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Answer: Come along, I'm dying to show you something.​.​.​ I promise to answer th.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why do we not build supercomputers in cold areas such as above the arctic circle or high altitude regions? Will it not be cheaper to use the already cool environment to cool the computers and avoid energy consuming air conditioning? Jan Christian Meyer Updated Nov 2, 2013 Come along, I'm dying to show you something... I promise to answer the question, but to first look at how heat can leave a supercomputer, let us walk through the doors of ... Read More » What happens if I drop an ant from the top of a skyscraper? Tom Smith, The leading authority on all things. Written Sep 28 The ant will reach its terminal velocity after around 3 meters of its fall, which is not all that fast (about 6.4 km/hr). It will eventually land on something and start cra...  Read More » Why do most people consider B to be a bad grade? Dennis J Frailey, works at RDRTec Written Oct 17 I spent many years hiring people for large, hi-tech companies. We had a rule of thumb that the best hires were those with B+ to A- GPAs. The A and A+ and 4.o crowd often do...  Read More » What are some unbelievable things that happened in the wars between the Soviet Union and Finland? Jumare Jaeger, works at Police and Law Enforcement Written Dec 15 An entire Soviet infantry brigade arrived at the front during the Winter War in 1939, and disembarked from their trains. Since Winter weather was coming, they waited around...  Read More » What do doctors do when a patient can't pay for life-saving surgery? John Cinder Written Dec 6 This happened to my wife. We were driving on a long road trip. My wife got short of breath. It became severe. I ran her to the emergency room. No Insurance!!! After everyth...  Read More » Is China better than Russia? Kavi Mazumdar, studied at Conestoga College Updated Nov 11, 2015 You must provide details. This is a very vague question. However, I'll provide some statistics and hopefully it'll help provide a clear picture. 1) Life expectancy : Chin... Read More » How was life in Saudi Arabia before oil was found? Sarim Ahmed, works at I Work for Myself. Updated Nov 10 Very different. There were no cars, schools, electricity, running water, no roads, or health system. Life was very simple, and expectancy was around 30–60 years. The diet is...  Read More » How do native speakers truly feel when speaking with non-native English speakers? Bradley Gaines, Interested in things like everyone else. Written Nov 7 “It seems like broken English annoys them.” It’s not broken English that annoys. Native English speakers know they are just as imperfect as the ESL speaker. What gets annoyi...  Read More » How are web applications built these days? Carlos Matias La Borde, coder and product guy Written Aug 16 Are they still built using backend frameworks like rails and django, or is everything moved to the frontend with angular and meteor? For frontend apps how do they talk to t...  Read More » Why are Europeans so ignorant about America? Thomas L. Johnson, Professor Emeritus; GED Teacher at Minnesota Literacy Council (2016-present) Updated Nov 17 Really? I will never forget the night I was with my students in the Youth Hostel in Nuremberg and we started talking with a group of same-aged Germans. “Where you guys from?”...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.