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How does the ISS avoid damage from solar wind's if it is always in constant orbit?
The ISS orbits beneath the protective shield created by the earth's magnetism. The bulk of the solar wind is deflected away from earth by the earth's magnetic field.
Why do we tear up when we yawn
Not 100% sure if this is the correct answer, but the act of yawning presses against the glands which produce tears. These glands are like a sac, so pressing against these sacs make the tear flow regardless of if you need it or notI thought i were just weird. So to yawn, i would go to a private place and afterwards pinch myself to neutralize the urgeWhenever something on a film gets me to tear up I pretend to yawn for the benefit of other people in the room haTo yawn, a nerve impulse is triggered to all the muscles. It just so happens that the same nerves also affect the tear glands, triggering them simultaneously.I don't know, but you're a wizard casting magic onto me as I just yawned and for sure did tear up too.
The new changes to paypal's policies, and why its bad for me.
The big one that's mentioned is the change that you can't join a class-action against paypal so I'll explain that. Lawsuits are expensive. Even a little suit against your neighbor over cutting down your tree can rack up costs from court fees and time spent arguing the case. In a major court case involving a huge business, this gets even worse with the added time and expense of hiring a lawyer. Generally speaking, a large corporation will have more money to throw at the court case than you do and can bog it down until you can't afford the costs anymore. Class action lawsuits are one of the defenses in the law against this. Instead of just representing yourself, you represent a whole group of people who were wronged by the corporation in the same way you were. EXAMPLE:Widget Works sells you a widget to trim your cat's fur. It sets the cat on fire and you sue for 200$ . Now, you can't afford to sue them and a lawyer won't do it for a cut of the reward. However, upon further research, you find that 10,000 other people had their cat set on fire by widgets. Although a cut of 200$ isn't enough for a lawyer, a cut of $2,000,000 is worth it. By filing a class action lawsuit of for yourself and those 10,000 people, you can actually find a lawyer to represent you.
Why do app developers like supercell release their updates/apps way earlier on one platform than the other?
If you're referring to the time gap between Android and iOS releases, the answer is because of Apple. Things get on the Android market very easily and quickly, because the Android market is cool. Apple has dozens of excessive rules and guidelines that they strictly enforce, so they actually look through the app/code. This takes time, so they usually push the update to Android and iOS at the same time, and Apple takes forever to approve. edit: of course this doesn't mean that Android doesn't have or enforce guidelines. They just aren't ridiculous like Apple's.
Why doesn't the SAP button work in reverse
conjecture: English speakers don't watch the shows, so they are not translated. The shows are not translated because English speakers do not watch the shows.
Why is pencil graphite referred to as Lead instead of graphite?
Before chemistry was really a thing, everyone thought that graphite was a type of lead, probably because it's so soft.
Why are the words "Yeah" and "Oh" always in pop songs and said for so long?
They are used as *filler* where the tune requires a note, but the singer doesn't have anything more to say. An excellent lyricist will try to adjust the wording so that not too many of these are needed.Good filler that can make even the most unintelligible lyrics sound intelligible. [Example]
How do certain websites offer free copyrighted movies and television shows without being shut down?
I know of a few websites that use servers that are outside of the US, specifically in regions in which they could give fuck-all about US Copyright laws. Think small eastern Euro countries, and the middle east. I personally met someone who ran an operation remotely in Saudi Arabia, from the US, and literally had $25k dropped into his bank account overnight after three or four months of successful operation. It's insanely lucrative if you know and understand basic webdev and some programming.
The different branches of Christianity, and why they are no longer combated as heresy
In many Christian circles, this is the analogy that applies: Imagine a target, with three rings. The center, the bullseye, are the core values. I call them "primaries". It's what defines Christianity. Without starting a debate, I'll say that some people disagree on what goes in the middle. These people we 'd call heretics . In the next outer ring, the middle, we have "secondaries" - this contains issues like speaking in tongues, eating shellfish/pork, Saturday vs Sunday Sabbath, etc. We can disagree and have discussion on these, but it doesn't make you less Christian. In the outermost ring, everything else falls. This would be issues like watching R-rate movies, wearing jewelry made of gold, and non-related topics like playing sports or driving race cars. We use our secondaries and primaries to express our outermost issues. We have unity in primaries, liberty in secondaries, and charity in all. Source: I am a Christian .
Where does color goes when the sun "bleaches" it?
It breaks the molecules that make the color, and the byproducts don't have any specific color. The atoms are still there, but formed into different molecules.
Why does my phone echo sometimes?
issues with the line. there is noise on the line when you call. when you hang up an phone it makes a new connection and this time no issue with the connection. it can be either the person you call or your phone line causing this issue', "They could also be talking to you on speaker phone, so your friend's phone's microphone picks up your voice that it's creating. Happens to me all the time.
Why does inbreeding cause the offspring to have a significantly lower IQ than average? What is the science behind it?
take it that a human body has 2 sets of genes. When a baby is made, half the genes are from the mother and other half is from the father. These genes make proteins which help our body work. However, there are occasionally some errors in the genes which ends up making defective/too much/too little proteins which give rise to diseases. Some of these diseases require 2 faulty set of genes in order to manifest. So if daddy has a defective gene but mommy contributes a normal set, the disease does not manifest clinically . If there are many generations of inbreeding, the set of defective genes are kept within the same family tree; there is no new genetic input from a different family and thus the probability of having a child with 2 sets of defective genes increase. This increases the risk of diseases, out of which some may feature a lower IQ/brain malformationsEveryone has a few bad genes. Luckily, we have two copies of each gene, and most of the time you need to bad ones to have a problem. When you have kids, both parents bring their bad genes to the table. Since they are likely to be *different* bad genes, their offspring likely won't have any problems. But when the parents are related, they are more likely to have the same bad genes, meaning the kids are more likely to get to copies. This can lead to a number of genetic disorders, including those that impact mental development. There is some confirmation bias in play, too. inbreeding is more likely to be noted when it results in a problem, and would go unnoticed otherwise. Also, having kids with a cousin, or even a sibling isn't that likely to be a problem. It takes multiple generations of inbreeding for genetic problems to become endemic. Societies where that happens tend to be remote and undeveloped. The people might seem "stupid" when they are merely different or less educated.
What are some indicators for advancement in relationships?
I'm a little confused as to what exactly you want to know. Are you talking about the stages of a romantic relationship, and if so are you asking for "signals" or are you asking for general stages, like hand-holding to kissing to sex?
Why can't modern houses be economically independent with solar + battery+ a little backup generator just incase?
A) You need a large array of solar powers to provide full coverage to the home B) until very recently, there hasn't really been any cost-effective battery solution for homes C) Most people who live in developed countries don't have to worry about power outages because they are extremely rare. In these countries, it doesn't make sense to install solar panels just as an emergency backup you would only do the install if your intention was to go off-grid so you don't have to pay a monthly electric utility bill .
If we are 70% H2O, why are we considered Carbon based?
The chemistry that keeps us going is based on carbon-chain molecules. We do use water for some reactions but most of it is just solvent for molecules to float around and react in. It's somewhat like why we say tea is a plant-based beverage even though it's mostly water. The interesting part isn't the water.That would be kind of like calling a computer "metal and fiberglass based". The semiconductor chips that make a computer a computer are a small fraction of its total mass, but they are where the action is. Everything else is there to allow those chips to do their thing.
Why do we have speed limits rather than a speed range?
Because that's the top speed you can safely do, assuming ideal conditions . When it's raining, snowing, cold or dark, this changes it from being ideal conditions. It's not safe to drive at that speed any more. Worse it is, the slower you need to go, especially if your visibility is impaired. Too much variation in the weather to set a "minimum speed". Not sure about you are, but here there is a 5% tolerance on our 100kph speed limit - 105 before they'll ping you. The speed limit is the maximum allowable speed. [In areas that low speeds have been identified to be of particular hazard a minimum speed posting is made] This is not particularly common because it is rare that slower speeds present a significant risk to others if people maintain the rule of slower traffic keeping to the right .or the alternate rule enforced in some states of Left lane for passing only. In any case vehicles traveling far below the speed limit can be cited for impeding the flow of traffic even if a minimum speed sign is not posted.So the highway I commute on is regularly empty at night, and standard speed limits apply so it's a 55mph zone. During my commute I regularly come to a complete stop. So the speed range should be 0-55mph right? How is that any better than a speed limit? On smaller roads people regularly have to stop when making left turns to yield to oncoming traffic, that may require traffic behind them to stop, so zero mph needs to be legal on all streets.
The world can't agree on standard units of measurement for anything except time. H ow come?
They can and did. ISO standard units called the SI units. Most everyone doing serious business is using them for most everything and have been for a while, non-SI units are just used in day-to-day stuff because people have preferences and it's generally not worth it to, for example, force Canadians to actually measure their mass in kilograms.
We all mostly skip or block ads. What makes companies still believe online ads like on youtube is worth investing?
"We" is comprised of tech-savvy desktop/laptop users. Mobile users and most internet users don't use adblock, and their revenue makes it worthwhile.Adding to /r/CatboyMac, only SOME OF YOU block ads. And MANY of you skip them. But the part of the population with the most money to spend often doesn't fit within this group. Even if you do the latter, a well-crafted ad still can accomplish its purpose even if all it does is get a few seconds on YouTube before you kill it. It could show a specific symbol, sometimes not even a logo, such as the construction site and fast-talkin' he-man narrator that is associated with most ads for Ford trucks, or it could be a tiny snatch of ba-da-da-DA-daaah music, or the dancing coloured Apple silhouettes, or it could be some celebrity that you see later on the same full-version ad on TV where you don't skip it. Ads often do more than push a specific product. They reinforce a brand, and continuously raise awareness, and if they can do that in even a few seconds , they're worth the money even if they don't reach a sizeable percentage of the target population.
Why is it that plants comparatively much less diverse (only ~250,000 species) than other clades of life?
I don't know for certain, but think about it: Plants are sedentary. They find a particular kind of environment that suits them well and, for the most part, stay in one place for their whole lives. They don't need to develop systems that allow for locomotion. They don't need to develop complex tissues and organs that make up that system, nor the vessels and oxygen transport mechanism to ensure the cells in the locomotion system stay energized. They don't require much energy since, again, they stay put; they make their own energy, and it's enough to get by on. Much of the complexity of animal life revolves around how they tweak the basic mechanics of moving around. Where does it move? How does it move? What does it require in order to move? How much and what kind of energy does it need? Does it regulate its own internal temperature?
Why do we randomly get this weird/burning sensation in the nose when inhaling?
Always assumed it was a dry spot where there was no mucous.Eugh I get this too! I feel like it's when your nose is TOO empy kinda thing.
Are mobile ads intentionally the last thing to load while opening a page, so more people would accidentally click them?
No. Ads are usually provided by a 3rd party company from their servers, not the same server that is delivering the rest of the content on the page, so they can often take longer to load compared to other stuff on the page. They are often also image-heavy, which means they take longer to load than text. They are also usually inserted into the page using javascript, so that they can load several different ads to different viewers on the same page, or target ads to different users, or track impressions, & c. The script that loads these ads often runs after other content in the page has loaded, so that the page doesn't have to wait on the ads & just display as blank while the ads load .
why are we producing more aluminium than we recycle if it takes 95 percent less energy to recycle?
Yes, it would be, but then there would also be a finite amount of aluminum on earth and we would never be able to have more bottles and cans than we do right now. The world is growing and we still have a need for new aluminum. People like airplane manufacturers and NASA need lots of high quality aluminum so they are willing to pay for the good stuff, coke doesn't need anyhting other than tin cans so they likely wont pay a premium for new aluminum and jsut use the recycled stuff.
why are there no comedy categories at the Oscars
Each awards show has their own thing. You're probably aware of the Oscars and the Emmy, but there are like a hundred others with their own style and categories. However you're not alone in your thinking. Not having a separate comedy category has been a regular criticism of the Oscars. They tried to assuage this a bit by upping the best picture category from 5 films to up to 10, hopefully to allow more diverse films outside of dramas , but this is still pretty new. They changed the voting on it a bit too, but its unknown if this had any effect on the eventual winners. In other words this particular award show does its own thing, just like the others, and this does not seem like something they are particularly interested in.Because the Oscars itself are a joke. baboomboom chich Need to fill a few more lines to make this a long enough answer.. And one more sentence ahould do it The Oscars try to present themselves as very classy and proper. No offense to comedies, but they are generally low brow, from your Adam Sandler movies to Seth Rogan movies to Tyler Perry movies. None of those movies are going to go down in history as cinema changing movies.
Why is it when I love someone a lot, that sometimes I have to hug them tightly and it feels like I can't be close enough.
No answer, but that is fucking adorable. I hope you two have a long happy life of being this in love together.This is going to sound like a really snide answer, but really isn't You love them. Go and try to hug the annoying person you don't really dig, it will not last long, probably more like a shoulder check.
Why are the stairs of an escalator higher than the stairs of a staircase?
To give you better timing to get off the step at the end, and to somewhat discourage you from running up them while moving The steps tend to be long, to stand on comfortably, so if they need to also be higher to maintain the same angle of the overall staircase.
Why does half and half in containers not have to be refrigerated? How come it can be left out for days while milk has to always be kept cold?
Are you sure you're not referring to non-dairy creamers? Half and half most certainly needs to refrigerated.
Why are smoke shops allowed to sell bongs?
Next time you go there, look for a sign. There will be one saying "For Tobacco Use Only" While bongs are commonly associated with marijuana, they are also used for tobacco and in that regard are perfectly legal. By saying they're only for tobacco it protects the stores from the drug laws you mention. So in order for there to be any legal consequences, people would have to prove that the shop is knowingly selling them for use with marijuana and not tobacco. This is impossible to prove in almost every case.
How does hot water work in hotels?
While all buildings are a little different, most use a single boiler and a recirculating hot water system. Hot water circulates in big loops on each floor, driven by small magnetic pumps. This means the water is "instant-on". The storage tank is kept warm by the boiler and inflowing water is warmed before it goes into the tank. This provides constant temperature hot water all dayMany hotels and large buildings have a boiler system for hot water. Larger buildings would probably have multiple systems that cover a zone. It would simply be a maintenance nightmare to have individual hot water heaters in each room.
How am I a W-2 employee, yet do not qualify for any benefits, including unemployment? Details in comments.
It varies from state to state. One reason could be that you didn't earn enough in at least one of two consecutive quarters. Depending on exactly when your season ends, that could screw you. Or just simply not enough hours. No matter what the reason, I think you're entitled to a hearing. I'm sure that varies as well, but it's worth looking in to. EDIT: To clarify, I believe this hearing is like an appeal. If you've applied and been denied, it's an opportunity to meet with whomever it would be and plead your case.
Brief history of Turkey with focus on the modern issues and culture
Perhaps start with this country profile, it has a pretty ELI5 approach and then ask a more specific question.[Here's the CIA's Turkey in a nutshell]
How come Humans can't learn animal languages and communicate to them?
Because animals don't have language. They communicate emotions with sound like angry growls, panicked screams, horny rumbles, and affectionate purrs, but they can't communicate abstract thoughts, form sentences, assign arbitrary names to objects and events, combine terms to make new concepts, etc, which is what we consider language to be. A Mandarin-speaker and a Finnish-speaker can communicate anger and fear and happiness and affection perfectly well without using language, right? Just by sounds, tones, movements, facial expressions? Well, that's the level on which animals communicate.
What do degrees (temperature) actually measure?
At a basic level you can think of temperature as the average molecular energy of a system. Temperature can be measured in different ways, but they all come down to measuring changes in heat energy . In everyday thermometers, what is measured is how a liquid expands with temperature, travelling up the bulb. The expansion is due to the atoms in the liquid moving faster and pushing on each other harder. In devices called thermocouples, the temperature affects how well a piece of metal conducts electricity, which can be measured precisely. There are also infrared thermometers, which measure the heat energy in the form of light that objects give off. It's important to note that temperature isn't the same thing as energy, but the explanation requires delving into the wonders of thermodynamics, which is a bit too complicated for me to ELI5.
why is seemingly every photo tagged with a “Getty Images” watermark? How big are they? And are they just an image host or do they also employ photographers?
Getty is huge. They buy images from existing photographers and then aggressively protect copyright. I don't believe they employ their own photographers, but prefer to buy images from others.
Why is it such a big deal that it costs more than 1 cent to make a penny? Shouldn't the cost and production of other coins and bills counteract the defecit of making pennies?
Just because you CAN make up a loss in one are with a gain in another doesn't justify that loss. You could say "sure, I throw away every other roll of toilet paper I buy without using it, but I buy toilet paper at half price." Well, it would be better still to buy that half-price toilet paper and NOT throw any away. There are a lot of other good reasons to get rid of pennies, but I won't bore you by going into them here.It's not really a deficit. A coin isn't money, it's the representation of money. Yes, it costs more than a penny to make a penny, but it lasts for years and years. The US Mint isn't in the business of making money. They're in the business of *making money*.
Why do ice cream taste testers use a gold spoon to taste test?
How do you define "common spoon?" At my house, I have metal spoons and plastic spoons . Using a gold spoon allows for standardized testing and, as you stated, to allow for the most neutral taste test possible.
Why aren't any famous people getting assassinated?
In terms of political figures like the president, the Secret Service has gotten really good at spotting that sort of behavior, and stopping potential threats long before it's a take a bullet type situation. Not saying it couldn't happen, but it's not usually something an average Joe would do out of the blue without warning, it's pretty much always radicals who are being watched. In terms of celebs usually it's a crazy stalker who sends all sorts of e-mails and letters and tweets and whatever, so the private security of celebs know who they're looking for and they get tipped off if some nut job is driving across 12 states to where the celeb they're stalking is preforming a concert and they don't even have tickets. Still easier than the president but also less people care/are crazy enough to do it. I mean you've got to be crazy to kill the president but at least you can make sense of it like with Booth killing Lincoln. He legitimately believed Lincoln was a tyrant and he was a patriot doing the noble and riotous thing. Compare that to that nutcase who killed John Lennon. I mean NOTHING makes scene about that other than he was just some crazy fuck. No real driving motivation like there is with politics. We also have a lot more medications available for people and a much more effective system of spotting crazies in our society and getting them the necessary treatment.Given the secret service deploy trained counter-snipers who map out every possible hide in a speech location beforehand and then watch those positions? Pretty fucking hard And celebrities usually do themselves in if you wait long enough', "As much as I hate some celebs I think it's a good thing that no ones going around killing them. John Lennons death was a huge tragedy.
Why are denim jeans both stiflingly uncomfortable in hot weather and freezing in cold weather?
When its too hot you will be hot in jeans. When its too cold you will be too cold in jeans. because they're midrange pants designed to be durable, not comfortable?
Why are speed caps used by ISP's and how do they work?
CFAggie isn't really right, that was the case before fiber internet and massive technological feats. I was once studying to be a network engineer, and I picked a few things up. They do it because they're greedy assholes. I know that's doom-and-gloom to the point of being laughable, but that's why. American and most European internet is very developed and chances are only a minuscule percentage of their servers are being used at any given time. Take a look at the places Google Fiber has rolled in, best example being right where I live. The same day Google Fiber was *announced* our speeds went up from 5/1 for $50 a month to 300/200 for $50 a month. The internet here no longer goes out randomly, throttles, or has any other issue. Internet companies will "buy out" areas so other internet service providers can't lay down wire and the only ISP in that area can keep speeds and reliability in the shitter for sky-high prices. It's just a regressive business practice. Paying more for the same technology.
the oligodynamic effect (i.e brass doorknobs disinfecting themselves after a period of time)
The effect is certainly pretty cool. Essentially what is described is that frequently touched materials can gather lots of microorganisms really easily, just because they're found literally everywhere at extremely high levels. When you touch a doorknob, you transfer the bacteria on your hand to the doorknob. However, the nature of the brass is such that it interferes with the functioning of the bacteria or fungus etc. resulting in the death of the microorganism. It is suspected that the metal interferes with the correct functioning of proteins needed for the survival of these bugs. Also, an interesting thing to note is that you reference "disinfecting" in your initial question. There is a difference between disinfection and sterilisation; disinfection means that the most harmful microorganisms are killed, but not their spores. This means that there is potential for their survival, for example if they were transferred back to someone's hand from the doorknob. Sterilisation is complete removal of harmful and harmless bacteria and there spores, which is different. Long winded explanation, I hope that this helps out a little!', "It's a fancy name for a simple concept. Atoms of heavy metals interfere with certain enzymes and proteins -- molecules that cells need to live. In other words, the metal simply poisons the bacteria, mold, etc.
I am short-sighted. If I look in a mirror which is close to my face, objects in the distance (in the mirror) still look blurry. Why?
A mirror is not a picture. Put your camera in selfie mode and you will see the background in focus, because the camera in your phone is properly focused and the screen on your phone is a real image. The image in a mirror, on the other hand, is a virtual image made by reflecting light from the real world to your eyes. The distance to the objects in the scene is unchanged Bad [paint] incoming: When you look through a mirror, your eyes are not focused on the surface of the mirror, rather they are focused at a distance "in" the mirror. In the diagram, the red line is the path of the reflected light. But what your eye focuses on is along the green line, at what is called a virtual focus. The red lines and the green lines are both the same distances, so your short-sightedness sees it the same as if you were looking at the object the same distance away without a mirrorThe lenses in your eyes handle focusing the light rays coming in from various directions onto your retina. They cannot handle rays coming from directions too different such as from distant objects. In the case of a mirror the light is reflected retaining the angle at which they arrived, which requires your eyes to be able to focus those angles which they cannot. If it was actually a screen emitting the light itself then the angle would not be retained and you would be able to see it in focus.
How do hair transplants work?
Hair from the back and side of your own head is used. It's not affected by male pattern baldness. They take individual hairs or groups and place them on your bald areas. To get more complex, this hair is unaffected by DHT which causes MPB hair loss. Older techniques would use awkward looking groups of hair while more modern techniques take smaller follicle groups harvest from a removed strip of scalp or device that takes individual follicle groups directly from the scalp . [source]
Why some people would rather help an animal than a human?
Speaking personally, animals seem more helpless and innocent. I feel like a human could help themselves in a way that a cat or dog couldn't, hence the animal is in greater need of help.
Why are second (and if lucky) third orgasms in a sex session (with a partner or alone) less intense than the first?
That's funny, my second ones are always way more intense.Male here, adding another "speak for yourself". The third and fourth and above might be hard uh more difficult to achieve, but they are way more intense.
Air pressure in houses? Why do some doors hit a cushion of air when they close, some doors slam when they close, and some doors get sucked closed?
It's depends on how air tight the room is. You will notice this with doors that are tighter to the carpet and not under cut. Take a door that you can't slam because of this and open a window in that room the air will be forced out the window and the door will close easier. Opening or closing a door rapidly will generate lots of air movement. Without somewhere to go it will be more difficult to close. Undercut doors allow air underneath. Similar to Windows letting air outside. Also to note in commercial buildings many glasses enclosed rooms and others have what's called transfer air duct that as well as allowing air out functionally assist in the same way. Source union sheet metal worker. Duct work.
Why do such well-known companies as McDonald's and Coca-Cola pay tens of millions to be the lead sponsors of the World Cup/Olympics/etc.? Do people really not know these companies at this point?
A part of it is about securing future customers through positive association. If you are 5 y.o. and love football, and everytime you watch it on tv a big coca cola logo is burnt into your retinas, then you're more likely to prefer it once you're older and actually have some disposable income. Thats the idea, anyhow
Hospital Fetal Heart rate and Cervix Monitors
A belt with a sensor is placed around the stomach. The sensor can tell how hard something is being pressed against it. The tensing and relaxing of the uterus puts more or less pressure on the sensor, so it can tell what's going on.
The number system of Graphics Cards
There essentially isn't one. Within an individual product line from a given manufacturer the numbers may mean something, but mostly they are just the name the manufacturer gave to that video card. It's all about marketing. The first number in most cards indicates the "generation" of video card they belong to, but this is still just marketing. A higher number doesn't necessarily mean more performance. A high-end GTX 6xx card might outperform a low-end GTX 7xx card, for instance. Basically, you have to look at the charts. The numbers are made up to sell more video cards, not to be informative in any way.
Why can I hear a TV from another room, even if the volume is off?
Although I can't understand what you're saying in the explanation, I think I know what your'e talking about. Old TVs emit a very high frequency noise that is constantly on, even with the volume muted. you might be hearing this from the other room.
I just saw the Bruce Lee kid video, and now I'm curious how nunchaku work. It seems like an inefficient weapon.
Yeah, they're not exactly great weapons. They're not as difficult as you 'd think to use them, but they're honestly kind of a pain, and certainly aren't as effective as many other weapons. From what I recall of my Asian history though, the reason taht these kinds of weapons exist is because of limited resources. They started out as modified farm tools. A random farmer couldn't afford to buy a "real" weapon. The nunchaku is basically just a modified flail; not as good as say, an axe, but you can carry it around with you on a daily basis, and it works much better than just being unarmed.
What does "single payer" mean in the american health care system ?
"Single Payer" means that there is a single entity that handles all of the insurance payments to medical providers. In this case, that payer would be the government. Instead of multiple private insurers that each cover a small portion of the population and each negotiate their own prices for procedures we would have one big insurer that covers everyone and negotiates in behalf of everyone for lower prices on procedures. This would allow for lower and more fair pricing as well as universal coverage regardless of wealth or pre-existing conditions.
How are branded drinks mass produced? (Gatorade, Monster)
There are huge companies out there that you have probably never heard of that make all different components of food and drinks. This includes flavor companies, food coloring companies, salt pretty much every component on the back of the can was produced by someone else besides the one actually making the drink. So then gatorade has research facilities, pilot plants and full scale industrial plants. The researchers figure out the exact formula they want for a product, it gets scaled up once for the pilot plant so they can figure out how to mass produce it and get the engineering kinks worked out and then it goes to full scale production. At the plant, they have filtered water that mixes with either a concentrated syrup or powder and then its pumped into cans or bottles. Then CO2 can be added and it is sealed and labeled.by independent bottlers, the syrup is sent to them and they add the water or carbonated water'", 'Think of it like a fountain pop machine at a convenience store. Just on a much bigger scale.
what's an API? (computers)
It's an "application programming interface". It's a defined set of methods by which you interface with functions and data of a program from another programmer. E.G. google's API would allow me to submit a string as a search and get back a dataset of results that include descriptive text and urlApplication Programming Interface. If you want to make some computer software , and you need to write some code and yoh want to use my cool code then i can provide you with tools to access features of my code without having full access to my code. So i give you an Interface. & nbsp; As an example if you want location data from Google maps, you can use their maps API. It lets you get your position and a local map, but it doesnt let you see all the inner details of how Google actually gets that data.
Why are Japanese fan content creators so much more strict about their activities in order to avoid copyright issues than Western fan creators?
Social responsibility. In general, Japanese culture has a bit more sense of morality in respect to the original creators. They don't want to hurt the creators. Theres also this sense in Japan of following the order of things just for the sake of the law. A lot of westerners will do things they know they aren't supposed to, if they think they can get away with it. Japanese I think are more likely to take the "safe" road. Lots of generalizations here, but I think it mostly holds true.
The difference between a parody and a satire
Parody is imitation. Satire is humorous, constructive, social criticismYou are a politician who does lots of work on food standards and safety. A parody show is made about you, featuring a politician who looks a lot like you with exaggerated features, and spends most of his time ranting about burgers being dangerous whilst getting nothing done. A running joke is a policy he makes, that is almost identical to that one you made, but it's deliberately made stupider and sillier than your real policy. A satire show is made about \'you,\' featuring a cast of characters in a government department going through various situations that explore, make light of, and highlight issues with food standards and safety, sometimes taking jabs at policies similar in spirit to ones you 've tried to enact in order to highlight the flaws in the policy to the viewer, other times making the audience think "huh, it really is worrying that they get hamburger meat from such sources."
How come—when looking at the light produced on earth VIA satellite imagery, they are always yellow, when in fact, there are lights of all different colors being produced?
It's not VIA, it's just via, a word. :-) Anyhow, the answer is simple: most electric lights are actually yellow, so when you look at a lot of lights grouped together from far away, you see mostly yellow light.
Why is insurance handled by private, for-profit companies rather than by the government?
> and that's definitely not who I would want backing me if I get in an accident. except that, unless you were criminally stupid when signing a contract, in this particular case you get to sue them, i.e. get the government involved. Under capitalism, the government is the policeman, not the entire economy.That depends which country you are in. For my country, Canada, for health insurance it is handled by government. For car insurance it is mandated by government law that you buy private non-government insuranceWhat you are describing is basically how insurance is handled in most first world countries in the world. The USA is pretty much the only country in what we usually consider the "western world" that has no universal/socialized healthcare. Why is it like that? Well that's a complicated issue. Lobbyists and propaganda have a lot to do with it. The large insurance companies in the US have the government by its balls and aren't ever going to let something like universal healthcare happen. In order to keep the masses believing that this is best they like to spread nonsense propaganda like "It's communist and communists are scary!" or "Do you want some government bureaucrat decide which meds you should get?"', "Look how unemployment insurance is handled. You pay into it and they make you fight for it when you need it and then pretend like you're asking for a hand out when it's literally your own money.
How do tunnel builders know where they are going?
i dont know anything about that specific project, but in general there is an engineer that surveys in the centerline of the tunnel using a theodolite . you basically move a known point down the tunnel using the previous point along the centerline as a reference. you offset each point from the actual centerline so that you can mark the actual points with a nail along the tunnel wall, out of the way._URL_1_ This is episode one of a three part fly on the wall documentary called 'The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway' about the current construction of a new underground railway line underneath London. Especially interesting is the 'Eye of the Needle' segment whereby the new tunnel needs to be bored with just an 80cm gap to a neighboring existing tunnel. Episodes 2 and 3 are also very good, all on youtube.
How exactly do Saline pools work?
Salt water pools still use chlorine, the difference is that the chlorine is produced through electrolysis using the salt as the base material. The advantage is that the salt electrolysis process creates free chlorine ions and burns off chloramines . As long as they are maintained they will work just as well at killing bacteria, and people tend to find them less irritating, especially if they have sensitive skin. The salt system also has the benefit of "softening" the water. They tend to have a higher initial setup cost though, and saltwater is more corrosive than freshwater so you have to keep an eye on the internals and plumbing of the filtration systemSalt water pools are also much more damaging to local eco systems, if drained improperly they will destroy vegetation and if sent down storm drains they will wreck havoc on water treatment systems. This why many municipalities want to ban them.
Why did I just pay $250 for a passport with a 3-week turnaround, when a driver's license is $25 and take 30 minutes?
A driver's license is a state-issued document accepted by state governments certifying your identity and ability to drive. A passport is a federally-issued document accepted by international governments certifying your identity and travel eligibility and history. Whereas you can get away with a temporary driver's license printed on a DMV receipt printer, a passport has a LOT of liability tied to it and basically is your country insuring you as "This person is a Normal Person" The cost comes from the legal backing, as well as whatever background checks they need to run on you', "The process it goes through is why it takes so long normally to get it. You paid extra to have them to complete the process faster. Like 1 day shipping vs 5 day shipping. You pay more for the 1 day. I don't exactly remember the process but I do remember that they do ALOT to ensure your not doing anything shady
how come we don't yet know the perfect diet for humans?
There isn't one. It would vary person to person and even to some degree day to day per person.
Why do aeroplanes/airplanes have headlights?
> Why do aeroplanes/airplanes have headlights? Aircraft commonly land at night when it is dark. Being able to see the ground when coming in for a landing is important because they need to touch down at a reasonable speed. So not to put too fine a point on it, they are so the pilots can see when it is dark. You know, like with regular car headlights.So they can see what's ahead. The lights shine on the runway, making it brighter and easier to see during both take-off and landing. They are called landing lights.
Why do i sleep better when its cold?
The temperature that your body sleeps at is lower than the temperature your body maintains the rest of the day, this is for energy conservation and obviously to let your body rest. Simply put, keeping the temperature in your room lower may help your body to achieve this lower resting temperature. This makes falling asleep and staying asleep easierThis is an awesome question op I have always wondered this!
How if I have some software that requires a product key that you must pay for, that many people can use the same key?
There are two ways that a product key can be validated. The first way is that the program "phones home" to check that the key is valid, and is tied to your account. This type of validation means that the same key can only be used once. But the other way that a key can be validated is if there is some algorithm that generates valid keys, and that can verify that a particular key is valid. For example, maybe keys are generated by taking your email address, appending some fixed string of letters to the end , and then feeding the resulting string through a hashing algorithm . The resulting hash is your product key. In this case, it's super easy for the program to verify that a given email address + product key is valid, because it just takes the email, appends the secret string to it, and then hashes that to see if the resulting hash equals the product key you entered. This has the advantage of not requiring an Internet connection to activate the software, but does make it vulnerable to re-used keys. I 've seen some companies that make the credit card number used to purchase the product part of this process to discourage sharing of product keys .
How does a contagion spread from contact with an open wound to the target organ in the body ?
Generally through the blood stream or the lymphatic vessels. When a contagion attacks a specific organ I.e. Hepatitis, it is because something about those cells allows that particular pathogen to attack/reproduce better than they do in other cells. They don’t move towards that organ specifically, they just keep getting pumped through the bloodstream until they find a good place to start reproducing, or they’re killed by the immune system
How does a state minimum wage increase impact people?
Essentially minimum wage increases due to inflation, inflation is the concept that money isn't worth as much as it used to, and therefore you need more of it But what happens is that the cost of everything increases, but the amount of money people have stays the same, meaning that to maintain their standard of living, they need to increase their wage. But of course, this means people now have more money, and people will be willing to raise their prices accordingly, causing inflation causing the circle to go round. It's what happens when you have a currency that is arbitrary, in the sense that it isn't tied to anything solid, like a resource, ie Gold Standard.
Why do trained muscles get more volume rather than density?
Skeletal muscles are the muscles that you use for voluntary movement like your arms, legs, etc. They're made of myocytes, which have a limited ability to divide. Other cells in your body constantly divide, like your skin or the inside of your mouth . When a cell is stressed out, as in it receives stress from either hormones, exercise or something rubbing up against it, etc, it'll adapt in order to take more stress. Your muscles can't divide, so they undergo hypertrophy or get bigger. Your skin cells divide more to compensate but they also secrete more keratin. Why do they have a limited ability to divide? It just comes down to the fact that they're highly specialised. Generally, the less specialised the cell is, the more it can divide. Stem cells, or pluripotent cells are not specialised at all, but they can divide endlessly and become any cell in the body. Myocytes, cardiomyocytes , and neurons are highly specialised cells and have very poor ability to divide. it's why heart attacks are so bad, and why spinal damage doesn't heal properly.
Why was the European Union created?
Also, food-security. During the world wars food would be a scarce resource. The EU subsidizes farmers in the EU so they can compete with cheap food from outside the EU which was made with a lower wage for the workersThis could probably be more accurately answered on [/r/askhistorians]
what happened to the hole in the ozone? Did we fix it, is it still there, was it never that big of a threat?
We found replacements for chlorofluorocarbons and drastically cut down the rate at which we released them into the atmosphere. The holes are still there but have stopped growing and are on the path to recovery.It's still there, it's just that because it's over Antarctica, we don't hear much about it. It doesn't really affect us directly. It's actually larger than it was when the ozone layer panic came about, and it'll take a lonnnggggg time to heal.The world came together and decided to stop producing as much cfcs. This resulted in the hole in the ozone shrinking. Most consider this problem solved.
When I put pressure on my eyes for an extended period of time I see really cool patterns that alternate. What is that?
your eye is full of liquid called the vitreous humour. when you press on your eyes, you're increasing the pressure of that fluid inside the eye; that in turn causes pressure to be applied to the nerves in the back of your eye, on your retina. those nerves get confused and start sending out random signals that you see as cool-ass patterns.I LITERALLY just read about this is my anatomy and physiology textbook 10 minutes ago Basically, the colors you are seeing are false stimuluses that are generated on labeled lines, or the links between your pressure receptors in your eyelids and the part of the brain that is deciphering those stimuliSome archaeologists/anthropologists believe that these images may be the inspiration for geometric cave art.The patterns you see when you press on your eyes is because your eyes are sensitive to physical pressure, just like the nerves in the rest of your body, only your brain interprets their signals as light instead of touch. It's kind of like you're seeing what the feeling of pain would be if it was an image. As for the floating things, I had always been told that they're debris floating on the surface of your eye in your tears, but I recently learned that that's wrong. They're actually inside your eye! They're little bits of dead eye tissue that have since been replaced by new eye tissue floating freely inside the jelly-like goop inside your eye!", 'The squiggly lines that float in your field of vision are caused by defects in the vitreous humor . They get worse as you agethat is damage to your retina you should probably stop doing thatFYI the squiggles you see are called phosphenes _URL_0_
Why is Saudi Arabia an ally of the USA?
Saudi Arabia has oil and wants money. USA has money and wants oil. It's pretty much as simple as that.Realpolitik. When it all boils down, no one gives a shit about fascism, discrimination, religion, women or homosexuals. If Saudi Arabia can provide a stable ally and friend in the middle east, thats enough to look past all the rest. Their benefits trumps all the ret
How can Brick and mortar retailers continue to exist with online competitors
Somethings need to be touched or experienced. They can also do onsite repair and warranty work for value add Value add is the key. The appeal to niche markets or do something that email and returns isn't quite comfortable Would you buy a house online?
Why does the shower water become hotter when someone flushes the toilet?
your water heater heats water to anywhere from 120 to 180 degrees F. So in order to keep you from burning yourself cold water is mixed with the hot water to make a comfortable temperature. when a toilet is flushed it pulls a few gallons of water. thus, limiting the amount of cold water available to cool the shower.there's less cold water to cool the hot water because the water-pressure drops now the toilet is re-filling it flushing tank. the pressure on the main waterline is not enough to keep both the shower and the toilet-refill flowing. due to your local layout and your water heater having a pump the rate at which the presure of the cold and hot water decline are not same so temperature of their mix changes.
Do uncontacted tribes know we're here, like we are aware of their presence?
My impression is that most of them are aware that some kind of big, huge, technologically advanced world exists, but they don't know shit about it. Commonly they are uncontacted because they want to be: being contacted tends to screw them over. Either they have few useful skills and end up in the bottom of the heap of capitalism, or they get massacred by brutal 3rd-world mining and logging companies. OTOH, they likely have very little idea of the scale or workings of industrial civilization.Often, we know just a tiny bit more about the tribe than they know about the outside world. Any contact either way has usually been in the form of a plane passing overhead or ranchers/loggers invading. Cultural relativism has led to a lot of activists trying to keep these tribes separated from the outside world. However, every time that pictures are taken of them, we inadvertently make contact, possibly changing tribal mythology/culture/etc. You can check out something like [_URL_0_] for more informationMany do, because they have been in contact with their neighbors and other tribes/groups in the area. Most uncontacted tribes today are trying very hard to *stay* that way.
Why can't we just gargle an antiseptic to get rid of a sore throat?
Because the source of your sore throat is not lying around on the surface of your throat, but within the soft tissue surrounding it. Its like saying that washing your chest with a bar of soap should alleviate a chest coldAn antiseptic kills bacteria. But a sore throat is often caused by a viral infection. A virus strongly differs from bacteria, since it is in principle only a piece of DNA and not a living organism like a bacterium. It uses cells as a host to reproduce itself. It would be necessary to use antivaral drugs to stop them. The reason why they are not common to be used if you have a sore throat is probably strong side effects and to avoid new drug resistant viruses.
With the recent "Infinity Table" posts, can someone explain how they work?
First, let's explain what a "one-way mirror" is: It is not a mirror that only reflects light going in one direction. It is a _partially reflective mirror_ that allows some light of either direction to go through, and reflect some light of either direction. What this means in practice is that depending on relative lighting conditions, it may appear to be a window or a mirror. An example of this would be your house window - on a bright sunny day, you have no trouble looking out. Someone outside, however, may see a reflection. This is because the glass reflects some light, and transmits others. Since the outside is _so_ bright, a large amount of light is reflected back to the observer outside. This overwhelms any light that is transmitted from inside to outside. The indoor observer, on the other hand, as a lot of light transmitted _into_ the window, so any reflected light is drowned out by the transmitted light. You will notice the reverse at night, when you have lights turned on and outside is dark. Now the indoor observer will see a lot of reflection, and the outside observer has no trouble peering in. Alright, so knowing this now, how does the infinity table work? The bright lights within the table makes the inside bright. Some light gets leaked out to your eyes - that's what you see. Other light gets reflected to the bottom mirror, which gets reflected back. Some of _that_ light reaches your eye, but another fraction gets reflected back to the bottom mirror, and so forth. That's why you see many copies - and that's also the reason each reflection gets dimmer and dimmer - some light escapes, and other is absorbed. Only a fraction is reflected each time. It has nothing to do with projected images.
Why are PIN codes not needed for online transactions?
Credit cards and debit cards, historically, worked with different banking networks and were developed with different mindsets. Credit cards chose to focus on signatures in the early days, while debit cards chose to use PINs. With that history, though debit and credit cards have sort of merged into a very similar style of transaction, they still hold onto some of the early designs for how those networks operated. There hasn't really been a need for changing the way credit cards worked, and introducing PINs for those cards would be a very big change that people probably wouldn't be happy with. --- There are some more details in an answer to a similar question here: _URL_0_
What is an orchestral conductor doing, and how can everyone follow what he's doing regardless of what instrument they have?
He's keeping time. Each swing of the arm is a "tic" in the temp of the piece which all musicians, regardless of instrument need to keep in synch. He can also make larger or smaller movements to indicate changes in volume. And he will cue sections or individuals for specific parts of the piece that highlight that musical voice.
Why can't governments print "temporary" money to cover important expenses?
They do, and it causes inflation because the money doesn't have any material value behind it. Money is just something we use to represent value. Without creating the value, the printed money isn't anything more than paper, which in turn, makes every piece of money less valuable.They do, but they can't print "temporary" money. The money printed is real money, which can kick off inflation as /u/onyourkneestexaspete said. Money has to be a permanent store of value otherwise its worthless. "Temporary" money would have no value since its only good for a short time.
Why can humans eat almost anything, yet so many foods like chocolate, grapes, and xylitol are dangerous for dogs and other mammals?
The premise of your question is basically flawed. We can't eat almost anything. About half of the red berries in existence are poisonous to us but not to birds, for example. The same is true about mushrooms. Also, not everything that is edible is food. Uncooked grains are edible, but you would eventually die if that's all you ate. OTOH, if you cook it into bread, you're pretty much good to go.Selection bias. All the things humans eat are considered "food." The things that animals can eat that we can't aren't. We don't raise them as crops or otherwise pay them much attention. We don't go looking in the wild for new and interesting things that poison us to feed our dogs and see if *they* like itDifferent animals lack enzymes to process certain foods. This is why many foods we eat are poisonous to dogs.Lots of animals have different constitutions. Heck, dogs eat grass. I wouldn't recommend trying that.Not a lot of dogs tend to come from tropical environments where chocolate and grapes are common. Meanwhile a dog can eat all kinds of stuff that would kill you or I. This is more of a situation where a handful of "normal" foods by human standards will adversely affect humans, but ultimately we're a lot more digestively picky that most other animals.While we can't eat almost anything as many of the posters have mentioned we can eat many more things than more many other animals out side of dedicated scavengers who have specialized guys and microorganism in their body for dealing with rotting meat/vegetable matter. So I say OP isn't totally wrong but just didn't phrase the question right. To answer OPs question, it cause we learned to process food and make it edible. You can eat a raw potato but the energy you get from it is minimal compared tonic you cooked it. Also it would not be good on your insides.Different species have different physiologies Dogs can eat raw and rotting meat whereas it would kill or sicken a human.
How are those huge cranes that work on skyscrapers setup/made taller/moved to really high floors?
They're modular and self-assembling. The first structural piece under the rotation head, the lifter module, is more complex than the rest; it includes slides and jacks. The complete assembly process involves anchoring the base and setting up the horizontal arm. Once that's ready, the lifter module jacks up the head and the arm, and the crane lifts a structural segment off a truck and into place. Once the new segment is bolted in, the jacks retract and are bolted onto the new top structural segment. This process is repeated until the crane is as tall as it needs to be. Disassembly is the same process in reverse, with a caveat. If there is more than one crane involved, they may build around a crane within the building, so long as at least one crane is outside to lift out the pieces. The last crane, however, always has to have enough clear space to disassemble itself in the same process in reverse that it assembled itself with.
Why is cooking wine not regulated in stores like regular wine is?
Its not intended to be consumed as alcohol. Vanilla extract is well known way for minors to get alcohol.
Why are Dolphins considered to be smart/advanced?
They have communities, basic communication skills, they understand death, they have sex for fun and rescue creatures that are in danger.I believe it is related to the [Encephalization quotient], though I'm no expert.
During the Middle Ages, what would happen if a country invaded another, and the invaded country couldn't afford to fight so it surrendered, but the invading country kept on fighting?
That's not really how treaties work. Treaties aren't like "you get to keep all the land you 've taken," they always specify very exact borders. If Country B truly had no will to fight, they would have given up all of their land . If Country A didn't take advantage of the situation and got a treaty that wasn't as favorable as it could have been, tough shit; they should have thought of that before they signed the treaty. Of course, they could just break the treaty. There weren't any real international institutions in place to enforce that sort of thing, but you don't really make any friends with a reputation for breaking promises.
How does the "brace" position in aircraft emergencies protect us?
The position places the body in a way where the damage to the body will be minimized. _URL_0_ this is the result of not bracing. Bracing minimized the forces to the body
How are brain aneurysms diagnosed and treated?
Brain aneurysms are usually asymptomatic. The only time that they can otherwise be diagnosed is if they grow large enough to start bleeding, which can cause severe headaches, a lot of uncontrolled vomiting, and in other cases, they can compress the surrounding structures and nerves in the brain and cause a dysfunction there. Doctors can also suspect aneurysms in susceptible individuals. A family history of aneurysms, certain heart defects, connective tissue diseases such as Ehler-Danlos syndrome, or kidney diseases such as Polycystic Kidney Disease also are known to be associated with brain aneurysms. In any case, the only way to know is through imaging, which can be done best by MRIs that allow you to see the blood vessels, or other forms of imaging such as a CT with a special dye that marks blood vessels clearly. The idea of using platinum coils in an aneurysm is that they loop around several times inside the wall of the aneurysm, and trigger blood clotting in that area. Once the aneurysm clots over completely, there's very little chance of it bursting or bleeding out.
Why can certain types of batteries be recharged when others cannot?
Non rechargeable batteries are based on an chemical reaction that is not reversible. Edit: electrically reversible that is.
The US has more youth playing soccer than any other nation in the world. Why don't we have our own Messi?
We have a lot of kids who play soccer, but the vast majority are in recreational leagues, not serious youth development programs like Messi went through. Those are growing along with the domestic league, though - the MLS Academy system just started four or five years ago.US television doesn't view soccer as a potential money maker. No one wants to invest in soccer. I think potential soccer stars in the US are recruited to play other sports, because there is more money in it. College basketball sends scouts out to schools to solicit potential players, and I don't think any soccer programs in the US have enough funds to do that. Unfortunately, it all comes down to ads for beer and cars. If someone could prove that soccer can draw as much attention as football in the US, then they could sell ads, and networks would be motivated to air more soccer. No one wants to invest in the unknown potential of soccer.American football, basketball, and baseball are far more prestigious sports to play than soccer at the high school and college levels, and their pro leagues get a lot more attention and a lot more money than the MLS. So the best American youth athletes may play soccer along with several other sports when they are children, but if they have the talent to go far in football, basketball, or baseball, they will almost always focus on one of those sports over soccer.
Cosplay; is it just done for an event? Does one wear their outfit on multiple, random occasions? Is it just made for the photos?
It's usually for a convention, which will run for several days. Some people wear the same costume to multiple conventions, others make a new one for each one.
If there are concentration camps in North Korea that are similar to those found in Germany during WWII, why hasn't a military force such as NATO intervened?
This is asked a lot, but here it goes. North Korea would react violently if any force tried to offer aid to those in the camps. If North Korea acted violently, there would probably be a war. If there were a war, China would be upset. China doesn't want millions of refugees and nuclear radiation at it's borders.
Why is mercury the chosen substance for determining the temperature?
We actually don't use mercury anymore, we use alcohol. But the simple answer is because as a liquid metal it is conductive, and expands and contracts predictably with temperature changes. Further, unlike water, it's freezing point is low enough there is little change of that happening, and even if it somehow occurred it wouldn't make the thermometer explode as water would.
How do women's menstrual synchronize if they spend a lot of time together?
They do not. It is a common misconception. They will occasionally *overlap*, in the same way as if you watch a bunch of cars with their blinkers on, but they don't synchronise.
Why do lights and stars sometimes appear to have points sticking out of them?
If you are thinking of photos then they are called [diffraction spikes] and are caused by the wires that keep a mirror in place.
I am confused about how many KB are in 1 MB. Some sources seem to say 1000 and others say 1024. Which is it?
1024, 1000 is rounded out, u don't say "hey that burger is 1,99" you say: "hey that burger is 2 dollars"There are several usages for it: - In disk size measurement: Initially it was "1 megabyte is 1024 kilobytes", but when they started to get bigger and bigger, suddenly 300 megabytes was actually 314 million bytes and marketing took over and decided that the disk was 314 megabytes. - In link speed measurement: A download speed of 5 megabytes per second is 40 megabits per second is 40 million bits per second. - In memory: Now we are back on why you have 1024 bytes in a kilobyte. Memory addressed by the CPU is done in a power of 2: With one address line you can have two addresses, with two address lines you can have four addresses, with three address lines you can have eight addresses, [ ], with 10 address lines you can have 1024 addresses, with 11 address lines you can have 2048 addresses, [ ] with 16 address lines you can have 65536 addresses, with 17 address lines you can have 131072 addresses, [ ] with 20 address lines you can have 1048576 addresses etc. So with disk space these days, one gigabyte is 1 000 000 000 bytes, and that is just marketing. With link speed, 125 megabytes per second is 1 000 000 000 bits per second, and that is the nature of the design. And with memory, one megabyte is 1 048 576 bytes, and that is due to the fact that the number of addresses is a power of 2.
What would happen if a male took female viagra?
The active component of Viagra is nitric oxide, it has the same hormonal effects on males and females which lead to the sex specific responses. So, an erection for men.
How has the sloth been able to survive natural selection for millions of years without predators wiping out the species.
Sloths tend to stay in the trees, The only real predators they could have in their environment tend to stick to the forest floor. The biggest threat to their species are of course humans though, Several varieties of sloth all over the world have actually gone extinct mostly from human interference or huntingSloths are rather large and the rainforests where they live have very few large predators. In a tree they are rather difficult to get too and whilst hanging onto a branch with three limbs they can defend themselves with the fourth and those claws are big.
Why are people so drawn to shiny things like minerals and gems, especially to the point where they're used in things like fine jewelry and crowns?
Shiny things are usually rare and/or valuable. We put them with other shiny things as a show of wealth or status, like the British Crown Jewels or the Hope Diamond.
What does growth mean in terms of a countries economy?
The way I learned economic growth, the ways economic growth is measured is by increasing the production capacity the country has . War is famously known to help production , as the government wants every ounce of resources it can get to produce weaponry and other goods, and hence WWII is usually credited with officially ending the Great Depression. There's also growth that's caused by better quality of life for the residents, such as technological advances , increased literacy rates, decreased poverty rates, lower unemployment rates, better environments, etc. With these, people are more eager to spend money rather than to spend , and of course, with more spending, there's typically a healthier economy which leads to more growth.Economic growth simply means an economy grew in value. Value can be expressed as GDP . GDP is the TOTAL value of ALL goods and services that a country produces. For example, let's say in Year 1 the US earned $100b through selling goods and services. In year 2 they managed to earn $200b, which means they experienced economic growth. Extra: with growth, comes inflation. This is where the price level of all goods rises. This is because if an economy grows, people have more money to spend on items. Shop owners can increase their prices because they know people will continue to shop there
please ELI5 what the sound is when i put a cup near my ear
[Source] The cup amplifies the ambient noise, which is the thing you hear. Many people believe it's an echo of your blood, this can easily be disproved. Try to exercise and put the cup to the ear. The noise is no louder, even if you hearth is beating faster.I believe it is the vibrations from the blood pulsing through your ear regionContainers reflect certain pitches of sound better than other pitches. The larger the container, the lower pitch reflected. When you put a cup to your ear, it is reflecting the medium pitch sounds from the room around you much more than the lower or higher pitches.
Why do you often feel to hot/cold when you want to sleep?
Your body temperature decreases to initiate sleep. The recommended temperature for a good night’s sleep is 60 to 67 degrees. That’s a lot lower than what I think most houses are at right now. So if your house feels too warm and you’re noticing it when you lay down for bed that’s probably why. I know the first sign every year for me to break out my a/c is when I lay down at night even though it was most likely hotter during the day
when is space where there is nothing but emptiness, what do rocket engines thrust against that make them move forward?
The rocket engines push against the exhaust that is being expelled. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It's exactly the same as if you were wearing ice skates and holding a bowling ball. If you throw the ball forward, you'll slide backwards. This is not because the bowling ball is pushing against the air. It's because when you push the bowling ball forward, you're also pushing yourself backward. With a rocket, the exhaust from the engines is the bowling ball.