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1ocec9 | How odds work if everything is random? | I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how dependable odds are if everything in life is supposed to be random?
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34o46i | What would be the simplest way to "unplug" the internet, causing total shut down by means of disabling hardware? | explainlikeimfive | {
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xailg | The whole Wiki leaks and assange debacle. | Explain the whole split between why some people believe wikileaks was a good thing and his extradition and such, basically cover all bases because I admittedly haven't followed this entire situation since it surfaced 2 years ago. Thanks guys. | explainlikeimfive | {
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2jbcql | What is homeopathy? | I know Reddit circle jerks about how stupid it is but I don't know what it is. Please explain. | explainlikeimfive | {
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2brqk0 | What is my all carbs/protein diet doing for me? | So I pretty much only eat carbs and protein. I don't eat any fruit or vegetables and I have the occasional sweet treat but it's mainly just my three meals a day. I want to know what this is doing for/to my body. I am in my mid twenties, tall and slim but people are always shocked when I explain my diet and can't figure... | explainlikeimfive | {
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3pu3uy | What ultimately stops you from jumping higher on a trampoline? | If we had a strong enough trampoline, can we jump really really high? | explainlikeimfive | {
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6qc4hs | Are calories just calories? Is it the same if you get a calorie from a fizzy drink or a piece of fruit or a slice of potato or a bit of cheese? | explainlikeimfive | {
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50j4ti | What can I do as a single individual to get Gary Johnson in the debates? | [removed] | explainlikeimfive | {
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15shd5 | Why does time use the number 60? | Why are there sixty seconds in a minute and sixty minutes in an hour? | explainlikeimfive | {
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2lc6k5 | Hey Reddit, so what the hell are those squiggly lines I see in my peripheral every once in a while? Don't know why I didn't wonder until now.. | explainlikeimfive | {
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js0eq | how a drug goes from needing a prescription to being able to buy it without a prescription | I just saw a commercial for Allegra D or one of the special Allegra pills and it explained no prescription necessary any longer...how is this possible what changes... | explainlikeimfive | {
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2jzsw2 | If Western governments are worried about their citizens fighting for Daesh (the Islamic State) and returning to participate in terrorist activities, why do they have to "monitor" them when they come back rather than arrest them? | And I'm referring to the ones that we're certain are over there fighting for Daesh.
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5xxcgy | Why haven't people as a whole adapted to the cold? We have adpated to the sun by the pigment in our skin changing colour depending on your exposure to sunlight. | I am aware some people are more resistant to the cold than others, but I put to you that they have merely built a tolerance to it rather than adapting.
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7clhj9 | How can electric motors for cars be small enough to fit into a car and relatively cheap while industrial electric motors with similar power and torque are the size of a kitchen and cost more than an electric car? | explainlikeimfive | {
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1mpgid | How To Turn an Extra Wireless Router into a Wireless Extender | Have an old house that between the brick and the thick plaster makes it difficult for the wireless signal to reach everywhere. As a result, I wanted to use an extra wireless router I have as a range extender. Both routers are Netgear units if that helps at all. Any help would be massive.
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3s321x | How come bluetooth is so much slower than Wi-Fi? | It takes quite a while for me to transfer files from my laptop to my phone using bluetooth but when I use an app to host a local webserver, it's significantly faster.
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10xx7k | The new changes to paypal's policies, and why its bad for me. | I guess this is a relatively new thing, but the news was a top post on the technology subreddit today and it was on the front page. im very confused and if someone could explain it all in simpler terms for me it would be greatly appreciated.
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5rm40w | Considering the origins of the English language (of which I have limited knowledge). Could an alien civilisation develop a strikingly similar language? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | {
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3qgzsl | The world can't agree on standard units of measurement for anything except time. H ow come? | Feet's and meters, kilos and stone, celcius and Fahrenheit. Some groups even have their own calanders but everyone measures time in seconds minutes and hours. Why is measuring time the one thing we can globally agree on? Or am I just wrong and there is another system of time? | explainlikeimfive | {
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