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Top stories for Long   Why, in France, do they often forbid men to swim with swim-shorts, in favour of the more tight-fitting trunks? Marcel Reburrus, lives in Europe • Answered July 21, 2017 I worked in public swimming pool in south of France during the summer months in 2005. The main reason the public pool where I was working started to forbid large swim shorts... Read more » 2.6K 219   Why is USB-C necessary when the previous USB was adequate to accomplish everyday tasks? Frank Kemper, Retired (2025-present) • Answered November 25 USB-A was released in 1996, when the IT landscape was entirely different to what we know today. Most computers were quite big desktop models, and connecting computer periph... Read more » 176 23   Why does calculus stop at 3? Isn't there more to learn about calculus? Andrew Droffner, studied Mathematics at Rutgers University (1995) • Answered December 26 Calculus one through three explain derivatives and integrals as inverse operations to one another. Calculus II covers infinite series and transcendental functions. Calculus... Read more » 34 3   What are the warning signs of cancer? Miss Daniella Franecki, Medical Appliance Technician • Answered January 7 The first indications of cancer appear subtly instead of being obvious which makes them difficult to detect. People experience three main symptoms which include unexplained... Read more » 331 8   Sayad Fahad Ali Shah, knows English • Posted Aug 8 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Spain and Switzerland CANCEL their F-35 fighter jet orders! UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION 🔥🔥 Trump calls it "very unfair." Swiss leader Balthasar Glättli says: "Those who hurl rocks at u... Read more » 7.4K 2K   Why is the AK-74 not as popular as the AK-47? Roland Bartetzko, Logistics in Ukraine (2022-present) • Answered January 3 The AK-47 is by far the most popular of all Kalashnikovs (at least among military amateurs) because it was the first version that entered service in the Soviet Union. As suc... Read more » 1.3K 43   What is a Sloppy Joe? Martin Bayer, Chef, CDM, CFPP (1994-present) • Answered December 29 In 1901 a German immigrant named Johan Schlagenhaufer took a job at the Acme Diner in Nashville, Tennessee. Johan was a hard worker, but messy. After the lunch rush his apr... Read more » 1K 70   Do card counters really get beaten up by casino thugs, as portrayed in the movies? Ed Allegretti, lives in Bolivar, NY • Answered December 21 My wife and I were suspected of counting, falsely i might add. We were winning. More than luck allows. But all they see is chip stacks not actual gameplay. So we noticed th... Read more » 1.3K 40   Will programmers lose their jobs because of AI like DeepCoder? Jan M Savage, Senior Developer at _NDA_ • Updated November 30 A recent discussion on HN is a very good summary of the present and future status of AI among professional programmers: As the world is becoming increasingly more reliant on... Read more » 158 20   How did the "9/11 Surfer" survive his fall of 15 floors? Is there any scientific explanation? OakTeller, lives in New York, NY • Answered January 10 The surfer name is a joke thing for a nightmare. He is one of the luckiest men in history. There was no falling nicely in air - If he had, gravity would have smashed him fla... Read more » 3.9K 110   If macOS is Unix, and Linux was inspired Unix, then what is Windows based on and why was it implemented like this by Bill Gates? Thomas Alexander Stephens • Answered May 22, 2016 There's a huge amount of path dependency in how Windows, OS X and Linux came to exist as they are. In Bill Gates's initial strategy, devised in the 1970s, Unix was to be the... Read more » 1.9K 132   Why do professional chefs use knives for cutting onions instead of a food processor? It makes sense at homes; wouldn't it make more sense in a high-volume kitchen? Mohammed, Online Business Activities • Answered December 10 This is a great question. It does seem that professional kitchens could provide even greater benefits using machinery, but for the following reasons, they continue to use k... Read more » 545 34 Read more in your feed

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