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Why on Earth do you imagine that "foreign countries absorb the cost"? I make something. I export it to the USA at a modest profit. A reasonable business model is that something costs me $90 to …

Top stories for Long   Why do people say that American consumers pay for tariffs when, in reality, foreign countries absorb the cost, and the U.S. government benefits by collecting the extra 25%? Why do they insist that this is not the case? Mats Andersson, Businessman at Language Industry (1991-present) • Answered March 14 Why on Earth do you imagine that "foreign countries absorb the cost"? I make something. I export it to the USA at a modest profit. A reasonable business model is that someth... Read more » 2.5K 188   How do animated shows effectively tackle serious themes while remaining accessible to younger viewers? Milan Miloradovic, studied at University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy • Answered March 16 They used to do it much better actually: I remember how well Justice League did it. They managed to tackle the issue of racism without actually making someone seem like a bi... Read more » 1K 57   Are the Great Lakes actually one large lake? If so, why are they divided into five separate lakes instead of being one continuous body of water? Steven Haddock, 3rd generation (or so) Canadian & lifelong resident; political science major • Answered September 10, 2024 No, but arguably there are only four lakes instead of five. Lake Superior is 24 feet above Lake Huron, so water from Lake Huron never flows into Lake Superior. Moreover, Lake... Read more » 2.9K 187   My 16 year old daughter has a part time job. I require she pays half of her take home pay for rent. Is that so unfair? Felix Zhang, studied at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Answered May 2, 2019 When you charge someone for something it's either because you want to discourage something. Or because you want to profit off of something. So, are you telling your daughter... Read more » 2.1K 285   What are some male names that may sound more feminine in English? Orson Scott Card, Tired writer, retired prof., play director (2023-present) • Answered March 4 My friend Imo, who came from a lesser-known language group in the Nigerian delta, apologized to me when we first met because his name was usually a girl's name. I had to la... Read more » 67 13   Are we hitting a technological plateau in modern firearms? Mark Binfield, has spent a lot of time around the military • Updated March 5 Hitting? No. We already hit the plateau, and not recently. The .50 caliber machine gun currently in use by the U.S. military is the M2 Browning. Its design was conceived dur... Read more » 1.5K 186   My aunt passed away and she said in her will that I can have all the stuff I want from inside the home, but the executor says I can only have access to certain areas of the home. Is this legal? Eileen Wood, Virtual Assistant and Notary Public (2005-present) • Answered June 24, 2021 My aunt passed away and she said in her will that I can have all the stuff I want from inside the home, but the executor says I can only have access to certain areas of the... Read more » 3.2K 63   What exactly is the problem with falling birth rates? Franklin Veaux, lives in Portland, OR • Answered March 8 Essentially, it's economic. The Western nations have decided, as a general social consensus, that if you work hard your entire life, your wages should not be sufficient to c... Read more » 2K 157   How does The Cheesecake Factory make so much food? I've never seen so many options on a menu. Dheeraj S, BS Engineering Physics & Computer Science, Cornell University (2016) • Answered March 10 My buddy ran one of their kitchens at the Pike Street location in Downtown Seattle, and honestly, the food was really good. The menu is large, but they only have locations ... Read more » 653 12   What is a 2.5D video game? Chris Nash, Former game programmer, now real-world programmer • Updated January 28, 2021 A 2.5D video game is "not quite 2D, but not quite 3D". We all know what 2D is: Good ol' Mario quested in a 2D land (image credit) And we all know what 3D is:... Read more » 1.2K 72   Could a human brain be placed somewhere outside of the body while still remaining alive? Karl Jansson, Science Guy • Answered March 10 Ir would be exceedingly difficult to extract the brain and keep it alive. People think that the brain is a separated thing. It isn't. It's an integrated part of the nervous... Read more » 3.3K 260   How are cracked versions of software created and why are developers not able to prevent it? Trausti Thor Johannsson, former Technical consultant at Sun Microsystems (2000-2002) • Answered March 7 Yes. Yes I did some of that from the age of 15 and few more years, back in the early 1990s. There were people far better than I was and some better than that.. The weird pa... Read more » 129 7 Read more in your feed

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