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Top stories for Linnex Computer   Why do Europeans seem to have forgotten that the United States of America is the leader of the free world? Amanda Thilwind, Wondering how things got so dumb • Updated March 31 You know how when a teenager walks into a room and starts telling you things? I remember my daughter walking into my house in the early 2000's and proclaiming she had disco... Read more » 5.2K 542   Why is 'Reich' not translated when 'third' is? What is the English synonym of reich? John Gordon, Retired lecturer in German, University of East Anglia • Updated September 5, 2019 The word Reich is best left untranslated. Even the highly acclaimed historian Richard Evans, who is not keen on leaving words in the original unless absolutely necessary, l... Read more » 2.1K 245   Will a smoker's lungs clean themselves if they quit smoking and how long does it take? Bill Black • Answered January 17 I smoked from 17 to 65. Two packs a day until around 45 when I went to a pack a day. I also smoked weed the entire time. At 65, the VA diagnosed me with stage 4 COPD. After... Read more » 8.8K 1.3K   Is a 10x programmer a myth? Robert Rapplean, works at Software Engineering • Updated December 6 Nope. I've worked with a couple of them. You can't tell the difference between them and a big talker until one of them drops a thousand-line chunk of code on you that they ... Read more » 788 102   Does Netflix use SQL or NoSQL? Greg Kemnitz, Postgres internals, embedded device db internals, MySQL user-level • Answered August 12, 2022 Like nearly all nontrivial companies, the answer to the question is "Yes". Any large organization will have hundreds if not thousands of databases, and they'll use everythin... Read more » 92 6   What are the biggest myths about submarine warfare that Hollywood keeps getting wrong? Mike Chang, international conflict, military aviation, and politics • Updated March 27 Submarine movies have water leaks. If they dive too deep, then pipes break, and water is all over the place. Then they have a near miss in submarine-to-submarine combat, an... Read more » 2.3K 235   All other things being equal, would you rather see a doctor who is religious or atheist? Asked in Atheism and the Scientific Aspect • Answered by Geoff Green • January 19 All other things being equal? Wellll…. We're going to go on a bit of a tangent here. If you recognize this guy, I bet your knees hurt: If you can still climb stairs without h... Read more » 8K 395   Are hackers normal programmers, or do they learn special techniques? Bobby Venal, Sr. Malware Researcher at FireEye (2016-present) • Answered February 7, 2018 You can tell the difference between a hacker and a programmer when they run into a bug. The normal programmer will do whatever they can to fix or mitigate the bug so they ca... Read more » 3.4K 106   If Jesus Christ (PBUH) mentions prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the Bible then why don't the Christians believe in him? SARx, C Suite Management at Medicine and Healthcare (1999-present) • Updated October 9, 2024 This is a very good question that Muslims keep asking hoping to get acceptance into the Abrahamic faiths especially Christianity. Please see the Scriptural passage from Gosp... Read more » 2.3K 1.8K   Is Prague or Budapest the Paris of the East? Vojta Rod, lives in Prague • Answered March 20 Well, both are in Central Europe so no really in the "east" but let's talk about them Prague has very different vibe than Paris…And I wouldn't even be afraid to say that for... Read more » 78 18   How badly would Russia defeat NATO? Michael Wakefield • Answered March 2, 2024 "Was just talking with a NATO officer about the Russian Army and asked him how long it would take the Finnish Army to seize St Petersburg. He said, 'not long, only problem ... Read more » 17.6K 2.4K   Why is German called "Deutsch" in its own language and Dutch is called "Nederlands" in its language? Mats Andersson, Professional translator, B. Sc. in Physics, M. Sc. in Applied Computer Science • Answered June 29, 2024 You're asking the question backwards. Deutsch is the language of Deutschland. Nederlands is the language of Nederland. The odd one out is the English language, which has stol... Read more » 1.4K 215 Read more in your feed

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