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Why do large semis shake your car when you drive past them?
[Vortex shedding](_URL_0_) Because semi's are not very streamlined the air rushing past them ends up in a series of vortices. As these vortices pass you, your car is alternately sucked toward and blow
Why is it that when I write a word over and over again that it stops even looking like a word?
[Semantic Satiation](_URL_0_) is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who then p
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy do so many shows make their seasons only ten episodes long these days?
There might also be something around the quality of actors being used. Recently, we have seen top quality actors shift from movies to television. More A list actors are getting into television.
why my car windows do this and how I can prevent it? Mostly happens in rain.
It's condensation because of the temperature/humidity difference between the cabin of your vehicle and outside. They make antifogging coatings that you can use (rainx makes one, for instance) but for
Why do streetlights in the distance twinkle like stars, when the ones nearby seem to glow consistently?
The air in between you and the street light is a moving mass of uneven temperature. As the light moves through it, it gets bent which causes the twinkling effect. The same thing is going on with stars
Why isn't all internet data encrypted?
Encryption adds overhead, notably CPU time in encrypting/decrypting the payload and the accompanying latency of doing so. The vast majority of traffic gains no benefits from being encrypted, so it wou
Why my computer was so brilliantly fast when I first purchased it is now intolerably slow after only a few months of use.
So reinstalling Windows will really improve things? Is there a way to re-install while losing no data or settings?
Why do a lot of government entities and other companies insist on using Internet Explorer over other browsers such as Chrome or Firefox saying that IE is more secure? Is there any truth to this?
Usually requiring IE isn't by choice. in my experience it is typically because the business have spent a ton of money on an IT system that depends on some IE specific feature, like
