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I'd like to answer this without sarcasm. It's not easy for me, so bare with me. First off sure, there are a TON of things the US makes that are mostly just things you can get anywhere else. Esp…

Top stories for Long   What does the US produce that we can't buy somewhere else, cheaper, better, or at least at a comparable price/quality? Peter Burgess, IT Software Development Manager (2014-present) • Answered April 3 I'd like to answer this without sarcasm. It's not easy for me, so bare with me. First off sure, there are a TON of things the US makes that are mostly just things you can ge... Read more » 711 109   Do all pubs in the UK allow non-British visitors? Alan Richards, lives in The United Kingdom (1952-present) • Answered November 8, 2023 Don't be silly. They are PUBLIC houses. All adults welcome unless they are naughty and have been barred/banned. Some pubs don't let under 18s in. If the pub serves food all... Read more » 207   Taking two numbers from 1 to 100 at random, what is the probability that their sum is even? Dave Wade-Stein, Senior Instructor at Pluralsight (2015-present) • Updated April 20 Well, here's a potentially interesting thing… If you add two even numbers, the result is an even number–I think people are comfortable with this notion…[math]2 + 2 = 4, 2 + 4 = 6[/math],... Read more » 141 28   Is Danish the official language of Greenland? Why don't Greenlandic people speak it? Erik Painter, Know a little about linguistics. • Answered April 3 Danish is not the official language of Greenland. The official language of Greenland is Kalaallisut (Greenlandic in English). It has been the official language since 2009. ... Read more » 153   How would you fix the Minecraft Movie? Rodra Hascaryo, studied Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urba... • Answered April 16 On the contrary, I'm hoping that the Minecraft Movie will fix Hollywood. First of all, the Minecraft Movie is financially successful. It earned $500 million world wide and i... Read more » 143 28   Why does it take decades if not over a hundred years to decommission a nuclear power station? Gerben Dirksen, Working as Nuclear Safety Advisor • Answered April 5 A hundred years?! This is the location of Germany's first reactor. As you can see, there is no reactor. It was shut down in 1985, and decommissioning ended 2010. Why did it ta... Read more » 4K 207   What could I do with 1TB of ram? David Kahana, I'm a first generation immigrant to the US since 1968. • Updated April 7 Well I have a computer that has 40 cores and 384 GB of RAM. I use it as a workstation to run Monte Carlo simulations. The code is scalar, it needs double precision floating... Read more » 119 9   Germ theory believers, what has convinced you that viruses exist? Don't say "I can see them under a microscope if I want to." because even the largest viruses are barely visible under the easy-to-use light microscopes (only under electron ones). Otto Erkelens, IT Professional at Government (2016-present) • Answered March 31 Hold on. You want to contest the existence of viruses, because you cannot see them. Others have already pointed out why that is ridiculous. But what really strikes me is that... Read more » 872 62   Why don't some people upgrade their phones yearly anymore? Tudor Florescu, developer • Updated April 5 Largely because smartphones have peaked as a product probably about 10 years ago. Mid-2010s was the last time when a new smartphone could become big news. There hasn't been ... Read more » 406 42   Where will Aaron Rodgers end up in 2025, and which team is most likely to sign him in free agency? Tony Twillie, former Contributor/writer, WhoDatDish.com, Saints site at FanSided (2016-2020) • Answered February 13 Rodgers is in a funky spot this offseason. While he righted his ship later in the season, his 2024 campaign reminded us a lot of his 2022 season, his last in Green Bay. Slo... Read more » 28 26   Do you think Elon Musk is in danger of a Luigi Mangione episode? I wouldn't mess with millions of federal government workers would you? Trump's dangling him out there and he's stupid enough to be dangled. Janine G, lives in Waikato, New Zealand (2022-present) • Answered February 25 I don't necessarily think Elon Musk will need a Luigi Mangione to take him out. Have a look at the guy. The last person I saw with that complexion, at that age was shortly ... Read more » 2.8K 364   What really prevents UK farmers hiring British citizens as fruit-pickers? Alec Cawley, Software Engineer • Answered December 4, 2017 I will re-iterate the answers of User-12473169454625451804 and others: British people simply don't want to do that work for that money. I will also point out that British un... Read more » 297 18 Read more in your feed

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