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What are the circles under the eyes caused by? Is it actually from a lack of sleep?	Caused mostly by genetics. The skin under our eyes is very thin. The darkness comes from blood filling in the blood vessels under the skin. No way to naturally get rid of them but they can be covered by makeup. Can look worse from lack of sleep, but also from too much sleep.
Where does the stereotype of Canadians being very polite come from?	It comes from reality. Canadians really are very polite. Source: I'm from Scotland, I moved to Canada a few years ago.
Why do we sometimes wake up with curvy lines randomly pressed into our body?	They're imprints in your skin from wrinkles in your sheets, or the way your skin is pressed against your bed.
Why is weatherstripping for doors/windows hollow?	Combination of reasons, it uses less product and therefore cheaper. A large hollow foam tube can be squished when the door closes and make a good seal. A smaller solid tube will leave gaps and won't squish as easily.
Why is chicken meat so different to pork and beef? Its still muscle right?	Muscles rely on two different processes for energy. Anaeorbic respiration doesn't require oxygen, but produces relatively little energy. Aeorbic respiration on the other hand produces a lot more energy, but requires oxygen. Not all muscles are used for the same purpose. Some muscle needs more oxygen because they are used for sustained physical activity, such as marathon running. Other muscles don't need as much oxygen because they are used for short bursts, such as a 100 meter sprint. Muscles that need more oxygen have more myoglobin, which is a protein in muscle that binds to iron and oxygen. Myoglobin is essentially dark in color. Chickens generally do more short bursts than animals like pigs and cows, and hence their muscles generally have less myoglobin. However, this is not consistent within the animal. Legs and wings of the chicken tend to do more consistent work, so they have a bit more myoglobin than the breast; hence "dark meat" in chicken. Interesting side note: myoglobin is related to hemeglobin, which performs the same function in blood. If you find myoglobin in the blood, that is a very relevent diagnostic finding and something is probably wrong.
How can newspapers publicly endorse political candidates and remain an unbiased source of information?	Newspapers have had editorials and opinion pieces of various kinds for centuries. Separated as much as possible/practical from the news sideSome newspapers have citizen editorial boards who recommend candidates for endorsement. Some endorsements are the pick of the publisher. And more often than not, the endorsements are the owner's choice. Other than a few, very few, columnists that I can think of, no newspaper or for that matter, any other publication, is an "unbiased source of information".
If a plane went above, then below, then above the speed of sound a bunch of times would it create a bunch of sonic booms?	An object travelling faster than the speed of sound is continuously generating a shockwave for as a long as it exceeds the speed of sound. It only sounds like a brief 'boom' to a distant listener because the plane has already flown past- to hear another one, it would have to turn around and fly past you again. If you're having trouble visualizing it, imagine it like the [wake] of a boat. Instead of waves of water, a plane makes waves of air.
Why is it cheaper to fly to different countries in Europe as opposed to it being expensive to fly to other states in the US?	Europe has a well developed train system which competes with the airlines. This drives down prices, and eliminates routes that are not profitable enough. The flights that do exist will be cheaper, but there will be fewer of them. Also, some European countries have national airlines that are subsidized.
I'm sorry, but what the heck is a VPN?	A VPN is a Virtual Private Network. It's a private network that's set up over a public network . It's called "virtual" because there is no real private connection, like a direct cable, or a leased line. Instead, it uses a public connection and encrypts it to make it private. [Here] is a good analogy of what is a VPN. The gist of it is: Imagine computers or LANs are islands. They are separated by the ocean, which represents the internet. You can go from one island to the next by public ferry, but that's open to everybody. You can also build a bridge between two islands, which is similar to a leased line: it's private but costly. Or you can set a submarine route between the islands, which represents a VPN. It's private like a leased line, but it's cheaper, and it uses the internet . Note that a VPN is a private network. It can be very big but it's still private. You can only go to computers that are part of the network. You can't go directly to blocked websites via VPN, but you may use the VPN as a proxy: if chatroulette is blocked on your computer, you could connect via VPN to another computer and go to chatroulette from there. But you don't really need a VPN for that, any proxy will do the trick.
How can people do voice impressions of other people when you don't know what your own voice sounds like?	Impressionists practice with a voice recorder. That way they can hear their impression as other people would hear them and try to adjust accordingly. Ideally they would also have a recording of who they are trying to copy as well so they can hear the two back-to-back to listen for differences.
Where does the heat in our body come from?	When you consume food, all that food gets broken down and absorbed by your body at a molecular level. You're turning a piece of food into it's molecules. Then your body breaks the bonds which releases heat. Breaking bonds is where that energy comes from.From cellular metabolism. In the course of the chemical reactions that occur in every cell to keep it alive, a little heat is given off. Warm-blooded animals are able to increase the rate of these reactions as necessary to produce more heat if they are cold. In addition, some animals can shiver their muscles to produce even more heat.
Why do Christianity and Islam consider homosexuality a sin?	I'm not sure what the Muslim rationale is behind it as I am not Muslim nor have looked into why the Islamic faith has that belief. But from a Christian perspective, I think you might find [this article] to be helpful. In short, in Christianity the most important thing is to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. The second most important thing is to love your neighbor as yourself. From here you can see that the hierarchy of importance in the Christian faith should be God, others, self. The author of the article links homosexuality as a way of man to idolize. It removes God as the most important object of your love and puts yourself in his place. It should be noted that over sexualizing your heterosexual marriage would be viewed in the same way. You end up idolizing sex and that supplants your love for God. There is an unfortunate amount of focus on homosexuality as a sin within the American political arena. If a homosexual is not a part of the church then the church should remain silent on their conduct. Jesus came to save, not to condemn, and it is not the place of the church or its members to judge those outside of their faith. Furthermore, homosexuality is not greater a sin than idolizing anything else. But people tend to turn a blind eye to their spiritual neglect in the pursuit of their career or hobbies. I also think that the political left of America is quick to demonize Christianity even though it has become more and more accepting to homosexuals and more and more condemning of fringe groups like the Westboro Baptist Church.
If laser guns existed, would they be making the same stock sound that we hear in the movies?	Laser guns do exist, they've been around in various forms since at least the 70s from military projects. They don't make any noise when they shoot. There's no pew pew, and you can't even see the beam, its outside of the visible spectrum
Beer in fridge vs Beer room temperature.	That would depend on several things, including the temperatures of each of the environments and the power of the fridge's compressor.
What is a URL and how does it work?	A URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is generally just a fancy way of saying a web address. The various parts of the URL are used by all of the systems between you and what you're trying to access to figure out how to get you what you need. It gives you a protocol and the domain as well as the server address .A URL is a string of text that helps your computer locate a certain resource and informs it on how you want to access it. That is also literally what it stands for: Uniform Resource Locator. By looking at some URL examples, we can actually look at how they work: _URL_5_ This URL has two important parts: a protocol specification and a resource . What this URL basically tells your computer is that you want to access _URL_6_ via the HTTP protocol, which is used for web browsing. Your machine will automatically use port 80 for this, since this is the default port for http traffic. _URL_0_ would tell your computer to access the resource _URL_6_ over the HTTP protocol but on a different, specific network port, in this case, port 8080 Although much less used these days, there are various other URLs that used to be more popular back in the day. Your computer will know what application to start for which protocol. For example: ftp://_URL_1_/ will tell your computer that you want to use the File Transfer Protocol to access the machine _URL_1_. Because the protocol is now FTP, it will try to connect on port 21. mailto:john@google.com is another example of a url. By clicking on it, your computer will start your default system mail client with john@google.com already filled in as the recipient of the e-mail. Software developers can inform your system that they are able to handle certain urls, for example: teamspeak://_URL_2_ can make your computer start up your team speak client which will connect to _URL_3_ Hope this helps
Why do hotels skip seemingly random room numbers?	Could be for any number of reasons. How does the layout of rooms on floor 2 and 3 compare to each other and floor 1/4? The hotel may opt to keep each floor's numbering as similar as possible vertically, even when one floor has more or less rooms Room #233 could still be a room, just not a guest room. For consistency sake a lot of buildings that number rooms will assign a number to every room, including storage and utility areas. Room #233 may have existed at one point but during a remodel was merged into an adjoining room or converted into something else. It doesn't apply in your case but because 13 is considered unlucky by many people a lot of high-rise building don't have a "floor 13", and/or will only have rooms #1-12 and #14- on each floor. Edit: Formatting
Why do some doors open inward, and some open outward?	Different building codes for safety. Exterior doors have to open inwards do that in emergency if you need to get out, something places on the outside doesn't block the door from opening. Its also a safety thing so that if you push open a door, it doesn't smash someone's face whose trying to get in.[It turns out universal standards are surprisingly tricky]Depends on the type of building and what building code governs it and what makes sense for the situation/area the door is located in.When designing a home, the doors usually open into whichever adjacent space is larger. In public buildings, exit doors are supposed to open out in case there's an emergency and panicked people don't get trapped, piled up against an inward opening door.
Why do some companies make Solid State Drives (SSD) that are slightly different from one another in size (i.e. 480GB vs. 500GB vs. 512GB)?	They don't. They're using the same size chip, it's that ssds lose a fraction of a percent of their space every write cycle, and different manufacturers reserve a certain amount of space in the drive to make up for those losses, so your total value doesn't change over time, and so if you fill up the drive completely, there's still room to fit data as its storage gets destroyed, rather than your file getting corrupted, as would happen if it didn't have hidden room to fit it. For example, two companies might be using the same say, 600 GB chip in their ssds, but one rates theirs at 500 GB while the other at 480 - the one with its storage rated at 480 is going to survive 20% more read/write cycles, as it has 120 GBS reserved to burn, whole the 500 GB one only has 100.
Why do people blame Republicans' success in Congressional races on district gerrymandering? Can't Democrats redistrict just the same?	They can and do. Illinois' 4th and Florida's 5th are prime examples of the dems gerrymandering. Unfortunately the only way our government tries to fix gerrymandering is with more gerrymandering. Edit: got my districts mixed up
How does Nat Geo get so much great footage of rare, small, and dangerous animals?	They have the means to to put professional photographers "in the field" for long stretches at a time.By sending people into areas known to contain these creature, sometimes with trackers or high tech means of finding these animals. Then they just have to stay there until something turns up. I saw a doc last year where a crew spent 9 months in the arctic following one particular polar bear. The first fortnight was just watching a hole in the ground waiting for the bear to emerge from hibernation. I really hope they're paid well.They pay professional photographers to wait until they can get a good pic, they often use a lot of research, tracking, and when they get a location, the photographer goes there and stays still for hours, days, weeks and even months to get good images and/or other types of data.
How is the porn industry still a multi-billion dollar industry, when in the internet age you can just stream it for free?	Ever noticed all of those ads on porn sites? Ads are what pay the bills. This is how lots of media makes its money.
how do graffiti artists reach those seemingly impossible difficult spots, like the tops of high buildings or inside overpasses?	How to reach the ceiling? A ladder.How to reach the top of a high wall? A bigger ladder.How to reach a really really high wall? A bigger bigger ladder!
Why do rainbows form on spilt oil on the ground?	It's actually not the oil itself but the oil and water. The uneven mixture creates a prism which reflects the light rays at differing angles.
"The higher the probability, the higher the entropy and the lower the information content."	> After all, it had been Wiener who discovered a precise mathematical definition of information: The higher the probability, the higher the entropy and the lower the information content. Er, I think it was Boltzmann who came up with the definition and it was really Claude Shannon who popularized the concept. No matter. "Information entropy" is exactly the same as or has absolutely nothing to do with the concept of entropy used in physics depending on who you talk to. According to Shannon, the information of a message is a measure of its probability of occurrence. It has nothing to do with "meaning." A message you can predict in advance contains zero information. If I already know what you're going to say, there's no point in you saying it . Hence, "the higher the probability the higher the entropy and the lower the information content."', "When you gain information, that means you now know something you could previously only guess at with probabilities. If you get information proving that something with a 99% probability is true well, you already pretty much knew it was true. So that's a low amount of information. If you get information proving that something with a 50% probability is true, that's a high amount of information.
Why is Golf the go to sports for rich and/or powerful people like Presidents, CEOs? What is special about it?	It costs a lot of money to play, it's played in a space that is exclusive, which allows for privacy, and it is a slow paced game that allows for conversation and socializing. The slower pace also allows people to play into much older age than other sports. It's basically the perfect game for wealthy people who want to have something to do while having an informal conversation.
how does China go from an "overheated" economic perpetual powerhouse to an economic crisis seemingly in less than a year?	When the stock market has more investment in it than is justified by it's actual value, we call it a 'bubble'. The price of stocks is way too high, and people are profiting on it's rise, but eventually that bubble bursts. Real growth happens in the 3%-5% range per year. Generally, growth past that is a bubble that will eventually pop.
Why is there darkness?	Light doesn't travel instantaneously. The universe is only ~14 billion years old so there's only a limited amount of stars we can see. Additionally, the universe is expanding. As the space itself inflates the light starts to shift towards the red end of the spectrum, eventually dipping into the infrared portion which is invisible to the naked eye.
What are the historical/social reasons that cause Americans to tend to define their political affiliations as a fixed variable?	In the United States, the Democratic party has for decades been the party of coastal areas and big cities, where the Republicans have been the party of rural areas and non-coastal areas. Regional affiliation rules the parties, rather than ideology, and whatever is popular in a region becomes the party platform. Party affiliation is usually based on the culture you find yourself in. The actual principles that the parties believe in change from election to election based on what these regions desire. For example, Ronald Reagan is a Republican hero even though he created most of the national debt, because at the time the debt wasn't an issue that rural Americans cared about. Once hard times hit and they started caring about that, then balancing the budget became a conservative issue.
How is Kevin McCarthy a good choice for Speaker of the House?	It makes sense because the Republican party is overrun with lunatics at the moment. Boehner was run out of town for not being enough of a hardliner. Whoever replaces him doesn't need to be experienced, articulate, or anything you might think of as useful in a politician. As long as he agrees that Obama is Satan any that any sort of compromise with him is absolutely unacceptable then he is the man for the job.
As a public figure, why can't Donald Trump's tax returns be released for him without his permission?	Because even public figures are allowed a certain level of privacy. While I would not support the release of someone's information by coercion I would support a requirement that candidates must fully disclose their finances voluntarily in order to be allowed on the ballot.
Where does the "smack" come from when sending a kiss?	When you pucker up to kiss, you create a vacuum. When any opening is created i.e. any gap between your lips and teeth, air rushes in and creates a sharp whistle, which is the smack we hearDonno but back in the day when one wrote a letter to their sweety-baby-honey-pie, SWAK would be written across the envelope flap; Sealed With A Kiss.
If your intestines don't have pain receptors, why does having constipation or diarrhea hurt so much?	The intestines do have nerves, just not the normal pain receptors you are familiar with on your fingers and the like. Instead their receptors are more sensitive to pressure and stretching. Feeling the texture of your poop isn't really necessary.
Why are HTML, CSS, and JavaScript all separate languages?	First of all HTML and CSS are not programming languages. If you want to be able to do any programming within a browser's web page you need javascript. This includes everything where you want to say IF this, then do that. HTML is the way you format your page. For instance < b > Some text < /b > make 'some text' in a bold font. CSS is a way of uniformly applying styles to a web page or site. It could for instance change the behavior of that bold tag to always be in a large font.
How big does a planet have to be for it to seem flat at ground level?	That entirely depends on how big of an area you want to seem flat. Also what you mean by "seem". The Earth seems pretty flat from ground level, to be honest, unless you're actually measuring something.This is a good question, I can't give you exact numbers but when you think about how small a human is and total area a human can see from the ground level as small as an astroid would be big enough to seem flat at ground level.
What is happening in the Missouri safe space video, from a legal standpoint. Specifically with the first and second reporters.	If I can tag along here, what would the repercussions be if people began to use drones to film the "safe zone?" I know there is some kind of "drone code of ethics" but I'm curious about the legality Edit: It appears they are now handing out a PSA welcoming media: _URL_0_
In the digital age, how will photographs be handed down to future generations?	My descendents can fb me if they really care to see..I suppose you can print them and hand them down. My wife prints our digital photos and makes physical photo albums. It's fun for her, and it makes her feel better that our photos are not subject to being lost/deleted. Even though I have multiple copies across multiple storage devices/services. Edit: spelling.It really depends on what digital storage we are using in the future. currently the pictures are saved as files that take up space on your harddrive, which can be transferred by putting them on any sort of media like CDs, DVDs, USB thumb drives and many others. There is also the fact that Facebook keeps your photos in an archive for your family to look at for generations, if Facebook can survive that longThe new google brain chip. By 2035 we will merge with technology and be a collective hive mind. Kind of like the BorgMy wife and I make sure we print all of our photos. nothing compares to feel of photos and albums
What is a Roth IRA? Why is it considered such a sound investment?	In a normal retirement plan, like a company sponsored 401k, taxes are deferred until you actually withdraw money in retirement. With a Roth IRA, you pay taxes up front, but can withdraw the money tax free. This makes sense if the taxes you pay now will be lower than when you retire. This will tend to be more true earlier in your career.
Why is female circumcision done by Muslims considered mutilation, but male circumcision commonly done in America completely fine?	There are several forms of female genital mutilation. The more serious forms of it are like cutting your dick off, and then making it so that the stub will hurt if someone tries to fuck you. There are also more minor forms which are comparable to male circumcision though many of them make the very sensitive clitoris painful. It's about sexual purity/repression, and more a m middle eastern backcountry hick thing than an Islamic thing.Male circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of the penis. The child is still capable of functioning sexually. Female circumcision, while technically including such surgeries as trimming the clitoral hood most often refers to the complete removal of the clitoris. This renders a woman unable to function normally sexually, and may mean that they are completely incapable of having sexual pleasure.Yes. It's much, much worse and can result in the woman being incapable of having any pleasure from sex at all.
Why does it always seem like the world is falling apart?	Information isn't just at your fingertips, it's being shotgun blasted into your retinas. Your attention span is a hot commodity, so everyone with something to say is going to radicalize it so you take notice. We live in the most peaceful time in history, we have more control over diseases and better healthcare than mankind has ever known. Don't worry, don't believe the hype. Go on and enjoy your life. If need be, stay off social media and go out of your way to avoid the news for a few days You'll feel better.
how "wasting water" is even possible?	There are a couple of points that make it important. * Droughts aren't the only issue. Many cities are located in areas where water is and always will be locally scarce. * The water cycle replenishes a relatively fixed quantity of water. For cities that draw their water from rivers, reservoirs, or groundwater, it is very possible that they draw more water per year than is replenished naturally. This makes long term water scarcity likely. * Not all water is sufficiently treated, making it more problematic to dump water back into nature. In some places, sewage is pumped raw or almost-raw into waterways, which surely should be minimized .
Why do veterans in the USA have a seperate hospital/healthcare system?	It was seen as an obligation that the citizens would pay for the healthcare of soldiers who were injured in the service of the countryVeterans are not required to go to a VA hospital exclusively. If they go to a VA hospital their care is paid for by the government. If they can afford to pay or have other insurance they can go to any hospitalSoldiers will be more willing to put themselves in harms way if they know they will be cared for at home.
Why is glass the most chemically stable thing... ever?	OP IS TALKING ABOUT HOW BEAKERS, TEST TUBES, AND MOST OTHER LAB EQUIPMENT IS MADE OF GLASS, NEVER REACTING WITH THE SUBSTANCES CHEMICALLY CHANGING WITHIN IT.Metals in their natural/neutral state are usually easy to chemically oxidise and/or will react and dissolve in acids. Plastics are polymers and are usually made up of hydrocarbons, these long hydrocarbons can be vulnerable to chemical attack by other organic molecules, and they can also be soluble in organic solvents. Glass is a type of ceramic material, most ceramics are considered unreactive because they don't undergo the same types of reactions as metals or polymers. Silicates which include common types of glass will dissolve in hydrofluoric acid. The most chemically stable thing ever is arguably Helium, which does not react with anything, ever.
With so many ways to listen to an artists music for cheap or even free, how do musicians make any money?	Their main income is from touring and live performances. Also, merchandise such as clothing Many pop artists have secondary incomes like clothing lines and perfumes , even dolls . They do still sell albums via iTunes and physical CDs. They also get royalties when their music is played in streaming services and on the radio. They can sell the rights or grant permission for their music to be used in movies, commercials, TV shows, etc. Most importantly; if you like a band, go see them live! This really is the highest level of support you can give them. Plus, concerts are awesome. No one has ever died saying that regretted going to so many concerts!Music is rarely, if ever, played for free. Someone is paying royalties for it or purchased the source material. Even pirated music usually has a paid source somewhere But, as others have stated, merchandise and touring is where the money is at.
Plutonium (Nuclear?) Power, specifically in the Curiosity rover	> I 've been searching for an answer in earlier ELI5 posts, and nuclear power seems to be harnessing the energy to heat water and spin a turbine. Is this how Curiosity's reactor works? The reactor on Curiosity converts a heat differential directly into electricity. As the radioisotope decays, it generates heat, which makes the inner chamber warmer than the outside chamber. This temperature differential is used to generate electricity directly, without the use of water and turbines. The phenomenon is called the [Seebeck effect], although it is way beyond an ELI5 level. > How can such a small system produce so much power? It doesn't produce that much power - only about 110 W. The generator is used to slowly charge the battery, so when it's time to use a power-intensive instrument, there is an excess of charge available. Keep in mind that when it says "more than a million watts of power in five-billionth-of-a-second burst," that is a _really really short burst_. Power is a term used to describe energy over some time, and you can obtain a very high _power_ by shortening the duration to a very small number, even if you keep energy constant. To put it in perspective, a million watts of power over five nanoseconds only has 0.005 Joules of energy. It takes the 110 W power supply 45 milliseconds to provide the equivalent amount of energy.
Why is pipe tobacco wet but cigarette (rollie) tobacco dry?	Def not interchangeable. I believe it is because generally pipe smokers want to puff on there pipe for awhile. If it was dry like cigarette tobacco it would burn up in a few puffs. The moist pipe tobacco burns and stays lit for a little while> And are they interchangeable? Ex pipe smoker here: they are not interchangeable. Dry tobacco tends to burn hotter and does not taste that well. You can adjust the temperature a little bit by dragging more gently, but you have to be more careful and pipe smoking is not supposed to be stressful. Generally pipes are smoked so slowly that they almost stop to burn, and all the stuff pipe smokers do while smoking is because the smoker wants to maintain that optimal temperature where the tobacco tastes best. IDK if pipe tobacco would work in cigarettes or if they would constantly extinguish if the smoker does not drag hard enough.
Why is patient zero of such significance?	Viruses mutate as they travel to different hosts, so the first patient to get it has the most basic form of it that has the most in common with the daughter strains, which may evolve in completely different directions. Thus, if you find a cure based on the original patient, is has the highest likelihood of working on the daughter cases.Not sure how well this will answer your question but Radiolab had a brilliant episode on 'Patient Zero' you can find it [HERE]
How does the aurora borealis form and why it is so hard to predict this phenomenon?	when the sun releases a stream of high energy particles from its surface, if it travels in the direction of earth it will strike the earth's atmospheric particles. then these particle's electrons will absorb the energy from the suns particles, they jump from their normal energy state to a higher energy state for sometime and slowly loose their energy and fall back to its original energy state, it is the part when they start loosing energy they emit photons of certain wavelength that creates the aurora borealis.This happens especially on the poles of the earth because of our magnetic field, our magnetic field shields us from the suns high energy particles, these are the harmful rays. These rays are diverted from the center of the earth to the poles and away from us, when the rays enter the poles they interact with the particlesand this phenomenon happens as i explained above to predict this phenomenon we should monitor and we should be able to predict the suns activity when it expels solar flares along with a high speed solar wind. So right now i guess we cant predict the sun's activity yet
Why do some substances melt, leaving behind the same substance, and some burn up, leaving ashes?	Well melting and burning are two different processes. Say you have an ice cube. It's made up of a bunch of water molecules which are made up of hydrogen and oxygen. If we melt the cube, we are just turning the hard rigid structure of ice, into a loose pool of water molecules. We're just adding enough energy so that the water molecules don't want to stick to each other. Burning is much more destructive. If we have the same ice cube and burn it, then we are ripping apart the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the water molecules and turning them into 2 individual gases. This fundamentally changes what you have. Your products are not the same as the ice cube.
If all US currency states "Legal tender for ALL debts public or private" on it, can businesses legslly refuse to accept $100 bills?	> There is . no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. _URL_0_The key word that you quoted is debt. If you owe someone money, they must accept any legal tender to repay it. But they are still allowed to refuse to accept certain bills in the first placeA purchase is not a debt. When you bring your purchase the the register and hand the cashier a $100, that is an offer to buy. They are free to decline your offer.
Why Do Styrofoam Leach Out Their Contents When It's Super Cold	It's not just when it's cold. Styrofoam is a bunch of little pellets squished together, the seal between pellets isn't perfect and will very slowly leak
Why do hard criminals (like murderers) become super religious during jailtime?	* joining up with others, regardless of the reason for affiliation, offers protection and community* prison life sucks, and placing your hopes and energies in something beyond that can be a coping mechanism* a lot of people are in prison because they shameless exploit and manipulate others religion is an effective tool for doing this* a lot of people are in prison because they feel they were special and the law doesn't apply to them religion lets you construct a narrative where your are special and have been chosen to fulfill a divine plan* people tend to be more sympathetic and deferential to those who share their religion, including prison guards and parole boards* some prisons actively push religious activities, and give privileges to those who participate
Free birth control under Obama's plan, how does it work and how do I know if I qualify?	Apparently it's considered "preventative care" now I'm not sure if it applies to existing plans though. > The guidelines go into effect on Monday, requiring insurers to provide free coverage of preventive care services for women in all new plans beginning in August 2012. [Source]I would like to see this question answered as well.
Why does our brain tend to remember the bad things that happend to us more often and intense than the good stuff?	Probably because in history, remembering bad events would help you to avoid them in the future and aid your survival. E.g. if you were attacked by a bear near a cave and lived, you would remember not to go near that cave again.
Why fish can pull oxygen from the water yet not from the air.	Fish pull oxygen out of the water using a body part called a gill. They have gills on either side of their heads . Gills are made of lots and lots of little thin fins. That way they have lots and lots of surface that touches the water passing by, so there are lots of opportunities for some oxygen passing by to dissolve into them. If you've ever seen someone with long hair underwater, you've seen how their hair kind of floats all around their heads, right? What happens when they come out of the pool? Their hair falls flat onto their heads and kind of all sticks together because it's wet. That's exactly what happens to a fish's gills when you take a fish out of the water. All those little paper-thin fins collapse together and stick together because they're wet and have no water to float in. There isn't enough area left on the surface for them to get the oxygen they need, so they suffocate.
Why do cars need transmissions but planes and boats don't?	Engines have a relatively narrow range of RPM where they perform efficiently. Planes and boats propel themselves in a viscous atmosphere/fluid. As a result, plane and boat engines can operate in a fairly narrow range of RPM and still be effective. Within that narrow RPM range, the propeller/fan generates sufficient thrust into the viscous atmosphere/fluid to propel the aircraft/boat forward. On the other hand, car engines are "rigidly" connected to the ground via ground- > tires- > wheels- > driveshaft- > transmission- > clutch- > engine. This means that without a transmission, a car's engine would have to operate on a much wider range of RPM's - including RPM's where the engine performs poorly or not at all. A transmission allows the car engine to remain in its efficient RPM range while the car can travel from a crawl to over 100mphTransmissions carry work from the engine to wherever generates thrust. In plane engines and outboard boat motors, this task happens inside the same mechanical unit. Some inboard boat motors however do have an actual transmissionSome planes and boats can adjust the pitch of their propellors which makes the propellor easier or more difficult to turn which serves a similar function to a transmission.
Why were buildings such as schools made into fallout shelters?	Schools are large buildings, typically in the middle of population centers that typically have facilities built for large group of people . They make natural rally points for a population center and are built reasonably well to handle a crowdA lot of schools were built after the 1950s to handle the coming Baby Boomers. Because the Cold War with the Soviet Union was going on and there was a constant threat of a nuclear war, the United States government had to make contingency plans in case of nuclear war to handle the nuclear fallout. Since the schools were being built in mass quantities, it was seen as a feasible solution to solve two problems at once.
Why didn't the FCC allow television broadcasters to use the AM band, instead of FM/VHF/UHF?	The AM Band extends from 535- to 1,705-kHz, which takes up a little more than 1.1 Mhz. Each of the original TV channels used 6 Mhz. Thus, the entire AM band was incapable of handling even 1 single TV signal.
Why are many bathroom sink faucets so close to the back of the sink?	Depends on the design, but I think it's at least partly because of how older bathrooms did their bathroom sinks. Basically the sink was a bowl, and you filled it up with water from the faucet, hot water would be a separate faucet, and you would add that in to get the right temperature. Then you wash your hands in the sink, and pull the drain to empty it. The faucets were thus small so they don't get in the way of your hands. I know in the UK, many people still have this style of sink in the bathroom, [they look like this]. In the US at least, we have gone away from that style of sink, and just wash our hands under the tap. But we still use faucets that look similar, probably for aesthetics reasons , and partly because we still do wash things in the sink other than our hands, it may be useful to have a small faucet. And finally, if you're hitting your hands on the sink, it's probably because they installed the wrong faucet. On many sinks, the holes for the faucet are pre-drilled, their location is meant for a faucet of a specific size , sometimes people buy sinks with the holes set back and couple it with a faucet that is short meant for holes set forward resulting in a faucet that's too close to the edge. Sometimes the holes are not pre-drilled and the installer drills them too far back. Spout reach is a spec listed for the faucet on home depot, people forget to check it when picking parts sometimes.
If Oseltamivir also helps prevent the flu, then why isn't it not prescribed as such?	> Couldn't one make the argument that if everyone in you household has a flu, then getting prescribed Oseltamivir should be the way to go? If everyone in your household has the flu, then Oseltamivir isn't going to help all that much. From the article you linked: > "On average patients who start taking Tamiflu within 48 hours of getting sick will recover one day faster than patients who do not take anything" So you're looking at just one day of reduced symptoms, at the cost of risking many of the pretty terrible side effects of Oseltamivir, if you give it to people who already have the flu. The only time it might make sense is if everyone in your household has been vaccinated, and one of your has the flu anyway . In that case, it might be worth it to reduce the spread to other family membersSo one reason that we are cautious about using tamiflu is because the flu is exceptional at mutating. We used to more commonly prescribe a class of drugs called amantadines which affected a different part of the virus life cycle than tamiflu does. Unfortunately the virus developed resistance and so we no longer have that as an option in most US flu cases. Tamiflu is recommended prophylactically in some cases . Especially in hospitals and for the immune compromised. Arguably it should be prescribed more in this context. As to using tamiflu as treatment, that remains controversial. Im not the most current on those studies but my recollection is that the largest of those studies had issues with the patient population which make it hard to generalize their findings. That may have been updated not sure. But we are more cautious with the drug as treatment because of some fear of antiviral resistance and lack of clear benefit. None the less the best way to prevent the spread of flu remains vaccinations. Even in years like this one where the active strains weren’t well represented in the vaccines.
How come at night when I change the angle of my rearview mirror it receives less light?	[Really old picture], but it explains it nicely.I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but I'll explain how the little flippy switch in the rearview mirror works. Rearview mirrors actually have 2 mirrors in them. One reflects light normally, and one reflects light very faintly. These mirrors are set at separate angles so that if one has light pointing into your eye from behind you, the other will point it, say, up or down so it doesn't get seen by you. By flipping the switch, it changes the angle of the mirrors by the same amount that they're angled differently so the same image is seen, but using a different mirror which is now at the same angle as the other mirror was before flipping the switch. You can test this out by making the mirror dark with a light behind you and them manually moving the mirror until the light is back to normal.
Mathematically, why can't a chair balance with 2 legs?	To see if something will balance, lay a string on the ground around its feet and tighten it. The center of mass must be above the area outlined by the string for it to balance. Of course when you tighten a string around two feet, it becomes a line with no area, which leaves a super tiny area that the center of mass must be in for it to balanceMathematically it can. At the wonder spot. The "house" is built in a specific angle, on a specific slope, and one of the cool things they do there is put a chair up on a shelf, on two legs, and have people sit in it.With 2 legs, balancing is exactly what it's doing. Disrupt the balance with a shove, and it falls. With 3-4 legs, balancing is no longer an issue. Push it one way or another , and it continues to stand.
Why do we tip bartenders but not fast food workers for doing essentially the same task?	Bartenders pour drinks and can give you extra booze and not kick you out when you start getting drunk. The good ones will conversation with you at show times.It's a cultural thing. It's not customary to tip in Germany.
Why has the federal government of South Korea (including the president and PM) taken so much heat over the ferry sinking?	Korean culture is huge on taking responsibility. The more power you have the more you profusely apologize for any and all mistakes. For example, when Cho Seung Hui massacred those kids at VTech, the Korean government and many korean religious leaders all apologized on behalf of the Korean population. It's a cultural thing where anyone associated with a tragedy must take blame for it, without hesitation and with humility.
Why do headphones sound better when you press on them?	you get a better seal around your ear, making more sound go directly in the ear rather than floating off
How and why does the human body generates heat?	When we burn calories, we actually burn calories. The oxygen we breathe in is used for cells to take the food we eat and turn it into energy. The leftovers are heat, carbon dioxide , and a bit of waterBasic thermodynamics. Any time energy is converted from one type to another, a little bit of heat is created as a by product.
How in the hell did Arnold Schwarzenegger become the governor of California?	Everyone was pissed off at the guy before him. My car registration became like $1000! I mean wtf, what do they do for me to charge me $1000?? He promised to fix it and he did/u/aolsux00 and /u/Wrekked_it touched on the two big factors , but there's more to it. Arnold knew that he could coast on his name recognition, and he actively avoided situations that might show him in a negative light. For instance, there were many debates where the top candidates were invited. Arnold only participated in one of them, and it just happened to be the one where the candidates were given the questions ahead of time. I also clearly remember seeing a clip of an interview where the interviewer was asking some probing questions, and Arnold started saying that his earpiece wasn't working and he couldn't hear her. The interviewer tried a couple more times to ask questions, but Arnold wouldn't cooperate. She finally said "OK, we'll have to end the interview, thank you for joining us." and Arnold immediately replied "Thanks for having me", showing that he could hear her just fineIf I remember correctly he first ran for mayor in the town he lived in. He was pissed off because ice cream trucks were banned. His slogan ran along the lines of "Free the Cream!" Guess people liked him enough he became governor when he ran.By marrying a Kennedy. That family knows how to win a fucking election. They aren't as good at staying alive though. Too soon? I'll show myself out.
How did they print photos in old newspapers?	How old were the newspapers? The first newspapers used reusable type for the letters. To print a picture engraving were made. No there was no shading possible at first. Then engravings using multiple small lines were made to produce shadows. As printing advanced the ability to print smaller and smaller lines, then dots, developed. Enough fine dots and you can print pixels> Well, the earliest newspapers had no photographs, but instead used etchings. In the late 19th century, photographic etching began, and they were used in newspapers. > The basic process is to use a photo-sensitized resist on a copper plate and then etch that plate with acid . Where the resist stays, the copper remains raised and where there is no resist, the copper is eaten away so that you have physical peaks and valleys in which the ink can reside. As newspapers became more mechanized, the copper plate was bent around a cylinder and the process was called rotogravure. The types of plates used changed over time. > Most newspapers used a 72 lpi half-toning screen to help the ink stick to the paper and create more natural tonal gradations. [source]
What is causing the troubles in Calais/The Channel Tunnel?	Migrants have been building up over the years, many of the asylum seekers are from Syria and other middle eastern countries affected by the voilence. Since the Strikes happened there was alot less staff causing a build up in queues bringing lorries to a stand still. This provides the perfect opportunity to get onto them. It's harder when the lorries are moving. More are trying to cross at this time since it's the best chance they will get thanks to the strikes
What makes computer code inefficient or elegant?	Basically, it's a measurement of what a program is able to do contrasted by how much space the program takes up. Here is an extremely simplified example: 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 20 or 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16 or 2 ^4 = 16 All of these equations equal 16, but each successive version of the equation takes up less space.When you write code, there are a number of different ways to get to the solution. One simple example of inefficient code vs elegant is with "encapsulating". Say you have one small process you need to do in a bunch of different places. You could either type it out everywhere, or you could encapsulate it into a function. You can "call" or run functions at any time usually with only one line, which will run the code encapsulated in the function. This will reduce the length and ease of reading in the code. That's the most basic level of this solution. Most things build off that, whether you are rewriting and rewriting things in your code or if you are finding ways to simplify and keep yourself from repeating. Generally, if two pieces of code have the same result, but one is shorter, the shorter one is more elegant. There are some exceptions, but that is a general rule. Sorry for the wall of text, I hope that answers your question.
Why is that when an escalator is turned off and you walk on it you feel like you're losing balance?	Balance is one of our senses, and our senses are acclimated to our environment, so that the brain can simply tune out some of the inputs. Some hard-wired examples would be that you can't usually hear your own blood pumping through your body or that you don't see the little veins in your eyes An addon is that your brain has learned to accept transportation and anticipate the forces that are applied to you, hence why you feel more inertia if you're just a passenger in a car instead of the driver. It's similar for escalators but it's more of an always on switch. Whenever you're on an escalator, expect to be moved. If the escalator is turned off, your brain might understand the reasoning, the physics that are going on, but unless you're around escalators that are turned on and off a lot the association of a running and stopped escalator is broken. You moving on an escalator as you would on stairs confuses the brain.
how exactly does water ruin electronics, assuming that they are turned off after and dried throughly, what damage to hardware is done that is irreparable?	Different components react differently to water. Most ICs, for example, will dry just fine, but may end up with residual water stuck underneath the chip, unable to dry. Capacitors can corrode from the inside out, and transistors do weird things when exposed to water, but immediate drying and cleansing with alcohol will usually prevent that. Now, the unfixable stuff. LCD screens are toast in water if water gets between the digitizer and the glass. Also, rechargeable batteries often use alkali or alkaline elements that are highly reactive to water. If exposed, very VERY small amounts of water can get into the battery and destroy it, either slowly or immediately. Other than that, water with any kind of mineral content can short circuit boards and/or leave deposits that hinder the board's ability to function, and can even cause heat build up. Dropping a phone into distilled water, however, won't do much, except cause a physical mess inside the device. The components themselves would be fine for the most part
What kind of relationship do lawyers actually have with their clients in terms of guilt?	My understanding it isn't relevant if your client is innocent or guilty. A defense attorney's job is to make sure the prosecutor's job is being done correctly. A prosecutor wants a conviction. They need to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the defendant is guilty. A defense attorney needs to make sure that we don't starting doing "close enough" in a courtroom. That is a slippery slope, and one that would destroy our legal systemLawyer here. An attorney's duty—and yes, it is a legally binding duty—is to give her client the most diligent, zealous defense she can within the ethical rules of her jurisdiction. That's true whether the attorney believes or even knows that her client is innocent or guilty. Even if the lawyer knows that her client is guilty, there's nothing in the law requiring her to simply throw him under the jail. Everyone's entitled to a defense, even if the accused is known to be guilty from the jump. > Do lawyers take on cases assuming the person in question is innocent? A lawyer should never assume anything so critical. She needs to get as much truth from her client as possible so she can determine how to best manage the defense. If she believes he's dead to rights, then she might want to try to pursue a plea bargain. If she believes he's guilty but the prosecution's case is weak, it's in her client's best interest to make the state prove its case at trial. The lawyer can't betray her client even if he walks into her office and says "yeah, I totally did it." She's bound by confidentiality, and the code of ethics to proceed with the client's defense. That said, there's a significant exception to attorney-client confidentiality when the attorney knows that her client is committing an ongoing or future crime. In that case, the attorney probably has to inform the court/authorities.
How does Spotify use so little mobile data?	They use a piece of technology called a codec, shorter for encoder - decoder. You may be familiar with some like mp4 for video and mp3 for audio, or its AAC successor m4a. There are ways a codec can reduce bit rate, or how much bandwidth is consumed in transmission without losing any information. The most common way is akin to zip compression where the encoder looks for patterns in the bits of the data and transmits the pattern and how often it occurs rather than the bits themselves. It's easier to say "transmit 10 zeros" instead of sending the literal 100 zeros. Just like it's shorter for me to write "10, 0" instead of "0000000000." There are also perceptual tricks. The biggest one is called Dynamic Bit Allocation, or DBA. The idea is that if I send the same audio signal with 16 bits per chunk of audio instead of 24 bits, there will be more noise on the 16 bit signal. However humans can't hear the noise if it's covered up by the audio. So the codec can look at the audio signal and use less bits for loud sections and more bits for quiet sections to reduce data without decreasing perceived audio quality. DBA is a part of the mp3 standard and many codecs but the actual method for doing it can vary greatly. Finally there are more perceptual tricks. For example most people can't hear above a certain frequency like say, 17kHz. Codecs can filter out all that unnecessary information to reduce file size. They can get even more clever about it and say, there's no energy at this particular band, or there's a lot of energy below it so you won't be able to perceive it, so let's get rid of it. Like DBA this method is standard in many codecs but the implementation can vary greatly. Essentially it says, this information isn't important for human perception of this sound, so fuck it.
How do shaving creams make shaving easier?	To save you a chemistry lesson with lots of long words, let’s break it down to four basic ingredients: Stearic acid – one of the main ingredients in soap-making. This puppy attracts dirt and grease and cleans your skin. Surfactants – or “surface-acting agents.” They attract water to your skin, making it moist. Emulsifiers – hold the water on our skin, keeping it soft and pliable. Glycerin – it keeps skin supple long enough for you to do your thing.It's basically a lubricate for your skin and hair that makes it slippery, enabling easy sliding as if it were like waxed floor.
Why do nipples go hard when they are hit?	It's easier for newborn to latch onto a stiff nipple than a flaccid soft one. It's theorized thats why they stiffen upon contact. The other reason is cold. In the same way you get goosebumps on your arms in the cold because your body is trying to keep you warm with your "fur". The hair follicles around your nipples stiffen causing the "nipply weather effect" to occur
Why do your palms get sweaty when you're nervous/scared?	Your palms get sweaty when you're nervous or scared because of a system called the sympathetic system, triggering the fight or flight response. Or in ELI5: When you get scared, your body releases a chemical, which among other things, makes you sweat more in anticipation of the extra heat your body created while trying to get extra energy to fight or run away whatever made you scared. The reason you feel it in your palms more is probably because the palm has more nerve endings relative to other parts of your body. In not ELI5:Your adrenal glands release adrenaline, among other things, that increase the rate of gluconeogenesis so that you will have more energy to fight/flee. However, this process is exothermic , and your body is anticipating intense and sudden exercise so your body prepares itself by sweating. You'll feel the sweat in your palms probably because of the increased number of peripheral nerves in your palms and fingertips relative to other body parts.
How would a basic income system work, how would it be implemented, and how might it affect taxation, industries and the economy?	Basic income is the government giving a set income to everyone in the country. This is funded by taxes as any other government program. You can still work and earn money on top of your basic income. And the more you earn the more taxed you are, so if you earn quite a bit you will payback your basic income through taxes. Basic income also means the governments can remove other forms of welfare completely. You no longer need unemployment aid, food stamps, pensions and help for the poor. As everyone has an income.Interesting question. I have to get up early tomorrow for work, so I won't fully tackle it, but I had a little fun extrapolating just what a policy with the figures the guy above mentioned would cost both the US and the UK assuming it applied to all of its citizens: US:45,000 * 316.1 M people = $14.2 Trillion; US GDP $16.8 Trillion; Effective tax rate necessary to make just this policy budget neutral: 14.2/16.8 = 84.5% of all income . UK:30,000 * 64.1 M people = 1.9 Trillion GBP or $2.85 Trillion; UK GDP = 2.5 Trillion; Effective tax rate necessary to make just this policy budget neutral 2.85/2.5 = 114% of all income . Note that really by income I mean income from any source - corporate, personal, any money made domestically . So, in the UK example, the country would be literally bankrupting itself just to supply the minimum income. In the US example you'd have an income tax of at least 84% including on the minimally supply income, just in order to support this one policy . That means effectively, after tax the minimum income would only be worth 45,000 * = 7,200.
Do astronauts on the ISS just not fap?	Why would you think that? They're up their for awhile, if they're not having sex with eachother, masturbation seems like an obvious thing that would happen
why is celery frequently served with chicken wings?	It acts as a vehicle for ranch or blue cheese to cool the mouth off without having to take more hot sauce to get the cooling relief.The high water content and coolness of the celery spears along with the creamy ranch/blue cheese dressing serve to dampen the fire in your mouth when eating buffalo wings, where this practice originates. Now, it's kind of the traditional side of any spicy wings, but it started with the hot sauce coated buffalo wing, afaik.You break the celery in half and use it like chap stick to stop your lips from stinging after having hot wings.
Why is it that electric charges in a magnetic field don't experience a force unless they are moving?	This is actually a scenario experiencing quantum/time relativity. In the magnetic field, if you take the field as an observer, the charged object you see moves through and has a flux in the field enough to produce a change in the system. Through the particles end, when the particle is the observer, instead the field is unpertrubed until that particle goes through and /behind/ the particle does the field get pertrubed. Its moving through the field super fucking fast. When the time dilation syncs things up through the constant of causation , what is experienced is a total pertribution in the entire system, resulting in a changed up field dynamic. Its a combination of the field observing the particle, and changing properties with the act of adding a charged particle, along with things syncing up. This causes a constant flux state in the field, as if the yniverse is vonstantly trying to re-update the state of the field as charged particles fly through the field and change it. PBS spacetime has a good explanation of this, and the old host explains the concept well.
Why must Inflation happen in an economic system? Why can't we just ignore it and say that money is worth the same?	It's not a guarantee that inflation will happen, or that the inflation will be a good thing. You can have deflation where a dollar is gaining in value over time. This encourages people to save money instead of spending it, and you have less dollars flowing through your economy. You can also have hyperinflation where your currency spirals out of control, and ultimately gets replaced by bartering/foreign currency. A low inflation rate encourages spending/investing, because your money is losing value if you stuff it in a matress. More money flowing through the economy equals a better economy.
Why is the cost of groceries still high when the price of gas has fallen back down?	What /u/Teekno said, water, is a huge part of it, and not limited to just California - reports were that last summer was so dry in the midwest that grains and corn were also going to have a much smaller crop this past fall, on top of the pork shortage, and this past winter [has killed over 30k dairy cattle,] which will lead to milk/butter/cheese shortages as well. In short: Blame the weather : < But also, as they raise prices, folks get used to them, and even if the base costs went back down, that doesn't mean that manufacturers/grocers have to lower the prices back down, it just means that they can profit more.
Why can routers only use 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz if they're so congested?	Radio spectrums are like a broad highway. Consider 2.4 and 5 as like the 2 far left lanes on a highway, but there are maybe 6 more lanes. These 6 lanes are reserved for military communications, emergency responders radios, aircraft radio communications, and cell phone companies. These other 6 lanes are vital to be restricted - what would happen if a bunch of people clogged up the aircraft lane and people flying couldn't get through to the air traffic control! That would be bad! So the FCC makes sure these important lanes stay clear as possible. Sure there are more reserved lanes - but I cut the example to just a few.
Why do people think that US income tax is unconstitutional? If so, why isn't this bigger news?	> Why do people think that US income tax is unconstitutional? Because people don't want to pay income tax, so they grasp at straws to try to find a way out of it. For instance, some people claim that, because the versions of 16th amendment that were ratified by the states have slight differences in the spelling of words, capitalization, and punctuation, it was never properly ratified, and is thus invalid. Another argument is that, since congress didn't pass an official proclamation of Ohio's 1803 admission to statehood until 1953, that Ohio wasn't a state until 1953, and thus the whole ratification process is invalid. This despite the fact that a) it's ridiculous, and b) the amendment still would have passed even without Ohio's ratification.
If you are deaf do you need to be concerned about your ears? In terms out volume	Yes. While you may be deaf loud noises can still cause both pain and physical damage to your ears.Well, you still have an inner ear and an outer ear so you can still have issues with very high pressure such as an explosion or maybe diving stuff which can be painful. But as far as issues such as using a gun, construction or music I think you'd be fine cause you arn't going to be worried about damaging your hearing.
Why is the plastic no longer opaque on this sticker?	Because one side of that plastic has lots of bumps, so when light passes through it, the light is refracted and scattered in random directions. However, the sticker fills in these bumps and leaves a smooth surface for light to pass straight through unobstructed.
Why do most devices that use multiple batteries need to have them alternated?	Efficiency. Most devices require more voltage than a single battery produces. For example, a AA battery produces 1.5 volts. If you need 3 volts, you need to connect two AA batteries in a series. That means you need to join the positive end of one battery to the negative end of of the next battery. The easiest way to do that is for the batteries to be placed in alternating directions. That makes it really easy to join the positive end of one battery to the negative end of the other. If the two batteries were in the same direction you would need much more wiring, which would take up more space and waste more material.
If Republicans are for small government why are they introducing so many laws thrusting their religion on to others?	Mostly because Republicans haven't been for small government in several years. Republicans and Democrats just have different opinions on which parts of government should be bigger or smaller. In general, Democrats want to control what you do outside of your house, Republicans want to control what you do inside of it.Many people are saying republicans aren't for "small" government. While this is true, take a quick look at the Tea Party. This is a smaller formation branched off of the Republican party. In essence, it is what the Republican party claims to be.
What function do Tinder bots serve?	It's selling porn. That's it. Those sketchy links you end up getting sent by a tinder bot or anything else are just porn. The one reaping the benefit is the person selling the porn.
do sperms come with pre-installed intelligence and character or are all sperms the same and develop these traits later?	I like to compare intelligence to a glass of water. You can think of the size of the glass as your genetic contribution and the water itself as your environment. The size of your glass determines how much water you can hold, and obviously a larger glass will hold more water. However, the amount of water you can hold also depends upon how much water is available . If you're experiencing a drought, it doesn't matter how large your glass is--you'll end up with the same amount of water. Conversely, if you have a small cup you won't be able to hold much water no matter how much water is available. In the end, you need both an adequately sized cup and lots of water to be intelligent. Now given that both genetics and environment are mutually dependent upon each other, the questions then becomes: which factor is more powerful? And though this question is still up for debate, [recent studies] have estimated intelligence to be between 22% and 46% due to genetic inheritance. *tl;dr:* Sperm and egg cells carry genetic information which places limits on intelligence . However, sufficient experience is also required for that intelligence to develop and seems to play a larger role .
How do high areas of heat ripple our vision?	Hot air is less dense than cold air, and light travels through them at slightly different speeds. At the boundaries between hot and cold air, the difference causes light to refract as it passes from one to the other. As the hot air rises and circulates with cold air, the boundaries between hot and cold constantly change as well as does the direction of light passing through. This creates the moving, ripple effect.
Why do some TV shows like TBBT and Homeland make it over to prime time British TV, but Parks and Recreation and Breaking Bad don't?	Either the networks there believe that they will not be popular enough to justify acquiring the rights to, or the rights holders in the US are asking for more money than the British networks are willing to pay.Remember that Breaking Bad is relatively niche despite its critical acclaim and internet fame, and AMC is not a major channel, nor is it part of a big conglomerate like Showtime and HBO. The fact that it aired for a bit makes me think that not enough people watched to make it worthwhile. Or AMC is asking for so much money for the rights that no UK broadcaster can make money on it. Parks and Rec is a satire of American municipal politics . It doesn't have much appeal outside the US. OTOH Homeland is a action/political thriller and Big Bang Theory is a sitcom, both genres with much broader international appeal.
Why do worldleaders even think about going to war with eachother even though they know that it will cost incredible amounts of money and many innocent lives?	War is usually about land and resources. If one country needs land for farming and it's taken by another country, they will not have the ability to feed their people. If land with valuable minerals or oil is taken, the country losing that land will have less ability to progress by using those resources. If a shipping lane is taken, some countries might even become trapped, unable to import or export goods.
Is there a finite amount of potable water? If so, what terms would completely deplete it? Can the finite amount be used to make more?	There is a finite amount of water. Saltwater can be treated to make potable water but it's still limited. We couldn't make more unless we utilized chemical reactions like hydrogen peroxide, etc.
El Niño. What the FUCK happened to winter?	Okay, so, the pacific ocean is really big, and really windy. The winds push all of the water to the west, and it wells up warm surface water along the western pacific. Every once in a while, for reasons we don't yet fully understand, the wind gets a little weaker, and the pacific ocean has a crazy backwash. Then that flops against the far coast, and washes back again. That wave of warm water crossing the pacific twice creates El Nino and La Nina, these periods of bizarre weather. We're not sure if El Nino is happening more often than it used to or not. We're definitely in a rough patch, but we don't have enough historical data to say if it's just a rough patch or connected to climate change. But it'll happen again in 2-7 years if the rough patch doesn't subside.Perhaps this [impact to Canada and USA] will be helpful. "El Niño is associated with warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean near the Equator, to the west of South America. The various shades of yellow, orange, and red represent warmer than normal ocean water temperatures .In this region water temperatures are running up to 3°C warmer than normal." This will impact the climate of North America, generally causing a mild winter throughout much of Canada and USAEl Nino is only part of it, main thing right now is that all the cold air is staying up North.
How are young birds and eggs safe in nests? Aren't they sitting ducks?	First and foremost. Did you just make this post for a sitting ducks pun? Second, that is why a great many birds build nests way up on the top of trees. Those that don't generally try to disguise it in the underbrush. But yes, at the end of the day, eggs do get eaten. Nature doesn't care that much about the death rate, so long as the survival rate is enough to keep the species going.
Why are gasoline prices so volatile especially compared to other staples like bread or milk?	Because the markup on gasoline is much smaller than the markup on more processed goods like bread. [Wheat prices] are similarly volatile as [oil prices], but there's about a nickel of wheat in a loaf of bread, so when the price of wheat moves by 50% it impacts the total cost of the loaf by only a couple percent . Oil is the majority of the cost of gasoline, so when oil prices move gasoline prices often rapidly follow. Milk is unique because dairy prices are heavily influenced [by the government].In a perfect market, it shouldn’t be volatile, but the major oil producers can manipulate the market to create whatever prices they want since they control most of the world’s oil. They artificially lower supply to increase the price, and, since oil is an inelastic good, people still buy the same amount of oil. This is very similar to what happens with “rare” gems. Monopolies mine hem very slowly and do not divulge how many they have in an effort to make them seem rare, which drives up the price. In reality, diamonds are pretty dang common.
How can an advanced US destroyer collide with a tanker in open waters? Are there no alarms or nobody steering? How can something like that go unnoticed?	The most common reason is human error: – Insufficient watch-keeping. – Lack of situational awareness. – Failure to set priorities – lack of positive action. – Preoccupation with administrative tasks. – Failure to communicate intentions . – Lack of assertiveness – failure to challenge incorrect decisions . – Failure to comply with standard procedures and international regulations. – Failure to utilise available data and resources. – Lack of training – “human-technology” interface. With all these causes though there may well be systemic causes behind the human errors, such as inadequate training, ambiguous responsibilities, stressful job, etc. Collisions are fairly common thoughActually looks like the other boat ran into it. It was at 2 am so dark. in a commercial channel and not out at sea.
Why do drive-thru fast food places have two Windows even though only one is used?	When order volumes are high enough, and when they have staff for it, they can run both windows, which makes the drive-thru a little more efficient. But it doesn't make sense to run it that way when order volumes are lower.
Why do guys feel it in their stomach when they get hit in then balls?	In humans, the testicles start out life in the abdomen and descend through its lower wall, eventually ending up external to the body. This gives them a number of connections to the abdomen; they're basically wrapped in every layer of the abdominal wall. Their nerve supply comes from the abdomen as well, apparently resulting in what's called "referred pain," where pain is felt in places not involved in the injury.

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