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How Would You Design a Prison According to UX / User Experience Principles?

(0) Comments | Posted May 30, 2012 | 7:43 PM

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By Eric "Phil" Phillips, Inmate at San Quentin

If I were designing a prison, I would eliminate double bunking in cells and double/triple bunking in dorms. Look at the...

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How Do Good Hotels Always Feel So Clean and Fresh?

(1) Comments | Posted May 30, 2012 | 2:28 PM

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By Michael Forrest Jones, Beechmont Hotels Corporation

Housekeeping. You may think your own home is nice and clean, but even if you're an obsessive-compulsive neat freak, hotels play it at...

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How Exactly Are the Investments on Shark Tank Executed? Do the Producers Get a Cut?

(0) Comments | Posted May 29, 2012 | 5:31 PM

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By Nate Berkopec, Contestant on Season 1 of Shark Tank

It depends completely on the Shark who made the deal.

The contract for the show stipulates that 'making an...

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How Many Languages Does a Typical United States President Know?

(0) Comments | Posted May 29, 2012 | 4:55 PM

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By Nick Bhardwaj, VP of Monetization at NaturalMotion

I am going to assume we are talking about being fluent in a language. Taking that into consideration, here is the data...

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What Is it Like to Take a Cross-Country Road Trip by Bike?

(0) Comments | Posted May 26, 2012 | 9:24 PM

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By Jane Huang, Dilettante Cyclist

I knew nothing about cycling. I decided to ride my bike across America anyway. I had signed up with a tour company that promised to...

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Why Has There Been Such a Decline in the Quality of Popular Music?

(0) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 3:37 PM

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By Benjamin Moshe, Product Manager for IMDb

Kind of a strange question. Decline in the quality of popular music since 1650? 1970? 1995? Whatever the time period you're thinking of,...

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How Would History Have Been Different if Richard Nixon Had Won the 1960 Presidential Election?

(14) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 9:00 PM

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By David Hood, Quora User

An interesting question for sure! This is the stuff that comes to mind, in no real order. But really, after '76 all bets are off....

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What Are the Downsides of Being a Professor?

(0) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 5:40 PM

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By Ian T. Durham, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Physics at Saint Anselm College

I've been a full-time professor for 11 years now (four years as a department chair...

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What Is it Like Being a Single Girl in Silicon Valley?

(0) Comments | Posted May 18, 2012 | 5:41 PM

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By an anonymous user of Quora

I have been single in Palo Alto for the last 2 years. For me, being single in SV is frustrating. I realize guys think single girls in SV have it made...

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What Is It Like to Be a Teenager Today?

(0) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 5:29 PM

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By James Wang, Quora user

I am 18. Let me tell you what life is like.

It's awesome and I love it.

High school was completely...

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Is the Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover Over the Line in Terms of Good Taste?

(1) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 3:13 PM

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By Shannon Turlington, Mother

This photo is designed to be shocking and (pardon the pun) titillating. It is also designed to foster conflict between mothers who follow different...

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How Could the Sinking of the Titanic Have Been Prevented?

(0) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 3:03 PM

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By Chris O'Regan, Amateur Titanic enthusiast from Brisbane

1. Titanic could have been constructed with a double hull. The technology to construct double hulls was available; SS Great Eastern had...

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In The Godfather: Part II, Why Does One of the Goons Trying to Kill Frank Pentangelli in the Bar Say, "Michael Corleone Says Hello"?

(8) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 1:26 PM

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By Richard Stern, Award-winning Filmmaker & Entrepreneur

There are a lot of theories about that line.

One theory posits that that the entire murder was staged...

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If You Commit a Crime, Can You Escape Prosecution by Fleeing to a Native American Reservation?

(0) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 3:18 PM

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By Tim Dees, Retired cop, freelance writer, tech columnist at PoliceOne.com, and board member of the Public Safety Writers Association

I was once a tribal cop, and this...

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What Are Some Useful Hacks for Beginning Cooks Who Work During the Day?

(11) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 11:20 AM

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By Jonas M Luster, Food writer

You asked for hacks, not for a step-by-step which means I like you already. Here's some hacks.

This is a fun...

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What Makes Corn Kernels Turn Into the Shape of Popcorn?

(0) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 10:03 AM


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By Joshua Engel, Enthusiastic eater and adventurous cook

There are actually two different shapes of popcorn, "butterfly" and "mushroom." In both cases, what happens when the popcorn pops...

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Is It Possible for Hackers to Access My Computer's Webcam?

(0) Comments | Posted May 7, 2012 | 2:16 PM

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By Feross Aboukhadijeh, Stanford undergraduate, computer security enthusiast, and blogger

Yes, bad guys can definitely access your webcam.

At this very moment, your operating system and browser have multiple...

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What Is Life Like When You Graduate College and Start Working?

(1) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 3:22 PM

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By Dan Robinson, Software Engineer at Palantir

Two changes stuck out to me.

Jobs don't have homework. If you're anything like me, you spent a large portion of your...

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Is World Wrestling Entertainment Fake?

(1) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 8:26 PM

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By an anonymous user of Quora

Things that are predetermined or fake:

The match duration, main moves, finishing moves and outcome are predetermined. The major events of a match are planned and discussed beforehand, and so is the...

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Is it Probable that People Anywhere in the World are Kidnapped Solely for the Purpose of Involuntary Organ Donation?

(1) Comments | Posted April 27, 2012 | 6:32 PM

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By Andrew Warinner, Former Editor of the Urban Legend Zeitgeist

Kidney theft is a venerable urban legend. The origins of urban legends are notoriously difficult to identify but in the...

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