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does "end to end encryption" means that the service that offers it is does not have the means to decrypt the messages or that the messages sent back and forth are encrypted but decipherable? | In theory, yes. That is the price we pay. We trust the service to not access our private key> But doesn't that mean that the app can simply send the private key to Facebook and WhatsApp's servers and kill the idea of "end-to-end encryption" Yes, it comes down to how much do you trust facebook to keep your private keys ... |
Do protests and marches work well? If so, how? | For the most part no. Hong Kong has an annual million man demonstration every single year to protest China. And every single year they all just go back to their jobs and continue to work. The reason why protests and marches worked well in the past was because it was a militant threat of force. It was to say, this is my... |
If you poke your toe with a needle, how does your brain know exactly where you poked after receiving the signal from the spinal column? | Signals from different parts of the body each have their own nerves. When travelling up the spinal cord, they are grouped into general tracts, but each part of the body occupies a certain corner/section of the tract. When the nerve reaches the brain, it stimulates a specific part of the brain that corresponds to the bo... |
How did toilets - health technology that significantly improves both individual and public health - become affordable? | Firstly, I think you mean the sewer and wastewater management systems, or at least septic systems - the toilet creates essentially no health benefits if it's not connected to these systems. The author Rose George has a great history of these systems. At the end of the day it's very difficult to separate clean drinking ... |
What happens to your job if you are suspected of commiting a crime? | Most of the US operates under "At-will Employment". This means you can be fired at any time for any reason or even no reason at all as long as it has nothing to do with you being a protected class . Being accused of a crime is not a protected class. Having a poor reputation is not a protected class. Missing work for ja... |
Why do some farts sound like little tiny mice squeaking around and some sound like your ass is playing the trumpet | I think it has something to do with how relaxed your arse is, and how much force you apply when expelling said fart |
Why this is NOT stupid. Putting a thin pipe between two large ones. Why not go all the way with the thin pipe? | When fluid streams through a pipe, its pressure is lower at thin parts because the velocity is higher there. I know this is a little counter intuitive, but that's how fluid dynamics work. It looks like there is an exit valve at the thin part of the pipe. Thus it is likely they wanted to get the pressure down in order t... |
--When I recycle common household items i.e. a cardboard cereal box, a mayonnaise container, plastic grocery bags, how much am I truly helping the environment? | Fun story - metals and glass can be fully recycled, turned into things that were just as good as what they were before. Paper and plastics degrade every time they are recycled. That's how nice, pretty, long grained paper turns into the stuff they make newspapers out of. Also - if a recycling facility can't sell their p... |
Why do people say to never wake a person who's sleep walking? | Because people are fucking stupid. It's **possible** they'll be out of it when they come to. But they're currently **asleep**. Can't get much more out of it.Cuz their soul is in the astral realm and u might traumatize them', "This is a myth. It's better to wake the person up rather than risking them tripping over somet... |
If George Washington warned us about the power of parties, how was he imagining the government to work? | A multiple party system is fine. The more groups there are, the more they have to work together as a team to meet the majority set in the rules and pass a law. Thus, the things that get passed are generally what the majority approves of. A two party system leads to black-or-white, zero sum thinking. If my team didn't w... |
Why do pasta and potatoes boil over so suddenly and violently, but water alone does not? | I am quite sure that the main reason is that the surface tension is raised by the starch in the potatoes and pasta.. this simply makes the bubbles on top stay longer which makes it a lot easier for them to actually leave the pot. |
_URL_0_ What is it, what is the controversy, and why should I care? | _URL_1_ is an initiative lead by Facebook to provide free access to a few internet sites via phones to people in third world countries who might not otherwise have affordable access to the internet. It is controversial because it doesn't allow access to ALL of the internet. One fear voiced by the EFF and others are tha... |
How can games like "Draw Something" and "Words with Friends" blatantly copy games like "Pictionary" and "Scrabble"? | Patents only last 20 years from filing. So if those games did ever receive patents they would be long expired by now. If you are interested about patents and board games check out this [article] by Gene Quinn discussing board game patents. |
If antibodies are made of protein will eating more protein make your defense system better? | No, not once you have hit your required level of protein. There are millions of different proteins and what you ingest when you eat meat or other sources of proteins will generally be broken down into its components, amino acids. Your pool of free amino acids will be used to make antibodies, among a million different o... |
Where does the most fundamental matter come from? What bit of information do we need to find out? | Where it comes from is the matter/antimatter asymmetry shortly following the big bang - in layman's terms, shortly after the big bang, lots of matter and antimatter was created, but more matter was created. This means that once all the antimatter was annihilated out there was still some matter left over to create the u... |
what does it mean to testify before (US) Congress? | The House of Representatives and the Senate have, like the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a "power of inquiry." To assist in their lawmaking power, they can call individuals to testify before the houses or their committees to investigate a matter. The people summoned before the committee are required to answer all q... |
Why are egg shells in America white and eggs in Australia light brown? | It depends on the chicken breed. As the same proteins and feather keratin is used to create the shell. This color difference is what made the chicken popular and is unique to the breed. Light brown, brown, black, red, blue, purple, gray, green, etc. are all acceptable colors for chicken eggs and all depend on the chick... |
How does a pencil eraser work? How is a pen eraser different? | A pencil ereaser is designed to crumble as it removes the graphite left behind by the pencil. A pen ereaser is designed to create heat via friction without destroying the paper. This is because ereasable pen marks don't actually get removed, rather, the ink becomes invisible above a certain temperature. |
How do surgeons practice rare operations? | You ever hear about people donating their bodies to medical science when they die? Now you know why medical science wants people's bodies. |
Why is there no effort or desire to bring dinasours back to life by cloning their DNAs? | Because, despite what Dr. Wu would tell you, it can't be done. The half life of DNA is about [521 years] when extracted from bone. This is problematic when you are trying to recreate an animal that lived 65 million years ago. FTA: > Based on their calculations, the team predicted that even under perfect conditions for ... |
how do we know when somebody is looking at us when we aren't looking at them? | Peripheral vision. We see a lot more than what we're conscious of. Our brains are also amazing at recognizing patterns, such as faces. There's also an element of confirmation bias involved, when we notice someone looking at us outside of our peripheral field of view, it's because we turned our head and picked them up. |
Why do people whistle when they're bored or nervous? | When they're bored, it's something complex but usually not difficult with which to keep their mind occupied. It doesn't require a pair of free hands, and if you know how to whistle more than one note it's a lot easier than humming . I don't know about when people are nervous, sorry; my interpretation is that it breaks ... |
Projected fluctuations in defense spending? | My guess is that's when a lot of currently-active servicemembers are projected to separate from the military and become eligible for veterans' benefits, which are the main areas you see increases on that page. The ~7m increase in procurement is probably from the projected delivery date of some contract. |
What are ACT and SAT scores? I'm 21, just finished by 4 year degree and have never heard of them. [Florida] | The ACT and SAT are both standardized tests that American high school students take. Depending on where you live you'll probably take one or the other or both. Frankly, I can't believe you've never heard of them. |
How come if I eat 4 pounds of macaroni and cheese then step on the scale immediately after it doesn't say that I gained 4 pounds? | > How come if I eat 4 pounds of macaroni and cheese then step on the scale immediately after it doesn't say that I gained 4 pounds? Because you either didn't actually eat four pounds of mac and cheese, or your scale is inaccurate.Gonna jump in here with the semi-obvious "it should". If you immediately step on the scale... |
Why didn't the non-GM plants get resistant to pests when they've been exposed to them for millions of years than DDT that they have encountered only since 1945? | Maybe as the plants evolved resistance, the pests were evolving to overcome that resistance. In the same way that bacteria learn to circumvent the effects of antibiotics. I imagine that, given time, the pests will develop a work around against GMO's, and the GMO's will have to be updated. It's a never ending battle.Bef... |
Why does clicking the X sometimes make my browser (Firefox) think that it's crashed? | I don't use firefox but have had problems like that on other browsers if I have a lot of tabs open when I exit and then log off quickly. The browser appears to shut down but the memory used by the program takes a while to free up. Until that memory is freed, the program does not save the notification that it has shutdo... |
Why are some cheeses made into wheels but others in blocks? | Generally aged cheese is wheel shaped and fresh cheese is in a block/sphere form because those shapes are more beneficial to their manufacture. Parmesan is shaped like that because each individual unit is big and heavy, so to make moving them around easier, they are shaped like a wheel so they could be rolled and pivot... |
If it's true that the brain is very active while we sleep, why does it let my body sleep in painful, awkward positions? | Sometimes you do move while you sleep. While you're dreaming , though, your body's actually paralyzed to prevent you from 'acting out' your dreams. Your brain sends the signals to walk when you walk in a dream, but they can't cause the muscle to actually move. REM sleep occurs late in a night's sleep, so it's possible ... |
how, when we brush our hair so often (especially women) and hair is ripped out each time, do we not go completely bald? | Hair grows out of hair follicles. It grows at the rate of 150mm per year. Each hair has a life span of about 2-6 years. After a hair falls out, the hair follicle takes a short rest, and then starts growing a new hair strand to replace the old one. This way, we lose about 50-100 hairs each day, but new hairs are constan... |
The coming Cavendish Banana extinction | First: they are not going extinct. That is an embellishment. However, they are in trouble. It is called "Panama Disease," and it is caused by a hearty fungus that cannot be treated, spreads rapidly, and can lay dormant in soil. Even soil on a boot can transmit it to a new area. In the 1950's and 1960's it destroyed the... |
What is "Amazon Prime Day 2018" and am I really gaining much value? | Think Black Friday, but only for Amazon Prime subscribers. You're likely gaining a similar level of value as a Black Friday sale, as in its not as simple as it appears. The products may appear the same, but could be a lower quality varient in the same manner as Black Friday. Same advice would apply, too. Deals are wort... |
What do AM and PM mean, and where did they originate from? | It's Latin, and it's lowercase. a.m. means ante meridian, and p.m. means post meridian. In this context, meridian means when the sun is highest in the sky. So, a.m. literally means before noon, and p.m. means after noon. |
Why does a cast iron pan ring like a bell when supported from underneath and struck on the edge, but only gives a dull thud when hung from its handle and struck? | The sound has to do with the vibrations spreading over an area and reverberating . The main factors involved are the two contact points and the surface between them. When a pan is resting on a flat surface, the vibrations can span across the whole sides and bottom and since the pan is bowl shaped, it can reverberate mo... |
What is renal failure? | The kidneys filter out toxins from the body. If there is more toxins than the kidneys can handle the cells within the kidneys begin to die off and stop functioningLots of things. Time, diabetes, alcoholism, drug abuse, high blood pressure, the list goes on and on. In medicine, most people with ESRD have comorbidities t... |
why do tongues stick to cold poles? | The pole is cold, your tongue is warm and has moisture. When your tongue touches the pole, as the pole is made of metal which is a good conductor of heat it absorbs the heat from your tongue and the moisture of your tongue freezes and ice is formed in between the pores of your tongue and the pole and it later in betwee... |
What is codependency? Why is it bad? Could it be good? | Imagine a fictional couple, Alice and Bob. Alice is a mess. Maybe she's mentally ill, maybe she's an alcoholic, maybe she's a drug addict, maybe she's got very poor coping skills, maybe she's just really immature. Until or unless she gets better, Alice can't cope with the real world, can't really even survive. Bob has ... |
Why do new albums on iTunes cost the same as the hard copy in the shop when you're getting less for your money and there aren't any shipping costs involved etc? | The answer to "why does X cost $Y" is almost always because that's what people are willing to pay you for it. As a business, what it costs you to sell the product is just a starting point. You poll your typical customer, construct strategy models, compare test results, etc Then you price your good at whatever price poi... |
Why can’t computers directly link parts for faster data speeds? | There's really not much bottle neck to writing to storage, because that's about the slowest thing that can happen on any computer. Really the latency isn't due to the connections and architecture, but the fact that storage devices are slow. The peripherals do have direct access to system memory however and the processo... |
Why do nightmares wake us up in the middle of the night, and regular dreams usually don't? | My theory has always been the reverse case. I have nightmares when I am uncomfortable. Normally this means I am too hot, but also when just uncomfortable. I have significantly more frequent nightmares when I have a fever, because I get too hot easily. I believe the nightmare is the body's way of waking you so you move ... |
What changes when exposure therapy alters a biological response? | Speaking as someone who had a heart attack while playing drums on a Monday night, I know where irrational fear come from. For months, I could not play drums on Monday nights. At least I didn't like to. Panic attacks were almost always triggered on Monday night practice. The brain learns automated responses and strength... |
the difference between an electric fireplace and a central heater | a central heater will heat a whole house, normally through duct work in the walls. An electric fireplace will only heat things in the immediate area around it. The same question would be the difference between central and a window based air conditioner. A window based air conditioner will only really cool the room it's... |
Why do females have a different way of walking from men? | Their pelvis is shaped differently to allow childbirth. The pelvic opening is larger, and the entire pelvis sits at a slightly different angle. The diffrences aren't enough to make walking more difficult, but it definitely changes the female gait.Culture also plays a part. In mine , there is a "certain way" for both se... |
Why do reditors get so upset over reposts? | Usually it's not the repost itself that upsets people, it's the reposter trying to take credit for a repost as original work. |
In general how do medical drugs that target a specific location in the body? For example certain painkillers designed for targeting specific pain? Would a normal OTC painkiller do the exact same thing? | That depends on what you are talking about. A specific drug to target nerve pain is going to be different than something specifically tailored toward rheumatoid arthritis. They aren't specifically always blocking the pain response. They may be stopping the thing that causes the pain or like opioids they may just dull y... |
Is there anyway for a human body eating the right foods and doing right exercise to be 100% efficient leaving no waste products | No. Many of your waste products are the result of metabolic activity, the breakdown of dead red blood cells, and so on. Even if you have a great diet, these processes still continue and are necessary for life.I am assuming you mean no poop. Some babies who are breastfed can go a couple weeks between poops because they ... |
The three-tier alcohol distribution system in the US | The idea is to remove any direct connection between the producers and the retailers. This prevents liquor companies from strong-arming retailers. It means, for example, that Budweiser can't use their position in the market to coerce retailers into no longer carrying Miller products. |
Would it be realistic and practical to feature placebos within modern day medicine? | The problem is that giving someone a placebo when they aren't in a study or trial is unethical. |
Why did the Icelandic PM want to dissolve parliament? | Dissolving Parliament would mean that there is no Parliament to hold a vote of no confidence in the PM; it would also mean snap elections to elect a new Parliament, and give the PM an opportunity to continue to govern if his party managed to win them. As it is, the Icelandic President refused the request and the PM wal... |
Why do our ears ring when we hear extremely loud sounds (i.e gunshots, explosions) ? | The ringing you refer is known as Tinnitus. It's that high-pitched 'EEEE' sound or low-pitched 'HOOOOO' sound we hear alot in war movies where they try to portray the battle more realistically. When it is heard after very loud sounds, it is typically due to damage to the ears' hair cells from the very loud sounds. It's... |
If pandas are from mountainous areas of china, why do they eat bamboo which is prone to grow is dryer areas? | Basically, pandas don't want to live. Though unlike their resistance to mating and their limited, nutrient-poor diet, this one isn't their fault. They once had more extensive ranges, but deforestation and human settlements have pushed them to more remote regions, which tend to be mountainous because those places are le... |
How are pranksters like VitalyzdTv making so brutal 'pranks' without getting sued or arrested? | Probrably fake. They would absolutely be arrested if they did those things. And I agree. If someone came at me with a chainsaw looking thing. They would find themselves at gunpoint immediatelyIt takes time, money and energy to sue someone. It 'd be too much of a hassle to try to make something up to sue them for a pran... |
How can food products that require refrigeration after opening (salad dressings, tomato products, etc) maintain their freshness on store shelves for days at a time? | Because they are shelf-stable until they are introduced to oxygen -- which happens once you open them. At that point, they start to go bad. You can slow the rate at which it goes bad by keeping it cool. But while they are at the store, or on your shelf at home, they are sealed in airtight containersThere are several te... |
How are electric eels electric? How do they not shock all of the water around them? | _URL_0_ it has 3 organs that when activated via hunting or as defense charge up and act as a defibulator. Its not a constant charge its like an old camera flash it charges up and then releases the charge via brain command ..like Electro in Spiderman. |
What would happen to humanity if borders were eliminated and we all became simply citizens of the world? | If you were to eliminate all boarders and all citizenship then you would dissolve all governments. So you would quickly get questions like who should make decisions? Who should be taxes the most? Where should the tax money be spent? How should criminals be prosecuted and punished? What set of laws should we follow? Who... |
Why do humans enjoy sex for sex's sake, but other animals only use it to reproduce? | Your premise is faulty. Many species enjoy sex for its own sake, and demonstrate this enjoyment by masturbating, performing homosexual acts, etc. That includes chimpanzees and other primates, but also dolphins and a variety of other animals. In fact, humans are the *only* species capable of having sex for the purpose o... |
Why can't we just irrigate deserts with canals? | - The water would evaporate if the canals weren't covered. - It's difficult and expensive to get that much water to move that far, and we would need to have spare water in the first place, which we often don't. - The soil in those areas is often nutrient-scarce from centuries with no water in it, and would be difficult... |
What’s the difference between sterling silver and regular silver? | Pure silver is really soft & normally tarnishes when exposed to air. Sterling silver is only 92% silver with some other metals mixed into it that gives it extra strength & makes it less likely to tarnishOn top of this, there are a few different qualifies for silver. The standard now is 92.5% silver + 7.5% other metals ... |
The difference between shampoo and conditioner | Shampoo goes on first and cleans the hair. Conditioner goes on second and leaves the hair silky and smooth.Shampoo is soap that is designed to clean your hair. In the process of cleaning your hair, shampoo strips it of the oil naturally produced by your scalp that helps keep your hair soft and silky. Conditioner is des... |
What happens if I relinquish citizenship in the US, but do not have another citizenship elsewhere? | You can't relinquish your citizenship [while you still are in the US]: > A person wishing to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship must voluntarily and with intent to relinquish U.S. citizenship: > * appear in person before a U.S. consular or diplomatic officer, > * in a foreign country ; and > * sign an oath of renunci... |
Why do Reddit users announce when they edit a post? | Usually, people call out an edit to add something to the post that wasn't originally there, like a clarification of something that was misunderstood. They do this to preserve the original post and context of what's being replied to while also adding context for those who see the thread later.- After a certain time, you... |
What does The Large Hadron Collider actually do and how does it work? | It collides hadrons, also it's quite large. Scientists are particularly inventive when it comes to naming equipment. It's a particle accelerator that uses a powerful magnetic field to accelerate atoms to near light speed and then alter their paths slightly so that they collide. It's used to study high-energy particle c... |
How come screen pixels appear as a square yet the small LEDs look like rectangles under a microscope? | Because there are 3 rectangular LEDs for each pixel: one red, one green and one blue. Each of these is three times as wide as it is high, so that when all three are stacked together, it makes a square pixelPixels can be different shapes depending on the lens used to capture the film. Rectangular pixels are quite common... |
Do religious people against homosexuality believe homosexuals were created that way, evolved to become that way, or something else? | A prevailing theme that I 've found is that anti-gay Christians tend to believe that the devil is *tempting* gays, and that it's their responsibility to resist temptation. Everyone has temptations, but in their eyes, that's no excuse to give in and sin. That's what it means when they say, "Hate the sin, love the sinner... |
When a quarterback throws a long pass, why does the nose gradually tilt downward throughout the football's trajectory? | The nose points towards the direction of travel of the ball. This is because of aerodynamics . As the ball moves up the nose points up. As the ball comes down the nose points down.It's because the nose exposes the least surface area . Kinda like a kite taking a nose dive.I feel like the kind of person that can properly... |
- metabolism. How/why can it be fast or slow and what does that mean exactly? | Your metabolism is how you break down food into energy. since everyone has a slightly different body, they have slightly more or less efficient metabolisms. a "slow" metabolism is when your body takes more time breaking down food, to get more calories and nutrients out of it. a "fast" metabolism speed up the process, a... |
Why were prehistoric animals so much...bigger? | More oxygen in the air allowed animals to be larger because they had enough oxygen to support them. Less oxygen in the air had made animals smaller |
Why do we remember insults more than compliments? | It's a *negativity bias*. The brain is wired to remember negative experiences more strongly than positive, in order to avoid danger in the future. Unfortunately, evolution hasn't caught up to society. |
Why does toothpaste have an expiration date? | Often the packaging is the reason for the expiration date. Many contents outlast their package. Since the toothpaste container had to be specially made to be flexible then its plastic may be degradable over a long time. |
What is the difference between scotch, bourbon and rye whiskeys? | * whiskey - distilled alcoholic beverage made from a mash of fermented grains , etc). Can be aged in barrels, but no required* scotch - **must be made in Scotland**. distilled two or more times and matured for 3+ years in oak barrels. When people say "12 year old scotch", they don't mean they 've had the bottle for 12 ... |
how do bread bakeries make money? | I work at a bakery! The short 2-part answer is that 1) we make thousands of many varieties of baked good every day, and we are efficient at it, and 2) we barely profit. When I start out developing a new recipe, I make 1-2 small batches a couple of days for testing. It is slow and costly because I'm working outside my r... |
Why is it so difficult to swallow a pill without water when swallowing any other solid food without water is easy? | Food has been chewed and mixed with saliva, which acts a bit as a lubricant. Also, it's natural and somewhat instinctive to swallow something you've been chewing, it doesn't require any thought or planning. It's not very natural to pop something in your mouth and immediately swallow it, your brain doesn't want you to d... |
Why do we get that uncomfortable feeling when seeing a deep wound/blood? | Agreed, it's probably an evolution thing. I always think this regarding people fleeing / ignoring an injured or sick person on the street etc. Of course you get some that go to help, but the majority of people will literally run away. I can only think that it's a subconscious evolutionary programing. As dumb as it soun... |
Why are we being bombarded with so many superhero movies? | Because they make god awful amounts of money. Not that I'm complaining either, I have enjoyed this run this far. |
What is the role of a transistor in a radio ? | A transistor allows you to take a small signal, and make it bigger. The incoming signal is tiny, so needs amplifying , and that's what transistors used to be used for in radios.Nowadays radios, if they use them at all, use them for many other things, but in general they use integrated circuits which contain many transi... |
Aren't "Meteorite Rings" just Iron rings? What makes them so special other than it's iron from the sky? | I could ask the same about lab grown diamonds vs nature made ones. They're both carbon atoms in the same shapes, just from different sources. So, why the massive price disparity. To answer your question, I see it as a rarity thing from where the metal originated and the history behind it. Those iron atoms came from who... |
Why is it that I've never seen professional singers yawn or sneeze while singing? | one of the things a good singer must be able to do is control their breathing, I'm sure it has happened of course throughout history but it would be like a professional basketball player missing a layup or something along those lines. Its so practised and central to their livelihood that such a slip up would be very ra... |
if soft drinks have a huge margin and are super cheap, why are there no free refills in places like EU/Australia? | Texan working in Canada. I'm thinking it simply doesn't get hot here long enough that people dehydrate as badly. If you are working outdoors in the heat, you drink a *lot*. Hence, things like large iced tea glasses. Very difficult to find here in Canada. Refillable drinks are a loss leader for businesses that serve war... |
How is being sequestered for jury duty not a violation of habeas corpus? | Habeas corpus means that you have the right to have a judge determine that your imprisonment is lawful. That's all. So if you're thrown in jail, you have the right to appear in front of a judge. If the judge finds your imprisonment is lawful, you go back to prison.Jury duty is considered a service individuals owe to th... |
How do our bladders work while we sleep? Do they stop producing urine, produce until a certain point, or slowly keep producing? | Your kidneys continues to filter blood in your sleep therefore still producing urine. I believe that it is a combination of several factors that makes you pee less while you sleep;- You don't drink any liquid when you sleep, less input therefore less output. - Decreased blood pressure and/or heart rate. Increased blood... |
Why do our back and knees crack when we move/stretch them? | Same reason as why you can crack your knucles. Gas bubbles form in the fluid inside our articulations. By doing certain movements, you pop the bubble, hearing the sound. |
What is the difference between the DMV and BMV? if there is one | Honestly there isn't. It's just how governing bodies decide to call their Motor Vehicle services. In California, we have the Department of Motor Vehicles, where you are, it's more than likely called the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, & in Massachusetts, it's the Registry of Motor Vehicles.Same for "bureau of motor vehicles"... |
what is the iphone 7 home-button and how does it work? | The "home button" is actually just a patch of glass which has sensors to detect the slight flexing caused by a finger pressing it. When that happens a vibration is generated by quickly shifting a weight in the phone to simulate an actual buttons movement and click of activation. The static from the amplifier might be i... |
In movies like The Wolf of Wall Street where the characters snort drugs, are the actors actually snorting something? | They use a vitamin b powder or powdered lactose. If they snort through a straw the prop team would line the straw with Vaseline so that very little of it actually go in the actors nose, where it would cause irritationwhat about a show like Madmen, are they smoking real cigarettes?I remember reading that during the film... |
Why should'nt you refreeze meat? | When you freeze meat the water in its cells expands causing them to rupture. This ruins the texture of the meat as well as effecting the flavour. |
how can a rocket launched from the ground accurately hit a fighter jet traveling over a thousand miles per hour? | There are two major guidance systems: Radar guided - a radar antenna blasts radio energy at the target and the missile homes in on the reflected energy , some missiles even have its own radar emitter that fires once it's within a certain distance from the target, which enables the firing aircraft to just fly away , thi... |
Black holes vs. white holes. | > In general relativity, a white hole, is a hypothetical region of spacetime which cannot be entered from the outside; but matter and light can escape from it. In this sense, it is the reverse of a black hole, which can be entered from the outside, but from which nothing, including light, has the ability to escape I go... |
How do you measure IQ? Does it change over time? | There are several IQ tests that have been used in an official capacity. IQ is based on your score on the test. IQ does not significantly change over time, because it is supposed to reflect innate cognitive abilities rather than learningI took a psychologist-administered IQ test in college while most of the sections of ... |
Is anything truly random? | To the best of our knowledge, radioactive decay and other quantum processes are truly random, in that there is no way even in theory to predict exactly what will happen . Something like weather is incredibly chaotic, so we can't practically predict it perfectly , but if we knew the initial state perfectly we could in t... |
the Reddit "Hivemind" | Tommy: "I like chocolate ice cream!" David: "Me too! I love chocolate ice cream!" Tommy: "Let's be best friends!" Jim: "I like strawberry ice cream more." David and Tommy: "SHUT UP YOU COMMUNIST YOU\'RE STUPID AND I HATE YOU." |
If a man gets his sister pregnant, why CAN the child be born with disabilities? | This is usually a problem in families with rare disorders Assuming green eyes are bad .. If one of your parents has brown eyes & another has green then you could have Bg , & so could your sister .Now if you have kids, each of you will donate one of those genes to the child so the possible combos are BB, Bg, Bg & gg Now... |
Why I get grossed out seeing lotus pods or similar patterns | That, my friend is Trypophobia. Or, the fear of holes. _URL_1_. Check out this reddit page. _URL_0_', "You have [trypophobia]. It's a common fear, like the fear of heights or the fear of the dark. |
How can we say that savings = investment when banks making the loans need to keep part in reserve? | It's an economic simplification, with questionable connection to reality. If only considers a fixed money supply, where the amount of money doesn't change. In that case a bank's reserves are part of its capital base, and interest paid on funds invested in the bank is only earned by the part of the money that's availabl... |
How does the body actually convert energy from burning calories? | The body goes to great lengths to break food down into it's most basic components, and then assembles sugar molecules out of that. Those sugar molecules are used by mitochondria, these little factory like structures that are inside every cell in your body. Mitochondria use the sugar to take ADP and make it ATP. Getting... |
Why and how are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? | You get more opportunities to create money when you're rich. If you're wealthy then putting up capital for an investment project is much easier than when you're not wealthy. In that way, the rich can use their money to eventually make more money through investment projects. The not wealthy are usually working lower-pay... |
How did professionals possibly used to think that athletes need to eat salt tablets after working out and sweating a lot? | Why do you think this is a bad idea? Sports drinks are basically just fancy salt tablets dissolved in water with some flavoring and I am sure you think sports drinks are great. As long as you are drinking plenty of water along with your salt tablets it seems like a fine way to re-balance your electrolightsBecause they ... |
How come rapist and child molester are hated by prisoners in prisons? | because even prisoners have a moral code. They don't see themselves as evil. Most folks in prison see themselves as people who got a raw deal. The crimes they committed, they committed out of necessity . The crimes they committed, they committed against other adults who 'had it coming'. There's no way to frame this arg... |
What do the followers of Scientology believe? | In the initial stages they are just taught a basic theory of spirituality - That we carry traumatic experiences of previous lives into this one and that's why we suffer . Everything we do tarnishes the soul - hence why Tom Cruise didn't want his wife making noise during the pregnancy as not to traumatize the baby. . Wh... |
What would happen if you combined the strongest acid with the strongest base? | They would react and you would have roughly 200ml of whatever the leftover chemicals would be. The same as if you mix milk and lemon juiceIf you mix an acid and a base, you get a material that is neither. Acids are neutralized by a base, so you get a neutral pH. Water and a salt are formed. eg; NaOH+HCl—NaCl+H20 On the... |
What kind of anti-riot controls do places like New York have? If there was a riot in Times Square, like the ones in Turkey, what would happen to the protesters? | the NYPD already has tabs on all the major protest groups, so if anything flairs up, they can predict who will show up. that combined with agent provocateurs, most of the leadership of the Protest groups are a) NYPD employees b) got blackmailed into working for the NYPD as part of a draconian plea bargain. Just youtube... |
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