For how long will the West survive as the strongest civilization of the world?

Oh, we are way past that. This is the New York City Subway in the richest, largest city in the United States Last I looked, it needed over $65 billion for capital repairs and only about $40 bi…

Top stories for Long   For how long will the West survive as the strongest civilization of the world? Steven Haddock, B.A. in Political Science • Answered August 27 Oh, we are way past that. This is the New York City Subway in the richest, largest city in the United States Last I looked, it needed over $65 billion for capital repairs and... Read more » 2.1K 288   FINALLY! Blond men jokes!👱‍♂️🤣😂 Amelia (Amè), Laughter is the best medicine • Posted Apr 2, 2023 A blond man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts "did you find the shampoo?" He answers: "Yes but I'm not sure what to do... it's for dry hair and I just wet mine." A blond man spots a letter on his... Read more » 1.4K 76   Can leaving 100GB of free space on my SSD really help with data longevity, or is there something else I should be doing? J Metz, I know Data Center Storage • Answered August 22 Not just 100GB. You want to save closer to 20% (10% is in the 'danger zone'). It turns out that when you store data on a SSD, they don't just 'sit there.' On the contrary, t... Read more » 149 10   How amazing is our human body? Asked in Gyan Guru - InfoSpace • Answered by Sangram Sagar • December 9, 2021 Check out the below images of the human body. It's showing how extraordinary the human body mechanism is. Just Amazing… The digestive system: The vascular system:... Read more » 11.8K 151   Why do elite private schools get so many students into the Ivy League? Katie Bjorkman, PhD in Mathematics & Science Education • Answered September 4 I taught at a high school like that for one year. About 75 graduates per year, and almost always at least one kid into each Ivy each year out of those graduates. Here is why... Read more » 143 38   Who do you think is the best science-fiction writer of all time, Andy Weir, Orson Scott Card, S. J. Morden, John Scalzi, Robert A. Heinlein, Dan Simmons, or James S. A. Corey? Asked in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and More • Answered by Elizabeth Brooks • June 6 Can I say none of the above? I have enjoyed Weir but he just doesn't have a big enough catalog to judge where his work will land historically. Card, I love intensely and En... Read more » 86 26   Frank Abah, Economist, Seasoned Writer & Digital Marketer • Posted Jun 14, 2024 Bill Gates daughter Phoebe Gates with her boyfriend Robert Ross.... Robert has a Masters of Science in Computer Science from Stanford & he started working on computers at an early age just like Bil... Read more » 327 176   What is an invention someone didn't patent and that ended up being a huge hit after being patented by someone else? Silk Road, Physics/History Connoisseur • Answered August 18 A man named John Walker worked as a chemist in Stockton-on-Tees — It was 1826-He stirred a pot of chemicals. A glob dried on his mixing stick. To clean it, he scraped it on... Read more » 3.5K 117   What is the best homemade dessert you made and you were very proud on how it turned out? Asked in European food • Answered by Willy Daglish • May 28 A few years ago, I was due to go to a fun dinner party where each person brought one course. The day before, I twisted my ankle and found it painful to stand in the kitchen. ... Read more » 27   What happened to Firefox? It seemed poised to be the dominant browser a few years ago, but this no longer seems to be the case. Jesse Ezell, Software Designer / Developer • Answered July 11, 2012 Webkit happened. The Mozilla (Firefox) codebase is extremely convoluted, poorly documented, and does not decompose well so that companies can use the parts they want and r... Read more » 157 13   Why did audiences have such a strong reaction, like standing ovations, when watching Star Wars back in 1977? Brian Overland, Author of "C++ Without Fear," actor, writer • Answered June 4 The reaction to Star Wars in 1977 was almost unprecedented, but several factors played into its reception. The State of Film in 1977 Arguably, the late 1960s and early 1970s ... Read more » 333 25   Tabby Rucker Fogle, Banker at Banking (2002-present) • Posted Apr 1 This is Sabrina Pasterski, a girl who knew how to build an airplane engine when she was just 14 years old. At 16, she became the youngest person ever to fly in a plane she built herself. Now, she h... Read more » 6K 433 Read more in your feed

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