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Why can mayo remove water stains from finished wood? | The combination of fat and mild acids penetrates the top layer of the finish to replace the water with nourishing oil. At least that's what it says on_URL_0_", 'The combination of fats and acids in mayonnaise soaks through the top layer of the wood to remove water stains . |
Why do red objects and text appear blurrier than other colours in low-quality digital videos? | Digital sensors use what's called a [Bayer Filter] over the sensor to filter out the colours. As you can see in the images on that page, red pixels are only a quarter of the total number of pixels. This actually roughly matches the sensitivity of your eye, providing a more accurate colour balance. A side effect of this... |
r/KotakuInAction and "Gamergate" | KIA and gamergate is anti SJW. GamerGate began due to the accusation of a female game developer of sleeping around with game reviewers, which was partially true and partially false. So, the internet rioted and began to demand ethics in game journalism, while some attacked her directly on the internet. She accused her a... |
why do we say aww when we see something cute or feel bad for someone? | Possibly because of social norms, in which we learn from others that we say "aww" when we see something cute or feel bad for someone. Perhaps the origin is that actually, humans react aggressively when we see something cute perhaps there might be some explanation there |
Why are all videos not available on mobile youtube? | Uploaders can choose for each of their videos whether or not to enable mobile viewing. Google implemented this choice because the mobile Youtube apps used to not be able to display ads, and some uploaders might not want to lose out on that ad revenue. That reasoning is obsolete now, since ads are shown during mobile vi... |
How can businessmen get prosecuted for things like insider trading and securities fraud when their businesses have limited liability? | Limited liability protects members from debts, liabilities, and tort claims -- not crimes. For example, if you're a member of an LLC that goes bankrupt, you are not responsible for those debts. If someone slips on a puddle of coffee inside your office and sues you, you are not personally responsible for paying that jud... |
How do clouds stay up in the sky? | Air also has weight. Remember that clouds are totally gigantic. The amount of air that would take up that space actually weighs more than that. Since the cloud is lighter, it floats on top of the air. As the cloud gets denser, it can sink down. As it gets less dense, it can rise up. That's why fog, stratus clouds, cumu... |
Why drugs have the stigma that they possess today? | Well it's obvious there have been enormous negative social impacts from drug use. I think it 'd be ridiculous to say it's "purely" because of corrupt governments or money. Obviously the War on Drugs didn't help their public image, and some-not-quite-as-bad drugs were caught in the "drugs are terrible" crossfire, but it... |
Why Does My Spoon Taste Metallic After It Touches Aluminum Foil? | Some of the aluminum oxide, which **always** coats the aluminum, rubs off. It tastes metallic because you are tasting aluminum rust. |
Why is a president commenting on a judicial procedure not a violation of the separation of powers? | He is allowed to comment all he likes. He is even allowed to fight judicial procedures in court. What he can't do is order his executive branch to directly violate the court findings. |
The inclusion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance during 1954. | one of the main points of propaganda against the soviet union was that the soviet union was atheist and godless, while the US was strong under the protection and guidence of god. The pledge of allegiance was written by a baptist flag salesman to increase sales anywaysReligious revival in America + Scary Atheist Communi... |
Why do I often get calls from random numbers with nobody on the other line? | They're likely scammy telemarketing calls. Outbound call centers typically use a "power dialer" that calls a bunch of numbers at once, and if the line picks up, instantly connects it to an operator. In legit call centers, they're tuned so that you rarely get enough people picking up at once that there are no operators ... |
How can you have multiple Channels on the same frequency!(e.g. In Walkie-Talkies)? | On the [Family Radio Service], which is the more common radio band as it does not require an operator's license, you have multiple channels spaced 12.5 kHz apart. On each of those channels, the radio uses something called CDCSS ) or CTCSS ) to provide the sub-channels you're talking about. How this works is actually fa... |
Why are most road kill on the side of the road? | State trooper move the carcass to aide of the road if it's blocking or endangering traffic. Later on, animal services comes by and takes the carcass if animals haven't eaten it already. If healthy itll be butchered and donated to local animal shelters", 'Animals that get hit and killed instantly are often driven over b... |
What are the pros and cons of "right to work" laws? | > A "right-to-work" law is a statute in the UnitedStates\xa0that prohibits union security agreements, or agreements between labor unions and employers, that govern the extent to which an established union can require employees\' membership, payment of union dues, or fees as a condition of employment. Pros: employees th... |
Why are some apples crisp and some mushy, even within the same variety? | Because all apples are inferior to honey crisp! But probably age picked. They all just get jumbled up together so you could have apples picked one time, and apples from two months earlier in the same bag or batch |
Are animals less prone to mental disabilities due to evolution and the 'survival of the fittest' mechanism? | Survival of the fittest is something of an old term, and not terribly accurate. Closer to reality is 'survival of the good enough.' If a species has evolved a heritable high likelihood of mental instability to the point that it can't function, then it is going to be hard for that species to survive. So you'd expect to ... |
. Why does white text/black background on a monitor make my vision wonky? But on tv or a movie screen it doesn't really bother me... | Most text on your monitor is very small compared to the size typically used on movies or TV shows. The clarity of small fonts is much more affected by the slight "smearing" effect of white on black. An extra 1mm of white doesn't hurt the clarity much when a character is 25mm wide. |
Why can't we just throw all of our trash into an oceanic trench? Wouldn't it be recycled back into the earth? | Trash is all sorts of crazy stuff, including oils that float, plastic bits that float, paper bits that float, wood bits that float and even cans with a little air in them that float. It's also filled with air. And air floats. So you'd need to seal it and get all the air out of it to keep it down there. So you Wall-E bi... |
Is eating too fast that bad for your body ? | Yes. Eating too fast increases the likelihood of choking, and vastly increases the incidence of stomach upset and gastric reflux.It's not bad for your body in anyway but you may experience not feeling as full when you have had an good meal and in turn makes it easier to eat more.No, not really. The reason people tell y... |
Why is horizontal head-shaking an expression of saying 'No' while the vertical head-shaking is for 'Yes'? | It's arbitrary. Most of the world uses this system, but there are actually a few countries and cultures that do the opposite, as well as some that have neither system. |
Did the holocaust have any lasting effects in the make-up of non Jewish people in Germany and elsewhere? | Before we say anything else here, it's important to note that there are many Jewish people who are blonde with blue eyes, and many Germans who do *not*! *That* said, here's the thing. *Tens of millions* of people died during WWII - 3% of the total population of the entire world, at the time. The holocaust is a part of ... |
How will the newly imposed China tarrifs affect the average consumer? | China's tariffs shouldn't directly affect US consumers, it only affect the people who produce those goods , who will find it harder to export their goods. Trump's tariffs *will* affect US consumers though. Everything Trump puts a tariff on will become more expensive for you. The worry is that Trump will tariff some thi... |
How is it possible for babies to cry so loudly for so long? | Babie's throats aren't fully developed yet. When a baby cries, it's vocal chords don't touch, much like the false chord gruttal screaming technique you hear in a lot of metal songs , where the sound is not profuced by vibration of the vocal chords but the epiglottis. This reduces a lot of friction and thereby the stres... |
What did people do to for snake bites and staph infections and such before modern medicine? Did they just die? | Did you ever play Oregon trail? Friggen snake bites killed my family constantly. Yes, many more people died from diseases and wounds that today are easily treatable. Aside from antibiotics and the like, sanitation also played a large role.> Is that why the mortality rate was so much higher back then and our life expect... |
what is happening to this ingot of tin to cause the ringing sound? | Like every material the metal changes its size due to the temperature change. Because the temperature does not change evenly parts of the metal ingot change more than others tension builds up. It seems that this tensions leads to a point where internal cracks form, and and this motion lets parts of the metal vibrate. A... |
What is that deep, almost primal feeling of wonder, longing, and even sense of place we get when we see pictures of open landscapes or the natural vastness and beauty of earth? | It's probable that it's a remnant from our evolution. Ancient humans who felt the same wonder and attraction to lush, fruitful landscapes simply were more fit to survive, and passed that 'instinct' to further generations who also were more fit because of it. Compare it to an attraction to barren, dead landscapes. Ancie... |
What is happening when you mentally picture (for lack of a better term) a person or scene from your memory? | The only comment here was removed, disappointing. The best explanation I can give is that we simply don't fully understand how the brain works yet to provide a solid answer. It's common that we can not only remember faces and places in this way, but we can play a song in our head and hear it even though we aren't actua... |
How do people shave in prison? | And before disposable razors were invented, prisoners used locking safety razors like [this]. The guards would put in the blade and use the cylinder on the right to tighten the razor togetherInmates are given disposable razors for shaving. The blades are tiny but sometimes can be fashioned into weapons. Anyone who abus... |
What is stopping commercial planes from being drone-piloted? | There are two main reasons: 1) For emergencies. Automatics can handle every routine task on an aeroplane. They can even handle a selection of emergencies that the designer thought to take into account. But when things go off-script, automatics don't know what to do. Think about the double engine failure in New York tha... |
Why does climbing a tree, or a ladder, or any steep height seem fine going up, but much more scary coming down? | * you can see where you are going and what you are doing better going up that down* if you run into a problem going up, all you have to is let gravity bring you back to where you just were going down, you have to overcome gravity if you change your mind and want to go back to a safe spot |
why do some products in stores have a "if found at another retailer, please call...." sticker on them? | Generally, they are to discourage you from buying something from Retailer A and then turning around and reselling it through Retailer B for more money. For example, buying some stuff from Walmart during a crazy sale and re-selling it on Amazon later for a profit. This has some info: _URL_0_ |
If I have an understanding of law, why can't I practice it without having a law degree (US)? | If someone hires you to be their lawyer, they're hiring you because they don't know or understand the law. Since they don't know or understand the law, they don't really have any way of evaluating whether or not you know the law. They just have to take your word for it. This would make it very easy to fool anyone about... |
Are their more Android vulnerabilities nowadays or are we just hearing about them more? | There will always be vulnerabilities in software, but like Windows, Android is the biggest target, so it will probably get the most publicity. However, like Windows, there are some cut corners in order to get that install base IMO, and it's a bit worse now with the tie-ins with carriers and OEMs. I'm a bit concerned th... |
How do bookies at an event keep track of wagers when everyone's shouting at them and handing them money? | It's overly dramatized in movies. You can't actually just shout at a bookie and throw them money and expect your bet to be recorded. |
What's the difference between 2$ HDMI cables and 50$ HDMI cables? | You being ripped off. If an HDMI cable works it works. There is no difference in quality from a $2 one to a $50 one. At best the price difference may mean they used a higher quality material to make them and they will last longer under heavy use.Absolutely nothing. Buying those 'brandedgold plated', HDMI cables are poi... |
Why so many police officers accused of crimes either get light sentences or have their charges dropped entirely, and how this relates to police unions. | Often times its the jury that deals with this situation Once the evidence is presented it's usually not the officers fault. A shaky video comes out of a police officer shooting a subject. Then during court you learn that the subject was on hallucinogens and waving a gun earlier. You hear from 35 witnesses about the sit... |
How do we determine how "large" (in bytes) a genome is? | In genetics, Mb doesn't mean megabytes, it means megabases. DNA is formed as a sequence of bases , and that's the unit of size that they use, so the sunfish has a genome that's about 730 million bases long. |
Why does Tea and Coffee taste bad when it's watered down, even though they're mostly water? | Coffee and tea are a specific ratio of water to "stuff;" the stuff is the oils and other chemicals from the coffee beans or tea leaves. So when you brew a cup of tea, the box of tea will tell you "Steep this tea bag in X water for Y minutes." That's like a recipe - it makes sure there's the right amount of stuff vs. wa... |
The link between allergy medicine and dementia. | It probably is a true link, however this study looked at older populations, who are at higher risk of Alzheimer's than younger patients. Alzheimer's disease is associated with degeneration of the basal nucleus of meynert in the brain, which provides cholinergic input to a certain part of the basal nuclei that are invol... |
Why am I tired all day long, every day of my life, but as soon as 8pm roles around I feel like a frat boy with an eight-ball and a keg of Naty Ice. | It could be something simple as your daily routine. What time do you wake up? What do you do for a living? Are you active and do you work out? How many hours of sleep do you get a night? Or it could be an actually disorder: _URL_0_ Basically, it could be a number of things. If you're really concerned however, I advise ... |
Why do aquatic mammals swim with their fins moving up and down, but fishes swim with their fins moving side to side? | The most basic reasoning would be bone structure. An aquatic mammal still has bones in the same general shape as ours, meaning that their shoulders work a lot like ours do. Up and down and using them as rudders works well with the bone structure. Its the same with penguins. Fish also share a common bone structure with ... |
What is the clear fluid that fills a bilster (from heat or pressure) and what is it's purpose? | It's usually plasma, which is the liquid part of blood that the red and white cells are suspended in. It helps the healing process of the underlying damaged skin. |
What is Black Body radiation and how does it work? | Everything that has a temperature will self-radiate by the emission of electromagnetic waves, e.g. light. The name "black body" radiation comes from the idea that if you have a perfect absorber, a body that absorbs 100% of all light in the entire spectrum that hits it , the said body will emit light not by reflecting i... |
Why does it take so long for finger/toenail fungus to be cured and go away? | Nail beds are moist, warm, and dark. Fungi must like this. It's a very good growing medium for fungi? |
What is SegWit? What are its advantages and disadvantages? | Segregated Witness was an update deployed recently on Bitcoin and a few other cryptocurrencies. Without getting into the nitty gritty details, it fixes a bug known as transaction malleability, which prevented doing some things with bitcoin such as payment channels. Along the way, it also somewhat accidentally allowed f... |
How do wet dreams cause one to cum if there is no sexual pleasure in reality? | Sexual pleasure is mostly in the mind. Your dreams are fully capable of providing that. What little contact is needed for wet dreams is provided by your underwear/other clothing, sheets, or actually masturbating in your sleep. |
How do criminals get away when being interviewed in documentaries on National Geographic and such? | The police cannot assume what is on "TV" is true. Neither should you. It could easily be staged or scripted. In order to become evidence, a man or woman would have to testify in court that everything on the video is true. That would make the film makers job very difficult in the future, so you can imagine they aren't r... |
How is medical marijuana legally distributed? | Marijuana is prohibited under federal law, but state law is an entirely different matter. If a state allows the prescribed use and regulated sale of marijuana, then it is not a crime in the eyes of any state official. Federal law enforcement agencies, however, are able to enforce federal anti-drug laws, but they mostly... |
Whats the differences between 'Lieutenant' and 'Leftenant'? | No difference; the former is the American/Canadian pronunciation while the other is found more in Britain and its former colonies. They're both spelled "Lieutenant." |
How does glass become sea-glass? | It becomes smooth after 20-50 years of being tumbled by waves and tides, in contact with abrasive saltwater and rough sand. It's possible because sand is of similar hardness to glass , the sand is able to wear away the glass. "Fake" sea glass is fairly easy to make in much less time. Usually glass is placed in a rock t... |
How does something go from nothing to a brain? | If you want to make a brain from scratch, you must first invent the universeWell, start with nothing. Mathematically we represent nothing with the number zero. 0 Now, in mathematics we can also represent this as something combined with its negation. 1 - 1 = 0. This happens in physics as well, and it was described by He... |
Quantum physics grad student Ben Ames, wins Alan Alda's 'The Flame Challenge' by most effectively communicating the complexity of a flame to children in his animated video. | > First, we need something big and black like oh no > this pitchfork OhI have been asking every science, chemistry, and physics teacher and or professor this same question for 22 years. Now I have an answerI loved this! Very informative. Though Beard-Torso kinda weirded me outHuh . I never really got that before, espec... |
What exactly am I paying domain registrars for? | There are some administrative that need to be paid for . But mainly there needs to be some fee involved otherwise there's nothing stopping people from registering millions of domains, just for fun.the machines of other people go to them to find out where your website lives. you tell them your address on the internet an... |
What does it look like when a hacker gains remote access to a computer? Is it literally just a mirror of the victim's desktop? | It depends. Computers can only do one thing - run programs. And "program" is just data and some calculations applied to it. So when someone says "hacker gained access to a computer" it means that hacker is either able to access data on that computer or is able to run programs there. Or both. In many cases hackers only ... |
Why is it so hard to clean up radioactive waste like Chernobyl? Why hasn't it disappeared on it's own after such a long time? | Cockroaches can withstand higher levels of radiation because they lack soft tissues, which are the most vulnerable to radiation poisoningThe radioactive material used to fuel reactors decays at a half life rate that is close to 20,000 years. So after 20k years half of the material that was there will be left, but the e... |
Why does no one like Internet Explorer? | Internet explorer must be loved in some circumstances. It is the world's most popular browser for downloading Firefox and Chrome. So remember, everything has its uses. |
Regarding the 2020 Olympics, how will Olympic Karate look different from Olympic TKD? | It's like boxing vs. kickboxing. They are similar, but one allows kicks and the other doesn't. It's a small change, but it completely changes the strategy. Muhammed Ali was one of the best boxers of all time, but I don't think he would have been a very good kickboxer. The same applies to Taekwondo and Karate. Taekwondo... |
What is the feeling of grogginess and why do we experience it? | Hi ! Before I explain this, you need to understand that there is **a lot** that we do not understand about the brain and all the molecules involved yet.The molecule involved here is **Adenosine**. You can find it in all the body, but the part that answers your question is its work **in the brain**. So Adenosine has **r... |
If you had a stick one lightyear long, would the kinetic energy transfer faster than the speed of light if you poked something? | No. The stick would not move all at once; your push would propagate down the stick at the speed of sound in whatever the stick is made out of. |
Why can't we use Micro SD cards (or the technology it uses) to create ultra small - high capacity hard drives? | We essentially already do. They're called solid state disks. They can be a number of form factors but 2.5" is the standard because that's what size laptop hard drives are.Micro SD cards are already those ultra-small, high-capacity drives you're talking about. the reason SSD drives are still so expensive is that they ha... |
Turning on/off double vision? | I found out I have double vision because I have a retinal tear behind my one eye. It causes it to lag and I have slightly a dropped eyelid as well due to it. I really would go to your optometrist as soon as you can. Anything to do with vision is VERY important and will not go away by itself!', "What does your opthamolo... |
If we're in the first world, and places like rural African countries are the third world, what and where is the second world? | It's an archaic system because the Cold War is over. It used to be: First World: Capitalist powers Second World: Communist powers Third World: Everybody else So, back in the day, the USSR was the "second world." I guess you could still say that China is "second world," but I 've never heard anybody say that. It's now g... |
What do we benefit from keep near extinction animals around? Should we just let them go extinct? (not a popular opinion I know, more of a description in comments) | There are two basic arguments. First, the moral one. We are morally obligated to protect animals that we had a hand in taking to the brink of extinction. Second, the utilitarian one. We can possibly learn something from ecosystems with intact species that could help us later. If we alter the ecosystem to much it could ... |
Why does every car have a different type of battery when every car takes a 12-Volt battery? | different sizes. the bigger the engine, the bigger the amperage is needed for the electric starter motor to turn the engine. the bigger the amp requirement, the bigger battery you need. bigger batteries also happen to be more expensive and more heavy. so you use the size battery that most appropriately matches your eng... |
Why do universities make tests too hard and then curve the grades? | So they know where everyone is. If someone gets a 100 then you know they're good on the subject, but not how good. The tests are used to check progress, so they make the upper end redicleously high so they can track everyone's improvement. |
Why are there different styles of wall plugs around the world? | For the same reason there isn't an international language, we've just not been culturally connected for long enough to develop a standard. Slightly off-topic: The Danish one is my favourite, because its so happy ●‿●", 'I think mostly this is just cultural differences emerging in an area that has not been internationall... |
Why is it that (historically) Christians have largely persecuted Jewish people despite Jesus being Jewish? | 1) Primarily because they are outsiders to the local social structure. They are not native to the region and so are suspect. It is the same reason Gypsies are persecuted. 2) Religiously Jews rejected Christ and killed him. As such they are evil to the mind of many Medieval Christians. Edit 3) Christians were not allowe... |
Why does the U.S not have massive military parades like Russia and China? | Im a former US Marine all I can say is Thank you to my battalion commander/regiment/division/etc. for never having me do any bullshit like that. Fuck drill.Taking a look at [this] askhistory thread on the topic, it seems like we *did* have military parades, but we tended to have them during wars earlier in history. The... |
Why do movies and shows have to blur out or block out company names on products? | In addition to product placement fees, there's also the reverse that if it isn't blocked out and the product is featured and doesnt like it, then they could always sue. |
Why is it that when people bald, they bald on the top of their head? | This is called pattern hair loss . Different hair follicles have different structure, and react differently to a chemical the body produces called DHT. The hair follicles at the top of the head will gradually go dormant due to the effects of DHT, but the hair at the side of the head is barely affected by it. For most p... |
What are prions? Can animals die from prion disease? | Yes, non-human animals can have prions. Basically, a prion is a protein that has been folded in such a way that it not only doesn't perform its function, but reacts with versions of the same protein that are folded correctly, in such a way that they fold in the same way as the prion and so obtain the prion's properties... |
Why isn't museum art featuring cherubs/naked babies classified as child pornography? | For the same reason that [this google search] is not classified as CP: there is no sexual innuendo involved. Also asked before so please search next time.For the same reason that museum pieces involving naked adults aren't classified as pornography. They're just depictions of the naked body, not intended to titillate.P... |
What happens if the president won the election due to foreign intervention? | Russia parties down and said president gets closer to his claimed level of wealth. Meanwhile the other two branches of our government being controlled by republicans means everyone gets away scott free.The USA does not have a good mechanism in place for handling the case where the Presidential election's outcome is que... |
What exactly is work ethic? | When someone shows up to work on time and does their job as expected without complaining or causing problems or slacking off and being lazy they are considered to have good work ethic. Also if they are willing to go beyond their job duties and help other workers out or are willing to do other jobs that their boss asks ... |
Why/how do our stomachs "grumble"? | Your intestines grumble. The reason is because when you are hungry, there's less solid/semi-solid material in there, more gas and fluid. The muscles lining them move, both to stir up the mixture of food and goop moving through you, and to move it along the 'path' to the back door. When it's mostly gas and liquid, it ma... |
What are the connections between The Theory of Relativity and The String Theory? | This is not really something that we can ELY5 because it's the million dollar question that the scientific community has been unable to figure out. Not specifically String Theory, instead more broadly: Quantum Theory. The scientific community knows they both work, but how they fit together is still unknown. String Theo... |
What limits how quickly a battery can charge? Why can't you provide it with an excessive current to charge a phone battery faster? | Batteries are chemical storage device. The transition between electrical energy and chemical state takes time. Extra energy is dissipated as heat. Too much heat and you compromise the cell container and/or the electrolyte. With lithium interacting with atmosphere, it catches fire and goes boom. You don't want that. |
how come we usually blur out license plates in photos but not when they're vanity plates? | Because they're often the subject of the photo. There's no point to a picture of a vanity plate that blurred out. |
why do we mow lawns? | Well the concept of a lawn was to improve visibility so enemies couldn't sneak up close. Then it was used for grazing. Then we decided that it was a status symbol to have a large well manicured lawn. |
Why do some institutions know my new address, while others don't? | Organizations can subscribe to the National Change of Address registry and be notified of address changes for people on their lists. There is a cost involved with this service. Some organizations are willing to pay to ensure they have an accurate mailing list, and others rely on the people on the list to update their a... |
Where are all the baby pigeons? | Our city pigeons are actually a form of [Rock Dove] and they build their nests on places on our buildings which are most like cliffs and rock ledges. And the chicks stay in the nests until they're ready to fly but before that they're really [ugly buggers]. |
Why do our eyes adjust to bright light quickly but take a while to adjust to the dark? | Your cones can fully adjust in only a few minutes. Your rods take much longer, 30+ minutes for just 80% adaptation. Your cones play some part in looking in the dark, so it doesn't take 30 minutes to start adjusting to the dark, but full dark adaptation can take hours. |
Why does hair grow strangely in Moles? | Moles are a type of tumour. Tumours are formed when cells cannot regulate their growth and split much too often, and grow too large. In tumours like moles, this usually doesn't cause problems, like cancerous tumours do. But to get back to your question, the hairs growing out of the tumour are subject to the same factor... |
Why are eastbound flights faster than westbound flights? | As you suspected, it is because of the winds, specifically the [jet stream], which mostly flows from west to east. The rotation of the earth makes no difference, because the atmosphere in which aircraft fly rotates with the earth. If the rotation of the earth did make a difference, logically you'd expect the opposite e... |
All of our muscles get tired and we have to let them rest. Why doesn't our heart have to rest? | _URL_0_ One answer is that the “cardiac” muscle that comprises the heart is of a different kind than the “skeletal” muscle comprising the hand. Skeletal muscles are attached to bone structures and cannot stay long in a flexed position without depleting their energy reserves. Those energy reserves come from mitochondria... |
Why do youtubers tend to ask for "likes" on their videos, when they get paid per view, and having an uninfluenced like counter could help them produce better content? | More likes - > higher ratings - > more traffic.Agree with what has been said so far here, but another thing is that a lot of accounts have it to when they like or comment on a video then all of that channels' subscribers will see it on their homepage and might click on it.Also, Youtube looks at these types of things to... |
Why do movies use stunt doubles in simple situations like a car pulling into a spot or jogging? | The first thing to remember, is that movies are rarely shot in order and such. Anytime you can use someone that is not a main actor to fulfill their role means that main actor can be shooting a different scene, even on the other side of the world. These helps the timeline and cost of making a movie. Second, stuntmen an... |
Why do songs that we haven't heard in a long time randomly start playing in our heads? | Our thoughts and memories are in a semantic node network. Meaning, each memory/thought/concept has it's own node , and they're all connected. If one node gets activated, then the activation threshold for connected nodes lowers, meaning it's easier for them to be activated and thus come to mind. For example, the "apple"... |
When you pick up your luggage after landing from a flight, how do airports make sure that the right person is taking the right luggage, and not stealing someone else's? | Airports don't check this -- they assume that it's been done correctly until they're told otherwise, until someone reports that their bag isn't there. That's the big reason why it's important to pick up your bag promptly after landing. |
Why do large, established companies like Coca-Cola outsource their branding to boutique firms? | Advertising is something that is generally outsourced to companies who specialize in it. It is very specialized, they are the experts at it, and they are the ones who do it. Sometimes they will keep some of the analytics in house, but generally at a minimum the creative and such is outsourced to the "experts" of the an... |
how bose noise cancellation work | It doesn't deflect the noise, it literally cancels the noise out by playing the opposite noise through the headphones. Sound travels as a wave. If you play a sound 180 degrees out of phase , it effectively cancels out and creates silence. [This is a really simple graph showing the concept.]. If the blue wave is noise, ... |
How are firefighters able to determine what caused a fire even when the structure or forest is totally destroyed? | For forest fires it is likely that the point of origin isn't as burned as the rest of the surrounding area since it wasn't as strong of a fire. The fire that was close to where I lived two years ago was thought the be the result of an illegal camp fire. They found the origin and found what was a small grassy clearing w... |
How is Ishmael the father of arabs ? | Well if you look at the Old Testament, Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael, though older, was born to Abraham's servant and as such was not able to inherit directly from Abraham. Abraham freed the servant and Ishmael, and he went on to father many children and became a prophet and the patriarch of Islam. H... |
Why do people shake when they get scared? | Exteme emotions like fear and anger activate the bodies fight or flight response. The body shuts down systems like digestion and decreases blood flow to the extremities. This allows it to increases heart rate and blood flow to the heart and lungs. Also breathing rates increase to get more oxygen into the blood. Hormone... |
Verb forms and tenses (particularly French) | Consider three English sentences. 1. I go to the store. 2. He goes to the store. 3. He went to the store. Now, all three of those have a differently shaped verb. Sentence 1 has "go", Sentence 2 has "goes" and Sentence 3 has "went". So those are three different verb forms. Tense shows what time the verb was performed in... |
There's an aweful lot of craters on the moon, would having a moon base up there be safe? | The moon has no atmosphere or running water, so there's no erosion. The craters on the moon today are the result of basically every single impact over its entire history. Impacts are still comparatively rare.Craters have accumulated over millions of years and do not erode due to minimalistic erosion conditions. The moo... |
why people make viruses? | For a lot of them, to make money. For example, many kinds of viruses load a screen as soon as you boot up that says something to the end of "You did something bad your computer is locked .pay fine at this place to restore your computer" and users will "pay the fine" to get around it. Some virus authors are simply socio... |
Why does starting task manager when my computer is frozen seem to unfreeze it? | Task manager has top priority, so if any other program is hogging up the computer in an endless cycle you can force it to shut downContext: Task Manager is a program like any other program and as such is subject to the same resource limitations as any other program. However, because of the nature of the program Task Ma... |
Why is beer not sold in plastic bottles? | Glass has been used for centuries to contain alcoholic beverages because the glass does not react with whatever it contains - wine and whiskey do not age once bottled and sealed, for example. They've pulled bottles of wine out of shipwrecks on the ocean floor and they're still perfectly drinkable after decades of being... |
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