CULTURAL QA 04-2022-18

BEING  A COMPILATION THERE MAY  BE ERRORS 

Q1            Cana steel nail go directly into concrete?

A1            Steven Haddock Livesin Toronto, ON (1959–present)Apr 12

Absolutely. Although nails are made specifically for thispurpose. Not 
surprisingly, they’re called “concrete nails” or “masonry nails”

Masonry nails are made of steel with a higher carbon content (0.5–0.75%)to make 
them harder, and they have a squarish tip. They’re also thicker withrespect to 
the size of their head.

My note- But we get mostly ironnails only in India. 

Q2            Howdo I put starch for dry clothes in an IFB front load fully 
automatic washingmachine?

A2            Chukka Vishwavaram,Managing Director Answered 1h ago

You can select rinse and drycycle. First, mix starch ina mug of water and pour 
it in the detergent drawer. Then put clothes and startcycle. Your clothes will 
absorb the starch and then the dry cycle will wriggleout the excess water. 
After cycle ends, dry the clothes in the sun.

Q3            Dospiders have toxic venom that can transmit disease to humans?

A3            Ken Saladin Textbookauthor and professor emeritus Fri

All spiders, almost withoutexception*, have toxic venom. They need it to 
survive.

But very, very few spider specieshave venom of any danger to humans. Most 
spider venom will cause no more effect than a mosquito or tickbite.

And no spiders transmit diseases, other than the disease of the biteitself, as 
from the Australian redback or American black widow and brownrecluse bites. 
There are no parasites or infectious microbes transmittedthrough spider venom.

(*I think in an earlier Quoradiscussion someone didpoint out one spider species 
or small group of species that are non-venomous.)

Q4            Howdo you step down DC voltage from 24V to 12V?

A4            Krishna KumarSubramanian, Lifelong Follower of Developments in 
ElectronicsAnswered Fri

If you don’t want to waste electricity, you use a buck-converter.

In dc-dc converters, the average dc output voltage must be controlled toequal a 
desired level, though the input voltage and the output load mayfluctuate. 
Switch-mode dc-dc converters utilize one or more switches totransform dc from 
one level to another. In a dc-dc converter with a given inputvoltage, the 
average output voltage is controlled by controlling the switch onand off 
durations (ton and toff).

It’s not very complicated, and ituses magnetic components to cut electrical 
losses while doing its job.

2ND ANSWER- RobertGross, Retired Electrical Engineer AnsweredFri

If the current is constant, youcan do it with resistors; ifnot, you will need a 
more complicated circuit, or a rotary converter (motorrotating a generator).

Q5            Whydo avian species such as pigeons and seagulls nod their heads 
back and forthwhile walking?

A5            Donna Fernstrom Reptilekeeper and breeder, wildlife observation 
and ecology hobbyist.Apr 8

The answer is actuallyreasonably fascinating.Birdshave good vision. Like, the 
majority of birds have seriously AMAZING vision. They can see things we 
can’teven dream of seeing. However, if you’ve ever tried to read whilejogging, 
you’ll notice how much detail is lost with movement.

So what the birds are doing is holding their head stationary, movingtheir body 
forward, then snapping their head forward quickly so they can holdit steady 
again. Thisgets rid of the shaky cam effect, and lets them get crystal clear 
snapshots ofthe world around them.

Okay, it’s a car commercial, but it brilliantly shows how great birds areat 
keeping their head stable while their body is moving. They need to be thisgood 
to see where they’re going while they fly.This woodcock deliberately bobsand 
sways its body while it walks to mimic leaves blowing in the wind - part ofits 
phenomenal camouflage. Look how still its head is held while it’s doing 
allthat.Slow motion pigeon walk, to show the bob:The head snaps forward and 
isheld fairly still while the body catches up, then repeat. :)

Q6            Whatshould be done when water goes inside a laptop screen?

A6            Saddam Ansari , TechSavvyAnswered Feb 1, 2018

You should immediately switchoff your laptop or detach laptop battery from the 
laptop (if detachable). Don't try to start laptop after that and go to computer 
technician where theywill dry the laptops screen and any components affected by 
water by a heatblower. In case of water damaged screen there is very less 
chancethe screen will be functioning properly. You to get the screen changed by 
acomputer technician.

2ND ANSWER- AdarshM, Smartphone, laptop and pc gaming enthusiast, Senior on XDA 
Answered Feb 1, 2018

Immediately place laptop upside down and turn offlaptop. Dry out the screenfrom 
a technician. Since water is less corrosive, you can surely get it in 
goodcondition.

Q7            Howcan a person with a 30,000 INR monthly salary build wealth?

A7            Anil Roongta FormerMember at Consumer CourtApr 10

When my father joined IAS in1961, his monthly salary was 400/-. He would save 
75/- per month without failand deposit it with one of his uncles who was into 
business. He kept doing it for ten years. His uncle returnedthe money after ten 
years with accumulated interest which was a good enoughamount in those days for 
my father to purchase a piece of land where he built ahouse later on.The cruxof 
the story is if you want to create wealth, learn to save and invest from 
dayone. Control your expenditure, don’t indulge in unnecessary shoppingand you 
will be creating wealth for yourself and your family.

Q8            Ifscience can disprove the existence of God then why do people 
still believe?

A8            Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop 
owner, secretary on newspaper Apr 9

Science can’t disprove the existence of a god or gods, because we don’tknow 
what we would expect to see if gods exist, or how to test for it. It can 
however disprove the very literalinterpretation of various scriptures - it can 
demonstrate that the world wasn’t whisked intobeing in six days, nor was it 
created by Min wanking and then getting himselfpregnant.

Q9            Whyis the roof made so heavily in the old Japanese house?

A9            Hantani Sadahiko Livesin Japan (1967–present)Apr 11

It is called a thatchedroof.[1]

They make roofs with Japanese pampas grass and kaya.Thatch is believed to be 
themost primitive type of roof in the world, and it is believed thatdwellings 
using only thatched roofs were built in Japan during the Jomonperiod.Kayabuki 
was registered as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO onNovember 17, 2020 
as one of "techniques used by traditional architecturalartisans."

Q10         Howdo you check your PC's CPU temperature?

A10          Krishna. M Kumarsamy AnsweredThu

There are third party appsavailable that monitors temp like speed fan and cpuz! 
google it! or u can check in bios. press DEL at startup (may differdepending on 
manufacturer) to enter bios to check temp of ur cpu!

My note- I am having a fan unitpurchased long back tocool my old Laptop. It was 
placed below the Laptop Latest light weightcomputers doesnot get hot at all. 
All the above QA are from Quora  website  on    17-04-2022. Quoraanswers need 
not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 
18-04-2022

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