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<|im_start|>user
Why are Goku and Vegeta so much stronger than other Saiyans?
It's not like the standard Saiyans didn't spend their entire lives fighting and training too. What makes Goku and Vegeta and their children so much more powerful than any other saiyans (excluding Broly)?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
There ... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What exactly is escrow?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Escrow is like a third party referee who makes sure that payments are made as agreed to.
If you're buying a property, you'd put the money into escrow, and this guarantees to the seller that if everything else proceeds as planned, they will ... |
<|im_start|>user
Since CPUs and GPUs are good at two different areas of math, arithmetic and linear algebra respectively, is there research in creating different types of processors good for differential equations and even higher levels of math?
While deep learning took off thanks a lot to better GPUs, it got me thinki... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: Companies are not people, and shouldn't be given the same rights nor be taxed as such
I think that companies are (quite obviously) not people, and should not be treated as people. I think that it is wrong for a corporation's money to be used as political leverage, simply because a companies agenda... |
<|im_start|>user
Could I make the case that any sequence of numbers i choose at random, no matter how long, like 53948714, can be found somewhere along the digits of pi?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The property that every finite sequence of digits can be found at some point in the decimal expansion of a number is c... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Do obese people, on average, take more from the tax pot (extra healthcare etc) or add more (because they die earlier and don't collect as much pension or old age healthcare) relative to the average person?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
EDIT: see lung_doc's reply below which is much more bettere... |
<|im_start|>user
How can the stock market keep growing year on year?
It confuses me where that 3% annual growth comes from. Those of us with index funds are banking on it continuing indefinitely, but how can that be possible? Nothing in the universe keeps growing indefinitely.
Does the economy keep growing because it ... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: How do whiskey companies deal with the fact that the product they make today gets sold to a market 15 years in the future?
How do you respond to shifts in demand with a latency of 15+ years for the maturation of your product?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
If the demand is higher than predicted:... |
<|im_start|>user
[LOTR/Hobbit] How does Sauron manage to maintain such a large army?
It seems to me that orcs always outnumber the human/elven/dwarven forces that try and stand up against them. How is this possible? Historical documents paint a bleak picture of Mordor being a dark barren wasteland. Nothing grows there,... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: All vehicles, including bicycles, should be subject to license and registration fees that pay for road construction and maintenance AND all vehicles should pay an amount corresponding to the impact they have on those roads.
**Final edit: So, this time I learned I need to be more articulate in my i... |
<|im_start|>user
What is the significance of isotropy in the cosmological principle? What would a cosmology that was homogeneous but *not* isotropic look like?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
One example could be that expansion is faster in some directions than others. This is possible even if the universe is homogeneo... |
<|im_start|>user
Why does light travel the same speed for all observers?
To my understanding, if something (say a ship in a vacuum) is travelling away from a light source it would observe photons reaching the ship in [time=d/c], while a stationary observer (with respect to the light source) could theoretically observe ... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: How bankruptcy works and what the different chapters of it mean.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Bankruptcy is a legal process to discharge or reorganize debt. Under backruptcy, any or all of the following could happen:
* some debt is eliminated (vanishes into thin air)
* some of your property... |
<|im_start|>user
How are modal logic possibilities known ?
Modal logic is concerned with logical possibilities so it has the broadest set of possibilities.
For example we can imagine a world where there is FTL or a world where thermodynamics doesn't exist. There's nothing non contradictory about those at face but how ... |
<|im_start|>user
"Taking psychedelics is like practical Spinozism" - a professor at my school. What does she mean by this?
This was years ago, at a well-known public university in the United States. I was not in the class and have no way to contact the professor (nor do I know her personally), so I thought I'd see if t... |
<|im_start|>user
I understand what standard error is, but not why it's a useful statistic?
This might sound stupid, but conceptually I understand that standard error is the SD of the means of the means, right? But when I see this statistic on my a/b experiments, I don't know what to do with it. Can you help please?<|im... |
<|im_start|>user
Is it possible to cold weld the repelling ends of magnets together? If so, would their magnetic fields align?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Magnetic fields are due to the spin of electrons within the magnet. Placing two magnets together would not change the spin of the electrons, so the magnetic fie... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: How can most competing companies (insurance, travel agencies, etc.) all bluntly offer the "lowest prices"?
You know what I mean. Every insurance commercial basically says you get the lowest cost. How can they all legally do that? Isn't there one objectively lowest cost?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assi... |
<|im_start|>user
Does the removal of leaves from suburban land very year cause damage to soil quality?
I was watching the town trucks pick up leaf piles curbside and it got me wondering. non-science person here, sorry if im misunderstanding some basic concept. Every year*<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Generally leaf... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why do so many little kids pronounce the "R" sound like a "W"?
It seems strange to me that there are so many younger kids that can't make the R sound and they just substitute it with a W sound instead. (Think "I'm going wabbit hunting")
Also there are plenty of kids who never break off this hab... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: The merit of someone's opinion should not be discredited as a result of their intrinsic features
This post serves as a follow up to another post I recently made, as I feel that the point I made wasn't expressed too well and as such the comments I got weren't necessarily related to my opinion.
No ... |
<|im_start|>user
[Star Wars] What happens to force users that are not accepted into the jedi order?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
They work as, essentially, farmhands and laborers in various agri-worlds to provide for the jedi and local communities.
Or they join the Sith because even though they're powerful enough... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why/How the hell can the worst bugs (fleas, ticks, bedbugs, etc) live for MONTHS with no food and just keep repopulating and repopulating and repopulating even though there's NO nutrition?
As if they're not annoying enough when a wave comes into your house, but even the ones that are starved in e... |
<|im_start|>user
Eli5 What is actually happening when you burn fat?
This might be a stupid question, I might indeed be stupid. But what is the actual process going on inside my body at 290lbs when I go hiking for example?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Your body needs energy to do things.
When you go on a hike, fiber... |
<|im_start|>user
Seems like bad code is often more profitable than good code?
I wrote some code 10 years ago for a project. It basically imports user records from one a large enterprise database system to another. It took me about 4 weeks to do this and I was very careful to cover all edge cases and make sure it would ... |
<|im_start|>user
Whats the usefulness of finding new bigger prime numbers?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Probably the most useful thing is the experience we gain in the hunt for the prime number. Writing programs to search for large primes is not trivial. Consider that the latest prime number is 23 million digits lon... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: The Left in the US has made a better effort to understand the Right than the Right has to understand the Left.
We have seen some pieces in the liberal media trying to understand conservative voters. They haven't necessarily been particularly good, nor has broader effort to understand the right bee... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5 what ions and isotopes are<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons
If you change the number of protons you get a different element
If you change the number of neutrons you get a different isotope of the same element
And if you change the number of ele... |
<|im_start|>user
Do mature trees use more oxygen than they produce?
I started watching QI recently and Stephen Fry made a comment about this in episode 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZZkbb8owAM&feature=player_detailpage#t=1440s. I did a little searching but couldn't really find anything about it. I generally t... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5 : why are some burgers wrapped in wrappers(hamburger for example) while others are packaged in those “boxes” (fillet-o-fish for example) ?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Much of it is perceived value - a customer will pay more for a product that looks like it's worth more. Plain cheeseburgers and... |
<|im_start|>user
what are the benefits of having a stock market? how does a stock market benefit society?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The primary purpose of the stock market is to provide a means for companies to get funding. By selling ownership in the company, companies are able to raise large sums of money with... |
<|im_start|>user
why is it we can see through water clearly from the outside but can't see well while opening our eyes underwater?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The angle at which light bends at an interface depends on the refractive indices of both materials. This is Snell's law: sin θ_1 / sin θ_2 = n_2 / n_1. Since... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What happens to water after I drink it, but before I pee it out?
Also, about how long does the process take?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The water is absorbed by your intestines into your blood, where it forms the majority of the mass of your blood. It circulates through your body. For any ce... |
<|im_start|>user
[Stranger Things] Why do the attacks stop?
Major spoilers for the whole show:
In the season finale, Eleven destroys a demogorgan. Afterwards, it appears everyone's lives go back to normal, which attacks from the upside down ending. However, I don't understand how this stops the attacks.
We know from ... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: 'Triggers' aren't a real thing. We should all be able to overcome our issues and not project them unto other people.
EDIT: Title should read: Triggers, in the way they are currently being (mis)used to represent things that cause discomfort or sadness in people, are not a real thing. People who cry... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What is the difference between programming & scripting? Also, is "coding" the act you're performing while programming or scripting, or is coding something totally different?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Scripts are usually a set of coded instructions that are run by the computer on the fly... |
<|im_start|>user
[MCU] How's does Daredevil rebound his batons?
Even enhanced senses don't seem to account for this. He does this on different materials and while moving and fighting. How?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
His enhanced senses aren't just hearing and smell, he also has a preternatural sense of his positio... |
<|im_start|>user
Does drinking a large amount of water during or after a meal decrease the effectiveness of stomach acid for digestion?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Any time you increase the volume of your stomach contents, you increase the surface area on which stomach acid can "work." If it begins to work well--by... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: How does MVC programming work?
Hi! I just started using codeigniter and I love it! I have programmed in php for a long time, but simple things. Now I am tasked with a big project and CI will help... Only I can't seem to wrap my head around MVC programming. I know what code to write, but I usually... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: How come eyebrow, eyelash, arm hairs, ect only grow to a certain point, but when you shave them they grow back? How does it know it's been shaved? Why don't they continuously grow like head hair?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Hair length is dependent on how long each hair lives in a certain are... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why aren't enclosed underground places like parking basements filled with CO2 where we just choke to death?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The contractors which build these buildings are required to add vents to these areas so that there is a bit of airflow through all the spaces. Especially pla... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What exactly does DirectX do?
And why do I need to update it for every new game?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Every game has graphics. Graphics are written in complex languages and are unique to every game. DirectX is basically a translator for your graphics card driver.
However sometimes peo... |
<|im_start|>user
Why a lot of software engineers say "javascript is garbage"
aside from not having a type system, why do you think js is an ugly language, be as detailed as possible, I genuinely want to know
Edit: I'm so glad that I posted here, since Javascript/ts is the language i use on daily basis it's so valuable... |
<|im_start|>user
I have read group theory is used to study a molecules symmetry but why would you want to know its symmetry in the first place?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The symmetries of a molecule affect its chemical and physical properties. For example water, H2O, is slightly asymmetric (looks like ^H O ^H ), ... |
<|im_start|>user
[X-Men] So aside from shooting optic blasts from his eyes, what else does Scott Summers have going for him?
So I was thinking back on the fact that Scott is usually portrayed as the "leader" of the X-Men in the field. Being the leader though, his power seems pretty tame compared to every other mutant t... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why do some orgasms feel amazing and others really weak?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Length of time between orgasms, level of arousal, length of time to achieve orgasm, hydration and general focus are all factors in good or bad orgasms.
Abstaining from masturbation/sex for a few days can ma... |
<|im_start|>user
Why is −273.15° Celsius Absolute Zero? What's stopping you from going any colder?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
To overly simplify, lets say that a measurement of temperature is, more or less, a measure of how much the atoms in an object are jiggling about. The more they jiggle, the more they hit the... |
<|im_start|>user
[General Sci-fi] How does gravity on space ships work?
I know how it works on ships that use centripetal force, but how does it work on most ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, etc?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Usually via gravity generators that can produce gravity fields and/or whatever the ... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why are some body parts more likely to get cancer than others?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Cancer can develop during the process of cellular replication because a copy of *all* of the cell's DNA must be made for the new cell. During this process, mistakes can be made, resulting in DNA that ac... |
<|im_start|>user
[Watchmen] Can the infinity stones have an effect on Dr Manhattan?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Yes, probably pretty significant effects if used the right way.
For example, the Soul Stone could pull his soul out. The Mind Stone could mind control him. The Space Stone might be able to block his ... |
<|im_start|>user
AskScience AMA Series: We are Human Genetics Researchers from the University of Miami, Ask Us Anything about cutting-edge research techniques like CRISPR, advances in personalized genetic medicine, or just anything genetics!
Hi r/askscience and Reddit,
Thank you so much for your time and attention! We... |
<|im_start|>user
Explain what defragmentation is (like I'm five)<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Imagine you have a big collection of books. You have them on your bookshelf in alphabetical order. Every time you take a book off the shelf, you put it back in a different place, disturbing the order the books started out... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What do investors mean when they talk about derivatives?
What are derivatives and how are mortgage derivatives different than others?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
A derivative is any financial product that is based on the performance of another underlying product.
For example, a bank which ha... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: why does it feel like the room is spinning when drunk
How come whenever we lay down and close our eyes when intoxicated that it feels like we are spinning and not really when our eyes are open<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Ok so, you've got 3 systems to help you maintain balance. You can functi... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What exactly happens in my body when I don't eat for a day (or more)?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Low blood sugar levels trigger the release of glucose, stored as glycogen in muscles and liver. Fat is broken down to undergo oxidation for further energy requirements. If the fasting goes on for... |
<|im_start|>user
[The Witcher] Why do the witchers of Kaer Morhen have "American" accents and everyone else sounds British?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Regional dialects. Most of the people you interact with are from a few select regions. parts of Tamaria, Redania, Skellige and Nilfgaard. Tamaria and Redania have v... |
<|im_start|>user
[WH40K] When did humanity first come in contact with xenos?
When did humanity make first contact with xenos? What were humanities interactions with xenos like prior to the great crusade?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The first known contact between Humanity and Aliens as sometime in M18, after the de... |
<|im_start|>user
Why does it take so long for eyes to adjust to changes in light when pupils can quickly constrict and dilate?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Pupils adjust for some changes quickly. Night adaption is a chemical process that takes about half an hour in the retina itself, this happens after the pupil has... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: People and businesses worried about losing their jobs in the oil industry can and should start working in clean or renewable energy.
Maybe I am a little ignorant here, but I see plenty of arguments that shutting down pipelines (Biden executive order, for example) will destroy the jobs and liveliho... |
<|im_start|>user
Can animals reason and use language?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
There are *many* different kinds of animals. Also, we don't know a great deal about how nonhuman animals think, so direct answers to your question (even regarding particular species) are all partly conjecture for the time being.
Some... |
<|im_start|>user
Computers make NO SENSE
Can someone please explain how we mashed together a bunch of metal and electricity, and were able to make it do…. anything? Reminds me of that quote about technology seeming like magic.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Electric current flow through wire. Give current multiple pat... |
<|im_start|>user
Is there a reason why denser planets are closer to the sun and gas giants are further out?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
What's important here is a concept known as the "snow line".
Water can only exist in two states out in space - as a gas, or as ice. Since the pressure is essentially zero in space... |
<|im_start|>user
Why do most substances in the liquid state thicken as they cool down towards a solid, but some substances, such as water, suddenly become solid at freezing point rather than thickening in a gradient as it cools to freezing point?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The viscosity of water does change with t... |
<|im_start|>user
Do Magnetic Fields Instantly Appear or do they Propagate at the Speed of Light?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Electric and magnetic fields always propagate at the speed of light. That's what light is made of, after all. When we talk about the 1/r^2 distribution for a static charge for an electric fie... |
<|im_start|>user
Economic Models in Excel? Or online? Change variables, see effect. Solve for max/min. Revise model.
I did a dual-major in university, half in economics, 20 years ago. I thought by now I would be able to find an online economics course with functioning economic models. Nope. Am I just looking in the... |
<|im_start|>user
CMV: it is normal for adults to be attracted to people who are in their late teens.
I did not know this was an unpopular opinion until recently. Basically my stance is as follows.
People in their late teens are fully physically developed and have all the qualities that other adults find sexually appea... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why are we able to "painlessly" put down our pets with drugs, but often botch lethal injections?
Why does this happen? Couldn't we just do some math and give the human a higher dose based on BMI and height? What's the difference between the drugs; do we even use different drugs for dogs and hum... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: How do mathematicians like Stephen Hawking "explain" things like black holes etc using only equations?
Just saw The Theory of Everything and it got me wondering. I mean, it's all math!?!?!?!?!<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
You know how authors write long stories using letters and words and the... |
<|im_start|>user
I've long wanted to really understand how the global economy ticks, what books do I need to read to begin to understand this?
I realize this is a tall order but I've always felt like a fraud being so deeply into politics and social justice without really understanding how the economy works from a small... |
<|im_start|>user
How is genetic information added through evolution?
I have often heard the argument from creationists that "there is no known process by which new genetic material is added." This kind of stuff is out of my league (as it likely is for those who normally present this argument), but I would like to be ab... |
<|im_start|>user
Plain English Explanation of Foucault's Archeological Method?
I really want to understand Foucault's arguments, but I'm having trouble understanding his methodology, and every explanation of archeology I've found is super convoluted.
I get that it's an alternative to traditional methods of uncovering ... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: Why is old frozen meats from the freezer considered bad? What happens to the meat?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
1. Aging,
2. Bacteria,
3. Water crystals,
4. Freezer burn
*1. Freezing doesn't stop bacterial growth or meat "aging" completely. Enzymatic reactions are still happening, albeit at ... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: The difference between source code, and what we download when we buy a game
I'm not even sure I'm asking this question correctly; that's how far removed I am. I remember reading that someone had found starcraft source code and the internet lost their minds when he turned it in.<|im_end|>
<|im_sta... |
<|im_start|>user
What is the science behind wanting attention from a specific person?
Like because _this event cause that brain chemical to do that hence attention is needed from this person etc.._ Or some rational science supported explanation on the phenomana of wanting attention from a specific person.<|im_end|>
<|i... |
<|im_start|>user
Is Ludwig von Mises well respected in the field of economis?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Ludwig von Mises was respected as a teacher in his lifetime and he famously advanced the critique of socialism known as the socialist calculation problem. His critique, though not always cited explicitly, has b... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5 Why can't we just make an incredibly good microscope that can almost see atoms? Why is there a limit
Why can we not just put enough microscopes together to see molecules or atoms in real time?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Light moves as a wave and has a property called *wavelength* which is the... |
<|im_start|>user
I believe Schools do not have the purpose to raise kids. CMV.
This CMV was inspired by a recent discussion threat you can find [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wx6wh/whats_something_you_think_they_should_start/).
I think the main purpose of schools is to provide education in the foll... |
<|im_start|>user
Are there any non-detrimental effects resulting from climate change?
I recently read that due to climate change, certain plants will start growing again in areas that could not have grown for thousands of years. Are there any other effects that could be seen as objectively positive in regards to divers... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What makes a great conductor great? and conversely what sets them apart from a random high school band teacher?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
It's important to keep in mind that a conductor is nearly always the leader of the orchestra, too. So for weeks and months before you see him/her waving... |
<|im_start|>user
Are expensive high end toothbrushes actually worth it?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
I will say that toothbrushes with a timer aid in proper brushing technique. The American Dental Association recommends 2 minutes of brushing each time with 30 seconds on each quadrant. Very few people actually brush ... |
<|im_start|>user
[Harry Potter] If a Wizard chooses to craft their own wand, will it always choose them?
The wand chooses the wizard, but what happens if a wizard makes their own wand? Will the wand they made always choose them, or will there be a situation where you've made a wand, but it doesn't accept you as its mas... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5:FXAA, SMAA, and other anti-aliasing options
OK, so i know what anti-aliasing is. But what does it mean by '8xAA' or 'SMAA' or all those other options?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
There are 2 main kinds of AA.
The first uses sampling (which is why it's called SAA), which basically means that i... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What is matching? (Clothing)
Sometimes my GF will ask me to pick something out for her to wear. I am so bad at it, everything I suggest gets declined. Is it me, or is it because it's me? Sometimes feel that even if I picked out exactly what she wore last week it would get declined. Help.
What is... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: If incest is shunned due to the risk of birth defects, why isn't elderly procreation, which has the same problems?
Seems like a bit of a double standard. The only thing I can think of is that incest limits genetic variation, which is apparently problematic, but procreation of the "golden aged" (4... |
<|im_start|>user
[Ghostbusters II/Harry Potter] So how exactly did an object that looks one hell of a lot like a horcrux end up in a muggle museum? Shouldn't there be someone in charge of preventing that kind of thing?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
If you're referring to the portrait of Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf... |
<|im_start|>user
Is doing a PhD worth it if I want to work in industry?
I am a molecular biologist and i knnow I want to work in industry. But I've been debating if doing a PhD is worth to then progress later on in my career in industry to higher positions. Is it worth doing a PhD for industry? Does anyone have any exp... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5: What are flys doing when just darting around the middle of the room?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
They are looking for food/water/someone to reproduce with. There is nothing more to it. They are not smart enough to know that they are flying around the middle of the room, they are just flying... |
<|im_start|>user
If I think a professor is doing an outstanding job, and feel they deserve recognition, who should I talk to?
I've had a professor for the past couple of semesters that has had a very positive impact on my studies and after talking to my fellow classmates they seem to be in agreement. I've made sure she... |
<|im_start|>user
Why doesn’t anybody want to find more stable isotopes of existing elements?
With all the talk about discovering new elements, other elements are just left behind. Take astatine, for example. While it theoretically has a stable isotope, it’s still heavier than any isotope discovered or created. It’ll su... |
<|im_start|>user
[general]Would telepathically telling kids very difficult concepts like general relativity make them understand?
Imagine humanity that can communicate telepathically without the need for language. Now children are not taught a simpler version of concepts like Newton's gravity rather than Einstein's gra... |
<|im_start|>user
[Star Wars] Can regular people learn how to control the force, even on a lesser degree? Or do you need to be born with the affinity?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
With extreme concentration, years of dedicated practice, and fully devout belief a person born without force abilities can feel a slight t... |
<|im_start|>user
How are nerve agents such as Novichok so lethal? How does such a small amount of vapour spread in the body?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Some molecules, like some gases, have fairly unrestricted diffusion through the body.
Toxins often have fairly tight binding to their targets, and what looks lik... |
<|im_start|>user
eli5 how do bugs stick to walls???
Like spiders, or ants, or just anything that can stick to walls?? Lizards too!! How??<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
They all have their own variation of surface-area increasing adaptations that allow them to stick to walls. Like lizards have a bunch of tiny ass hair... |
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ELI5: Why is a password managing program recommended for extra password security? Doesn't that just give a hacker a single place to get all of my passwords at once if they get through?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Password managers are useful because they can allow you to use much more secure passwo... |
<|im_start|>user
ELI5 how do we keep people alive during heart transplants?
In other words when there's no heart attached to the body to pump blood how to we keep the brain and other organs functioning? Also bonus if someone explains how a working heart stays working when moved to another body.<|im_end|>
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ELI5: How is it some people can consume whatever they want and still be lean?
I used to be fat and then I started working out and eating health. I work hard to look the way I do, nutrition is a big part of that. I have friends who can eat whatever they want and they are still fit/lean. Obviously eating... |
<|im_start|>user
[Mass Effect] How is Commander Shepard considered the greatest soldier in the galaxy?
At least that's what fans say.
I have yet to see ANY evidence of that, both canon, or gameplay wise. Are there any specific quotes from the trilogy that supports the theory? Because at the end of the day, she/he is s... |
<|im_start|>user
[Warhammer 40,000] Would a chapter serf worship the Emperor?
I know that it's considered unusual for brothers of Adeptus Astartes chapters themselves to worship the Emperor as a divine figure: "Grandpa, not God", as a guy in my gaming group put it. My question is, would a *serf* of a chapter likely sha... |
<|im_start|>user
Why has there been a big effect in commercial real estate market one year into the pandemic..with all the closures and work form home situations?
So I find it a bit strange that one year after the start of the shutdowns, the commercial real estate market isnt in deeper trouble.
.I understand many tena... |
<|im_start|>user
why in programming languages we need constants?
I mean, to a newbie like me it seems insignificant to tell that a value IS CONSTANT, when I can just declare as a variable and give it a value and then not change it at all during the process, I'm quite sure that I'm wrong but I couldn't find someone that... |
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