To understand Jet propulsion, read this. Answer by Robert Frost: There are a couple of concepts about power and propulsion being confused, here. In a submarine, a nuclear reactor uses fission to generate substantial heat that is used to produce steam that turns turbines to both generate electricity and turn the main propeller. Because a…
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25 Psychological Life Hacks that Will Help You Gain the Advantage in Social Situations
Social situations are among the most important in our lives. Yet, there is a huge chance that you are oblivious to the plethora of unwritten social rules that structure everybody’s behaviour. Failing to comply to these cultural imprints can cause irreversible damage. Just following them blindly will not get you ahead. Hacking them, however, will…
What are the best-kept secrets of great programmers?
Answer by Jeff Darcy: Never reveal all that you know. OK, seriously this time. I think there are really a few things that distinguish great programmers. Know the concepts. Solving a problem via memory or pattern recognition is much faster than solving it by reason alone. If you’ve solved a similar problem before, you’ll be…
Which credit cards do millionaires possess?
Answer by Kyle Murao: I’m not sure if this one-ups David‘s answer, but I can say that it is certifiably available only to millionaires. Ladies & gentlemen, the J.P.Morgan Palladium Card: It’s got your name laser-etched into it, rather than printed on those mere bourgeois plastic cards in raised lettering. It’s made out of 23-kt…
How did Mark Zuckerberg train himself to be a programming prodigy?
Answer by Mike Hughes: Just because Mark started Facebook doesn’t mean he is a programming prodigy. Mark’s major was Pyschology so he wasn’t at Harvard as a CompSci prodigy. Back in 2004 building a CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) application in PHP/MySQL was fairly easy. I would bet if you had more insight into what…
Gettysburg Address- Abraham Lincoln
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We…
What are best websites that an electrical engineering student must visit?
Answer by A Quora admin: I’ll give you a short description of the sites, you’ll find out for yourself how good these sites are once you visit them! electrical-engineering-portal.com – Everything about machines and other mega stuff electronics.wisc-online.com – Animations! electrical4u.com – A feature on topics related to power Engineering youtube.com – Yes, youtube. Remember…
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Why are British people so polite?
Answer by Anonymous: I have been in the UK for the past 4 years and I can say that they are always polite….in informing you that you are wrong! Here is a translation table that is available on-line and I can swear that it is true in most occasions. The Brits have the knack of…
What are Oliver Emberton’s tips for running a blog?
Answer by Oliver Emberton: In my first year of blogging I was read over 4 million times, mostly through a cunning strategy I call “screwing everything up and learning”. Let me save you some time. Here are the 5 most surprising lessons I learned: 1. The world owes you nothing The cold, unfeeling universe does…