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A little bit of both. Obama played golf 333 times over the course of 8 years. About 10% of his time. Usually at military golf courses. This cost tax payer's $105M, this figure includes all vaca…

Top stories for Long   Why was it considered acceptable for President Obama to play golf while in office, but not for President Trump? Is the issue related to cost or time? Erudite Enforcer, Studying Donald Trump since 1999 • Answered March 11, 2025 A little bit of both. Obama played golf 333 times over the course of 8 years. About 10% of his time. Usually at military golf courses. This cost tax payer's $105M, this figu... Read more » 5.3K 846   THE KINGOODIE HAMMER Alessandro13 • Posted Oct 2, 2024 A curious object discovered in the 19th century has intrigued many researchers since the mid-1980s. The Kingoodie Hammer was found by the prestigious scientist David Brewster, in the town of Kingoo... Read more » 280 54   Which fighter jets could the Concorde have outrun? John Michael Leslie, Chartered Engineer • Answered February 2 Back in the Day BA volunteered one of its Concordes to be used to simulate a Soviet Supersonic Bomber (i.e. Backfire). In a tail chase the only aircraft to catch it was an ... Read more » 1.3K 184   Can I create an array in C that contains integers from 0 to 60 without having to manually type from 0 to 60 inside the code? Example: int num [60] = {0 to 60} (this is just how I would do, is there a way to make it real?) Gordon Wrinn, former GameDev, Current BankDev at SOE/BigBank • Answered January 30 ​In C, you can't simply initialize an array with 0..60. You have to fill it. But as a veteran of the EverQuest 2 development team, let me tell you why "clever" shortcuts us... Read more » 89 12   What "tricks" do lower level math teachers teach their students that annoy upper level math teachers? Scott, I write code • Updated January 28 FOIL has to be one of the worst. It stands for First, Outside, Inside, Last. It's taught like this: (x+3)(x+7) OK, we want to multiply these together, so we're going to use FO... Read more » 148 33   Canada claims to have a large amount of electricity made by hydro power. Since Canada is frozen up to 6 months every year, what do they do for power when all the rivers are frozen? Raspenberry, former various endeavours. • Answered January 30 Hmmm, I recall one winter many years ago, when I was a teenager, living in a small town in Ontario Canada and we spent hours tramping through the countryside on a community... Read more » 2.7K 209   Why do many men get grumpy as they get older, like their personality changes? Jim Clarke • Answered August 26 There are three main reasons, two of which are well represented in other answers - namely (i) the pain and (ii) the lack of sleep. But there's a third one that none of the ... Read more » 76 28   How is homosexuality viewed in the Mafia? Asked in Mafia and Organized Crime • Answered by Andy Rumbles • June 12, 2024 In January 1992, the Acting Boss of the New Jersey-based DeCavalcante Crime Family, John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato was collected by family soldier Anthony Capo and associate Vic... Read more » 270 28   Is it true that ARM processors are more power efficient than x86 or x64 processors? If so, what are the reasons for not using them in all computers and servers? Marcelo Pacheco, Since 1984. 8/16/32/64 bit. Linux mostly these days. • Updated January 15 Yes, ARM is substantially more efficient than x86. For starters ARM doesn't need any 16 bit/real mode/segments compatibility baggage. ARM has zero microcode. All instructio... Read more » 103 2   What emotion have you seen become more common over the years? Matthew Bates, Teacher (2009-present) • Answered February 6 This answer is about my students. I've been teaching students in the same age range (11–14) for almost two decades. Here are the emotions that have become more widespread i... Read more » 764 54   What's a work dress code rule that completely backfired and created more problems than it solved? Sandra Burns, Degree Business Administration & Accounting, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (2... • Answered January 24 I worked at a Main Office for a professional business. We didn't have walk in clients. So, it was decided that basically we could wear what we wanted. Most wore nice jeans,... Read more » 1.4K 76   Why did Bill Murray hire a deaf personal assistant on the set of Groundhog Day? Alisdair Mans Cornwell, Copywriter | Cannabis & CBD Writer | Travel Nut | Quora Nerd • Answered August 6, 2021 Bill Murray's decision to hire a deaf personal assistant on the set of Groundhog Day was due to growing resentment between him and the production team. He hated working on ... Read more » 8.9K 533 Read more in your feed

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