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There are two different kinds of heated driveway: electric and thermionic. It's basically the heated-floor system that a lot of fancy homes have in their bathrooms, just under a driveway and muc…

Top stories for Long   Why isn't there a heated driveway that has electric heating components underground so that whenever it snows you can just turn it on and melt the whole driveway? Isn't it nice you don't have to shovel it? Jim Mowreader, former Home Depot Employee (2002-2008) • Answered February 2 There are two different kinds of heated driveway: electric and thermionic. It's basically the heated-floor system that a lot of fancy homes have in their bathrooms, just un... Read more » 100 2   Why didn't anyone come up with an artificial diamond? Mike Miller, Masters Materials Science and Engineering • Updated February 14, 2020 Why didn't anyone come up with an artificial diamond? The first artificial diamond was synthesized in 1955. You can now buy artificial diamonds for jewelry and sensor window... Read more » 2K 37   If objects on a spinning sphere tend to move towards the middle, why do the oceans not gather at Earth's equator? Mats Andersson, M Sc. Physics & Computer Science, Uppsala University (1991) • Answered January 26 They do. This is an image of what the Earth would look like if it stopped spinning. The oceans would flow towards the poles without the centrifugal force. There'd be other ef... Read more » 363 25   What is something Hollywood told us, but it's not true and many people believe? Dennis Watson, Veteran, traveler, veteran traveler. • Answered December 17 A few I see often: That you can request a jet to fly you to a non-extradition treaty country with the United States and after that you can chill on a beach with no fear of t... Read more » 1.4K 116   Why is DEI so destructive? Matthew Bates, Teacher (2009-present) • Answered January 27 When it comes to the field of education, the "E" and "I" parts of DEI are the most destructive. The "E" stands for "equity." That replaced "equality" as the mantra in educat... Read more » 2.3K 410   Why do you think that buildings in London, unlike other cities, often have affectionate nicknames? Chrisd Maskell, lives in London • Answered December 24 Because Londoners, well British in general, are fond of taking the piss. Architects design buildings and give the aspirational names or grand, pompous names or just plain b... Read more » 872 73   Why doesn't POTUS have access to helicopters that can fly in the rain? Dave B, worked at U.S. Army • Updated January 3, 2019 H3s and VH-60s can fly in the rain just fine, but from what I have heard the Marine Squadron responsible for flying the President (HMX-1) has very conservative weather mini... Read more » 216 18   What if aliens find us, and we end up being the scary, ugly, big, dumb, fast, strong, durable monsters, with the good sensory perception, and they end up being the opposite? Franklin Veaux, lives in Portland, OR • Answered February 8 Congratulations, you have just independently re-invented not one but two entire genres of science fiction, HFY fiction and HSO fiction! HFY fic is Humanity, Fuck Yeah. It's ... Read more » 4.1K 304   Why are crimes of identity theft seldom, if ever, pursued by law enforcement? Harry Sapien, former Former Military Officer (1994-2006) • Answered January 20 A friend of mine had caught his Identity Thief 100% red handed. The manager at JC Penny (from another State) called my friend because "someone" was trying to open an $8k lin... Read more » 493 39   What is a water cake? Carlie Clayton Kuhn, Owner at Spicy Cult (2020-present) • Updated August 21, 2020 The Water Cake is referred to as Mizu Shingen Mochi. It was originally made and originated in Japan. If this delicate cake isn't eaten within half an hour it actually disap... Read more » 8.7K 72   What is the worst country you have ever visited? Robert Hill, I know all the countries • Updated January 30 I've been to some pretty weird parts of the world. I've loved every place I've ever been and I learned new things in all of them. Except one. The only country I'd never visi... Read more » 2.2K 99   Why does Hollywood still use miniature models instead of CGI for depicting objects in outer space or other planets? Delia Binder, Studied classic motion pictures from the Silent Era on • Answered January 26 Because while CGI looks as good as if not better than models when done well? Too often it's closer to this: than to this: Most of the space effects done in recent STAR WARS m... Read more » 163 23 Read more in your feed

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