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Why do I only seem to realize how drunk I am when I go to the bathroom?
Going to the bathroom requires some modicum of focus. So when you're trying to go weewee, you have to concentrate, forcing you to realize you in fact are shit faced.Lol, everytime I go to the bathroom drunk, I fall asleep on the toilet XD And my friends are always like "wtf where 'd that bitch go" lol', "Doesn't work for me, I just keep getting better looking until I pass out. Beerfest sums it up nicely.
Why does the US use Private Military Contractors such as Academi (Blackwater), Executive Outcomes etc. for some roles rather than its own soldiers?
Because private contractors are not subject to UCMJ action. I also believe that the Geneva convention rules don't apply to them either. The most often have military experience and can often be more cost effective than the military because they can operate without a massive presence and limited resources.
What happens to the neural connections in a transplanted organ?
Good site explaining why transplant organs don't get nerves connected, mostly because the technology is not there yet. _URL_0_ That info is somewhat dated. There have been several double arm transplants and they have shown patients able to tie their shoes. Nerves don't grow fast but they can grow across small gaps. There are 3D printed guides that hold the nerve endings close enough together so they will grow in to each other. The US Army has some material they call pixie dust that is showing to accelerate nerve growth. _URL_1_ **3D-printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury**
How does the TSA know my meds are not illegal drugs?
I think you guys are overlooking something. The TSA is not looking for illegal drugs. Maybe if they found a kilo of wrapped powder but some pills in a bottle are not their main objective. It's to prevent dangerous contraband from getting on the plane. Guns, knives, etc.Properly labled, documented, and presented drugs are able to be compared to a chart. Each pill and prescription has a specific description and usually a "cheat sheet" that comes with the TSA inspection. Every single pill has their own description, label or identifying marker. It has to be VERY sophisticated to be able to disguise an illicit drug in the form of a pill. Youcant just press it, you have to add coloring and other things to make sure that those drugs are distinguishable
Why do mausoleums and in-the-wall graves not smell like decay?
In some mausoleums the casket and remains are exposed to conditions where air is drawn away from the remains, pulling away moisture. This results in a drying that avoids some of the less pleasant aspects of 'wet' remains. Additionally embalming can retard the decay process itself, which may further prevent unpleasant decay effects as the body is dried. In other cases the casket could be placed in dry conditions and sealed away from the available air you're going to be smelling. Additionally, if you've got nice things like air conditioning, this can further help maintain suitably dry conditions and provide fresh air.
How was "incest" or lets say DNA from same family tree avoided in small clans/Nomads where there are less than 10000 people?
In Ireland we had matchmakers and contrary to popular belief their job was more so to make sure you weren't related to some bird you wanted to ride rather than help you find some bird you would ride.
Can the President of the United States have another job?
No he or she can not. 1. Modern presidential candidates have to forgo sources of income like lucrative tv appearance deals in order to stay legal with campaign fundraising laws. This was actually a concern for some candidates in 2012, who didn't run because they feared the economic toll of being jobless during the campaign would be too tough. If a candidate can't do it, I'm not sure how a president could navigate those legal waters. I am not saying it is impossible, but as a practical matter, it wouldn't be worth taking the risk. 2. All presidential assets are put into a blind trust. While technically a secondary job without an equity position might be possible, it'd be highly unlikely. Being the CEO of a corporation would be out of the question because the conflict of interest would fly in the face of how we have modern presidents organize their finances. So basically, there is no absolute prohibition that I am aware of. But it would not happen.
Why does putting a mug of water in the microwave keep bread from getting soggy when heated?
So I've had this argument with two of my roommates. They say that when they put a mug of water in the microwave for a minute with let's say leftover rice or chicken that it helps steam it a bit and makes it less dry. I don't believe it. Anyone have any input on whether or not this makes sense?", 'I did not know you could do this and have staunchly avoided microwaving bread my whole life. Thank you. You have liberated meWhy am I reading about this in ELI5 and not Life Pro Tips?How did I get a helpful LPT in ELI5?', "heating the bread causes it to dry out because the heat causes water to vaporize and the mug is an extra source of vapour to counteract that. or at least, that's how i understand it.I tried this. The premise of the question is wrong. The bread does become steamed and soggy when you take it outside. I suggest that people try this at home before answering the question.I've always used like a slightly wet papertowel over my pizza when I warm it up never knew mug of water with bread was a thing.Microwaves target water molecules and heat them up. The water turn to vapor and is absorbed by the breadWould this work for Pizza then? I hate reheating pizza in the microwave.I clearly didn't know this. Does it work with pizza too?", 'Why not just turn the power down on your microwave?
Why have so many cultures developed the concept of honour? A fair fight cuts down chances of survival.
Because a code of honour is evolutionarily advantageous. One of the biggest factors in our species having become the dominant life form on earth is our ability to cooperate. I'm sure for the first hundred thousand years people were constantly killing their neighbours with a club for their left-over mammoth meat. But a civilised society, with specialised roles, trade, a military, relies on people having a sense of duty and honour. At the end of the day nothing stops an army from killing its king, or fleeing a battle. So basically those tribes that developed codes of honour were more flexible in their ability to adapt and manage more resources. Meanwhile the tribes that were essentially lying cheats with no sense of loyalty had no chance of developing complex societies, subsequently they all probably died off or got conquered by their more advanced enemies. I am not an archeologist but I'm pretty confident that rigorous codes of honour evolved alongside the development of more sophisticated militaries. More sophisticated military = more resources for your people. These codes of honour became manifested as mythologies that eventually developed into religions. Additionally codes of honour allowed for the formation of allies between countries which itself also facilitated trade. None of these benefits have to be consciously understood in order for honour to evolve, all that needs to happen is there to be a small selective advantage in having an honour based society and time will do the rest. P.S. perhaps most importantly a code of honour allows for centralised government, in other words civilisations would not be able to expand beyond one city if you couldn't send someone with an order and trust that it would be relayed and executed 200 miles away. tl;dr Homo sapiens' success is due to it's ability to cooperate, complex forms of cooperation require trust, therefore societies with loyal/trustworthy citizens would be able to cooperate more, and gain an advantage over other societies, eventually eclipsing them entirely. P.P.S. _URL_0_
If I was able to travel alongside a photon, would I be able to see it at the multiple points in space?
If you could go that fast, you wouldn't see anything - Time would stop for you, so the trip from where you started to where you stopped would seem instantaneous, just like it is for photons.
What’s the difference between copyright, trademark, and a patent.
Patent is for inventions. If I create a new gear, I make a patent. Nobody can use this gear, or use the idea to make a copy, without your permission. Copyright is for creations like books, games movies etc that you can make money by selling copies . Nobody can copy without your permission. Trademark is for the name you have that have some valor in it. For example, IPhone is a trademark. I can't make a cellphone and sell it saying it is an IPhone.The words essentially mean the same thing in terms of intellectual property. However what intellectual properties each cover is the only difference. copyright: music, books, other artistic ventures etc. trademark: business names, slogans, logos, etc. patents: usually cover inventions, which is why Edison was big into taking over patents when fellow inventors would invent similar itemstrademark = logo/slogan/branding protection patent = technological knowledge protection Copyright = work/product protection
What would happen if we added a large amount of water to a desert?
Something like what you are describing occurs naturally in some deserts which have monsoon seasons. Having lived in Arizona I'm more familiar with the high plateaus around Tucson and the waste around Phoenix. Essentially for a short time each year nature does add large amounts of water. The immediate result is very intense flash floods. But what happens after is one of the true treats of nature, a desert bloom. Essentially all these plants have been dormant all year, either as desiccated husks or as seeds stored in the ground. Certain species of tumbleweed are my favorite, they just roam endlessly until they encounter water, where they take root, flower, and seed out all on one storm's worth of rain. There is quite a variety of strategies plants have devised to deal with desert conditions. Humans have also accomplished this feat quite successfully. Phoenix supports 4+ million people and most of it's water comes from an artificial canal system hundreds of miles long. There are golf courses and farms there. Of course water conservation and water quality are two ongoing problems but so far they seem to be making it work.Looking at how Vegas is dealing with their water issues right now, I am not sure it is a sustainable practice. Short term yes, long term you probably cannot keep up with demand .
Why do gift cards have an expiry date?
I've never seen one with an expiration date, and I am pretty sure I've read that it is illegal for them to have one.
Why do birds get up at 4 am to aimlessly chirp at each other?
Because 4am is just in your head. Birds don't tell time like you and I. They see the sun starting to rise, so that's when their day begins. Also, they went to bed when the sun set .
How does a lightning strike know where the tallest object is?
Lighting develops when there's a mismatch between the amount of charge in the air and the amount of charge in the nearby earth. Lightning acts to equalize that charge by providing a path for electrons to flow from a place with too many to a place with fewer. It's really hard to get electrons moving in air, but it's easier in a live tree, and easier still through metal steel flagpole. Lightning storms are kinda like a big charged up sphere of air rolling along on or above the ground. Where the sphere touches something conductive, you can get lightning. It's most likely to touch something tall, but something shorter but closer to the middle of the sphere could get it instead. Such as you, standing in the middle of a fairway, instead of the trees out in the rough.Lightning is initiated with a kind of pre-lightning channel of ions called [leaders], which propagate according to the local electric field as well as the conductivity of the air. Like /u/Lithuim's comment shows, they branch out and "search" much of the surrounding area. They are more likely to hit tall things because tall things have an electric charge that is closer, and because they are more likely to be reached first. However, if the tall thing in some way dampens the electric field, or is too far from the leading edge, or even by random chance air currents happened to move it away, it will not be hit.
How is ISIS recruiting so many people from so many different countries? What makes them more attractive than other organizations and why are people going out of their way to join?
Disaffected youth in many countries probably. In that the world economy has been awful. So you've got 1000s of young men bored and angry how have a chance at doing something. A sense of adventure. Add in the possibility of a radicals giving them this opportunity and some take it. Eric Blair went to fight in the Spanish civil war, not because he was an idealist, not because he wanted to fight against Fascism .
In terms of society and just in general - how is the United States different from Canada?
I agree with the earlier comment. The largest difference I've seen is that Americans have this mentality, which is obvious in movies like Independence Day, of this hope where everyone can rally together and overcome thus large obstacle together. While it doesn't seem to play out in real life, there's this hopefulness in the average mindset. Again, I think it's how each country gained its independence.
Why does America have such bad internet, and what can we do to fix it?
From what I've heard, major ISP's don't have to compete because they all spread out across the country so they can charge high prices for terrible speeds. If we all come together and voice our complaints we can get some competion going so we get lower prices and higher speeds.We do? Mine is awesome here in LA.
Why nations don't unite to liberate transgressions against Human Rights. E.G. NK?
We have a union of nations to do just that, fittingly called the United Nations. It can decide on what's unacceptable, and it can decide on what to do about it. But those are political decisions, it's not purely people deciding what's wrong in good faith: each country also looks at the political implications. For example the United States often protects Israel, or even themselves against sanctions. When it comes to North Korea, they benefit from China's protection. You don't want to do something that will annoy the Chinese, because China is powerful, both strategically and economically.
Why is there a seemingly larger risk of getting viruses on a laptop/desktop than there is while accessing the internet through a smartphone/console?
The existing comments are all great ideas. I would add this: Think of what you might target as a producer of malware, whether that's ransomware or otherwise. Going after end users is not going to be profitable. End users don't often have the cash to shell out to ransom their files. So malware producers target businesses that can shell out large sums of cash as ransom . With certain industries there may be trade secrets to steal and sell, or perhaps a state-sponsored malware attack on the strategic utility or industry. And what do you know, those bigger players all run Windows. Even if they use Linux servers, workstations are the way to get at the file servers easily and efficiently. And users are still the #1 attack vector.
How do we go from bits of information (1's and 0's) to a line of text?
> what the very first 10 or 20 one's and zeros are? Strongly depends on what file format you're dealing with. The first 20 bits of data of a .txt file are the first 2.5 characters of the text. it is the responsibility of the program reading the file to parse the file and make sense of the information within.
Whats the difference between Atheism and Agnosticism?
Is there a term for someone who believes in a higher power, but not any of the versions that are out there? The old white man with a long white beard sitting on a throne just doesn't work for me.Atheist: "Do you believe in a god or gods?" --"No, not yet." Agnostic: "Does god exist?" --"I'm not sure." Note that it's entirely possible for someone to be both an atheist and agnostic.Atheist: there are no gods. Agnostic: I don't know if there are any gods or not, but I'm not joining any churches until I get some better evidence.
What has gone on with the Marvel properties which means they can't all be in one universal film (if they wanted)? (But Stan Lee can)
Minor addendum to what others have said. Marvel originally started selling those rights because they were hurting financially. Happened to be around the time that major CGI effects could finally be integrated seamlessly into live-action. This was especially important for the mutants and the Fantastic Four who had more extrvangant powers and visibly altered bodies compared to Superman and Batman. There hadn't been a huge superhero film market since Batman. So they weren't quite certain how well these franchises would translate to film or how seriously the mainstream public would take them.
Why do people take taxis when public transportation is so much cheaper?
it's more private, and also it gets you directly to where you're going", 'Taxis are MUCH faster and much more comfortable.
What causes us to all have different personalities?
Well, there's many theories about what makes a personality and what affects people. Assuming you're a blank slate as a baby, the way your parents treat you and their personalities have a big effect on you. They influence you greatly as you're first developing. Then, it's your life experiences and the people you come in contact with, the things you read, what inspires you, what upsets you. These all can have an affect on your personality. That's the best general explanation I can give.
Why don't commercial planes have parachutes on board for the passengers in case of emergencies?
There's actually not much point to it. The cruising altitude for a commercial jet is well out of the parachuting range. If the doors to an airplane were opened while you were at cruising altitude, everyone would either be sucked out of the plane, or would lose consciousness because there's such a small amount of air up there. So if a plane was in the middle of crashing, it would only make sense to use a parachute when the plane is into the safe parachute altitude range. And trying to organize a coherent, orderly parachute jump with 50-100 people who've never used one before, while a plane is in the middle of crashing? Not going to work.There are almost zero cases where it would make sense to try to bail out at altitude instead of trying to land the plane.
Do the people on the show Impractical Jokers know they're being recorded? Isn't there some type of law that forbids you to record someone without consent?
I live in Hollywood and have been pranked on film for a TV show. Immediately after revealing the hidden cameras my friend and I laughed it off, there was short banter with the prankster, and as soon as we walked away a team approached us with contracts asking us to release our image for the show. I said hell no, and so they couldn't use it. As for those who were in the shot but not an active part of the video, they passed a 3x4 foot notice on the sidewalk warning them that filming was being done nearby and by entering the area they were giving their permission to be on film. They're all over LA, so you grow to ignore them. My subway stop in Hollywood has one permanently posted on the building next to it because they film a news show with the anchor desk in front of the windows
Why does America mostly use traffic lights at intersections when Europe uses a lot of traffic circles? What are the benefits to either?
I think roundabouts are fucking horrible, but people seem to like them. IMO, roundabouts trust more heavily on the good judgement of drivers to be able to merge into and out of traffic, whereas light just dictate exactly what to do at any given moment. This makes you less susceptible to minor accidents but enables people who don't give a fuck to try and cheat the system and fly through intersections at the wrong time. When used correctly, lights provide a much easier and less stressful driving environment by removing almost all judgement decisions. It also allows coordination between multiple intersections on a larger systems level, and helps when there's poor visibility and awkward/atypical intersection geometries._URL_1_ The Mythbusters answer this. Something to do with Roundabouts being able to have more cars in them at once. *Edit - added synopsis of videoRoundabouts have a lot less points of intersection/wreck opportunities as well. And the results show they are far more safeTraffic lights allow for protected pedestrian crossings. They also take up less spaceRoundabouts are safer but cause more accidents at a much slower speed.
why does carrying something heavy like a bucket of paint seem more exhausting than carrying a child of the same weight?
The weight is distributed more equally throughout your body. If you hold a paint can like you hold a child it'll seem lighter as well.
What does it mean when a recipe or something of that nature calls for “1 part ____ and 3 parts______”?
For example, if you are cooking one cup of some food and it calls for 1 part water and 3 parts jujubes, that means you'd add 1/4 cup water and 3/4 cups jujubes.
Why didn't Native Americans have unknown diseases that infected Europeans on the same scale as small pox/cholera?
I really liked the takedowns in /r/BadHistory so I don't think he's taken seriously in the tourist money.
Why do we know more about space than about our oceans?
Space, while being inhospitable, has a lot of variables that we can account for and approximate. The pressure on a ship's hull is, for the most part, relatively consistent in space. Now, if we dive deeper and deeper into the darker parts of our ocean, the pressure exerted on a hull becomes more and more difficult to counteract with a man-made vehicle. It's too easy to get crushed down there, and we can't point a telescope at it, unfortunately; too many particulates in the water could easily mess up anything we're trying to observe.Space is transparent. The oceans is not. And we do not know more about space then our oceans. Space is more vast and much more complex then our oceans so there is far more to learn about space.
How are scientists so sure you need water in order to have life?
It's not so much that they are sure, as the fact that water is a straight up amazing molecule and it's perfect for pretty much everything that you would need for life. On top of that it's composed of some of the most common elements in the universe, in fact, if you look at the list of elements that compose life on earth, you'd find that they are also at the top of the list of the most abundant particles in the universe.
What is the big deal over Anita Sarkeesian?
If you're willing to put in the time, [tooltime9901] made a great series of videos on YouTube. He looks into what she says, what her critics say, and how her project can be improved. [Tropes VS FeministFrequency Playlist] and [FeministFrequency Series Playlist]
would an average person be able to strangle someone with a hand towel, one-handed? (ala Bourne vs Desh in Bourne Ultimatum)
If the stranglee were unconscious, most likely. It wouldn't take that much strength to collapse the windpipe. If they were able to fight back, then it would depend on whether your grip strength is stronger than all of their adrenalin-fueled fighting, and you need to maintain the grip until the person loses consciousness. In which case I'd say the average person would definitely not have the necessary strength.Probably not. The attacker is only using one arm to try and strangle this person, while the person will be fighting for their life with their entire body.
Can someone explain why that last fish in the gif is so intent on dying with his friends?
Hehehe. It's a mouth brooding fish :) Safest place for a little fish is in Mum's mouth.
How come humans need to learn how to have sex whereas insects with complicated mating rituals don't?
I'd think that two people would figure it out on their own but after about 2-3 minutes she'd end up pregnant.
How to wash clothes and bedsheets and cook for one person and socialize. Autistic at college and freaked out.
CLOTHES: If you have enough clothes of different colors you can separate by light and dark. If you don't it isn't a big deal, you can wash them all together. Do a cold wash. This won't ruin your clothes. Also warm water and hot water sets stains in clothes and tends to decrease the life expectancy of jeans and t shirts. Dry as directed on the label. Most say tumble dry low. Put the setting to tumble dry low on your dryer. FOOD: as a freshman you should have a meal plan. It is fairly easy to eat pretty healthy in the eatery on campus. Eggs for breakfast, a meat and vegetables for lunch, some variation for dinner. Most colleges require freshman to have a meal plan. If not: check with your RA but most dorms allow microwaves. Get some oatmeal for breakfasts. For lunch get some sandwich meat and sliced sandwich bread and anything else you like on a sandwich. This will save money by eating things you make and also be healthier than fast food. To meet people, join a club you are interested in or get a part time job. The office of student services will have a list of clubs and groups. Go to a meeting, you'll do great, Magnoliaparty!
why do so many people who claim to embrace Science reject it when it comes to certain things (e.g. nuclear power, GMO crops, etc.)
This post is not asking for a layman-friendly explanation to something complicated or technical, so it doesn't belong here. Entirely subjective questions generally belong in /r/askreddit.
Why is the 'glass ceiling' glass and not some other material?
Because it's invisible -- ie, it's not actually a policy written down that you can point to and ask to change, it's something unspoken and implicit. A glass ceiling is an invisible barrier preventing you from rising.Interestingly, it appears your question has been down voted, this is an example of the ceiling being glass, some who denying its existence become defensive and offended if its mentioned ..which only thickens the glass ..so I upvoted to counter on principle .but your question will not hit lofty karma heights, it supports minority rights and will hit a glass ceiling .unless if course the ladies of Reddit unite to push it up.
My local McDonald's charges $1.07 for a large water and only $1.00 for a large sweet tea. Why is this an economical decision for McDonald's?
It's because you wanted a large. Just order water and it's free and a very small cup. You're paying for the cup.Where does McDonalds charge for water? Do you mean a bottled water or a fountain water? Most places in the US provide fountain water for free.Large sweet tea for a dollar is a promotion. It's like the five dollar twenty nuggets. Depending on where you are and who the gm is at the store you were at, water is free or they charge. Source: worked at mcds for 2 and a half years. At my store a large sweet tea is the same as a large soft drink. Water is free no matter the size if you buy something else, small waters are always free.Too many folk asking for cups for water then getting soda with it instead. So they are charging you for the cup not the water.Here's my guess. I used to work at a corporate McDonald's, and even large water in a styrofoam cup was free. You are probably going to a franchised McDonald's, not a corporate McDonald's. Back when water in a large cup was free at your McDonald's, someone was consistently coming through the drive-thru and getting water in a large cup. Some manager at the restaurant got really pissed off about it and changed the policy so that it cost $1.07. As other people have pointed out, they're probably still legally obligated to provide tap water in a small cup if you ask.
Since everyone involved in the making of a "B Movie" has to know it is going to be extraordinarily bad while they are making it, why do they do it?
A job's a job. Most actors work for a living and need steady income, even if means taking bad movies.
why I can't have metal bones installed?
Even if you had metal bones you still couldn't karate chop everyone. Go karate chop a wall or a chair or something now. You'll hurt the muscles in your hand long before you start breaking bones. [This] is your best substitute for metal bones and karate chopping when it comes to effective self-defense.
Why isn't the BAC for drunk driving zero tolerance?
In some countries it is. However the risk of a car crash from driving drunk isn't linear. Having a BAC of .02 maybe makes you twice as likely whereas the risk of 0.10 is maybe 20 times as likely. Also, there are other activities that carry the same risk as mild intoxication and it would be dumb to ban one activity and not another. For example: driving while super happy, say you got a promotion, driving while thinking deeply, driving while a bit tired or any other example like that. It's seen as acceptable risk since nobody is going to drive with the attention to the road of a F1 driver 100% of the time.
Why does construction start before most work hours?
What everyone here said is true, but in my city at least, the city sets the hours you can work by zone . You should check your city's noise regulations and make sure the contractors are obeying them.
For as long as the mod application thread is downvoted I will keep on posting links to it. Stop trying to hide it people. Click here to apply to moderate ELI5.
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Why Linux is supposedly so much more secure than Windows, even though it is open source and does not have a multi million corporation behind it?
Hackers don't attack it cause of the user base it has. Who would you rather attack to scam money out of? A windows user who doesn't even know what he is doing or someone who went through the trouble of installing Linux on his system? And I'm not saying installing Linux makes you smart. I'm just saying a very large part of the windows user base can't even install windows.
Pharmacists of Reddit, why does it take half an hour to put 20 pills in a bottle?
That's like asking a waiter why it takes 3 minutes to get one soda. You're not the only customer being served. Your task isn't the only task they're taking care of.
Why is Alexander the Great so great?
He wasn't. He was a crazy teenager who inherited a nearly unbeatable army from his farther and competently led it east until it revolted.
Why doesn't every company do the "Hollywood Accounting" tricks to make no official profits? Wouldn't it save them money in the same ways it saves Hollywood money?
> Wouldn't it save them money in the same ways it saves Hollywood money? The way it saves Hollywood money is that they have contracts written with naive people that given them a portion of the profits of a movie. So they have a big incentive to make sure their accounting shows no profits. This is also why major movie stars and directors now get a portion of the gross income of the movie. That gross number is independently available from source other than the studio, so it is less able to be manipulated. For companies, there aren't that many situations where the profits of a company are being given to a non-owner. So there is not as much incentive to screw the person over.
why can't we just have Coke and Pepsi in the same restaurant? When will this blood feud end?
I used to work at a bar that used an independent beverage company to order our sodas from. We had Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, and Mountain Dew in addition to Minute Maid lemonade. You could mix and match however you wanted. However, it being in Atlanta, Coke was king. And I don't blame them. Pepsi is icky.
Why did Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Syria.
Russia and China have a history of disrupting US goals in the Middle East because they are competing powers. Bashar al-Assad has been a good friend of Russia's and China's for a while and his regime is a part of an anti-American axis in the Middle East. Speaking of that axis, which consists of Syria, Iran, Hizballah, and Hamas, the fall of the Syrian regime means that Iran's regional influence gets weaker. Iran is a major supplier of gas/oil to China and Russia.
What makes our sides hurt when we run?
The explanation I was given was a build-up of lactic acid caused by insufficient oxygen to the muscles. However, it appears this isn't accurate; some people get stitches riding motorbikes, for example, suggesting it may be more of a mechanical issue. But I don't think it's well understood.
Why do phone chargers eventually get to a point where you have to place them in a very specific position to actually charge?
LPT: If your phone charger stops working, check if your phone's charger input has lint in it. You're welcome.It can also be dust buildup in the charging port of the phone. Dry digging it out with a needle or something. Be gentle though.Along with the other reasons mentioned, I've had my charger port slowly accumulate lint from my pockets which stopped the cord from going all the way in. You can take an unfolded paper clip to get it out.
Why is a large proportion of the names in the Bible seem to be non-Middle Eastern names?
Most bible names have an equal in Arabic and in the Koran: Yahya =John Daud or Dawud= David Adam just isn't a common name here Mark doesn't have a direct Arabic/Koranic equivalent. Most Christians don't realize that almost every bible story is in the Koran. Christians do Emphasize some people that are never mentioned in Islam and a lot of the women mentioned in those stories in Islam either aren't given names or are called _ wife.
Why can’t you refreeze thawed ice cream?
A couple of years ago, I made a big bowl of homemade ice cream using the Kitchenaid churn attachment. Someone in my house accidentally put it in the refrigerator one night instead of the freezer. As you are aware, refreezing it simply wouldn't be the same. Not wanting it to go to waste, I brought out the equipment and churned it again. It ended up with an even more appealing texture than in the first place. So as others here have said, you can refreeze it, if you churn it.
As a very new user to reddit. Why is r/politics about US politics rather than global politics?
Simple answer: Because the overwhelmingly vast majority of redditors are from the US. And yes, whoever claims a subreddit first owns it in perpetuity, assuming they don't abandon it or get banned in the process.because everyone on this planet is american amirite
What happens to government officials who don't get re-elected - do they have to revert to a normal career or are they downgraded to a lower government role?
generally they revert to some other career. Really notable politicians often make a living by writing or going on speaking tours. For a funny example, Patrick Brazeau. He's a Canadian senator who's currently suspended from the house , but he can't do anything with and isn't collecting a salary from it). Right now he's working as the day shift manager in a strip club.
The American fascination with their lawns.
I don't know why they are so important, given the magnificent representation of native American flora we have. Lawns began in Great Britain. One supposes that they were exported to the US by colonists or later immigrants.
Why didn't any Hacker groups such as Anonymous uncover PRISM and other NSA programs?
A lot of the data/intelligence gathering technologies used by the NSA are completely passive and thus undetectable to any 'hacker'. For example, the NSA literally uses glass prisms to split beams of light running through fiber optic cables in to two beams, one of which is directed to and terminated at a wiretapping box and the other split beam goes on to route communications over the Internet normally. The only way to know the beam is being split is by having physical access to the cable/equipment. Also, not all networks are inherently insecure. Hackers typically manage to exploit networks and web-servers because of simple carelessness . A lot of these vulnerabilities can be easily patched and secured to prevent external attacks when you have dedicated staff who's sole job is to identify security holes in code and get them patched before deployment. Just because you know how something operates doesn't mean you can 'hack' into it. A huge amount of web-servers online use server software/technology that is built on top of open source technology whereby the server code is freely available for anyone to inspect. Just because a company runs open-source server software doesn't automatically make them vulnerable to hackers. If anything, the chance of being hacked may be reduced because the code is open for all to inspect so any vulnerabilities can be very quickly identified and patched by security researchers etc. all over the world.
Why is the shortest day of the year (solstice) the first day of winter and not the middle of winter?
You can blame the oceans for this. Oceans take a long time to heat up and cool down. Even though the days are getting longer and warmer, it's only a start for the heating up of the oceans. Try dipping a toe in the ocean off, say, Cape Cod, Massachusetts in June , and you'll get an idea of just how long this can take. Since the oceans play such a major role in affecting the climate, this is an important consideration.Dont think about seasons as defining Hot or Cold. Thats not the point of seasons. Seasons track the amount of sun light. Temperature can be affected by many variables. Length of daylight is a biggie but its not the whole story.
If it takes lawyers 3 years to learn the law, how can we trust a cop to learn it in 6 months?
You don't need to have learned the law to know you're not allowed to drive 100 on the highway. You don't need to have learned the law to know you're not allowed to take an item from a store without paying for it. You don't need to have learned the law to know you're not allowed to beat your neighbor with a golf club for no reason. & nbsp; Police officers don't need to know the intricacies of the law. Police officers just observe. If you disagree with any of their observations or judgments, you can take it to court, where you'll find the people who did learn the law. That's why police officers have the authority to investigate what they believe might be a violation of the law, but not the authority to actually sentence you.
Why does information stored in a digital format 'decay' over time while an analog copy doesn't?
Both have pros and cons. As /u/FACE_FUCKING_PALM pointed out, with digital data you have to worry about being able to properly decode the format. This is somewhat true with analog too, since you need to be able to understand the language. But languages don't change quite as rapidly as computer file formats. Digital has an advantage, though. Digital data can be stored with a little bit of redundancy, and thus can be immune to minor degradation. You can lose some fraction of the bits and still be able to perfectly reproduce the original. . Once some threshold of loss occurs, however, the data is virtually gone. With analog, degradation can happen more gradually, where you lose a little, then a little more, then a little more, etc. This is one of the reason that digital copies are so great. They can be made perfectly, whereas any time you make an analog copy, you introduce noise that degrades the copy *immediately*.
Academics: Explain your thesis LI5.
area" and "volume". Sometimes a fractal won't have any of these! So mathematicians have invented new words like "fractal dimension" and "Hausdorff content". It makes sense to talk about these things even for shapes that don't have a length, an area or a volume. In my project, I'm going to take one of those bumpers, and move it around slowly. Then I have to find the fractal dimension of the non-wandering set, and see how much it changes as I move the bumper around. It might change slowly, or it might change suddenly even when I only push the bumper a tiny bit. That's the sort of thing I want to know. I figure these things out by solving lots of equations, and by drawing diagrams. You might be wondering why anyone wants the answers to these questions. Well no-one can actually use this information yet. There are some physicists who use billiards in their work, but they don't care about fractal dimensions. But mathematicians often like to answer difficult questions just for the fun of it. By answering these tricky questions that might never help anyone, you can learn a lot about solving problems in general, and that skill might one day help lots of people.Lil' Johnny Milton wrote a really long story that featured five awesome ninja Angels that shot lasers out of their feet. Each ninja Angel had a unique personality trait and if they were to ever combine into a super Voltron ninja Angel- it'd probably look an awful lot like lil' Johnny Milton's favorite person: Son O' God.This thread is a great read. You all have fantastic explanations of some really great ideas.
The average mid-sized sedan in the USA weighs about 3300 pounds. What accounts for the bulk of this weight?
It's an awful 3D pie chart, but [this] image should have the information you're wanting. About a quarter of the weight is from the structure, while another eighth or so is the engine. If you care to read the article that the above graph came from, it's available [here].
During a police interrogation, can you actually get away with not saying anything until you're provided with a lawyer?
Never talk to cops without a lawyer present. The only exceptions to this are: Fuck you, there are no exceptions. Ask if you're free to go VERY politely. If they say no, ask what you're being charged with while obeying commands again VERY politely. Once charged invoke the 5th amendment and demand a lawyer over and over to every question they ask no matter what it is. Never deviate from this no matter how much of a pig piece of shit they are by trying to incriminate you for using your Rights, which is nearly all of them. Their job is to meet an unofficial quota of enforcement, which means currying a certain amount of revenue in citations, or throwing a certain number of people, innocent or guilty, into concrete boxes in a given period of time. The rich, powerful and their fellow enforcers are nearly immune to the laws they pretend to value. Resist.
Why isn't there an industrial process for manufacturing petrol/gasoline?
One can do it that way. There are plants in existence that convert natural gas to petrol / gasoline. It's commonly called gas-to-liquids or GTL. The process is actually that one first breaks down the natural gas into its components - carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen. So one could generate gasoline / petrol with only these products as the starting point. The challenge is to make it cost effective.
Why don't space shuttles use nuclear energy?
Like with the Antares rocket the other day. If you determine that it's off course and the decision to self destruct is made, you just crop sprayed nuclear fuel over your own country.
What happened to Blackberry and why did they go from a sensation to being a rare sight?
You used to need a Blackberry enterprise server to be able to connect your blackberry to your corporate email account. They were expensive and frankly a pain in the ass to run. If you wanted a blackberry you also got dinged for $10/month just for the privilege of having it vs an iPhone or android. The app deployment process for blackberry was a total pain with needing special code signing that the iPhone and android don't need. They had super clunky controls. I had one with a scroll wheel. If you locked the phone you would make 911 calls by pushing in and down on it. I'm surprised I didn't get fined for the number of butt dials I did. If you didn't lock your phone it would dial random numbers. The had some models with tiny little trackballs. Yeah, those worked as well as that idea sounds. What they did have was battery life. With moderate use they would last about 5 days.They also reportedly gave up their encryption keys in certain countries so communication could be easily intercepted by governmentsWhen Apple debuted the iphone in 2007 they thought they were lying. _URL_0_
Why should I uninstall a program when I could just delete it directly from the hard drive?
Even on a Mac, there are a lot of files associated with the program that get strewn around, especially in the Library folder. Preferences files, dynamic libraries, helper programs, etc. Removing the application itself leaves all of those supporting files in, and it's very difficult to actually find them all manually.As I understand, uninstalling a program removes all of its files. There may be files which are stored in a different part of the hard drive, uninstalling the program will remove them. Of course you could find these files yourself and delete them directly from the hard drive as well, but I guess uninstalling is supposed to make it easier on your average Mom and Pop computer user./u/Aorian did a great job, but to go into what's actually happening a bit more - when you install something, it puts little pieces all throughout your computer. you could go find and delete all of them yourself, or you could run the built in uninstaller that get rid of them all. on a related note, everyone should use [revo] to really get rid of junk.
What happens to the drugs found in a drug bust?
I work for CBP at the border. Once it's all weighed, tagged, processed etc. it gets taken to a vault at one of the the POE's for the time being. Once a month the vaults at the POE's are emptied and it all gets loaded up into a semi trailer and taken north to a larger location where it can be held pending trials or destroyed accompanied by a convoy of SUVs where everyone's carrying an automatic weapon.
How to use a combination of Tor and a VPN to download torrents safely/anonymously
[You don't use tor for torrents]. It's not designed for that purpose. All you need is a VPN service that does not record traffic data.I know this is off topic but, these two hosts are die hard log clearers and fast as hell compared to other VPN host. They also protect you downloading: _URL_2_ _URL_2_
If humans have infantile amnesia, how does anything that happens when we are young affect our development?
Start in Chicago. Drive either east or west for three days. Then forget where you came from, why you left, and what you did. You're still in *either* California or New York.
When, if ever, is it beneficial to lease a car instead of buying a car?
Leasing is good if you want a new car all the time and you don't need to drive it much let's say you live in a large city with good public transit, and you'd only ever drive it when you have to go out of the city limits. Buying a car and keeping and keeping up on maintenance for 10 years is so much more financially sound, it's silly to lease.Ummm.. No, most if not all people don't make money off a lease. Why would you have something you can't use, "mileage limits" and if you continue to drive a car you have purchased after it's paid off, your monthly payments are zero. Oh yeah, unlimited mileage.. Did I mention that.
Why, after hundreds of thousands of years of being around plants, are humans still allergic to pollen? Shouldn't we be more immune by now?
Genes get passed on if the ancestors survive and have children, and don't get passed on if the ancestors die before they can have children. Presumably, human allergies to everyday pollen did not pose a threat to the survival of our ancestors, so both types of ancestors, those with allergy immunity and those without, were still able to reproduce and hence providing current society with people who don't have allergy immunity and some lucky people who do.
What is coral bleaching, why is it a problem, and why is it happening?
Bleaching is the death of the photosynthetic organisms that make coral, which then makes the turn white, hence the term. It's bad because it's a major chunk of the food chain which will lead to ecosystem collapse.
Meats can be left outside for > 12+ hours in Asia, but are considered unsafe if room temperature for a few hours in the USA.
Different meats have different structures which can make them more or less prone to dangerous contamination. As well, different meats take different routes to market, which again, can result in more or less proneness to dangerous contamination. And of course, what people consider 'unsafe' can vary between different groups. There's no hard and fast line before which a thing is definitely safe and after which it is definitely not. We don't all have the same tolerance for risk.It can depend a lot on how you cook the meat as well as other things. If you cook things completely thoroughly or smoke them it is much more likely to kill everything in them than here in the US where many people prefer medium rare which would not kill all the bacteria.Yeah, in Malaysia, we leave food out for *hours* on end. I'm talking like 12+ hours. No one gets sick. I'm guessing that we are used to it? But then, the tourists who visit Malaysia usually don't get sick so I'm not sure what's going on there.
Why are wireless adapters so much faster than internet speeds?
Local speeds are higher, as mentioned, but it's also fully possible to have an internet connection with gigabit speeds, in which casea a gigabit router is necessary.
How is diesel better than regular gasoline?
It was once but not now. Diesel fuel is 30 to 50 cents higher at the pump than regular gas in most states. The diesel engine option will ad $1000's to the sticker price. They are more expensive to repair and service. Although progress has been made in this area, they don't start as well as gas engines in very cold weather.
Why can't we build an oil refinery in Canada to process the tar sands? Why does it need to be piped such a long distance?
I'm sure we *can* build an oil refinery in Canada to process the tar sands. It's probably much cheaper to build a massively long pipe than to build a new refinery. We haven't built a new, large-scale oil refinery in the United States since the 1970's; stricter regulations make building a refinery from scratch cost a lot of money.Because we need those pipelines to create jobs cleaning up the spills like in Michigan.
Why is Phil Fish, Developer of FEZ, under so much controversy?
I just recently watched Indie Game: The Movie, and honestly he seemed pretty unstable upon first appearance. I know there are probably reasons for his downward personality spiral, but he kind of seems like he's on the verge of a killing rampage.
I saw a thread about game developers getting the way how shotguns work wrong, but how do they actually work and why are shotguns so widely used. Aren't they kind of unreliable?
In games they exaggerate the spread. The reason they do more dmg in games is because theoretically the closer they are the smaller the spread meaning the density of the pellets is higher, farther away you hit the target with less pellets because they have spread out. In real life it doesnt spread out this much, also it realistically only takes one good pellet to kill a target. This is why gangsters use sawed off shotguns because the barrel is shorter, giving a much bigger spread at close range, which as long as the target isn't that far away, its almost impossible to miss
If i own a device like android phone, why is it so hard to get full privileges?
Few reasons: 1. Lock down features for the user as a deal to the carrier 2. Security. The vast majority of people don't need root privileges for what they do with their cell phone, and by allowing it, they open an unsuspecting user to a bunch of security risks. Viruses, Trojans that can steal their identity since we do everything on our phones these days, etc. I'm probably considered a more advanced user and even I don't really need root access for my day to day use.
Why do we instantly start coughing when we accidentally inhale smoke? Wouldn't it be more efficient to completely empty the lungs all at once instead of in little bursts?
I don't think it works like that. Can you imagine opening your mouth for what seems as one long cough? Rather short incremental coughs?
How is it that moms keep on finding evidence that vaccines are bad for their kids? Is ANY of their evidence valid, or are they just looking for ways to connect illnesses with vaccinations?
It's all lies, nonsense & has as much scientific merit as homeopathy. People who believe it and don't have their kids vaccinated need to be rounded up into camps, vaccinated & educated for the safety of the rest of the population at large.You mean written by some lady who claimed that she has a PhD. The study which claimed to link vaccines with things like autism was a fraud. The doctor who conducted the study had his licence revoked and was charged with fraud.
Why can they mature cheese in basements for months while I can't keep it in my fridge for 4 days without growing mold?
Just throwing this out there, mold on your cheese doesn't mean the whole block has gone bad. Cut off the mold, what's beneath is still good.Mold is what protects the cheese. The " crust " actually contains mold. But when they store it for months the cheese is COVERED with crust/mold. Also, you don't want to wrap it in wax or alu believe me. Try to find the same stuff as your traitor : [Alfapac]
Why are mediums not classified as schizophrenics?
I'm sure there are mediums out there who genuinely believe that they have mystical powers - and these people, if they were to see a mental health professional probably would be diagnosed with something. But your average give-me-money-and-I'll-contact-your-dead-relatives medium isn't mentally ill. They're arguably quite clever people too, but their skills lie very much in the world of the living - they know how to deal with people. They know how to tell you things that are sufficiently vague that you're almost guaranteed to find some meaning in them, and they know how to turn your responses to their vague answers into less vague ones so that they can convince people that they really know what they're talking about.For the same reason that skeptics are not classified as scientists.Well: 1) Hallucination and/or delusions are not necessarily schizophrenia. Other conditions may be a more appropriate diagnosis given the patient's other mannerisms and symptoms. Sometimes patients are atypical and it makes more sense to diagnose them with psychosis NOS. 2) At least from what I've seen most mediums don't claim anything that would make them suffering hallucinations, only delusions. That would give them 1 out of the required 2 on the list of symptoms the DSM gives for a schizophrenia diagnosis. 3) A defining characteristic of mental illness is significant difficult managing with life. If you can hold down a job, pay your bills, not engage in suicidal or other damaging behaviours to yourself and other to the point you regularly need help from family and/or the police to not get in trouble, etc. then you aren't mentally ill, just quirky. 4) They don't necessarily believe what they say. Plenty know they're frauds.
What's going on in a hoarders brain where they feel like they can't throw anything away?
IIRC it's basically a sort of emotional attachment, sort of like how you can't get rid of childhood toys because of that attachment to them, except it occurs with EVERY. DAMN. OBJECT. Correct me if I'm wrong.
If you are paralyzed (from the neck down), does your brain still register when you are injured in those areas?
Paralysis from neck down means you have injured your spinal cord just below C4 this injury will block most /all sensory and Motor impulses. The healing process of injuries doesn't require the involvement of the brain, it's mostly a local process and had little to do with the brain Its a bit more complicated than this, but i hope this will do.
How come some of my older memories are in the third person?
Thats fucked man, i never thought of it till reading what you said but now when i think about it my memory's are also in 3rd person, thats odd .sorry i don't have an answer for you :(
Why are the use of chemical weapons considered so heinous? Why they more deadly or brutal than regular weapons of war?
Chemical weapons have a far wider range of effect as well. Think of WW1. They'd use artillery barrages that lasted days or weeks to try and punch through enemy trenches, with relatively little effect, i.e. there were still thousands of soldiers to fight when the barrage was over and the ground troops moved in. But fire off some chlorine gas? Instant hole in the front lines, several miles wide, where there is not a single living person. PS, and I know I might get this otherwise-relevant post downvoted, but the United States' EXTREMELY limited use of wp grenades in one single battle of the Iraq war, while cruel and punishable, is hardly on the same level as the widespread use by dictatorial regimes to kill thousands of civilians indiscriminately. A wp grenade, as was used in the second battle of Fallujah, is still a small, single use weapon, which you have to be within throwing distance of your enemy to use, with a radius of about 30ft, and they can still defend themselves. Not the same as carpet bombing a city with sarin gas bomblets. Still against the Geneva Convention. But please, exercise a bit of perspective before jumping into a circle jerk.Conventional weapons can kill people during their initial use. Chemical weapons can kill people for 70+ years. Conventional weapons are typically designed to destroy military equipment and military personnel. Chemical weapons are typically designed to destroy people indiscriminatelyChemical weapons kill people indiscriminately and typically in a slower, more painful fashion than conventional weapons. The chemicals also have potential to linger and cause cancer even decades later.
Why my Laptop's Hardware runs hot when playing a mid quality flash movie in my browser but stays cool when I watch a DVD or a movie (e.g. avi) in VLC?
short answer: Flash is an old, mashed-together piece of programming that's been around for ages and is so jigger-rigged and taped together, it becomes an absolute resource hog that crashes more often than Lindsay Lohan. VLC isn't.Most technical threads on ELI5 have highly rated comments by armchair enthusiasts who know just enough to be dangerous, and this thread is no exception. Case in point: GPU acceleration. Some have said that VLC player supports GPU accelerated video decoding. It does! However, it's turned off by default and unless the user has specifically enabled it this is unlikely to be at all related to this issue. To enable it you must first go to Tools, Preferences, Input and Codecs and check "Use GPU accelerated decoding." Others have said that Flash is CPU heavy because it doesn't make use of your GPU. Again, this is another one of those half truths. Flash may well be CPU heavy, but not only does it support GPU accelerated video decoding, Adobe have turned on by default for us - how nice of them. To check this you have to go to a flash enabled web page, right click the flash object, click Settings and then click Display . Verify that \'Enable hardware acceleration\' is checked. So yeah, be careful what you read on the interwebz.Even though flash runs more power, check your laptop fan to make sure it isn't covered in dust. No airflow can make something that's a little hot into something running a lot hot
Why do bags of dry beans have rocks in them?
Soak the beans in water for about 30 minutes before cooking. The rocks fall to the bottom and the good beans float. Some beans will fall to the bottom. Leave them there when you skim the good beans. Funny story: My dad's favorite food that his mom prepared was beans and ham hock. They need to cook all day. My mom, shortly after they married tried to make it for him, but didn't know about the bean soaking thing. She got to smell it cooking all day and he got the good smell when he came in after work. He got significant sand and gravel in his first bite. He ate it all anyway.
How did we arrive at the number 3.141592653581... for pi?
Because at the time we weren't smart enough to realize that we should have computed the ratio of the circle's circumference to its *radius* - not to its diameter. If we had, we'd all be using [tau[ instead of pi, and we'd be much happier.
How come when you are hungry your stomach feels nauseous? It seems like a design flaw that when you're hungry, you don't feel like eating anything.
As I have been practicing interval fasting, I've noticed the nausea goes away. Almost as if you're body is producing too much of it because you're used to always digesting something and not letting your body heal.I feel pain if im hungry, and i really want to eat when i feel that way. I never feel nausea. Is this just as common?Wait . You should definitely NOT feel nauseous when you are hungry. You might want to see a doctor. That is definitely not normal.It shouldn't make your stomach nauseated when hungry, that screams H. Pylori Bacteria, Ulcers, or IBS.
How do people survive direct lightning strikes at all when lightning is often over 50,000F?
It's inaccurate to say lightning has a temperature. It's electricity, which only generates temperature by what it goes through. Air has a high resistance, so air heats up quite a bit by having that much electricity go through it. The air that lightning passed through is usually extremely hot, but the lightning itself is not. But say lightning hits a person. People have a resistance many, many times less than what air has. More of the lightning goes through unhindered, and the person heats up much, much less. The rest of why people survive is because it's a very small amount of material that gets heated by a lightning strike. It's hot yes but still not always enough to cause severe damage.
What seems to be the best method for raising a dog?
My secret for training my boxer was hot dogs. No dog can resist a hot dog, and they'll damn near do anything to get some.
Why is it so hard to draw or animate hands?
27 bones, all connected to various muscles and tendons. Extremely innervated areas that we are very conscious of because we use hands to interact with the world. All of these details are small. An artist's nightmare.
can 2 people have at most 2^23 different children?
According to [this]: Humans have 46 chromosomes, and 23 in each gamete. Meaning a person can create 2^23 different gametes. Adding in the other person's 2^23 gametes, you simply multiply 2^23 by 2^23. This is 70,368,744,177,664 different combinations when talking about chromosomes.
How we know we see the same colors
As others have said, we don't. But we have reason to think that we do because we know the physical phenomenon we are detecting is the same, and that the biological mechanisms behind the sensation are similar in basic function. Therefore it seems likely that our brains would interpret them the same way.