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Is using a mouse less efficient?
Users of programmable text editors such as Emacs and Vim claim that using a mouse for day-to-day programming and computing tasks makes you less efficient.
For example, in this playful Welcome to Vim video by Derek Wyatt, he calls the mouse a…
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Has the FTSE lost more value in 12 months than the UK has paid into the EU during the 45 years since they joined?
Regarding the claim “The FTSE has lost more value in 12 months than the UK has paid into the EU during the 45 years since we joined.”
Is this claim accurate and furthermore what does this mean? Is this unusual or is this within normal market…
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Is mental exhaustion something real?
I can go from working hard on algorithmic programming a whole day, and feeling totally mentally exhausted, to playing chess. As far as I can understand, these two types of thinking should be strongly related.
My question is therefore, whether…
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Do magnetic water softeners work?
I'm extremely skeptical of the idea of magnetic water softeners (strong magnets attached to pipes), but desperately wish it were true because I hate lugging 40# bags of salt out to my well house in the hot Texas sun.
I'd love to see some objective…
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Was Trump late for his meeting with the Queen?
President Trump claims that he was early for a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and she made him wait.
Donald Trump has rejected reports that he was late to meet the Queen as "fake disgusting news", explaining that it was actually the Queen who made…
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Do women statistically have better multitasking ability than men?
I hear this very often, while woman can do several things at a time. If this is true, what are the qualifications that make woman capable of doing several things at once?
A quick Google search returned an obviously popular book;
However, I haven't…
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Did "the UK court system abduct and murder a baby" with mitochondrial depletion syndrome?
According to a blog post by the Mises Institute:
...the court system in the United Kingdom, at the behest of National Health Service bureaucrats, abducted and murdered an 8-month-old baby...
...the courts in the UK ruled that Charlie Gard, against…
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Will tuning your TV to a channel that isn't the presidential inauguration lower its ratings?
Plenty of people are posting the claim that if you don't watch the inauguration, or better still tune it to a different channel, this will affect ratings for the event.
Will this actually affect the ratings?
Claims:
A popular message has been…
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Is secondhand smoke dangerous?
There seems to be little doubt in public opinion that second hand smoke is dangerous, and I can see why. But many smokers have claimed to me that it is not dangerous at all and it is all media hype. What is the scientific consensus? I have heard…
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Is duct tape an effective treatment for warts?
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Natural Ways to Put an End to Moles, Warts, Blackheads, Skin Tags and Age Spots:
This is a scientifically proven method of warts removal. In one study, 61 patients with warts received either duct tape treatment or…
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Was this Jet Blue airplane snowed in?
This image has been making the rounds of Twitter, which shows a Jet Blue as airplane completely snowed in, with just its tail sticking out. The image is said to have been taken at New York's JFK airport during the January 2016 snow storm.
This…
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Is Spain ”the second most mountainous country in Europe”?
One hiking book my family owns described Spain as the second most mountainous country in Europe. Several online sources claim the same:
Spain then and now:
After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe.
Sustainable event…
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Did car and oil companies actively try to suppress electric cars' development?
According to some (e.g. the documentary film Who Killed the Electric Car?), car and oil companies have actively tried to suppress electric cars' development.
Electric cars seem to have technological benefits so indeed I wonder why they're virtually…
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Can tortoises become deformed by growing up inside rings of plastic?
I found these images on this image aggregator, which states that the photo credit is unknown for both images. The tortoises are implied to have become deformed from growing up inside the rings of plastic.
Are these images authentic, and is it in…
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Can you put on more weight than what you eat?
Someone once told me it is possible to have a net weight gain of more than what you eat. For example if you eat a quarter pounder burger you can potentially gain more than 1/4 pounds. Is this true?
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