CULTURAL QA 01-2023-31 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What happens when you have two airconditioners in the same room with different temperature settings turned on? A1 Yash Desai, Design Engineer at MurataManufacturing (2018–present)7y Consider 2 airconditioners one set at the temperature of 25 degree Celsius and one at 20degree Celsius. The ambient condition to be 40 degree Celsius. Now when both airconditioners are switched on. Both of them try to attain the temperature that is set by us. Now once25 degree is attained the compressor of one air conditioner with 25 degreesetting would cut off and that particular air conditioner wouldconsume electric current equivalent to a fan. Coming to the other air conditioner it would still be runningat full load trying to attain 20 degrees. Once the 20 degree is attained theother air conditioner compressor would also cut off. Now since both theair conditioners are cut off the heat would start to infilter the room becausethe environment is still at 40 degree. The airconditioner with 20 degree setting would kick start once few degree incrementin room temperature is attained. But the air conditioner with 25 degree wouldnever start as 5 degree rise with air conditioner working is difficult toachieve. But if somehow 5degree rose is made the second ac would kick start. My note- With inthe room the average temperature will be20 degree c Q2 Did people die of dental infectionsbefore the toothbrush was invented? A2 Um, yes, both before and after. A dental infection can be lethal.Mostly it just makes you wish you were dead, but you really don’t want to havea thriving colony of bacteria in your skull. If it gets into your blood stream,for instance, your life expectancy might be counted in days or even hoursunless you get penicillin. (I haven’t heard of this actually happening toanyone, though, but Ihad a discussion with my dentist last time I needed a root canal job, and yes,it used to happen.) Toothbrushes don’t give your teeth 100% protection againstcavities, and there are many other methods of cleaning your teeth. And actually,dentists don’t know exactly why some people get lots of cavities withimpeccable dental hygiene, and some people never brush their teeth anddon’t have cavities at all. Cleaning yourteeth lowers the likelihood of cavities, but it’s not a 100% guarantee.It’s a bit like smoking in that respect: brushing your teeth will give you alot lower likelihood of cavities; giving up smoking will give you a lot lowerlikelihood of lung cancer. You might smoke all your life and live until you’re110; you might clean your teeth after every meal and still need dentures at 45. Before the toothbrush, people would still clean theirteeth. Sometimes by chewing something, sometimes with toothpicks, sometimes byrinsing their mouths with some concoction; in apinch, you can give your teeth a sort of decent cleaning just using your indexfinger by a simple rubbing. Their mainprotection was “not eating any refined sugar”. At all. Sugar was a prized luxury until very recently, andeven though lots of people had a raft of dental issues, cavities was usuallynot a huge problem. (Simple erosion of teeth was. Egyptian mummies, for instance, oftenhave their teeth worn down halfway to the bone; their bread wouldcontain desert dust that wore down the teeth over a few decades.) And richpeople could have severe issues; there are plenty of stories of royals who had tooth decay, and then hadtheir doctors botch treatment. My note- Once found bad smell in mouth, it isnature of people to try some method to reduce it. One is chewing betel leaves. Another is chewingtender mango leaves. But even with using best tooth paste after a period of say 2 hours,there might be some smell in mouth due to intake of foods. Q3 What is a "design flaw" ofthe male body? A3 Steven Haddock, Studied at YorkUniversity (Canada)1y Getting back to the testicles, which have to be outsidethe body because normal body temperature is fatal to sperm….. And in addition tothe fact that having the testicles drop down from the inside of the body means there’s an opening other body organs can drop through the same exit,which is what a hernia is….. Because the testesand the ovaries are essentially different manifestations of the same organ, when they drop down the nervesare still attached to the center of your abdomen. As such, when the testes feel pain, it literally feels likebeing punched in the gut because your brain can’t tell the difference between asignal that actually starts inside your abdomen (which would be serious) andone that merely seems to start from inside your abdomen. Q4 What are the most poor states inIndia and why? A4 Siddarth Krishna,Lives in Bengaluru,Karnataka, India (2020–present)Sat According to thelatest census, India has a poverty rate of 10%, but in which state is the most concetrated? Well,the answer to that question is Bihar Bihar is a statelocated in north east India is you don’t know and has a population of 120million people and is the 3rd most populated state in the country behindMaharashtra and UP, with large populations, comes poverty with 35% of all Biharis living inpoverty or 42 million Biharis, Bihar, in terms of percentage is thepoorest but by pure people, it’s UP which has 75 million impoverished peoplebut the 2nd highest poverty rate at 30%, these 2 states combined equal to 77%of India’s impoverished population, but, atleast in UP, the poverty in being reduced havinggone down by 15% in the 5 years, but, for Bihar, it’s actually been slowlyincreasing, proof, in 2020, Bihar’s poverty rate was 33%, not it’s 35%,this can be related to the NDA taking over, they are some corrupt people whohave done nothing for Biharwhich is a state with tons of potentional, if Bihar was under BJPrule, it would be competing with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in terms of GDPinstead of rotting away, it’s GDP of 94 billion USD which is actually lowerthan Kerala’s 125 billion, and note Kerala’s population of 40 million is 1/3 ofBihar’s but has a GDP 31 billion USD higher, overall, Bihar kinda brought thisdown on themselves. My note- But thispoverty is not much seen in cities very much. Even in 1995’s when I had been to Jabalpur fortraining in OCB technology, outsideour TTC cycles rikshas only waiting to go to railway station/ proper city.Now the things would have changed. Q5 I have heard that in Japan they havean economic problem similar to inflation but in reverse. Will someone explainthis to me or confirm if it really exists? A5 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam,Lawyer1y Assume you have 1 Crore in cash under your mattress. 20years later, its still 1 Crore but its value is only equivalent to Rs. 38–43Lakhs The rule beingMoney has to be spent in an economy to stimulate economic activity and keepgood inflation steady Sadly Japan taughtthe world a crucial lesson In the 1980s - Japan was flush with money and they keptreinvesting their money within Japan and Hong Kong.This was because South Korea had US money. India, China and almost all of Asiawere Socialist economies who never allowed Foreign money. US and EU did nothave laws to allow many Japanese Investments back then. So what could Japan do? Eventually they hadso much money that they had to throw it away.Loans became Cheaper, Cheaper and more Cheaper. When Credit ischeap, Cost of Finance is Cheap When Cost ofFinance is cheap, Product price becomes cheaper and cheaper.This means Costs come down andPrices Fall Initially Japandidn’t know how bad the problem was and enjoyed the lower prices immensely. A TV Set crashed from 127400 Yento 77200 Yen in barely 8 months in 1987 But then the ripplebegan:- As Costlowered and Products became cheaper, Savings increased.However the Savings was worthless since it merely increased the money supplyand there was no investment worth investing. So to reduce savings, Wages declined Can you imaginelowering wages for peoples benefits? That’s what happened.As wages declined sodid many other things Japanesewould dump their Cameras and TVs in the Thrashcan after 1 year to buy a latermodel because no one needed second hand TVs or Cameras or even repair the same. Japanese would takemillions of Yen to gamble in Las Vegas and convert it into USD and keep them inbetting cages. This is deflationwhere everything goes down in price and value because money is that easilyavailable. But Japan didn’t go down They fought backhard. They established low cost product outlets like the 100 Yen Stores andbegan to go for the Zero Investment Industry which maximized profits. They began toprotect their real estate market hugely and keep prices high They focused onareas where wage rises were higher like Shipping and outsourced them to othercountries Then when US opened up, they poured money in US and EU andChina. However theirspending was now increased due to global expansion and rise in prices - so thedeflation remained but this was a Good deflation that still kept prices low butprevented them from going lower. However those 15-20 odd years resulted in enormous debt (only way public money can grow is byGovt borrowing the money since Banks pay 0.25% interest) Still the Japanese are handling their problem well China learnt thelesson and built Super Cities and Lots of Infrastructure to keep spending money EU is next and hasto gear up or face similar deflation. Q6 Do any species of animal have malesthat take care of the young instead of just mating with the female and leaving? A6 Claire Jordan,Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Sun Of course. Most birds do this.Canines generally share caring for the young, either in a pair-bonded way(foxes) or because the father is part of the pack that hunts to feed thestay-at-home mother with new cubs (wolves, dhole etc). Ditto spotted hyaenas.Notoriously, male sea horses do *all* the caring. I’m sure there are many others. And of course, in octopodes and some arthropods the malemakes the ultimate sacrifice: the mother caresfor the young alone, but she kills and eats the male to give herself the energyto do so. Q7 How deep is the sand of the Sahara?What is below it? Is it a gradual transition, or is it like pure sand dumpeddirectly on some previous flat surface? A7 Patrick Boschmann, Lived in Canada Sat After working therefor many years I think I can provide an answer here. I spent years driving across the desert normallysolo in vehicles made for desert environments (less the airconditioning). Actual roads were few and far between. Most journeys involved taking aheading across the sands using landmarks, smoke and stars for guidance. Some of the “roads” were marked with barrels every km orso but they disappeared under the sand as it moved around, continually changingthe landscape. There was no GPS at the time orcell phones. Radios that we could use only worked very short distances. Gettinglost was a real possibility and usually a death sentence. They would stoplooking after 3 days assuming you had succumbed to the heat. On a single trip of 4 hours or so you could encountermany different surfaces. Thisdesert is typically comprised of hard brittle sedimentary rocks. There is alsofirm sand and soft sand. You would need to constantly alter the pressurein your tyres to match the surface you were on. Higher pressures to protectyour sidewalls from the sharp rocks and lower pressures to widen the base ofyour tires to allow you to move in soft sand. The depthof the sand went from zero to a few feet in many parts of the desert. There are other sections like the great sand seas wheredunes towered over you 100–200 ft. They are difficult to climband usually require you to find a path around them. The depth of the sand therecould also be 100 -200ft so just a whole lot of sand. In my journeys I found many diverse items like apetrified forest with stone logs everywhere. Desertglass, large stretches of a melted sand layer from God knows what. Sharks teeth and other undersea fossils. Bullets fromwhen the Italians invaded at the turn of the century. Wrecked fighter jets andold encampments. Equipment from WW2 and beautiful oasis’s with ponds and even fish sometimes. Old Romanruins and beautiful beaches. Really an amazing place. The desert was a shallow sea avery long time ago and a green and productive savannah before itbecame the desert that it is now. Q8 Why are there no mosquitoes inSingapore? A8 Arkaneh Urairat, Live in Bangkok knownuts about Thailand and ASEAN Updated 10mo Singapore, dubbed the Garden City, with more than2-million trees, making the country look more like a city in a large park,it’s for Singaporeans and other residents to enjoy lush greenery. The best part is with fewermosquitoes to bother you... it's a miracle, so to speak. Do you want to knowa secret? The secret of why Singapore has no mosquitoes or fewer mosquitoes,whereas across the causeway a stone's throw from the Woodlands satellite townarea, would be a world of difference in Johore Bahru, I am talking aboutMOSQUITOES, a little insect that kills. et me relate to youmy experience learned the hard way. On Saturdaymorning, a man rang a bell at my front gate, he said with a warm smile: "We are inspecting the houses in thisarea and teaching you how to prevent mosquitoes' breeding." I saw a lapel cardon him and noticed that he was from the M.of Environment and he carried a bigspoon look like the one my wife used to take a soup when cooking. I let him inand went around with him. He scooped that spoon into the open drain and looked at it,and inspected every potted plant I had, it's without theterra-cotta dish and I knew, having the dish would attract mosquitoes'breeding. He stopped at a canvas covering my son's bicycle, with alaser eye, he noticed something moved in a small pool of water on the canvas,he dug into the bag and took out a small pump, similar to what my son used forhis painting and dippedinto that pool of water and put that into a bottle. I noticed his eye beamingwith delight, so I asked, "What’s that?" He answered. " Nothing!It's just for a routine inspection." and left hurriedly. You know what? A few days laterI received a fine in the mail for S$200 fine for Mosquitoes Breeding and theletter stating the date and time of the offense and the description of "Mosquitoes' breeding as alarva was found." I called CHOO, mycontractor friend and asked if I have a ground to waive it as this was thefirst offense, Choosaid, " You got the letter, means no way to bargain, want to do it, musttalk that day when the man found that larvae... I just got $1,000 fine formosquito breeding last week at my job site... Just pay lah." That was many years ago when I lived in a house with acompound in Singapore and those men would take the turnto ring a bell non-stop. In fact, Icomplained about the fine to another person who came the following month. Hesaid, "Thatofficer was too zealous, I won't do that, I will tell you to be careful of thestagnant water." How nice was he? Singapore is afine country and there is no wonder that-NO mosquitoes in Singapore. Q9 Why is Bihar disliked by almost everystate in India? A9 Kuldeep Singh, Geophysicist(2018–present)Aug 19 Because They are poor so they are disrespected.Money isdirectly proportional to Respect. Raju and VijayMallya are both thieves but Vijay Mallya is bigger and richer thieves so hestill enjoying but Raju is still searching for bread. Bihar is a state which still deprived and in fact the mostdeprived state of the nation both in social and economic way. Like every Bihariwants to be IAS or government servant and they are ready to sell their land forthat. Their nationwidefamous food is “Litti Chauka” which also seems to be poor man food . It showshow we Indian think about them. Generally I seethese Bihari living at our building in such a pathetic way that you can’t evenimagine. They aregetting around 9000 rupees per month and in that money they have to handleeverything. Problem is Education. If a person likeLALU who is a fodder thief and still his party wining and forming governmentthen you can see how is port state of mind of people.They have everythinglabour resource ,minerals and a good fertile landscape which can yield goodcrops. So it will bephase wise solution like first educate persons ,then they get job and laterthey will align themselves to the nation.Respect Poorpersons #BIHARI IS NOT A GAALI Q10 What are the dark secrets about hospitalsthat no one knows? A10 Rumi, Doctor Jan 23 The surroundings ofhospitals, particularly govthospitals are filled with all sorts of anti-social elements. Once I was waitingfor my cab in front of hospital gate. A lady standing nearby was talking on phone… “They are telling it's very unsafe to stayhere at night. Someone may do gang-rape & kill & throw my body & noone will know. If the patient needs anything at night, they will go as hisrelatives, purchase it from pharmacy & give us the bill in the morning. Wecan then pay. Just I have to give him 300rs per night.” Once a patient ofmine died at 4am. I was on night duty. The nurse asked the security guard atmain gate to call the relatives. Usually, the relatives of sick patients areasked to stay nearby. After20mins a man came posing as the husband of deceased. I told him hiswife was no more. Immediately he went away. I followed him, thinking he mightbe near the patient. But….no. Thenfor 3hrs no one was there. At 8am, rest of the relatives came, but this time the man standing as herhusband was different. Even my maid, whoserelative's child was delivered there, confirmed the same. All the above QA are from Quora website on 30-01- 2023. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 31-01-2023 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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