Answer by James Altucher: I’m not going to give you the usual lifehack stuff. Sure, using Evernote, sleeping a lot, learning to listen, being grateful, all works for many people. I don’t like the word “lifehack”. It takes a lot of work to be really good at something in life. To get good at something…
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Can we or do we send up any spaceships that are nuclear powered like a submarine?
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…
What are some trippy thought experiments?
Answer by Jim Stone: You enter a library, . . . . . . take a book off the shelf, and notice that it’s filled with seemingly random strings of characters. You take another book off the shelf. Same thing. You examine a few more books and notice that all the books are quite similar….
How do you know if your startup idea already exists?
Answer by Carlos Del Carpio: The founder of Dropbox was pitching in front of an investor one day, and the investor asked him: “there are similar companies out there doing the same as dropbox, why should I invest in just another similar company?” His reply: “Yes. There are similar companies out there doing the same…
What are some of the best ideas to make your mood better if you feel lonely?
Answer by Christopher Reiss: Go for a walk. Make sure you have 5 one dollar bills. I anoint you : Patron Saint of the Lonely. Your mission is to go relieve the loneliness of others. If you see a homeless person, stop. Give them a dollar and apologize that you can’t give more. Ask if…
Which are some of the best school campuses in India?
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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…
Does it get better?
Answer by Nicolas Cole: I’ve written about this in several other posts here on Quora, but I’d like to bring some of the stories together here for you. First of all, yes, it does get better. I know people say that all the time, sort of like a cliché, “Trust me, it gets better!” Let…
How long does it take normally for a cartoonist to finish one page of a comic drawing (eg. Marvel comic)?
Answer by Robert Frost: There’s a big range in the time taken to complete a page, depending on the techniques and style used by the artist to tell the story. In the above image, I’ve included pages from Gilbert Hernandez, Jack Kirby, Charlie Adlard, Frank Cho, and Jay Anacleto. In general, if an artist is…
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…