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Why does putting a plastic bag or receipt paper over the magnetic strip of a debit card allow it to swipe easier? | [
"A magnetic strip is just encoded data. So normally the card reader will read the distance between the \"lines of the code\" as you swipe it no problem. But if the card is scratched a card reader might see that scratch as an extra line or bit of code. [Rather the scratch isn't read as code, but read as incorrect c... | [
"High coercivity vs. low coercivity. You're never going to need to re-write the information on the magnetic stripe of your credit card, so its stripe has high coercivity. That means it took a lot of energy to produce, but will take a lot of energy to erase. Hotel keys need to be re-written almost daily, so their st... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If a person is shot in the heart do they die instantly or does the brain live on for a bit? | [
"their whole body lives on for a little while, even the heart. It takes a while for the cells to die."
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"We think of things as killing someone instantly. But nobody really knows what shock is like when it comes to the state of shock when you have your head cut off. There are instances when people are able to communicate with gasps or blinking their eyelids even when they are on the verge of death (like split in half ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Hematuria caused by UTIs, how does this work? | [
"Kidneys filter blood, if they are not working properly due to infection you'll see blood in urine. Also if your UTI is due to bladder stones or kidney stone they are possibly causing the hematuria. A urologist would best answer your question."
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"Benign Prostate Hypertrophy, in other words, prostate enlargement. The cause of this is unknown. Bladder stones can also cause difficult urination, but they're less common."
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What are the practical reasons, if there are any, for joining a social fraternity/sorority at a College? Why do they exist in the first place? | [
"Sometimes it's not what you know, it's who you know. Lifelong connections can damn near save your life in bad times. I've helped out brothers when they've had problems and they've done the same. Beyond that college is basically your last hurrah. You're still allowed to fuck up and make mistakes in college and as l... | [
"Most people don't pledge to a fraternity or sorority until their second year. The implication is that it's going to happen to him next year."
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How do I find out what politicians really stand for? | [
"Voting record! All Congressional votes are public, so you can see what he voted for or against in the past. Are there any bills you feel strongly about? Look them up!"
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"Why is this vote happening and why should I care/not care as someone who doesn't live in UK?"
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how does my iPhone know to send an iMessage to a contact that previously had an android phone? | [
"Your friend's iPhone has registered itself on Apple's iMessage servers. Your phone, as soon as you type his number into the To box (or bring up a previous conversation with him) will ask the iMessage servers if they recognise him phone number. If they do, the message goes as an iMessage, otherwise it goes as a tex... | [
"Possibly Facebook if you have it linked to your contacts. My iPhone will occasionally say “possibly firstname lastname” when a new contact appears as well ,may be a feature of certain phones messengers."
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Why does your perception of a first-person video seem so unnatural when you live your entire life seeing in the first-person? | [
"When your eyes are about to move, a signal is sent to your brain letting it know \"this sudden change in frame of reference is me moving, not the world\". Carefully poke your eyeball from the side--when your eye isn't sending this message--and your vision will jostle around like a video. You can't track everythin... | [
"It's pretty common. After some time, episodic memories become semantic memories. That is, memories you can visualize become facts you can recall. So sometimes when we try to recall those memories visually, it's in third person because you are wanting to see yourself. You may be able to find that with a little effo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When electronics, such as smartphones, preform multiple tasks at once, or for an extended period of time, what makes the device hot? | [
"Any time an electric current passes through a conductor, a little bit of heat is generated. If an electronic device is hard at work, you have lots and lots and lots of tiny currents passing through lots and lots and lots of tiny conductors. Together those tiny amounts of heat add up to a substantial amount I reall... | [
"Turning off your electronics can help combat the gradual deterioration of your battery life, but newer technology in batteries means that this isn't usually as much of a concern anymore. On the contrary, shutting down your devices is often necessary for certain updates to take hold."
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Why did a leap second break the internet? | [
"The leap second itself didn't do anything. It's that some computers had the leap second implemented while others hadn't, so the time stamps in the packages made the one computer think \"wow, these packets are really old\" and so it sped them up, and started transmitting faster, but then those other systems were li... | [
"Yes, that's exactly what happens. I'm in New Zealand, it's nearly 11AM on Sunday, over in the West Coast of the US it's 5 hours ahead but the day before. When you cross the date line flying east you go back a day."
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The current CIA torture scandal | [
"The only thing scandalous about the CIA torture scandal is that it is considered current. There is nothing here that wasn't known several years ago, and holy hell should have been raised earlier. I fully expect that there will be a current scandal next week about the absence of WMDs in Iraq."
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"Trade agreements, negotiation of travel between boarders, military cooperation, cultural study, national security advisory...."
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Is an electric shock safer to withstand while wearing shoes, standing on solid ground - or safer if standing knee deep in the water/river? | [
"The former is better if we are talking about limiting the current going to ground through you in a situation like touching a live wire with only one hand. If you are actually well insulated from ground no current will flow and you won't get shocked; lineman servicing power lines can touch wires at many kV because ... | [
"The things that are likely to fall on you when you are outside are: 1. Taller. 2. Heavier. 3. Often electrified. In principle... yes an empty field full of grass with no trees around would be a great place to be during an earthquake. However buildings are designed to withstand earthquakes, and so you should be saf... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are there no supersonic commercial airliners? | [
"The Concorde couldn't really be described as a commercial success. In order to achieve supersonic speeds, it had to compromise with a smaller body that could carry few passengers. It also used more fuel than other passenger planes and was more expensive to maintain. Airlines would have to charge ridiculous prices ... | [
"Fighter jets are air breathing. There is no air in space. For the same reason, there's no sonic boom in space either."
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How does charcoal work? Doesn't burning wood the 1st time defeat the purpose of reusing it as fuel? | [
"When you make charcoal, the heat splits off molecules from the wood which contain mostly carbon and hydrogen atoms. These contain a lot of energy, but they need a lot of oxygen to burn completely, which results in a rather low temperature and smoke. What remains is relatively pure carbon, which burns much hotter, ... | [
"Active charcoal can be made by producing regular charcoal through pyrolysis (heating it without oxygen, which leaves behind the carbon) and then introducing hot oxygen which burns away impurities. So in a sense, it is cleaned charcoal."
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The controversy over the Cubs sending Kris Bryant to the minors | [
"Kris Bryant is a Cubs rookie who played **REALLY** well in Spring Training, batting .425 with 9 home runs in 40 at bats. Because he's a rookie, he can't become a free agent until after the 2020 season. However, if he's not on the Cubs roster within the first 12 days of the season, he wouldn't be able to become a f... | [
"A lot of pitchers do this to get a firm grip on the ball, especially on windy days. When a pitcher is singled out and thrown from a game, it's usually because he's being obvious and obnoxious about doing so; such was the case in yesterday's game. Pineda was caught using tar in a game against the Red Sox on April 1... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do majority doctors have such a bad hand writing? | [
"I asked the same question during my pharmacist studies and the teacher basicly said: They have spent dozens of years studying, having to write down whatever the lecturer was saying. They had to adapt and write extremely fast with low detail in their letters thus creating some kind of writing that looks like arabic... | [
"A follow-up question: Why do some people love that feeling while others detest it?"
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When car dealers offer 0% interest, aren't they baking the interest into the price of the car anyway? | [
"It's not really \"baked in.\" Generally, when we talk about costs being baked in, we mean the price of the item was increased to offset whatever the promotion is. That new toy that comes with batteries included? The price is increased a little bit to offset that. Cars a bit different because prices change a lot an... | [
"A couple of reasons... 1) Cash today is worth more than cash in the future. That's why there's interest charged for financing. 2) Depending on how you pay for that large item, the seller may have costs as well. For example, the seller pays between 2-5% for credit card transactions. If you pay cash, they can pass s... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If all materials, even non - conductors are diamagnetic, then from where do they get the electrical current to produce an opposing magnetic field? | [
"It isn't true that all materials are diamagnetic (paired electron spins). Most materials are paramagnetic (unpaired electron spin). A minority are ferromagnetic (also unpaired electron spin). And chromium alone is antiferromagnetic (opposed electron spin)."
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"correct me if I'm wrong, magnetism depends on the type of material the core is and the amount of current passing through. materials, such as iron, are soft magnetic metals, they do not retain magnetism. Hard magnetic metals on the other hand, retain magnetism when charged. Magnetic force can be increase by increas... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The Fedora? Why the hype on Reddit? | [
"The fedora is considered a trademark of a certain type of person. I don't think said type has a name, and is usually just referred to as \"fedora\" or simply \"neckbeard\". As usual with internet definitions, they tend to be quite vague, but here are some traits commonly attributed to Fedoras: - fat, neckbeard, s... | [
"Am I out of the loop on something? Who hates Ringo?!"
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Why is it easier to remember images/pictures as compared to textual words? | [
"It's not for me. People learn differently. I see words in my head. I often forget people's faces."
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"Aside from u/Elistann's answer, studies have shown that when we can piece together a memory as part of a story it is easier to remember. This suggests that events (which are story memories) will be easier for the majority of people to remember than trivia or random facts. If you can create a story with what you're... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why identity of the winner isn't protected when they win a big lottery? | [
"I just looked this up yesterday. If the winner is anonymous then the public has no way to prove there was an actual winner and it wasn't rigged. 6 states allow anonymity in the USA though. I believe there were also some instances of it being rigged in some states so their concern isn't completely unwarranted"
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"They don't give it away every year, about every three years. The main reason it works is because people believe they increase their chances of winning if they buy something and so they buy subscriptions. Also, they get sell your data even if you dont buy anything, just based on the choices you make."
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How come we have no memory of being a newborn? | [
"My understanding with it has to do with how rapidly the brain is developing during the first few years. The brain does the largest amount of growth those first years and you are learning pretty much everything. So your brain is dedicated to learning and building synpases. So pretty much your brain is too busy lea... | [
"In the real world why would anyone want to be a politician?"
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How are expiration dates so precisely determined? | [
"I would guess it was packaged at 08:54 on the day it was packaged. So say they know it's guaranteed good for a month. Then it was packaged a month ago, it was at July 5, 08:54."
] | [
"What do you mean? Your question needs to be a bit more specific. Are you asking what it is? Or how it's set? Or how the payments are made?"
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if the lawsuit against Obama proceeds, what court is it heard under? How does this work? | [
"It probably doesn't get heard in any court. There is a requirement in the federal judiciary that the aggrieved party (i.e. the Speaker of the House) can show harm was done to him (i.e. by Obama signing executive orders). Keep in mind that matters of \"unconstitutional behavior\" are part of the impeachment process... | [
"They usually sue that other government in their own court system as that is who has jurisdiction in the area. In that case their authority comes from themselves."
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How can there be flowing water on mars when the temperature is so low? | [
"1) The temperature ranges from -80° F (or colder!) to 70° F. 2) The salts dissolved in it reduce the freezing point so it stays liquid at lower temps."
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"Mars is much more hospitable than Venus. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Yes, the gravity is closer, but who cares what the gravity in Hell is like?"
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Why and how do YouTube ads work for the respective companies, since everyone seems to hate them? | [
"It's about seeing them. You don't have to have an opinion on them. What companies are trying to do is getting you \"familiar\" with the brand or product. The more you see it the greater possibility you will choose their brand or product on the off-chance you need or want something like that. It's a physiology thin... | [
"Have you ever used Hulu, and seen one of those ads that asks you to pick the one that is most relevant to you? Basically, companies like Facebook are selling user data so that marketing companies can do this without additional input and target ads to you."
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given a worldwide consensus, how would one go about dropping or propelling the earth into the sun? | [
"Fire an astronomical amount of rockets in the direction opposite to the Earth's motion. The best time to do this is when the Earth is farthest away from the Sun. Basically, the goal is to just slow the Earth down and let gravity do most of the work. The only reason we stay in orbit is that the Earth is moving fast... | [
"That is a moot question because it asks for parameters that are not possible, i.e. being at the edge of the universe or travelling faster than the speed of its expansion. It's like asking somebody to explain what would be farther north of the northpole."
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What does it mean for a file to be corrupted in a computer? | [
"The data is unreadable. The equivalent for writing on paper is that either the ink got smudged or that there were too many typos while transcribing it. Either way, your computer can't understand what it's trying to say."
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"It depends on a lot. What is your name, address, and link to the file you were downloading?"
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How do we reattach limbs/extremities | [
"Basically, you stitch everything back together under magnification. The order in which it's done may vary, but the idea is that you fix the bones together to give you stability, then you use a microscope to reconnect the blood vessels so that the limb doesn't die, after that you suture the nerves so that sensibili... | [
"From my quick googling, it looks like setting has always been preferred over amputation. Amputation was a last resort for serious fractures (American civil war minie balls didn't so much break bones as shatter them) where lethal infection and/or hemorrhage were certain. As for when doctors stopped chopping off lim... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does coffee smell so good but taste completely different? | [
"It comes down to many things, part of the explanation is that our sense of smell can only determine the molecules that become airborne, while drinking the coffee will mix the sensation with also affecting the taste buds, where coffee has a very tangy and stringy taste. Another part of the explanation is that the s... | [
"Your mouth would taste like nothing if it's very clean. If it's not clean it still tastes like nothing because your used to it. If you want to taste it drink some water. You'll say \"eww! The water is gross.\" Turns out the water is just fine. It just brings out the bad flavor in your mouth. Brush your teeth and t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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what made the Disney movies of the 90s so good? | [
"I mean, it's probably nostalgia for the most part— but also, production wise, Disney was really hitting their stride and finding the tone they wanted to take with their movies. If you think about it, earlier Disney movies were kind of creepy, or sad— they were still trying to find out what chord they wanted to str... | [
"Creating content other people enjoy? Why are movies a thing? What do the creators get out of it? Why is youtube a thing? What do the creators get out it? Why (was) vine a thing? That's probably the more direct western analogue."
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what the hell is going on in /r/Gaming? | [
"/r/pcmasterrace got banned because some users posted personal information on a /r/Gaming mod who had apparently 'dissed' PC gaming due to some pictures of that 'Large Pixel Collider'. Posts related to PC gaming were removed, angry things were said, and the mod was doxxed, apparently by users from /r/pcmasterrace. ... | [
"Because they don't know /r/AskReddit or /r/changemyview exist."
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Why does it feel even more euphoric to stretch when you have a cold or the flu? | [
"Well I tell you what-not because of the blessing of some phony god! But actually, you are likely down a lot when you are sick, moving less, and your muscles aren't used, they need to be stretched and used, and so your body rewards this. Think about it, when you're sick, youre probably not gonna make the decision ... | [
"I'm no expert, but I do know it's harder for you to wake up and feel energized during the middle of REM sleep"
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if the Republican and Democratic Parties are private organizations, why can't we as citizens sue them for false promises they spout to become elected? | [
"A court case has determined that a candidate cannot be held to the promises made before being elected. Or probably the promises made after being elected either. Sorry."
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"A lot of people mistakenly assume that the gop and dnc are public/government agencies. They aren't, they are entirely privately owned and operated. That means they can do pretty much whatever they want to do without government interference. Now is clearly in the party's best interests to allow the general public ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does the genetic mutation required to develop abnormal cell growth for things like cancer work? | [
"I actually ahve an eli5! Imagine a scribe copying books by hand. He does 1, 2, 10 perfectly then on one book he misses a letter or replaces it with another one. And instead of \"grave\" it's brave, grape or rave. Dna is formed from blocks, every 3 blocks code 1 aminoacid. Changing a single letter can either break... | [
"To go into more depth, as you age, and cells divide, they can sometimes become mutated during division, and these mutations than get passed on to future cells, a build up of these mutations can eventually cause vital internal structures to stop functioning correctly, and lead to death from that."
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Why do some animals leave their offspring before or when they are born/hatch? Wouldn't it be better for the species chance of survival if all the offspring were given time to grow and mature? | [
"There are two main strategies. Have lots of offspring and hope some survive. Have a few and invest time and energy to make sure they survive."
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"The answer to why anything in nature is basically because it works and they keep having babies. Reptiles generally use the strategy to keep growing because it increases their chances of survival and reproduction more to just get bigger and keep staying alive. Mammals tend to stop growing and put more resources int... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do I enjoy small amounts of pain, especially from poking at my gums or biting my inner mouth areas? | [
"Endorphins are released every time we are injured. Endorphins act as natural painkillers similar to morphine. This is evolutionarily advantageous because when we get injured, we don't want to be wallowing in pain in a situation where we may get even more injuries. The endorphins allow us to temporarily ignore the... | [
"Do you mean like just on either side of your mouth? I have those too, always thought they were from biting the inside of my mouth!"
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How do sites like _URL_0_ make money? | [
"They are running at a lost in exchange to create a larger player base so when they do integrate ads they will have a pool of audience ready to see those ads which results in profit. They also want to attract players who would pay for skins and etc. when implemented. Also this game is found on _URL_0_ so this game ... | [
"I had the same question a few months ago, as far as i know they have special monitoring systems connected to TVs in selected homes and many people volunteer to give TV networks the information. These links might help. _URL_0_ _URL_1_ EDIT: Second Link Added"
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Why do some stores have a minimum charge for credit card use? | [
"Stores need to pay credit card companies a fee (more specifically, a fixed base fee plus a small percentage of the transaction amount) every time they take a payment via credit card. That's how credit card companies make money. With small transactions, the fixed part of the transaction fee is high relative to the ... | [
"Both ways you process it, it is a debit transaction. Credit transactions costs the store a little more and takes longer to hit your checking account. When you charge credit, your debit card goes through the credit card network and when you charge debit it goes directly through your bank. Also, choosing debit at so... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does pouring warm soda into a glass with ice cubes create so much foam and fizz? | [
"I believe its nucleation. The rough surface of the ice provides a huge surface area for bubbles to form on. The warm soda melts the outer edge of the ice, leaving it smooth and rapidly reducing the area for nucleation. So the fizz subsides fairly quickly."
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"Well it has to do with pressure. Wine is put into the bottle and sealed so that no air goes in or out. Now if the wine is sparkling wine then that means none of the bubbles can come out so there is a slightly higher pressure inside the sealed bottle. That pressure is enough to slightly change the freezing point of... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are coding languages created? | [
"Oh man this gets asked a lot. I'm gonna save the best responses for next time."
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"Do you have any programming experience at all?"
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How come women in porn are able to take such enormous penises inside them and even seem to enjoy it when almost all women from the real world can have difficulty with anything that is just above average? | [
"It's acting and they're paid for their acting ability/skill? I mean you can find videos of some pretty crazy shit that most women (or men) would definitely not be able to do, but there's a reason it's in porn."
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"It really isn't painful to anyone, just extremely uncomfortable. It can be pleasurable to *every* male person, simply by stimulating the prostate. If you are anxious about it and tense it will be more uncomfortable in the rectum. A majority of it is psychological but physiological differences including proper lubr... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The difference between 32 bit and 64 bit computer programs. | [
"So the difference is really hardware, and a 64 bit program is one that is made to run on a 64 bit CPU. Think of the CPUs as having doors that stuff can go through (data, program instructions.) The 32 bit CPU has 32 doors, the 64 bit, 64. So that's why software written for a 32 bit processor (or 16, or 8) can run o... | [
"You are on a 64 bit operating system, so Program Files is for for 64 bit programs. And Program Files x86 are programs that still use 32 bit."
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Why are blood types even a thing? | [
"I think you've answered your own question. Evolutionarily, blood transfusions are not \"a thing\", so blood being compatible between people is not something that can have been selected for."
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"Also, why are some people not ticklish at all?"
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Why does the government put so much effort into keeping drugs illegal and enforcing said laws? (US) | [
"There are huge profits to be made in policing the drug trade, as well as jailing \"criminals.\" jails make a fuck ton of money off of drug related offenses and in some cases have deals with governments that they will keep a certain level of inmates in there at all times..... I know.. sounds crazy, in the near utop... | [
"If the objectives of the \"War on Drugs\" were: * to put a lot of potential democrat voters in jail * to increase the powers of the police to surveil. stop, search and trespass * to make immense amounts of money our of a corrupt private prison system * to share the drug dealers profits with the corrupt local polic... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are rappers (and other musicians) allowed to admit to committing crimes in a song? Why aren't they investigated/prosecuted? | [
"They are making art and it's protected as such. Keep in mind music tells stories. Not true ones, necessarily. Treat each song like a new fictional person telling you something."
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why do people bother charging, say, $6.99 when they might as well charge $7? | [
"It's a psychological phenomenon that can be called \"price attractiveness\". Essentially, when someone sees a price tag, they see the first digit, and ignore the rest."
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"Because most people will see it as a lower value. Just like stuff are advertised for 19.99 and a lot of people will think of that as \"less than twenty.\" 3.699 gets rounded in people's heads as three-sixty, not three-seventy. In a couple of days you can train your self to see the real value, 19.99 actually means ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Could a bank go bankrupt? Has it happend before? What would happend to the people's money or loan? | [
"The answer is yes, banks can and do go bankrupt. In the event of bank failures on the scale of the Great Depression, in real terms FDIC insurance would mean very little. While a bank may fail, people who have borrowed money from that bank still have the obligation to repay the outstanding balance and interest. FDI... | [
"Its a very large bank that many people and companies have money in. Even if you don't have cash in there directly, your investment portfolio could have money tied to them. If they go under, though some money may return, it will be a massive economic sinkhole that will ripple throughout the German, European and ev... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why the stock market closes at night? | [
"The stock market in each country closes at night, but a stock market is always open somewhere in the world (except on Saturdays) People want to go to sleep without worrying that they have gone bankrupt overnight, and banks don't want to pay staff double to work unsocial hours. Incidentally, bank workers in Hong Ko... | [
"Why is election on weekdays instead of weekends?"
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What makes days feel like they're moving faster than others? | [
"This can depend on how many things we're focusing on or dealing with but is also highly subjective Fundamentally the more new things (or different kinds of things) we're focusing on means our brains pay less attention to the passage of time If we're focused on a single thing then our brain pays more attention to t... | [
"Because you've made it all the way through to the other side of your cycle, and now the sun is shining, and the day is starting to fire up, so your brain gets into \"time to start our day\" mode, even though you never actually went to sleep. This will catch up with you eventually, however. The next cycle is going ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Differences between A - & A +, ect | [
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The difference between analog and digital signals | [
"It means you wont be able to plug standard headphones into the iphone. You will have to but fancy new headphones from apple. Instead of converting the digital audio signal to analog inside the phone, they will send the digital data all the way up to the earbud and it will be converted to analog there. Technically ... | [
"The reader hits it with a pulse which gives it enough energy to send a response with, this makes the bases big and lets the tags be tiny. Its a combination of wireless communication and wireless charging"
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How would human bodies have evolved differently if the earth had half as much gravity as it does now? | [
"If gravity was 1/2 then the atmosphere would be vastly different so all life would have evolved differently. Your best bet is to try /r/askscience"
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"The moon probably used to rotate more independently, but the gravity of earth has tidally locked it so that it only rotates once per revolution. The Earth could become tidally locked to the moon, but it would take so much time, the sun would burn out before that happened. It's also mostly referred to as the far si... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How the heck can a used truck owned in Texas end up in Syria? | [
"Hooray, I'm useful. I used to work at the Port of Baltimore. My job was silly, and ultimately useless but it did let me travel all over the port and see how things work there. We had a company that leased out a fairly large parking lot that did nothing but ship used cars to Africa. Theres a high demand for cars a... | [
"From what I remember after hurricane Sandy, the cars that were floating around tunnels and underground parking garages are indeed written off by their insurers. However they are also scooped up, cleaned, and somehow find their way to ethically questionable used car lots that attempt to resell them. Usually along w... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do Americans hate socialism or even the term socialism? | [
"Because historically American culture has embraced and celebrated individualism, so there is significant cultural bias against a worldview where non-earning individuals are granted access to the same resources as those who pay for them."
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"If you hear socialist used as an insult, you're probably in America or reading American media. In a lot of places, it's nothing of the sort. It used to be the form of state that was supposed to lead to pure communism but it's now basically used to imply capitalism with a strong governmental support system for the ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What exactly makes cheap beer taste much worse than something more expensive? | [
"Some of the big boys use rice in their beers. And their light beers are just overfermented then watered down. You can really taste poor quality ingredients."
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"The cost to make it is fairly low, and it's specifically marketed towards an audience which wants very cheap alcohol, even if it tastes poor, price and quantity are higher priorities. Combine this and that's why you've got 40s of Steel Reserve for so cheap. Cheers."
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How has civilization and daily life as we live it not ended yet, and what's keeping world tensions from boiling over now? | [
"The news is hyperbolic, because \"everything is pretty OK today\" isn't a very interesting story. The world is a very big place, and with almost 7 billion people, most of these mass killings and epidemics are frankly small stuff for the world as a whole. Ebola might be a very terrifying thing if you're living in W... | [
"In all places on earth without reverse development, society is closer to this ideal now than at any other time in history and approaching this goal. It takes time. People are trying. The world has changed drastically in recent times and history books and the consciousness of society has not begun to communicate or... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Who exactly are the "people" in ISIS? Are they the soldiers the americans trained before they left iraq or just another terrorist group? | [
"ISIS which was preceded by ISI (now called \"Islamic State of Iraq\") was comprised by a multitude of subgroups but the big one comprising most of the numbers is al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) led Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Jund al-Sahhaba. ISI is now led by al-Bagdhadi who is way more aggressive. Most of the fighters are a... | [
"Are you asking if you go to Iraq or Syria and shoot one? Or are you asking if you know this guy is an ISIS member in your own country?"
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Why is a cars towing capacity so much different then the amount of weight it can carry in the trunk? | [
"The weight limit in the trunk depends on the suspension. The towing weight is supported by a trailer and the only force needed is forward movement."
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"1. You don't have paying customers on a motor home (typically, your family won't sue you if you're in an accident like a load of paying customers on a bus). 2. It's the \"almost\" part that makes it legal. There has to be some size limit, and so they build right up to that limit, which I believe is something like ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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what exactly is wrong with Belgium's federal government. | [
"Belgium consists of three parts- one that mainly speaks German, one that mainly speaks French, and one that mainly speaks Flemish. The German speaking part is rather small and less relevant for the discussion. (mind you- these aren't states like the USA) Basically, the Flemish have always felt that the Walloons (F... | [
"> Can someone please explain to me what in the hell is going on here? What is going on is that the American healthcare system is a sad joke."
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Would the Death Star have its own gravity? | [
"yes it would, slightly. The first Death Star was 160 kilometers in diameter,[1][2] while the second Death Star was 900 kilometers in diameter.[3] _URL_0_ earth's moon is 2100 km in diameter actually, and mass scales with (d/2)^3 so maybe the death star wouldnt be as important as you think it might. a VERY small mo... | [
"Has to do with rotation, but also because the Moon Nazis want to keep their base hidden on the Far Side."
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How do thiefs who steal rare and unique items actually sell them, and what do the people buying those items do with them? | [
"Well first of all, when things like paintings are stolen there are 2 main things that can happen: 1) It's sold for a significantly lower price - obviously if you had spent $100 million in a day then it would become easy to find you but $40000 would be less likely to appear on the radar. 2) The thief can hold on to... | [
"Because people will pay it. That's why anything costs what it does. People have been convinced diamonds are valuable, so they choose to pay thousands of dollars. What's the company going to do? Not get the most for their product that they can?"
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Why does cannabis make people sleepy after the high wears off? | [
"CBN is a degradation product of THC and other cannabinoids. It is highly sedative. There is also the issue of flooding the endocannabinoid system (which regulates our hormonal functioning and a number of other systems) with exogenous cannabinoids producing a temporary down-regulation. If you don't want to get tir... | [
"When you smoke weed, you get high right away. When you eat marijuana, it takes nearly an hour to kick in."
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What would it take for a major company like BP, Bayer, or McDonald's to disappear? | [
"A company doing \"bad\" things doesn't matter in terms of the health of the company as long as that company is still profitable. Oil companies, for the moment, are scandal-proof because we don't have any other viable options in terms of energy production. The only way BP would ever disappear is if consumers trende... | [
"Losing a third of shareholder value, getting massive negative PR, massive fines, and possibly having a number of executives held criminally responsible isn't enough? Why would you expect this scandal to completely bankrupt the largest company in Germany?"
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Why doesn't someone add a bad odor to Carbon Monoxide? | [
"CO isn't manufactured or stored, like natural gas or propane. Carbon monoxide is usually generated because of an improperly operated or maintained machine; you can't really \"add\" a scent to a product of poorly executed combustion, without using some kind of CO detector that releases a foul smell when it detects ... | [
"Pretty sure you technically can. Doesn't sound like fun though. See 'One' by Metallica..."
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How do we 'get used to' a smell and no longer notice it? | [
"Your brain has only so much processing power and it needs to quickly make a determination if something is a threat or not (first priority) or a benefit or not. Once something becomes familiar the brain puts it into the not a threat category and continues scanning through all of the sensory input looking something ... | [
"The smells are similar to decay and we are programmed to avoid decay. What doesnt make sense is how we got conditioned to despise hair growth."
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Why is Buzzfeed allowed to just republish photos from Reddit without compensating the photographers? | [
"You have to defend your copyrights. Buzzfeed gets away with this because 99.99% of people who take those pictures don't want or care enough to defend their copyrights on the picture. Its the same reason people can post video game videos on YouTube or stream on Twitch. Technically they are violating the copyright o... | [
"It is copyrighted. All material is inherently copyrighted by the person who created it. For Reddit, both the original user and Reddit (per the terms of service) own the copyright to material posted on reddit. However, you must enforce your copyright. Anyone can use the info if you sit there and do nothing, and don... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does Spotify Free make money when all of the advertisements I hear are for their own service? | [
"Eventually users pay spotify for premium just so they don't have to hear those ads again."
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"Grooveshark is currently in a number of lawsuits over copyright infringement. Spotify has licensing deals with music studios so that they are allowed to stream music on demand. On the free version, they pay for these license fees with ads. In the US, due to streaming music laws, anyone can use music for Internet R... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is there any "ultimate" security clearance that gives you access to anything the government does if you ask? | [
"No, having a secret clearance doesn't entitle you to see everything that is classified secret; the same goes for top secret. You also have to have a need to know the information. For example, a janitor at the NSA must have the level of clearance required to enter any room he/she enters but cannot demand to see any... | [
"Just showing up to the military doesn't mean they're going to give you access to information or weapons. There's extremely thorough background checks and lots of controls for who can touch what, and who can know what and when. A buddy of mine, born and raised 'Murican, still had to spill pretty much his entire li... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do some websites and programs seem to not be able to process apostrophes and instead replace it with a series of nonsensical characters. For example: instead of "John's", the site would show "John’s". | [
"I see this often in titles in imgur albums in RES. Is there some way to prevent this from happening?"
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"Some people use mobile clients that display formatting wrong. So unless the writer knows how it should show it is a bit hard to format properly. Especially subreddit specific things like spoiler tags are often broken. Also special characters like \"`\", \"\\\", \"\\^\", \" > \", \"[\" and \"]\" (all of which are ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are there no freshwater sharks? | [
"Their called River Sharks and they exist. _URL_1_ But basically the problem is that it is difficult for a species to live in both freshwater and salt water it requires really specific adaptation. This is called Euryhaline _URL_0_ and is relatively rare in nature. For large carnivorous it's especially difficult to ... | [
"Why do some parts of the world call gasoline petrol?"
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Why can children watch any movie dozens of times and not get bored? | [
"Putting aside the fact that children are easily amused... Children don't have experience. As a result, what looks simple to you or me is quite complicated to a child. You and I get bored with things quickly because we've seen it all before, in various ways. Children haven't. There are so many things that they don'... | [
"I think we develop a \"been there, done that\" mentality in ways. I can not watch cartoons now. No matter what the topic. The irony is I just can't pay attention to cartoons."
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How is the United States able to bomb a hospital, and then shoot any fleeing people, and not have any repercussions? | [
"The world operates in shades of grey not black and white. What did the US have to gain from bombing a hospital? Absolutely nothing. They had a lot to lose actually. So common sense would lead us to the conclusion that what occurred wasn't intentional and thus not the same as outright intentional murder of non comb... | [
"The drones are unmanned planes that can fire missiles. With them, we've managed to take out quite a few higher-ups in Al-Quaeda but there are usually civilian casualties as well. That's where most of the controversy comes from, the civilian deaths. Another reason is because Obama redefined \"civilian\" to mean rea... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does the US currently have a stockpile of 4760 nuclear warheads? Is that many necessary? | [
"May I ask what your source for that number is? Having worked previously in the nuclear triad community that number seems a bit high. I can tell you it has a lot to do with deterrence, both in first strike and second strike capabilities. Basically you need enough of the threat that if takes out some of your threat ... | [
"I'm sorry but what? Most countries? There are a handfull of countries known to possess nuclear warheads in the world."
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Why does Benford's law apply to so many different data sets? Why is a leading digit of 1 so much more common than 9? | [
"Take a set of prices in a shop, and then add in inflation at 3%. An item will spend a long time with a 1 as the leading digit. EG Year 1 £100 Year 2 £103 Year 3 £106.01 ... But when it gets to a higher number as the leading digit, it spends less time with that leading digit: Year X £900 Year X+1 £927 Year X+2 £954... | [
"That property is that each one-digit sequence is equally likely if you were to peek at random spots on the number. Each two digit sequence is equally likely. Each three digit sequence... etc. That means for example, if you looked at some random spot, you would not have any reason to expect to find sequence 123456 ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The reason for the difference in quality between a still frame taken from a video shot in 1080p, and a 1920x1080 resolution photograph | [
"Generally a movie frame will be much more highly compressed than a still frame, i.e., the average number of bytes used for a movie frame will be less than for a still frame of the same size. Movies just can't usually afford the number of bytes. Movies do have one advantage over stills in that consecutive frames wi... | [
"The Blu-Ray holds 50GB worth of data, and a DVD holds 5GB. Since you've got 10x more space, you can store more higher-resolution images: 1920x1080 at 60fps instead of 720x480 at 30fps. This means you get a crisper image and more smooth movement."
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What's so bad about Germany's economy? | [
"Germany has a stronger export economy than most of the rest of Europe. This is perceived by some people as keeping the exchange rate of the Euro higher against international currencies than it should be; a lower cost Euro is seen as beneficial to countries like Spain and Greece which are heavily reliant on tourism... | [
"Because China cares less about footie than the USA does."
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How I am 99.99% nothing | [
"An Eli5 analogy, although that might be frowned upon here, might be something like this...imagine you have two people at either end of a skip rope. They jiggle the skip rope *really fast*. It becomes a blur! It's going so fast that you can't stick your hand in and out without contact....faster....faster...approach... | [
"What's 5 + 5? Okay now what's 5.105 + 5.079? Which took longer?"
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Weather conditions impact on the human body | [
"Can only speak from a personal standpoint, but my migraines are triggered from the weather. When the barometric pressure drops, I get severe migraines. I live in Southeast Georgia and it has been thunder storming for the past month with bouts of sun, this doesn’t allow me to become acclimated to the low pressure b... | [
"A very big one is the current drop in oil prices"
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How can a movie like Forrest Gump be re-released in IMAX when it was shot on 35mm film? | [
"The original master negative is scanned at an IMAX facility and is scanned at 8K. They fix blemishes and small errors and then either project it digitally at 8K filling the screen or print it to IMAX film and then project it. I definitely know the 8K thing is legit as that's what they scanned Wizard of Oz at for t... | [
"I think you're just comparing different grade of filmstock. Look at 2001 for example, it came out in 1968 and it looks fantastic."
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Why have governments made such a push to go green and use less oil then when we do the entire worlds economy crashes from declining oil prices, didn't they see this coming? | [
"The declining oil prices were not caused by a reduction in demand due to green technologies. Large drops in price are usually due to things like global economic slowdowns (2008, for example) or, more recently, declining demand from China due to a slowdown in construction."
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"The entire world has a legitimate need since we are supposed to be getting of petroleum because of the whole climate change thing. Looking at Iran and saying, oh well you have reserves of petroleum so just burn it isn't going to help the climate change problem."
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how wireless electricity works. | [
"If you mean wireless chargers, they work by transferring the energy in electrical current into electromagnetic waves, which the device that receives the charge can then convert back into electricity. It's never the electricity that is wireless. Instead, the electricity is used to generate some kind of radiation th... | [
"They put a kind of set top box in select peoples homes which sends them the data. Source: worked for a market research firm."
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What's the difference between murder and culpable homicide? | [
"Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder, which implies that he had planned on killing Steenkamp at some time in the future, meaning if he hadn't killed her that night, he would have killed her some other time. In the eyes of the judge, the prosecutors didn't prove that he had planned out her murder, so she ... | [
"* homicide - you killed someone * murder - you meant to kill someone, or could reasonably expect your actions to kill someone * voluntary manslaughter - you meant to harm someone, but accidentally killed them * involuntary manslaughter - you acted with criminal negligence, and someone died * justifiable homicide -... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does the first family stay financially stable after the President has finished their term in office? | [
"The [Former President's Act](_URL_0_) grants a pension to the President beginning immediately when he leaves office. Other benefits of the FPA include medical insurance, funding for private office staff, and Secret Service protection for life. I'm not sure what the exact amount of the pension is, but I am sure it'... | [
"So each president is in charge of planning his own funeral while he is in office. As far as the funds go, not sure but I think it is publicly funded."
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When you don't yawn "correctly", why do you feel out of breath until you manage to fully yawn? | [
"I know what you mean, there isn't much research around why animals and humans yawn. One of the reasons they think why we yawn is due to a lack of oxygen, that's why it is often associated with tiredness because when we relax so does your breathing therefore a lack of oxygen can come about. So I would say by not ... | [
"It is a learned behavior, which suggests that it is a social thing. It has nothing to do with the oxygen in the room, since we also yawn when seeing a picture of someone else yawning. Infants under a certain age *(I used to know what that age was. Maybe six months...)* do not yawn back if someone yawns in front of... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is it possible to sleep with your eyes open and if so, how does it work? | [
"Can confirm. I also unconsciously sleep with my eyes open. Ill tell you exactly how it works: everyone you sleep around/with either is completely afraid or fascinated and will take pictures to remind you of something you'll never be able to witness"
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"A lot of nerves in your ear canal link to most of your body. Tickling them makes your blood pressure drop and thus leads to pleasure. At least that's what I read. Correct me if I'm wrong."
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The Effect of Illegal Immigration to the US | [
"A lot come here to make more money and export most of that to their country to support family. If the money leaves here it can't get spent here. They also don't pay taxes and get some of the benefits of tax payers."
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Why is leather sometimes used to sharpen a knife? | [
"First things first - leather does not sharpen a knife. Leather _strops_ a knife - it helps to remove burrs from the edge and restore the blade to \"true\" (where the blade is straight rather than slightly bent over, which happens from regular use). Sharpening is the process by which you actually remove metal from ... | [
"Yes, just keep a towel handy so that the knife isn't just sitting wet. Preserve the sharpness by applying mineral oil to the dry knife."
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How do breathalyzers know that what is blowing into them is a person instead of just air from a bike pump for example? | [
"I think the article you read may have been a fake. I had an interlock device on my car. You have to blow in once when you start your car, and then again 7 minutes later, and then every 20 minutes after that. Not only do you have to maintain a constant force of breath, but when the device clicks you have to suck ba... | [
"Probably because the helium in the balloon is under 1 atm of pressure, so when you inhale it, it's not being forced into your lungs, whereas helium in a tank can be under several hundred atm of pressure, which would force it into your lungs, possibly damaging them, which could kill you. Think of it this way, inhal... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If computer monitors are pixel based- how can vector images be shown? | [
"The video card will usually rasterize the vectors (convert to pixels), and it gets done after the monitor resolution and final image resolution is known (so its always done at a high enough resolution)"
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"At those resolutions you won't be able to see individual pixels so even if a movie pixel is spread over 3-9 screen pixels it will look just fine."
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How does a helicopter produce lift? | [
"> There are people who are saying that the blades push air downwards, while others say it functions like an airplane's wing and generates lift via the Bernoulli principle. These people are saying the same thing. The blades of a helicopter do act like the wings of a plane, creating an upwards force through lift tha... | [
"A frisbee has a similar shape to the wing of an airplane, so it generates lift. The spinning motion generates stability. That's basically all there is to it."
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Why is texting and driving not illegal? | [
"It's illegal in a huge number of jurisdictions already. Where do you live?"
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"Talking on the phone is only illegal if it involves taking your hands off the wheel. Having a car phone and talking on the phone through that is not against the law. But in many places it is against the law to be holding your phone and talking. Because then you're not only not giving your full attention to the roa... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does it take 5 seconds for credit card/debit card companies to take money out of my account but 5 days for them to refund it? | [
"It always takes days. See, when you buy something, it takes a few days for the merchant to get their money. You don't notice or care about it because the money is gone out of your account and you have your stuff. In the event of a refund, though, you are suddenly painfully aware of how long it takes money to move... | [
"You are right, inter-bank transfers take around 3-5 business days (depending on country, bank etc.). When Paypal sends you money, that's why you have to wait those days. When you transfer money from your bank to Paypal, it actually in fact does take 3-5 days before the money reaches Paypal's bank account. But in o... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are gag orders legal? | [
"Gag orders are in place in situations were free speech runs up against a competing compelling interest. For example, a gag order might be issued in a case involving a minor. The press has a 1st amendment right to report the proceedings, but the minor has a right to privacy. The courts have established that the co... | [
"How would the president conduct a hostile takeover without the military? Also a takeover of what?"
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What happens when you emancipate yourself with a ton of debt and die? | [
"If you live in a sensible country you can't inherit debt. A bank can't knock on your door, announce that your father died, and then take your house. If you die with debt the creditors take it out of your estate. If there's not enough estate then it gets wiped off the books as a loss."
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"A single dose doesn't get you high for days at a time. A single dose makes you ask yourself why you ever decided to be sober in the first place...At which point you fix your lawn mower while saving your marriage right before you vacuum your ceiling."
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Is the signal in a coaxial cable wire RF, electricity or both? | [
"Technically it's both. The signal current induces an electromagnetic signal that travels along the wire, which then induces the current, and so on. This causes a wave to propagate through the cable. In vacuum, this would be the speed of light. For coax cables this is somewhere around 70 to 80% of that."
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"Radio signals can be messed up by interference, reflections, objects in the way, etc. These problems have much less effect on signals on cables, since each computer is connected with its own separate, insulated, interference-resistant cable."
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Why do some of the poorest countries in Africa not "get rich" off of their diamond mines the way many Middle Eastern countries "get rich" off of oil? It seems like any country with even a rudimentary government would want to capitalize on whatever valuable resources they possess. | [
"Diamonds are not as valuable as oil. A country with oil reserves produces a lot of oil- for Saudi Arabia, it's roughly a million tons per day. All the diamond mines in the world produce about twenty-six tons per year. That's enough for a few mining companies to get rich, not whole countries."
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"As it happens, the oil boom here in the United States, as well as the oil reserves in Canada, Peru, and elsewhere were upsetting the oil monopoly held by Saudi Arabia. In the last few months, the Saudi oil companies have flooded the global market with oil to drive down the price and put other countries' oil indust... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The business models of open-source software companies | [
"They make money in one of two different ways. 1. Donations - (Firefox). Pretty much your standard charity works. 2. Support Contracts (Red Hat) - Imagine a grocery store who offered you unlimited free food, but if you want any of it cooked, have to hire one of their chefs to cook it for you. You can still eat it r... | [
"incentive for continued periodic creation of good original material"
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Why is it easier to learn another language when you're a kid? | [
"TL:DR Your brain is more elastic when you're young. With language specifically, babies have no framework for it until they hear and see it. It is entirely possible to grow up without learning language. Look up Genie, a girl found in 1957, if you don't believe me."
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"A better question might be: why is your grammar worsens when you're drunk?"
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Why does harmony sound good? | [
"One undeniable aspect of why harmony \"sounds good\" and is deeply appealing to people is the relationship between frequency and harmony. Every common interval between notes that can be played on the piano (or any fixed note instrument) has a specific mathematical relationship between them. I.E. going up an octave... | [
"Relevant/expansion to the question: Why do we make noises when we feel pleasure in general? And pain?"
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How do we distinguish the sound from two different instruments playing the same tune when they produce the same frequency? | [
"Basically, the frequency we assign each note on an instrument is only the main, or loudest, frequency that's being produced. If you listen to a sine wave, what you're hearing is just a particular frequency and nothing else. When you listen to something like a piano or a violin, you're hearing that particular frequ... | [
"The overtone series, or harmonic series is the series of tones that resonate with the base tone. They do that when their frequency is a whole multiple of the base tone’s frequency because then every time the base tone’s wave swing in one direction all the harmonic tones do so too. Not all instruments generate all ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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