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Why does using cellular data have such a big hit on battery life? | To get more data the radio needs to work harder, which takes more power. The radio is the second largest power consumer in your phone behind the screen, so if you're say streaming netflix you're killing your battery because you're asking the radio to do a ton of work and then using it to watch a movie.When you are usin... |
What exactly is the true north? | True north is based on geometry, and points directly to the geographic/geodetic North Pole ). The magnetic and geodetic north poles aren't at the same geographic spot , so true north and magnetic north don't end up pointing in the same direction most of the time. We just use magnetic north because it's much easier to m... |
Why are entire cornfields left intentionally unharvested? | First, the corn you are seeing in is not what we humans generally eat. Humans generally each "sweet corn". What you are seeing is "field corn" - stuff that animals eat and stuff that is turned into various manufactured products. Basically you don't want to harvest the corn until it is really, really brown. The reason i... |
Why does being angry/annoyed for an extended period make your stomach hurt? | When you are angry or annoyed you are likely stressed, meaning you are producing the stress hormone . Cortisol is released when the sympathetic nervous system is activated. The system temporarily stops digestion and absorption. Frequent and excessive release of cortisol can cause inflammation . Combined, this causes st... |
Do animals experience similar symptoms of periods (cramps, mood swings, sleepiness, overall blah?) | Sort of, if you 've ever seen a pet in heat you can tell that they aren't themselves. I 've had rats that got ratty, and a cat that got catty, even by the standards of their species. The rats were especially notable because they're sweet, gentle beasts, but they turned into little bitches who would nip your fingers if ... |
Difference between Medicare and Medicaid | Medicare is for people on social security it tends to offer more generous coverage. Medicaid is for those with low income. Most of it's funds come from the federal government, but administered by each state so the program varies rather widely by state. In general, Medicaid doesn't tend to reimburse doctors that well as... |
How were they able to make such precise world maps 300 years before, when nobody had the possibility to get on anything higher than a mountain? | Making maps isn't about getting to a high point and drawing what you see. Map making, perhaps more technically *surveying*, is about taking measurements of things like distances and angles, recording them in a big list, and then using that list of numbers to draw a map. A bit of imagination was often used to fill in co... |
What exactly are goosebumps and why do we get them from a variety of emotions? | This one is fun! You know when a cat gets angry? Its fur puffs up and it looks like a big Tribble? That's it. The cat is getting goosebumps. It just has fur on top of the bumps. Now, this reaction is used for a variety of things. We often notice it when we are cold. On mammals who do have fur, puffing it up traps a lay... |
Why do you pee more when you're in a cold environment than in a warm one? | Sweat doesn't magically come from nowhere. It is water coming from your body, same as evaporation from your breath. Water you sweat out is water you won't urinate out. If you are dehydrating you will barely urinate if you do at all. |
When a specific noise wakes you up, how come you can recognise the noise even though you were just asleep? | Bias. You are only aware of noise when it wakes you up. You aren't aware of the noise you slept through. When you are in deep sleep , you are very hard to wake up. Your brain takes in a relatively tiny amount of environmental information. Your brain prioritizes keeping you asleep. You generally feel like crap when you ... |
When posting a link into a comment how do you edit it to appear as different text instead of the actual web address link? | You can also use the "formatting help" link right below the input box . When you click it, it brings up all of the formatting syntax without refreshing the page or changing anything you 've typed so far.I don't know about the Reddit is Fun app specifically, but Reddit uses Markdown formatting, so you should just be abl... |
what happens when I click on "Safely Eject Hardware" in the Windows Tray? | If you're asking what happens when you click on the icon, it is just giving you a list of removable storage devices that you can disconnect. The repetition is to make it easier to identify which device you want to disconnect. If you want to disconnect fappy's device, you can do it by type *or* name. If you're asking wh... |
Why is it that when some people read while reading in a car it can make people sick? | You brain is receiving two separate signals. Your eyes are telling you that you are stationary while your ears are telling you you're moving. This co fuses the brain and generally causes motion sickness. |
Why is it impossible to achieve total Game Balance in RPGS/MMORPGS games in general? | Imagine that you are playing tag in the playground. Johnny and his friends all play tag together, The school has just released a whole new set of equipment for the playground and this included a whole set of shoes! Now to start with everyone just wears the things that are most fun. But Johnny figures out that the red s... |
What did early Humans do on an average day? | Life wasn't "nasty, brutish and short". According to the latest research, hunter/gather societies had massive amounts of free time. If you go back to just the Medieval era, the so-called "peasants" could hardly be persuaded to work for more than an hour or two a day, because they met all their own needs via their own h... |
The difference between 4x4 and All-Wheel-Drive | Main difference is AWD is "always on" whereas 4x4 is a selector that can be turned on or off. 4x4 locks a differential so all 4 wheels travel at the same speed, and is best suited for low speeds on rugged/slippery terrain, and not higher "normal" driving speeds. AWD systems are more complex and can work in tandem with ... |
Why do I get chest freezes instead of brain freezes? | Brain Freeze is a referred pain, from the esophagus. There are a few places in your body that this happens, where the pain occurs in one place and is felt elsewhere. In this case the pain in your esophagus caused by something cold is felt in your brain. If you get chest/back/esophagus freeze, it's your body simply not ... |
What happens to a landfill when it's full? | TYL the highest mountains in florida are landfills.They cover it over with plastic sheeting and fiber mesh to keep any chemicals from leaking out, then they put tubes down into the landfill, extending out of the mesh, allowing any gasses to be dispersed into the air and not create a fire hazard. Then they just cover it... |
How Does a Neon Light Work? | Say for a moment you're an atom. An atom who has alllll sorts of electrons easily available on it's uppermost layer of electron shells. Why, a noble gas to be specific, the most charmed of the element classes. We'll call you "Neon" So, you, Neon is having a -bitchin\'- time in it's lowest energy state, just chilling an... |
How has the US managed to mono crop for so long? | It used to be a lot more important to rotate crops before artificial fertilizers and mechanized farming. The reason for crop rotation is that most crops pull nitrogen from the soil without replacing it, but a few crops pull it from the air and put it back in the soil. Leaving fields to lie fallow is also important, bec... |
Why do police Tasers have cameras on them but not their guns? | Police officer and Taser Instructor here: Taser has a monopoly on Conducted Electrical Weapons. So any CEW you see an officer use is made by Taser. They offer cameras for thier devices . There is no monopoly on what guns police departments use. They are issued many, many brands and models. Some officers must provide th... |
Why are people so politically charged? | Mostly because our lives are directly impacted by who our government officials are. In America we vote to have Laws passed, therefore everyone who votes whether they are for Or against this law they are all entitled their opinion. Some political views such as abortion are extremely heated, and both sides do have valid ... |
Why do many languages have different letters from each other, but numbers are written is the same way everywhere? | Actually, numbers [aren't written the same everywhere]. There are other variants in use across the world, too.Numbers aren't written the same everywhere. Arabic numerals have become an international standard for mathematics and science so the are taught everywhere, though. Languages still often have their own numbers t... |
The Nordic Model in prostitution criminalization. | I looked wikipedia map but i live in Finland and prostitution is legal as long as you are 18 or over and not a victim of sex trafficking I'm not sure how it works because i haven't done that but as far as i know prostitutes meet their customers at their own home, and they advertise on internet. Sex workers also have th... |
How Do Fish, Dolphins, Sharks and other Aquatic Creatures sleep? | Disclaimer: I'm not 100% sure on this I read somewhere that they kind of switch between the right and left side of the brain, the alternation gives each side time to rest without actually sleeping. |
What would happen if the US dug itself out of debt? | There have been a lot of questions about the US debt so try the search if you want more information about it, I'll focus on the "what if". In general, debt isn't bad. Money from debt is spent on infrastructure and facilities which grow the economy overall, if the growth is larger than the debt acquired, then the countr... |
If you were to put a person in a tub of room temperature water, and raised it a few degrees at a time, could you kill them without discomfort? | What comes to mind is the boiled frog experiment. The basic "idea" behind it is that if you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the temperature, it'll die before jumping out. This is a widespread myth but it's untrue. It's likely based on experiments done in the mid 1800's, where scientists found out that a f... |
How are messages sent through wires? | You speak into a receiver. In the receiver is a magnetic cone attached to a metal loop. In an old phone the metal loop is attached to a wire that travels to a operating board that connects your line to the person you are trying to reach. When you speak, the magnetic cone vibrates with the sound. The magnet moving back ... |
Why do some beards have spots and is there a way to avoid them before growing out a beard for the first time? | Beards have spots because those are places you do not grow facial hair. This is determined by genetics and if you have them there is no way to avoid them or to make the beard grow more thickly. You simply will be unable to grow a beard that looks normal/proper. |
What's the difference between Shia vs. Sunni Islam? | After Muhammad died the Muslims had to choose a new caliph . The first few were chosen without controversy. The fourth caliph, Ali, was assassinated in 661 which split the Muslims.\r\rShiites emphasized blood descent in choosing the caliph. They thought Ali's grandchildren should be caliph. Sunnis thought the caliph sh... |
How can the universe expand into something if the universe is considered everything? | > Why is it expanding? As far as we can tell it's always been expanding, and nothing is stopping it from continuing. In fact, our latest observations suggest it's picking up speed. Due to what? We have no idea: that's "dark energy". Figure that out, and there is almost certainly a Nobel Prize waiting for you. > What is... |
Why does Pepsi lose it's fizz/carbonation so much faster than Coke? | Because the carbonation is different. Less CO2 dissolved in Pepsi than in Coke. The bottle size can play a role too, usually big bottles are less carbonated. |
Why do certain vehicles like a Toyota Tacoma have unreal resell value, while others such as a Ranger are deemed useless at a comparable age? | It's believed that at 200k miles, the Toyota will still be going strong, while the Ford will be scrap. I don't have any statistics to back this up, but I've seen several Toyotas live through several generations of Fords and Chevys. |
Why do you need to “come out”? | It's all about expectations. Most people are straight, so most people expect you to be straight. This expectation provides a framework for interacting with you. For example, if you're a teenage guy, and your friend is a teenage guy, he might talk about some hot girl in class, and expect you to find her attractive, too,... |
Why do people go for coffee/tea/a drink as a way of meeting each other for a chat? | It's an open, public place, and it's something fairly non-committal. If you sit down for a full meal, you're there for probably the better part of an hour. If you grab a coffee, you can chat for as long or short as you like depending on what's going on. It's also pretty cheap, only spending a few bucks for a drink rath... |
Why do only 5-10 people answer questions or provide discussion in a classroom? | Some people don't know the answer. Some people are shy. Some people are scared of being seen as a nerd. |
Why did Forbes estimate 50 Cent's worth to be $155 million when his lawyer says that he is worth no more then $4.4 million? | Forbes wants to publish articles about impressive people, so they have a motive to push the number higher. The lawyer has a motive to protect his client's funds, so they have a motive to push the number lower. Proper answer is somewhere in the middle. Wealth can be pretty complicated once you move past simple assets. |
The accent from the 1940s/50s that no one seems to use anymore | It's the Transatlantic accent; an artificial accent used by broadcasters meant to sound equally acceptable to Americans and British: _URL_0_ |
How can people who work M-F 9-5, accomplish anything? | We do a lot on our lunch breaks. Also, in most major cities there are a lot of offices open late at least one day out of the week. Real estate agents work well into the evening and the post office is open on weekends. Plus so much can be done online these days, you can pretty much accomplish anything at any time.Depend... |
How are daily fantasy leagues NOT considered a form of gambling? | Gambling or not is irrelevant. The law says fantasy games are allowed and poker isn't. The law also says that betting on horses is legal subject to a separate law, and betting on horses is certainly gambling. People can debate you on your comparison up there, but it really doesn't matter. the law says poker is illegal ... |
Why do words sometimes seem like they're spelled wrong when I think about it for too long? | Gestaltzerfall, which is basically a more pedantic way to explain when you stare at the particular character, or words in this case , and a part of your brain whose job is to store the visual information wears out and does not function very effectively. Your brain is tired of seeing the same set of characters to the po... |
Why do I have to close unrelated apps/programs when installing an app/program update on my Mac and/or PC? | Internet browsers can often use plugins from other software/suites e.g. Microsoft Word/office. If the browser is open during the update then this might cause a failure to update microsoft office completely, as it also needs to update the plugins.Shared DLL's . You can't modify that file if anybody is using it, even in ... |
the gender wage gap, and if it's a "Myth" or not. | It's real. Women get paid less than men for the same work . The "myth" part that has caused recent attention is that the figure 0.77 $ for women per $1 for men has been used a lot and it turns out it's not accurate because it wasn't controlled properly for hours. Women also work fewer hours. When you adjust for hours t... |
Why has the global temperature spiked so dramatically in the last 10-20 years even though that's the timespan we've become aware of global warming and started trying to combat it? | Guess what happened before 20 years ago? Rampant pollution while being oblivious. "Just exhaust it, planet Earth will pick up the slack and balance out" was the mentality back then.Because awareness doesn't imply doing something about it, the efforts to combat it are tiny, oil was cheap, and the alternative tech wasn't... |
Whenever there is a race, why do the cars sitting all the way in the back still have to finish first? | There's a qualifying round before the main race where the racers try to set the fastest time. They are lined up in order of their qualifying time. |
Why are Honda Civics so popular in the car modding community? | because they are popular generally. the car is incredibly reliable, the availability of parts is high - both scrap and off-the-shelf. If you're going to start making parts for a car-mod community you're already dealing with a subset of car owners, you don't want to make your market even smaller by picking an uncommon c... |
Why is February only 28 days long? | Because a long time ago a group of people we will call Romans decided they needed to know how long between planting seasons. They made a calendar. On this calendar, they counted out ten months. To be fair to each of the months, they made them all equal of 30 days. That made a 300 day year, which even a five year old kn... |
The arguments against GMO's | Diet in America has been going through fads in the past decades. The argument against GMOs is as much social and emotional as it is scientific. Most people don't read scientific journals, so their understanding of the issue comes from less objective or reliable sources.Some people who have a "natural = good, unnatural ... |
Why are most skyscrapers gray or blue and not other colors? | Well, skyscrapers are covered by glass on the outside. Glass is light, resistant and allows you to have great views. If the sky is blue, the building will look blue. If the sky is cloudy then it will look gray. Look at a skyscraper when the sunset is happening and it will reflect a different color.Also there are other ... |
Why is debating another person so appealing? | Debating forces you to examine your own thoughts more closely. It challenges your mind. It's like sports, only better because it's your brain, not your muscle that wins or loses. |
Where does Europe end? | Europe's Eastern border is usually drawn at the Ural River, the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Turkey is in both Europe and Asia - the western bank of the Bosphorus is in Europe, and the eastern bank is in Asia. Western Russia is usually seen as being in Europe; again, the Ur... |
How do our bodies acclimate to hot/cold temperatures? | Our brains have a "thermostat" to maintain a constant body temperature. It controls heating/cooling functions like sweating, shivering, and keeping blood circulation closer to our core to conserve heat or circulating it to our extremities to cool off by dissipating heat. As other posters have mentioned, humans can gene... |
What's the difference between an LP, EP, single, etc. when talking about collections of music? | A single is generally one track. An EP is longer than a single, but shorter than an album. Usually once the runtime exceeds about 25 minutes, or four tracks, it becomes, technically at least, an album or LP . The difference between Album and LP generally is accepted to be that an Album means anything, CD, tape, vinyl, ... |
How do Super Smash Bros professional competitions work? | You can check out r/smashbros for more information on tournaments and overall smash bros. news. They're typically conducted with stocks instead of time, with pools to skim out the top players, then into a double elimination bracket. Most tournaments keep the sets as best of 3 games to win the set until the top 16 or 32... |
How can large companies like Costco, Nordstrom, Sephora, etc. afford to have such generous return policies? | The more generous the return policy, the more likely people are to impulse buy. While some take advantage of return policies often, most don't. Therefore you have net gain for the company.Most customers are repeat customers. If you piss them off with a harsh return policy, they are less likely to continue shopping at y... |
How to use Reddit properly | Different subreddits operate by different rules. What it acceptable in one subreddit will probably not work in another. So lurk for a while in the subreddit of your interest and you might get the feeling for what goes and what doesn't.how do you make these things though with the topics? |
Why I can't hear the American accents from movies and TV series, but can clearly hear it in real life. | Not sure what you mean, there are various American accents as well that are portrayed in movies. A guy from Texas isn't going to speak the same way as a guy from New York, and a guy from New York doesn't speak the same way as a guy from California. These accents are solidified in plenty of movies. |
Why do the windows in airplanes never line up with the seats? | I imagine they did once, on one version of the plane but each airline will have their own seating configuration and also as safety rules change and maintenance work take place over the years the seats probably shift about. Just guessing tho. It is quite infuriating! |
how do businesses get paid in China? Does the government take all the money they receive? | AFAIK their economy works like Capitalism but their government/laws run like Communism. Their system has evolved. I apologise if I am wrongChina runs on capitalism. If you are a worker, you work and get paid. If you have a business you work and get paid. They do collect taxes just like everywhere else. |
Why do cigarettes need to contain so many dangerous chemicals if it is the nicotine that keeps you buying them? | Seems that a lot of people here have missed the main point. Cigarettes go out pretty easily. They add one chemical to keep it burning despite windy conditions, one to keep it from burning too quickly, another to keep it burning consistently and another to make sure that they don't burst into flames outright. To the bes... |
Why doesn't the surface of a pool of paint dry or crust up? | The solvent has to 'migrate' through the paint to escape into the air. The surface can't dry til the solvent is practically all gone. ", 'show me paint that never dries, and ill do my best to show you an answer. |
why have some famous people of Jewish ancestry anglicized their last names ( john Stewart, bob Dylan, Natalie portman, etc.)? | Many performers are concerned that if they seem too ethnic, they run the risk of being discriminated against and not getting some parts. Particularly when you're trying to break into showbusiness, it's important to take any good part you can get. Nowadays, discrimination is probably less of an issue than it was in the ... |
How some states can handle 1 ft+ of snow, while others will close roads, cancel work, etc. | Realistically, I would say there are five reasons. 1) Preparation: Cold weather climates put salt on the roads in advance of cold, wet weather like snow. This melts the first layer of snow, preventing it from forming an ice layer under the snow as the temperature drops. 2) Response: Cold weather places generally have a... |
What happens to light particles when you point 2 lasers at each other? | Light can have two natures: the wave-like nature and the particle-like nature. If you consider light on "small" scales then you need to consider light as individual particles, or quanta, called photons. Unlike other common particles, such as electrons, protons, neutrons and others, which are called fermions, photons ar... |
Why don't they give brain scans to detect mental illnesses? | If it was possible to diagnose mental problems that way, that would be a good idea. But most problems are caused by things too subtle to be seen on an MRI. Hormones, for instance, or other chemical imbalancesBrain scans are pretty invasive. Most people don't want to be stuck into machines like that. Also, "look differe... |
Does the president or other heads of state have to clear customs the same way normal people do when visiting a country? | No, as high-ranking officials of another government, they're covered by special diplomatic rules that allow them to dispense with that sort of stuff.They have a diplomat visa and it is a very powerful visanope. they are given diplomatic status and diplomatic bags. neither can be searched outside of their country of ori... |
When selling stock in the US, why is there such a capital gains taxation disparity between short-term and long-term holdings? | day trading is akin to income, you do it with a hope of actively earning money. long term holdings are considered passive investments. commissions are not the govts concern. Promoting safe and responsible investing is beneficial for investors and companies, which is the govts concern.It's to encourage long term investm... |
why humans can grow adult teeth, and knee caps, as well as repair broken/fractured bones, but can't regrow them if they get removed? | Both teeth and knee caps are things that we are born with. Specifically, if you didn't know, we are actually born with all our adult teeth. When they "grow" in they're actually just shifting out from their little storage zones in our skulls - there are plenty of kinda spooky pics on google showing both baby and adult t... |
Why do we get those weird wrinkles/lines on our faces or body after sleeping? | The skin was pressed against a fold or wrinkle of fabric which created a lump, which in turn caused a temporary indentation in your skin. This happens after sleeping because you don't move for a long time, but could just as easily occur while awake if you didn't move. |
How did Western European countries end up colonizing the world, instead of some other civilization? | Short answer. GeographyLong answer. Go watch guns, germs & steelThe basic premise is that because of Europeans ability to grow a large variety of low effort high calorie foods in their temperate climate they gained an advantage over other civilizationsThe simple answer is a combination of geography and the technologica... |
How do the balance sheet and income statement work together | Assets - Liabilities = Capital + Income - Expense. In your example above this would create a balanced entry.The final net income will impact the retained earnings which is on the balance sheet as an equity item. So in this instance, you're hitting the BS and P & L but the P & L always flows back to the BS |
Why do we grunt when we push/lift/pull heavy objects? | * Because our core instinctively tenses up to support our lower back, and air is squished out of us * Grunting actually tenses up your core more, forming a symbiotic grunt-squish relationship. * To assert our dominance over a heavy inanimate object to anyone within earshot. |
What do internet service providers actually have to pay for when supplying you internet? | There are a lot more costs than you imagine. First of, laying down the infrastructure is not really a once-in-a-lifetime cost. The initial investment is the highest yes, but over time, there will also be general maintenance costs and costs due to damage. Then as for personnel, an organisation like that will have more t... |
Whats stopping billionaires from starting up there own micro-nations to act as tax havens? | The fact that there is no land, anywhere on Earth, that isn't claimed by another country or reserved by international treaty. So, really, the only way to start a country is by force of arms. |
What causes ingrown hairs? (Specifically on the scalp) | A bump on your head with hair trapped in happens when the sharp edges of the hair grow downwards or sideways back cutting into the skin of the hair follicle. A hair can be ingrown in two different broad categories. You may have ingrown hair that grows straight out of the hair follicle then it curls back growing sideway... |
Why does grease on my hands take so much more effect to take off compared to say getting some on my legs | Pure speculation, but I imagine it’s because the deep grooves and wrinkles in your palms trap and maintain grease more easily than your smoother, less tough skin in say your thigh or calf area. |
What is a Solid State Drive (SSD), and why should I use it on my computer? | SSDs are getting cheaper per GB and getting larger. I use a 256GB SSD because I don't need to store all that much data at one time. I'm not a pack-rat like some. An SSD is a hard drive with no moving parts. This cuts out the slowest part of the read/write operations on conventional hard drives which is moving the read/... |
Why do I become suddenly weak when I laugh? | Most likely because when you are genuinely laughing, you're relaxed. You are also exhaling a lot of air which means your body isn't quite getting the oxygen it needs. Edit: A word |
Why does does AM radio sound infinitely worse than FM? | AM has one big flaw, the audio signal is coded into the signal strength . The signal strength changes just like the audio signal, that makes it very easy to receive the signal. You can almost plug a Antenna into a speaker and it works. It's a very simple and intuitive, you take the signal strength of a audio signal and... |
Why does grunting, groaning or generally making little noises when you are in pain help the pain level go down? | your brain can only take a certain amount of input, and can only focus on so much at a time. By vocalizing, you're focusing your brainpower on an output and a feeling other than the massive pain input that your brain wants to focus on. Another method that's been proven to work are things like virtual reality sims where... |
Why do different drugs have different dosages? | Because they have different effectiveness. Like booze / alcoholic drink for example. Beers in average has **3-10 %** alcohol content while Vodka has around **40%**. When drinking a bottle of beer, you won't get drunk as much as if you drink a bottle of vodka. *CMIIW.* |
How does the draft work in NASCAR? And how come they can sling shot around another car? | When a car goes very fast, the air in front of the car is compresed and the air behind the car get stretched out. The high pressure air in front of the car pushes the car back. The low pressure air behind the car also pulls the car back. My fancy diagram: ++ [ < --] -- When a second car is following the first car the a... |
what will happen if a number of infants are isolated? | FWIW, the Nazis tried this to discover the "original" language of humans. Obviously no reasonable entity would try this for ethical reasons. The speed at which they would develop a language, if they did, is also very important. There have been several cases of feral, non-speaking children who could learn to function in... |
How do labs figure out how many calories are in food? | Not positive, but I always thought they burned it and measures the heat given off by it. Calories are a unit of energy, which would be converted to thermal energy when burned, so I assume there is some correlation there |
Why did the Greeks not just climb Mount Olympus to see what was up? | Imagine you are a Greek. You ignore the warnings from the priests telling you how the gods will strike you down, and decide to climb the 10,00 foot mountain anyways. Well, once you get to a certain point, the air thins out. It becomes cold, even downright freezing, and all of the trees have vanished. At that point, you... |
can you be tracked online if using prepaid cell phone sim cards? How? Is this a truly secure anonymous internet? | SIM cards on their own cannot be tracked but once inserted in a phone it can be tracked through the SIM's serial number and the phone's IMEI number. These details are automatically sent to the nearest network tower. GSM phones can be located using the signal information pretty accurately without even GPS. Each phone ha... |
How were the 32bit Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter Server OSes able to support more than 4 GB RAM? | I don't know the innards of those survive Windows versions but I know how it's usually done, because I've designed and built hardware with 16 and 32 bit CPUs that support way more memory than their address bus allows. The problem is that the CPU needs a way to say which byte of memory to read, and on a 32 bit CPU that ... |
what is actually happening to an app on my phone when I update it? Does the file get deleted and then the entire new app downloaded? | An app is made up of dozens of individual code files that each accomplish one part of the larger task. When the developer makes changes to the app, not all of those files will have changed. When it's packaged for an update, only those changed files included, so it's only them that are downloaded by your phone and merge... |
Why is customer support always so bad? | A lot of the problem boils down to the fact that customer service reps are treated like shit by everyone they interact with. Customers only call is when they are already unhappy. Even before the menus and waiting, the customer is in a bad mood, and will take out all of their frustration on the first person that answers... |
Why are heavier elements found together in the same location? | When the Earth was much hotter, and everything was much more liquid, things could flow a lot easier. Just like putting oil in water, these molten metals and minerals will tend to separate out due to their different densities. They then cool and solidify, and billions of years later humans find them in clusters. Element... |
How is blowing on food supposed to cool it down? | The technical term is "forced convection." Basically, you are pushing comparatively cool air over your food, absorbing some of its heat. The warmed air is continuously being pushed away by cooler air, so the process can continue. This cools it down much faster than just leaving it alone . |
Why are 99% of ads which are supposed to be funny so unfunny? Surely multi-billion dollar companies could afford comedic ad writers? | They get group tested to hell and back, scrutinized backwards and forwards to eliminate any possible offense, to fit specific demographics, to fit in allotted time,etc. Small companies generally do better at this, as they just go with the initial idea Try making a joke that is both original and appeals to 95% of the po... |
How Google can make so much money of ads and how they have more money than the brands they advertise combined | The awesome thing about advertising with google is that you can target your ads so precisely. Let's say I google: Chocolate Protein. Ok, there are probably HUNDREDS of companies that sell protein. Maybe only a few of them advertise with google. Google will give me every result for chocolate protein ON THE INTERNET but,... |
How can rockstars like Keith Richards and Ozzy Osbourne do so many hard drugs and consume so much alcohol over their lifetimes, yet still live into old age? | You have picked two people who are MASSIVE statistical outliers. Even science is fairly confused by their survival. I believe they were studying Mr. Richards to understand how he's still breathing. |
How are humans the only species to have a higher consciousness? | You are assuming a lot of things about consciousness . First by saying "higher" you assume that it's not binary. Secondly you assume that other animals isn't as conscious as you, even though I'm pretty sure a cat is more "present" than you, and I think a cat have a larger understanding of the "now" than people do. So t... |
Why do certain chicken eggs come out different colors (white, brown, turquoise, etc)? | "Having a mixed flock of different coloured eggers is wonderful. Most eggs are white, the addition of browns is from a layer of porphyrin, which is from broken down hemoglobin/blood and applied as a \'paint\' during the last few hours of laying. Brownyness is controlled by over a dozen genes so you often get a lot of v... |
How can a third-party candy company sell the actual name brand candy under their own third-party name? | SwedishFishCompany has capacity to make 100,000 Swedish Fish per day. SwedishFishCompany only sells 90,000 SwedishFish per day. SwedishFishCompany has a choice. Slow down production by 10,000 per day, or sell the extra to another company at a reduced rate. SwedishfishComany chooses to keep it's workers employed and wor... |
Why does America (or any country) have a fiscal deficit? | Actually it pretty much is simply to avoid inflation. Assuming you know how inflation works, look at what happened in Germany after WWI. They owed a lot of countries a lot of money, and instead of paying back that debt over many years, which most countries do, they decided to just print money in order pay back the othe... |
Why is it so difficult to create accurate hot-cold water controls for toilet use? | The range that you find 'ideal' is relatively narrow compared to the range of temperatures delivered by your hot and cold water pipes. Temperature sensors lag actual temperature by a noticeable amount. Hydraulic systems react to slowly to mechanical changes. Changes in temperature cause changes in pressure that can imp... |
what is the time frame for the negative impacts of climate change if we don't change anything? | I should start off by saying that, despite how politicized climate change has become , it is, in actual fact, a verifiable phenomenon that we are almost certainly causing. Going by the recently-released [US National Climate Assessment], climate change has effectively already begun to occur. Going by the linked site, yo... |
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