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Reply to ELI5: Why do bulls hate the colour red? by NotSkysAlt
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Wasted_Weasel t1_iuf54op wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
Just to add to this already great answers, there's also engineering reasons.
Think about the massive space luggage sorting machines occupy. You just see a belt with your luggage, but in rality this could get to multi-story level, not to say that in some airports luggage travles from one ent of the airport to another. HVAC, plumbing, cabling runs, all need to be easily accesible by maintenence workers, so just for that it easily adds a conventional story just for that reason. Think all the behind-the courtain stuff... Loads of administrative areas that you do not see are stacked on top pf another in semi conventional ceiling height.
ShalmaneserIII t1_iuf52wo wrote
Practice!
Also, if you want to give doctors uninterrupted sleep, you need more doctors. They're more expensive than people want to pay for.
TheLuteceSibling t1_iuf4uu0 wrote
If you have a poorly formed lens in your eye, it won’t bend light correctly. By squinting, you focus the light like a pinhole camera rather than relying on your lens.
https://i.imgur.com/PiMO3n6.jpg
Your eyes get tired because you’ve got muscles that flex your lens, and they’re working overtime to try and fix the focus on your poorly shaped lenses.
Shadowcat514 t1_iuf4u3v wrote
Reply to ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster
Oh, they did die. Henry II of France famously died due to an eye and brain injury sustained during a jousting bout. Wood splinter got in his eye.
>And if it was actually dangerous, why did they participate?
The recognition they would get was often worth the risk to them. The sport was dangerous, and people did die, but it was a relatively uncommon occurrence and they felt it would show their bravery and honor to everyone else.
Purpzie t1_iuf4ra0 wrote
Reply to ELI5: If the James Webb telescope is able to look 13.6 billion light years away, why aren't we looking at the surface of planets to search for life? by NolosRTX
Space is huge. Even with the power of the JWST, planets and stars are still just tiny specks. Also, stars are very bright and will drown out nearby details, including planets.
just_a_pyro t1_iuf4p0m wrote
Reply to ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster
Tournament armor was heavier than battle armor, and they were using blunted weapons. It was a sort of sport, modern boxers can get a concussion too, they still do it for fame and money, and so did the knights.
noonemustknowmysecre t1_iuf4m1q wrote
More people want it. People want it more. People have less to sell. Or people want money less.
>what can be done about it?
Price fixing. Generally called a "controlled economy". This has been shown to be a massively bad idea.
Support more people making the thing. Subsidies, removing regulation, making it cheaper to make the thing, bring in more workers,
Raise the value of the dollar (and/or don't let inflation happen). That's about as easy as not printing more money. With fractional reserve banking (banks can loan out more money than they have) you also need to raise interest rates.
fastestman4704 t1_iuf4dze wrote
Reply to ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster
Pre-broken and blunted lances designed to shatter on impact for jousting.
Blunted weapons and full plate armour for melees.
Death's weren't massively uncommon but prizes were good so people chanced it.
javanator999 t1_iuf47ln wrote
Reply to comment by Zer0Summoner in ELI5 why do prices rise and what can be done about it? by AnEntirePeach
Actually, they would raise prices if demand is in-elastic. A demand elasticity greater than one would mean that demand drops faster than prices rise, so revenue to seller goes down.
Zer0Summoner t1_iuf3zce wrote
Reply to comment by javanator999 in ELI5 why do prices rise and what can be done about it? by AnEntirePeach
I think an important factor in the current round of rising prices is when sellers in oligopolies detect that demand is a bit more elastic than previously believed, or in other words that consumers can and will pay more for goods, the prices go up because me want more money.
I think supply chain disruptions caused prices to go up during covid and the Ukraine war, but then once some of those disruptions started to go away, sellers were like "when he had to charge twice as much for these products, people paid it; why wouldn't we keep charging twice as much? Maybe we should try three times more, see if they pay that." Nobody in an oligopoly is going to be the one to undercut, they all just match. Hence, a rising wave.
javanator999 t1_iuf3uik wrote
Reply to ELI5 why does the quarterback have to call the play at the line if they’ve discussed it in the huddle by jpurcy
Sometimes the QB will call two plays in the huddle. Then at the line the QB will make an audible to tell the line which one to do depending on how he read the defense and if he sees a weak spot for the receiver to exploit.
alzakarr t1_iuf3i2e wrote
I was a cheesemonger for 10 years. Cheese is older than writing so on some level it's guesswork to figure out how some things came about. The first blues were almost certainly accidents.
Cheese, in general, is a great environment for mold to grow, so to get bluing, you need the mold spores (and mold spores are EVERYWHERE, especially in cool damp places like caves and cellars) and air pockets. Most traditional cheeses don't have intentional air pockets but cracks will form over time here and there from weight, handling ect. It wouldn't take a lot from there to go "hey, I like the moldy parts" to "how do I make more moldy parts" and doing things like finding which cellars made the moldiest cracks, dropping from a height to make more fissures, and mixing in moldy stuff to try and get more. (Roquefort was originally made by molding loaves of bread in the caves and grinding them up into the curd) over time real recipes get developed and cheese gets made with with the intention of blueing it.
Diligent_Jury_9956 OP t1_iuf3cu8 wrote
Reply to comment by thegumby1 in ELI5 why we can't dig into dormant volcanoes to access deeper into the earth? by Diligent_Jury_9956
Ah ok?
javanator999 t1_iuf3bxy wrote
There are a number of different causes. Sometimes, something specific to that product happens. Like if there is a bad frost in an apple growing area and all the apple blossoms get destroyed, then the price of apples will rise as they have to be brought in from other areas.
Sometimes price rises are more general. If the central bank creates money faster than the amount of goods and services is growing, then all prices will rise, in roughly the same proportion.
Finally, a rise of price of one good can cascade through the economy. Russia was a big gas and oil exporter. With their supplies closed off, most industries have increased costs. They have to pass these costs along to their customers, so most prices rise.
What's going on now is a combination of the last two reasons and then the economic disruption of the Covid pandemic.
What can be done about them? Not much actually. Price controls just cause prolonged shortages. The high prices will bring in more suppliers and pricing will moderate, albeit at a new generally higher level.
Diligent_Jury_9956 OP t1_iuf3bsy wrote
Reply to comment by -GSTK- in ELI5 why we can't dig into dormant volcanoes to access deeper into the earth? by Diligent_Jury_9956
Yea. I thought dormant mearne extinct but it seems I am wrong. The more I am learning!
deusrex_ t1_iuf35ni wrote
Reply to comment by Klai8 in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
Found Agent Smith
scdog t1_iuf2zyg wrote
Reply to comment by Proof_Objective_5704 in ELI5: Why is it easy to drink a large volume of beer, compared to such a large volume of any other liquid? by Proof_Objective_5704
6-10 Pepsis (or any soda) might be even more damaging for some people than the equivalent in beer.
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TheLuteceSibling t1_iuf2sfl wrote
Doctors have to be available in the middle of the night because emergencies also happen at night. They take turns being “on call” like your dad was, and they sleep normally on their days off and on normal work days.
MsTponderwoman t1_iuf2r7w wrote
Reply to comment by naslundx in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
Then what’s true? Do you just like telling someone they’re wrong?
I find Reddit is often a terrible forum. Forums are for discussion or sharing ideas and information. When you’re the kid in the class or person in the audience who just wants to feel right by simply calling someone wrong rather than contributing your own answer, know you’re the problem and the reason why Reddit is a poor forum for ideas and information.
I’m perfectly fine with being wrong btw. 🙂 I don’t use Reddit to fluff up my (fragile) ego.
Far_Bit3621 t1_iuf2m92 wrote
Reply to comment by TehWildMan_ in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
Concurse F at MSP has low ceilings and it feels super dingy to me as a result. The rest of the airport is great but that one concourse seems so cramped and old fashioned.
therealdilbert t1_iuf2gvg wrote
you are using muscles to squeeze the eyeballs into a different shape that focuses better. Constantly tensing the muscles can make them sore
Grayboosh t1_iuf1vkb wrote
Reply to comment by explainlikeimfive-ModTeam in ELI5: what was Stephen Hawking's contribution to science and why was considered one of the smartest people in the world? by [deleted]
Google isn't the whole internet,and a simple search that took 10 seconds could have avoided a whole unnecessary post as it immediately answered both questions that OP had.
scaryjobob t1_iuf5jgz wrote
Reply to comment by Celtictussle in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
Like the water cooling in a PC, but instead of pumping water to your components to carry the heat away, it's pumping it to air handlers that cycle the air to cool it down.