query stringlengths 19 300 | pos list | neg list | task stringclasses 1
value | instruction dict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The difference between a turbo charged and super charged engine | [
"They both increase horsepower by forcing additional air in to the combustion chamber the difference is a turbocharger is powered by the car's exhaust and a supercharger is driven by the engine belt."
] | [
"They cost like half a million dollars and are made of strong, light metals that allow for more pressure to be created within the block, more PSI translates to a higher output. Plus, they don't have to meet US emission standards, which are absurd, so there aren't pieces 'cleaning' the exhaust and making them quiete... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the post:",
"neg": "Represent the post:"
} |
What is math and why is it a universal principal. (ive got discalculus and dont understand) | [
"If you actually have dyscalculia (and aren't self diagnosing because math is hard sometimes)? Numbers and equations are symbols like letters and words, but instead of sounds and language objects, they symbolize quantities and concepts of combining those quantities to communicate ideas. In other words, the numbers ... | [
"this proof is like 150 pages, heavily galois theory, and took 450 years to be proven. I just dont think there's an explain like im 5 for this. ignore me if someone comes along and does though"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
Could someone explain to me the meaning of Laplace transforms LI5? | [
"\"Daddy, what's a Laplace transform?\" \"Play with your truck, son.\""
] | [
"The other formulas are mostly special cases of integrals, which add in the 1/2 coefficient."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why do some songs use alternating 3/4 and 5/4 time instead of 4/4? | [
"The emphasis is on different notes in the different times. \\ > is supposed to be an emphasised time and . a normal one. 3/4 - 5/4: > .. > .. > . 4/4 - 4/4 > . > . > . > ."
] | [
"They describe how many beats are in a measure. 4/4 and 3/4 are the most common. Each 4 is a quarter note, so one beat. 4/4 would be counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. 3/4 would be counted 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. There are others, like 2/4, or 6/8, which may help in organizing a piece, but to an untrained ear almost everyth... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title about Music:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document about Music:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why don't plants keep greenhouse gass levels from rising? | [
"There is most likely a rate limiting step. Meaning that photosynthesis can only convert so much CO2 to O2 at a time. Things like enough sunlight, water, and a place to store the excess glucose it creates are all things that can slow the process down"
] | [
"Cattle being bred for meat eat and fart and poop. That's a lot of fart and poop. The gases get released into the atmosphere and add to the greenhouse gases."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why there are more men in the prison population than women | [
"I know the OP is probably American, but I only know the England and Wales figures well enough. Here, 95% of people in prison are men and 5% women. So part of it is \"men commit more crime\": last year, there were 351,150 court proceedings involving females and 1,139,135 involving males. (The discrepancy between ma... | [
"If you think treatment of animals is bad in China, you have to seriously look at the treatment of people in The Republic Of China."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the sentence:",
"neg": "Represent the sentence:"
} |
The difference between the DOTA shop and paid mods | [
"I assume you are talking about the Steam Skyrim Mod Debacle of 2015? The DOTA2 store is curated by Valve, each set of items is only allowed into the shop once approved by the Valve. The Skyrim mods were the wild west. People were uploading mods with copyrighted music without having the rights, people were talking ... | [
"Because it is the 3rd party. The first two being the user and the developer and the third being the external product."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the sentence:",
"neg": "Represent the sentence:"
} |
Why are college sports so popular in the US, but not so much in other countries, in regards to their own colleges/universities? | [
"I don't know about other sports, but the youth system for soccer works differently that the youth system with sports in the US. In the US, a football player will play in high school, go on to play in college, then get drafted by the NFL. With soccer in Europe, the team signs the player when they are still a kid. F... | [
"There are kids leagues, amateur leagues, and semi-pro leagues for American football, but by far the most rabid fanbase and 99% of the attention is for high school, college, and pro teams."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit answer:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit answer:"
} |
How does a Christian rationalize condemning an Old Testament sin such as homosexuality, but ignore other Old Testament sins like not wearing wool and linens? | [
"Paul. In the Gospels Jesus is fairly clear that the old law has been abolished (see Mathew 15:11 as the standard proof text for this)- that is that those Old Testament sins are no longer sins. But, the Gospels are not the end of the New Testament. In the Epistles the Bible condemns homosexuality (and other Old Tes... | [
"1.) I've heard people interpret that commandment as \"thou shalt not murder\", where murder mean an unjust killing. Justified killings are A-OK. 2.) The Bible is packed to the brim with examples of God killing people or demanding that his followers kill people, so it's not like it takes a cohesive stance against k... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:"
} |
How to change how I drive to get better fuel efficiency | [
"Speed up slowly. Don't use the air conditioner unless it's necessary. Keep windows closed. Keep a large lead in front of your car to the car in front of you (a large buffer) Drive so that you don't have to use your brakes. Drive so that you drive slowly and steadily rather than start and stop. Clean and/or replace... | [
"Because it already takes too much time to teach you how to pass the tests that determine the schools funding."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit post:"
} |
Why does images sometimes load from top to bottom and sometimes from blurry to sharp? | [
"The difference is that one image is progressive, the other is interlaced. JPEG images are capable of doing either - it depends on how it was created. Imagine you're reading a story. Let's imagine it's a thousand words long. Progressive is when you read the story one word at a time from beginning to end. Interlaced... | [
"The cursor is only the tip of the little cursor icon. Your cursor is a single pixel with an arrow icon hanging off it down and to the right. If you take your clicking pixel to the top left of the screen, the arrow icon is still visible. If you take your clicking pixel to the bottom right, the icon cannot be displa... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post about Technology:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit post about Technology:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit post:"
} |
Why when people get a traumatic injury the people helping them tell them to "Stay awake" or "Don't fall asleep" | [
"Because a sleeping person cannot report if they anything has changed, and you can't tell if they became unconscious due to their injuries. Being asleep doesn't make things worse, it makes it harder to treat the injury since the injured person can't describe their symptoms if they're asleep."
] | [
"\"I'm OK\" means \"I don't need you to come help me up. I don't need medical attention.\" Even if the area of the fall really hurts, the worst you'll end up with is a bruise. So you're OK. If you *really* hurt yourself, like you broke a bone, you wouldn't say \"I'm OK\", you'd be screaming \"Help! I broke my leg!\... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text about Biology:"
} |
Why is insider trading harmful/bad? | [
"It's a crime, because it allows people to beat the market in an unfair way. Insiders know what's going to happen in the market before it happens. Because this information is non-public, it is seen as putting the average investor (aka you or me), at a disadvantage, since the average person generally doesn't have ac... | [
"Insider trading specifically refers to trading based on non-public information As long as all the relevant information about your company is publicly known, there is no reason to brand trading in stock from your own company as inside trading."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text:"
} |
Why does water turn white when splashed around? | [
"Tiny air bubbles in the water make it appear white - it isn't anything to do with hydrogen bonding so much as more debris (in the form of air) in the water."
] | [
"1: where is the visual representation? 2: Are you talking about when the water pours backwards out of the glass and dribbles down it?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post about Science:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document about Science:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why isn't Wikipedia full of crap? | [
"Most people who write articles have a genuine interest in the subject. Also, although the world is full of tossers, idiots and vandals, there are more people out there who want to do good things than people who want to do bad things. Hard to believe sometimes, but it's true. That means that when a page does get va... | [
"It would help if instead of something like: The Five-Year-Old's Guide to the Galaxy, A collection of the greatest explanations from this subreddit. Comment to suggest additions. read **The search bar is your friend. ↑↑↑ LOOK, IT'S RIGHT UP THERE! ↑↑↑** **Things you don't have to ask, they've already been answered... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit argument:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit argument:"
} |
What happens to the citizens if the country goes bankrupt? | [
"Citizens of a country generally don't have a good time if their government starts defaulting on its debt. It will mean sharply lower public spending, for one, which isn't good if you depend at all on public services. It's also overwhelmingly likely to create huge ripple effects in the overall economy, very likely ... | [
"If we stop paying the fee, the terrorists win."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
If Reddit is a huge diverse community full of different opinions, why do we always see the same interests and opinions upvoted so much? | [
"Reddit serves many purposes for internet users. It is a recipe book, a porn site, a mass blog, a news outlet, a social thread, and many more. But foremost, it is used by a younger generation that generally have similar attitudes to society. While people from all backgrounds use the website, it is dominated by a gr... | [
"Once you become more familiar with Reddit you'll understand. Reddit has what is called a \"hive mind\", which means a large portion of people on this site have the exact same opinions and are very vocal about them. For example, say anything negative about weed and you'll find yourself getting downvoted to hell alm... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the post:",
"neg": "Represent the post:"
} |
How can a person have 8 pack abs when theres only 6 rectus abdominis? | [
"Actually you just have 1 rectus abdominus muscle, which is split in the middle longitudinally by linea alba (white line). And there are tendinous insertions horizontally that gives the impression that you have 6 different muscles. There are normally 3 of these insertions, hence 6 bulges, but some have 4 of them ma... | [
"It's more fat loss than anything else. Everyone has abs, they're just usually under a layer of fat. The two most effective exercises for visible abs are fork put-downs and plate push-aways."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
When bananas rot/go bad, why do they just get a really strong banana scent instead of smelling bad? | [
"Bannanas don't go bad untill their skin is blue moulded that's when they will smell bad. Society is convinced green or just yellowed Bannanas are fresh. Bannas are optimal when 50% blackend."
] | [
"Food going bad is mostly the work of bacteria and fungus. They settle in and multiply rapidly. On bacteria makes 2 makes 4, 8, 16, 32 and so on. As bacteria and fungus (mold is fungus) grow they eat the fruit for energy and the fruit shrinks, shrivels, and get mushy as it's slowly eaten. The reason we put things i... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why are Michael Jackson's kids white? | [
"They are not his biological children. He arranged to have a donor provide the sperm which impregnated his \"wife\"."
] | [
"So, your five, huh? Are your parents around little guy?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
If two countries goes to war, what will happen to the country's citizens that happens to be in the other country? | [
"In most cases, during the buildup to war the various countries embassies would encourage their citizens to get the hell out of hostile nations."
] | [
"To a country? Usually they aren't in a monetary sense. Companies that make the parts that go boom make most of the money, along with military contractors. If you are talking about gaining something in return for the effort, it depends on who the war is against and where."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why do people not like Final Fantasy X2? | [
"Because it was so different to FFX, and that there was absolutely no point in it. FFX was a complete story, and there was absolutely no reason to carry it on. It was a cash grab, and people knew it."
] | [
"The FF series are almost all standalone titles. They have no larger continuity between the various entries. There are some exceptions, such as FFX and X-2. Also XIII, XIII-2 and Lightning Returns. FF Tactics, FFXII and Vagrant Story are also part of the same universe."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why did so many once-popular berries suddenly disappear from modern (US) consumption. Boysenberry, gooseberry, mulberry, etc. | [
"These berries are still available. But these days most Americans get their food from huge corporations that transport food hundreds or thousands of miles before selling it. They don't like to sell tender, delicate fruits, because they get squished in transportation, and don't last long on the shelf if not bought q... | [
"There are actual fruits called blue raspberries, but they really look more purple or black (not to be confused with blackberries which are related but different). The bright blue color mostly came about to avoid having another red-colored flavor, since that color was already associated with cherry, strawberry, and... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question about Biology:",
"pos": "Represent the argument about Biology:",
"neg": "Represent the argument:"
} |
Why isn't there any German counterpart of reddit, 9gag etc. despite Germany having one of the most computer-literate population in the world? | [
"I was under the assumption that reddit was international. If that is the case why is a counterpart needed?"
] | [
"A very vague question that has lots of answers but in short: * Industrial success * Almost constant innovation in multiple sectors and industries * Military success, monetary and financial domination (especially in setting up the US Dollar as pretty much the de facto international currency in global transactions)... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit comment:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit comment:"
} |
How come if I say to myself before I go to sleep "Wake up at 6am", I wake a few minutes before 6am the next morning? | [
"what the...you must be some kind of wizard or something"
] | [
"Habit. I've woken up at around 6AM for the past 6 years. Except for the weekends when I stay up late, I generally go to sleep around the same time during the week and usually wake around 5:55AM. I still set an alarm though in case I happen to not wake up by myself."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the sentence:",
"neg": "Represent the sentence:"
} |
how do blu-ray rip torrents of movies get online long before they are released on disc? | [
"I used to pirate shit all the time. When it came to movies, r5 at the time was always your best bet. Not sure if this is still the case. R5 is basically a region where the dvd would be released in say Russia months before release in say the US. People would rip the movie and dub the English audio over it. This aud... | [
"Those are usually very early releases. They're sourced from korean hotels that have a deal with the studios to show the movies early on their pay per view. The people who get them record the movie while it plays, with some kind of dvr or appropriate hardware and software on their computer. Its hardcoded as you sa... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why do so many politicians abuse their power ? | [
"You are assuming they are good in the first place. To reach that level of political success you have to have some moral flexibility. The more you delve into ends justifying means you become more of a sociopath/narcissist to the point where you do no think the consequences apply to you anymore. At least that is wha... | [
"The problem is not that lobbyists attempt to control powerful politicians, the problem is that politicians are so powerful in the first place."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
How are venom antidotes made and how do they work? | [
"The original way I believe was that A small, tolerable amount of the venom who be injected into let's say a horse. This would be done over and over in safe tolerable amounts until the animal developed antibodies to the venom. The would then extract these from the animals blood and store then for use in a person wh... | [
"Animals are getting a preventative vaccine, to build antibodies in their immune systems to help it fight rabies better. Humans are getting a rabies treatment, when there isn't time for them to build up antibodies before they are exposed. Sure, both are shots, but they have little else in common with each other."
... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit answer:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit answer:"
} |
Why is silver considered healthy and even holy? | [
"Silver has natural antibacterial properties which gives it some medical uses. I wouldn't recommend trying to eat any though. As for silver being holy im not sure. Do you take this from needing silver to kill a werewolf?"
] | [
"What source says that alcohol is bad for your teeth?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
On a piano or a keyboard, why aren't there black notes between every two white notes? Why does B-C and E-F notes not have a black key between them? | [
"Keyboards are based on major scale - that's the notes that you might know as \"doh-ray-me-fah-so-lah-tee-doh\". The thing is, the gap between those notes aren't equal. The gap between the third and fourth note, and between the seventh and eighth note, is only half as big as the other gaps. The keyboard is based on... | [
"Yes. These are called enharmonics. It's the same pitch written in two different ways. Why? Because of key signatures. It's convenient for everybody to have a key signature that relies on a particular number of flats or a particular number of sharps, but mixing the two is dreadfully confusing. It's easier to write,... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why, when installing a game, loading a level, etc does the progress bar not move smoothly? | [
"One rule is that you can't predict how long an arbitrary program will take to perform a task (or if it will ever end at all) without first executing it. You can only guess, and it is not as simple as counting bytes. To estimate correctly you would need to know some very specifics things about the inner working of ... | [
"The sound card in your computer has a buffer that contains the sounds to be played(lets say 1 second worth of music). In a normal situation the game will refresh the buffer every second with the next second worth of music. Now if your game crashes the buffer does not get cleared and thus your sound card keeps play... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit comment:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit comment:"
} |
Why there's almost no researches trying to create new devices which could allow us to explore the bottom of the ocean? | [
"Your statement that no one is trying is false. I think most of the limitation keeping us off the sea floor currently is technological, or more specifically materials science limitations. We don't have anything to make a submersible out of that can both withstand the pressures experienced at the bottom of the ocean... | [
"Space is easier. It is easier to see further, it is easier to move in (you only have to deal with 1 atmospheric pressure) and the goals are clearly defined (get to object X, determine the structure of object Y). It is strange that we know the surface of the moon better than the bottom of the ocean, on the other ha... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit post about Science:"
} |
Why don't we have World's Fairs anymore? | [
"We still do the next one is in Italy. Best start planning your trip _URL_0_ This is more words because my first post got autimodded"
] | [
"What do you want to know about them exactly?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why, on the news, is there a large delay for live feeds across oceans but we can play Xbox live with people around the world with seemingly instantaneous response? | [
"Live TV broadcasts use geostationary satellites which orbit 22 thousand miles up. So a satellite feed has to go 22,000 miles from the broadcast truck to the satellite (actually it will be more as the satellite will not be directly overhead), then 22,000 miles back to the broadcast center. If the broadcast is from ... | [
"Very little data needs to be transferred. Eg, all that needs to be sent is \"Fred has killed Jim\". The game software already contains all the information it needs in order to show that, ie all of the scenery images and explosion effects. So long as your internet connection is fast enough, online gaming is pretty ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text:"
} |
Whenever I read (or sometimes even just glance at) a book or look at my phone while being inside a car, I fall ill too carsickness. Why? | [
"It is the same principle behind any motion-sickness like sea-sickness. It is a disparity between what you see and what your motion-sensors in your ear feel. Your body tells you that you are moving, it feels the vibration, the little bumps and swings of the car. Meanwhile, your eyes are focused on something static ... | [
"Because it helps to take your mind off of the embarrassing thought. I do that a lot when I'm hung over."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why do sounds become "robotic" when passing through a fan | [
"I used to do that as a kid! To understand what happening there it's essential to understand that sound travels through a given medium in waves. What's happening there is your voice is you are causing vibrations (your voice) to travel in a wave through a given medium (in this case, the air). Since the fan disrupts... | [
"I'll try an ELI5. Sound goes into the mic, sound gets amplified, sound comes out of the loudspeaker, the mic pics up that sound again from the speaker, and amplifies it again-in a loop. There is a slight delay in the electronics, and then a longer delay (speed of sound) in the time the sound goes from the speaker ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit post:"
} |
How does the extra air in potato chip bags actually preserve the chips? | [
"The \"extra air\" is all nitrogen. It lacks the things in our atmosphere that cause staleness."
] | [
"They use foil for the inside because it is the cheapest packaging material that is not too permeable to small molecules. If it was permeable and had little holes in it like paper or some plastics, the candy bar would dry out in storage and not taste good anymore."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the answer:",
"neg": "Represent the answer:"
} |
why does adderall make me sleepy instead of hyper? | [
"There is really now way to answer this question without knowing a lot more about you and your dose... First you could try switching brands. Secondly it could be because you actually do have add and are taking a low dose that clears your mind and calms you down."
] | [
"dehydration after sleeping too long. stretch your limbs when you get up and drink some water and eat something you'll be back in shape faster."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the sentence:",
"neg": "Represent the sentence about Sleep and its effects on the body:"
} |
How do olympic athletes like Ryan Lochte fit 10,000 calories into their stomachs? | [
"They eat a lot of high calorie foods, and they eat a lot of meals. High tier swimmers might eat 4 or 5 big meals a day, plus snacks in between. They burn calories like crazy too."
] | [
"Because they don't eat like that all the time. They binge, and eat a lot all at once, but then eat less afterwards and it balances out. It's not particularly healthy, but as long as your average calories consumed is at the right level, you won't gain weight in the long term. Let's say the average person needs to e... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the document about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
What makes blue ink more memorable than black ink? | [
"Our minds ignore what we deem to be expected and predictable information. It's the same reason why you can often drive an entire commute and not remember the drive when you get home: your brain immediately forgets the routine stuff that you see every day. Blue ink is different than black (which you see 99% of the ... | [
"Colors are associated with certain moods. It must be noted, however, that this is a cultural thing; some cultures may have colors that represent different moods than for me or you. How exactly do they affect your mood, though? Do you get angry when you see red?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the answer:",
"neg": "Represent the answer:"
} |
How do people learn their native language? | [
"Mimicry and watching a lot. Parents talk, and babies listen even when we don't think they're paying attention. Sounds that get a response are reinforced, so they make them more often. Eventually parents start pointing to stuff and making sounds, so the babies pick those up along with the object association. Abstra... | [
"Why aren’t Americans trying to speak the Native American language?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why do humans enjoy watching other humans have sex? | [
"Don't quote me on this but I remember in psy classs that our neurons fire when we look at or imagine something. Similar to when a guy sees another guy get kicked in the balls. They can \"feel\" his pain because the mind simulates it. I am thinking a similar thing happens in our mind when we watch sex. Our brain fi... | [
"Controlled danger is a lot of fun for humans. It's similar to the psychology behind why we find things funny."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit passage:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit passage:"
} |
Exempt vs Non-Exempt | [
"ELI5 is not a dictionary, but I'll see if I can help you out (assuming you're talking about what I think you're talking about). If you are talking about classifications of employees, a non-exempt employee is entitled to overtime pay (since they are not exempt from the overtime pay laws) while an exempt employee is... | [
"Apply to the IRS for 501(c)(3) status -- nonprofit organization."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
How did Germany take France so easily? | [
"Strange Defeat by Marc Bloch is an excellent read on the subject. It is the first-person account of the beginning of hostilities between Germany and France. The difference is that the person writing (Bloch) is a very talented historian and WWI veteran who joined back up for WWII. You get all of his skills as a his... | [
"Was any Asian country capable of helping the United States during the revolutionary war?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the argument:",
"neg": "Represent the argument:"
} |
Emergency calls only? | [
"There is reception but just not to your network. There are other networks though and they allow emergency calls to go through their network from non customers."
] | [
"The fee pays to provide the service for free calls without paid service. Edit: More of an explanation."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit answer:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit answer about Telecommunications:"
} |
why do pigeons and some other birds bob their head as they walk about? | [
"Accord [to this website](_URL_0_) it's also to stabilise vision. Pigeons and some birds don't track movement like we do so moving their head quickly from place to another helps them build snapshots of the world around them. Maybe a bit like a ballerina twirling - if they spun their head around at the same speed as... | [
"Because they dont have a language. They communicate, not by language but by noises or movements. We already know why wolves howl, because they want to rally their pack or warn outsiders. Birds sing to attract a possible mate. Dogs wave their tails to show excitement/happiness."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
why when laying down we can breathe to raise our chests or our bellies? | [
"With a bit of practice you can breathe either mainly from your chest or from your stomach area (specifically your diaphragm). You probably breathe more with your diaphragm when laying down because that is the method your body uses for deeper, more relaxed breaths (musicians are even trained to breathe that way exa... | [
"Your diapgram helps move you lungs so you can inhale and exhale. Its a muscle and when it spazzes or twitches just like any other muscle you feel it. Thats why holding breath or slowly drinking water helps because it forces you to regulate your breathing and thus your diaphragm"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text about Science:"
} |
How does the title of a classical music work? why are they so long? | [
"They're really long because they use a lot of descriptors so you can easily identify it. There's an opus number, the actual title, a subtitle or a nickname (like \"Eroica\" or \"Pastoral\"), and then a lot of descriptors, usually for the tempo. This is especially the case with movements of a symphony or concerto."... | [
"Both K and KV mean the same thing: Köchel-Verzeichnis. It is a catalogue for Mozart’s entire works. A lot of composers have their own catalogues (created by someone other than them), and I believe in Mozart’s case they are chronological, AKA K 453 was written around the time of K 454. Useful for when referencing a... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:"
} |
What's going on when a huge chain of comments on a popular thread have all been deleted? | [
"The mods probably \"nuked\" it. They have functions that will let them easily remove entire chains of comments. Some comments that are fine probably get removed in the process, but it's just easier to do a mass delete of ones that are mostly bad rather than cherry picking."
] | [
"In the past? Have you seen the amount of NSFW marked posts simply because a girl is in it?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
- Why is there no cure for herpes? | [
"Viruses are difficult to treat in general, and Herpes is particularly problematic. Viruses function by entering your cells, hijacking them, and turning them into factories that pump out more viruses. Because viruses use your own cellular processes to reproduce, drugs that target a viruses reproductive life-cycle i... | [
"What source says that alcohol is bad for your teeth?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text:"
} |
How do speed cameras work? How do they determine your speed? | [
"They bounce either radar or a laser off of your car. The camera then checks the wavelength of the reflection of that radar/laser. Due to the Doppler effect (the same effect that makes a siren that is coming towards you sound higher pitched than one that is driving away), the faster you are going, the lower the wav... | [
"I BELIEVE: Usually, there are sensors in the road under the pavement that sense the weight of the vehicle, and then that info goes to the stop light. At least that's how it is where I'm from."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the answer:",
"neg": "Represent the answer about Technology:"
} |
Why do dinosaurs have feathers when they were so huge and didn’t fly? What were they adapted to be used for? | [
"Feathers are basically a modified scale. They serve many functions including communication (standing on end, movement, color), insulation from both heat and cold, and flight. The use most dinosaurs would have had would have likely been the non-flight benefits, but some dinosaurs did fly (or at least glide) and lik... | [
"Not everything in evolution makes something better. What made the T Rex the great killing machine that it was had nothing to do with arm length. It was size, it was teeth, it a great sense of smell and great eyesight. The T Rex was also a scavenger. The Tyrannosaurus Rex would find dead animals and only had to be... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title about biology:",
"pos": "Represent the text about biology:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
When the San Bernadino shooting happened the news said it made the stock market "worry" and caused a small loss. How does a shooting spook a stock market? | [
"We are never sure about cause and effect with the stock market. Often the talking heads on TV feel they must link the stock market averages to specific events. In reality the stock market goes up and down. Supposedly it is due to rational decisions made by a multitude of investors. But it certainly does not seem t... | [
"Check out the graph in this cnn article: The Chinese market is actually still up for the year, and just went through a huge bubble (much like the NASDAQ tech bubble of the late 90s). Everything effects everything of course, but so long as this is just a correction, it shouldn't have any real bearing on the global... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why do people keep stealing iOS and Android devices when they usually have some sort of passcode to use them? | [
"Most phones can be factory reset to restore the phone to initial factory condition without a passcode. The reset process also deletes any user data, so the passcode is still useful as it prevents access to any personal information including emails, phone numbers, photos, possibly financial documents and stored pas... | [
"The sticker itself doesn't protect it from being stolen. It's like a warning sign \"security camera in use,\" it just warns a potential thief security measures may have been built into the computer. Some computers have software that inform the owner as to it's location, like many phones and tablets have an option ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
The Westboro Baptist church. | [
"They are a hate group. If you want proof, google \"thank God for dead soldiers\" and the famous \"God hates fags\""
] | [
"Well except for Canada, right? Toronto Blue Jays."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Why monitors, screens and video trasmisions are red/green/blue if green isnt a base color, shouldn´t it be yellow ? | [
"There are two types of colour mixing: additive and subtractive. To tell which kind you're using, add two colours together and see whether the result is darker or lighter. With paint you tend to get a darker colour, this is subtractive. With light you get a lighter colour. This is additive. The primary colours for ... | [
"You can't create as many colors with yellow, blue and red as you can with red, green and blue. RGB is an easy method to produce nearly every color. If you want to use yellow instead of green, you'd have to use blue and magenta as the other two primary colors. Historically though, yellow has been used in paintings ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post about Computer Science:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit paragraph about Computer Science:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:"
} |
Why was George Zimmerman acquitted?I know about the stand your ground law, but why was it determined to be self defense? (kind of late, I know) | [
"In the US justice system, you are innocent until proven guilty. Zimmerman put forth the defense that he was attacked, feared for his life, and used the gun to defend himself. There was not enough evidence to contradict this claim, so he was acquitted."
] | [
"I wish I had a straight answer, but it really depends on what state he lives in. If the state has strong gun laws he is more likely to be exonerated on the charges brought up. If he is in a state with strict gun laws it will likely end in murder charges. There haven't been a lot of cases that I know of, but there ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit argument:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit argument:"
} |
Why do cars need an antenna/aerial for the radio? Can't the metal bodywork of the car be used to receive radio signal? | [
"The shape of the vehicle isn't a very well optimized antenna. The signal collected in one part might cancel out the signal from an adjacent part. Plus there is no symmetry, the signal would get weaker when you turn. Any since a metal whip costs almost nothing, it's a lot more cost effective."
] | [
"A piece of wire can be used as a radio antenna, as a conductive material can pick up the electromagnetic radiation that makes up radio waves. Your car radio, for example, has an antenna that picks up electromagnetic waves, and the tuner in the radio isolates which frequency to isolate. From there, the received sig... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why do bass frequencies seem louder when you are behind the speaker? | [
"it's because the other frequencies are a lot more prominent to the front of the speaker. it's not that the bass is harder around the back, everything else is just quieter, so it seems to have more boom to it."
] | [
"Ex audio technician here. Good answer Razakel. OP - Getting rid of feedback can be a lot harder than you think, especially in small rooms. On a big stage you can avoid it by putting the microphone behind all the speakers. In smaller areas, this isn't always practical. Instead, you need to equalize - reduce the am... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the answer:",
"neg": "Represent the answer:"
} |
what do rich people get in return for donating money to someone's presidential run? | [
"Ultimately, they get money back. By supporting a candidate, they hope the candidate, if elected, will help pass laws favorable to the giver. The laws they hope for will help the givers' business interests make more money, make money easier, or pay fewer taxes. *there is no other reason for business interests (cor... | [
"why do celebrities make/advertise go fund me accounts? why do businesses that make millions or billions of dollars still demand tax cuts or publicly funded sports stadiums? Why do women still expect men to pay for dates? Never pay ypurself if you can get other people to pay. Thats how you become rich in the first... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document about Social Issues:"
} |
What is the benefit of washing clothes on a non-cold cycle? | [
"I think the general consensus is that things that get dirtier like undershirts, underwear, and towels get cleaner with hot water. But, colors can fade faster on heat so cold is recommended. If you get brand new white t's, they'll stay whiter if washed with other whites on heat. If you wash them with everything tog... | [
"Pre-wash: clothes are washed a little bit before they enter the main program (use this in case they are full of stains). You need detergent in two of the boxes. Knit and delicate: it doesn't spin as fast, and water is not too warm. I don't know the others. But my gut tells me: listen to your mother."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the sentence:",
"neg": "Represent the sentence:"
} |
Capitalism, communism and socialism. | [
"[Can you explain the difference between a socialist, a communist and a democratic socialist (LI5)?](_URL_1_)"
] | [
"The Russians and Americans attitude to economics due to their different histories are fundamental to their approaches to the world in general and their attitude to each other at the start of the cold war in particular. For more information on this - _URL_0_"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
why will some things not load on my phone when using wifi, but immediately load on my cellular network? | [
"All Internet traffic is moved through \"routers.\" These little boxes control the flow of traffic between your device, your host (i.e. ISP, Cable, cell provider, etc.) and the Internet. When you send a request for a web page, your host uses a variety of tools to route that request. It's entirely possible that the ... | [
"You can turn off \"data roaming\" in the settings, that will stop your alotted 2GB of data being used. It could have a different name, but its where the settings are to turn off wifi You can turn off wifi too, to save battery. > And how does the phone connect to the internet without WiFi? it just uses the data r... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question about Technology:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph about Technology:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
How come we can eat and enjoy cheese but spoiled milk makes us sick? | [
"Cheese is inoculated with the specific strain or species of bacteria and molds. It's aged in a controlled temperature and humidity. The exterior is coated in salt or wax to prevent random bacteria, yeasts and molds from establishing colonies. Spoiled milk is a grab bag of random bacterias that establish a colony i... | [
"Because when they are dead and left uncooked, they become poisonous and make humans sick"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
How did cats develop a taste for fish? It would seem like a very odd natural prey for them especially considering they don't like water. | [
"Cats don't have a very sophisticated sense of taste. What they like is determined almost purely by smell. That's why anything that is oily and has a strong protein smell attracts cats (that's one of the reason they like ear wax. It apparently smells better than it tastes)"
] | [
"Cat's didn't evolve in an environment with salsa in it. How would they evolve an aversion to something that didn't even exist until very recently?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why do we only breathe through one nostril at a time when we have two, and how do they switch active roles without me realising - is there a primal function of this feature I haven't openly questioned until now? | [
"Having them switch off gives the less active nostril time to recover. The constant air passing through can dry it out, so in the down time, it can regain lost moisture and replace dried out mucus."
] | [
"I have reading the front page and going to older posts for an hour now, and this question has followed me onto every page on the way down. I guess I'm destined to contribute? I would have to say it's because compared to our body doing something on auto-pilot, which requires virtually no effort on your part, you're... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title about Health:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document about Health:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document about Psychology:"
} |
How did the Ural mountains form? | [
"The mountains were formed by the collision of the European and Asian continental plate, [like this](_URL_0_), about 300 million years ago. That plate boundary isn't really active anymore."
] | [
"What's to explain? Why we have it? How it works?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Can a healthy woman with no income get Obamacare? How does one get it? | [
"Obamacare isn't a thing you can get, it's a nickname for a huge law. But if you don't have any income you should already be eligible for medicaid, if not that you can probably get your health insurance paid for or partially paid for through the healthcare exchanges. The system is designed so that the poorest of pe... | [
"Because if you don't have health insurance, and you get sick, other people have to pay to treat it. If you're too poor for health insurance, you should qualify for Medicaid. If for some reason Medicaid rejects you, you can use that rejection to get exempted from the fine."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why is eating before bed so bad for you? | [
"It isn't. Or it is. Depends who you ask, and they may chance their answer from one month to the next. Any real, concrete research on this is really hard to find; at least any that doesn't look like it might be incorrect based on other decent-looking research that concludes the opposite. Some nutritional guideline... | [
"You can't fall asleep at night because you nap in the afternoon. Stop napping, as hard as it may be."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the answer:",
"neg": "Represent the answer about Sleep and boredom:"
} |
Blood Pressure. If you cut someone's neck who has high blood pressure does their blood spray further than someone with low blood pressure? I just don't know what it means. | [
"It's a bit of a gruesome example, but - yeah, at least for a few seconds. Blood pressure is just the pressure applied by the blood to the walls of the blood vessels."
] | [
"I think it's because there isn't as much blood in ur hands because the warmth is needed in more important organs, so there is less protection around nerves?? I'd like to know if I'm wrong though"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document about Science:"
} |
If two objects depart each other in opposite directions going a little over half the speed of light each, would they be visible to each other? | [
"It will be redshifted, but only because the object is moving away from the source, not because of the source moving away. This is because the photon of light that departs form an object does not care about the velocity of the object it came from, but it will still be blue or redshifted by the velocity of the objec... | [
"Because relativity is weird. If we did exactly as you proposed, we would measure no difference in any if the beams. If we launched the detectors at thousands of miles an hour off in a direction and measured again, we *still* wouldn't detect a difference. This is because light always moves at a constant speed when ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document about Physics:"
} |
Why do we cook different meats to different temperatures? For example, why is it 145F for steak but 165F for chicken? | [
"The diseases common to beef are more vulnerable to temperature than the diseases common to chicken; nothing dangerous in beef can survive above 145F, while salmonella (a common chicken-borne illness) can survive up to 160F."
] | [
"All meat has bacteria on it. Want to know why you can't order a hamburger medium rare? It's ground beef. All of the surface bacteria gets ground too, meaning it's inside and out. Thats why burgers are cooked more thoroughly than, say, a steak. A steak only has surface bacteria, so you only have to sear the outsid... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit comment:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit comment:"
} |
How do horses and cows sleep standing up without their legs getting tired? | [
"First, cattle usually lie while sleeping. Horses can do this too. Secondly, this is a part of their anatomy (it's called [stay apparatus](_URL_0_)). I'd provide an analogy: when you sleep you are not completely relaxed, you can't pee or poo because there's a hormone that prevents you from doing this and makes sphi... | [
"Horses and other large four-legged animals have issues with laying down for long periods of time. Sure, you will see them laying down here and there, but they can't sustain it for long periods. They end up with blood flow issues to large parts of their bodies. It also puts pressure on their internal organs. A brok... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit answer:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit answer:"
} |
Why do artificial flavors (grape, blueberry, etc) taste nothing like the actual fruit? | [
"Taste of strawberry for example is a a complex combination of chemicals. Slight imbalance of proportions will screw it up. It's not easy to replicate, especially the distinct aroma."
] | [
"I think it is just texture and flavor. Not many people like to eat anything in pure powder form. That said, pixie sticks are basically just sugar with flavoring, so the texture might not be that big of a problem. Still, most people like sugar in different forms. If you take pure sugar, mix it with water, and boil ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the sentence:",
"neg": "Represent the sentence:"
} |
Why beers don't have twist tops | [
"Popular question here. _URL_2_ _URL_3_ _URL_4_ _URL_5_ _URL_1_ _URL_0_"
] | [
"It's there to create an airtight seal, so the carbonation doesn't leak out. If it was just the plastic screw-on top, it wouldn't be airtight, and your soda would be flat long before it was delivered to the store you bought it from."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why are more attractive and taller people viewed as more credible, trustworthy, and powerful? | [
"You may subconsciously associate them with your parents which are figures of authority. Also our brains could be wired (partially genetically and partially as a result of social conditioning) to subordinate to physically big and attractive individual. We have spent at least several 10 of millions of years as more ... | [
"Blondes in society are generally considered to be more attractive as their hair color makes them more desirable. The stereotype is built on the idea that women can get ahead because of their looks and don't need to rely on their intelligence as much. Therefore blondes are \"dumb\" by comparison."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the comment:",
"neg": "Represent the comment:"
} |
How is coffee decaffeinated? | [
"They are steamed to open up their pores then they are rinsed with a chemical called methylene chloride to remove the caffeine."
] | [
"Reason # 1 : Food spoils more quickly in hot climates. Spices are preservatives. Reason #2 : Not many edible and spicy plants in colder climates."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
why isn't there a more popular reusable lighter option? | [
"huh? like a zippo? or...like every refillable lighter?"
] | [
"Follow up question: Is there a name or category name for non censored japanese porn?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
what caused the economic recession? what exactly are credit default swaps, derivatives, hedges, etc.? | [
"If you have a spare afternoon or two I'd check out these two Khan Academy playlists on the [Credit Crisis](_URL_2_) and the [Paulson Bailout](_URL_0_), and if you want to learn more about how banks work check out this [Banking and Money](_URL_1_) playlist as well; there's a few others on finance and credit as well... | [
"In a market economy, prices are set by supply and demand, without an gov't influence. No country has a pure market economy, as there are always some form of gov't subsidies or price controls. Market economies can go wrong, resulting in price bubbles and collapses. The financial crisis of the late 2000s is a good e... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:"
} |
Why doesn't Dubai have taxes? | [
"Because they don't need it. The government makes enough money off of selling the country's oil to do everything that they want to do."
] | [
"If we stop paying the fee, the terrorists win."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit title:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text:"
} |
Brine mining Lithium | [
"Basically they pump in salty water which is called brine and the material (lithium in your case) would disolve in it and then get pumped out. They then extract if from the fluid by evaporating it or adding chemicals that would cause it to precipitate (become solid) Now they have the lithium or whatever in a solid ... | [
"Bitch grade or non bitch grade, Poseidon decides."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why shouldn't I be worried about the mounting US debt? | [
"blueskies15 means well, but is wrong. He is talking about soveign debt, the debt nations carry, like it is a regular family credit card. This is far from the truth. The video below explains debt really well in a cool way, just remember its a complicated issue, it isn't as simple as \"all debt bad\". [Watch this!](... | [
"I think a better question for this topic might be what is national debt and how does it translate into a monetary amount."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
How can a USB transfer power and transfer data? How does it know which one to do? | [
"USB has four pins, one of which transfers power and another which is ground. If something doesn't accept power then it can just not connect anything to that pin internally. The data connection pins can also communicate that more power should be supplied to charge faster or supply more power-hungry devices, over th... | [
"Devices communicate at different frequencies. These are when voltage goes either high or low. Each high-low cycle is called a pulse. The frequency of the pulses determine how much data you can send per second. The higher the frequency, the more pulses you get, the more data you can send. But the higher the frequen... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit post:"
} |
What is a class in programming and what is it used for? | [
"A class is a bunch of related functions (or methods) and properties. The way they explained it to me was this: Let's say you wanna describe a car. It has certain properties like size, colour, max. speed,... These would be your properties. A car can also do certain things, like drive, brake,... these are your funct... | [
"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?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Why is the term "midget" considered offensive, while the term "dwarf" (which reminds me of non-human species from fantasy) is not? | [
"Because there isn't a disease called midgetism. There is a disease or disorder called dwarfism. Its a medically used term."
] | [
"Because black was used less as a derogatory, and more as a descriptor, maybe? For the record, in social activism circles, the politically correct term to use is \"people of color\", or POC. Not \"colored people\", but you put the person first with \"person of\". Yellow and red as descriptors have also been used in... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage about Social Issues:"
} |
What characteristics does a film need to win an oscar for best picture? | [
"Most of the academy's voters must like it."
] | [
"The problem with this question is that it's very subjective. Everyone has their own opinion on what is or isn't good. Good Acting - Did you believe the characters? Good writing - Did you enjoy the story and dialogue? Good Directing - Did you enjoy the film? The normal audience opinion doesn't matter any less than ... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit post:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text:"
} |
Why is it that (at least to me) when texting, ending sentences with periods feel or 'sound' more hostile than ending sentences without any punctuation? | [
"Somewhat subjective but I'll still give my insight. If you're communicating in a format where people (yourself, or just people in general) normally don't add punctuation, adding punctuation stands out and stands out as a conscious decision, as opposed to a necessary part of a sentence. Adding a period in a situati... | [
"Unfortunately, it is grammatically correct. *Myself* is a reflexive pronoun, but can be used as an intensive pronoun (adds emphasis to a sentence.) People hate it for the same reason they hate exclamation points. While technically okay, they're unnecessary and are only used to make your sentence seem more dramatic... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the comment:",
"neg": "Represent the comment:"
} |
How do websites like 10 minute mail generate infinite emails? | [
"An e-mail address is made up of two parts: the local-part (before the '@') and the domain (after the '@'). The domain determines which server will handle the e-mail - for example when you send an e-mail to barbzyy at _URL_0_, your e-mail provider connects to a server at _URL_0_ and tells is \"please deliver this e... | [
"They build fake accounts and have them vote/like. The account credentials (login and password) are added to a script that logs in and then votes using each account. You forgot to include reddit in your list."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
When a person asks me a question, why do I say "what" even though I heard them. | [
"It takes time for your brain to fully process and think about what was said (esp if you weren't fully paying attention) so your first reaction, while thinking, may be to say 'what'. Also it gives you time to think of a response aka stalling."
] | [
"People use that phrase to say that the population isn't concerned or upset enough about rape and sexual assault. For example, when people generally nod when someone says \"well she was asking to get touched like that when she was wearing clothes that looked that way\" that might be called an example of \"rape cult... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question about Speech and Language:",
"pos": "Represent the passage about Speech and Language:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
Why do we usually look better trying our clothes at the shop than at home? | [
"The store usually has nicer lighting that makes you look good so you want to buy everything you try on."
] | [
"Because Amazon is a thing. Also, most stores have their own websites as well. Why go to the mall to go do clothes shopping when you can just order it online?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
When computers crash why do you sometimes still hear the sound playing? This happens especially during in game crashes. | [
"The sound card in your computer has a buffer that contains the sounds to be played(lets say 1 second worth of music). In a normal situation the game will refresh the buffer every second with the next second worth of music. Now if your game crashes the buffer does not get cleared and thus your sound card keeps play... | [
"There are signals that tell your device to turn up the volume, but you don't hear those. As for the sound you are hearing it is simply to get your attention"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Why we don't use 2d programming languages? eg.- > < > or gol > < > | [
"Those languages are so called esoteric programming languages. That is they where never intended for practical use. For these languages in particular they are impractical because are pretty hard to write, even harder to read and nearly impossible to modify without introducing any bugs. And they don't really give yo... | [
"I think you might be looking for this: _URL_0_"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Why television shows only bleep the "hole" in asshole | [
"\"Ass\" can be considered \"[donkey](_URL_0_)\". \"Asshole\" leaves no room for interpretation."
] | [
"A profound abundance of fucking morons. Sorry, like you're five: lots of darn poopy headed morons."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Why it feels so much better when someone else scratches your itch. | [
"Usually, it is because if you itch yourself, you are aware of the exact spot of the itch and you scratch there only. Whilst this is good, it also is abrasive/irritating for the skin and becomes painful after a few strokes. When someone else scratches you, the strokes are all over the place. Not being so focused he... | [
"Have you never had someone scratch your back before??"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the question:",
"pos": "Represent the comment:",
"neg": "Represent the comment:"
} |
What does dying of old age mean?And why do some people live longer and how do you live longer? | [
"Dying of \"old age\" or \"natural causes\" means \"dying of some problem or disease that was probably inevitable and we don't think it's worth our time to find out exactly what happened\". Some people live longer than others because they are lucky and don't get diseases like cancer, arthritis, parkinsons, dementi... | [
"By being healthy you make a handful of problems less likely to occur, and you make a handful of other issues less likely to happen as early as they would happen otherwise. If you manage to be really healthy you will still eventually have something in your body shut down sooner or later. As you get older Neurologic... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit query:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit text:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit text:"
} |
how is a 1 dimensional object possible | [
"Imagine the analog: Ants are 2D beings in a 3D space. As far as ants are concerned, they can only move left, right, forward, and backward... they have no concept of up and down. Whether they climb a tree or dig underground, they're always on a 2D surface: the one they're crawling on. If you happen to fling one it ... | [
"Because a 3D sheet would require working in 4 dimesions which can neither do nor comprehend. When you have the 2D sheet the gravity is shown by moving in the third dimension. So on a 3D sheet gravity would be shown by moving in the fourth dimension. Also it would add nothing to the explanation to add the extra dim... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the query:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document about Physics:"
} |
Why is it that some meats like beef don't have to be fully cooked while other meats like chicken and pork aren't healthy unless cooked all the way through? | [
"Beef isn't universally safe to eat undercooked. Ground beef should always be cooked to at least 155F. Steaks can be cooked to at least 130F because the most common beef contaminate (e. coli bacteria) only contaminates the surface of the meat. If you cook a contaminated steak, all the exterior bacteria will be kill... | [
"All meat has bacteria on it. Want to know why you can't order a hamburger medium rare? It's ground beef. All of the surface bacteria gets ground too, meaning it's inside and out. Thats why burgers are cooked more thoroughly than, say, a steak. A steak only has surface bacteria, so you only have to sear the outsid... | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post about nutrition:",
"pos": "Represent the comment about nutrition:",
"neg": "Represent the comment:"
} |
How can Windows executables be moved from one PC to another, while Linux usually needs to recompile any program to run? | [
"They aren't completely portable. That's why most programs are bundled as installers rather than just the main executable. Rather than just placing the the binary on the system, the installer will also install any other binaries the program needs, including the specific version of libc that the program needs. Go op... | [
"In Windows they mostly just decompress the files and put them in the right place after checking there's enough space, then they tell Windows the software has been installed. If the program relies on other software it may also check you have it, and if you don't then install this other software as well."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the post:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage about Technology:"
} |
What is brain freeze and can it cause actual harm? | [
"you have a nerve in the roof of your mouth called the sphenopalatine ganglion. its job is to cause pain when you ingest too much cold stuff in order to keep your internal temperature from getting dangerously low. basically it keeps that milkshake from giving you hypothermia. you can cure it pretty quickly by warmi... | [
"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."
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit paragraph about Health and wellness:"
} |
why do we find it unacceptable to kill criminals of all nature in our country but it's perfectly fine to kill people during war? | [
"It's all based around how personal it is and dehumanization. Our own criminals are still our own people. We want them to either be rehabilitated or we want to see them suffer in prison. In war, we dehumanize the other side. They aren't people, they are baby killing Nazis, they are repressed communists, they are ev... | [
"Because countries have to agree to it just like war laws and the Geneva convention. Why would a country that stones people to death agree to a law that says not to do so?"
] | eli5_question_answer | {
"query": "Represent the Reddit question:",
"pos": "Represent the Reddit document:",
"neg": "Represent the Reddit document:"
} |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.