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If you cant vote or comment on an archived post then why the number of votes are different each time i refresh the page?
Ever since Reddit removed the ability to see the exact number of upvotes and downvotes on any given post/comment, they have slightly "spoofed" the numbers to make it less "exact." I know they have reasons for this that included upvote/downvote botting, but I don't remember the specifics.
When an object gets stuck in your eye and doesn't come out, where does it go?
It comes out. Just because you didn't see it come out doesn't mean it didn't. Or it is still in there. But it cannot go around behind your eye or anything so that is doubtful.
Why is the nomenclature for "permanganate" so different than the usual nomenclature for polyatomic anions?
If I recall my chemistry correctly the per- prefix signifies that it is as oxidised as it can be.
Why does Coca-cola still advertise?
If Coke stopped all advertising, nobody in England would have a fucking clue that Christmas is coming.
How can the Japanese still be allowed to hunt whales in the southern ocean.
They're doing it "for science", and selling the corpses afterwards. The claim is that the age of a whale can only be reliably determined by the stones in their ears, and getting to that data requires killing the whale.
when theres an oil spill why cant we just light it on fire and let the oil burn out?
Sometimes it is burned to control a spill, but burning crude oil releases a lot of toxins that aren't so good for humans like carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, etc.
Why can you hear an initial "poof" the instant a firework explodes, even before the boom comes a second later?
It's not instantaneous, it just happened a couple seconds earlier. There's a small explosion- the *whoompf*- that's the mortar launching the firework (if you're paying attention, you can see the shell, which usually glows faint orange, rising), and then, when the shell reaches the right height, there's the much larger *boom* of the main charge, which ignites the glowing pieces and throws them out in that familiar flower pattern.
LP's, EP's and whatever other P's are out there.
If you're talking about records, LP is Long Playing, or a full length album, EP means Extended Play, it contains more than 2 songs, but not as many as a full album.
When a mountain climber dies on Everest, why do they just leave them there and not pick up the body with a helicopter?
Helicopters can't get enough lift to fly at the upper altitudes of Everest. Even if they could, there are very few locations they could safely land and hauling a body to one of those locations is difficult To the point of imperiling the lives of those who would attempt it.
why acid doesn't burn the test tube but it will burn other things?
The pyrex glass used in test tubes is extremely non-reactive
Why does looking near a bright light help me sneeze?
It's a reflex that resulted from some nerves getting crossed during development.
What are the chemicals for synthetic drugs derived from?
Not a chemistry expert, but chemicals are derived from many sources. Lots are produced by bacteria and then purified or distilled, or they use other chemicals to separate it individually. Different molecules can break bonds or form bonds so they combine all of these on certain ways to form what they want. Valium is derived from a precursor 5-chloro-isatoic anhydride which is commercially available and has many other uses.
Why do "AIDS treatment breakthroughs" keep making it to the front page every week when all of them are nowhere near proven or relevant yet?
This isn't an HIV or Aids question, this is a why do people jump to conclusions so quickly question.
Why aren't lateral passes more common in the NFL?
They're risky. It is hard to gauge where another player is in the heat of the moment and if they are an inch ahead of you that is an illegal forward lateral. The ball is also loose. Unlike a normal pass if the ball hits the ground the ball is still in play. You can think if it like any fumble.
What is going on in North Korea right now?
I've read that not only has Kim Jong Un fractured both ankles and is currently suffering from a whole smorgasbord of obesity- and lifestyle-related illnesses like diabetes, hypertension, and gout, but also, that a group of military commissioners have silently deposed him and are now actually running the show, while Jong-Un is nothing more than a figurehead. They've speculated that the public execution of Jong-Un's uncle months back was sort of the nail in the coffin of his rule, and behind the scenes, a bunch of high-ranking officials are running things and Jong-Un no longer has any real power. It would make sense, as Jong-Un is the world's youngest state leader and doesn't really have any experience, as he was thrust into the job at the age of 28 and never held a real position in the military or the government beforehand. His father Kim Jong-il, on the other hand, was an important military and political official for decades before taking over after the death of HIS father, Kim-il-Sung.
Why do perishable ingredients such as butter, milk, or eggs no longer have to be refrigerated after they've been baked into a cake or cookies?
Butter, milk and eggs don't have to be refrigerated. It's *customary*, particularly in the United States, to keep them in the refrigerator, but it isn't necessary. Interestingly, this is one reason why many people struggle to make simple egg dishes, like omelets. The cooking of eggs was most thoroughly explored in the French tradition … and the French do not refrigerate their eggs. So if you're using cold eggs, the cooking times are all off.
Why does it seem like almost nobody in the world wears socks?
I have no idea what planet you are from, but here on Earth we men regularly wear socks. While I admit to working from anecdotal evidence I can't think of a signle friend who doesn't Is it possible some of these men you're seeing are wearing below-ankle socks and therefore it's hidden by the shoe?
If SpaceX founds a Moon colony,whose law applies? Can they simply declare Elon Musk Republic?
National sovereignty is defined by having the force to defend your borders & getting recognition from other countries. We have some laws about space but it's all very abstract since nobody's meaningfully had the capability of colonizing there. A huge practical difficulty would be that terrestrial governments who disapproved of the colony would have control over terrestrial launches of resupply missions. If the base wasn't self-sustaining, it would be at the mercy of terrestrial governments to allow those launches. If you were self-sustaining, you'd be pretty much independent until a planetary government thought it was worth the immense expenses involved in sending a bunch of space marines up to subjugate you. At that point, you'd have to fight something akin to the American Revolution - a war with a superior but vastly distant power.
How did Prohibition ever get enacted?
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were lots of people who thought alcohol was a very bad thing. They thought it made especially men spend all their money at bars and taverns and beat up their wives and children. In addition, though, lots of people who were high-up in society thought this problem was mostly with poor people and people who'd just arrived in the United States. At this time in American history, lots of people who were middle and upper-class thought they needed to teach poor people and new immigrants how to behave themselves. So they passed laws against alcohol to try to get people to behave more respectably.
Why does the IRS let people go years/decades without filing their taxes but then audit people that do file their taxes on time? Wouldn't their energy be better spent going after those that have W2s but haven't filed in years?
For the large part, a lot of individuals who don't file in a given year likely have paid more in taxes than they owe, or owe a relatively modest amount. Those people, even if they did something wrong in the eyes of the law (not filing when you overpaid by itself is not illegal), aren't worth going after. However, if the IRS has any red flags that you might have underpaid a lot of money, they will investigate if resources permit. Afaik, child support is not handled by the IRS either, so it's out of their jurisdiction.
Why big companies like Samsung don't create their own Operating Systems so they could compete with Mac OS X and Windows?
I disagree with your assertion of an operating system monopoly. You mention Windows and OSX. There is also the dozens of Linux distros. There is IBM AIX, and Oracle (formally Sun) Solaris UNIX. Having your own proprietary OS leaves you with the challenge to support it, make sure developers write apps for it, and otherwise convince hardware vendors to promote it for their systems. This is hugely expensive, and almost for sure not worth it for anyone. It is *applications* that drive adoption, not the bare OS.
Why do all the people who comment on no sleep believe the stories?
> Why do all the people who comment on no sleep believe the stories? They don't, but one of /r/nosleep's rules is that you have to pretend that you do for the purposes of your comments. It's essentially a sort of collaborative fiction-writing subreddit. For instance, from their sidebar rules: > Remember: everything is true here, even if it's not. Stories should be believable, but realistic fiction IS permitted. Readers are to assume everything is true and treat it as such. These stories are here for your entertainment. If a story is too unbelievable, please report it for mod review.
Is Sharia Law a legitimate threat in the US?
Muslims form less than 3% of the US population. I don't see how such a tiny group could impose its own laws on the US, any more than tiny Christian populations can impose Christian laws on Islamic countries. Even when the British rules vast swathes of the Islamic world they could not impose Christian or even European common law on the populations.
Why don't reptiles produce their own heat, physically how do they NOT and is this preferential to being warm blooded?
There are several advantages, as well as disadvantages, to being cold blooded. By not generating your own body heat, you get to save energy and don't need to eat as much food - which again saves energy because you don't have to hunt. A disadvantage would be that it takes a while to 'warm up' after a cold night. That's why reptiles are usually pretty sluggish early in the morning, and they have to sit in the sun for a while. This makes them more vulnerable to predators. It also depends on where the animals live - many cold blooded animals can't survive in cold climates, because they can't get enough warmth from the sun to survive. In the desert, there's a lot of sunshine, so why not use it for body heat, instead of generating your own?
If you eat something that causes stomach cramps quickly, why is their often difficulty at the other end of the alimentary canal so quickly?
Food passing through your body is less like a car going down a road, and is instead more like a package moving along a conveyer belt. In this analogy peristalsis is the movement of the conveyer belt. When something is irritating to an earlier portion of this belt, the whole thing speeds up. While it still may take a while for the irritating substance to pass through, things already closer to the end of the system will begin to be expelled more rapidly.
how do websites know when you're on mobile?
Every device or browser you install has assigned to it what's called a "User Agent", which it announces to the web server, along with display dimensions, etc... (all this happens in microsecond). Websites assume (typically) that anything under a certain dimension is mobile, which is why even on some smaller displays that aren't mobile (like an 8" display) you get the mobile layout of the web page.
Tim Ferriss' 'The 4-Hour Workweek'
Most people fuck off a lot which causes them to be really inefficient. We are too easily distracted by email, phone calls and the like during the course of a day and end up only getting about 45 real minutes of working every day. Tim advocates only returning email and phone calls during a set time and letting them go to the box until then. By eliminating the distractions you can get a full days work done in a fraction of the time. That's overly simplified, but it carries the POINT. DISCLAIMER - I have not read the book, only had a friend explain it to me.
Why are hockey players going to strike against the NHL?
The players are not going on strike. The owners (the employers of the players) are locking the players out, because they want the players to accept lower salary growth in future seasons.
why do jehovah's witnesses refuse medicine/medical treatment?
It's not modern medicine in general, it's specifically blood transfusions; they refuse blood transfusions, which precludes a ton of other treatments and surgeries where a blood transfusion may be necessary.
What is holocytochrome C?
A protein in general can have cofactors, that are not aminoacids, in their structure. For example the hemoglobine has the heme group that interacts with the oxygen. The protein without the cofactors, just the aminoacid chain, is called holiprotein In your case the holocytochrome c is the Cytocrome C withoit the heme groups or the copper atoms, just the aminoacids.
If they really are the same thing, how can generic pharmaceuticals cost so much less than their name brand counterparts?
Name brand company will spend millions developing, testing, and approving a drug. Once they spend all of that time and money inventing the drug they start mass producing it. Actually making the drug is cheap, usually just a few cents to a couple bucks per pill. So the company has to charge enough to cover the cost to make the pill, plus the millions it spent inventing the pill. So they charge $2 for cost, plus $1000 to cover R & D, plus $20 for profit. Pill cost totals $1022 for $20 profit. Generic just waits for the name brand to invent the pill, then copies how to make it. Since it only takes a couple bucks to make the pill. They charge $2 cost, $20 for profit. Pill costs total $22 for 20$ profit. This is why the government doesn't allow generics for the first few years, to let the original company that put in the money charge more so they can make their money back. Then a few years go by and they let generics copy the recipe and the cost goes down.
What causes the phenomenon of wind?
Sorry for whoever thought they were cool for down voting your simple, straightforward, shameless question. Anyway, as you may know, warm air rises because it is less dense. So when a pocket of air gets heated up, it rises higher up in the sky. But as you also may know, nature doesn't like a vacuum (empty space), so something needs to fill in the empty space that the warm air left. What can fill it? A rush of cooler, denser air. That rush to fill in the gap is wind. ---------------------------------------- EDIT: Wow, this blew up. GET IT?! Sorry. ------------------------------------------- EDIT 2: Thanks for the gold!
Commission on Net vs Gross. Whats the difference?
I don't know how this would apply to media, but generally these are the definitions: Gross: the total amount of a transaction. You sell a $30,000 car, you get commission on $30,000. Net: the total amount of a transaction, *reduced by expenses*. You sell a $30,000 car, you get commission on $8,000, which is $30k - $22k (what the dealership paid for the car.)
Why is sugar bad in soda/energy drinks but not juice?
Nothing. Sugar in juice is just as unhealthy as sugar in soda. People just don't *think* that there's that much sugar in juice.
Why are we in a male dominate world?
Biology. Men are hard wired to seek dominance. [In men, high levels of endogenous testosterone (T) seem to encourage behavior intended to dominate--to enhance one's status over--other people. Sometimes dominant behavior is aggressive, its apparent intent being to inflict harm on another person, but often dominance is expressed nonaggressively.](_URL_0_)
Conditional probability (searched already. Other explanations posted are way too complex)
What's the probability of flipping two coins and they both turn up heads? That's pretty easy to calculate, it's 25%. But what if you flipped one already, and it was heads? Now the probability of both being heads is 50%, it's just down to the second coin flip. That's the idea behind conditional probability, you have additional information that affects your guess of the likelihood of something happening. Your example doesn't really seem to be conditional probability related, but you need to be clear in what you're trying to calculate the probability of - is it the likelihood of someone with a peanut allergy saying they want peanut butter banned, or that banning peanut butter affects the probability of allergy attacks? If you're going with the second one, you could compare the probability of an allergy attack within a certain time frame conditional on peanut butter being banned or not (it seems to be lower if it is banned).
The physical significance of some math terms
Below are some great links that should help you understand these concepts more intuitively: Gradient - * [Vector Calculus: Understanding the Gradient](_URL_11_) * [Understanding Pythagorean Distance and the Gradient](_URL_11_) Curl - * [Vector Calculus: Understanding Circulation and Curl](_URL_11_) * [The idea of the curl of a vector field](_URL_11_) * [Curl formula intuition](_URL_11_) Cross Product - * [Cross Product Intuition](_URL_11_) Dot Product - * [Vector Calculus: Understanding the Dot Product](_URL_11_) Line Integral - * [GIF: Line integral of a scalar field](_URL_11_) Surface Integral - * [Vector Calculus: Understanding Flux](_URL_11_) * [This comment from the above article, and the reply immediately following, may help clear up a few things about surface integrals, as well](_URL_11_#comment-185) Determinants, Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors - * [An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra](_URL_11_) - Take special notice of the links in the section, "Terminology, Determinants, and Eigenstuff".
how does WiFi/radio/phone signal make its way through solid brick walls?
Same way visible light goes through glass. Glass is a solid. Different objects absorb, reflect and transmit different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation (emr). So glass is transparent to visible EMR and brick is transparent to radio waves (im pretty sure wifi uses radio waves)
Why does everyone believe everything Snowden leaks as truth?
When Snowden started releasing information, the US government got very upset. You know how sometimes you get upset, even though you don't mean to? Usually it's because there is some truth there. If somebody said something ridiculous, like your brother is a raptor, you wouldn't be mad because you can prove it's not true. Now if they said sometimes you eat boogers when you think nobody is watching, you might be upset and tell them to shut up, because you do eat boogers sometimes and if you do it again I'm sending you to bed.
Why do we frequently add the sound "ee" to the end of names, particularly children's names?
Many languages have a "diminutive" form, usually a suffix, for names and objects. In English, it happens to be -y (or rarely -ie, same sound); in German it's -lein and -chen; and so forth. In other words, "Why?" "Because." It's a fairly common construct. ---- Now, if your question was actually "Why is the standard diminutive suffix in English -y", IDK.
what is the logic behind letting someone go if you love them ?
The issue is that if you love someone, and genuinely love them, you want the best for them. Even if the best for them isn't you. You care about them enough that you just want them to be happy, and though it'd make you happy to have them with you, you know that you aren't the one who can give them the happiness and joy they deserve. True love is putting the needs of someone else above your own. If you really love someone, then you'll make the decision that is best for them, even if it makes things hard for you. Don't mistake love with infatuation.
What causes dandruff and how can it be removed permanently?
> Dandruff is thought to be due to a combination of an over production of skin oil and irritation from a yeast called malassezia. > Stress, fatigue, weather extremes, oily skin, infrequent shampoos or skin cleaning, use of lotions that contain alcohol, skin disorders (such as acne), or obesity may increase the risk. > You can treat flaking and dryness with over-the-counter dandruff or medicated shampoos. Shampoo the hair vigorously and frequently (preferably daily). Loosen scales with the fingers, scrub for at least 5 minutes, and rinse thoroughly. > The severity of dandruff can be lessened by controlling the risk factors and by paying careful attention to skin care. _URL_0_
Why sprinter runners have their names, numbers on A4 paper, and not a branded shirts like football players?
starting number is given on the place. it would be wasteful to buy uniform for every event. in football and almost every (or probably in every) other sport involving numbers it's just indicator of number in team.
Liquor before beer, you're in the clear.
Basically bullshit that sounds funny when you are half drunk.
What did the 1% protesting actually accomplished if anything?
To deal with a problem, you first have to be aware that there is one, so accomplishing awareness is something.
How does "muscle memory" actually work?
Your nervous system is all about connections. The more you use a connection, the stronger it gets. Muscle memory is imprinting movement patterns deeply on the neurons needed to control those movements so they can be repeated precisely.
How Megaupload can be held responsible for the files uploaded to it.
I believe it was because they made no attempt to moderate their servers for pirated content. They even admitted making money off of pirated content.
Why is Hydrogen fuel not being more readily pursued as an alternative fuel source?
Mostly because it is very costly to extract. Any energy used in the production of hydrogen would probably end up coming from fossil fuels anyway, making the energy savings moot. There is also concern over the safety of hydrogen. It is very flammable and prone to leaking. Hydrogen fuel cells have been known to explode in car crashes.
I thought Jordan had a constitutional monarchy, yet it appears that democratic movements have flaired up in the region. ELI5
Good question. If you don't receive an adequate answer here in ELI5, you might try /r/middleeastnews or even /r/islam
Why do some chef's knives cost so much? Why is Japanese steel considered so much better? Is it really impossible to "perfect" a knife?
The difficult thing is to have steel that can be honed to a fine edge, and have it able to hold that edge for many cuts of things of varying hardness. When knives are made out of cheap steel and without much care, they aren't balance well either. A good chef's knife will almost float in your hand as you're chopping and using it. A cheap knife will feel clumsy and sloppy. Japanese steel has been famous for a long time. Their craftsman have been making steel blades for generations and have developed some great techniques for doing so. I don't know what a perfect knife would be.
Why do abnormal events that occur while dreaming seem perfectly normal in our dreams?
One dream theory states that our upper brains (cerebrum) receive random signals from the lower brain (brain stem, cerebellum etc.) and the upper brain tries to make sense of them. It takes the data, interprets it and then experiences what that interpretation states should be experienced. That isn't to say that you can't feel out of place in a dream. I sure have. Plenty of my dreams have freaked me out even whilst in the dream.
How does cooking something cause it to gain more carbohydrates?
Fiber in foods represents inaccessible carbohydrates because your body can't break fiber down. However, when you cook fiber it can sometimes break down in the cooking process into something your body actually can use, and therefore increase the carbohydrates your body takes from the food.
Why do so many people not vote in the US?
I am educated (post grad degree). I don't vote because my vote only matters if the election is decided by one vote. This basically never happens, even in local elections. I also try as much as possible not to pay attention to current affairs and the news. They can use up a lot of your mental resources and time, and there is basically no advantage to being informed about them unless you literally work in politics. I suppose they give you something to talk about with others, but politics is usually considered impolite conversation anyways.
Why do we get hiccups? How to make it go?
One method i learned from Reddit. just as you get your 1st hiccup, take a long deep breath and hold it as long you can.. hiccups gone! worked for me.
Does religious tithing create any legal obligation for the church to the contributor?
Not unless they are made legally explicit by some contract. Legally speaking, a tithe is a voluntary charitable contribution to a non-profit organization. Many churches claim they are required by the bible, and some even track them and deny you church services if you don't pay. But like any other charitable contributions, tithing does not grant legal rights.
What's it like to live in a tornado zone? People talk about warnings & safe areas at work - but I live in UK and have no frame of reference to imagine this.
There's not too much too it. You just drill for it like a fire drill. If one is coming try to get to a secure area that wouldn't be affected by super strong winds. That's why basements and bathrooms are typical places you're supposed to go. In some towns in the mid-west where tornadoes are more frequent there might a municipal siren system and nowadays with smarthphones you can get emergency messages sent to you if you're in a particular location where something is happening. But the odds of actually being caught in a tornado are low. It's much more about being in the wrong place at the wrong time rather than some sort of inevitability. The accompanying storms that create tornados can still be dangerous though.
How are the sellers on AliExpress able afford charging free shipping (to most places) on most items, without having a minimum order requirement?
_URL_0_ TL;DR - China provides artificially cheap shipping costs for businesses & they have agreements with the US Postal Service that require them to deliver the shit without charging extra money. ...and you're bypassing all taxes & duties on your purchases.
How can the power company remotely shut off power to a single house?
I work for an electric company and currently we are installing Smart Meters on everybodys house. These meters will be somehow read 48 times a day (every half hour) and people who have the smart meters will be able to check their usage when ever they want through a website given by their power supplier, and yes they will be able to turn off the power remotely if the customer hast paid their bill. also they will be able to tell when you loose power for faster recovery time and it will be on a grid system so they know exactly where the problem is. they will also be able to tell when people are trying to tamper with their meter. Meter readers are slowly being not needed and are being absorbed into the company via promotions, but even when every houe system wide has a Smart Meter there will still be a need for meter readers because some state laws still require meters to be read by a person every so often EDIT: added more about meter readers
How does shorting a stock work in it's entirety?
Normally you buy a stock at a low price, and hope you can sell it later for a higher price. Selling short is basically the opposite. You "borrow" the stock from the brokerage, sell it and get the money. It's important to note they are not lending you money - they are lending you XX of shares in the stock, which you immediately sold for money. Now, you owe them XX shares of the company's stock. If the price drops later, you can purchase the shares at a lower back and pay back the brokerage - making money in the process. It works like this: Company XYZ's current stock price is $10 per share. You want to sell short. You borrow 5 shares of Company XYZ from the brokerage, sell them, and have $50. Three months from now, Company XYZ's stock has dropped to $7 per share. You purchase 5 shares for $35 and give these shares back to the brokerage, to cover your short. You made $15.
What makes a superpower a superpower?
From [Wikipedia](_URL_0_) - Alice Lyman Miller defines a superpower as "a country that has the capacity to project dominating power and influence anywhere in the world, and sometimes, in more than one region of the globe at a time, and so may plausibly attain the status of global hegemony." Of the original 3 superpowers (Britain, Soviet Union, and United States) only the US has the kind of political, military, and economic influence on a global scale anymore. However, Russia is slowly returning to that state, as it shows capability to invade/occupy surrounding nations, and China is also rapidly rising in power economically and as they flex political/military power in surrounding nations.
Why Muhammad is such a popular Muslim name, Even though Its the name of their Prophet (I'm 5 years old)
Muslims have great admiration for all the prophets, so they name their children after them Muhammad is the most common, but there are a lot more Ibrahim (Abraham) is very common Musa (Moses) is also common Isa (Jesus) less common, no particular reason And girls are also given names of honorable woman Maryam (Mary) is very common Aisha and Khadija are also common
How do hot air balloons control which way they go, why are they not just swept away by the wind?
Wind blows in different directions at different heights. So they raise or lower the altitude of the balloon to find a current that is going the way they want to head.
Amanda Knox has been found guilty of murder (again). Should I believe it?
I recommend this article from Rolling Stone _URL_0_ which outlines the absurdity of the allegations against her very well.
How does high and low tide work. I know it has to do with 'gravity' and the moon, but how does the moon influence the tide?
A lot of explanations say that it is because it is because the moon is "pulling" on the water however this is only partially true as this does not completely explain why there is a high tide on the opposite side of the planet. You must not think of it as the moon pulling the water but instead the water being attracted from all points including the poles that the cumulative vector of the water closest to the poles squeezing and pushing the water at the equators outwards. Imagine taking a spherical balloon and placing your hands on top and bottom and squeezing the balloon, as you apply this pressure the balloon becomes more oblong, but in the case of the moon it becomes this shape in the direction of the moon. The reason for the squeezing is because the summation of all the waters vectors over a large area, the tidal effects is very pronounced. So technically there could be this tide in a lake but because a lake is so much smaller than all the oceans combined, the effect is immeasurable.
How does sleepwalking work?
When you fall asleep, your brain paralyses your body so you can't move or hurt yourself by acting out your dreams. Sometimes, that paralysis fails to occur, and you end up acting out a dream, or something you commonly do when awake. If you are a sleepwalker, It's important to prep your house so you won't hurt yourself walking around.
Why do Kim Jong Uns top military leaders always follow him around and take notes?
Because the Kim (Kim IL sung, kim jong il, kim jong un) dynasty are considered to be God-like and have the infinite wisdom. They take notes because anything Kim Jong un says is the truth and he is giving them direction and guidance.
Why does abstract math have so much history and application to computing, but computers are so new?
> maths research has the perfect theorem years before physics and people in general have a use for it. Because physics and computing go where math has laid the groundwork. It's not that math somehow predicts where science needs to go, but rather that science goes where math has already bushwhacked.
Is there a pleasure-related reason to eat ass?
Sometimes it can be as much for the giver as the receiver. There's something primal, taboo and sweaty about burying your face and tongue into someone's anus that can't be topped. This is definitely one of those "your mileage may vary" kind of topics.
Why are most sweat glands in the armpits ?
They are not. You have sweat glands all over your body and while there may be a slightly higher concentration of them in your armpits than the average density on say your stomach it is not anywhere close to having most of the sweat glands that your body has.
Why is there a need of an additional checkin process in flight travel. Why cant we just use the tickets to board the plane?
Having passengers check in before boarding allows the airline to confirm which passengers have actually shown up for the flight. This can be important if a flight is overbooked (too many passengers), or if a flight has open seats that could be filled by standby passengers. If they waited until boarding to check all of that, that would be quite a time crunch at the last minute.
the differences between Whiskey, Bourbon, Scotch, and single malt / multiple malt (?)
Whiskey is a general term for aged liquor made with grains (depending on where the term is used it can be spelled as whisky) and aged in oak barrels or casks. Bourbon is a legal term for whiskeys made in the US from a majority corn grain mix and there are other requirements. Scotch is whisky made in Scotland (and other requirements, as well). One key part of Scottish style whisky is they roast the grain malt over peat moss which adds a very distinct flavor to the final product. Single malt is a term primarily associated with Scotch that means the product was made from a single distillery and with malted barley as the grain (blended is the opposite, it means that the final product is made from a blend of different distilleries products).
How come digital videos take up less memory than the sum of their individual frames.
Videos aren't stored as a series of images. It's closer to being stored as a series of **changes** in frames. Since most pixels on most frames are the same as the previous one, this saves an enormous amount of space. It doesn't work exactly like that, but that's an easy way to imagine how it could be much smaller.
Why does travelling make you feel so tired when you've just sat there for hours doing nothing?
Former flight medic here. There is lots of data on the "stressors of flight" (many of these stressors are also present in automobiles). As the vehicle moves, the sway and direction change cause you to have to keep yourself upright. These micro movements cause your muscles to be continuously working (even if you don't realize it). The US Air Force has done studies report conistent exposure to aircraft vibrations can lead to fatuige and increased chance of health problems.
Implementation of Anarcho-Communism/Libertarian Communism
A 'true' communist state (under the marxist definition) never has and never will exist. The states currently existing and that have existed that are commonly labeled communist countries are not actually communist. In layman's terms: in a true communist society, there IS NO government at all. Im on my phone so I can't type a more elaborate response at the moment but that's the gist of it.
- how do you know when it is a good time to buy a home...how do you know when it is a buyers market?
Generally low interest rates are a good time to buy as well as more sellers than buyers. For you personally it doesn't matter what the U.S. housing market looks like, it matters what the specific house/area looks like. For you to figure this out I'd recommend a site like Zillow for houses you are looking at. They post previous sale prices and an estimate of the houses worth. In general if its price is in decline it's a buyers market, if the price is inflating it's a sellers market. However buy a house at a specific time is a gamble. If you wait the price may fall even more or the price may rise, it's hard even for trained economists to time it perfectly.
What the difference is between having to pay property taxes and having to pay into the healthcare system.
Property Taxes are levied by States, not the Federal government. States have plenary power (see the 10th Amendment), which the Federal government does not. Plenary power basically means the state can do whatever it feels like as long as it's constitutional; the Federal government can only do things enumerated in the Constitution. This is the same argument about why Romneycare in Massachusetts is Constitutional, because it relies on the state's plenary power, while Obamacare is not, because it relies on the Commerce Clause, which the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case feel is an unconstitutional use of the Commerce Clause. Note that this is not *my* argument; I think that *Wickard v. Fillard* and *Gonzales v. Raich* show that Obamacare can be constitutional. I'm just trying to explain the argument.
Why do we make solid and liquid waste? How does our body know which to make of what?
The solid waste is what didn't get absorbed in your intestines. The "liquid" waste is all the stuff that was absorbed and needs to be flushed out again or the waste products of using the absorbed stuff. And it's only liquid because water is used as a transport medium. So imagine you have a bag of apples. And you only take out the things you really need in your body. The water, the sugars and vitamins. To get these out you mash the apples to a pulp and add some chemicals and then squeeze the bag. What comes out is what your body would absorb. What is left behind is what your body will poop out. Now you use the absorbed things as fuel. So imagine you take the sugars and burn them. After they have burned (reacted) there is slag that is left behind. And to get this slag out of your body again you dissolve it in water. That's what you pee out. (This is of course dumbed down quite a bit.)
The drastic drop in the price of oil.
No one seems to have said yet, but one of the reason OPEC countries are still pumping at 100% is that they want to oust the $USD as the main currency in the oil market... like just a few days ago India offered to lower interest rates to Iran if they accept all of India's oil payments in rupees. Venezuela probably got hit the worst by this.
Why do some people fall asleep instantly, while it takes others hours to?
In order to go into sleep your brain activity has to slow, if you've got too many thoughts going on, keep opening your eyes, moving, etc, you're sending conflicting signals to your brain. Your brain waits for cues to go into "standby" and by doing these things, you're confusing it. Aches can do this too, since they're keeping your nervous system active. So typically, someone who can clear their mind easily, and doesn't have any sore body parts, can go to sleep rather quick simply by laying down and closing their eyes. Someone who has a lot on their mind or has a restless leg, etc, might not be so lucky.
Why does using cellular data have such a big hit on battery life?
To get more data the radio needs to work harder, which takes more power. The radio is the second largest power consumer in your phone behind the screen, so if you're say streaming netflix you're killing your battery because you're asking the radio to do a ton of work and then using it to watch a movie.
What exactly is the true north?
True north is based on geometry, and points directly to the geographic/geodetic North Pole (i.e. [the axis that passes through the Earth, around which the Earth rotates](_URL_0_)). The magnetic and geodetic north poles aren't at the same geographic spot (and, as you say, the magnetic north moves around over time), so true north and magnetic north don't end up pointing in the same direction most of the time. We just use magnetic north because it's much easier to measure and requires significantly fewer and less expensive tools (i.e. a compass, or even just a bit of [magnetized metal, a leaf, and some calm water](_URL_1_) as opposed to access to a GPS system, or a sextant and some astronomical charts).
American Censorship on TV
The FCC regulates free, public air channels. Cable channels are not part of that since you choose receive those. Many cable channels will voluntarily censor swearing, sex, violence, etc because their advertisers may not want to be associated with those things. Premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Starz, Showtime, EPIX and so on don't rely on advertising so there's no reason to self-censor. They even show straight-up porn on some and can because nobody's forced to watch those if they don't want to. Even the premium channels self-censor to a degree in that they typically show the most "adult" content at night after 9pm or so. There's no regulations forcing them to but it's a business and public relations choice.
Why are entire cornfields left intentionally unharvested?
First, the corn you are seeing in is not what we humans generally eat. Humans generally each "sweet corn". What you are seeing is "field corn" - stuff that animals eat and stuff that is turned into various manufactured products. Basically you don't want to harvest the corn until it is really, really brown. The reason is because you want the corn to be really, really dry. So no, the food is not going to waste.
Why does being angry/annoyed for an extended period make your stomach hurt?
When you are angry or annoyed you are likely stressed, meaning you are producing the stress hormone (cortisol). Cortisol is released when the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) is activated. The system temporarily stops digestion and absorption. Frequent and excessive release of cortisol can cause inflammation (instead of doing what it's supposed to do, which would be regulating it). Combined, this causes stomach pain. On a side note, magnesium can inhibit excess cortisol production, so the magnesium pills you can find at a local health food store, for example, can help you if you suffer from anxiety or are constantly stressed. Excessive cortisol production is unhealthy and has cardiovascular, immune, and blood sugar effects.
Do animals experience similar symptoms of periods (cramps, mood swings, sleepiness, overall blah?)
Have you ever seen a cat in heat?
Why is there an attendance policy for many classes in college when I'm the one paying for the classes?
Being the customer does not entitle you to dictate the nature of the product - all it entitles you to is the choice whether or not to purchase said product. The professor, as the provider of said product, retain the ability to dictate what type of service they will provide and how that service will be provided. In this case, they feel that in order to earn a decent grade and grasp the material fully, you need to attend a certain number of classes. That is their prerogative as the teacher. If you disagree, you are free to enroll in a different course or another institution which has requirements more to your liking.
DnD Morality Alignments
* Lawful - Good = You're a nice guy who believes in following the rules and helping others. * Lawful - Neutral = You won't be breaking the law, but you won't go out of your way to help anyone. * Lawful - Evil = You like the rules, and especially like them when they allow you to fuck someone else over and enrich yourself. * Neutral - Good = You're Batman. The law doesn't matter much to you when it gets in the way of doing the right thing. * Neutral - Neutral = You're out for yourself, and that's it. You'll do what's good for you regardless of the law or other people's feelings. * Neutral - Evil = You're all about the evil, and you'll ignore the law to do evil stuff. * Chaotic - Good = You willfully flaunt the law, and rules, and even good manners when it comes to doing what you think is right. * Chaotic - Neutral = You like causing trouble just for the sake of causing trouble. * Chaotic - Evil = The adventure hasn't really begun until you burn down an orphanage for laughs.
Difference between Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare is for people on social security (mostly retirees) it tends to offer more generous coverage. Medicaid is for those with low income. Most of it's funds come from the federal government, but administered by each state so the program varies rather widely by state. In general, Medicaid doesn't tend to reimburse doctors that well as Medicare so it isn't always widely accepted by doctors.
What exactly are goosebumps and why do we get them from a variety of emotions?
This one is fun! You know when a cat gets angry? Its fur puffs up and it looks like a big Tribble? That's it. The cat is getting goosebumps. It just has fur on top of the bumps. Now, this reaction is used for a variety of things. We often notice it when we are cold. On mammals who do have fur, puffing it up traps a layer of warm air next their skin. To a degree, this does still work with us - especially for the hairier among us. The variety of emotions which can trigger puffy hair vary from species to species and individual to individual. (Do you get goosebumps when your about to throw-down with your local alley cat?) This is speculation, but emotionally triggered goosebumps probably exist because looking bigger never hurts when emotions are high.
When a specific noise wakes you up, how come you can recognise the noise even though you were just asleep?
Bias. You are only aware of noise when it wakes you up. You aren't aware of the noise you slept through. When you are in deep sleep (N3 and REM sleep), you are very hard to wake up. Your brain takes in a relatively tiny amount of environmental information. Your brain prioritizes keeping you asleep. You generally feel like crap when you wake up directly out of deep sleep. When you are in lighter stages of sleep (N1 and N2), you take in more environmental information and are also at a point where you wake up more easily. You cycle through these stages during the night, so there are a few points during the night when you are likely to wake up if you are disturbed. Sleep isn't an off/on switch. Think of it as a spectrum.
what happens when I click on "Safely Eject Hardware" in the Windows Tray?
If you're asking what happens when you click on the icon, it is just giving you a list of removable storage devices that you can disconnect. The repetition is to make it easier to identify which device you want to disconnect. If you want to disconnect fappy's device, you can do it by type *or* name. If you're asking why you need to disconnect it, that's because the data essentially exists in two places. And all changes are not made until you eject the device. Imagine you have two buckets, bucket A and bucket B. In bucket A you have some water. You want to pour the water into the bucket B, but instead of waiting to make sure you're finished pouring all of the water from A to B, someone randomly snatches bucket B away. Now, all the water may have been poured into bucket B, and it probably has been because that bit of water pours fast, but then again there may be a bit of a mess to clean up. And water on the floor is very corrupt water.
Why is it that when some people read while reading in a car it can make people sick?
You brain is receiving two separate signals. Your eyes are telling you that you are stationary while your ears are telling you you're moving. This co fuses the brain and generally causes motion sickness.
How does an antibiotic know how to destroy infections in random places in the body?
It affects your whole body. Some people suffer adverse affects after taking antibiotics because they can throw off your entire system. We've got plenty of organisms in our bodies that are good for us. Sometimes, they get caught in the crossfire.
Amazon free shipping. Pay $1 more to meet the free shipping minimum, or pay $10 for shipping because you're short $1 of the free shipping minimum. It seems like Amazon is eating the $9 either way, why not just charge $1 for shipping to simplify things?
You forget the margins on the items you are buying. We don't know what their profit margins are. And their algorithms may not be accurate or fudge things - they may eat it on some stuff and not eat it on others. The whole "add on item" is a relatively new thing to keep people like me from gaming the system. My wife forgot to cancel Prime and now I'm having a field day with it. We were ahead by May - although, that meant buying just about *everything* from Amazon; which means some Amazon analyst may be laughing at my ignorance. tl;dr: You can't just look at shipping costs to see if you're really ahead. Are you buying stuff for the sake of hitting the minimum for "free" shipping? They just got you. [EDIT] and some of Amazon's prices suck so I buy locally even though I DO have Prime. Gotta shop.
What did early Humans do on an average day?
Life wasn't "nasty, brutish and short". According to the latest research, hunter/gather societies had massive amounts of free time. If you go back to just the Medieval era, the so-called "peasants" could hardly be persuaded to work (for money) for more than an hour or two a day, because they met all their own needs via their own hands (farming, housing, etc.). I don't have references to hand as I'm on my mobile. Out tech-heavy life--and our capitalistic, corporate-driven lifestyle--isn't easy by any stretch, since we spend 8 to 10 hours (1/3 of our precious life) working for someone else for money to pay for all these nifty pointless gadgets. Life was simple in the distant past: eat, sleep, sex, storytelling, exploring, just "being". (This is a pet peeve of mine: that this technological life is "better"... It all depends on your definition of "better". :-)
What happens to a landfill when it's full?
TYL the highest mountains in florida are landfills.
How Does a Neon Light Work?
LY5: It's basically a big, continuous electric spark in a glass tube. High voltages (5,000 V - 15,000 V) are fed into the ends of the tube. Electricity goes through the tube, causing light to be created as the electrons move from atom of atom in the gas that's inside the tube. The tube is filled with special gasses (e.g. Neon) and chemical powders that make the spark different colors, instead of the usual purple-blue-white color of an electric spark in regular air. _URL_0_
What is the simplest way you can explain left vs right when it comes to politics?
**Economically** *Left wing*: taxation is (relatively) higher, but pays for more services, eg, hospitals, roads, police. Includes more state-owned businesses. This allows the rich to be charged more for the services the country provides than the poor. *Right wing*: taxation is lower, but services like healthcare, roads and so on are paid for at point-of-use, eg health insurance, road tolls. This means people only pay for the services they use. **Socially** *Left*: (generally) more progressive policies on gender, marriage, etc *Right*: (generally) more protection of traditional standpoints. Right wing can be associated with more individual freedoms, but looser business regulation, whereas the left wing tries to stop monopolies by restricting businesses. I have tried to keep this as neutrally-phrased as possible: if anyone sees any major mess-ups, do say.
How has the US managed to mono crop for so long?
It used to be a lot more important to rotate crops before artificial fertilizers and mechanized farming. The reason for crop rotation is that most crops pull nitrogen from the soil without replacing it, but a few crops pull it from the air and put it back in the soil. Leaving fields to lie fallow is also important, because that lets the leftover organics from previous seasons decompose and get processed by worms and other bugs, which puts even more good stuff back in.
Why do police Tasers have cameras on them but not their guns?
Police officer and Taser Instructor here: Taser (the company) has a monopoly on Conducted Electrical Weapons. So any CEW you see an officer use is made by Taser. They offer cameras for thier devices (at an extra cost). There is no monopoly on what guns police departments use. They are issued many, many brands and models. Some officers must provide thier own guns. Gun cameras alsob make guns heavier, harder to wield, and harder to holster (you need an expensive, custom holster). Taser cameras can be small because they just run off the battery of the device itself. A gun camera needs it's own power supply.