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Top stories for Long   If we ever discovered a spaceship from the future, would we be able to re-engineer the technology? Joe C, Student of Military History • Answered July 8 Eventually maybe, but it would take a very long time. Lets try a similar example, lets say we dropped of a new Boeing 737-Max into Elizabethan England, c1600AD, could they c... Read more » 370 43   Will tourists return to the US soon after the tariff business is settled? Gysar Flegel, lives in Minden, Germany (2014-present) • Answered July 6 I think many US-Americans misunderstand the issue. Like you, they often think the tariffs are the problem, but they aren't, at least they aren't the main problem. The tarif... Read more » 711 50   Why don't people understand Donald Trump? Eddie Raumman, studied at Rowan University • Answered May 18, 2017 I met Trump in '82, attended meetings with him, and worked with his organization. I can tell you that he's very very easy to understand, trust me. There's not much there th... Read more » 14.8K 1.1K   Do you really have to come to the aid of an officer if you don't like him? Tim Dees, retired cop and CJ professor • Answered April 8 At one time, most states had laws on the books that required anyone to come to the aid of a law enforcement officer if requested by that officer to do so. This was the embo... Read more » 47   Have you ever seen a software engineer get rejected in an interview due to a single random statement that they made? Ferdinando Randisi, Computational biophysicist and entrepreneur • Updated Wed I did. I almost rejected a candidate for a random statement. When asked about what was hard for her, she said "you know, often if you write in C you are stuck all day trying... Read more » 590 106   If you get fired, should you sign the paperwork they give you? Donald Wilhelm, former Assistant Site Supervisor at U.S. Security Associates (2017-2019) • Answered November 2, 2019 You must be very careful. I was fired (wrongfully). I refused to sign the papers until I had a chance to check them very carefully. If I had signed the papers, I would have... Read more » 8.2K 712   Why don't horses run away when their reins are casually looped over a rail? Andrew Olson, studied at University of Nevada, Reno • Answered April 25 Because, like so many horse related things, this is complete BS. Well, horse stuff. Anyways. Here is how 'parking' a horse in a city worked before cars became a thing. For sh... Read more » 369 37   Are fixed matches sure? Tracy Cowell, former Physio-therapist (2008-2023) • Answered June 23 I was catching up with an old friend a few hours ago and the conversation eventually drifted towards my previous job. I was a physio for 15 years before I had to quit due t... Read more » 199   Why do liberals get so angry when someone says "Merry Christmas"? Robin Maria, Working with the general public in this political climate • Answered June 7 Let me tell you a true story. I used to work at a gas station in a very rural area. Population, mostly Republican. Around the holidays, almost everyone said "Merry Christmas"... Read more » 6.5K 1K   How do professors typically find out when a student might be overqualified for their class, and what steps do they usually take? Ron Brown, Professor of Physics, Emeritus • Answered June 28 I have had students who were overqualified for the class they enrolled in. I've often had students who entered the university technically advanced placed in physics (based ... Read more » 227 3   Why couldn't the Japanese break the Navajo code? OakTeller, Knower of many things. • Answered June 18 Japan ran into hard problems -- The first was the language itself, Navajo is not like other languages. It is tonal; the meaning of a word changes with the pitch of the voic... Read more » 6.4K 231   What started the downfall of the American shopping mall? Steven Burton, Retired Soldier and best buddy of Jack Kitty. • Updated June 9 While its popular to blame internet shopping that really is not the whole story. Even without Amazon I think Malls would still be hurting today. The culture that kept malls ... Read more » 1.7K 166 Read more in your feed

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