At a university, a professor asked his students: "If there are four birds on a tree an...

At a university, a professor asked his students: "If there are four birds on a tree and three of them decided to fly away, how many are left on the tree?" Everyone answered, "One." They were s…

Top stories for Long   Tabarak, "Writer and Medical Laboratory Specialist 🍃" at Health Department (2021-present) • Posted May 13 At a university, a professor asked his students: "If there are four birds on a tree and three of them decided to fly away, how many are left on the tree?" Everyone answered, "One." They were surprise... Read more » 1.6K 65   Why might some companies prefer to deal with tariffs rather than invest in US manufacturing facilities? Wayne Wuschke, Mentor to Wile E. Coyote • Answered April 30 Let's look at something cheap to manufacture - Ramen noodles. It just so happens my home town use to make Ramen noodles. The building is empty and for sale for $400,000. As... Read more » 910 49   Why did Ken turn into such an awful character by betrayal on Barbie and attempted to takeover the Barbie Land after returning from the real world? Although he seems to be a good man and love Barbie in the beginning of the film. Johan Torres, Works in the movie industry • Answered July 25, 2023 Part of the plot of Barbie is that the Kens are the victims of systemic discrimination. They don't even seem to have homes. They are, at one point, called superfluous. Thei... Read more » 2.2K 147   What would ℵ0! Be? What sort of infinity could it signify? Alon Amit, PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. • Answered June 22, 2024 One very natural interpretation of the factorial symbol is that it counts permutations. In fact, [math]n![/math] is exactly the number of bijections (one-to-one, onto functions) of a se... Read more » 179 5   If you fire a gun in the rain what is the effect of the raindrops on the bullet? Lucas Curtis, Science teacher (2001-present) • Answered May 8 There's a fascinating article in Guns & Ammo by Tom Beckstrand about this very topic. Using a specially-built rig and high-speed photography, a team of engineers looked for ... Read more » 438 22   How many people in your family are vaccinated? Rik Elswit, Musician for 60 years. Professional musician for 55. • Answered May 1 We've been getting fully vaccinated since the 50s, and the only noticeable effects have been that I've never had smallpox, whooping cough, measles, polio, or shingles. My w... Read more » 264 18   Why did KFC have to change its name in Quebec to PFK (Poulet Frit Kentucky) while Canadian Tire could keep it instead of having to change it to Pneu Canadien? Steven Haddock, 3rd generation (or so) Canadian & lifelong resident; political science major • Answered August 22, 2019 See my answer here. Why is KFC called PFK in Quebec but Dairy Queen stays Dairy Queen? You are not required to translate an English trade name in Quebec if you don't want to.... Read more » 307 45   Is there any possibility of apes becoming intelligent and start a revolution against humans? Mats Andersson, Businessman at Language Industry (1991-present) • Answered May 4 An ape that was halfway to becoming human would be pretty bad at being an ape, and pretty bad at being a human. They'd be out-competed by apes and humans in no time flat. Th... Read more » 330 9   Is Hertz's decision to dump EV's including Teslas for conventional ICE ones an indication that EVs are not as good? https://driving.ca/auto-news/industry/hertz-electric-vehicles-gasoline-sale-ev-rental Scott King Walker, Driving since 1986. • Updated Fri Last year I was travelling to California for a conference, and I reserved a "mystery car" with Budget. It was the same price as their lowest class of tiny-car, and it offer... Read more » 116 5   Is the complexity and quality of Windows code a major reason why an open source version hasn't been attempted? Ken Gregg, Software Engineering and Management Positions for decades • Answered May 6 No. I've seen Microsoft's Windows (NT) source code while working at Microsoft. It is well-organized, consistent, readable, maintainable, testable, and strictly follows a goo... Read more » 37   Why is the wrong, faulty Greenwich meridian decide to be "prime meridian"? How did it even happen and when should it be corrected? Brian Overland, Tutor, author, computer programmer and tech writer • Answered May 26, 2023 Putting the prime meridian at Greenwich made sense primarily because it permits the International Date Line (Longitude 180 degrees) to be in the middle of the Pacific… There... Read more » 1.3K 133   There is an anecdote that tells of the time Bertrand Russell was explaining to his students that an argument that starts from false premises can have any conclusion. Alessandro13 • Posted Nov 27 One of his students stood up and said to him, "Starting from 0=1, prove to me that you are the pope." Russell replied, "If 0=1, then, adding 1 to both sides, we have that 1=2. I am one person, and t... Read more » 944 79 Read more in your feed

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