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If 300 soldiers, with full combat gear and enough ammo, are sent 300 years back, can they conquer the whole world?

Linus Baer, Vehicle Fleet Services (2009-present)

Updated Jan 6, 2019

Yes,

First, they would need to contact the King of England and swear an oath to him. After that, they would advise engineers and scientists in England on how to create more ...

I'm 27 year old and just starting to learn coding. When I see younger kids learn coding I feel will have an unfair advantage over me since they are learning before me. What should I do?

Matt Laine, DevOps Engineer

Written Apr 17

I didn't go to college for a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. My first career was in helping people do well on standardized tests and get admitted to the...

Why are Singaporean streets so clean?

Arkaneh Urairat, I live in Bangkok my favorite time is in S'pore & M'sia

Updated Feb 4

SINGAPORE: A man called up the Road Department, LTA informed the officer of a dead cat found on the road.

LTA officer asked, " Which part of the road is the dead cat on?

A ma...

How do people reach 16GB or even 32GB of RAM? I have a home PC and I can't even get to max 8GB of usage. The RAM mostly consumed games like Dota 2 and Chrome.

James Pierson, Founder/owner at James PC Repair (2019-present)

Updated May 21

"How do people reach 16GB or even 32GB of RAM? I have a home PC and I can't even get to Max 8GB if usage. The RAM mostly consumed games like Dota 2 and Chrome."

Wait … you c...

I love to be a JavaScript developer but I am afraid that JavaScript will be replaced by AI or WebAssembly and I will lose my job. Are my fears are correct and why?

Mark Harrison, CTO, werarewe

Written Apr 21

Yes, your fears are correct.

However, there's nothing special about JavaScript.

Any skill you learn that can be done through a keyboard is up for disruption through AI in the...

Are Oxford courses too short? I have an offer to study maths next year. I have doubts about whether the course is challenging enough. What are you suppose to do when you are not in term time? Do you have any homework to do?

Jack Fraser, DPhil Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford (2022)

Written Mar 5, 2017

Ahahahahahaahhahaahhaahahhahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaahhah

*Ahem*

Let me regain my composure.

Asher Yeung

Updated Dec 11

There are approximately 138,600,000,000,000,000,000 liters of seawater on earth.

Seawater is, on average, 3.5% salt.

So there are 4,851,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms of salt in the sea.

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My visa was revoked at the Chicago Port of Entry because I didn't have enough funds. Is it possible for me to get my US visa back?

Michael Benton, former Financial Specialist at Washington State DSHS (2002-2012)

Written Mar 6

Nope. A revoked visa is DOA and can never be revived. On top of that, it is likely that you were refused entry to the US to boot. If the CBP officer was generous, they allo...

As an adult, how can I compete with kids who start coding when they were 12?

Moray Taylor

Written Apr 15

Alan Mellor has the best answer here, but it's collapsed… Classic Quora.

Anyway…

I started programming around 7 years old, I was crap of course. Still going at 12, still crap.

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How much does it actually cost Rolex to make a watch, i.e., aside from the stones and precious metals themselves, what is the manufacturing cost and what is the profit margin?

Franz Rivoira, Partner and Director at ICON - Italian Consulting

Written Jun 25, 2019

How much does it actually cost Rolex to make a watch, i.e., aside from the stones and precious metals themselves, what is the manufacturing cost and what is the profit margin?

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