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Why do you think you look one way when looking in a mirror (good) and then worse when looking at pictires/front facing camera (bad)? The others have mentioned the reverted image, and to an extent that is correct. However, when you begin to look at cameras, the focal length of the camera can affect what you look like, by exaggerating some of your features etc. Here is a pretty cool example
Why can airlines have the movie rights to recently released movies so quickly, but it takes a lot longer for Netflix and other streaming services to add new movies to their catalogs? Sometimes they even have movies that are still in the theaters of the country they are flying to/from. The question is, how can they get it so fast and why does it seem easier for them to get the rights to stream those new movies if Netflix seems to have a larger public? I might be mistaken in some aspects (the fact that it looks easier and the public size), but I did see movies in the plane that were in theaters in my country. Streaming services are the last to acquire rights to the video because they represent the customer segment with the lowest profit margins. Why should a customer pay more to see the movie in a cinema/airplane when they can watch it at home anytime they want? The airlines are willing to pay a higher price per customer to capture passengers, and movie theatres are willing to pay even more, which is why they get the rights in that order.
Why do some farmers plant crops in big circles, rather than sticking with squares or rectangles? Aren't they losing ~21.5% of crop area? area isn't the limiting factor in places they use center pivot irrigation. It may be water, it may be labor, it may be transportation.
If everyone seems to want unbiased news then why don’t any news stations just report facts and no opinions? I️t seems like they would quickly become very popular. So here's the thing. It's impossible to report on news without a bias. Humans make choices of what news is important and what news doesn't get reported. Even if you try your best to be fair and even handed, your views of what is the most important part of the news to report on influences how you show the news. Then, when you've chosen what to report on, what order you present the facts matters, which facts you are going to emphasize and which you cut because you can't fit everything into a story matter. It's more than just "news stations show their opinions" but the very way that you show the news is biased because it's done by humans who have opinions. Some news stations try harder than others to overcome those biases and not influence the viewers directly, but "being unbiased" it's not something that people can just do.
From my actual 5-year-old: "How do you know that the world is real?" I think therefore I am. It's impossible to say that this is not the Matrix. Older than the Matrix is the brain in the jar thought experiment. You might be a brain in a jar. This is a simulation. Everybody takes the blue pill.
Why is it hard to fall asleep without a blanket; even in warm weather? Avast ye! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: ELI5: Why do we need blankets when we sleep, even when it isn't cold? ELI5: Why do I always need a blanket to sleep even though it's hot as hell? ELI5:why do we need blankets and cant just sleep in clothes ELI5: Why do humans commonly sleep with a blanket, even if it is more than suitable sleeping temperature without one? ELI5: Why do people sleep with blankets even when they aren't cold? ELI5: Why do we sleep better in a cold room but still under warm covers?
Chicken wing vs Chicken breast supply ELI5: Whenever I eat chicken wings I look around and realize that all the people eating 20,30,40 wings are eating like 5-10 birds worth of wings (one drum, one flat x2 = 4 wings per bird). It makes me wonder, how does the supply of chicken breasts work in correlation with wing supply? 4 wings per bird, 2 breasts, but chicken breasts would be in more dishes. Yet, a family of 4 having chicken breasts for dinner would likely have 4, 2 birds. A family having wings might eat 15-20 wings each, meaning 15-20 birds worth. Do we end up throwing out tons of wings or breasts? Or does the demand magically match the supply? The demand mostly matches the supply by adjustments to pricing. It used to be the wings were the cheapest part. If they weren't thrown out, they were just used for making stock. But then restaurants like Buffalo Wild Wings realized they could buy them cheap, sell them cheap, and use them to sell high-profit margin drinks and sides. Now we have the opposite problem and there's a shortage of chicken wings, so restaurants are pushing things like "boneless wings" which aren't actually made from wing meat.
In a court of law, why are diaries of the accused admissible? Isn't that just a form of being forced to testify against yourself? The production of the diary is considered voluntary testimony; you can't force someone to make statements, written or verbal, but if they choose to do so themselves they can be entered as evidence. The prohibition of forced incrimination doesn't mean someone can't do it themselves.
Why are there so many movies made about the Vietnam war but so few about the Korean War? Two things that played a huge role were the timing of it and the amount of people affected by it. First, the Korean war lasted around three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only was it relatively short, but it wasn't able to be documented as well. Cameras were big and heavy. The Vietnam war lasted from 1955 to 1975. By the end of it they had videos of the war on the news so it was highly publicised. Which brings me to my second point. More people were affected by it. Military alone, 9 million people were involved in the Vietnam war while around 5.7 million fought in the Korean war. You're more likely to be interested in a movie if you were somewhat affected by what the movie is about, whether it be fighting in it or just seeing clips of it on the news. Edit: military involvement in north korea was grossly off, don't trust Wikipedia without looking at sources
Why are there a lot of WW2 movies and almost no movies about WW1? There was widespread opinion after WW1 that it shouldn't have happened, and accomplished nothing. Its causes are still a bit hard to understand, and it discredited pretty much every government involved in it to one level or another. And while it was happening, the horror was ironically uneventful. People died in droves, but not much changed - the front lines did not advance much for most of the war. People might unknowingly clamber over multiple layers of buried corpses trying to capture the same few meters year after year. World War 2 was very different. It was one of the few wars in history that can be legitimately called unavoidable, given the mentality on one side. Its causes were clear, its moral distinctions eventually were found to be absolute, and its events and movements were very dramatic. Its outcome was also economically and politically profitable to the country that houses Hollywood, so lots of movies about it were inevitable.
What is brown? This is the coolest question I've seen because I don't know how I would explain it to a 5 year old. But I'm going to do my best. You can make color in two ways. When you mix paints you see the colors you are mixing. People who study color call that the additive filter. But light, which is how we see, uses a subtractive filter. If you take a red sheet of plastic wrap and hold it over a white light you see the red because the filter subtracted, or absorbed, the other waves of light. We make things using the additive filter but we see things using the subtractive filter. Because your eyes see light. But you are five, so we are just going to talk about the first kind, because you are more likely painting than you are designing lights. We are going to only worry about the things you can make. When you mix colors to get brown, you are taking red and adding something to it to make it less red. Red is a primary color in paints (there are different primary colors in the other filter). Primary colors are the three colors that all other colors are made of. Red, yellow, and blue. Brown is more red than it is blue, so you know that that brown is really muddy red. There are colors that are exactly halfway between two primary colors. So if you mix red and yellow you get orange. That's a secondary color. It's really recognizable but it isn't a color all on its own. It's red and yellow. Some browns will be more red some will be more yellow some will be more blue but they all started as red and what they look like is determined by what got added to them to make them not just red anymore. Painters, graphic designers, lighting designers, all kinds of different people study color and there are many books about it. And as you learn about color what you'll learn really fast is that your eyes and your brain do amazing things so that you can see. You might even find people who see color differently than you do and that is one of the things that makes people so incredibly interesting and helps us to know that the world is bigger than we are.
Why do leftovers taste different than freshly cooked food? Foods as they heat and cool change structurally and chemically. They continue to break down over time. Things that are higher in acidity more quickly. Sometimes this is a good thing, as flavors meld and sugars are released (its why spaghetti is always better the second day).
How does the entire city of NYC not have bed bugs? So I live and am a real estate agent in NYC. One thing I can assure you is that no matter how shitty the landlord they take bedbugs very seriously. The loss of potential rent and fines if they do not attend to the matter immediately scares them enough to action. Also when ever you rent an apartment they have to disclose any bedbug issues and confirm eradication if it happened in the last year or so.
How effective is blocking in real life martial arts? I often see in games/shows/etc with lots of fighting people blocking with their arms or legs. Does this have any basis in real life, and if so how do they not get hurt blocking with their extremities? It is effective. The trick here is that while it does hurt to block a punch with your arms or legs, it hurts less than if they just hit you directly. You redirect the motion, rather than absorb the blow. While it is exaggerated in movies and games, blocking punches and kicks is better than being hit in the head.
Why is access to clean drinking water considered a human right but not access to quality food? Dirty water can kill you in a few days. Low quality food will do it too but takes way longer and it is easier to handle.
How does toothpaste protect for 12 hours? the fluoride binds with the minerals in your tooth enamel and makes them protected against acids. this allows them to re-mineralize and be stronger. you can even put fluoride toothpaste on an eggshell , then wash it off and put it in some vinegar and it won't weaken where a egg that hasn't been treated will get all gummy and elastic.
Are we supposed to throw our used napkins in the recycling bin for papers or just throw them in regular trash? in general napkins can’t be recycled when used. The food just doesn’t work, and napkins are iffy as is, napkins and tp have shorter fibres which tend to be less useful in recycling than other papers. however they can be composted! compost needs a good even mix of veggie scraps or other fresh wet cuttings, and drier, tougher material, and napkins are great for the second.
: Why do schools care so much about the no hat policy? "No hat" rules exist for a number of reasons (of questionable quality). The number one reason is that they can be a distraction. Kids play with them, take them off, throw them around. What the hat displays can be disruptive. Hats and hoods also conceal the face and head and can be used to hide things. As far as why it is a rule that is enforced so strictly. So it's a rule with multiple reasons for existing and is a rule that is easy to see when it is being broken and easy to enforce. ITT: People arguing. You may not like that this is a rule. You may not like the reasons given for this rule. You may think they are arbitrary, based on false premises, inconsistent with other rules (or the lack of other rules). Cool. Nevertheless, these are the reasons given for why rules like this exist. It is the answer to the question provided. You not liking the answer doesn't make the answer wrong. I'm not here acting as defense or advocate of these reasons or the schools that implement these rules. I'm just answering a question.
Why we need to spend so much money on tv cable when we already see ads on tv? A long time ago, people who are now 80+ years old, took a vote in November to have free TV with ads, or paid TV without ads. They voted the latter. Now through some loopholes, the paid TV services are allowed to sell airtime to advertisers at the customer's expense.
Why are some coins worth a small fortune, but another of the same kind of coin is almost worthless? To explain: I recently heard about a 1968 quarter getting sold to a collector for $8000. Why couldn’t I for example sell my quarter, also from 1968, for the same? For such a price, that coin was likely either an error strike, or an exceptionally pristine specimen of a lower-mintage species. A Google search suggests the latter.may be the case here.
For a non-American, whats the difference between your Senate and House? I saw your Democrats won a majority in the house, but not th Senate. Just wondering what each does and what difference it will make of who controls what. The Senate is the upper chamber of Congress. It has 100 members (called Senators). Every state has 2 senators, no matter how big the state is. This is to ensure equal representation. The House is the lower chamber of Congress. It has 435 members. Each state gets members based on its population. So California gets more Representatives than somewhere like Alaska. This is to ensure weighted representation.
Why do streaming services sometimes only have random select episodes of a tv show? On older shows music clearances and other legal rights may prevent certain episodes from being released for streaming.
Why is it that when it’s hot we can walk miles without sweating but once we stand a bit after that walk we start sweating a lot? You are sweating it is just that the sweat is evaporating and cooling the skin as it is supposed to do, once you stop your body is no longer as hot as it was and isn't evaporating the moisture away, but the sweat is at the same level. In addition your motion through the air assists in the evaporation again standing still reduces this.
Music intervals (piano) I've been reading to try to improve my basic (ie fundamental) music theory. A lot of people are talking about the importance of intervals . ​ Please could you ELI5 what intervals are and why they are so important to music theory (in context of piano, if possible, please). ​ Edit: Thank you everyone for all of your help yesterday, everyone approached it from a different perspective and took the tiny amount of knowledge I had and expanded it in so many directions. I will continue to learn and continue to ask questions here, but for now, thank you all! ​ Don't think you ever spoke to a five year old
Why do off-duty US military personnel sometimes wear uniform in public? The above is not true for the Marine Corps. You are NEVER allowed off base in your cammies. Only God can help you if you're caught doing so. Immediately after you graduate boot camp you are allowed off base and it had better be in either proper civilian attire, or a dress/service uniform. (The nicer ones that aren't camo)
How come high magnitude earthquakes off the coast do not always cause huge Tsunamis.. What are the factors? It depends on how the plates move. If plates are sliding past each other, e.g. one North and the other South, then a slip doesn't displace any water = no Tsunami. If one plate is subducting under the other, then when the fault slips the top plate pops up, which displaces a bunch of water = Tsunami.
Why do Third World Countries have problems with possessing water, when the earth is 79% of it and we have the technology to purify water? It's not purification, it's desalination (taking the salt out of the water). And it's a very expensive process which requires a lot of energy. And even after you do that, you still need to deliver this water somehow - most places that suffer from a lack of water simply don't have the proper water delivery infrastructure.
ELI5:How did the United States become so powerful, in such a short amount of time? The rest of the industrialized world was devastated by the Second World War. Because the war did not impact the mainland US and the US maximized their industrial processes to fight the war, this left the US as the only major western power intact. On top of this, the US used their financial and industrial might to help rebuild the rest of the world which gave direct access to these markets for US goods. Unionized labor in the US combined with increased immigration and technological advances also allowed for huge increases in the US standard of living.
How are pre-cooked, non-frozen, TV dinners stay unspoiled without refridgeration or preservatives? They're cooked and packed in a clean environment. Then they are sealed in a pack that does two things: Protect them from any bacteria getting in to spoil the food. Prevent air from entering so any bacteria not killed by the cooking can't grow and spoil the food.
What Are The Two/Three "Voices" In Everyone's Head I'm not sure this is a common experience. Certainly, I have one primary voice in my head, but the behind the scenes stuff isn't really a voice - more just thoughts without a voice. If you hear other voices, that seem to think quicker, does it actually sound like words just sped up, or more of just concepts?
How did the inventors of the defibrillator test the machine and determine the correct time for practical use? Defibrillators were first demonstrated in 1899 by Jean-Louis Prévost and Frédéric Batelli, two physiologists from University of Geneva, Switzerland. They discovered that small electrical shocks could induce ventricular fibrillation in dogs, and that larger charges would reverse the condition. Basically they tested it on dogs before human use.
Why is it when one part of our body is experiencing pleasant touch, we feel it in other parts of the body? Like when your feet are getting rubbed and it makes your scalp tingle, or when you’re having your head rubbed and it makes a delightful radiating feeling down your legs. (Maybe a stupid question but what the hell, it is ELI5 isn't it?) Is it the other way around with displeasant touches/feelings as well? For example if someone pinches me on my thigh I sometimes feel it on my spine, or if I pinch my triceps I feel it on the opposite side of my body but on the hips.
How are online credit card transactions considered safe when the merchants solicit information that they can use to make purchases elsewhere? Most websites use third-party companies to process online transactions to reduce their own liability (PayPal, Cybersource). Creditcard companies worked together in the early 2000's to create information security rules that dictate how other companies are allowed to handle customer creditcard information (mostly determined by how many transactions the company performs per year) called PCI Compliance. Failure to meet these standards will result in Creditcard companies refusing to process transactions with your company. For most large ecommerce companies, such as Amazon, the seller NEVER sees the customer's creditcard information, and certainly cannot save it locally for re-use (without a developer deliberately creating a fraud scenario in code). The exception to this is when customers call customer service and give them their creditcard information over the phone, where old-fashioned fraud is still possible. PCI Compliance rules cover this scenario as well (for example, customer service people are disallowed from having cell-phones in the call center to make it harder to commit fraud). If you want to save creditcards locally as part of your legitimate business, PCI rules are much tougher, so many companies just don't bother. When you enter a creditcard into the checkout form on a website, most of that information is generally not saved anywhere. When you click "Submit" your creditcard info is encrypted and sent to the third-party who validates the request and sends back a token (a temporary hash or string of characters) which can be used by the seller to authorize a payment on your behalf for a certain amount of time. The concept of "saved creditcards" also uses these tokens, so your creditcard info is not actually stored on the website anywhere. Companies are allowed to save the creditcard type, last few digits of your creditcard, and expiration date. That's pretty much it. Some companies also save the CVV code but this is not actually allowed. These tokens can still result in certain kinds of fraudulent payments, but they are limited by the seller's inability to reuse the token on other websites and also because they are easy to track. Source: I've been working in ecommerce for more than a decade; have done PCI Compliance implementations; have performed data testing on creditcard processing implementations.
Why do flies rub their hands like Mr. Burns? Flies have chemical receptors on their legs to "taste" surfaces that they land on. These must be kept clean. They also use the fine hairs on their legs to clean their eyes. When you see a fly busily doing something with its forelimbs, it's usually cleaning itself. Since they tend to hang around garbage, they do it a lot.
How and why did shoes made for tennis become the mainstream shoe people wear for just about anything. They didn’t. Certain regional areas just use “tennis shoes” as a catchall name for any kind of athletic footwear. I’m from the Northeast US and we call them sneakers, not tennis shoes.
Who determines which names/jobs show up during the opening credits for movies and how do they determine the order? I work in the film industry and have my name in the opening credits of around 10 feature films. The order and job positions are fairly standardized through decades of contractual negotiations with the film unions (IATSE for crew and SAG for actors). Actors will come first. Usually the “#1” actor or main actor will be very first and this can be a big point of negotiation in the contract. Next is below the line crew heads/supervisors in order from least important to highest. So it might go make up, then costumes, then production designer, then cinematographer. The cinematographer is generally considered the highest ranking crew member and will almost always be the last crew member credit in the opening. Next is above the line which are the “adults” as we affectionally call them on set. So usually it’s producers, then executive producers, then writer, then director. The director is always last. This only applies to the opening credits. The closing credits have an entirely different system and the general rule is if you were in the opening credits you don’t get to be in the closing credits unless you are an actor.
Why is the Queen in chess the most effective piece? I wouldn't have thought thought, given the age of the game, that women in that time period would be considered combat masters or respected so highly. The “Queen” piece was actually, originally, just a minister. The game slowly evolved to refer to the piece as a queen because it stood beside the king. In some languages or cultures the queen is still referred to something similar to the minister; vizier in east cultures, and Hetman in Poland.
What makes a poem a poem? They don’t have to rhyme, and they don’t have to be short. So what makes a four page long Walt Whitman poem a “poem” and not a “story”? So the difference you really want to know is the difference between and . After all, a story can be in a prose form (like we're used to) or a poetic one (like the Illiad or any number of other epic poems). There's no bright line between poetry and prose. You can have poetic prose and prosaic poetry. But, in general, poetry uses more stylized language. Among other things: it might be divided into lines of specific length (each line a certain number of syllables), and/or require lines to have certain patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, and/or use patterns of consonance and assonance (of which rhyme is a certain type). Or it might do any number of other things. ​ But again, there's no bright line when prose becomes poetry or vice versa.
How do gameshows obtain so much money to give away so often? Game shows are actually among the cheapest shows to make. No actors, no writers, no special effects, just a single set that never changes, some D-list celebrity to host and a wannabe starlet to gesture at things. They don't even have rehearsals, everything is in one take and bang out a week's worth of episodes in an afternoon. Plus the prizes are often provided to them at low or no cost because they serve as advertising for the manufacturer. Compare this to scripted shows like or , where the actors alone cost millions per episode. $50K in cash and prizes doesn't seem like so much.
in ancient times, how did people know if people truly who they declared that they were? In terms of royal ambassadors or members of courts and parliaments, when someone asks, “who goes there?” or “what business do you have with the lord?” how do the guards or officials know whether the other person is lying or not if they’ve never met them before and banners or papers and officials seals can be forged or duplicated? 99% of the time, any foreign dignitary would have given weeks of advance notice before they arrived. They would be accompanied by courtiers, guards, servants, tons of luggage, chefs, and all sorts of other people and things, all of which would be marked with the correct seals and paperwork. Pretending to be a member of the royal court, or of the noble class, would be difficult in any convincing manner. It was a affair. And the receiving party would have made a great deal of preparations for them. Parties and feasts withstanding, the courtiers of the receiving party would have already learned all of the likes and dislikes of their guests, the proper introductions, manners, and all of those little formalities. Combine that with all of those noble families actually knowing each other throughout their lives, having partied with them for years, having learned about them during their adolescence (because they absolutely couldn't be caught in a socially awkward situation, that would be a huge faux pas), and so much more. It's not like they just threw some farmers together to receive a noble guest. It was a big deal. possible to pretend to be some very minor, distantly related member, or even a member of some exotic court (a Jamaican prince to England during the 15th century, maybe), but you'd have to be a decent actor with some decent forgers.
Can airplanes speed the same way cars can in traffic? Why or why not? theres an optimal speed for airplanes where speed/fuel consumption balance is in the best ratio that is the speed the plane tries to reach speeding would mean the fuel wouldnt last to the destination Not sure if im right but that is what my physics knowledge gave me
What is the so called Axis of Evil and why does it trouble astronomers? There's a pizza on the middle rack in your home oven, and we are a piece of pepperoni on said pizza. The air above the pizza should be roughly the same temperature as the air below the pizza. But for some reason, the air below the pizza is colder and no one knows why. And we are directly in the middle between these two different temperatures.
What is Mindfulness? It is a process that with training allows you to be present in the moment, aware of what you feel and think.
How do Instagram models, influencers, and the like earn so much money per post? Companies pay them a large sum per post to advertise their products. Many don't disclose that information which is a big nono.
Why is hot coffee that has gone cold disgusting, but iced coffee/cold brew delicious? Your initial premise is subjective and flawed. Hot coffee that's gone cold is enjoyed by many people.
What is the purpose of the cloth in waterboarding It restricts airflow and allows the water to seep through into the nostrils. It makes the difference between the hose-to-the-face uncomfortableness and the oh-god-i'm-drowning of waterboarding.
what is the difference between a Sheriffs department and a Police department? They both seem to do the same thing depending on where you live. In the US? Sheriffs work for a county. Police work for a city or town. State troopers work for a state.
- Why does watching a movie that is scary to you make you stop thinking rationally and believe that you are being watched, stalked and about to be murdered? You're at a higher level of stress, you become more aware of your surroundings, begin entering into a fight or flight type of mindset and start down a spiral of paranoia and anxiety. Stress will make people do/think crazy things.
Airline Baggage Handlers: I really want to understand the logistics of checked bags I used to work as a baggage handler. When your bag is checked, it is put on a conveyor belt and sent down to the bag room where workers wait at a baggage carousel similar to the one the passengers use. A worker will be assigned to your flight and will be looking for bags tagged for your flight. Most bags will not be connecting to other flights and are all packed together in the hold. But connecting bags are loaded on to a separate cart and typically loaded last and kept slightly apart from the rest of the bags. The ramp workers at the connecting airport will know the exact number of connecting bags and will grab them first, load them onto a cart and whisk them directly to the connecting flight. So while you're still waiting to get off the plane, your bags are on a cart somewhere already well on their way to the connecting flight.
If blood is a biohazard, why are feminine hygiene products not thrown away in a more careful way? My cycle tracking calendar needs to update the options. Please describe your flow: 1. Light spotting 2. Mildly bloody 3. Soaked through biohazard
Why does Starbucks allow people to sit there for a whole day even if they buy little to nothing there? Others mentioned that the store needs to look full, but the other part is that it makes perfect sense to invite people who will eventually want coffee into your store, instead of only allowing in those who want coffee right now. Doesn’t cost much extra cleaning to let people hang around, and now you have a ton of potential, if not nearly guaranteed, costumers - who bring their friends to hang out too. It becomes a place you can just go and have a quick social gathering.
Why do gamers prefer mechanical keyboards over the usual ones? A few reasons: Probably a lot more reasons but those are my personal main points for preferring mechanicals
How are nude shots in film and television (specifically western, and more specifically cable and broadcast) accomplished? I was always under the impression there was some sort of suit, but I think I may be wrong. It can depend on the director and the actors in the scene. For example, some actors and actresses have a no nudity clause in their contracts. In that case, it's usually a body double for closeups. In some cases, it's the actor or actresses own body, fully exposed. In other cases it's entirely CGI, and in yet others it's combined with prosthetics or pubic hair wigs, cock socks (don't mean to be crude, I believe that's just what they're called), and so on. Cable and broadcast have specific limits of what can and can't be shown or what eating it would acquire, so camera angles and cutting scenes is usually important.
How do musicians make money from royalties and how do they keep track of who is using their music and how many times their songs are played? Organizations like BMI and ASCAP collect information on performances of musical works from radio stations and elsewhere and collects fees from them. They then pass along the fees (minus their fee) to the artist. That way, the artist doesn't need to do the work to find out when their works are being performed (though they can report performances to the organizations).
Why are fluorescent colors special and why did they not seem to exist before the 80's? Other people have addressed your comment about the timeframe. Here's why they are special: Normal colors reflect the color you see and absorb anything else (a blue shirt absorbs red, yellow, green, etc. but reflects blue). This means that if there light hitting the shirt has 100 brightness units, the shirt can reflect up to 100 brightness units back. Fluorescent colors are able to absorb energy from beyond the range we can see (UV) and then re-emit it in a color we can see. So a fluorescent blue shirt could reflect up to 100 brightness units back of blue, and absorb another 100 brightness units of UV and emit them back as blue light, giving off 200 brightness units of blue in a room where everything else is only giving off 100.
How breast and bra sizes work There are alot of different measurements for the same breast size please to explain. Heed my warning friend! I currently have 5 bras in my bureau. 1 is a 42B, 1 is a 36C, 1 is a 40D, 1 is a 42C, and for shits and giggles 1 is a 38DD. All of these fit me, all are comfortable, and all are different brands. Bra sizing is fucked. I can't just go to a store, find my 'allegedly' correct size, buy it, and expect it to fit. Don't buy your lady a bra. Instead, get a gift certificate to a lingerie boutique (a nice one, not some trashy place, ya derp), give it to your lady, and eyebrows wiggling with a charming smile ask her to go shopping together on an adventure. Panties. Sploosh. Win.
Why is the Upper Peninsula part of Michigan and not Wisconsin? Is there any historical or cultural reason behind it? Geographically, it doesn’t make any sense. There was a border dispute in the early 1800s, , between Ohio and Michigan, over a strip of land that includes Toledo, a port town at the western end of Lake Erie. The land was ultimately awarded to Ohio, and, to make it up to the Michigan authorities, they were assigned the UP. Wisconsin was not settled or organized enough to be a player at this stage. Edit: got the chronology wrong.
Why is a fast food burger that is 100% Beef less healthy for me than a 100% Beef burger I make at home? Eating burgers at home every day would be bad for you. There's nothing inherently unhealthy about a burger, even if it's a little high in fat & salt. The fast food experience, OTOH, where you pair that burger with a big cup of sugary soda & a big basket of deep-fried potatoes, is getting you into a place where you're getting way too many calories in a meal. If you do this on a regular basis, you're going to get fat.
Did the Occupy Wall Street movement have any permanent impact? Like all movements like this, it's complicated. The problem with the Occupy movement was that it never had a unified message. They were protesting the "1%", but they never really made it clear what their demands were or how they wanted them to be met. Largely because Occupy organizers themselves couldn't agree on that themselves. The movement ultimately got co-opted by far-left radicals, lost public support, then it just sort of fizzled out after the police raids. Yet politics in the west tends to be a bit more of a slow burn. Movements like this never really having an immediate impact. Both Occupy and the Tea Party did work as catalysts towards the growing tide of populism we're seeing in America today. Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump were populist, anti-establishment candidates who saw strong grass roots support.
ELI5:What is the difference between face cream/hand cream/body cream/foot cream? Are the skin cells in those parts of the body so different from each other that they respond better to certain chemicals or is it all a marketing ploy by the cosmetic industry? I was recently gifted a cosmetic set that had different creams for different parts of the body and I checked the ingredients to see what made them so different from each other but the ingredients are all chemical names I know nothing about. Would I be harming my skin in anyway(especially long term) if for example I used a face cream as a body cream or vice versa? A foot cream might be a little more intense since the skin on the bottom of your feet is thicker, and thus more would be needed to penetrate all the layers. A face cream might make sure that it doesnt leave a shiny residue after it is absorbed so it doesnt look like you have oil all over your face. However, at their core, there is no difference between any of them expect perhaps scent. As long as your products arent some sort of "intensive care treatment", there should not be any long term affects regardless of what you use where.
While wearing a full suit of armour and chainmail hundreds of years ago how could someone kill you? It seems as nothing they had could pierce steel so how did people die in combat? Especially from arrows English longbows had enough drawpower to puncture plate armor. Most combatants did not have armor and chainmail. Those were generally reserved for nobility. Your average men at arms might have some leather padding, which were much easier to penetrate. Just because plate armor can't be pierced, doesn't mean it doesn't transfer force or was perfect. A hit with a blunt weapon like a mace to the helmet could still transmit enough force to break the skull. A dagger could find the gaps in the plate armor at the joints. If someone knocked you down, you would be hard pressed to get back up.
How can tv shows like South Park and Family Guy still use the “all persons fictitious” disclaimer when they are clearly making fun of an actual person/celebrity? That disclaimer isn't protecting them from a celebrity suing them. What is protecting them from a celebrity suing them is the fact that the 1st Amendment has been held to allow you to use someone's name and likeness in certain limited ways when that person is a "subject of public interest." The short of it is that celebrities are "subjects of public interest" and the manner in which they are being depicted in those tv shows is one of the limited ways in which the 1st Amendment permits someone else to use their likeness. That phrase is just some generic legalese that has been stuck in the credits of every movie and tv show going back decades. It's designed to stop some random, non-celebrity from claiming that a non-celebrity character in the movie/show is so similar to them that the movie/show is using the random person's likeness. In all likelihood that blurb of legalese doesn't actually do anything - if some random person could actually prove that their likeness was being used the phrase wouldn't protect the movie/show producers. And if the random person can't prove that their likeness was used, well, they can't win a case against the movie/show producers. But it does protect the movie/show owners from the one in a billion case where a judge says "well you didn't put that phrase in your credits so I'll let this go to trial." While the random person still won't win in that situation, going to trial costs money while putting that phrase in the credits does not, and so that phrase ends up in every movie/show's credits. The reason its showed at the start of the intro for South Park, rather than in the credits, is as a joke. edit: This is more in depth so feel free to skip it if you're just looking for a basic explanation on why South Park doesn't get sued, but I'll just add a bit in because I wasn't very clear on that phrase keeps getting put in the credits of every movie and tv show despite not doing anything and I'm getting two general lines of comments. The first line of comments is "I'm a lawyer and its because it protects against defamation!" I too, am a lawyer, though if you're making this comment I doubt you are. You cannot say "I'm not defaming X but by the way X is a child molester" and think that does not constitute defamation (which was one of the examples a "lawyer" used). But perhaps the best response is the fact that the phrase is usually put in the credits where no one sees it anyways. If no one sees it, it doesn't affect how they view the defaming material. The second line of comments is "but they put it in for other countries where they don't have the 1st Amendment!" The best response to this is just to be more clear why the phrase is put in the credits. As /u/ByeByeLiver and several others have stated there was a historical reason for putting it in the credits. But modernly its put there solely because of inertia, that is to say, there is no one alive today that remembers a time when it wasn't in the credits. It also costs nothing to put it in the credits. But there is an extremely remote possibility that removing it from the credits might result in a situation that costs money - nobody knows how that situation could actually come about, but nobody can say that it won't come about if that phrase is removed. So it gets put in the credits because the default position is that its in the credits, its free, and free is cheaper than a remote possibility of "something bad happening." In other words, its not being added because it contains some magical protection against non-US laws. Its largely being added in the US and just exported along with the rest of the movie/show. In countries where its being added domestically, the sole purpose for its addition is because people in that country are just assuming that it does in the US or other English speaking countries and adding it, and again doing so is free.
Why did the kinder egg candy get banned from the United States? It's a law about not being allowed to put non-food items inside food. Original Kinder eggs are a toy, inside a plastic capsule, inside a chocolate egg. Logically, the capsule is big enough nobody should accidentally swallow it, but the food law stating you can't have non-food inside food prevents it from being legal. They have kinder eggs in the US now, but they put a toy on one side and a half-egg of chocolate on the other side so the toy is no longer the food.
Why are Rolex watches considered to be so valuable? For starters, they're made with expensive and valuable materials like jeweled movements, sapphire glass, and gold. Second, the movements are mostly mechanical, requiring great skill, engineering time, and delicate manufacture. Third and most importantly, Rolexes are valuable because . If tomorrow we woke up with the idea that a Rolex could never be worth more than $500, that's what they would be worth. Rolex is an "aspirational brand" meaning that as a mark of proof that they've achieved a certain level of status, wealth, or power. If people no longer considered it a mark of achievement, it would tank in value.
How the education system in Germany works I went over the German education system articles on Wikipedia but I am thoroughly confused even with the diagrams. All the different types of schools and the German words are very confusing. Then there are different laws for each type of school and different laws for entry as professors, occupations etc. Can someone explain the whole education system from the lowest grade (playgroup?) till the highest (doctorate?) with emphasis on the university level? Kindergarten: its possible very very early, also its optional but common. Elementary: from 1st to 4th - (6th) grade depending on the federal state. ( now it gets complicated) a) hauptschule: 5th grade to 9th grade, allows you to learn most of the crafts b) Realschule: 5th to 10th grade: allows you to learn any job you don't need to go to university for. c) Gymnasium: 5th to 12th (13th) grade allows you to study at any university that thinks your grades are good enough.( or that has a seat left in a less full course) Those three may be mixed in different ways and you can get the allowance for the some university also after learning a craft. In the public system are two parts of colleges: Universität: You need "Abitur" to study there (you get it from the gymnasium) exceptions could be if you are a musician with great talent or want to become a priest( because catholic church is in dire need of priests. You study for different bachelor or masters degrees ( exception: if you want to become a doctor or a lawyer/judge) Fachhochschule: you need to learn a business or a craft and than make a different kind of abitur (fach abitur) for 2 years. now you can get a bachelors or masters degree in, engineery courses. ( wich you can also get at university,but not with a Fachabitur) veeeery simplified but i think it provides the general idea
Will two people searching for each other in a crowd reunite faster than one person searching and the other standing still? I just wrote a quick simulation of this problem to find an answer! I made the following assumptions: Two people in a 100' x 100' square room The simulation ends when one person sees another Each person has a 45-degree field of direct vision, and a 180-degree field of indirect vision. People other than our pair are not directly simulated. Instead, each simulation has a "crowd density" variable, , which affects visual ability. Each person can see up to (100 - D) feet in front of them. During the course of a second, each person has a (100 - D)% chance of spotting someone in their indirect vision, and a 100% chance of spotting someone in their direct vision (assuming they are within range). If someone is "searching" then over the course of a second they walk forward 5 feet. They will turn occasionally; the longer they've been going straight, the higher the chance that they will turn. If someone is "standing" then they will simply turn occasionally. In any given run, a position and a heading is chosen randomly for both people. The simulation is then run twice for those starting positions; one in which person A is searching and person B is standing, and one in which both are searching. The simulation does 1000 runs for all values of D from 0 to 95. We then look at the average times. My results: For low D-values, In an empty room (D-value of 0), it is obviously better if both people are moving around; it gives us an average 15% improvement if both are searching. Not that it matters too much, because they're finding each other in less than 10 seconds anyway. D-value 25 gives us a 10% improvement if both are searching; D-value 50 gives us a 1% improvement if both are searching (statistically insignificant). Higher than 50, the advantage of both searching disappears. Moving does not increase your chances of being seen because you basically get "lost in the crowd." However, if both are searching then it is not any slower than just one searching! Of course, there is a third scenario - both people standing still. When that is the case, it is very likely that they will never find each other! For this reason, in my simulation . Both people searching is sometimes the fastest, but at worst it is tied for best. I added another parameter, walking speed; I tried it with very slow walkers (1 inch per second) and very fast walkers (25 feet per second). People walking fast increase the value of searching (as opposed to standing still)! When they are running around the room, the value of both searching increases dramatically. Two people running in an empty room is as just one running while one stands still. Two people running in a very crowded room (D-value 80) take 2/3rds the time to find each other as just one person running.
In American universities, why is there in-state and out-of-state tuition? To expand on this, there are basically two types of university in the US: Public schools and private schools. Public universities, like Florida State university or the University of California system, are operated by the state they reside in. The state provides a lot of their funding, effectively subsidizing tuition for students. But, since they have limited resources, states only want to subsidize students, therefore they have outsiders pay an unsubsidized rate. It gets even more complicates because some states have reciprocity agreements where students from another state can pay in-state rates and vice versa. For example, if you live in Minnesota, you can pay in-state tuition at Wisconsin schools, (and Wisconsin residents can do the same at Minnesota schools,) but you have to pay full out of state tuition at Texas schools. Finally, some states are much more generous in their subsidies than others. So in-state tuition varies a lot across states. Then we have private schools like Harvard and Notre Dame. These schools are basically companies that provide college educations. Most are non-profits (some, like University of Phoenix are for-profit, though) or are run by non-profits like churches. They are supported by their tuition and usually an "endowment," which is a large chunk of money invested for them, and they use the profits to help pay for the costs. Since they aren't supported by a state, there is no in-state or out of state tuition rate. Instead, most private schools offer need based financial aid, where you basically get a discount off the list price of tuition based on your (family's) income. This usually shows up in the form of grants and scholarships. Finally, the federal government helps students pay for college directly in the form of federal student aid. This includes the loans that you hear about so much. But it also includes grants like the Pell Grant, for low income students. Students can get this assistance regardless of the type of school they go to.
Why do schizophrenics seem to only have bad hallucinations? Some research suggests that it may be cultural and the hallucinations are not always malignant. Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann found that voice-hearing experiences of people with serious psychotic disorders are shaped by local culture – in the United States, the voices are harsh and threatening; in Africa and India, they are more benign and playful. This may have clinical implications for how to treat people with schizophrenia, she suggests. https://news.stanford.edu/2014/07/16/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614/
Why is listening to sad music when sad so comforting? Because it’s a relatable feeling. When you listen to sad music it’s like someone else is feeling the way you do. Your not alone.
If a civilian assists the police during a chase, is it an act of assault and can you be prosecuted for it? The rules by which citizens may act against a criminal can vary by jurisdiction. There is certainly an element of legal risk if you are not familiar with those of your location (and potentially even if you are), and you could expose yourself to arrest and conviction of various charges (e.g. unlawful restraint, assault, kidnapping) if you fall afoul.
Why are teachers not reimbursed when they purchase school supplies? The schools don't have the funding to do it, or they would get the supplies themselves. Teachers can either spend their own money to get them, or teach without.
How does an optometrist create prescription lenses for an infant? Lenses work both ways, so the Dr. can use a scope to look in the infant's eyes and try lenses to bring the back of the eye into focus. It won't be perfect, but if the infant has bad enough vision that they can tell the infant needs glasses, you'll be able to make a huge improvement anyway.
What is the attorney-client privilege and when is it disregarded? Attorney-client privilege is a privilege - a protection allowed under law, that protects communication between an attorney and their client and prevents them from being forced to testify. This allows attorneys to do their job and be able to properly defend their client. It's very hard to come up with a good defense if your lawyer can't discuss the elements of the case with you. There are ways that the privilege can be broken. If a third party is present, there can't be privileged (note co-counsel or other agents of the attorney don't count) and the attorney cannot use privilege to cover up crimes unrelated to the case at hand.
How did "Chinese" food in the U.S. get so standardized? Pretty much anywhere in the country has the same menu items that come out almost exactly the same way. It's almost like they are all variants of the same chain. The Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1800s banned Chinese immigrants from doing pretty much any good jobs which drove Chinese Americans to slums. Chinese food was considered dirty and for poor people as a result. The act was repealed during WWII because China was considered an ally. As a result Chinese food didn't really catch on in the US until fairly recently. During this time, the majority of Chinese immigrants to America came from a handful of places in China, most of them ended up in New York, and most of them were illegal immigrants who found work in restaurant kitchens. They adopted their cooking styles to what was locally available, i.e. General Tso's Chicken is just chicken nuggets smothered in sauce. There's a very good documentary on Netflix called The Search for General Tso which better answers your question. Edit: thanks u/deuce232 for the correction
With there being millions of patents out there that cover every little detail imaginable, how is it possible for small businesses who can’t afford lawyers to know whether or not their products are violating an existing patent? Last week tonight did a whole thing on this. You don't know if you're doing anything wrong until you're sued. Apparently there is a whole world where people sue when they have no grounds to sue and either you pay tons of money fighting it or they try to get you just to settle for a ton of money because they have lawyers. It's extortion.
What are the differences in quality between a $1,000 violin, $10,000 violin and $100,000 violin? People here are all pointing out that a 5 million dollar violin has basically the same sound as a 100k, but then they're incorrectly extrapolating this to mean "all violins sound the same", which is definitely incorrect. In the video that somebody else linked (linked here again in case his comment gets deleted) , the sound difference is most noticeable when he plays thunderstruck (on the cheap violin, , , on one of the expensive violins) . So basically, a super cheap violin doesn't sound good, but above a certain price point there is no actual sonic reason to get a move expensive violin.
Why does Mongolia have such a low population despite playing such a big role in history? The land can't support a lot of agriculture so the people tended to stay nomadic rather than developing large cities. The importance historically is because they had a very strong culture of riding horses & militarism, so they went and took over neighboring peoples in order to get the resources that they weren't harvesting themselves, forming a fairly significant empire.
Why is crime concentrated in certain areas in the US? What stops these people to drive to a so called safer neighborhood where they are least expected? The type of crime where being 'least expected' actually matters is exceedingly rare. Most crime is not Ocean's 11-style heists, but either interpersonal conflicts (where the location of the crime is dependent on the location of the individual you're targeting) or opportunistic crime (where the location of the crime is dependent on what you see in your daily life). Indeed, for most crime, it's as easy - if not easier - to predict crime by looking at rather than criminals. If you open a liquor store in a certain neighborhood, there's no guess who will attempt to rob it. But probably will. In contrast, if you open an upscale wine shop in McMansionland, you're unlikely to ever experience a theft unless you make a particularly bad employment decision.
why you sometimes get discouraged when someone ask you to do something and what’s it called tl;dr Don't be a dick about it.
Why do certain pasta shapes taste better with certain sauces? Pasta serves as a conveyor from plate to mouth. Some pasta shapes scoop up more sauce. This is effective when your sauce is lighter or when its chunky so the pasta can scoop up the chunks. Some pasta shapes can't scoop up much sauce. This is for heavy sauces so it doesn’t become overpowering. We also have pasta like ravioli with other food inside it. Edit: grammar and additional info
why is 12 volts very common? Why not 11 or 9 volts? The voltages produced by a single cell of a battery is determined by the battery chemistry. For lead-acid, this is ~1.5V. 8 of those cells produce 12V. In terms of "why not 11 volts?", you can't build an 11V battery from a cardinal number of 1.5V batteries. In terms of "why not 9 volts?", it's simply a matter of the people who standardized battery sizes back in the early 20th Century deciding it that way. In theory, we could just as easily have square batteries that produce 9V instead of rectangular ones that produce 12V if they had decided differently. Once these standards were established, there's an incentive for manufacturers to simply use what the market offers unless there's a compelling reason to do otherwise. EDIT: It's actually 8 1.5V cells that produce 12V, not 6.
Why hitler didn't attack the mentally defeated british army in Dunkirk? Because he could not, only his armour was in the area, and the terrain was no good for armour, and armour without infantry can be a sitting duck. And the armoured units were low on fuel and supplies. It would take some time for the infantry, fuel and supplies to arrive. The Germans had some concerns about a possible break-out attempt too. And Goering claimed the Luftwaffe could finish the British, Belgian and French troops on the beach by air-force. "Mentally defeated" is an interesting choice of words.
Is there anything in the known universe that is truly “unlimited”? Is it even possible? We don't know. Probably the most easily relatable thing to this is the shape of the universe. If the universe is flat, it's infinite. If it is curved, the universe is finite and will eventually be dominated by gravity. (There's another shape to that, but I'm going to ignore that here) So that means even if you measure it to be super slightly curved, the universe is finite. Right now we measure the universe to be really damn flat, but we have something like a .4% margin of error. What that means is that although we measure the universe to be flat and therefore infinite, that could change the moment we build more sensitive detectors. If we measure it to be .000 curvature, but the curvature is actually -.0000000001, we literally cant detect it. The same is true for a other things that are calculated to be infinite (like F of gravity at the singularity of a black hole), for the most part it means that we don't quite understand what is actually happening yet or we cant say more about it because we don't have enough information.
In Cognitive Science, there is the concept of "incubation," where our subconscious solves problems and then presents the answer to our conscious mind -- often when we are doing simple activities. Are there intelligence tests for our subconscious minds? While this is a great question that I would love to hear an answer to, i feel like it might be better suited for /r/askscience Ninja edit: /r/askscience not /r/askreddit
The Netherlands is often referred to as Holland and the people are called Dutch The actually country is called the Netherlands, while “holland” is actually 2 states inside of the Netherlands called North Holland and South Holland. As for the dutch part, people who live in the Hollands are called Hollanders, but all citizens of the Netherlands are called Dutch ,because Dutch is their language.
When certain pc games come with claims (with nice logos) that this game "plays best on alienware" or is "enhanced for INTEL CORE", is there any substance to this? will this game actually perform better in any way on an AW computer than say, an ASUS computer? And if so, how does that work? The "best on" thing itself is typically a marketing promotion, in so far as it's the marketing department of that manufacturer that's responsible for getting that logo on the game or box. As a best-case scenario, the program also means that developers had access to that hardware during development, and therefore ironed out any major bugs unique to that hardware. They may have also had access to developer support for that hardware, again allowing them to resolve unique issues thay they came across, or being provided optimization code for that specific hardware.
Are there any consequences for racers who cause a massive crash? It depends. F1 is the only racing sports I am familiar with, so I can only talk for that, but drivers can be penalised for causing a crash or forcing an opponent off track, but it is going to depend on various factors. Just because a driver causes a crash, doesn't mean they acted dangerously or there was ill intent. It could be due to a mechanical failure, after all, which won't lead to a driver penalty. Also in formula 1, some crashes are labelled race incidents. What this basically means is that nobody involved in the crash was really behaving dangerously or against the rules, but sometimes accidents happen. But when an accident is found to be the fault of a driver in particular, several things can be done. If said driver is still in the race, they are often given a five or ten second time penalty. Other things that can happen is that a driver is fined afterwards, that penalty points are added to their license (with a certain number of points, you cannot participate in the next race), they can get a grid penalty (which means that next drive, they need to start a certain amount of places down from where they qualified or all the way down the back) and in very extreme cases, they can also be suspended. Stewards are the ones who decide over who does and does not get a penalty, but the team captains are allowed to report incidents to the stewards if they an oppponent crossed the line.
What would happen if theoretically an astronaut was to die in space at the beginning of their trip but the rest of the crew was still alive? Real answer: They're not sure. NASA puts a lot of energy into making sure astronauts are healthy and they don't seem to have a plan for what to do if someone dies unexpectedly. http://www.bnd.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/answer-man/article180606656.html Probably they'd send the body down to burn up on rentry like they do with waste.
how come airplanes only have a seatbelt across the lap? Why don’t they have a cross body belt like cars do? car accident means you're likely to fly forward; crossbody seatbelt keeps you from moving horizontally. plane turbulence means you're likely to fly up as it falls; crosslap seatbelt keeps you from moving vertically.
What is the strategy behind repeating a person’s name when talking to them? I’ve recently been shopping for a car, and when talking to the car salesman, I couldn’t help but notice that he kept saying my name when talking to me. I also remember hearing this type of dialogue when watching a video of an illusionist play a trick on someone, I’m assuming they are trying to distract their brain without realizing. Is there a specific strategy to this? Or is it just how the man talks? If so, how does it work? He's trying to build a familiarity with you so that you'll trust him, Les. See, Les, you're not just another sale to me. Les, those guys are just guys, but you, you're Les. I want to get you into a car that is just right for you, Les, not anybody else. Not Bob, not Carl, but Les, you. By repeating your name, he builds a familiarity with you like your friends do when they talk to you. It's designed to make you feel at home, comfortable and like he's taking a real interest in who you are. One of my favorite things to do is constantly correct salesmen to a different name throughout the sale. It really throws off their game.
How can a food illness get traced back to a restaurant or a specific item being purchased? Who report the illness to another? When ever I've got food poisoning, I mention it to who ever I speak to next and call it a day once I'm better. If I were to go to the doctors and have salmonella poisoning, who investigates to find out where it came from? I used to work in a restaurant. And I actually asked our Main Office Safety Dept about this once. We have a procedure to follow if someone calls and complains about "food poisoning." Basically, it's impossible to track it unless there is more than one occurrence. If someone has eaten/drank anything else within 24 hours, you can't prove where it came from. Aside from that, it takes a day or two before you start showing symptoms. So, you may think you got food poisoning from McDonald's when you ate there today at lunch but in reality, you probably got it at Taco Bell yesterday at lunch. Now, if you have 3 people calling saying they all have Listeria and they all ate there on November 11th, now you've got a problem.
The Keaton Jones Controversy Keaton is being bullied. His mom takes a video of him crying about it, posts it online. Turns out she has a friends who has a friend who is someone, a blue check on twitter, lots of followers. It goes viral, as these things do. Celebrities start offering Keaton things, trips and such. Gets an invite to the Avengers:Infinity War premiere from Chris Evans People start questioning whether it was a good parenting decision to put her son's humiliating moment online. Red flag #1. Mom sets up a GoFundMe, people start donating. Red flag #2. Black twitter puts on their Sherlock Holmes hats. They find pictures posted by the mom of confederate flags, some racist stuff, lots of trump crap. Red flag #3. Eventually it comes out that Keaton may have bullied for being different but he also may have been bullied for calling other students niggers. On one hand, a kid can't choose his parents. On the other hand, actions have consequences. TL;DR: Keaton is Balloon Boy 2.0 Personally, I hope he still gets to go to the Avengers premiere but only gets his picture taken with Black Panther, War Machine & Falcon
Why is it that when you hit play on a song during a loud part it will hurt your ears, but when you play the song from the beginning at the same volume, it doesn't hurt your ears when it gets to the loud part? Your ears had a period to adjust If you go from silence to loud music your ears are going to be in high sensitivity mode and will hurt If you go from moderate volume to loud noise your ears will be in low sensitivity mode and the shock won't be as hurtful It should be noted that no matter how much adjustment time you give your ears, you will still damage them after a certain volume
what are blue collar and white collar jobs? Are there any other collars? I always see the terms 'Blue collar' and 'White Collar' jobs, but I'm never 100% sure what they refer to? I think Blue Collar is things like mechanic etc and I assume it is due to the standard overalls associated with said jobs? But what does that make White Collars? A lot of work places have people wearing white collars, does it always refer to the type of clothes they wear? Follow up, are they any other collar jobs, like Green collar? If so what are they and what do they refer to? Blue collar is manual labor. White collar are Professional office jobs. Some people also refer to grey collar which are service jobs that fall in the middle.
What was Argentina a believed hotspot for Nazis during and after WWII? I've noticed this throughout my adult life, but I just don't get it. Why Argentina? What made it stand out to Nazi High Command? German speaking people from all over Europe started emigrating to Brazil and Argentina in the 1870s, and continued to do so in fairly significant numbers right up until 1939, and of course after the war. What makes Argentina kind of different is that a lot of those people lived in enclaves all over the country and continued to speak German and follow German customs, and continue to do so right up to the present day.
How do turf farmers reset their fields after harvesting? Do you mean grass / rolled sod? Not really called turf where I live but I own a small landscape company and I deal with multiple suppliers here. They tend to be massive fields, and after the sod is cut (top 2 inches or so) they bring in truckloads of manure and organic fill, use huge tractors to rototill the soil and mix it all, then a special machine attachment to regrade everything smooth while applying their own brand of grass seed. It takes about 2 years for the field to grow sufficiently to harvest again.
ELIF What is the difference between time signatures that have the same ratio? For example, why would someone choose 2/2 time over 4/4 time? It will still give your 4 quarter notes per measure, just at half the time spent on each quarter note. Played at the same speed, the difference is in the accent — that is, where you put more emphasis. Listen to Sousa's Fairest of the Fair . As soon as the drums kick in, you should be able to get a really strong "one, two. one, two." sort of feel. That's what 2/2 or 2/4 sounds like. Now pay attention to the bass line for Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love . That's a "one two three four" feel. That's your 4/4. Let's try the ones that are multiples of three now. 3/4 vs 6/8 is the difference between "One and Two and Three and One and Two and Three and (...)" for 3/4, and "One and a Two and a One and a Two and a (...)" for 6/8: one has three beats that divide into two halves, the other has two beats that divide into thirds. You can hear this difference in Bernstein's America from West Side Story: The bit that goes " like to in A- - - ". Note how The first half has two accents ("I" and "live") and is in 6/8, and the second half is 3/4 with emphasis on "me", "ri", "ca".
What is the difference between Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and Amex, I work at a certain fast food chain and when a customer pays with a credit card, it prints out a kind of credit card (Visa, Mastercard, or Discover. We don’t accept Amex). I have seen debot cards be both Visa and Mastercard. And at one point I thought Mastercard belonged to only certain credit cards. Also Amex and and Discover arent accepted in certain places and I was wondering why? The first two are networks in which thousands of banks cooperate. The second two are individual companies running their own systems.
Why do so many lottery winners end up broke? Many lottery winners don't understand how to manage large sums of money, and don't realize how little large sounding numbers actually are. A $1 million prize paid over 20 years is just $50k per year, and that's before taxes on it. So they net about $30k a year, which is more like a nice raise at their job than a shift in lifestyle. But people hear $1 MILLION and they think yachts, mansions, fancy cars, and so on. Even at higher prize levels, they don't realize how quickly those expenses add up and how much the carrying costs are on things like boats and large houses -- you don't just buy the item itself, but also the fees to dock, store, fuel and insure a boat; or pay for utilities, pool/lawn care, maintenance, property taxes, etc. on a house. And then there are all the "friends" and family who come out of the woodwork wanting you to invest in their restaurant or business, their can't-miss investment they've discovered, and so on. If the lottery winner can't say no to investments that are bad ideas, they're going to lose the money.
Object oriented vs. Functional programming Object-oriented programming creates entities and assigns properties to them. For example, you could create the entity dog, and assign it properties like name, age, owner, etc. You can then also manipulate these values. But what if you have two dogs? You can create a class (a template of sorts) called dog that has the properties name, owner, age and breed. You could then create entities sam.dog and barker.dog, which both have the same properties but different values, and thus you would have two distinctive objects that are of the same type but clearly independent objects. Essentially, the program code is based on the logic of having objects which contain data. This is very handy if you need to handle multiple entities. It also allows you to easily change data as you go and create new elements. Important especially in video game programming. Functional programming is a method of programming that is instead more focused on using functions (mathematical and otherwise) to carry out operations. It is more structured and most of the time easier for an untrained person to read, and also has a more sedate learning curve in my opinion. It is better suited for automating tasks and handling predictable data, especially if you don't need to handle multiple similar entities, such as the dogs mentioned above, but is less flexible and quickly becomes ridiculously convoluted when dealing with multiple entities. Well suited for straightforward tasks with stable data.