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Top stories for Long   Why didn't Putin send the best of the best to invade Ukraine instead of the soldiers he sent instead? Did the best of the best refuse or is it something else? Scott Gosnell, Entrepreneur, scientist, writer, wizard • Answered March 7 He sent everyone. Everyone? Everyone. Everyone but the Missile Command and a few people needed to guard the thousands of miles of borders, plus the paramilitaries like the Ros... Read more » 229.4K 5.4K 308   How do mathematicians joke? Can you remember professional jokes about mathematics? Richard H. Schwartz, I met my limits a couple of years after I learned limits. • Updated Sun An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are all staying at a hotel for a convention. The engineer wakes up in the middle of the night and smells smoke. He opens the do... Read more » 23.6K 630 42   How bad is getting a B in a core class of your PhD program? How much should I worry? Scott Alexander, PhD in CS • Answered January 13, 2017 I've interviewed many PhDs for jobs where I work. If I see a GPA on your CV (along with a list of programming languages you know or the list of classes you've taken or simi... Read more » 699.7K 1.9K 59   How easy will it be for Russia to replace the military equipment it is losing in Ukraine? David Peters, Barrister at Self-Employment (2004-present) • Updated Wed Quite easy but not immediate. They have a vast number of hulls for the tanks (about 10,000) and carriers/IFV/APC/AFV made in Soviet times. Literally tens of thousands. The pr... Read more » 189.8K 712 97   Is it bad to read too many books? Neyza Frances Viehjl, BSN RN Medicine and Healthcare • Answered February 12 I once met an elderly patient (98 years old) who, I noticed, reads non-stop. I tried to make a bond with him by sharing what my favorite books are. Midway on our conversati... Read more » 1.6M 5.8K 192   Are the average Chinese citizens aware of what their government is doing to the Uyghurs? Huijian Wu, CTO (2005-present) • Answered March 15 Certainly. Because ordinary Chinese people come into contact with Uyghurs in their daily lives. In the neighbourhood where I live in Shenzhen, le... Read more » 19.6K 422 43   If WW3 were to start, what would you do? Chris Ebbert, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, Mid Sweden University • Updated March 3 Since we are on the brink of it, I have been thinking about this in earnest lately. It would depend a bit on where you live, too, of course. As for myself, as a rural dwell... Read more » 1.1M 696 342   Why is Laos not famous as a tourist country compared to its neighbors in Southeast Asia? Wirawan Winarto, Indonesian. Ex-engineer at Microsoft, Samsung, & Intel • Updated June 3, 2018 I remember one American tourist who traveled across Southeast Asia told me his experiences, "Thailand is beautiful, Philippines is fun, Indonesia is adventurous, Malaysia i... Read more » 1.3M 2.7K 201   What was the cruelest ancient Chinese dynasty? Yugan Talovich, Done a lot of work on Chinese dynasties. • Answered March 18 I would say it's a tossup between the Shang and the Southern Ch'i/Qi. We have really only begun to understand the cruelty of the Shang (ended roughly 1046BCE) in recent deca... Read more » 1.8K 51 4   Putin just threatened Sweden with another military incursion if the country join NATO? But Sweden and US have a bilateral agreement on defense. How much could US provide for Sweden in case of a Russian military incursion? David Moe, lives in Canadian Rockies (2006-present) • Answered February 25 Putin has more or less single-handedly been responsible for the expansion of NATO in recent years. All the former Warsaw Pact countries which used to be Russian allies have... Read more » 150.9K 1.1K 154   Are the Chinese in China also admiring Caucasians? CaiLei, lives in China (1975-present) • Updated November 13 Gweilo, also known as foreign Gweilo, is a common saying in Cantonese to call white people. It is literally interpreted as "ghost" or "devil". Because the Cantonese believe... Read more » 85.6K 339 36   Has Canada ever wanted Alaska to join it, since it is geographically next to Canada? Steven Haddock, 3rd generation (or so) Canadian & lifelong resident; political science major • Answered May 10, 2021 No. We're more upset about where the border was drawn because the British totally sold us out. So, let's start. Great Britain didn't dispute Russia's claim to Alaska. It app... Read more » 211.7K 2.6K 224 Read more in your feed

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