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Given this paragraph, how big are the non-volley zones in pickleball and where are they located? | The appearance of a pickleball court, and the manner of play, resembles tennis, but the court is the size of a doubles badminton court, less than a third the size of a tennis court. Court lines and rules are specific to pickleball and include two 7-foot areas (2.1 m) on either side of the net known as the non-volley zones, where the ball cannot be hit with the paddle unless the ball bounces first. The official rules specify side-out scoring, where only the serving team can score a point. All serves are made with an underhand stroke. The hard plastic ball used in pickleball produces significantly less bounce than softer flexible balls, such as a tennis ball. The minimal bounce combined with the non-volley zone and underhand serve give the game dynamic pace and strategy ranging from soft dink shots that stay within the two non-volley zones to powerful drive shots and overhead smash shots. To minimize any advantage the serving or receiving side might have at the beginning of the game, the ball must bounce once on each side of the net before either team may volley the ball, which is to hit the ball in the air before it bounces. | 7-foot areas on either side of the net known | closed_qa | 3,397 |
What is s3 equivalent in Azure? | Azure Blob is the Microsoft equivalent to Amazon's S3-based object storage services. | open_qa | 3,398 |
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Who won the 2022 NBA Finals MVP? | Stephen Curry | open_qa | 3,400 |
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What is a stock in finance? | In finance, stock (also capital stock) consist of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. (Especially in American English, the word "stocks" is also used to refer to shares.) A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporation in proportion to the total number of shares. This typically entitles the shareholder (stockholder) to that fraction of the company's earnings, proceeds from liquidation of assets (after discharge of all senior claims such as secured and unsecured debt), or voting power, often dividing these up in proportion to the amount of money each stockholder has invested. Not all stock is necessarily equal, as certain classes of stock may be issued for example without voting rights, with enhanced voting rights, or with a certain priority to receive profits or liquidation proceeds before or after other classes of shareholders.
Stock can be bought and sold privately or on stock exchanges, and such transactions are typically heavily regulated by governments to prevent fraud, protect investors, and benefit the larger economy. The stocks are deposited with the depositories in the electronic format also known as Demat account. As new shares are issued by a company, the ownership and rights of existing shareholders are diluted in return for cash to sustain or grow the business. Companies can also buy back stock, which often lets investors recoup the initial investment plus capital gains from subsequent rises in stock price. Stock options issued by many companies as part of employee compensation do not represent ownership, but represent the right to buy ownership at a future time at a specified price. This would represent a windfall to the employees if the option is exercised when the market price is higher than the promised price, since if they immediately sold the stock they would keep the difference (minus taxes). | open_qa | 3,403 |
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Maurice Micklewhite became famous as who | Michael Caine | open_qa | 3,404 |
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Where is Lugașu de Jos | Lugașu de Jos (Hungarian: Alsólugos, Slovak: Lugaše) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 3,580 people. It is composed of three villages: Lugașu de Jos, Lugașu de Sus (Felsőlugos) and Urvind (Örvénd). | Lugașu de Jos is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 3,580 people. It is composed of three villages: Lugașu de Jos, Lugașu de Sus (Felsolugos) and Urvind (Oervend). | closed_qa | 3,408 |
Name three different bug type Pokemon. | Five bug type Pokemon are Metapod, Pinsir, and Caterpie. | open_qa | 3,409 |
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Which dragon in Game of Thrones was reanimated as a wight? | Viserion | open_qa | 3,410 |
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What is process manufacturing? | Process manufacturing is the branch of manufacturing that manufactures goods by combining ingredients that include raw materials and chemicals following a recipe with a specific formulae. This recipe is often kept as a trade secret and often includes variables like heat, moisture content, mixing rates etc. Examples of goods due to process manufacturing include face creams, shampoos, beers and pharmaceutical products. | general_qa | 3,412 |
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Where is Smuggler Cove Shell Midden located? | The Smuggler Cove Shell Midden (Smithsonian trinomial: 35TI46) is an archeological site located in Oswald West State Park near Neahkahnie Beach, Oregon, United States. First documented by archeologists in 1976, the midden has been found to contain remains of mussels, barnacles, and chiton to a depth of approximately 30 centimeters (12 in). Radiocarbon dating of a single sample of shell debris indicates that the Smuggler Cove campsite was occupied around 1660 CE, approximately the same date as the supposed wreck of a European ship at nearby Nehalem Spit, suggesting the site may preserve information from both before and after first contact between local people and Europeans. The site has been heavily damaged by construction of recreational facilities and coastal erosion, but a significant portion remains with potential to contribute to future research. Data generated from the site may help answer questions related to environmental change in the Oregon Coast region, settlement and subsistence patterns, emergence of ethnographic patterns among coastal people, the change in cultural patterns from before to after contact with European Americans, and other topics. | Smuggler Cove shell Midden is located in Oswald West State Park near Neahkahnie Beach in Oregon, United States. | closed_qa | 3,413 |
Who was the first couple to win the Nobel prize? | Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/ KURE-ee, French pronunciation: [maʁi kyʁi], Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarja skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska]; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner of her first Nobel Prize, making them the first-ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. | Marie Curie and Pierre Curie are the first couple to win the Nobel prize. | closed_qa | 3,414 |
Why is it so hard now to name a favorite musician? | Compared to 10 years ago, this question has grown a lot harder to answer. In the old days, songs were indexed by song-writers. Prior to the digital age, the most popular media was physical cassettes, and it’s natural to group the cassettes by artists. Moreover, artists used to be the primary mechanism to discover new music. The cost of listening to new songs was usually high, since there were few ways to try new music, so fans tended to buy music from the same artists for quality (and taste) assurance.
With the evolution of music streaming and the decline of the recording industry, the granularity of “listening to music” has refined significantly. Listeners no longer need to buy whole cassettes, but can pick songs individually. Moreover, recommendation algorithms allow fans to discover music by popularity, genre or even mood. As a result, music fans now sample from such a wide range of artists that it’s hard to name a single favorite. And due to the insane number of accessible songs, Even if you listen to a specific artist most frequently among your collection, you may still only like a small percentage of all the songs he/she wrote, which leads to the shaky conviction that you actually have a “favorite musician”.
On the other hand, I believe the palette for music depends a lot on “environment”. It could be a physical environment (eg. beach or gym), an action (eg. working or cooking), or a mood (eg. chill or psyched). The like or dislike towards a certain piece of music changes drastically when these variables change. To some extent, I view music more as a tool than as an art form, in that I seek certain utility from music at different times. However, music judgment for me is also not 100% a rational or utilitarian process. It still very much comes from intuition, though that intuition is heavily biased by environmental factors. | general_qa | 3,416 |
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Who are Daenerys Targaryen's dragons named after? | Drogon is named for her late husband, Khal Drogo, and Viserion and Rhaegal are named for her late brothers, Viserys and Rhaegar. | open_qa | 3,419 |
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What is the best party to vote for in the US? | Voting is a personal choice, and as an AI, I can't tell you which to prefer. The two largest parties in the US are the Democrats and Republicans, but there are many smaller parties too (e.g., Green Party and Libertarians), as well as many Independent candidates. | general_qa | 3,421 |
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How many players participate in an ultimate frisbee game? | A standard ultimate frisbee game consists of two teams with seven players on each side. Other less popular variations exist, such as beach ultimate frisbee which typically has five players on each team. | general_qa | 3,424 |
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Given a reference text about S26, tell me where it begins and ends. | S26 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It runs from Teltow in the district (Kreis) of Potsdam-Mittelmark via Südkreuz, through the Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel with a stop at Friedrichstraße, and ends in Waidmannslust in the borough of Reinickendorf. On weekends the S26 runs from Teltow to Potsdamer Platz.
Trains on this line run every 20 minutes. This interval is in sections shortened to a 10-minute interval by the S25. There is no night service on this line. | S26 begins in Tetlow and ends in Waidmannslust. | closed_qa | 3,426 |
Given this information about the players championship tournament, what were the weather conditions on March 20th 1977? | The 1977 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 17–20 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The fourth Tournament Players Championship, it was the first of five consecutive at Sawgrass, which had agreed a multi-year with the PGA Tour in 1976.
Mark Hayes was the champion in windy conditions at 289 (+1), two strokes ahead of runner-up Mike McCullough. McCullough and Tom Watson were the co-leaders after the third round, with Hayes a stroke back. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus finished four strokes back, in a tie for fifth place.
Bob Menne set the tour's 72-hole record for fewest putts with 99, but tied for 47th at 303 (+15). The record had been 102 putts, by Bert Yancey in 1966 at his victory in the final Portland Open Invitational. | It was windy | closed_qa | 3,427 |
What are the words of House Lannister? | "Hear Me Roar" | open_qa | 3,432 |
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How did India get independence from colonial rule | Non vioalence movement and violence movement both were prevalent, huge number of discussions, fights,protests etc paved way for indepdence | open_qa | 3,434 |
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What is does ELT stand for? | ELT stands for extract, transfer and load. This refers to a data flow lifecycle. Extract refers to extracting data from source system of records, load refers to the process to load the data into another system, and transfer stands for the process load the data into that new system. ELT also describes a process for loading source data into another system of record that is stored in the original format as the source system. | open_qa | 3,438 |
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What is the difference between a dialect and an accent? | Most people would commonly refer to an accent as a distinctly unique annunciation of consonant and vowels commonly heard in a geographic proximity or spoken by a distinct community coming from a geographic proximity. Dialect, on the other hand, has attributions beyond annunciation of sounds, and includes the use of slang or local terms, mixed etymology and an element of shared ideas or principles about how to communicate. Another category not considered here is a creole, which is a blending of two or more languages. | open_qa | 3,439 |
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Why do people hate pineapple on pizza? | Pineapple has grown to be a rather controversial pizza topping. Those that love it may like it for the contrast of the sweet and juicy pineapple combined with the savory profile from a traditional tomato sauce based pizza. As pineapple is commonly known to be from Hawaii, some pizzerias have named a pineapple and ham pizza as a "Hawaiian" pizza which some may favor as Hawaii is usually a popular vacation destination and considered an exotic option for something traditional like pizza. Others that take a more purist preference towards pizza toppings have criticized pineapple as an abomination. | general_qa | 3,442 |
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What was Meghan Markle's royal title? | Meghan Markle's royal title is Duchess of Sussex. | open_qa | 3,443 |
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What singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou? | George Michael. | open_qa | 3,444 |
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What is the Firefly Music Festival? | The Firefly Music Festival is a multi genre music festival that started in 2012. It is held in Dover, Delaware and is 4 days long. The artists who perform at Firefly vary significantly in genre, including country, pop, punk, hip hop, EDM, and alternative. Most people who attend Firefly camp onsite, but you can also stay in local hotels or commute to the festival. | open_qa | 3,445 |
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What is a prime number? | A prime number is a number greater than one that can only be divided by the number 1 and itself. | open_qa | 3,446 |
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Name some of Sweden's most famous companies | Here are some examples of Sweden's most famous companies.
Volvo
Hennes & Mauritz
Electrolux
IKEA
Spotify
Klarna | open_qa | 3,447 |
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Name some plays that were written by Shakespeare | Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing | open_qa | 3,448 |
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According to this paragraph, what records did Stevens break as a basketball coach? | In 2010, his third year as head coach, Stevens broke the NCAA record for most wins in a coach's first three years, exceeding the previous record by eight wins. In the NCAA Tournament, Stevens coached Butler to the first Final Four in school history, while also becoming the second-youngest head coach to make an NCAA National Championship game, losing 61–59 to Duke. With the following season's team also making the Final Four, Stevens became the youngest coach to go to two Final Fours. Stevens coached the Bulldogs in their second consecutive national championship game on April 4, 2011, where the team again lost, this time to the Connecticut Huskies. Stevens was regularly named a finalist for Horizon League Coach of the Year award, winning twice, and was also a nominee for both the Hugh Durham Award and Jim Phelan Award in every year of his college career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Stevens | According to this paragraph, Stevens has the most wins as an NCAA coach in his first three years and took Butler to its first Final Four in the history of the school. He was also the youngest men's college basketball coach ever to take his team to the NCAA championship game and to two consecutive Final Fours. | closed_qa | 3,451 |
given the following text, tell me the most popular method for training multi-layer perceptrons today and explain how it works | Today, the most popular method for training multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) is back-propagation. The terminology "back-propagating errors" was introduced in 1962 by Frank Rosenblatt, but he did not know how to implement this, although Henry J. Kelley had a continuous precursor of backpropagation already in 1960 in the context of control theory. Modern backpropagation is actually Seppo Linnainmaa's general reverse mode of automatic differentiation (1970) for discrete connected networks of nested differentiable functions. It is an efficient application of the chain rule (derived by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1673) to networks of differentiable nodes. In 1982, Paul Werbos applied backpropagation to MLPs in the way that has become standard. In 1985, David E. Rumelhart et al. published an experimental analysis of the technique. Many improvements have been implemented in subsequent decades.
During backpropagation, the output values are compared with the correct answer to compute the value of some predefined error-function. The error is then fed back through the network. Using this information, the algorithm adjusts the weights of each connection in order to reduce the value of the error function by some small amount. After repeating this process for a sufficiently large number of training cycles, the network will usually converge to some state where the error of the calculations is small. In this case, one would say that the network has learned a certain target function. To adjust weights properly, one applies a general method for non-linear optimization that is called gradient descent, due to Augustin-Louis Cauchy, who first suggested it in 1847. For this, the network calculates the derivative of the error function with respect to the network weights, and changes the weights such that the error decreases (thus going downhill on the surface of the error function). For this reason, back-propagation can only be applied on networks with differentiable activation functions. | Today, the most popular method for training multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) is back-propagation. During backpropagation, the output values are compared with the correct answer to compute the value of some predefined error-function. The error is then fed back through the network. Using this information, the algorithm adjusts the weights of each connection in order to reduce the value of the error function by a small amount. After repeating this process for a sufficiently large number of training cycles, the network will usually converge to a state where the error of the calculations is small. In this case, one would say that the network has learned a certain target function | closed_qa | 3,454 |
What is a popular mystery book series? | Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle | open_qa | 3,455 |
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What does Chevron do? | Chevron is an oil and gas company that has operations in the entire well lifecycle. Chevron drills land and deep water wells. They have refineries for processing oil into gasoline and other products. Chevron has an entire trucking fleet company for delivering their produced gasoline to Chevron and Texaco gas station direct to consumer. They have surface facility networks for moving produced oil all over the United States. They also have Chevron shipping to move oil overseas to other countries. Chevron has all the talent - drilling engineers, petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, and seismologists, and other support personnel necessary to deliver the full well lifecycle | open_qa | 3,458 |
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What is the best way to make Indian ginger tea? | To make two cups of Indian masala tea, first take 1.5 cups of water in a pot and add about 1 teaspoon of grated ginger, add 2 tablespoons of loose tea leaves (best is Tetley tea). Bring this to boil and add 3/4 cup of milk (whole milk tastes the best) and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Simmer and let the mixture boil for 5 minutes. Use a fine strainer to pour the tea into cups. Enjoy your cup of the best Indian Ginger tea ever. | general_qa | 3,462 |
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Given a reference text about the Kwahu Plateau, tell me its average and highest elevations. | The Kwahu Plateau is a 260 km (160 mi) long plateau in southern Ghana. It consists of the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River Basin. It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the Volta River system from rivers in the western half of Ghana which flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Birim, Pra, Ankobra). The plateau has an average elevation of 1,500 feet and its highest point is Mount Akmawa at 2,586 feet. The plateau is dissected by several valleys and is marked by towering peaks. To the south it borders dense forest country, which it shields from the harmattan winds of the interior. Cacao cultivation has been introduced in the west, through which traditional trade routes lead to the Atlantic; vegetable cultivation is stressed in the eastern sector. The largest and most important towns on the Kwahu Plateau are Wenchi, Mampong, Mpraeso, and Abetifi.[1 | The average and highest elevations of the Kwahu Plateau are 1,500 feet and 2,587 feet, respectively. | closed_qa | 3,463 |
Why might someone choose to move to Seattle? | Seattle is an appealing place to move for a variety of reasons. It is lively city with plenty of urban activities while also featuring the natural beauty of the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains. | general_qa | 3,466 |
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Who were the Grateful Dead? | The Grateful Dead were a band founded in 1965 in the Bay Area. Their original members include Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron (Pigpen) McKernan and Bill Kreutzman. | open_qa | 3,467 |
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What is the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? | Alligators and crocodiles have many similarities, including both having short legs, powerful tails, and long snouts, but there are also a number of ways to tell them apart. First, they are usually found in different locations, with alligators preferring freshwater areas and crocodiles being found in saltwater habitats. Second, their snouts are shaped differently, with alligators having a broad, U-shaped snout, where the snout of crocodiles is more narrow and V-shaped. You can often see some of the bottom teeth on a crocodile, even when its mouth is shut, but not on an alligator. Finally, alligators usually appear to be more black or dark gray, with crocodiles appearing more tan or olive. | open_qa | 3,468 |
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Why do we still use vacuum tubes in modern electric guitar amplifier? | The vacuum tube, electron tube, valve of simply tube is a technology that was developed at the beginning of the 1900. Its primary purpose was to perform fundamental electronic functions such as signal amplification and current rectification. The invention of the transistor, a semi-conductor device, in the 1940s presented a better, safer, smaller and more efficient alternative to the vacuum tube. The transistor also have the advantages of being more reliable that the vacuum tube. Despite its inconvenient, the tube remains favoured by many audiophiles and musicians.
In electric guitar amplification, the tube produces pleasing harmonics when pushed into saturation. The tube generally offers a softer clipping characteristics compared to bipolar transistor when the amplification gain is pushed. It is also known to react extremely well to the guitar player dynamic ranging from clean sparkly sound, when barely touching the guitar strings, to crunch and distortion when entering saturation. | general_qa | 3,470 |
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Given this reference about the Battle of Okinawa during WW2, what was the difference in between the US (77th Infantry Division) and the Japanese casualties and wounded? | The land battle took place over about 81 days beginning on 1 April 1945. The first Americans ashore were soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division who landed in the Kerama Islands, 15 mi (24 km) west of Okinawa on 26 March. Subsidiary landings followed, and the Kerama group was secured over the next five days. In these preliminary operations, the 77th Infantry Division suffered 27 dead and 81 wounded, while the Japanese dead and captured numbered over 650. The operation provided a protected anchorage for the fleet and eliminated the threat from suicide boats. | The difference was about 542 | closed_qa | 3,471 |
What is the oldest manufacturer of cymbals? | Turkish company, Zildjian, was founded in 1623 in then-Ottoman Empire. It is best known for its cymbals. | open_qa | 3,473 |
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What are the colors of the rainbow? | A rainbow is formed when sunlight scatters from raindrops and reflects red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. | open_qa | 3,475 |
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Which African country was founded by Americans | Liberia | open_qa | 3,476 |
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What is the significance of Thanks Giving. | The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated 43 years later in 1621 at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in Massachusetts. The Wampanoag Native Americans helped the pilgrims who arrived in Massachusetts cultivate the land and fish, saving them from starvation. At harvest time in the winter of 1621, they were very thankful that they had a good crop of food to eat during the coming winter. They thanked God and the Wampanoags for teaching them how to grow crops. The Thanksgiving holiday became a national phenomenon during the Civil War and a true national holiday during FDR's presidency. | general_qa | 3,478 |
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When is the world diabetes day celebrated? | World diabetes day is celebrated on November 14 | open_qa | 3,479 |
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Why is Peter Pan usually portrayed by a female on stage performances (not movies)? | Peter Pan was introduced to the world in 1904. At the time, stage productions were prominent and the Broadway play director wanted to cast a female. That tradition has continued and a woman is cast often. | open_qa | 3,482 |
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What specie is the Anachemmis sober? | Anachemmis sober is a species of false wolf spiders & wandering spiders in the family Zoropsidae. It is found in the United States. | Anachemmis sober is part of the family of spiders of the species of false wolf. | closed_qa | 3,483 |
Given the reference text about Bodo Tümmler, who was he? | Tümmler was born in Thorn, West-Prussia, now Toruń, Poland. He entered the 1968 Olympics as the reigning European Champion. The 1500 m final was run at a fast pace and at the start of the last lap the eventual Olympic Champion Kipchoge Keino had already established a substantial lead. Tümmler and his countryman Harald Norpoth were in second and third place but were outsprinted by the world-record holder Jim Ryun on the last lap. | Bodo Tümmler is a middle-distance runner who was born in Thorn, West-Prussia (now Poland). | closed_qa | 3,484 |
What kind of cars are good for families with 3 small children? | When shopping for a car that will accommodate three small children, you need to think about car seats and storage space. Each kid needs to have their own properly installed car seat and you’ll likely need to have enough room for strollers, diaper bags, and other gear. Some mid-size sedans and small SUVs can fit 3 car seats across the back row, but to fit them safely, you’ll need to find the right set of thin car seats the meet the size requirements of your children (e.g. height and weight). For example, Clek makes narrow car seats. That said, taking a trip with 3 kids in these mid-size cars will be challenging unless you add a luggage rack to the top of your car.
Mid-size SUVs like the Honda Pilot, Kia Telluride, and the Toyota Highlander can accommodate wider car seats in their second row and even include a third row. That said, the third row is difficult to access when car seats are installed in the second row and there isn’t much luggage space when the third row is used for seating.
All that considered, your best bet for 3 kids and lots of gear is a minivan or full size SUV (Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon XL, Toyota Sequoia). Choosing between those is a matter of preference. It’s best to test drive the various options at local car dealerships. | general_qa | 3,488 |
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Where can I mine diamonds in the United States? | The only place you can mine diamonds in the United States is located in Murfreesboro, Arkansas at the Crater of Diamonds State Park. It's open to the public and you get to keep whatever you find! | general_qa | 3,489 |
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Why is prioritizing diversity hiring in an organization important? | Diversity is believed to bring substantial benefits such as better decision making and improved problem solving, greater creativity and innovation, which leads to enhanced product development, and more successful marketing to different types of customers | Diversity drives creativity, innovation, and personal growth. | closed_qa | 3,491 |
How was art used for manipulative purpose in racial discuss in the 20th century? | Racial categories have historically been used as a way to enable an oppressive figure or group to discriminate against other groups or individuals which were seen as different from that of the oppressor. In nineteenth and early twentieth century Europe, artwork was a common form of racialization which targeted countries in the Middle East and Asia. The artwork, predominantly paintings, were portrayed in order to instill prejudice in the Western populations through sexualizing and manipulating images. One of the most prominent examples of Orientalist work in art is a piece by Eugène Delacroix titled Women of Algiers in their Apartment. Dating back to 1834, it portrays three women resting in a harem in exotic clothing while an African woman is dressed in plain clothing, depicting her role as a servant. Fine textiles, hookahs, and other paraphernalia adorn the room, which represents a European fantasy of an exotic scene. Attempts to portray these cultures as strange, foreign and exotic through Orientalism led to intolerance towards the Arab and Asian communities in Europe and the United States. Others argue that Delacroix, who travelled in North Africa sketching extensively, was depicting a realistic scene of the era based on his first-hand knowledge and experience. In such an interpretation the clothing, for example, is consistent with the times, as Arab North Africans dressed differently from Europeans, and kept black slaves who would not have been treated as equals. | In the 19th to 20th century, Europeans commonly use artworks to portray prejudice towards Middle Eastern and Asian people. | closed_qa | 3,492 |
Name the top 10 Sci Fi books of all time? | Dune by Frank Herbert, 1965; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969; Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov, 1942; The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons, 1989; The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin, 2008; The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, 1898; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, 1992; Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1953; 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, 1968; Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, 1961 | open_qa | 3,496 |
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Why do people like to run very long distances like marathons? | As with all endurance sports, long distance running can pose an enjoyable challenge for some people. Some athletes are known to like running for its health benefits, its feeling of calm or meditative relaxation, or companionship with other runners. Whether running for fun or in a competitive race event, the feeling of accomplishment that comes from tackling a long distance by foot brings joy to many people. It may not be the best activity for all people though, and some may find activities such as bike riding or water-sports a more enjoyable way to achieve the same feeling. | general_qa | 3,497 |
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What is the tallest building in the San Francisco Bay Area? | The tallest building in the SF Bay Area is the Salesforce Tower. | open_qa | 3,498 |
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What enabled Libya to obtain rapid economic growth prior to 1990? | Upon independence an overwhelming majority of Africans lived in extreme poverty. The continent suffered from the lack of infrastructural or industrial development under colonial rule, along with political instability. With limited financial resources or access to global markets, relatively stable countries such as Kenya still experienced only very slow economic development. Only a handful of African countries succeeded in obtaining rapid economic growth prior to 1990. Exceptions include Libya and Equatorial Guinea, both of which possess large oil reserves. | Libya possessed large oil reserves enabling it to experience rapid economic growth. | closed_qa | 3,499 |
Bioinformatics | Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combines biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, information engineering, mathematics and statistics to analyze and interpret the biological data. Bioinformatics has been used for in silico analyses of biological queries using computational and statistical techniques.
Bioinformatics includes biological studies that use computer programming as part of their methodology, as well as specific analysis "pipelines" that are repeatedly used, particularly in the field of genomics. Common uses of bioinformatics include the identification of candidates genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Often, such identification is made with the aim to better understand the genetic basis of disease, unique adaptations, desirable properties (esp. in agricultural species), or differences between populations. In a less formal way, bioinformatics also tries to understand the organizational principles within nucleic acid and protein sequences, called proteomics.
Image and signal processing allow extraction of useful results from large amounts of raw data. In the field of genetics, it aids in sequencing and annotating genomes and their observed mutations. It plays a role in the text mining of biological literature and the development of biological and gene ontologies to organize and query biological data. It also plays a role in the analysis of gene and protein expression and regulation. Bioinformatics tools aid in comparing, analyzing and interpreting genetic and genomic data and more generally in the understanding of evolutionary aspects of molecular biology. At a more integrative level, it helps analyze and catalogue the biological pathways and networks that are an important part of systems biology. In structural biology, it aids in the simulation and modeling of DNA, RNA, proteins as well as biomolecular interactions. | open_qa | 3,502 |
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Why do kids like to play video games so much these days? | First, video games are fun and very addictive. The game is designed to transport us to new realities and satisfy our needs for achievement and recognition. Especially most of the young generation plays online games, they use that as a social activity to hang out and make new friends. In addition, kids now have fewer outdoor activities and stay home longer than before. so playing video games is the easiest way to entertain themselves and engage with their friends. | general_qa | 3,503 |
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Name four Ivy League schools. | Four Ivy League schools are Dartmouth, Brown, Princeton, and Yale. | open_qa | 3,506 |
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Why do Germans love their cars? | Germans spend a lot of money on their cars. Whether by leasing or buying. It is a kind of status symbol and German engineering is memorized every day via advertising or even cars driving around. Many sports car manufacturers like Porsche or even Mercedes manage to attract more and more clientele through their pricing and advertising through social media, serving not only the rich society. | general_qa | 3,507 |
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When will George R.R. Martin release the sixth book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire"? | No release date has been announced yet for the sixth book titled "The Winds of Winter." Author George R.R. Martin previously indicated on various occasions that it would be released in 2016, then 2017, then 2018. In October 2022, he appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and said that approximately three-quarters of the novel had been written. | open_qa | 3,508 |
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What is the "iron curtain"? | Winston Churchill first mentioned the word "iron curtain" during his speech on March 5, 1946: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow." In Churchill's mind, the "iron curtain" defines the boundary which separates western European countries under US influence and eastern European countries under Soviet Control. This was further solidified by the creation of the Berlin wall and the Soviet supported Communist governments that ruled over eastern European countries throughout the cold war. After the collapse of Soviet Union, the iron curtain disappeared as many eastern European countries topped their Communist governments and joined the Western sphere of influence. | open_qa | 3,510 |
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Name three different cuts of steak from a cow. | Three different cuts of steak from a cow are ribeye, sirloin, and filet. | open_qa | 3,511 |
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To which species does Allium desertorum belong | Allium desertorum is a species of onion found in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt (including Sinai). It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers are white with purple midveins along the tepals. | open_qa | 3,513 |
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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Longwaters? | The founder of Longwaters is only known as a knight and son of Ser Jon Waters. He is only known as Longwaters. | open_qa | 3,514 |
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What is an audible? | An audible can be used to describe how one can be prepared for changing circumstances. When asked an unexpected question, one is able to pivot their prepared response for another. | general_qa | 3,515 |
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Who was the prime minister of Spain when Spain joined NATO? | Spain joined NATO by referendum in 1986. The prime minister of Spain at the time was Felipe Gonzalez. | open_qa | 3,517 |
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What's the oldest capital in the world? | Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASS-kəs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دمشق, romanized: Dimashq, IPA: [diˈmaʃq]) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine" (مَدِينَةُ الْيَاسْمِينِ Madīnat al-Yāsmīn), Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world. | Damascus | closed_qa | 3,518 |
Who is the company Roche | F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. Roche is the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue, and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally. | open_qa | 3,519 |
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Who is Rentala Madhubala | Rentala Madhubala is an Indian scientist who studied molecular parasitology and functional genomics. She is the director of the Academic Staff College in Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was the Dean at the School of Life Sciences and the director of the Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility there. | open_qa | 3,520 |
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Where did David Leatherbarrow receive his PhD from? | David Leatherbarrow is Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Graduate Group in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, where he has taught since 1984. He received his B.Arch. from the University of Kentucky and holds a Ph.D. in Art from the University of Essex. He has also taught in England, at Cambridge University and the University of Westminster (formerly the Polytechnic of Central London). | University of Essex | closed_qa | 3,521 |
Is Horsfieldia nervos a plant or animal? | Horsfieldia nervosa is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak. | plant | closed_qa | 3,522 |
Who was Severus Snape secretly in love with? | Snape loved Lily Potter. | open_qa | 3,523 |
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What is the biggest fish in the ocean? | Whale Sharks are the biggest fish in the ocean coming in at 23 feet. Several species of whales are much larger, but they are technically mammals. | general_qa | 3,525 |
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What does someone mean when they say “flip him the bird”? | The phrase refers to pointing a middle finger at someone in order to swear at them. This colloquial form of profanity was popularized by Robin Williams in the movie Good Morning Vietnam. | open_qa | 3,526 |
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Why is Manchester United the best football team in England? | Manchester United is the most successful club in England because they have won the most domestic trophies and have the largest fan base in the world | general_qa | 3,529 |
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Who was the 45th President of the United States of America? | Donald J. Trump was the 45th President of the United States of America | open_qa | 3,530 |
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What is the most played popular and most played instrument in the world? | The piano is the most played instrument in the world as it extremely versatile and covers the full spectrum range of low and high notes. | open_qa | 3,531 |
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Is Divine Child High School a private or public school? | Divine Child High School, commonly known as Divine Child (DC), is a private, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, parish high school in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Divine Child is a highly ranked private high school in Michigan, scoring in the top 15 percent of private schools in the State. Notably, it is the seventh-largest private high school in Michigan and the largest co-educational Catholic high school in the State. | private school | closed_qa | 3,532 |
Haven't you always believed that Earth is flat? | No, I never believed that Earth is flat. The Earth is an irregularly shaped Ellipsoid. | general_qa | 3,533 |
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What is Crohn's Disease and what are some of the symptoms? | Crohn's Disease is a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBS) that effects parts of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Symptoms could include abdominal pain, weight loss and diarrhea among others. Bowel obstruction may occur due to the inflammation. | open_qa | 3,534 |
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Tell me about plant life cycle | Like any living being, a plant is programmed for its specie to last over generations.
With winter coming, the plant will generate seeds, what is called « fructification ».
These seeds are basically a strong capsule containing the plant’s genetic material and enough energy for the germ to grow the first leaf which will start photosynthesis.
The energy contained in the seed is stabilised under the form of starch. It is basically a long chain of sugar polymerised.
During winter, the seed hibernate, but when spring comes, specific weather conditions (humidity, temperature) degrade the starch and release elementary sugar molecules for the new growing plant to create its first leaf.
Chlorophyll contained in leaves will enable the plant to produce its own energy; glucose sugar, from carbon dioxyde, water and light, and continue to grow, until the next cycle.
There is a bit of magic with plants: creating oxygen and energy from air and sun! | general_qa | 3,536 |
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What is the difference between electric guitar and acoustic guitar? | At a fundamental level, an Electric guitar produces sound through electricity, while Acoustic guitar produces sound through vibration by strumming the strings. The sound produced by an Acoustic guitar is fuller or more round, while the sound produced by an Electric guitar is more sharp and it can be amplified to make it louder. | open_qa | 3,537 |
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Why is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" used so often to show fonts? | "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" contains all the letters in the English alphabet in a complete sentence. By showing that sentence in a particular font style, you see all the letters, and also see how it displays a particular sentence. | general_qa | 3,541 |
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What are the words of House Mooton? | "Wisdom and Strength" | open_qa | 3,544 |
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What kind of activity do good sales people do? | Good sales people build good relationships first by questioning and finding their interest. Then, they stat discovery questions. They don’t start product presentation until they finish discovery and find a space to listen in their customers. When they give some discovery questions they often use SPIN. S stands for situational questions, P stands for problem questions, I stands for Implication questions, N stands for need questions.
When they talk about their products they always how this product solves customers problems. They mention “You” or customer name frequently so that the customer imagine how they can change by that product. | general_qa | 3,545 |
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Who is the best all-time soccer player? | It is hard to say and very subjective among fans of different clubs and nationalities. But, it would be safe to say that the best all-time soccer player is among the following list: Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Maradona, and Pele. | open_qa | 3,547 |
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What was Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit in the United States? | "Heartbreak Hotel". | open_qa | 3,548 |
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List some of the minor houses in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire." | Florent, Caron, Graceford, Jordayne, Piper, Penrose, Waxley, Wydman, Wensington | open_qa | 3,549 |
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Which team was relegated from the league at the conclusion of the 1991 Season? | Waterside Karori were relegated at the end of the 1990 season, to be replaced by the winner of a play-off series between teams from the northern, central, and southern leagues (Mount Albert-Ponsonby, Nelson United, and Burndale United respectively). Nelson United won the series to gain promotion, but there is some controversy about their participation in the play-offs as they had only finished second in the central regional league, which was won by Petone.
Gisborne City were relegated at the end of the 1991 season | Gisborne City were relegated at the end of the 1991 season. | closed_qa | 3,551 |
Which is the best soccer team of all time? | It is hard to say since there could be multiple rankings to answer this question.
Assuming the best soccer players end up playing in Europe, we could take into consideration the European Champions League winners. Using this ranking, Real Madrid, having won 14 trophies, could be considered the best soccer team in the world.
Alternatively, Fifa awarded Real Madrid the “soccer club of the 20th century” after winning a popular poll with 42.35% of the votes.
Everything around soccer teams is very subjective and feelings could play a big part for everyone's answer. | open_qa | 3,552 |
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I am thinking of going to yoga. What type of class is good for me? | It depends upon many factors. If you are a beginner there are low heat classes like yin or hatha or restore. If you would like a good workout, you can go to a high heat vinyasa class. | general_qa | 3,554 |
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What is the best skill in judo? | Judo is a martial art, consistency, and dedication should be your doctrine if you want to succeed. In Japan, you could stay white belt for ten years before reaching the first dan grade, which stands for black belt level 1. This could be a bit disappointing for common standards, so in the rest of the world, to encourage practitioners and demonstrate progress, a belt colors system has been created.
Anyone can practice, at any age. Strength is important in competition, but the real spirit would be to rely on using the strength of the opponent, breaking balance with swift movements, and using your body to block, push, rotate, and endless combinations of posture to conclude the movement by a clean and controlled projection. | general_qa | 3,555 |
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What is called a Capital charge in finance? | If a unit trust manager takes the management charges out of the fund's capital instead of the income it has generated, it is called a capital charge. | open_qa | 3,556 |
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What is COBOL used for? | COBOL was designed for business computer programs in industries such as finance and human resources. Unlike some high-level computer programming languages, COBOL uses English words and phrases to make it easier for ordinary business users to understand. | open_qa | 3,559 |
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How to evict a tenant in California | 1. Give the tenant the initial notice which clearly state the issue and what is required of them to resolve it. There must be a valid reason for eviction such as failure to pay rent, lease violation, unlawful activities, property damages.
2. Post the notice with a deadline for the tenant to respond
3. Once the deadline has passed, you can file with the court by filling out the Summons and Complaint for unlawful detainer forms
4. Once your tenant is notified, they will have five days to respond. If they do not respond, you can ask for default judgement which allow you to order the sheriff to remove the tenant from the property and the court will order the tenant to pay for court and attorney fees. If the tenant files a response or you do not receive default judgement, you will go to trial.
5. The judge will make a decision after hearing both sides. The judge will either ask the tenant to vacate or allow them to remain in the property. | general_qa | 3,562 |
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Is black hole truly black? | A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape its event horizon. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. The boundary of no escape is called the event horizon. Although it has a great effect on the fate and circumstances of an object crossing it, it has no locally detectable features according to general relativity. In many ways, a black hole acts like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light. Moreover, quantum field theory in curved spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with the same spectrum as a black body of a temperature inversely proportional to its mass. This temperature is of the order of billionths of a kelvin for stellar black holes, making it essentially impossible to observe directly. | According to general relativity, a black hole emits no lights at all. Thus it is 100% black by definition. However, when quantum effects are included, a black hole has finite temperature, emitting lights called Hawking radiation. In this sense, a black hole is not truly black. | closed_qa | 3,564 |
Why do people need sleep? | Sleep is necessary for your overall health and well-being. Sleep is even so important not enough sleep can actually kill you. Sleep enables the body engage in processes that help rejuvenate the body through better mental and physical performance. A good night of rest will give you higher energy levels, better mood, clearer thinking and concentration. | open_qa | 3,565 |
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How many continents are in the world? | There are seven continents in the world | open_qa | 3,567 |
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Who is the St Louis Cardinals? | The St Louis Cardinals is a major league baseball team that play's in the national league central division. | general_qa | 3,568 |
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Why do sailboats have to tack upwind? | Modern sailboats use sails that act as foils, with pressure that increases on the inside of the foil higher than the outside of the foil, similar to an airplane wing and described by the Bernoulli effect. The sails must have an angle of attack that is perpendicular to the direction of the wind to be effective. Off the wind, or heading away from the wind, the sails can be eased out to maintain this angle. Heading into the wind, the boat can only get so close to the direction to keep the sails from becoming ineffective or "luffing." So to head in the general direction of the wind, a boat must tack at angles to the wind, to make its way in the direction of the wind. | open_qa | 3,572 |
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