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Would soldiers of the ancient and medieval world be terrified by the appearance of soldiers of today? Dallas McKay 2k votes Ask an Afghan. When we showed up shortly after 9/11, there were rumors the Taliban fighters thought we were robots. Our body armour protected against gunshots to the chest,...  Read More » How can I be best prepared for Amazon's technical interview in the next 15 days? Mark Ali, Computer science student, Football fans, Amateur photographer 50 votes I'd like to share my experience with you since I only spent less than a month to get offers from Google/Facebook/Amazon etc..  The common misunderstanding is that you can h...  Read More » What are the most unique lessons learnt from designing something as ubiquitous as Facebook? Luke Woods, Head of Product Design, Facebook 1k votes I've learned a lot of lessons while designing at Facebook. Three of the most important are:  1. Be Bold  When you're making a product you can take a more bold or a more cauti...  Read More » If you could travel back in time to the 11th of September 2001 and you had one hour to stop the event from happening what would you do? Mike Bowerbank 675 votes One hour isn't a lot of time. I'd pull the fire alarms in both World Trade Centers and phone in a bomb threat to the Pentagon to get it evacuated. I'd get arrested, of c... Read More » Is blitzkrieg still a viable strategy in war? Craig Weiler 401 votes No. The blitzkrieg was developed as a response to the tactics of WWI which would be suicide in this day and age.   The blitzkrieg strategy is to assemble a combined-forces a...  Read More » Is Chipotle healthy? Michael Sinanian, Law and Human-Computer Interaction student at the University of Michigan 265 votes Chipotle can be extremely healthy if you know what you're getting. The quality of the food is high, but you can't stock up on all the ingredients like you may be used to. K... Read More » How do some developers learn a new programming language in one night? Amogh Huilgol 143 votes I believe I am eligible to answer this question since I have done this before. I once learnt a programming language overnight because I had to start working on the project ...  Read More » Where did all the wealth of the British empire go? What happened to the merchants, lords and dukes? Andy Lee Chaisiri, Game Designer, Art Director, & Pokemon Professor 212 votes 1) When World War 2 broke out Britain gave all of their gold to the USA to convince them to join the war. Nowadays though Americans wonder "hey where'd all the gold in Fort... Read More » The U.S. and Russia together are going to take over the world, which 10 countries can stop them? (No nukes and all other countries stay neutral.) Khalid Elhassan, Eclectic Rabbit Hole 571 votes China, India, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam.   The first two are a deep reservoir of both manpower and manufacturing. The middle four are...  Read More » How do I learn all (I mean everything) of the Linux commands? Greg Kemnitz, wrote the innards of "the world's smallest (SQL-capable) database" 128 votes I agree that for the most part, you can learn obscure commands as you need them. If I were to recommend a short list of commands, I'd say: Commands useful in scripts 1. L... Read More »