Why do certain flavours go well together? E.g. chicken/coleslaw, tomato/mozarella, spinach/garlic, walnuts/honey, tuna/mayonaise?

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• Why do certain flavours go well together? E.g. chicken/coleslaw, tomato/mozarella, spinach/garlic, walnuts/honey, tuna/mayonaise?
• Why does my hearing go muffled when I get a headrush from standing up?
• Giraffes only sleep a cumulative 30 minutes per day. They take brief, minute-long naps throughout the day, all while standing up. How are they able to function without large amounts of rest?
• In quantum tunneling, if an electron has energy 2eV, why can it escape if 5eV is the energy to escape? Where does this energy come from?
• If the Milky Way is moving through space, is it orbiting something bigger?
• Why is voltage and current specified in electrical equipments?
• Where does the fat go?
• How does mica rotate plane polarized light by 90 degrees?
• What mechanism prevents hernias from healing on their own and necessitating surgery?
• What happens when you use Knuth's up-arrow notation with non-natural numbers?
• Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science
• How do Electromagnets Work with Conservation of Momentum?
• Is the element Mercury named after the planet, or is the planet named after the element? Or are they related at all?
• What reasons necessitate the imidazole ring in the base pairing of RNA/DNA?
• CRISPR Cas9 - How does the Cell decide which repair pathway to proceed with?
• Can strong wind influence the path (or the speed) of sound and light?
• What’s in the direct center of a black hole? When light and other various things get sucked into the black hole what happens to them? Are they crushed? What happens when something goes into a black hole?

Why do certain flavours go well together? E.g. chicken/coleslaw, tomato/mozarella, spinach/garlic, walnuts/honey, tuna/mayonaise? Posted: 12 Apr 2018 03:01 AM PDT submitted by /u/Edipya [link] [comments]

Why does my hearing go muffled when I get a headrush from standing up? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 11:49 AM PDT submitted by /u/Electric_palace [link] [comments]

Giraffes only sleep a cumulative 30 minutes per day. They take brief, minute-long naps throughout the day, all while standing up. How are they able to function without large amounts of rest? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 01:24 PM PDT submitted by /u/Luke-HW [link] [comments]

In quantum tunneling, if an electron has energy 2eV, why can it escape if 5eV is the energy to escape? Where does this energy come from? Posted: 12 Apr 2018 05:17 AM PDT submitted by /u/TheDragonTemeraire [link] [comments]

If the Milky Way is moving through space, is it orbiting something bigger? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 12:12 PM PDT submitted by /u/BrentusMaximus [link] [comments]

Why is voltage and current specified in electrical equipments? Posted: 12 Apr 2018 04:41 AM PDT My phone charger, for example, has an output of 1.55A at 5V. My understanding is that Voltage causes current to flow. Current is the rate of flow. So in the case of my charger, does the voltage here matter? Why is it specified? To calculate power? What if I have another charger that's 1.55A at 10V? What does that mean? Surely, my phone isn't getting charged faster because they're both 1.55 coloumbs of charge per second. submitted by /u/KillCq [link] [comments]

Where does the fat go? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 06:28 PM PDT I recently lost 20 pounds (yay me!) and I wonder... Where did it go? Did I pee it out or did it change into something else? submitted by /u/Mamashake [link] [comments]

How does mica rotate plane polarized light by 90 degrees? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 09:06 PM PDT I have a few pieces of iolite that allow me to demonstrate this property really effectively, but I don't have a good explanation for how the mica's crystal structure results in the rotation of light. I understand how a crystal's optical properties are determined by its symmetry and structure, and that mica is extremely anisotropic (hence its cleavage), and the pleochroism exhibited by iolite is intuitive enough to me, but the rotation caused by mica isn't quite clicking for me. submitted by /u/ExsolutionLamellae [link] [comments]

What mechanism prevents hernias from healing on their own and necessitating surgery? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 07:24 PM PDT submitted by /u/schematicboy [link] [comments]

What happens when you use Knuth's up-arrow notation with non-natural numbers? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 04:26 PM PDT Suppose you take Knuth's up-arrow notation. Using it on integers is easy: 3 ^ 3 = 33 = 27, 3 ^ ^ 3 = 333 , etc. But what happens if you place a fraction as the latter number? 3 ^ (1/3) is obviously the cubic root of 3, but what about 3 ^ ^ (1/3)? What if we place a negative number instead? Or a complex number? submitted by /u/Apophyx [link] [comments]

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How do Electromagnets Work with Conservation of Momentum? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 07:06 PM PDT I'm a grad-level physics major, but a couple of days ago I got asked a question that I still haven't been able to satisfy myself that I fully understand. Suppose you have two solenoids, A and B, separated by some distance. A is connected, generating a static magnetic field. B is not, and is a broken circuit (i.e. cannot sustain current at all). I connect B, so that it is pushed outwards by A's field, and then immediately disconnect A so that it has no dipole moment. Because the field from B takes time to propagate, coil A will have zero dipole moment by the time the field "arrives", and so no reaction force will be generated. One object has been pushed, while the other has not, seemingly generating thrust from nowhere. Time-varying fields aren't my strongest point, so I strongly suspect that what I'm missing is somehwere in the turning of the coils "on" and "off", i.e. that the changing fields in this window generates a non-zero Poynting vector, but this doesn't seem to grok with the symmetry of the problem. submitted by /u/Sand_Fall [link] [comments]

Is the element Mercury named after the planet, or is the planet named after the element? Or are they related at all? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 06:36 PM PDT submitted by /u/CRUISEK0NTR0L [link] [comments]

What reasons necessitate the imidazole ring in the base pairing of RNA/DNA? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 04:38 PM PDT Specifying: This is not asking 'why is there an imidazole ring in a purine'. Rephrasing: What reasons prevent the phosphate backbone DNA/RNA from using ONLY pyrimidines in their base pairs? Here are some things I could speculate possibly being the case: Is there not enough variety in naturally occurring pyrimidines to support enough base pairs? Is it because the hydrogen bonds between pyrimidines for whatever reason are either stronger or weaker than ideal for the various processes that depend on hydrogen bonds? Is it that a pyrimidine base pair would, because of being of shorter length, end up twisting the backbone more than it wants to be twisted, and/or stacking too much closer to the other base pairs? (for processes that depend on the power necessary to untwist the helix, and overcome the stacking energy) Is it that this configuration would not support the major and minor groove that becomes necessary in other processes? I know I have yet to read further in depth, specifically, on the topics of pi stacking and the ultimate function or necessity of the major and minor grove. Thank you submitted by /u/RNA-curious [link] [comments]

CRISPR Cas9 - How does the Cell decide which repair pathway to proceed with? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 03:02 PM PDT I understand that Cas9 is an endonuclease that makes a nick in the DNA, but then how does the cell decide whether to proceed by non-homologous end-joining or homologous recombination? submitted by /u/MaldororHollow [link] [comments]

Can strong wind influence the path (or the speed) of sound and light? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 02:52 PM PDT not sure if its a legit question or just dumb. but speed and sound travel through matter at a certain speed (i think). if that matter happens to be air, and if that air happens to be a strong wind, would this mean that it does get influenced? submitted by /u/jokasi58 [link] [comments]

What’s in the direct center of a black hole? When light and other various things get sucked into the black hole what happens to them? Are they crushed? What happens when something goes into a black hole? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 11:56 AM PDT submitted by /u/MistaKJ [link] [comments]

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Is it possible for a deaf person to have tinnitus? If so, how does it work?

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• Is it possible for a deaf person to have tinnitus? If so, how does it work?
• Is there a triple-point with plasma? Normally it is with solid, liquid, and gas, but is there one with, say, liquid, gas, and plasma?
• Why are there more venomous animal species in hotter environments than in cold?
• If a website is able to grade your password as you’re typing it, doesn’t that mean that it’s getting stored in plain text at some point on the server?
• Do objects other than black holes emit Hawking radiation?
• What is happening when we randomly lose slight hearing in one ear and hear a loud ringing sound in it for a few seconds before the ringing fades away?
• Surgeons, how do you decide which scalpel blade to use?
• What's the deal with optimum fuel efficiency at 55 mph?
• Do scientists periodically recalculate the distance of the Earth from the sun, time of one complete rotation and time of one complete revolution?
• Do deaf people who sign have the same speech errors as voice talkers such as stuttering, words stuck on the "tip of their tounge," mashing two words together, etc?
• Is the Flynn effect real, and if so, is it caused by epigenetics?
• Why is restoring vision so much more difficult than restoring hearing?
• What does Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle mean for forces created by particles?
• Solitary confinement: from a neurosci or evolutionary perspective, what change does it cause and how much stimulation is needed to ward off the harm?
• What makes a given Surface, (i.e. the edge of a knife) 'sharp compared to another surface made of the same material?
• If a galaxy cluster’s overall gravity overrides universal expansion allowing galaxies to collide, will a cluster eventually become one giant galaxy? If so, will all galaxies in the universe eventually merge into one?
• Why does our tongue react different to something after eating certain things ?
• Leakage of plasma due to vascular permeability in inflammation - only at venules?
• What can the James Webb telescope see that the Hubble can’t?
• Why do hangovers get so much worse you get older?

Is it possible for a deaf person to have tinnitus? If so, how does it work? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 09:43 PM PDT submitted by /u/Rexinator1440 [link] [comments]

Is there a triple-point with plasma? Normally it is with solid, liquid, and gas, but is there one with, say, liquid, gas, and plasma? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 07:40 AM PDT submitted by /u/Hexidian [link] [comments]

Why are there more venomous animal species in hotter environments than in cold? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT submitted by /u/slonsi [link] [comments]

If a website is able to grade your password as you’re typing it, doesn’t that mean that it’s getting stored in plain text at some point on the server? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 05:16 AM PDT What's to stop a Spectre type attack from getting your password at that time? submitted by /u/Matraxia [link] [comments]

Do objects other than black holes emit Hawking radiation? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 06:23 AM PDT Why just black holes? Does it suddenly stop after it's not a black hole anymore? What happens then anyway? submitted by /u/Fireheart318s_Reddit [link] [comments]

What is happening when we randomly lose slight hearing in one ear and hear a loud ringing sound in it for a few seconds before the ringing fades away? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 04:24 AM PDT submitted by /u/doodoojones [link] [comments]

Surgeons, how do you decide which scalpel blade to use? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 11:57 AM PDT Just curious--I'm a resident in internal medicine but I've only ever used 11 blades and 22 blades. (Plus I've never had to actually make a choice--whenever I've been in a situation where I needed a scalpel, one was handed to me and I went with it.) submitted by /u/orihihc [link] [comments]

What's the deal with optimum fuel efficiency at 55 mph? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 05:58 AM PDT It's a commonly held belief that your vehicle is most fuel efficient at 55 miles per hour. To such an extent that in the fuel crisis of the 70s it was mandated that all highways have a mandatory speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Is it true that your vehicle is most efficient at 55 miles per hour? If it is true, what makes this number special; is it an Act of engineering? Or something about the physics around that speed that has something to do with wind resistance? Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/saward92 [link] [comments]

Do scientists periodically recalculate the distance of the Earth from the sun, time of one complete rotation and time of one complete revolution? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 03:16 AM PDT Is it possible that the rotation and revolution of the Earth and distance to the Earth can change, resulting in a multitude of changes, particularly climate and our definitions of temporal measurements? submitted by /u/truthserum23 [link] [comments]

Do deaf people who sign have the same speech errors as voice talkers such as stuttering, words stuck on the "tip of their tounge," mashing two words together, etc? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 04:21 AM PDT submitted by /u/Strange_Vagrant [link] [comments]

Is the Flynn effect real, and if so, is it caused by epigenetics? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 07:27 AM PDT submitted by /u/DownvoteToKarmaHell [link] [comments]

Why is restoring vision so much more difficult than restoring hearing? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 07:16 AM PDT submitted by /u/The_Band_Geek [link] [comments]

What does Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle mean for forces created by particles? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 07:08 AM PDT Let's say I cool down a proton as much as I can. Since I know it's momentum extremely well, I don't know it's position. If I shoot an electron through the proton's possible positions, will it be attracted by the proton? Will it be attracted less? What happens if they bond? submitted by /u/FreakinGeese [link] [comments]

Solitary confinement: from a neurosci or evolutionary perspective, what change does it cause and how much stimulation is needed to ward off the harm? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 02:09 AM PDT So there are no shortage of articles describing the behavioral changes brought on by SC. But why are those changes brought about? From an evolutionary standpoint doesn't that stand out as a weird and glaring weakness? Wouldn't it be normal for us as a species to, at least intermittently, face medium to long periods of stimuli deprivation? That a being can be brought to madness from a simple lack of stimulation, seems strange doesn't it? You can easily refute that by saying "yes, but SC is actually quite elaborate, one has to be completely deprived to suffer the symptoms." But is that the case? Example: is there a significant difference of effect between someone in SC with only a bed, a toilet, and a sink, versus someone with that plus an interesting book, a radio, or an interactive board game? In other words, just how much stimulation does a person need to avoid those negative affects? What if someone is dropped into a forest alone with nothing but a tent and food for a week and they can't wonder off because they don't know their location? Would they suffer the same symptoms? Do we know specifically from neurological study where that line is between a dangerous lack of stimulation and just enough to remain sane? submitted by /u/HD_Thoreau_aweigh [link] [comments]

What makes a given Surface, (i.e. the edge of a knife) 'sharp compared to another surface made of the same material? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 02:05 AM PDT I know that the answer revolves around force being exerted through a much smaller surface areal, in the case of a knife's blade, but I've never really cleared up, whether that's the entire story. submitted by /u/molesen90 [link] [comments]

If a galaxy cluster’s overall gravity overrides universal expansion allowing galaxies to collide, will a cluster eventually become one giant galaxy? If so, will all galaxies in the universe eventually merge into one? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 07:04 PM PDT submitted by /u/Bletcherino [link] [comments]

Why does our tongue react different to something after eating certain things ? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 05:30 AM PDT For example, after eating chocolate, orange juice tastes more sour. submitted by /u/RRiven [link] [comments]

Leakage of plasma due to vascular permeability in inflammation - only at venules? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 05:18 AM PDT I'm curious why the movement/leakage of plasma through the endothelium during acute inflammation only occurs at the post-capillary venules. Why can't leakage also occur at the capillaries, which are similarly porous? One pathology textbook I've looked at states that the venules are the primary sight of plasma leakage, and a university web/infopage implies that the process occurs almost exclusively at the venules. submitted by /u/qqq96 [link] [comments]

What can the James Webb telescope see that the Hubble can’t? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 02:43 PM PDT submitted by /u/RushmoreTakeover [link] [comments]

Why do hangovers get so much worse you get older? Posted: 11 Apr 2018 04:48 AM PDT submitted by /u/MyWayToTheTop [link] [comments]

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If Potassium acts as a counter-agent to sodium in the body, is there a scientific reason we're not simply adding potassium to high sodium foods (i.e. processed frozen food) to lower the overall sodium level?

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• If Potassium acts as a counter-agent to sodium in the body, is there a scientific reason we're not simply adding potassium to high sodium foods (i.e. processed frozen food) to lower the overall sodium level?
• Why isn't desert sand used in making silicon? Why only beach sand?
• Would a fusion reactor be affected by earthquakes?
• I’ve heard that nuclear fission and/or fusion only convert not even 1% of all the energy stored in an atom. How much energy is actually stored in an atom and is it technically possible to “extract” all of it?
• In this video, a lineman equalizes potential between a helicopter and the power line. Why does that work? Shouldn't the AC current treat the helicopter like a big capacitor?
• How does a microwave use waves to cook food?
• What happens to the Uranium Dioxide lattice after undergoing fission? Do fission products stay in the lattice or diffuse out? What happens to the oxygen molecules surrounding the uranium atom that fissioned?
• Could gravity waves theoretically be reflected or refracted?
• Can a Spider Feel or Know When it's Silk Producing Organ is Empty Before Silk Stops Coming Out?
• How do newborn sea turtles know to go back to the ocean once they hatch?
• How were we able to work out that a spaceship could travel on top of a Boeing 747 ?
• How does sound move in plasma ?
• What is the cause of morning breath?
• Can someone explain to me what Yang-Mills Mass Gap problem is about? And what makes it so difficult?
• What mechanisms cause an infant to grow so greatly, but slow down in adolescence/stop in adulthood?
• Why do space craft need to enter the atmosphere at an angle and risk burning up or skipping off? Why not just enter directly into the atmosphere very slowly, using thrusters to counteract gravity, until chutes become effective?
• In an event of a power outage, can electrical appliances stay powered on if backup generators respond fast enough?
• What does a 392 MW capacity in a solar plant mean?
• How close to a perfect vacuum is space? How do satellite radiators work?
• What exactly happens when your eyes gets tired and you start seeing double?
• What were the technological breakthroughs that ushered in the drone era?
• In fiction, the gamma radiation (esp. from nuclear weapons) is usually depicted with a greenish, yellowish colour, and often makes objects glow. Does this occur in real life?
• What are the chances that we might receive an Interstellar Message? What equipment do we have in place for monitoring and how do they work?

If Potassium acts as a counter-agent to sodium in the body, is there a scientific reason we're not simply adding potassium to high sodium foods (i.e. processed frozen food) to lower the overall sodium level? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:18 AM PDT submitted by /u/axslayer33 [link] [comments]

Why isn't desert sand used in making silicon? Why only beach sand? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 12:38 AM PDT submitted by /u/Inagnusnah [link] [comments]

Would a fusion reactor be affected by earthquakes? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 02:50 AM PDT I couldn't find any sources on which effect earthquakes would have on a reactor. Obviously, the structure could be ruined by a high magnitude, but i was wondering if smaller ones would have any effect on either the safety or efficiency. submitted by /u/genericnameawaythrow [link] [comments]

I’ve heard that nuclear fission and/or fusion only convert not even 1% of all the energy stored in an atom. How much energy is actually stored in an atom and is it technically possible to “extract” all of it? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 05:05 AM PDT submitted by /u/liamguy165 [link] [comments]

In this video, a lineman equalizes potential between a helicopter and the power line. Why does that work? Shouldn't the AC current treat the helicopter like a big capacitor? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT This is a video that was posted in /r/whoahdude. https://i.imgur.com/d3hLJFQ.gifv Why does the potential equalize between the helicopter and the power line? Shouldn't, with every flip of the phase, a new potential difference rise between the helicopter and the power line, keeping a permanent, 50 or 60Hz alternating current flowing between the two? submitted by /u/the_second [link] [comments]

How does a microwave use waves to cook food? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 06:54 AM PDT submitted by /u/p1ttsburqh [link] [comments]

What happens to the Uranium Dioxide lattice after undergoing fission? Do fission products stay in the lattice or diffuse out? What happens to the oxygen molecules surrounding the uranium atom that fissioned? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:52 PM PDT submitted by /u/asolidshot [link] [comments]

Could gravity waves theoretically be reflected or refracted? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:12 PM PDT Also, just as light waves impart a force to things they interact with, would it be possible to cause net motion with gravity waves? submitted by /u/priestmuffin [link] [comments]

Can a Spider Feel or Know When it's Silk Producing Organ is Empty Before Silk Stops Coming Out? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 04:48 PM PDT submitted by /u/bigmike827 [link] [comments]

How do newborn sea turtles know to go back to the ocean once they hatch? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 04:39 PM PDT submitted by /u/cshideler [link] [comments]

How were we able to work out that a spaceship could travel on top of a Boeing 747 ? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 12:36 AM PDT submitted by /u/Loveyourwifenow [link] [comments]

How does sound move in plasma ? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 06:24 AM PDT submitted by /u/FaZe_XxxDanksxxX [link] [comments]

What is the cause of morning breath? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 12:13 AM PDT submitted by /u/Alice-23 [link] [comments]

Can someone explain to me what Yang-Mills Mass Gap problem is about? And what makes it so difficult? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 09:16 PM PDT submitted by /u/TheQinDynasty [link] [comments]

What mechanisms cause an infant to grow so greatly, but slow down in adolescence/stop in adulthood? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:48 PM PDT submitted by /u/shieldsee1 [link] [comments]

Why do space craft need to enter the atmosphere at an angle and risk burning up or skipping off? Why not just enter directly into the atmosphere very slowly, using thrusters to counteract gravity, until chutes become effective? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 03:43 PM PDT submitted by /u/ISaidRightTurns [link] [comments]

In an event of a power outage, can electrical appliances stay powered on if backup generators respond fast enough? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 03:36 AM PDT I just got a power outage and remembered that Tesla's battery backup system in Australia had a response time of 0.14 seconds. Is it possible for elecrical appliances eg PC, Microwave, TV, etc, to stay powered on as if nothing happened, if the backup response is fast enough? If yes, what is the maximum delay possible for those appliances to stay powered on through the outage-backup? submitted by /u/swangjang [link] [comments]

What does a 392 MW capacity in a solar plant mean? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:24 PM PDT According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility it says The plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts what does that mean. does it mean it generate 392 power in year or day ? submitted by /u/Shlazart [link] [comments]

How close to a perfect vacuum is space? How do satellite radiators work? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 04:35 PM PDT I've continuously heard space is not a perfect vacuum, however how good of a vacuum is it? Context and additional questions: I'm in a course dealing with geostationary satellites. Their heat rejection mechanism is a set of simple radiators. I asked if space is a vacuum how would the radiators work. I thought the point of a radiator was to expose the heat to a fluid to carry it away. How exactly would that work in a vacuum or near vacuum? The only answer I received was space is not a perfect vacuum. For reference if it makes a difference geostationary satellites are 35,786 km above the equator. submitted by /u/neanderbn [link] [comments]

What exactly happens when your eyes gets tired and you start seeing double? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:40 PM PDT submitted by /u/swedhitman [link] [comments]

What were the technological breakthroughs that ushered in the drone era? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 03:20 PM PDT submitted by /u/justmikewilldo [link] [comments]

In fiction, the gamma radiation (esp. from nuclear weapons) is usually depicted with a greenish, yellowish colour, and often makes objects glow. Does this occur in real life? Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:30 AM PDT Fallout is a great example of what I'm talking about. For example, in Fallout 3, the sky is a permanent greenish yellow colour because of background radiation, and the water is green too. Highly radioactive objects and creatures also often glow this greenish yellow colour. In real life, I know radiation has no odour or taste and is invisible, but can gamma radiation actually make objects appear greenish yellow or even glow? submitted by /u/LOLZpersonok [link] [comments]

What are the chances that we might receive an Interstellar Message? What equipment do we have in place for monitoring and how do they work? Posted: 09 Apr 2018 09:35 AM PDT submitted by /u/0x4f0x770x610x690x73 [link] [comments]

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