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<|im_start|>user ELI5:What makes something transparent? ex. What is it exactly that enables us to see through oxygen but not silver?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant **Simple answer:** The gaps between the atoms is large enough that lights can pass though. (This is the incorrect answer though, but easy enough to know)...
<|im_start|>user What actually is consulting? I often hear stories about people who left academia to go into consulting. Recently a colleague told me that consulting is his plan B in case he can't get tenured, but he couldn't really answer when I asked what the hell consulting actually is. It honestly feels like some k...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] why couldn't Palpatine be sensed as a Sith by the Jedi? Throughout the original movies Darth Vader, Luke, and Obi Wan can all sense each others presence. Vader senses Obi Wan on board the Death Star, and Luke and Vader both sense each other in Return of the Jedi. Basically all jedi and all ...
<|im_start|>user Why should laypeople trust scientists? Perhaps one reason to trust scientists is that the institution of science is self-correcting, according to its ideals. In other words, if a scientist publishes incorrect information, another one will come along and correct it, because correcting wrong information ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens in an Embassy on a day-to-day basis? Surely in most countries there can't be that many 'lost-passport' issues that need solving, so what else do they do? (please be more detailed than 'diplomatic stuff') Especially interested in remote countries that don't have a lot of connection w...
<|im_start|>user Why is taxation/subsidies a better method of adressing externalities than price controls/min wages/price ceilings ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In an ideal situation, taxes and subsidies simply shift a supply or demand curve and cause a change in equilibrium while price controls just force a restri...
<|im_start|>user Too late for a mid-life career change to statistics? Hey y'all - was blocked from asking this on r/statistics due to low karma, apologies if this is breaking any rules here. B.S. Business Administration - Marketing, turning 30 this year, work experience mostly in sales which I don't love. Had a commun...
<|im_start|>user AskScience AMA Series: I was NASA's first "Mars Czar" and I consulted on the sci-fi adventure film THE SPACE BETWEEN US. Let's talk about interplanetary space travel and Mars colonization... AMA! Hi, I'm Scott Hubbard and I'm an adjunct professor at Stanford University in the department of aeronautics ...
<|im_start|>user Why can I see star clusters better when they’re in my peripheral vision? I oftentimes find that I can see clusters of stars (sometimes just a couple slightly larger ones) better out of the corner of my eye. But tonight I observed what I’m assuming is part of the Milky Way better when not directly looki...
<|im_start|>user How (un)healthy is it for one to work nightshift? I used to work a few weeks of nightshift at a time and always wondered what psychological and physiological affects it has on ones body?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Working night shifts has the many negative affects on the body. It changes gene expr...
<|im_start|>user How does a moving charge produce a magnetic field? I've been learning about magnetism, and was taught that a moving charge creates a magnetic field? How does this happen? Why does this happen? What does a charge have to do with magnetism?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It can be shown that a combinati...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I blame myself for being assaulted. I've been told I shouldn't. A few months ago I was assaulted on a public bus by a bunch of thugs. They stole my phone and wallet and it left me traumatized in in the weeks that followed. I often found myself asking myself why it happened and I've always placed a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: To demonstrate the sensitivity of owls' hearing ability, we've been told that owls can hear mice running from hundreds of feet away. How do other sounds not muddle with the sounds of the footsteps? If someone combined the voice of my friend with hundreds of other voices, it would sound like a glo...
<|im_start|>user Where does the energy to break a frozen bottle of water come from? If I put a bottle of liquid water in the freezer, the freezer takes out heat energy in the water down to about -18 deg. C. But in the process the water expands and breaks the bottle. If the heat energy was taken out by the freezer, then...
<|im_start|>user Is there a scientific system for describing various patterns of bird flight (e.g. the equivalent of terrestrial 'sprinting', 'walking', 'running', etc)? With horses you have galloping, trotting, etc., but I can't seem to find anything about bird flight.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some common types...
<|im_start|>user How Much Of A Difference Is There Between Philosophy Of Religion And Theology?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The primary difference would be that theology operates within the confines of a particular religious tradition, applying many of the tools of philosophy of religion but assuming certain non-ph...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If oil and gas execs on Trumps council are prone to conflict of interest; so is Elon Musk's on alternative energy. So let me be clear up front - I love Elon Musk as a Trump advisor; I think its good to have technology leaders as council and he seems to be all around excellent - I dont want him to ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What’s the difference between a 32 and 64 bit processor and why we can’t just jump to a 128 but processor?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Having more bits means that a processor can work on larger numbers and allocate larger amounts of memory. 32-bit processors are limited to about 4gb of RAM w...
<|im_start|>user How can maggots eat rotting flesh and not suffer from the microorganisms present? If a human were to a slab of chicken that had been left out for a few days they would surely get food poisoning. yet maggots live entirely on dead and rotting flesh, how do they not get ill?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistan...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 Aircraft radar not working at low altitude I have been playing Grand Theft Auto V story mode again, a yearly tradition of mine, and a new pc built this year. There is a mission where you have you have to chase a jet owned by a private militia called Merryweather. The company is cleared for US oper...
<|im_start|>user [DBZ]How do they enforce the gates of hell? Sorry maybe my question is answered in some of the anime, my only knowledge of dragon Ball is from the manga. Also, I hope that names I'll use are correct for you, I read them in French and I know some of the names are different: When Goku dies his first tim...
<|im_start|>user If your goal was to be a well-rounded programmer, and were granted perfect fluency in 5 languages, but only those 5. Which would you pick? You are not able to read any different languages from these 5, but can read derivative languages as much as you would be able to anyway (i.e. PHP -&gt; Hack, and vi...
<|im_start|>user How does the human body generate heat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant At the chemical level, most body heat comes from the hydrolysis of ATP. ATP is the primary molecule used to fuel all the useful reactions in a cell, and about 60% of the energy from ATP hydrolysis goes to heat rather than to the rea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If all chemical reactions are the result of creation/termination of bonds between the electrons how is it that the number of protons identifies the chemical properties of an atom?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Number of protons decides the electron configuration of atoms. And so has the most si...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The income-inequality arg claims that the top 1% doesn't pay their fair share. A common counter arg to this claims that the top 1% pays about 50% of all taxes. From what I can tell, this counter argument doesn't add up and only convinces me further that the top 1% isn't paying their fair share. In...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does shining a specific light on your teeth for a half an hour at a time actually whiten your teeth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The LED teeth whitening light will not make your teeth whiter however it will accelerate the teeth whitening gel typically applied before the light is applied. ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Depression, anxiety and other mental health issues especially among Gen Z and Millennials, has began to be treated lightly and too often thrown around &amp; glorified/romanticized. Purely from my observations especially on social media, so many people within the Millennial-Gen Z age range have bee...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do animals make/understand eye contact if most of them don’t have a wide array of facial expressions and rely more on body language? EDIT: I got the answer I was looking for but if you think you have a better one be my guest :)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lots of animals use sight as an i...
<|im_start|>user [Futurama] If the Planet Express ship moves the entire universe around it instead of moving, what happens if they build another one and both work at the same time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When ship A is moving it treats ship B As part of the rest of the universe, and when ship B starts moving t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do countries follow the rules of war? How can something be internationally illegal if you are at war? For instance, why couldn't Germany kill PoWs? What's stopping them? EDIT: or, for instance, choosing not to destroy certain types of buildings? There are many more<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How exactly does ADD/ADHD affect the brain? I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD for about 8 years now, and have been curious about it for a while. I know the symptoms (unfortunately), but am wondering what causes them directly.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The part of your brain that is responsible f...
<|im_start|>user [Diary of a Wimpy Kid] What's the worst thing Greg Heffley has done? Book not movie version. My knowledge is sketchy but I want to say throwing apples at Peggy; since in the books she didn't do anything to deserve it and it's just plain battery/assualt. Plus he's hitting a girl. He probably did worse...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 If the US raises the minimum wage to $15/hr, what's keeping inflation and/or cost of living from skyrocketing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The fact that every other raise in the minimum wage has resulted in the price of goods increasing by $0.10-$0.25 on average for every $1 the wage was incre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When I stare at a glow-in-the-dark object in the dark, it appears dim, but if I adjust my eyes so that the object is in my peripheral vision, it appears much brighter. What gives? Very confused<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You have two different kinds of light receptors in your eyes - rods and...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why are humans the only ones that require cooked food/water when most other species can eat/drink and be merry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cooked food “preprocesses” it for our digestive system allowing more of the nutrients to be extracted, thereby reducing the amount we have to eat and get...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If the average human heart beats 72 beats a minute. How can athletes have a resting heart rate of 40? Please explain why/how does an athlete have to be calmer within?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Athletes have very high aerobic capacity, because they regularly work out at a very high exertion ...
<|im_start|>user Is philosophy dead? In 2009 Stephan Hawking said "fundamental questions about the nature of the universe could not be resolved without hard data such as that currently being derived from the Large Hadron Collider and space research. “Most of us don’t worry about these questions most of the time. But al...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Voting for the lesser evil is a better option than voting for a third option There's always two parties or two party coalitions in elections and lately it seems everyone I know keeps voting not for the option they support, but against the option they don't want to win. The emphasis in public disc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how does salt/a salt water rinse help mouth ulcers or a sore throat? I understand that it can help, but I don't understand why it helps. Could it be used for things outside of the mouth and throat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water follows salt, and bacteria need water. After they get pulled ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it possible that steel has a scent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some metals produce volatile compounds when binding with oils from the human body, such as when they are handled. These can produce a taste or smell (the familiar taste of pennies for instance) even if the metal itself doe...
<|im_start|>user How do brazil nut trees absorb so much selenium from the soil? Also how does Amazon rainforest soil have so much selenium?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I actually studied selenium phytoremediation during grad school. Selenium is primarily found as selenate in the soil (but can also exist as selenite...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:When a bullet hits a bone and shatters it how does modern medicine fix it? With people getting shot in movies and TV shows all the time I wonder what would happen if it hit a bone. I can't grasp my head around how a doctor can repair something like that<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Osteopathic ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why are some pale skinned people able to tan easily but others just burn and peel?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The color in skin is from a pigment called melanin. Melanin protects the skin from UV rays in sunlight. Too much UV causes a sunburn. Depending on your genes, you make a mix of eumela...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How do physicists use complex equations to explain black holes, etc. and understand their inner workings? In watching various science shows or documentaries, at a certain point you might see a physicist working through a complex equation on a chalkboard. What are they doing? How is this equation t...
<|im_start|>user Why does birth control fail? If a woman takes it exactly as prescribed, or has an IUD, then how can they get pregnant? Why is it only 99% effective?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A full answer to this would be extremely long and involve a lot of "we don't know." There are a lot of mechanisms geared ...
<|im_start|>user Does any other social science major have this problem? I become extremely frustrated when I try to discuss current issues or politics with laypeople. Someone who studies a natural science would never be questioned because they are seen as experts in their field. Whereas people always disagree with me o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is darker skin an adaptation to more sun if dark colors absorb more heat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ELI5: The darker skin is the result of more of a pigment called melanin. The melanin helps to absorb sunlight, and heats the body, rather than causing damage to our genes. ELI20: The dar...
<|im_start|>user [Independence Day] Was Russel really abducted by the aliens? Russel famously was...sexually...abused/probed by aliens, or so he says. He certainly seems to believe it, since he announces "I'm back" when he destroys the first ship. Were the aliens really conducting programs of this kind prior to the in...
<|im_start|>user CMV: the “gatekeeping” of trans healthcare is completely logical and should stay as is I saw a post on a different subreddit about how much gatekeeping there is in the trans community and it’s difficult to transition, while I do understand where they are coming from (it’s taking me 3+ years to even beg...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Monsanto Protection Act I've read other ELI5 regarding why Monsanto is bad, but I don't get the Monsanto Protection Act. What is it? All the articles I read are saying it's bad but don't explain what it is in an understandable way.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Genetically engineered crops are ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are hypotheses used when doing research? If the point of doing research is to figure something out, then why does the scientific community care about your guess before you ever do any experiments?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Let's say you want to figure out what makes grass grow. How are...
<|im_start|>user My gym professor in high school told us that after a hard running session, your pulse calms better if you walk for a bit after running, rather than stopping completely for a rest. Is there any truth to this? Sorry if my question is poorly worded, English isn't my first language.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is bitterness, really? I've looked through tons of ELI5 questions on bitterness and the majority seem to accept "bitterness" as this abstract concept that simply exists, like if you were trying to explain what wind looks like. As a cook and bartender, I enjoy bitter foods daily - amari, bitt...
<|im_start|>user What qualities of quantum fields account for their differences? My understanding of quantum field theory is that all particles are now seen to be disturbances in a field - the electron field, the electromagnetic field (photon), the gluon field, and so on. To me this sounds like saying that everything i...
<|im_start|>user eli5 : How did we measure the distance between the sun and the earth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You have to start before that. The first distance to be measured with any accuracy was that of the Moon. In the middle of the 2nd century BCE, Greek astronomer Hipparchus pioneered the use of a method ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: if they all come from milk, why do cheese, butter, cream and yoghurt all have different nutritional benefits/impacts? For instance, a bowl of yoghurt is good for me but a bowl of cream isn't? Please explain!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Besides the fact that different parts of the milk - which...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When filling out an address form online, why do websites ask for City and State, before Zip Code, when the Zip Code could be used to autofill the other information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Design decision, people are more used to address being address/street, city, state, zip to the po...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What determines the location of a headache?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pain management doctor here, There are many, many sources and causes of headaches. The location and type of symptoms are the main things we look for in coming up with a diagnosis. For example, migraines are typically one...
<|im_start|>user If the speed of light is a constant independent of the speed of the observer - why does the doppler shift occur? Is it that the light isn't slowed down or speed up, just that the wave itself becomes stretched or compacted yet propogates at the same speed? EDIT: Sorry I am not sure how to add the appr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are graphics cards improved every year? How can you improve a product so consistently? What exactly goes on to improve a card?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The most important factor is the manufacturing process. It's called "photolit*h*ography"- which means "writing *in stone* with light" ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is calculus different from algebra? I've never really understood this but was kind of afraid to ask. What kinds of problems does calculus solve that makes it so special?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Calculus deals with calculations of quantities that are changing, these need special techni...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : How come we can’t remove the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome? You can be born missing parts of a chromosome how come we can’t just recreate this process and remove the extra chromosome?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A person's DNA is stored independently in every cell of their body....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If glass is tightly packed atoms (solid), how can it be completely transparent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Density of atoms doesn't necessarily relate to the opacity of a material. Basically, any atom has a cloud of electrons, which has specific energy levels. When light hits these electron...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is college so expensive, and where exactly does that money go? BEFORE YOU SAY REPOST: I searched for this, and read a few threads, but I'm really confused how a college can charge thousands of dollars, and have professors who make $60,000+ a year, and there is enough kids in that class to pay...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Learning a programming language should NOT be seen as equivalent to learning a foreign language For background, I speak three languages and am comfortable in four programming languages. I've seen it argued that programming language courses should be valid options for "learn a language" requiremen...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Not everyone should strive to be a college graduate and we shouldn't penalize them for it I have a friend who is very dyslexic. He's amazing at fixing things and can make anything out of anything. He went to college and wasted a year and a half struggling to achieve something he wasn't passionate ...
<|im_start|>user I've heard a few knowledgeable people say that formal education isn't really necessary to be hired as a programmer, so how would one of these people know when they are hirable? My background: I code on and off for my math hobby, and have worked on personal projects in Python, JS, Haskell, and various s...
<|im_start|>user How do investment bankers and other financial careers produce wealth/value? A popular opinion seems to be that people in finance produce little value and/or are just parasites. This seems to rely on the assumption that wealth is a zero sum game. Are there good examples of how these people increase pr...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] Why are there so many sorting algorithms? I'm watching these videos on YouTube of sorting algorithms sorting 200 bars by height, and I'm absolutely bewitched. But what's the difference? I see that there are two important pieces of information: comparisons and array accesses. Some sort the data...
<|im_start|>user Experts say 70% of a population needs immunity to reach the herd threshold. Where I live, in Texas, polls say 1/3 of people refuse to get the vaccination. Can we reach herd immunity? Considering that children are not currently being vaccinated, and studies are showing that immunity is stronger and last...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Online "slacktivism" is actually a more effective way of changing people's minds than protesting in the streets. I am speaking from experience here. I've been to some protests, the March for Science for example. I would characterize it as "preaching to the choir". Everyone who was there already ag...
<|im_start|>user CMV: corporations should be required to pay for the disposal of their products. If companies were explicitly responsible for the disposal costs associated with their products it would incentivize the production of items that are more reusable and less costly to dispose of. It would also help ensure pro...
<|im_start|>user Gitlab for personal/lightweight usage hi, i'm a cs student and i wanted to ask if gitlab is considered overkill or not for personal and lightweight usage compared to github or butbucket. thanks.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant IMO more important is what other people in your group/school use (students,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a scientist look at the skeleton of a dinosaur and definitively say "that ate meat"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can look at the type of teeth they had and extrapolate what they are. If they have flat teeth they ate plants (cows, deer). If they have pointy, sharp teeth, they ate ...
<|im_start|>user isn’t it obvious that consciousness is ubiquitous? If humans and other living things are not qualitatively different from any other objects in the universe, and consciousness apparently exists, then it seems to me exceedingly obvious that consciousness is not special to humans or animals, but that it i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Odd unanswered question about Metal rubbing metal. Whenever two metal utensils rub together (forks, knives, spoons) or on a metal pan/dish, and I taste it, I taste this really strong metallic/weird thing. It's extremely unpleasant for me to taste and nobody else I know has the same problem. I as...
<|im_start|>user How plausible is utilitarianism from a meta-ethical perspective?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant On the face of it, metaethics has nothing positive or negative to say about utilitarianism, since utilitarianism is not a metaethical theory, but a first-order theory of normative ethics. You could have a d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know that someone "died in their sleep"? Can we tell they were asleep when they died?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Not an expert but took a class in forensic medicine. You look at the surroundings. If you see the nightlamp beside the bed toppled or pillow/blanket was thrown violently...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do iodine tablets purify water in a safe way for people to drink? I know that there are iodine tablets to purify water, but I have no clue how. And how do they work in a way where it doesn't kill us as opposed to other purification techniques like chlorine?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Iod...
<|im_start|>user Can anyone explain to me what precisely entropy is? I know that entropy means that it is a measure of disorder but i cant really imagine it. Then if something has zero entropy like liquid helium. Does it mean that its in perfect order? And how are properties influanced by entropy both low and high<|im_...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The punishment for knowingly infecting someone with HIV or other potentially fatal communicable diseases should remain severe. Quick back story, I'm from Australia, so this does not affect me directly, but my brother and I were having lunch and he brought up that California had recently reduced th...
<|im_start|>user [General Superheroes] Do heroes have their own 'turf' they defend? Do heroes contact each other to efficiently cover urban areas between themselves, and work out shifts so the city is never undefended? I know groups like the Avengers and the Justice League have got organisation and strategic deployment...
<|im_start|>user But...what IS the anti-life equation? Darkseid is always after it. I believe others want it too. Yet it is just some sort of mathematical proof...? Which, spoken aloud, while somehow avoiding its effects on himself, what could he DO with it and how does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To und...
<|im_start|>user [Batman][Pokemon] How would Poison Ivy's plant-controlling powers affect grass Pokemon?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well if we assume that all Grass types are Plant\animal hybrids. This is shown by their obvious sentience coupled with both plant appendages and features(flowers and leaves) as well a...
<|im_start|>user eli5: If water is non-compressible, then why not use it in hydraulic machines instead of hydraulic oil?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water has a few major issues as a working fluid: 1: it’s corrosive to metals and will dissolve seals and sealants. 2: it gets weird below 0C. 3: it gets weird above...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do restaurants, pubs, etc. process credit/debit card "tips". Example: I'm in a restaurant. The bill arrives. I give them my credit card. Card comes back. I calculate and include my tip and the total on the check/receipt. But I have never noticed a debit of the tip amount on my statements. H...
<|im_start|>user If the coronavirus (sars-cov-2) spreads through aerosols flying out of people's nose/mouth, why do we need a sample from deep inside the nose to detect it instead of just taking a saliva/snot sample from people?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Testing kits that check for the presence/absence of a virus...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why did the dial-up sound have to be played out loud? Hi guys - I'm wondering why the dial up sound was even something we can all remember? I'm sure there are plenty of processes occurring with our wireless networks that could make crazy sounds but the computers specifically don't play them out t...
<|im_start|>user Faculty: What is the most important office politics lesson you've learned and how does it shape your current interactions with your colleagues? Navigating office politics is a necessary evil. Let's help one another out.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Have a positive attitude. Project positive intent....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is "Z" called "Zee" in America and "Zed" in the rest of the English speaking countries? It is the same letter and used the same everywhere, but we call it by a different name. Why did this happen to only one letter?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Different manners of speaking are natural in ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is IQ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It stands for Intelligence Quotient and it is a scale that was created to help quantify intelligences and compare them to each other. 100 was set as the average, most common level of intelligence. The center of the distribution of intelligences...
<|im_start|>user What's the difference between phenomenology and plain ole' descriptive writing? What's the difference between phenomenology and plain ole descriptive writing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Not a whole lot, because you certainly have to use descriptive writing skills to do phenomenology properly. That...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Calculators should never be artificially restricted in math, even on tests Edit: wording of the title is confusing. I mean that in math classes above algebra 2, calculators should never be restricted Restricting calculators in math class is dumb because there will never be a point in time where y...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did English become the universal language of science and aviation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency, simply chose English, or rather a subset of English called "Aviation English", as the recommended language for pilots and controllers ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: a "good actor" has more to do with writing, directing and overall production than with a particular actor's skills. Now I'm not saying that actors are not talented and that it is not difficult to act out difficult scenes. My qualm is with the separation of "good actors" and "average actors". Matt...
<|im_start|>user CMV: White privilege does not exist I do believe that there has been systemic discrimination against minorities such as blacks that has been both codified into the law (slavery, Jim crow, etc) and has been part of the social fabric of the country. I believe that great improvements have been made as of ...
<|im_start|>user [Dune] WHat does spice acutaly do? I mean in laymans terms what does it do? Paul can sort of see into the future but no one else can, except the merchant guys become weird creatures that have to live in a tank and everyone else just gets blue eyes so i mean i am a little confused.<|im_end|> <|im_start|...
<|im_start|>user How does electricity from a specific power provider get to me, when other power companies use the same power lines leading up to my house? So for instance, I used to live in an apartment complex where you had to choose and separately pay for your own electricity provider. So for my apartment, I chose ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do cinematographers do forced perspective while keeping everyone in focus? I've heard of this technique before, where you place one actor much farther from the camera than the other to make them look much smaller by comparison. It makes perfect sense to me except for the question in the title...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What goes into rendering a font? There seems to be a lot going into just displaying a font on a computer screen, e.g. Cleartype. What other things go into rendering a font?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When rendering text, it first needs to be split into chunks based on left-to-right and right...