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What are the secrets of being likable? Michael Simmons, Forbes Columnist | Author | Serial Entrepreneur 54 votes Growing up as a half black / half white, half Jewish / half Christian, only child of a single mom, I felt different and invisible growing up. I desperately wanted people... Read More » Mathematics: Is 30 divisible by 2 and/or 3? Prince Blake, Developer Alpine Navigation System, School Founder, Amateur Astronomer 169 votes Sometimes a seemingly obvious question comes up and you just have to FASTEN YOUR SEAT-BELTS, HOLD ON and see where this thing takes you. 30 is divisible by ... Read More » What is the most complex line of C code you have created or encountered? Zhiyuan Wang 103 votes This one is for 8 queens. board|= (0xffULL<<(current/8)*8)|... Read More » Can someone watch movies for a living? Keshav Jha, Personality type "A" 5.3k votes Rosy Story: In 2009, I took up a part-time job with a company in Noida, where I used to watch movies all night. My compensation was Rs, 10,000 per movie. (Pretty decent poc... Read More » How do you deal with parents who demand to be paid back all the money that they have spent on you since birth? Imran Tamizuddin, Engineering buff, Social Critic, Quora Addict 155 votes My mother would rarely (may be twice) tell me to return all the money they have spent on me since child birth. My father and mother were both very hard workers and smart ... Read More » How can I sleep without my mind thinking of a million things? Oleh Kovalchuke 135 votes The problem is circular, repetitive reasoning in your mind: you cycle through the same limited set of problems without solving them. The solution, then, is to break the rep... Read More » What are some good ways to make more money on top of your annual income? Prem Kale, Interested in Startup and Business 319 votes I have found many ways to make additional income apart from my salary. I have been making a sufficient additional income that I am becoming financially stable day by day. B... Read More » How can I learn how to do this mental magic trick? Jonas Mikka Luster, trimethylxanthine addict 83 votes It's a creepy and shit easy trick. Look at his right thumb. So your trick is: look decent, find a doctor who seems vulnerable to your advances, then use a simple notepad an... Read More » Is it true that Python is a dying language? Tim Chambers, I work in high-tech. I enjoy technology, science, theology, philosophy, civility in politics, listening to podcasts, and much more. I joined Quora because tweeps are migrating here. I don't have enough time to interact as much as I'd like. 180 votes I am a Computer Scientist from MIT, and I'm here to tell you that guy was messing with your head. There is no such thing as the proper-noun Assembly language. Each compute... Read More » Are there any jobs where people get paid to do virtually nothing? Denise Tapp, Writer, Graphic Designer 55 votes At the risk of duplicating myself, I will mention my late aunt's career as a Defense Communications Specialist. (I think this has come up under a different subject, Cold W... Read More »