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What Austrian economics is, and how it is different from the Keynesian system we have now. | [
"I'm not sure if links without commentary are acceptable here, but if you're a male, I think you will appreciate learning about praxeology (related to Austrian economics) from [praxgirl](_URL_2_)."
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"The premise of your question is wrong. The Laffer curve hasn't been discredited. You could argue that the maximum revenue point is higher than what the US and most European countries tax now or that there is a more nuanced approach to the concept, but the underlying idea is both simple and sound. The idea of the L... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If I log in to other sites with my facebook account, what will happen to my accounts is Facebook goes bankrupt? | [
"This is an open issue. Your saving graze is that companies usually does not go bankrupt without any warning. So you will likely have time to change over your account if that were to happen. In fact the likely reason for Facebook to go bankrupt is if the users are deserting them in the first place. What is a bigger... | [
"Because Youtube. There's no point in keeping two separate hosting services. For the same reason they abolished youtube login details, so now you log in with your normal Gmail username and password."
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what happens if I fire a gun in space? | [
"The bullet will leave the barrel at high speed, but a slower speed than it would on Earth. You will begin traveling backwards since you absorb momentum to cancel the momentum of the bullet The bullet will continue to move at the speed it left the barrel for a long time. It will slow slightly due to particles it en... | [
"Can someone please just eli5? I don't understand any of this. What does this mean for me? A citizen of the United states."
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- Monsanto. Please. Thanks. | [
"Short answer: Great science, iffy business practices, but since their product is so unique and is going to be absolutely necessary to feed the world pretty soon it is nothing that most any company wouldn't do. If they didn't check fields for their product every year farmers could easily take advantage of them and ... | [
"Bot explained how bots work. Thank you Internet."
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Why do we refer to mother whales as "cows" when they aren't bovines, but other non-bovines aren't called cows, rather just called lionesses, hens, ewes, etc.? | [
"It's not just bovines, it's a common term for very large female mammals. > It's not just moose and whales that are given this name. Mature female bovines are called cows, as well as caribou, bison, buffalo, elk, red deer, elephants, rhinos, seals, some species of antelope like wildebeest and hartebeest, camels, a... | [
"Horses and donkeys/zebras are close enough genetically for their offspring to be viable. The same is true with dogs and wolves, or lions and tigers... but not with dogs and foxes, or cats and badgers."
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Why songwriters and artists tend to put their most popular song(s) two or three tracks into the album? | [
"You're putting the cart before the horse. The album is made with hopes that some of the songs on it become popular. Now assuming they know which ones are more likely to be popular or 'hits' they might put them more in the middle to entice people to listen to the whole thing. Sort of 'I'll listen to the ones before... | [
"It's usually a cover they can't afford the rights to, or something that doesn't fit in well with the rest of the album. The same is usually true for unlisted tracks."
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How do MetroCards work? | [
"Here's how MetroCards work: 1. You pay a massive amount of money for the MetroCard ($112 for a NYC subway monthly pass is the most cost-effective option if you have to take the subway every day for work). 2. After swiping the MetroCard, you have high hopes that your ride will be enjoyable. However, as soon as you ... | [
"Are you willing to travel to Washington DC?"
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What exactly happens when a program is "Not Responding?" | [
"A program has multiple threads, which are like mini programs, and one of them, the input thread contains a list of all the information sent to the program like clicks and keyboard presses. Every couple of seconds windows also adds a blank one to make sure the program is there. The other threads of the program take... | [
"Because you're doing it wrong. You're clicking \"End Task\" which is a middle ground that lies somewhere in between gracefully closing the program, and actually forcing it to close immediately. Instead, you want to Right-Click on the application that you want to end, then click 'Go To Process' and click the 'End P... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do Custodians and Janitors not get paid more for dealing with potential biohazzards on a daily basis? | [
"Two factors that contribute to high incomes are 1). Not many people can do what the job requires, and 2). Not many people are willing to do what the job requires. While it may be unpleasant or dangerous, it's not unpleasant or dangerous enough that others can't/aren't willing to do that job for the current going w... | [
"1. Not everyone CAN be vaccinated 2. Vaccinations don't work 100% of the time 3. Some children are in school yet too young for certain vaccinations. 4. Putting unvaccinated children together is just asking for a major outbreak 5. Said outbreak could result in a mutation that renders our current vaccines worthless.... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When the continents were joined together (Pangaea), did that mean that there was an entire hemisphere of ocean? | [
"Yes. This is given the name Panthalassa, or the Panthalassic Ocean. There would have been several different tectonic plates underneath this ocean, and subduction would have been occurring at the boundaries of some of them, creating island arc chains like this around the northern edges of the Pacific now. Seeing a... | [
"Because the plates move and that's where the most land is currently located. The land hasn't always been where it is now. Continents have moved from one hemisphere to the other."
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Why have computers proccessors not really advanced in clock speed in the last 5 or so years? | [
"Because faster processors would generate too much heat. So instead processor makers started to work to make the processor be able to multitask better (multiple cores) and be able to perform common instructions more efficiently."
] | [
"Your topic and your description are two different things. Quantum computing is unlikely to make the computers used by consumers faster. It is a new kind of computation being explored with the hopes that it may lead to techniques that will allow us to easily solve problems that are traditionally very solve to hard ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How we know what the continents looked like millions of years ago. | [
"By studying plate tectonics (the movement of continental plates) using lava flows and GPS, they can determine which continents were once joined. This [image](_URL_0_) shows the direction of various shelves and plates. They can also study plants and animals and fossils spread across continents to see where they wer... | [
"Someone told them what the answer is supposed to be."
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Why is it considered a fashion faux pas to wear white after Labor Day? | [
"There are a lot of little anecdotes about this and how it applies to different social classes and whatever, but they all boil down to this: White is a summer color, and Labor Day is basically considered the end of summer. So because white is a comfy color to wear at resorts and boardwalks where it's hot, it's ver... | [
"It's just a social thing. There's not really logic behind it - there was a time when women wearing men's clothes was just as odd as a man wearing woman's is today."
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How come if I say, "A. B. A. B..." over and over again it sounds different than if I say, "B. A. B. A..." even if I slice the audio so the both start with A? | [
"*immediately starts blabbing* Aybee Aybee Aybee Aybee Aybee Aybee Aybee Aybee, Beeyay Beeyay Beeyay Beeyay"
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"Oh god I was first French horn in college but I'm terrible at explaining things. Here I go! Ok so I'm sure you've seen a piano. All the white keys are the \"natural\" notes. Example: A,B,C. All the black smaller keys are the variants of those notes. Example: The little black key to the left side of the \"B\" white... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the function/benefit of allergies? | [
"An allergic reaction is a body overreacting to what it thinks is a dangerous substance entering the body it basically goes into a feedback loop. This is good for countering invasive bacteria, but bad when it is something like peanuts. For more information - _URL_0_"
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"How do you define your hints of schizophrenia?"
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why haven't the large and heavy lead batteries in cars been replaced with newer lithium or nickel battery technology? | [
"They work, they're robust, they're cheap, and for the starting battery in a car, their inferiority to more modern batteries doesn't translate to a large difference in overall performance for the car. Electric cars haven't used them for years, because in the case of electric cars, the battery is much larger and max... | [
"I believe this was true in the past with cadmium/nickel based batteries. Not true with newer lithium based batteries"
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Why is it so much harder to snap with your index finger than with your middle finger? | [
"The snap comes from your finger hitting the palm of your hand. The middle finger has a better angle than the index or ring finger."
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"My theory is that you all are used to typing with the left hand while jacking off with the right."
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How exactly did the BP Deepwater Horizon blow up in 2010? | [
"_URL_0_ From the statements, a large methane bubble went up the drill column and broke a lot of stuff before exploding."
] | [
"Mainly, when they leak they cause massive damage to the environment, and while they don't leak often, it happens enough to make people worried. A pipeline in North Dakota just had a major leak this week for instance."
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When an animal looks into a mirror, does it actually know it's looking at itself? | [
"At least some of our cats recognize their reflection. The others may simply ignore their reflected images. We had a cat who who pose sideways in front of the glass oven door every morning and, look at himself."
] | [
"If you're talking about self-awareness, then around the age of two assuming you follow the mirror test as a valid test of self-awareness. Basically, you show the child a mirror. If they think it's another child, it's not self-aware. If it recognizes the image in the mirror as themself, they are self-aware."
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The difference between sorting comments by "Top", "Best" and "Popular". | [
"'Best' was written by Randall Munroe (of xkcd fame) and sorts things based on a prediction of what it thinks the rating will be with a much larger number of votes. This is why something with more points can be below something with less points. [This article](_URL_0_) explains it in greater detail. 'Top' is upvotes... | [
"Have you got the comments sorted by Top? Sounds like you may have it set to sort by \"Controversial\""
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Why are eggs sold almost exclusively by the dozen commercially? | [
"It has to do with math and divisibility. 12 is the only number that you can evenly divide by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. So you can easily make multiple batches without wasting any eggs by buying a dozen and scaling up the recipe. So if 3 eggs are required, you can make 4 batches. 6 eggs, 2 batches. And so on for most rec... | [
"Stores buy eggs by the pallet. They get them wholesale, and it is cheaper because all a truck has to do is pull up and drop them off. A pallet has 45,000 eggs on it. Can you use that many eggs before they go bad? Do you even have a place to store all those eggs? If not, you need to pay people to break down that pa... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do we capitalize "Happy New Year"? | [
"My guess is that happy is capitalized because it's the beginning of a sentence, and New Year is a proper noun (shorthand for New Year's Day)."
] | [
"Not relevant but. I feel better saying \"Merry christmas and a Happy new year\" as opposed to \"Happy christmas and a Happy new year\"."
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Why during medical trials both control and subject group are told they are receiving experimental drug instead both being told they receive placebo? | [
"Telling people you're feeding them sugar pills when in fact they're taking an experimental drug with possibly disastrous side effects is considered unethical, as it will make them more likely to shrug off bleeding from their ears and eyes as \"probably just allergies or something.\" Telling people you're feeding ... | [
"Double blind means neither the subject nor the administrator knows whom has the placebo. For example lets say I am testing Aspirin. I make 10 pills of Aspirin, and 10 sugar placebo pills. I give each pill a number, and i record which numbers are Aspirin and which are Placebo. I hide that sheet and give the pills t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can speakers both sound like a piano, a guitar, and human voice? | [
"Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: How do speakers virtually produce any sound? ](_URL_2_) 1. [ELI5: How do speakers work? My brain just can't comprehend how all the sounds and frequencies at one single point in a song (drums, vocals, guitar, etc) can be created by one single vi... | [
"Because when you speak, the vibrations go through your skull and up into your ears a different way then it would if it came from another sound source, like a speaker."
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Why is a persons ability to think rationally inhibited when they are horny? | [
"Because that's the primary function that all other activities of organic life lead up to: proliferation of genes. Everything living has the drive to reproduce on some level."
] | [
"An Eli5 was like this before, Essentially you have less control over your emotions the more sleep deprived you are."
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Why is it that music sounds better louder? | [
"That's just your personal taste, and by no means a universal thing. Only you can know why you know something, any answers we give are just educated guesses."
] | [
"Anyone else find that music also sounds better when sleepy?"
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An extremely good lawyer is defending a murderer and in consultation this guy admits to murdering the victim. The murderer ends up successfully getting defended by this lawyer. Is there now nothing the lawyer can do and he now has to live with the fact that he got this man off scot free? | [
"There's nothing more for the lawyer to do. He has successfully defended his client, which is his job. When you are a criminal defense attorney, your entire job is to represent your client to get them the best outcome possible. An acquittal is the best case scenario. Anyone who has a problem with helping guilty peo... | [
"In another thread on Reddit a couple of defense attorneys said that they did it not to prove a guy was innocent. Or to get the guy off the hook. But it was their job to make sure that their client got a good and fair trial. This helps clear the innocent. And prevents the guilty ones from being released because err... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the difference between colored diamonds and other precious, colored gemstones? | [
"Diamonds are made of tightly packed carbon atoms. Sapphires and rubies are made of a crystalline structure of aluminium oxide, with tiny amounts of other atoms mixed in to give it the right colour. Emeralds are made of beryllium aluminium silicate, with chromium or vanadium giving the colour green (other beryl cry... | [
"Diamonds that have a dark brown tint to them. They used to be considered pretty worthless for jewelry use until the diamond industry figured out a way to market them and make them sought after."
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Why do computer games tend to crash if you tab out during a loading screen? | [
"You'll find that more common in games that are played \"full screen\" and not in any form of window. Full screen games are sending instructions to the video card (yes, I know, it's abstracted, this is ELI5), and expecting to have the video card take care of business and report back. If you alt-tab out during a loa... | [
"Actual ELI5: Because the programs are busy doing things, and if you click shut down they get a chance to finish what they are doing. If you hold the power button down they get cut off in the middle, which can mess things up if they are doing something important."
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In setback for Indians, US H-1B bill calls for minimum pay to be doubled | [
"Note that H-1B workers usually work through contracting companies, who take a cut of their salary. Since the company has all the leverage, the cut is often quite large. She might not be making $130K, it is conceivable that is being paid for her services."
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"A lot of countries give the option of being a permanent resident (PR) to foreign nationals who have been long-time residents. The criteria for getting a PR may differ by a lot depending on the country. A lot of it has to do with supply-demand economics. I know for a fact that US, Canada, many EU countries as well ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does it matter if Russia takes Crimea? | [
"It would set a precedent. You can't just change the borders of your country just because you feel like it."
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"We didn't get kicked out. Russia isn't letting us use their rockets anymore. There's a big difference."
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German Expressionism | [
"German Expressionism is part of a larger movement, called Expressionism. It's a modernist art movement that started in Germany before World War I. Expressionism was a reaction or an evolution that came from Impressionism (Monet, Renior, etc.) Expressionism is about showing meanings or emotions rather than reality... | [
"The Art of War in the Western World - Archer Jones"
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Why archaeological findings are always under the ground? | [
"When the wind blows, it blows dust and dirt around. The dust settles on things, just like it does inside your house if you don't clean it once in a while. But outside it's much worse, and after a year, the dust and sand and dirt makes a thick layer on top of everything. After 50 or 100 or 1000 years, that layer of... | [
"There are no specific time that have to pass but it is more how it is done. Archaeology is very meticulously uncovering and recording all the finds and publishing them afterwards. It have become increasingly common to rebury any human remains after they have been studied. The intent of an archaeologist is to find ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do cats (and dogs) react so positively to our petting? | [
"So for cats, its a natural behavior, wild cats, who are friends, will brush up against each other. They do this to create a group scent, now they are not pack animals but they do live in groups, and thus they like to have a group scent. When you rub your cat you are exchanging scents, an activity which they see as... | [
"Why do we always want to pet animals' heads with our hands? It's just how we communicate affection. Well, dogs and horses don't have hands. If they want to do something -- pull a rope, carry a stick, things we'd use our hands for -- they use their mouths. So instead of stroking you, petting your head, etc, they li... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Responses to Emotion. | [
"It's all about social communication. These responses are ways to communicate our emotions, and possibly therefore the cause of these emotions, to the people around us. They likely existed long before language evolved. Just watch dogs communicate with each other: it's all about the social emotional responses."
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"This should help explain it Your Brain On Coffee: _URL_0_"
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Why are some of my car windows fogged in the morning but not others? | [
"Is your car parked outdoors? fog/condensation is usually caused by a temperature difference between the inside/outside glass, so if the sun is hitting the car at a certain angle this may explain why."
] | [
"Rear Defroster: It's a strip of metal that gets electric current ran through it which then heats up your window. Use it if you have ice or condensation on it Front Defroster: It cycles on your A/C compressor which dehumidifies the air. Use it if you have condensation on your windshield"
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What happens in a civilized country when an underage woman applies goes to a hospital to give birth? | [
"It varies by jurisdiction, with two kinds of competing laws. There are laws that require medical providers to report signs of abuse. Pregnancy in a 12-year-old is usually going to be considered abusive. But there are also medical privacy laws aimed to protect underaged women who might face reprisals for reproduct... | [
"Making it near impossible to prove rape or incest in the time it takes to grow a baby is their plan. This way, all pregnancies are carried to term. In most cases, there must be an accused rapist or the woman is denied."
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Could someone please explain derivatives to me? | [
"Well, first question: Why would you accept a job interview for a position you know nothing about, that sounds from a brief Google search to be a mid-level position? Sounds to me like you're about to be in a world of hurt. Unfortunately, this isn't the *mathematical* derivative, but the financial kind. So the best ... | [
"Can someone explain the question to me like I'm five?"
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Why can't we harness plasma like the weaponry in Halo? | [
"This is simplified, but think of plasma as super hot, glowing gas. Imagine you had a little cylinder of gas and shot it into the air at high speed. It would almost immediately slow down, disperse, and basically do very little damage. The hard part isn't making the plasma (well, okay, it is hard, but it's not the ... | [
"Its a top-secret airbase run by the Government. Among the things that were born/raised in A-51 were the SR-71 Blackbird and the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. Are there aliens there? We have no idea. Do they test new and awesome technologies that look like they came off a UFO? You bet your ass they do."
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Today in Britain, the sky went really orange for a few hours - why? | [
"I've found out what it was - orange-ish dust has been picked up by Hurricane Ophelia and spread across the atmosphere."
] | [
"Is the sky on fire? If not, there has not been a large comet impact on Earth recently. This one's really not hard to fact check."
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People in American movies often say "call my lawyer", does that mean that they already have a lawyer ? | [
"Most people in those movies are in a business, and yes they have a contract with a firm. Now remember this is Hollywood, so it is not a staple to real life. In truth keeping lawyers on retainer is quite costly and most people in America do not have one. And back to the movies it is just a lazy way for writers to e... | [
"Well you can, but they'd have to agree to represent you, and be qualified to represent you. You don't have to be qualified to represent you, but you're a unique case... mind you a judge can still decide that you *need* representation and assign you a public defender anyway. I mean, you *could* ask for Bon Jovi to... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can you not put tinfoil in the microwave? | [
"Microwaves does not get absorbed by tin foil and will only be reflected by it. So you end up with a lot of energy in the form of microwaves trapped without anything absorbing it. Although you should not do it a microwave can handle being turned on without anything in it as the microwaves will be slightly absorbed ... | [
"Here are two extra questions: 1.What would happen if you jammed the door catch and started microwaving with the door open? 2. When I microwave olives (delicious), they sometimes spark, does that mean the seeds have metal in them and should I not be doing this without parental supervision?"
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Why does copying and pasting large amounts of text lag computers when the actual transfer of files is so low? | [
"Displaying the file (on your text editor) is different from just simply copying the file directly. The resource intensive operation is drawing each letter, formatting etc."
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"Content is loaded into RAM before it's needed, because disc read speeds are very slow compared to the internal processing."
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If you can't get an erection in space, does anything abnormal after the first erection when you get back ( from like a 6 month journey or soemthing ) | [
"Can you not get an erection in space?!"
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"For periods in general: nothing unusual. Blood doesn't glob up and float around and get all gross 'n' stuff, just like blood doesn't gush down people's legs-we have sanitation products to take care of these things. For astronauts onboard the ISS (who are up there for months at a time) they usually go on some form... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is rail travel in the U.S. so terrible? Amtrak costs more, takes longer, and is less safe than air travel. Why? | [
"My time to shiiiine! Logistics major here: The reason rail is horrible is because they've been regulated into an oligopoly . So there's a few Class 1 Rail systems in existence that control the market and can effectively hold the prices hostage at a point. Their bigger draw in funds is shipping, but they're gettin... | [
"You take a car for short trips. You can easily hop in your car and drive to your destination at a relatively slow speed. You take a plane for long trips. While a plane may be fast, you still have to go through TSA, check your luggage, etc. Trains are often used for medium length trips (usually city to city) becaus... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Since over 50% of Americans support recreational marijuana legalization, what does it take for it to be federally legalized? | [
"1. Federal legislation removing marijuana from the restricted substances scheduling. Highly unlikely, would need to make it through a Congress that has trouble doing basic shit like paying government employees. 2. FDA rescheduling to a non- or less-controlled substance. Unlikely for political reasons. That's... pr... | [
"A) Marijuana is still illegal on the federal level. Long story short, if the President wants to, the DEA can legally arrest every single person involved in the legal marijuana business in Colorado or any other state. This means that many States are hesitant to take the steps to legalize when it could all be shut d... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are things like Facebook, Zynga, and FarmVille worth $1 billion and more? | [
"There are lots of ways people come up with those valuations. Here are a few: Facebook: Premium/targeted ads cost between $1.50-$8 for every thousand views. They display 8 ads on a page. They get 20 million page hits a day. As someone who's advertised, Facebook has the absolute best demographic-matching out there ... | [
"On an actuarial basis, companies are typically valued at 1.5-5x revenue. A billion dollar company likely makes a quarter to a half billion in revenues. Keep in mind, even small startups need $1-10million to get off the ground these days, and it's not uncommon for a connected entrepreneur to dump $50-100 million of... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why isn't pirating enforced and what effect does the pirate bay take down accomplish? | [
"Pirating isn't enforced because it's.... Well its illegal.... And the takedown of thepiratebay was an anti-pirate/piracy action. So there"
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"The music industry is still scared of the Internet because of napster. Most youtube videos of songs aren't technically legal but since music piracy isn't youtube's primary purpose they can sort of fly under the radar most of the time. But if you started a site specifically just for songs, it would be under a lot m... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do PC games get discounted more often and more quickly than console games do? How come it takes longer for console games to drop in price? | [
"Consoles are restricted hardware. The console manufacturers control what runs on a console, and therefore charge a licensing fee to the game developers to allow their software to run on the hardware. This is typically in the form of a fee per copy of the game made (this is the reason that new console games are mor... | [
"Because most of the games that are on sale have already sold most of the copies they will ever sell, i.e. they are nearing the end of their profitable life span. By putting it on sale they make some quick money and also improve the image of their company, possibly making new fans that will buy future games."
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Why is that words like modernize, minimize, maximize, etc, Americans spell with a z and Europeans spell with an s, but words like advertise or exercise we still spell with an s? | [
"[The theoretical reason is that -ize and -ise endings are about cleaning up words of Greek origin. Words that aren't Greek weren't changed.](_URL_1_) So exercise, from the Latin exercitium, meaning to train, keeps the -ise while realize, from Greek via the French realiser gets an -ize ending. Unfortunately people ... | [
"You use an if the next letter starts with a vowel sound and a if it doesn't. An apple, a pear, an elephant, a donkey, etc. The only thing you have to look out for is words like unicycle or honor. They are a unicycle and an honor, because you look at the first sound of the word, not the first letter. Also, some peo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do some people talk to themselves? Is it a psychological issue? | [
"We all have an internal dialogue, some people just verbalize theirs. Sometimes hearing the words actually spoken helps to examine them differently. Sometimes vocalizing that internal dialogue is just natural because we are used to communicating through speech."
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"I do it because I have an anxiety disorder linked to talking on the phone. Maybe you do too."
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Why is every vehicle with 4 or more wheels made with seat belts for all possible passengers except for school busses? | [
"It's not just school buses, but buses in general (at least here anyway). It tends to be that a bus is a big enough vehicle that no matter what it hits you most likely won't be thrown forward hard enough to cause damage. In particular school buses which are unlikely to ever be driving above 30mph. At least, that u... | [
"People aren't used to them and are more likely to vomit. They also prefer to see where they're going rather than where they've been. So far, consumer preference has won out over safety in this area. Babies don't buy cars so they get rear-facing seats. I understand that much military transport is the same, particul... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does food not have much a smell when cold or frozen but does when heated? | [
"Temperature is really a measure of the average energy of the molecules in the object. At low temperatures, few is them have enough energy to fly off and make it to your nose. As you heat it up, more and more will get there and the smell will become stronger."
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"Certain flavors are enhanced or dulled by temperature. Cold makes it hard to taste sweet. This is why melted ice cream or warm soda taste too sweet. Heat makes bitter less noticeable. This is why cold coffee tastes bad. And why cold vegetables can taste bad. Also changes in temperatures can cause fats to solidify.... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does the screen look like this when seen through 3D glasses? | [
"It's due to the polarizing filters in the screen interacting with the polarizing filters that make up the 3d glasses' lenses. Polarization is a property of light involving the way the wave oscillates. Being able to block light of certain polarization is useful in many situations, as it lets you control what \"part... | [
"If you take two pairs of polarized glasses and rotate one pair 90 degrees they will appear blacked out. This is the polarized filter you are seeing. Polarized lenses need to be very carefully orientated at the 180 degree axis or they won't work right. Source: I'm an optician"
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why do different cable companies have different channel numbers when all it does is confuse those who switch providers. | [
"You say that like it is a bad thing, like companies should try to make it easier to switch to their competition. Also, not all companies have the same mix of channels to offer. So what should they do, have weird gaps in numbering? 1,16,36,78? How do you think they should coordinate which channels match which numbe... | [
"It depends on the type of TV you have. If its regular cable then the cable company just broadcasts all the shows to you all the time so its no concern of theirs how much you watch. If it's any sort of IPTV like digital cable or a service like U Verse or X Finity or a lot of digital cable offered then the bandwidth... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do telemarketers wait about 3 seconds after you pick up your phone to start talking? | [
"Simple. They are not doing the dialing. A computer is doing the dialing and only patches the telemarketer through to your call if someone answers the phone (you). This way, a person isn't wasting their time all day long with waiting for people to answer the phone when most phone numbers go unanswered."
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"Ever call a shop that you're not sure if they're open, to find out what their hours are, and the phone rings like 10 times and you hang up because you figure after that many rings no one is there to pick up? That's \"timing out\"."
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My skin is dry. Why dosn't putting my hand in water simply re-hydrate my skin? | [
"Because your skin is made to keep things out, if it absorbed everything it came into contact with we would all likely be dead."
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"Creams are oils in a water base. First, rubbing them in makes them a thin layer, thin enough and its an almost see-though greasy smeat (put a little bit on glass and see). When applied to skin. oils dissolve into the natural oils of your skin while the water evaporates away."
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Why do instruments sound different when they make the same note? | [
"The sound wave produced by each instrument has a different shape. Look at the left hand side of [this image](_URL_0_). You'll see that each wave has the same frequency - but a very different shape. This is what creates the differences."
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"Women usually have shorter thinner vocal chords. This causes the pitch to be higher. Think of the difference between a piccolo and a full-size flute. While similar in layout and design. The piccolo being smaller creates a higher pitch when playing the same written music."
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Is mixing wet paint a chemical change? | [
"No, that isn't a chemical change. Paint is made up of tiny flecks of pigments suspended in some carrier like water or oil. You can't get the original colors back because you can't separate billions of tiny objects, not because they have bonded on a molecular or atomic level."
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"Yes. Think about continuing to add sugar to the water until all the water has been absorbed by the sugar. At this point, there is no available water to cause the cotton candy to dissolve. Of course, at this point your sugar water solution is no longer a liquid."
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Why didn't POE (power-over-ethernet) replace the electric sockets | [
"The wire in cat6 cords is too small to carry the necessary wattage (amperage) due to the size of the wire. Lots of wattage requires way thicker wire."
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"Ethernet *used to be* coaxial in the days of 10base2. It was a pain: you had to use at least BNC tee pieces for every machine and make sure the ends of the run were properly terminated. Token ring was worse, if you broke the ring it just stopped working. 10/100/1000baseT use multiple twisted pairs which gets them... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it so easy for me to tell what's computer animated even with all the advances in technology? | [
"You might be surprised at how much little stuff is digital these days. You only spot the obvious or semi-obvious stuff. Search YouTube for behind the scenes green screen shots and you may be amazed at how much even modest budget and boring shows like a procedural use CGI for things like locations."
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"People's tastes have changed. The demographic which these movies are aimed at have likely never seen an actual drawn animated movie like the Lion King. Plus, it is a lot quicker, and likely cheaper in the long run, to do everything with computers now."
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Why are mixed race people considered black? | [
"It's cultural. Those same people would be viewed as white or simply as mixed in other cultural contexts."
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"White people are the true coloured people of the world,"
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How do USB/HDMI/DisplayPort keep getting faster? | [
"Improvements in various things. For example in HDMI the speed increase is associated with a higher clock rate. Much like faster processors increased in Mhz, and into Ghz. HDMI Max Clock frequency to Data throughput - HDMI 1.0 - 1.2: 165mhz = 4.95Gbps - HDMI 1.3 - 1.4: 300mhz = 10.2Gbps - HDMI 2.0: 600mhz = 18Gb... | [
"Those exact ports have been wired for one-way use because that's what the market is most willing to pay for. But you *certainly can* have a port on a laptop that lets other devices share their display. This can be done in software over a network, or with software support over a USB port. Here's one example. _URL_0... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do I feel dehydrated when I pull an all nighter even though I keep drinking water? | [
"Wow these are all just terribly incorrect answers, I'm not entirely certain why but I know these are definitely wrong. Only suggestion I can offer up is that all nighters are usually stressful and this can be a natural diarrhetic to the body."
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"It probably means you are thirsty/dehydrated. Drink a full glass of water and wait 10 minutes"
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Why do most Anime Characters exhibit "western" physical traits rather than Japanese? especially when many of them take place in Japan and the characters are "japanese". | [
"What you are seeing in Anime is how the Japanese persons view themselves, what they think they look like. What you are thinking of is how the west views the Japanese, what the west thinks the Japanese people look like. The difference is quite instructive. The main thing it teaches you is how similar people of diff... | [
"Do you have more examples? I've been watching anime for like 15 years and while I agree they show up, I don't think they necessarily show up more in anime than they do (by allegory or otherwise) in plenty of American or western media. Jojo's makes sense, it's a globe-hopping, multigenerational story that takes pla... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do diseases "pop up" in places? | [
"Okay imagine world, where every other creature has some sort of dissease. A plant, rodent, mammal, insects, .... Each imune to the dissease itself, but prone infecting others. But imune system combined with our hygienic tendencies, drugs, doctors, ... eliminates 99.9% of all attempts at infection, or negative effe... | [
"Simply put, they came from the same way the flu or any other virus originated. At various points in history, viruses mutated such that they could be transmitted sexually."
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If we can make imitation champagne from grapes grown outside France, why don't drug lords grow coca trees and poppies outside South America and Afghanistan/Burma/etc? | [
"Law enforcement is probably the biggest problem. Sure, you *could* grow a massive amount of poppies in the US for opium production, but the DEA would probably be on your doorstep in short order."
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"Because it is cheaper to cultivate, grow and harvest and ship cucumbers from Mexico to Canada than it is to do the same in a greenhouse in Canada."
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Why do we have music preferences? | [
"Music preferences could depend on one's mental or emotional state at the moment of listening: classical and calm music when relaxed, country when feeling happy... the list goes on and on. We somehow link between an emotional state and a type of music, and listening to that type of music helps us live further our e... | [
"Why do people in Western countries use forks?"
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Why and how do dead pixels spread across a screen? | [
"If anyone can explain also how a vertical line of dead pixels in my monitor came back to life, I would appreciate that as well."
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"What the other posts say used to be true, but most of these landmarks and buildings have modern LED lights that have Red, Green, and Blue elements. As a result they can be easily programmed to be almost any color in less than a minute from the control software."
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If everything is made out of elements found in the Periodic Table of Elements, does that make humans living thing made out of tiny dead things? | [
"The atoms in your body are not really *dead* things, just trillions of tiny things that are not, by themselves, alive. A body is what those things make together. Life is what those things *do* together. On a related note, since there are **so** many living things on Earth, and life has been around on Earth for a f... | [
"Just to add to the explaination already here, saying somethings \"made of atoms\" is a broader concept than I think you understand. An atom isn't a single unit like a brick or something. There are a lot of different kinds of atoms. Suggesting that because something is made of atoms therefore shouldn't they be the ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does the time of sleep (not hours of sleep) affect us? | [
"Your body produces a sleep hormone called melatonin when it is dark. This makes you sleep better and has other beneficial health effects. Sleeping in the daylight, or with lights on, or even just staring at a screen before bedtime can disrupt this melatonin production and lead to inefficient or incomplete sleep an... | [
"Sleep cycles. You may be waking up during the more vital and deep parts of sleep, rather than the perfect time in your cycle to be refreshed when you rise. At least that's what I know from the minimum Psychology classes required thus far."
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Why do most microwaves turntables rotate in the opposite direction every time you stop and start? | [
"It's about cheap parts. If the oven manufacturer spent another half-dollar per unit on a better motor, it would go the same way every time. But that's a half dollar in profits they aren't making, so they use the cheap motor that needs a running start to get the turntable moving. It alternates so that is can use up... | [
"The glass in the microwave might have small strands built in for a second layer Faraday cage. It is hard to say if it is still safe to use. It is better to be on the safe side. If you are worried you might try with a wet towel placed on the outside of the door and around the edges. It it gets hot in some areas the... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The "Iron Peak" in nuclear reactions | [
"The force holding protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei is called the [nuclear force](_URL_0_), and is a a part of the strong force, but has a very limited range, so for large nuclei begins to weaken. On the other hand, you have the electrostatic forces trying to push the protons apart, since they all hav... | [
"TYL the highest mountains in florida are landfills."
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What's the origin behind space armies in pop culture using Navy ranks and terms? | [
"Because they fly ships. If you break down what say, the unsc does, if I didn't mention the word space you would assume I was describing a navy. They manage the logistics of massive invasions and take part in large ship to ship battles supported by aircraft. The only thing that makes it not seem like a navy is the ... | [
"It has a few different meanings in different contexts. What setting are we talking about?"
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What makes an ETF safer than an individual stock, if they are bought and sold the same way? | [
"An ETF is a basket of stocks, so it's value is derived from the underlying portfolio. Since there's less risk by holding a broader portfolio, that less risk applies to the overall value of the ETF. Conversely, in your hypothetical the influence of any one stock would have only a small effect on the ETF that holds ... | [
"Stock trading is just the buying and selling of a share in a company. ELI5 the simplest way to trade stocks is to open an account with an online broker like E*Trade (I am not endorsing them...just an example). It will require you to put money into your account with them and then, with that money, you can buy stock... | eli5_question_answer | {
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why do job offers mention the profile of the ideal candidate and not just the minimum skill required by the work? | [
"Because they do not want to hire, or entertain the minimum. They do not want to even process their applications. What they want is the ideal candidate and only the ideal candidate. That is for all intents and purposes their minimal requirements."
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"More money is always the answer, but that's not the question. Why this particular job instead of the thousands of other jobs on the job listing site? Why did you apply for this job, what about this job or company interests you? Why are you qualified enough to get this job. etc"
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When a band splits up, how is it decided who gets to keep using the band name? | [
"This is largely dependent on the band and how the name was originated and who owns it/ filed the paperwork. There is no one basic solution to this unfortunately."
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"Often the named musicians start off as solo artists and achieve some recognition and success in their solo careers. When they add more musicians later on, they keep the name in some form to keep that recognition to make it easier to sell records, tickets, etc. Sometimes, as in the case of Van Halen or Bon Jovi, on... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does the vending machine not take my dollar until it feels like it? | [
"Well, the machine checks the dollar for being genuine. Being it a machine and not a human there are multiple kinds of tests. Magnetic, optical and some others I do not know about. Based on an algorithm and looking at the defects, it determined that the dollar is genuine or not. The point of the test is 100% rejec... | [
"They give it out to the next person that needs to take out $100 (I don't know where the pound sign is). If more people are putting money in than taking money out, they eventually move it around to other banks."
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Are the Federalist Papers considered in constitutional law court cases? | [
"They have, sorta. Even Scalia, who was not Mr warm and fuzzy, said 2nd doesn't guarantee ANY weapon. _URL_0_"
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"The 9th and 10th amendments are invoked quite a bit. The 3rd amendment is actually invoked the least as only a handful of supreme court cases deal with that issue. Your question is also vague as to what you mean by invoked. Do you mean use by the media, citations by courts, or general knowledge?"
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When a country's capital is assigned an 'Elevation above sea level', how do they measure that. Part 1... Don't know what the stats are but some are bloody miles from the sea. Part 2... There's hills in that place so is it an average? | [
"1) In the old days (but still after the time almost all capitals were founded) surveyors did this kind of work routinely. Much of it was done with theodolites which are like sniper scopes attached to devices to accurately measure angles. They will work from one line-of-sight to the next and use trigonometry. In so... | [
"Go somewhere that is 100m above sea level. Dig 200m straight down. Congratulations, you are now 100m below sea level! That's how places that are below sea level work, except that most of them are valleys that formed naturally."
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What is the difference in a child's brain where they enjoy simpler forms of entertainment? | [
"Children have limited experience because they've only existed for a few years. As they get older and get exposed to more complex ideas and themes. They desire more complex presentations."
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"I would love to add an addendum to your question as they're similar in oddity concerning children. Do children get some form of talk or counselling after playing violent, racist or vulgar scenes?"
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The difference with 'Late Night show' and 'Tonight show' and more shows? | [
"Apart from being simply names: 1:Time, the earlier the most prestigious, for the viewers, and possible guests. 2: Location. That directly will reflect on what guests are available, and now with Fallon doing the Tonight Show in New York, will directly compete with Letterman. If Myers moves to California, he will ha... | [
"That's moreso of an American thing. I like watching the Grahm Norton Show (from the UK) and his guests are always on the right."
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If I could have received a remote control helicopter for Christmas 15 years ago, why are drones just now becoming so popular and such a nuisance for regulators? | [
"Because we're not talking about toys any more. We're talking about semi-autonomous machines that *can* fly high enough to interfere with actual aircraft. There have been numerous reports by pilots spotting drones near their planes, for example. There has also been a surge in popularity and a *sharp* decrease in p... | [
"Right now I'd say that it's a toy, but as it improves, it'll become more useful for the average person. There was a point in time when cars, air travel, computers, and flush toilets were toys for rich people, now everyone uses them."
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The Columbia "Mattress Girl" | [
"A girl had sex with some guy, then later regretted it, because she had been drunk (as had he). Because she can't accept personal responsibility for her actions, she decided to claim he raped her. Even though the University investigated her claims and realized she was lying, and despite witnesses supporting the guy... | [
"Check out Robert E. May's *Manifest Destiny's Underworld*."
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How does Anonymous identify and take down these Daesh related Twitter accounts? Why did Twitter not do it? | [
"The issue is that it's very easy to create a twitter account, and very difficult to track a specific one down. If twitter has to spend an hour finding each 'offensive' account, and they can make a new one in 30 seconds, it's not very effective. Much better to leave the accounts there, and monitor their activity :P... | [
"They gathered proof that the accounts in question were violating Twitter's Terms of Service and reported them to Twitter. Twitter then suspended the accounts. Does that answer your question?"
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What is the main reason that makes terrorist groups such as ISIS to have many sympathizers and people ready to join the organization coming from outside of Middle East? | [
"(1) Boredom. Don't underestimate it -- when people feel like they can think of literally nothing worth doing, they tend towards more extreme forms of stimulation-seeking as a way of alleviating a generalized sense of purposelessness and pervasive lack of interest in life. (2) Loneliness. ISIS promises camaraderie ... | [
"There is no clear definition but it usually means Muslims that want to enforce strict rules they believe in onto other muslims and/or non-muslims in a political and/or violent manner, in their own country and/or abroad. It is important to note that there are many Muslims around the world, with many different schoo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the big deal about the UK leaving or staying part of the EU? | [
"One thing is for certain, we can leave the EU, close the shipping ports, the airports and blow up the Channel Tunnel but there still won't be enough employment for everyone."
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"What about the people who live in N Ireland and LIKE being part of the UK?"
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Why do old ladies cut their hair short? | [
"Most women's hair tends to thin out as they get older. (Just like lots of men lose theirs.) The thinning is actually more noticeable with long hair so they tend to cut it shorter. Hair is also more fragile the older you get and can break more easily so they tend to cut it to minimize the damage. Lots of older wome... | [
"Why do you have so many lips and chins?"
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Why does the arm get hairy while/after wearing an arm cast? | [
"While your arm is in a cast it's pretty isolated from the world. There's no friction from brushing up against things like your sleeves to cause hairs to break off. There's also no sunlight lightening your hairs. So that combination gives you thicker and darker hair. It goes back to normal pretty quick after taking... | [
"Why do the glands in my neck burn like high hell when I'm holding back tears?"
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Why do certain languages and accents have deeper and softer voices? | [
"We don't really know. Could be sheer dumb luck. New York accents and Minnesota accents are both pretty forward and loud, but the ambient sound that a New Yorker's voice competes with is far louder than the Minnesotan's. There doesn't seem to be an environmental or cultural factor, except in the case of class-based... | [
"- People with pleasant voices or voice training are more likely to become the kind of people who would record podcasts (presenters, radio hosts, celebrities). - Voices are put though filters to increase clarity of the voice, and may be touched up to make listeners feel like.. well, listening."
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During Nazi occupations, why didn't Jewish citizens just denounce Judaism to blend in with the rest of the population? | [
"You couldn't really denounce Judaism, as you are Jewish by Birth, meaning when your mother was a Jew so were you. The Nazis went to all extremes so you had to prove (with birth certificates and copies from other registries such as the Catholic church's) that you were in fact not Jewish by blood. Whether or not you... | [
"Hitler targeted many groups. Slavs, gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled were all systematically exterminated by the Nazis. Jews just made up a majority of those killed; six million Jews to five million non-Jews. The reason Jews were targeted was likely because they were a relatively large and visible minority a... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it that when we have a cold or stuffy nose, it always seems as though one sinus or nostril is more plugged than the other? | [
"Our nasal breathing cycle actually switches between each nostril, which is why if you're not sick right now you can still feel air going through one and not the other if you put your finger under your nose. When your nose is clogged this cycle only gets stronger, so absolutely no air flows through one of the nostr... | [
"First, the majority of allergy sufferers, have the main issue of sinus inflammation. A majority of the time, a stuffy nose is just that, an inflamed sinus. That's when you feel stuffed up, blow our nose, but nothing comes out. However, sometime there is an overproduction of mucus. However, if you were to remove th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does skin turn blue/purple when you get hurt | [
"Bruising. Your tissue is filled with blood from broken vessels. If you look at someone with pale skin, they should have some blush, reddish hue in certain places, or even blue streaks where their larger blood vessels are. Bruising causes that blood to leak into the surrounding tissue, which shows through your skin... | [
"If you mean immediately after for just a second, it's because when you press down to scratch, you temporarily cut off blood flow to that area so it turns white for just a second until the capillaries fill back up again. Otherwise, if you're talking about the actual surface of the skin, it's because you loosen up d... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is self selection bias? what does it lead to and why? | [
"It's survey day at school and there's 20 different surveys I can take. I see a survey called \"Do you use the internet to find new music?\". I freaking love using the internet to find music so I go out of my way to take that survey and pad the results with resounding yes answers. This would have a dramatically dif... | [
"Sample size is generally a pretty good place to start You can also take a look at the methodology, are control groups used, is there obvious bias in selection of 'test subjects' or other testing methods (ask yourself if the study is out to find information or confirm something the people running the study already ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What happens in brain while someone is thinking or talking in his own mind? | [
"Brain scans will light up an area dependent upon what you're thinking, similarly to how speaking would look. For example, certain people in a coma can still register your words, so a study was conducted of a person in a coma. The patient was asked to imagine a tennis ball. A specific area of the brain would light ... | [
"Are you sure you are actually conscious of being in a dream rather than merely dreaming that you are conscious within a dream?"
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How 2D movies are converted to 3D | [
"My TV has a 2D- > 3D conversion mode. It works *fairly* well. Since this isn't being done by artists in a studio, but automagically by software, how does it do that?"
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"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... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does boiling water cause things like pasta to expand and soften? | [
"Pretty sure pasta that you buy at a store is dehydrated. When you add water it rehydrates the pasta, causing it to expand and just the fact that the water is hot causes it to soften through the cooking process. source: spaghetti is like the only thing I know how to cook."
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"Salt doesn't make water boil faster, it increases the boiling temperature, making it take MORE time to boil. It also does the opposite to ice, decreasing the freezing point, making it colder. Add salt to water to cook food faster, not to get it to a boil faster."
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Why is Western Europe so socially liberal? | [
"During the 17th and 18th centuries a social idea bloc became mainstream, the ideas of 'Enlightenment' which led to more widespread approval of science, reason, logic and unbiased observation and handling. Because these ideas have been well-maintained and lend themselves to a successful society, the notions of the ... | [
"Left-wing answer: Not enough socialism Right-wing answer: Too much socialism"
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Why butane (C4H10) "boils" in room condition but not inside a lighter? | [
"It is pressurized in the lighter. Most gasses when compressed will turn into liquid. Simmilar to compressed air. When you shake it, it feels like there is liquid in it but pulling the trigger shoots out air. Lighters are the same thing. If you've ever thrown a lighter on the ground that pop isn't from the plastic ... | [
"Inside the cylinder, it *is* a fluid, because it's highly compressed. You don't say what kind of gas it is, but it's probably propane or a mixture of propane and butane (LPG). Some of it vaporises in to gas as you open the valve and release the pressure."
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Why are certain ethnicities able to process the lactose in human milk, but not the lactose in cow/other animals milk? | [
"ALL human infants can process the lactose in human milk, and in other milks as well. What happens is that humans naturally stop being able to process lactose as they age (generally around age 5). It just so happens that a few ethnic groups developed a mutation that allowed them to process lactose at any age and th... | [
"They are not the same thing at all. A dairy allergy is when you immune system attacks compounds in milk, thinking they are dangerous. Lactose intolerance is where you lack the ability to digest some of the sugar molecules found in milk."
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