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BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers an astonishing eulogy for the end of American dominance thanks to Donald Trump: "This bargain no longer works." It's rare that a world le…

Top stories for Long   Brian Thomson • Posted Jan 20 BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers an astonishing eulogy for the end of American dominance thanks to Donald Trump: "This bargain no longer works." It's rare that a world leader s... Read more » 7.6K 927   Are smokers happier people? Feef, studied at Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Journalism • Updated Fri I'm 52 and a life-long smoker. My entire life, the bulk of my social network of close friends, boyfriends, (ex)husband, and live-in partner have been non-smokers. To be more... Read more » 1.3K 114   If the Normandy landings had failed how long would it have taken the Soviet army to conquer western Europe? Thierry Etienne Joseph Rotty, former Central Planning at NATO • Answered January 21 It would not have happened. In 2014 Stalin's private archives were declassified. Had the Normandy Landings failed, the Soviets would have halted at the Vistula River and take... Read more » 2K 152   US doctors have recently admitted that if sugar level is 250, it is normal. Does that mean putting people on insulin is a very large scale scam? Wayne Bottlick, Type 1 diabetic May 1966; biochem student in college & since • Answered July 10, 2025 Q: "US doctors have recently admitted that if sugar level is 250, it is normal. Does that mean putting people on insulin is a very large scale scam?" A: No; no U.S. doctor h... Read more » 354 30   Zapruder Film High Definition (HD) with Close Ups William Whitten, Autodidact Sociopolitical Journalist • Updated Feb 15 After the head shot Jackie Kennedy crawled onto the trunk of the limousine to retreive a piece of skull and brain that fell onto the trunk. It is clear in the Zapruder fi... Read more » 345 128   What is the costliest coding error anyone has ever made? Theodore Smith, Senior Software Engineer at PHP Experts (2012-present) • Answered August 5, 2024 On this day, exactly 12 years ago (9:30 EDT 1 Aug 2012), was the most expensive software bug ever, in both terms of dollars per second and total lost. The company managed t... Read more » 2.2K 126   Do marriage counsellors ever tell couples to divorce? Chris Geller, lives in Melbourne, FL (2019-present) • Answered January 30 Mine did. We'd been seeing her for a few months when we got into an argument in front of her. She asked me to come back the next evening, just me. When I did, she told me "... Read more » 2.4K 144   Why are attractive men so rare? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered November 4 It is well known that there are much more geniuses among males than among females, but on the other side of spectrum, it is alas also so that there are much more male retar... Read more » 385 130   Rai, studied at Harvard University • Posted Sep 28, 2024 Iranian Officials state that a Group of Officers and Commanders with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG), including Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, the Deputy Commander of Operations... Read more » 3.2K 313   What's a work dress code rule that completely backfired and created more problems than it solved? Sandra Burns, Degree Business Administration & Accounting, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (2... • Answered January 24 I worked at a Main Office for a professional business. We didn't have walk in clients. So, it was decided that basically we could wear what we wanted. Most wore nice jeans,... Read more » 1.5K 80   At what net worth do people transition from being well-off to truly wealthy? Andrew Diamond, studied at University of Pennsylvania • Answered August 3, 2025 That's a very individual answer. Ask 100 people and get 101 different answers. That said, I think you are: Well-off at a net worth of $2 million plus a paid-off home and paid... Read more » 315 39   China claims that they can detect F-35 aircraft from 1200 miles away. What do you think of that? Franklin Veaux, lives in Portland, OR • Answered February 15, 2025 If you're sufficiently technical, yup, absolutely. You can totally detect that there's an F-35 (or any other kind of stealth aircraft) within 1200 miles of you. So check thi... Read more » 3.3K 167 Read more in your feed

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A little bit of both. Obama played golf 333 times over the course of 8 years. About 10% of his time. Usually at military golf courses. This cost tax payer's $105M, this figure includes all vaca…

Top stories for Long   Why was it considered acceptable for President Obama to play golf while in office, but not for President Trump? Is the issue related to cost or time? Erudite Enforcer, Studying Donald Trump since 1999 • Answered March 11, 2025 A little bit of both. Obama played golf 333 times over the course of 8 years. About 10% of his time. Usually at military golf courses. This cost tax payer's $105M, this figu... Read more » 5.3K 846   THE KINGOODIE HAMMER Alessandro13 • Posted Oct 2, 2024 A curious object discovered in the 19th century has intrigued many researchers since the mid-1980s. The Kingoodie Hammer was found by the prestigious scientist David Brewster, in the town of Kingoo... Read more » 280 54   Which fighter jets could the Concorde have outrun? John Michael Leslie, Chartered Engineer • Answered February 2 Back in the Day BA volunteered one of its Concordes to be used to simulate a Soviet Supersonic Bomber (i.e. Backfire). In a tail chase the only aircraft to catch it was an ... Read more » 1.3K 184   Can I create an array in C that contains integers from 0 to 60 without having to manually type from 0 to 60 inside the code? Example: int num [60] = {0 to 60} (this is just how I would do, is there a way to make it real?) Gordon Wrinn, former GameDev, Current BankDev at SOE/BigBank • Answered January 30 ​In C, you can't simply initialize an array with 0..60. You have to fill it. But as a veteran of the EverQuest 2 development team, let me tell you why "clever" shortcuts us... Read more » 89 12   What "tricks" do lower level math teachers teach their students that annoy upper level math teachers? Scott, I write code • Updated January 28 FOIL has to be one of the worst. It stands for First, Outside, Inside, Last. It's taught like this: (x+3)(x+7) OK, we want to multiply these together, so we're going to use FO... Read more » 148 33   Canada claims to have a large amount of electricity made by hydro power. Since Canada is frozen up to 6 months every year, what do they do for power when all the rivers are frozen? Raspenberry, former various endeavours. • Answered January 30 Hmmm, I recall one winter many years ago, when I was a teenager, living in a small town in Ontario Canada and we spent hours tramping through the countryside on a community... Read more » 2.7K 209   Why do many men get grumpy as they get older, like their personality changes? Jim Clarke • Answered August 26 There are three main reasons, two of which are well represented in other answers - namely (i) the pain and (ii) the lack of sleep. But there's a third one that none of the ... Read more » 76 28   How is homosexuality viewed in the Mafia? Asked in Mafia and Organized Crime • Answered by Andy Rumbles • June 12, 2024 In January 1992, the Acting Boss of the New Jersey-based DeCavalcante Crime Family, John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato was collected by family soldier Anthony Capo and associate Vic... Read more » 270 28   Is it true that ARM processors are more power efficient than x86 or x64 processors? If so, what are the reasons for not using them in all computers and servers? Marcelo Pacheco, Since 1984. 8/16/32/64 bit. Linux mostly these days. • Updated January 15 Yes, ARM is substantially more efficient than x86. For starters ARM doesn't need any 16 bit/real mode/segments compatibility baggage. ARM has zero microcode. All instructio... Read more » 103 2   What emotion have you seen become more common over the years? Matthew Bates, Teacher (2009-present) • Answered February 6 This answer is about my students. I've been teaching students in the same age range (11–14) for almost two decades. Here are the emotions that have become more widespread i... Read more » 764 54   What's a work dress code rule that completely backfired and created more problems than it solved? Sandra Burns, Degree Business Administration & Accounting, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (2... • Answered January 24 I worked at a Main Office for a professional business. We didn't have walk in clients. So, it was decided that basically we could wear what we wanted. Most wore nice jeans,... Read more » 1.4K 76   Why did Bill Murray hire a deaf personal assistant on the set of Groundhog Day? Alisdair Mans Cornwell, Copywriter | Cannabis & CBD Writer | Travel Nut | Quora Nerd • Answered August 6, 2021 Bill Murray's decision to hire a deaf personal assistant on the set of Groundhog Day was due to growing resentment between him and the production team. He hated working on ... Read more » 8.9K 533 Read more in your feed

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