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What are the actual requirements for the Police to make an lawful arrest and detentions? | If they observe a law being broken they are allowed to make an arrest. If they have a warrant for someone's arrest they can make an arrest. They can temporarily detain someone with probable cause to assess the situation and determine whether a law has been broken, or civil infraction has occured.Probable cause: a set o... |
Is is Possible for a Moon (Satellite) to Have its own Moon? | Yep. It's completely possible. From a physics standpoint there's really no different between the Moon orbiting the Earth and the Moon orbiting the Earth which is orbiting the Sun. The reason you don't see many natural satellite around planets\' moon is because, on a long enough timeline and given the relatively small d... |
Why do elderly people get shorter as they age? | It's most likely to do with posture and strength of the intervertebral discs within your spine. In your spine, between each vertebrae are discs full of fluid . As you age, you lose this fluid, which leads to those discs becoming compressed. This can somewhat shorten your spine. Also, as you age, your muscles aren't as ... |
How do Americans afford/pay for their extortionate healthcare fees and why is the government so unwilling to help? | I'm from the U.K., live in the US now. I'm a healthy 23 year old and my health insurance is about $150 a month. My deductible is $6k. The problem, or at least how I see it is, the health care industry here is a massive, multi-billion dollar industry that makes a lot of people very rich. For Christs sake, there's hospit... |
How can generic supermarket brands like Great Value and Kirkland produce such a variety of different products and and still maintain good quality and value? | They don't pay for advertising. Their products are usually made by the exact same manufacturers as the "brand name" products you would otherwise buy. However, those other products spend a significant amount of money on advertising. You know all that "free" stuff you get everywhere? Like free radio? Free reddit? Free yo... |
why do so many different Rx and OTC drugs, with wildly different purposes, all cause drowsiness? | A lot of different compounds in your brain and blood control sleep. Big percentage of drugs affecting your body will also affect these compounds, which will end in drowsiness or hyperactivity, mood changes etc. For example Dayquil contains DXM, a chemical that suppresses cough by sigma-1 receptor wizardry but also is a... |
Why are abs shaped like little squares instead of being one large muscle? | It's actually two muscles, one long one on each side . What creates the indents is connective tissue. The muscles are called the rectus abdonimus and the connecting tissue is called linea alba. |
Why are aliens portrayed as stronger and superior? | The general thought I see it as: If an alien race has the technology to come to our planet, they are technologically advanced/superior to our own. But, this isn't always 100% accurate: See War of the Worlds, where they are stopped not by humans, but by disease that we are immune to . |
How did the first STD's originate? | The fact people are born virgins doesn't matter, it's what happens after they have sex. Probably the first STD was transmitted by some other means AND could be transferred sexually. If there were 1000 strains of a virus and one could be transmitted two ways instead of one, that strain would have an advantage. Even if i... |
Why do only some Amazon prices show the price per volume? | example: $15.00 ($3.75/ounce) | I don't know for sure, but I'd assume it has to do with what the sellers input on the item is. I know that's the same way with items that are sold in bulk quantities, they'll list the individual price rather than the price per lot, so you can buy them for 10¢ each, if you buy 200. That said I'm not an Amazon expert.Som... |
If I light a candle in my dark bathroom and put it in front of a mirror does that double the amount of light in the room or does it stay the same? | I know this is marked as Explained, but I just want to expand on this. The amount of light in the room doesn't necessarily double. It depends on what you had before where the mirror is now. Say you had a wall painted black before. The black wall would absorb a good portion of the light, and the room would still be fair... |
How can reddit have such severe and constant server issues over a long period of time when all content hosted on the site is text-based? | A metric assload of traffic that surges every now and then. A metric assload of people upvoting and downvoting and commenting, resulting in constantly changing pages that makes caching comment pages pretty much impossible. Every user not only seeing the default subreddits has a customized front page. The site gets bill... |
Why do many people tend to die in Quarry Waters/Lakes. What makes them more dangerous than a regular lake or body of water | Two of my brothers friends were killed doing just this. Separate incidences but both jumped from 85ft in to Preston Hill quarry and if you want an idea of what is under there watch this: _URL_0_', "I would think it's the secretive nature of quarries. people seem more apt to do careless or reckless things when hidden fr... |
At what minimum time is it more efficient to idle than turn your car off then back on? | For gas consumption 30 seconds. But it wears your engine bearings every time you start the engine.You probably put more wear and tear on your engine by turning it off and on again everytime you stop for more than 30 seconds rather than leaving it on. Your engine's bearings aren't like regular ball bearings, the cranksh... |
What's the Difference Between the Shia and Sunni aspects of Islam? As both groups are following the Koran, whats the major differences? | I was born shia. There are at least three sub-sects in Shia and many more in Sunni so it is very hard to pinpoint a concrete difference. To explain the difference, it might help to explain their history and how they came to be. I happened after Muhammad's death. According to Shias, he had appointed Ali as his successor... |
Why there doesn't seem to be any defense against a DDOS. | So a DDoS would be like me having 1,000 people an hour call your cell phone, constantly, so that you couldn't make any calls and people trying to call you couldn't get through. Though in the computer world it's more like 100,000 or 1,000,000 an hour. The point of the attack is to prevent legitimate web traffic from rea... |
Why don't modern compilers such as gcc cut out the middle man (assembly) and compile directly to machine code? | Assembly is just machine code written in slightly more readable form. There's no reason to cut it out. |
What's stopping us from harnessing the energy in lightning? | Energy storage We simply have no way of storing the concentrated power but short duration involved in a lightning strike. People have imagined capacitor storage banks, heating piles etc. but as yet we have not created a technology that can store that energy quickly enough Any other method of storing energy in present u... |
The Koch brothers and their influence on politics. | The government was worried about people donating lots of money to candidates allowing them to buy more commercials, and pay more people to help them get elected. They were worried that If people could do that the politicians would do lots of things to help out their friends who helped them get elected. So the governmen... |
Why do I feel awkward seeing nudity/sexuality when I am with my parents? Its just the human nature after all. | Normally we do not see our parents as sexual creatures. Since we do not look at our parents in a way befitting that type of intimacy, it feels wrong . That was more "ELI18" but it's the best I could doOh well the explanation is simple. As a child grows up comforted and loved by his mother and raised properly by his fat... |
What would happen to a human body in space? | * Water on your tongue and eyeballs would begin to boil off. * Your eyeballs would bulge, and there would be pain in your sinuses and inner ears. * You would pass out in ~15 seconds due to lack of oxygen. * Over time, your body would dessicateIn addition to what the others have said, [this page] is usually linked when ... |
Why does cold metal feel wet? | The feeling of "wetness" isn't actually a sense, but more of a combination of senses. If you 've ever touches water through gloves, your hand feels like it's wet, but you're not actually getting any water on you. This is because, even though you have gloves on, it's a combined triggering of your cold thermoreceptors an... |
Why is BB King a "legend" and not just a long lived and long active musician? | There were a handful of artists who came out of the south and brought their distinctive style of blues to a wider audience in the 1940s. Until that time that kind of music had essentially no audience beyond the people who heard them play live in small bars and clubs in the south . The convergence of mass-produced recor... |
Why do we feel so thirsty after eating sweets (ex: Ice Cream, Chocolate, etc)? | When you eat sugar, it is absorbed relatively quickly into your blood. Now your blood has more molecules floating in it than usual. Your body tries very hard to keep your blood the way it likes it . Now there's extra sugar in your blood, so your body wants to add more water to dilute your blood back to normal. So your ... |
Why/how to people get knocked unconscious? | As far as benefits go, I don’t think humans “evolved” to go unconscious with a blow to the head. This would be like saying we evolved to go into cardiac arrest; doesn’t make much sense. You could of course always speculate a scenario where going unconscious is advantageous, say if it kept our ancestors alive during com... |
How does red dot sights work? | The dot in a red or green dot sight is not actually a coloured point that's hovering in a fix spot in the air like an iron sight does. Instead, the red dot you see is a reflection of a little red lamp that falls onto a spherical mirror which filters out only the red spectrum. This mirror is installed in a way that no m... |
How does a (bitcoin) currency exchange work? | It looks like the left side represents the amount of transactions happening. The bottom line represents time. The right side represents the amount of $ that it sold for. The actual bar shows what the highest amount was and the lowest amount was at that given time paid for those transactions. |
Why is it that sometimes we humans can sense when another human is looking at us? | Confirmation bias. There's a ton of times when you look over and nobody is watching you, but you only remember the times when they are. |
Bid-Ask spread and how Brokers make money off it. | If someone comes up to you and says "i want to buy a cake for $1" and you're a cake broker, you would then go out to all the cake sellers and if one of them said "i'm selling cakes for 0.98" then you 'd make .02 and selling it to your captive buyer for $1. like that. no actual cake involvedThey buy at the low price and... |
How can they tell how much oxygen is in my blood just by shining a little light at my finger? | The colour of your blood changes when it's oxygen rich compared to when it's oxgygen depleted. Your finger is a good place to get a reading on that because it's quite thin but gets reasonable blood flow, your earlobe would also be a good but less common place. [Here] is a picture of two blood samples - the one on the l... |
Why Does the Tetanus Booster Vaccine Hurt so Much? | The tetanus vaccine is a toxoid, meaning that what they inject is not living attenuated bacteria, but rather the toxin that Clostridium tetani produces. This toxin is neurotoxic in that it causes intense muscle spasms . This is what kills people who get tetanus . The toxoid in the vaccine causes these muscle spasms and... |
Why does the moon always look so small and terrible when I try to take a picture of it with my cell phone? | First off, there is no galaxy s5 . And secondly, the reason is because the moon is small compared to the field of view. We tend to exaggerate in our brains the size of things in the sky because there is nothing beside them to compare to. Cloud pictures are the same way: almost always a disappointment. If you want the m... |
Why can't Iran have nuclear weapons | The existing nuclear powers and the majority of non-nuclear countries attempt to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. This desire is universal but considered even more important when a country deemed irresponsible, unstable, or having ties to terrorist organizations is concerned. Very few governments want Iran to posse... |
Why was September 22 the equinox, yet it wasn't until today (September 25) that there were exactly 12 hours of daylight (sunrise 7:07 a.m. EDT, sunset 7:07 p.m. EDT)? | Your daylight hours depend on your latitude, so different locations experience different daylight hours at all timesThe daylight hours are dependent on your location on the North-South axis. It used to be that the Equinox was when there was equal day and night. The problem with this is that it was not the same date eve... |
What would happen if all the debt in the world was forgiven tomorrow? | It wouldn't be possible. Too much of our money supply is the result of fractional reserve banking Debt is the foundation of economic growth and to simply wipe it clear would be catastrophic. Realistically, the IMF only 'forgives' those debts which it has no expectation of ever being paid back as a means to forestall po... |
why when moving a file on a PC does it take so long? Is the computer actually physically moving the location of the data on the disk, if so why? | It depends on whether you're moving between logical disks or between locations on the same logical disk. The latter is usually much quicker, since the OS doesn't move the data, just the pointers to the data. Between logical disks, however, the data must be moved . |
Is there actually a Solution to 'This Statement is False'? (Liar's Paradox) | The solution is pretty simple, but unsatisfying. "The assumption you can create a logical system where all propositions are either true or false is incorrect."', "> Surely things can either be true or not true Why must they be? It's no earth-shattering event if we add a third category: things that have no defined truth... |
If the size of a Vagina is only 3 to 5 inches long, why does size matter? | The vagina can stretch. In a neutral state it is 3-5 inches but can stretch to accommodate larger thingsWell, it doesn't matter *per se*. If you don't have a micropenis, which is not an insult but a medical term, you are big enough to fill a vagina. Girth is where you can make a case of "bigger is better", because it c... |
I feel a cold coming on. Home remedies aside what should I ACTUALLY be doing to avoid/weaken it? | Stay hydrated, get plenty of sleep, eat decently. But you should be doing those already :P |
How does a liposuction work without ripping your guts out? | The type of fat that people are trying to remove by liposuction is the visible fat that lies between the skin and the muscle. Lipo literally vacuums the fat from under the skin and never actually penetrates into the abdominal cavity. |
why do we feel less tired and feel less need to sleep when we can engage often in activities that makes us feel good? | Dont let me talk out of my ass too much but basically your body releases endorphins when you do something you enjoy. Endorphins provide a sense of euphoria which stops you from feeling tired. Another reason may be that your body is releasing andrenaline when you play video games which also gives you more energy. Do not... |
How come the international community supports Israel so much? | Israel is a valuable military and political ally in the region for the US/Europe. Especially the US - we basically ensured their survival with our constant support. China and Russia don't really support Israel and in the past have worked against it. They both just don't have so much of an obligation like the West does ... |
Why does your "tolerance" increase when you drink alcohol more frequent? | Because when you drink more your liver adapts to become more efficient at metabolizing alcohol. Further, there's a vein that connects your stomach to your liver, allowing your more efficient liver a first pass at the alcohol before it reaches your bloodstream and thus your brain, which is where you feel the effects. Th... |
what would happen if Russia started focusing more on Asia instead of the EU? | Actually funny you should ask but I watched a story on the news here in AUS and it was saying that Russia is in fact looking to Asia more, and by some certain date like 2020 I think , that it would be supplying most of its oil to Asia, followed by Europe. But toDo that they first had to expand Vladivostok and make a bi... |
Why do burgers have this little white piece at the bottom of the bun? | That comes from an imperfection in the baking process. When you bake a burger bun, you typically place it flat on a metal pan. Oftentimes a little moisture will escape the dough during baking and get stuck between the bun and the pan. As the oven heats up, the moisture turns to steam and gets trapped as small steam bub... |
What is the little sound you hear sometimes right before you get a call or a text message? | The ringtone? You're gonna have to be a little more descriptive. The only thing i can think of would be interference with other devices. My parents computer speakers used to buzz right before the phone rang.I'm going to presume you mean the "duh dah dah" sound that comes through on poorly shielded speakers. What you're... |
If the moon can eclipse the sun why can we see stars every night? | The moon can block out the sun because it's massively closer than any planets. Sometimes that one really bright star you might see in the night sky is actually Venus. It's just a tiny point of light and it's the closest planet to the earth. Other planets in our own solar system will be even less visible than that. Plan... |
What's wrong with having a firewalled internet | The simple answer is to ask another question: what would you allow through this firewall and what would you block? A firewall isn't automatic and it isn't magic. You can't get a firewall which blocks "bad stuff". It works on rules. You tell it what to block and what to let through. China has made one which blocks traff... |
How come it isn't freezing cold during/eight minutes after a total solar eclipse? | Solar eclipse is about like nighttime -- if night only lasted half an hour or so. So it's going to be less cold that a boring ordinary night. |
Why are there multiple gas stations at one crossroad? How do they compete with each other? | A lot of similar stores open up near each other, it is part of game theory. They do what is best for themselves, instead of what is best for the consumer. The best example I have is 2 ice cream sellers on a beach. They could place themselves 1/4 of the way from each end so no person has to travel more than 1/4 of the w... |
Aside from signing executive orders, what power does the president actually have to force Mexico to pay for a border wall? | Theoretically you can threaten tarrifs on their goods if they don't pay and offer them trade deals if they do. That's about the only real power short of war. If they don't pay either we build it and pay for it or we don't build it. |
Could anyone onboard MH17 have survived the missile impact, and dropped 10km to their death? | Unlikely that anyone would survive for to long. It was about 600mph and dropped like a stone . This tells us that there was explosive decompression. This would rip the clothes righ off you. Since they were at altitude and during the day many of them wouldn't have had seatbelts on. They would have been slammed against a... |
Why do kids usually learn the R sound last? What makes it so hard? | I have two boys, 6 and 4, who both struggle with it - the 6 year old in particular. It's funny, but when you try to explain how to do it it's actually hard to describe. Go through the alphabet and you'll see that all of the other consonant sounds are easy to describe, except R. You have to bunch up your tongue in the b... |
All the madness that you always see on the Wall Street trading floor, what is going on here? Why is everybody yelling? | So first of all, this doesn't really happen anymore. Now computers do most of the trading. What you see on TV is planted to make it look busy. The floor is usually pretty empty. Next, when people were on the floor, you can think of it like organized chaos. There were hundreds of people crammed into the space and they a... |
Why do I get a cold (sore throat, stuffy nose, etc) when I fall asleep with a fan blowing on me? | The dry air can promote a response from your body, similar to cold winter airDorment viruses. Bacteria and viruses need to be at their ideal temperature in order to multiply. The high temp of the body keeps alots of things dormant, but Breathing in cold air can drop the surface temp along synus passages, where you star... |
How can a member of the Commonwealth be considered independent but still have a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state? | You are thinking about this all the wrong way. She is not the “queen of the Commonwealth”. She is the queen of the United Kingdom. But she’s also the queen of Canada, which is a completely separate job. Then, she’s also the queen of Australia, which is a completely separate job from the first 2. So, each country that s... |
How can unemployment drop to 5.6% when we have a record number of people not working? | You have to meet two criteria in order to be counted as "unemployed": 1. You have to not have a job . 2. You have to be actively **looking** for a job. So all the 16, 17, 18-year old highschoolers who aren't trying to get jobs are not in the workforce, but they're *also* not unemployed. Counting the number of people wh... |
What are hiccups and how are they caused? | The diaphragm is a domed muscle at the bottom of your chest that helps you breathe. When you inhale, it pulls down to open up your chest and allow air into your lungs. When you exhale, it relaxes to let the air out of your lungs. Occasionally, the diaphragm will get irritated and start to contract and move in a jerky m... |
what's stopping me from naming random people as my heirs, in my will, when i pass and leaving my debts to them? | Debts do not get passed on like that. When you die, your estate are responsible for your debts. Any debt that cannot be paid by your estate is forgiven.I can't speak for other states, but in TX, secured debt attaches to the property regardless of who you will it to. A will can state that the asset is subject to the deb... |
How does paypal credit work? | You want a toy that costs $5, but you don't have $5. Mommy gives you the five dollars to buy the toy, and you pay her back over the next few months using your allowance. That's credit. Now, since mommy loaned you $5 and she's charging interest you give her a dollar a month for six months, paying back the $5 she loaned ... |
How come you can use different programming languages to create the same website? | There are server-side pieces of software that run on the server and send HTML/JavaScript to the browser. Then there's code that runs on the browser. The standard for that in JavaScript, and that's pretty much what you can expect the browser to support . On the server side, you can implement a given site in whatever lan... |
Why are people worried about using growth hormones on animals to be eaten? | It is not known if animal hormones effect humans or not. These things are difficult to test. Currently the FDA says they are safe, so many companies use them. Some consumers are afraid of chemicals and sensationalist articles can make anyone afraid of anything, and it has created the idea that consumers should "worry" ... |
Why do animals smell things in many short, quick bursts as opposed to long drawn out sniffs like a human would? | Actually, if you want to smell something really good, the best technique is to have a couple of small sniffs instead of one long sniff. This creates turbulences in your nasal cavities, mixing up scents and air really good. |
How are noodles made industrially? | Here's a video. _URL_0_ "How It's Made" tends to cover high end products, which might be slightly different from similar mass market productsThere's a purpose-built industrial machine. It mixes semolina flour and hot water into a dough, then extrudes, rolls, and cuts the dough into thin, ~1" strips. After that, there's... |
Why does the leaves on the linked tree stay there even when it doesn't receive enough sunlight to make chlorophyll? | Plants can perform photosynthesis from artificial light. Sunlight is better, but the streetlight is sufficient and would basically give the tree endless lightPlants sense when to lose their leaves based on length of day. Since the light is on, the length of day for those leaves is 24 hours.Plants don't need sunlight to... |
Years ago lead was used prevalently in paint, water pipes, and fuel. Why didn't everyone who was exposed get poisoned? | A lot of people did. Google "mass lead poisoning" and there are a lot of pretty gross examples. There is also a strong correlation between use of leaded gasoline and violent crime in the US . You also have to recognize, though, that lead poisoning is on a spectrum to some degree , and lots of other things caused or wer... |
Why are artificial sweeteners unhealthy? | Per se not actually bad for you like most things are bad. Studies show that it may mess with how your brain processes sweet signals without calories versus regular sugar and it messing with that in a negative way. They have shown to cause cancer, but in those studies the doses tended to be very high, on the order of a ... |
What exactly the Seroquel and Lamotrogine is doing to my brain? | This is a question you really need to ask your doctor. Given that you are on schizophrenia/bipolar disorder medication at 26 I think you need to take some interest in the specifics of maintaining your mental health. |
If the USA was to switch to the metric system... | That has been done by Congress. The US officially switched in the 1970s. It did not stick. Those industries like the Sciences where it is much more useful switched, but general society where there is virtually no difference in the usages as we do not need to be that accurate in things there is not enough of a benefit t... |
Why do Chinese "Lions" not look anything like actual lions? | Mostly because lions are not native to China. Imagine this: one person saw it, and tries to describe it in text, and the artisans tries to create something from the text, pretty much what Chinese lions looks now is what we get. Then newer generations simply copy and add their own interpretations, similar to Burrito is ... |
Why do some people get paralysed by fear? | It's the third option in the "fight or flight" response. When people freeze, their brain decides being perfectly still so the attacker can't see you is the best response. This is rooted in the fact that some of man's early predators reacted to motion. So being the one that didn't move meant you were the one that didn't... |
How much does it cost me to charge my power bank? | First you need to convert 12000mAh to Wh To do this, use this formula *)/1000. */). This will get you 44.4 Wh. Convert 44.4 Wh to kWh which is .0444kWh. Now, take the cost of kWh and multiply it by the kWh used. .12/kWh * .0444kWh = $.00528/charge. Most lithium ion batteries start to loose 30% of their capacity around ... |
The difference between Unison and Harmony. | When two instruments are playing the same notes, this is unison. When two instruments are playing different notes, then this is harmony. |
The sun's rays and why there's not a "circular ray" | What you call sun rays is actually light that is bouncing of atmospheric particles. The reason the rays appear to emanate from the centre is a a simple perspective effect. It's the same effect that makes it seem like the rails of a railway track appear to converge each other a point in the distance. You know, however, ... |
how come all animals have adapted to not brushing their teeth except humans? | Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I remember learning that it's because we generally outlive our teeth when we use them the way we like to, especially with the amount of sugar we eat, contrary to our ancestors tens of thousands of years ago. Many parts of the human body don't last as long as we actually live... |
Why do songs pitches apparently change when one yawns? | Inside your ear you have a membrane called the tympanic membrane, or ear drum. It's connected mechanically to the cochlea where the pressure waves are translated into nerve impulses perceived as sound. On the other side of the tympanic membrane from the auditory canal is the eustachian tubes, which run down behind the ... |
What does the 1m rise in the ocean from the melting region of Antarctica mean for everyone in relatable terms? | Most of the world's large and important cities are on the coast. A 1m rise in sea level would mean those cities would become much more vulnerable to storms, parts would flood, sea walls might need to be built around them, etc. Some cities might need to be abandoned or protected by seawalls. Large areas of coast would b... |
Why can some species newborns run immediately, while human newborns can't even hold up their own heads? | This happens because of two of the most uniquely human features: * **Big brains relative to our body size** which helped with tool usage, running "what if" scenarios, etc.* **Bipedal locomotion**: which uses much less energy than walking on all fours When our bodies adapted to being bipeds, our pelvis shrunk. But since... |
How does ordering someone out of their car not constitute a seizure of the person under 4th amendment? | The 4th amendment does not say seizure is disallowed, it says "unreasonable" seizure is disallowed. Officers are allowed to make lawful demands during a traffic stop, such as requring people get out of their cars. That's been considered reasonable. |
Why is non-resident college tuition so much higher than resident college tuition in the US? | You pay taxes in a state and the colleges and residents of that state benefit directly and indirectly from those taxes. Going to school out of state means that you're benefiting from others' tax money. The only way to compensate for that or keep it from being abused is to charge more for out-of-state students. Edit: In... |
How is dust able to collect on the edge of a ceiling fan that's used every day? | Well if I am imagining it correctly, it is constantly being pushed into dust. Also, is it used all the time? |
the idea of intelligent design and how it determines the existence of a creator. | The idea is that our universe was intentionally created by some unnamed intelligence with massive or even infinite power. For evidence they point to things like the distance from the Earth to the Sun being good for life, the fact that the moon perfectly covers the sun during an eclipse, the fact that cells work, and ma... |
Moon's gravitational forces versus water in our bodies | Tidal forces aren't causes by the strength of gravity. They are caused by **differences** in the strength of gravity. Depending on position, one side of the Pacific Ocean might be several thousand miles closer to the moon than the other side. That means the moon is pulling one side about 5% harder than the other, and t... |
Why is iron important in the human body | It binds to haemoglobin and makes it work, haemoglobins' job is to carry oxygen around your body, so if you have no iron, you have no oxygen carrying stuff which means you have no oxygen which means dead. |
How do musicians/producers/music studios choose which of their songs will be hits? | They can choose which songs to promote, and those may become hits, but ultimately, the consumers decide if they like it enough to buy it. |
Why are many highways winding and not straight? | They have to go around hills and valleys without going up and down to much. Therefore, they gently curve around to keep the road relatively level.Winding roads make you more alert than straight roads. It's safer. Edit - Don't know why I'm getting downvoted. Google highway hypnosis, it's a thing. There have been studies... |
Music Equalization (as it pertains to Mixing)- what's the deal? | Boosting = making a certain range of sound frequencies louder Cutting = making a certain range of sound frequencies quieter I'll post sample pictures in a bit. EDIT: Here is an [example]. So for me, I make hip-hop beats. When I'm making beats from sampling + chopping, I always cut the low / bass frequencies off of my s... |
What function does isopropyl serve in isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol)? | It is disinfectant as alcohols tend to be, but because of it's structure it has desirable properties such as how easily it evaporates and the fact that it is a liquid. Isopropanol is simple enough, and very easy to manufacture, but doesn't have the same regulations as common ethanol. This makes it a perfect candidate. ... |
what's the difference between a green and blue screen, and why does it seem like everyone only uses green these days? | The basic principle is the same--in your video editing software, you select everything that's just the right color, and then apply edits to that. It stops you from having to manually select an area in each frame, which would be incredibly impractical for most purposes. Green screens are favored for digital filming beca... |
why do malnourished people get bloated bellies? | What is happening is that for those people they might get enough calories but have too little protein. That lack of protein leads to a lack of fluid regulation and buildup of fluids within the abdomen. The big belly is water weight to the extreme.As u/phage0070 said, it's caused by protein deficiency and [edema] rather... |
Why, when quoting a Sanskrit text in English, did Oppenheimer say "I am become death"? Why would you translate something into a target language using poor grammar? | "Joy to the world, the Lord **is come**." "Christ **is risen**. Christ will come again." "I **am come** in the name of the father." It isn't poor grammar, it's an archaic use of to be as an auxiliary verb. Modern English uses the verb 'to have\' instead: the Lord has come; Christ has risen, etc. The King James Bible fr... |
What exactly is a spinoff company? | You make beer, that is your company's main line of business. In the process of becoming a leader in beer, you got really good at making beer cans so good, you get a lot of business that has nothing to do with your beer. This has muddled your business direction a little, because you have to make decisions that might be ... |
Why do bank transfers take so long? | Because banks don't like to share information, with strict handover policies. Some things take 4 days still! Like Cheque's! One day in transit from where the cheque was paid in, one day at the swap cheque place, one day in transit to the issuing bank, then the funds are sent on day 4. Then there are large transfers whi... |
Do new born babies dream? Do they dream while they're still in there moms stomach? | They probably dream about being safe in their mother's womb. Are we talking babies in the womb or their first sleep after being born? Since there is probably no way to know exactly what they dream, they could be dreaming about world domination for all we know. |
How does currency conversion work? | This one is actually really cool, and works without anyone knowing the 'exact' amount of currency in the world. When one country wants to purchase something in another country - for example the Bangladeshi's ship the sweatshop clothing or the sum of all the Americans purchasing canadian coinage to cross the border for ... |
Abstraction in a Philosophical sense. | Abstraction is the breaking down of properties and use of those properties for the purpose of extending them to something else so the something else can inherit the properties and change these properties as the abstraction requires. When ideas and concepts become sufficiently complex it is often helpful to break them d... |
the difference between Teen Titans and the members of the Young Justice League. | It's a different group from a different comic strip While still members from the same universe. Like the avengers and x men |
How does the audio know how to split into 2 different left and right signals in earbuds? | The audio file is stereo . Look closely at that one jack and you'll see it is divided by a pair of black lines into sections. These sections are hard-wired so that one will carry a signal to the left bud and one to the right. If you opened up the jack casing you would see two separate wires soldered to the jack. Likewi... |
how lyft is almost as big uber but only uber is suffering with regulations, fines, arrests and stings? | It's not. Lyft's last valuation put it at $2.5B _URL_3_ Uber's last valuation put it at $41B. It has raised more money than Lyft is worth._URL_2_ Left currently serves 1 country_URL_0_ Uber serves 57 countries_URL_1_", 'I can tell you that in Albuquerque Lyft was forced out due to all of the regulations and fines. So t... |
What is so special about Ebola | Previous outbreaks were easily contained and did not spread beyond a small region. It also occurred only sporadically. Every few years it would show up, kill a few hundred people at max and then disappear again. The best management strategy was to isolate outbreaks and let the virus burn itself out. This is no longer p... |
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