lhine490
lhine490 t1_j29ol9a wrote
easy to grow. easy to ship (think how tough they are before they get ripe). A lot of people think they're tasty. They're pretty filling and healthy.
lhine490 t1_j1qsrli wrote
we don't know, yet, and that's OK. Maybe we'll find out someday, maybe we won't. That's science, baby.
lhine490 t1_iy09gtv wrote
it's mostly data mining. basically, you just collect a bunch of data you think might be related to gas prices. then a computer tells you which factors are indeed able to predict them, and it gives you a formula based on those results, and you just use that.
lhine490 t1_iy07pqz wrote
over thousands of years, we caused them to evolve qualities that make them lovable.
a hungry wolf pack would wander over toward a family of cavemen; the cavemen would feed and protect the wolves that were a bit friendlier, a bit more outgoing, a bit cuter, a bit more willing to protect them from other predators; meanwhile the uglier, asshole, aloof wolves would starve to death or get eaten and fail to reproduce.
repeat for a couple hundred thousand years or so, and the cute, friendly, lovable, loyal dogs are the ones being selected for, and a symbiotic relationship develops between man and dog.
lhine490 t1_iy05vhm wrote
Reply to ELI5 what consultancy companies do by sgt-ace
consultants are experts. since they're really good at what they do, their time is very expensive. it's way cheaper to just use a consultant here and there when you need them, than to hire them to work for you fulltime.
lhine490 t1_ja56x7r wrote
Reply to comment by throwawayprivateguy in ELI5: Why are native Australians called Aboriginals when in English the prefix "a" usually means "not"- ex Abnormal, atypical, etc? by Invisible_Swan
What a country!