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It means she’s on effective antiretrovirals that are doing a good job of controlling the infection. She is positive but has a viral load that’s below the detection threshold. This is good—it’s t…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [I have a friend who has HIV, but she recently had a blood test and it hasn't shown up anymore. How is this possible?]( Franklin Veaux, Professional Writer • [Answered October 1, 2018]( [It means she’s on effective antiretrovirals that are doing a good job of controlling the infection. She is positive but has a viral load that’s below the detection threshol... Read more » [Upvote] 2.5K [Comment] 191](   [Why should I waste time trying to find a traditional publisher when I can self-publish?]( Mercedes R. Lackey, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author [Verified badge] • [Answered August 15]( [Most self-published books make between $0 and $100 a year. If you can get professionally published, you are pretty much guaranteed to be given an advance of between $5k and ... Read more » [Upvote] 365](   [If E=mc², then when water is heated, its energy increases. Doesn’t it mean that its mass increases, too? However, a science question at school showed that the mass remained the same. Which one is right?]( Viktor T. Toth, IT pro, part-time physicist • [Answered October 12, 2022]( [Indeed, when you warm something its internal energy-content, which is its inertial mass, increases. Let us calculate by how much. Say you warm a kilogram of water from 20 to... Read more » [Upvote] 2K](   [What do audiophiles know that most people do not?]( Javier Caso, works at Sony Music Entertainment • [Updated June 8, 2016]( [2 things: 1 . That 90% of the sound systems sounds really bad. All those cool headphones, ipods, home systems with mega boost and 10000watts and all that, is all bull**it. ... Read more » [Upvote] 1.6K [Comment] 230](   [Does a 4G SIM smartphone support 5G SIM cards?]( Salwa Salah, Philosopher&Doctor and Writer • [Answered January 5]( [4G phones are widely available to everyone and at every shop. This gets hard for people to switch to 5G network as 4G phones don't support 5G as it has a different SIM card... Read more » [Upvote] 35 [Comment] 3](   [Who is Nivetha Pethuraj?]( Jitender Kumar, Digital Marketer at • [Answered November 8, 2022]( [Nivetha Pethuraj was born on 30 November 1991 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her father has mixed Tamil and Telugu ancestry while her mother is Tamil. Immediately after her... Read more » [Upvote] 558 [Comment] 33](   [Is mechanical engineering a good stream in terms of a good package and placements?]( Manan Grover, B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana (2020) • [Updated September 26, 2020]( [Yes, but only if you follow these tips, otherwise forget a good package, you won't be able to find a job in your core field and will end up somewhere in IT or Sales. - Pursue ... Read more » [Upvote] 470 [Comment] 31](   [How does ISP provide IP?]( Ruth Humphries • [Answered November 20, 2022]( [Most ISPs use DHCP servers and dynamically assign their customers IP addresses exactly as your router does on your home network. This makes sense since when users cancel th... Read more » [Upvote] 18 [Comment] 1](   [How did Michael Jackson have white kids?]( A. Reis, fascinated by Hollywood stars • [Answered August 21]( [Did you know that Michael Jackson may not have been the biological father of his first two children, Prince and Paris? It’s true. Although they don’t share the same physica... Read more » [Upvote] 90 [Comment] 11](   [Why are Apple devices so expensive? Are they worth it?]( Ruben Decrop, CEO and owner at Chessdevil Consulting (2012-present) • [Updated January 16, 2019]( [As owner of an app development company, I need to have several iOS devices and a few Macs in the company. And because we are also developing for Android, I am always carryi... Read more » [Upvote] 1.6K [Comment] 92](   [Where can I sell my Antonius Stradivarius violin?]( Alice Baker, former Law School Professor (2001-2008) • [Answered April 2]( [I hate to be the bearer of bad news, L Shehan, but the violin in your possession is almost certainly a copy. Only about 500 violins produced by Antonio Stradivarius survive... Read more » [Upvote] 1K [Comment] 55](   [Will Node.js replace many backend technologies?]( Garry Taylor, Long time software developer • [Answered November 19, 2022]( [Agree with Alan Mellor, I think we are at peak Node now, I don’t know very many people who use it, and fewer who would use it again. I know people working on Node projects, ... Read more » [Upvote] 149 [Comment] 11]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.