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IJustBeTalking OP t1_j2eminf wrote
Reply to comment by sirbearus in eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die? by IJustBeTalking
Death from inversion can also be caused by a pooling of blood in the brain and that’s what i’m referring to.
ProveISaidIt t1_j2emh70 wrote
Reply to comment by epelle9 in ELI5: Why plates get too hot to touch in the mircrowave but the food can still be cold? by jerrycotton
Trying to understand a concept isn't the and as arguing. Also, you may have lead with the major in physics.
As stated, I only draw from my experience. That is articles I've read and videos from SciShow and the like.
If I hold a metal rod with a metal pair of pliers and heat the far end of the rod, the piers will heat up from hear transfer.
That's about as far as my understanding of thermodynamics goes.
I have never heard of plates having resonant frequencies as microwaves. That, however, does not mean it's not true, only that I have more to learn.
unhappymedium t1_j2emdz5 wrote
Reply to comment by TeamGrissini in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
I have asthma and I've had to get it a few times during bad viruses and pneumonia where the cough wouldn't go away.
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Eraevian t1_j2emagc wrote
Reply to comment by RamTheKnife in eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die? by IJustBeTalking
this doesn’t actually explain why though, obviously they understand that the situation is different, but they’re asking what the actual scientific reasoning for that is
barrylunch t1_j2em0h4 wrote
Reply to comment by SDN_stilldoesnothing in ELI5: Why do companies require annual budget be spent 100%? by angrybird7677
It’s amazing that this type of systemic business and management incompetence is perpetuated decade after decade.
In virtually every other discipline, humanity makes improvements every year (processes, efficiency, technology, etc.)
TheShadyGuy t1_j2elsx3 wrote
Reply to comment by Calamity-Gin in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
> You'll get the other stuff that works up to a point but won't make you barf or get you high.
Not true, the cough syrup with dxm and acetaminophen will get you tripping balls and throwing up cherry flavored disgustingness. Spend the extra money and get the dxm only.
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cbeck23 t1_j2elr1n wrote
Reply to comment by DonkeySilver6051 in ELI5: Why does putting one foot out from under the blankets bring so much relief of heat while laying in bed? by SirDuke6
When it is that hot, any relief, however fleeting, is appreciated. Alcohol will flash off, but takes some of your body heat with it. It is enough to help if you are having problems falling asleep, and if you're awake, slather on some more Alcohol when it dries.
GanondalfTheWhite t1_j2elevv wrote
Reply to comment by The_quest_for_wisdom in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
> thinking with sound is exactly how we ended up here
While everything you said is true, the speed of sound, which, yes, is much slower than light, is still pretty damn fast when we're talking about how much time there is to process something in the time between a soundwave passing from one side of your earbud to the other. Right? Cuz that's what we're talking about. Not how long the sound of something vs. the light of something takes to hit your brain.
Ultimately what we're talking about is that the earbud needs to be able to detect the soundwave, compute its opposite waveform, and emit the counter wave all in the same time that it takes for the soundwave to pass the earbud so that the original wave and the counterwave hit the eardrum at the same time. Right?
So if we assume the earbud is maybe half an inch thick, means it has to do all of that in about 1/27,000th of a second. 0.04 milliseconds.
Even knowing how fast sound travels, that ability to process seems unintuitively quick. That's all I'm saying, it's unintuitive and pretty darn cool.
PD_31 t1_j2elcyb wrote
Reply to ELI5: If I were to eat a thousand Snickers bars, I would put on significantly more weight than if I were to eat a thousand heads of cabbage despite the huge disparity in weight of the pre-consumed food. Where does this mass come from? by marcuschookt
Most of cabbage is cellulose, which we tend to call fibre. Our bodies can't digest it so it passes through our system and is pooped out.
Chocolate bars are high in sugar and fat, things our bodies absorb very well so, all other things being equal, you retain far more mass from the chocolate bar than from the cabbage.
sirbearus t1_j2el8oj wrote
Reply to eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die? by IJustBeTalking
The lungs of fetus are not working like they will after they are born. They are not responsible for oxygenation as this is done by the mother's body.
The lungs are designed to function with gravity during inhalation and exhalation is caused by the elastic nature of the lungs.
When a person is inverted for too long the cause of death is asphyxiation.
Lucius1213 t1_j2el82v wrote
Reply to comment by fastolfe00 in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
Dude, it's no use. It's the same thing as you may get cold from cold weather. You won't convince them
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RamTheKnife t1_j2ekyqm wrote
Reply to eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die? by IJustBeTalking
It's a stretch to subject an unborn baby suspended in the fluids of the womb and a person living outside the womb normally to the same classification. This question answers itself, specifically at "babies in the womb"
That-Soup3492 t1_j2ekwzf wrote
Reply to comment by Implausibilibuddy in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie
People still refer to that area as the "Northwest" sometimes, but I would say that "Midwest" has overtaken it.
frzx1 t1_j2eknuz wrote
Reply to comment by f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
What do you think I'm talking about? CRT monitors?
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f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 t1_j2ekf2k wrote
Reply to comment by frzx1 in Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441
Hardware meaning integrated circuits, which are made from silicon...
BillWoods6 t1_j2ekdxq wrote
Reply to comment by Kay_Kay_Bee in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie
Keep it simple -- just use numbers. I mean, there's an infinite number of integers available, so no need for duplication, right?
javaHoosier t1_j2ekdlo wrote
Reply to ELI5: Tech billionaires lost $400 billion this year. Where does it go? Does anyone gain? by ChickenEnthusiast
Think of it like a super rare pokemon card of Charizard. That’s valued at 1 Billion. Later on people care less about pokemon cards though so the value decreases. What they lost was the value of an asset.
This can be bad for the pokemon merchandise market though as people are less interested they buy less cards and other goods.
Later the popularity could go up again and the value of Charizard could go back up.
If they ever sell the card then thats when the price is actualized.
But in practice no company can pay a trillion dollars to buy a large company like amazon. But those companies make tons of profit over their lifetime which is why they are valued so high.
moysauce3 t1_j2ejzr9 wrote
Reply to comment by Generallybadadvice in ELI5: Why do companies require annual budget be spent 100%? by angrybird7677
Some times it’s just not possible. Incentive comp hits EBITDA. There may be some bank covenants or loan requirements that need EBITDA to be certain amount or be above certain ratios or have certain amount of cash/AR on hand. There maybe a fee the company has to pay to the bank or lender for not being in compliance or even complete payback.
prozak09 t1_j2ejmtr wrote
Reply to comment by carlitospig in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
Is the puke!
epelle9 t1_j2eipdo wrote
Reply to comment by ProveISaidIt in ELI5: Why plates get too hot to touch in the mircrowave but the food can still be cold? by jerrycotton
Yes, it causes the water molecules in the food to vibrate, but if the plate has a similar frequency to the water molecules, then the plate can heat up too.
And yes, if you have a plate that generally heats up more than the food, you can put it in the microwave and it will heat up.
Why are you arguing instead of listening? I have a major in physics engineering, I know what I'm talking about. Your explanation literally violated one of the basic thermodynamic laws.
Seems like Dunning Krueger effect in action.
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Reply to comment by appa-ate-momo in ELI5: Why aren't there more hung juries? by appa-ate-momo
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