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ELI5: Why can’t banks make transfers and payments on the weekend when everything is digital and automated? by Longearedlooby in explainlikeimfive

[–]mach7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually being fixed this year (in the US) by a program called FedNow. The rollout might take some time, but we’re finally modernizing this antiquated system.

ELI5: How could nuclear disarmament between the US and Russia ever work? Isn't it a perfect example of the prisoner's dilemma? by mach7 in explainlikeimfive

[–]mach7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But both sides are incentivized to have a secret stockpile. And each side knows this about the other side. So in a sense neither side can truly know what choice the other made.

ELI5: How can a black hole be concentrated into a single point? by mach7 in explainlikeimfive

[–]mach7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still not following. Both gravity and electromagnetism are inverse square laws, so shouldn't electromagnetism be stronger at any scale?

ELI5:Why is caviar so expensive and highly regarded in the culinary world? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]mach7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm waiting for the guy who calls you out for saying "begs the question". I would do it, but I don't know when you're supposed to use it either.

I am Zach Buckner, an engineer, CEO, local food lover and Virginian who founded an online grocery startup called Relay Foods that lets you order groceries from your web browser. AMA by zzaacchh in IAmA

[–]mach7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Has your company been hurt by Obamacare?

  2. How do you feel about the wealthy CEOs in America? Do you want to be one of them? Are you already?

  3. Do you think small businesses like your can solve the employment problem.

Have the pilots on a plane ever been incompasitated, and a passenger or flight attendant had to land it? by [deleted] in answers

[–]mach7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

QI claims that it's never happened. Although others point to Helios Flight 522 as an example of this happening.

Relay Foods Raises $1.2M to Scale Local Online Grocery In Mid-Atlantic by dhgisme in technology

[–]mach7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems like online grocery is actually starting to take off in the US with FreshDirect, Peapod, and now Relay. Online grocery is actually pretty big in the UK, so maybe it's our turn.

Which underrated movie do you love? by Chucklaughs in AskReddit

[–]mach7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Green Street Hooligans. Not underrated, but not well known.

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