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Answer: I may expand this answer at a later date.​ But here is the short versio.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why do people generally think that USA navy would win in any naval war simply based on raw data - highly advanced ship, aircraft carrier, submarine? Shane Rooney, Give me a hard question. They are fun. 89.6k views I may expand this answer at a later date. But here is the short version: In Afghanistan, the Taliban could blend in with civilians, or even hide behind them. The Taliban cou...  Read More » Who were the really badass emperors of China? Feifei Wang, The Interpreter 161k views Wu Zetian Here's why: She's the ONLY woman in 5000(?) years of Chinese history who made full fledged emperor, not a queen, not an empress (as in consort of a reigning male ru...  Read More » What kind of platforms do we need to allow for the anti-disciplinary creation of "knotty solutions" in healthcare, education, and manufacturing? Joichi Ito, MIT Media Lab 311.5k views I think that you need funding sources that allows research, development and entrepreneurship in a "permissionless" or discretionary way. At the Media Lab, the consortium mod...  Read More » Computer Programming: I've heard that Google may recruit programmers based on their search queries. Is that really true or just another hoax? Raghavendra Kumar, Know a few things about life 761.3k views Yes, it is absolutely true and has happened with me. I tried searching for "Hashtable java" and the Google screen tilted (as shown in the image attached with the question)....  Read More » What would happen if a modern US aircraft carrier was sent back to the War of Independence? Clell Harmon 177.6k views The most dangerous thing on a modern nuclear carrier sent back to the late 1700s would not be the ship itself. Ignoring that the carrier would dominate the sea, all by itsel...  Read More » How did China develop the artificial islands on the South China Sea so quickly? Daniel Njoo 91.1k views The same way they built this 57-story skyscraper in 19 days — a rate of 3 floors per day!! (Edit: clarification from Merystal in comments that the skyscraper had a foundati...  Read More » Why is the Hulk so small in The Avengers movies? Kevin Tavris 131.6k views Anonymous seems to have covered most of it in his answer. I’ll just add that in the original “Avengers”, Joss Whedon decided to film in flat (1.85:1) rather than cinemascop...  Read More » In a serious, no mercy duel between Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, who would win? Morgan Ngo, Hufflepuff. Resident bookworm. Unrepentant feminist. 58.3k views By Deathly Hallow, it would be Hermione. It is easier to think Harry would have won, because we followed Harry's Point of view throughout the series. But by the end of Death...  Read More » What is the most satisfying passive-aggressive thing you have ever done to a really mean or rude person? Ben Sinclair, Software developer, curmudgeon. 846.6k views I’m British. I know how to queue. So I was in a supermarket once, in the middle of a queue which went all the way around a corner. A woman came up and pushed in in front of ...  Read More » Hypothetical Battles of Westeros: Who would win in a fight between Jaime "Kingslayer" Lannister and Khal Drogo? Olin T Flowers 91.9k views Drogo would maul Jaime. Everyone here is going on and on about plate but are forgetting that plate makes you move slow. Drogo was insanely fast and insanely strong. Plate...  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). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.