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Top stories for Long   Many times we saw the phrase "something 101", such as Microsoft Excel 101. What exactly does it mean? Franklin Veaux, published author and compulsive writer. • Answered December 6, 2020 In American universities, many classes use a numbering system that indicates how difficult the course is or how many prerequisites it has. The first number is how many year... Read more » 2.1K 60   How should I handle my son's 10-year-old friend needing a place to live? He has a terrible home life and his mom did kick him out. Is there any reason he can't stay with us? Crazy Cat Lady, lives in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (1969-present) • Answered November 25 I did a similar thing with a friend's daughter, but she was 15. The FIRST thing I did was call Child Services. I wanted it documented that she was at my house of her own vol... Read more » 1.4K 19   The US-built Alaska Highway goes through two Canadian provinces. Does the U.S. consider that road and land theirs because they paid for the asphalt? Amy Renfrew, Hons B.A. Ethics & B.S. Biochemistry, Saint Paul University (2007) • Answered December 27 No. I lived on the Alaska Highway when I lived in the Yukon. It is Canada. Many of the Americans that drive it were indeed confused about what country they were in. It work... Read more » 806 105   Apart from base-2, do any non-base-10 numerical systems lend themselves to particular optimizations or advantages? Håkon Hapnes Strand, Data Scientist • Answered June 28, 2020 I once enrolled in a rather esoteric university course called the History of Mathematics. As part of the course, we were required to perform calculations using historical n... Read more » 1.7K 77   What was the worst thing that ever happened on live TV? George Arno, Knows a little about a lot; knows a lot about very little... • Updated January 2 Certainly not the worst, but scandalous at the time: In 1964, comedian Jackie Mason was in the middle of his act on the Ed Sullivan Show when Ed began frantically signaling ... Read more » 1.5K 227   Why do professional chefs warn against breaking spaghetti strands in half? Ian De Pagie, I love Italian pasta • Answered December 21 The spaghetti breaking has now reached the pineapple-on-pizza level of controversy. Whereas pineapple on pizza is a matter of taste, breaking spaghetti has a technical setb... Read more » 501 236   Why do successful employees leave Google? Greg Hartrell, works at Google • Answered July 6, 2018 It's a good question. My observation is Google indexes a little more on hiring people with an entrepreneurial streak. When I joined in 2013, many of the leaders around me e... Read more » 173 2   Can a judge change his mind after sentencing? Erik Sapp, Licensed Attorney, 2012-Present • Updated May 17, 2024 I saw it happen with one of my clients. My client was convicted of unauthorized use of a car. We'd taken it to trial and lost. (Case is still on appeal.) Client was out on b... Read more » 1.7K 80   Are you surprised by the popularity of Elon Musk's latest tweet against H-1B visa critics? Curtis W. Scissons, B.S Biology & Chemistry, Northeastern State University (1998) • Answered December 28 I find it hilarious that after praising Musk to the skies, and calling Trump a "genius" for appointing Elon to a committee created to uncover government waste, Elon turns o... Read more » 565 67   What does Darth Vader do in his free time? Suttichart Denpreuktham, Star Wars fan since Empire Strike Back • Updated January 13, 2017 Legends actually answers this. Vader got his own personal palace in Coruscant and actually got a large amount of credits for doing whatever he wanted. However, he rarely spe... Read more » 4.1K 115   What is the appropriate response when police ask to enter your house? Amber Hughes, Jailhouse Lawyer (2008-present) • Answered December 20 The appropriate answer is, "Yes, you may come in provided you have a warrant." If they respond by saying they can easily get one, ask why they neglected to do so. If they s... Read more » 48 10   If a student has been told by a parent to practice disobeying authority to practice becoming stronger and starts to refuse all authority at school, how do you negotiate this? Sara Riano, M.A Masters in Education and Professional Studies, Montessori (2016) • Answered November 11 Many years ago, I had such a student. He was 6 yrs old. His father was Hispanic, his mother was not. He was a very intelligent boy, he was in the gifted/talented program. T... Read more » 876 21 Read more in your feed

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