ther... |
Is it true dogs don't experience time the same way humans do? If so, how do they test this? | ostriches stick their head in the ground when frightened" etc. etc. If I leave for 15 minutes and come back, my dog doesn't really react. Just looks at me from wherever she's laying down. If I leave for 5-6 hours and come back, she's way more excited when I come back. And then of course you have all those videos of war... |
Suggestion: give simple answers, but skip the cutesy-wutesy candyland babytalk. These aren't real 5 year olds. | I was just going to make a post about this. Are we trying to find ways to actually explain it to a 5 year old, or are people coming from other ask subreddits looking for a more layman answer? If its the former, I'm out, if its the latter I like it. I can give an explanation and if the OP isn't satisfied I can dumb it d... |
Why isn't there a good defense for companies against DDOS attacks? | Billy down the road. He keeps calling your phone, even though you are waiting for a call from Sally. Sally can't call because Billy keeps calling back using a couple phones. You never pick up the phone, but you still keep getting calls from him. |
Why is Einstein so much more famous than any other scientist in human history? | His work in general relativity is one of the pillars of modern science. The mass-energy equation is one of the most important equations in our modern world, because it explains how nuclear reactions can produce energy without violating the conservation of mass. He's also easily recognizable both by name and by appearan... |
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