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g0pgaf | How was experimental CGI rendered before the mid-eighties? | I've always been fascinated with computers from long before my time. 1980s CG animation in particular is something I've always found oddly soothing. But a lot puzzles me about how it worked. How were things like [Carla's Island]( URL_0 ) made as early as 1981? If I were working as an animator at the time, what kind of ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g0rk69 | how do LED’s work and why are they so much more energy efficient than light bulbs? | ELI5: how do LED’s work and why are they so much more energy efficient than light bulbs? (Chemistry) | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g0sa1t | Why does the use of a power strip not reduce the quality of the appliance? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g0t14p | why is it that when it comes down to the final minute on a dryer there like 5 mins long? | I've sat and timed my new dryer when it reached 1 minute for it to end it took 5 mins why do they even bother saying theres one minute left when it's more like five every dryer I've had does this and I'm so confused. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g0x9m3 | If video game graphics were still measured in bits like with 8 bit, 16 bit graphics from the days of the Sega etc. Then how many "bits" would modern consoles like say, the Xbox One X or PS4 have? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g0xloh | How does a nuclear power plant produce power? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g11r47 | Why does it take some time for the internet to come back when you restart your modem? | Why isn’t it like a radio station where you can turn it on and off and you can instantly get the connection? Why does it take long for you to reconnect when you turn off and then turn on your modem. Isn’t the internet just there? What’s happening exactly? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g13age | When you stop the installation of a software halfway through, what happens to the leftover files? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g17g30 | Why are .com, .net, .org more popular than other domains? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g17xmx | Why is there a weapon that throws fire (a flamethrower), but not a weapon that throws really cold stuff, like liquid nitrogen? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g18ha5 | How exactly movie double works | There are lot of actions scenes in general which are without a doubt are performed by other action Specialists using body double techniques. But the final cut of the movie looks completely unadulterated and real to eyes. How does this works? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1d5ij | How does game streaming service (GeForce Now, Stadia) have little to no lag, while traditional remote desktops (Chrome Remote Desktop, Microsoft Remote Desktop etc) having significant lags? | Just tried out GeForce Now and amused by its little latency. But when I tried a traditional remote desktop (Phone to PC in a local network, so should eliminate the internet bandwidth problem), the lag is more significant than GeForce Now. I wonder is it the underlying technology is different? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1gy3m | Why does Netflix have region locked content? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1iuij | How do microphones on some devices not pick up on their own sound? | Ex: When I put someone on speaker they can’t hear themselves on the other end. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1nm6g | What’s a subnet mask? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1sczr | Why does a computer have to restart to install updates? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1vchk | How do airplanes measure the speed they’re travelling at? | I would also like to know how boats do it too if anyone can answer that also? Sorry, they’re probably very simple answers. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1wv4a | Why is it easier to key in things behind a green background rather than a background of some other colour? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1xxl9 | During the time where the light bulb was invented, how did they have accessible electricity? Did they have power plants like they do now? Did they use some sort of battery? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g1z448 | Why do some games on windows return to the desktop when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del and some don't? | When I run a game on windows and want to open another app without exiting the game, sometimes it opens the task manager but doesn't let me use other apps, and sometimes it returns to the game when I open task manager. How does it exactly work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g20pnf | If the speakers on my computer can replicate the sound of my voice, would I be able to create the sound of my voice or anybody else's from scratch without ever recording it? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g22q9e | why can’t we use cellphones on a plane, even today after many years, when can’t we yet? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2315j | how is music made? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g23ccy | Do our smartphones constantly check (i.e. every second) for push notifications? | Or do they just receive it without even checking? If I were sitting on a chair and a banana hit me, I’d know it hit me just by being conscious. Is it the same with phones or would I need to constantly ask someone if there are any bananas coming my way? Hope I formulated the question right. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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"By definition “push notifications” get pushed onto the phone. Your phone isn’t checking for them, just merely in the line of sight of the banana.",
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g240qd | How are CGI model movements executed in an efficient manner? | There are many, many things that baffle me about CGI (like how the hell the models are built so detailed using just a damn computer mouse, how textures look so good, how is CGI integrated seamlessly with live-action, ect ect). & nbsp; But one thing I cannot wrap my head around is how MOVEMENT of CGI models works. When ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g25qu0 | How come films and tv shows from the 60s to the early 2000s look so different from films today? | What I'm trying to say here is: why the image looks so unique? I don't know if it's because they were not filmed with digital cameras and they didn't have the great picture qualities we have nowadays, but they definitely feel like they were from the past, like if you're watching Back to the Future you think "this is de... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g25rc2 | What exactly happens during a clock cycle in a CPU? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g27971 | Why is it recommended that we wait a little bit after turning something off to turn it back on? | Also why can we restart PCs since this contradicts this recommendation? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g29pbz | What is packet loss and what are packets? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2bjim | Why is Zoom so dangerous and pose a security threat? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2l295 | What exactly are cookies that websites are using? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2lglc | What's the difference between mechanical keyboards and normal keyboards? Why do pro gamers prefer mechanical keyboards? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2ma41 | Why are people afraid of 5G towers? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2mzwz | Why there are extra cooling systems(like fans etc.) for GPU and CPU but nothing for RAM?Isn’t that get hot? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2o5h8 | Why are Solid State Drives so large when you can fit 1 Terabyte of information on a MicroSD card? | Wouldn't it just cost more to produce? Do MicroSD cards with 1 TB of information cost more than making a Solid State Drive that also holds 1 TB? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2ocd1 | When NASA made the first space suits, how did they know what space would be like? I.e., how did they know what to put on the suits? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2pqiy | How do we know exact time? Do we all copy one clock and if so, how do we know it is correct? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2rbfc | How does a computer delete something from it's memory? | What happens to that information? How can it be destroyed? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2sfrm | how do bot accounts work? | Where do they pull information from/how do they know what to say? And who makes/benefits from these accounts? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2shvs | Is the technology behind Zoom actually super groundbreaking or advanced compared to older videoconferencing options like GoToMeeting/Skype/Hangouts, etc? | Why does Zoom seem so much more popular than those older conferencing options? The vid quality is just better? Or UI is easier? Or b/c you don't need to sign up? Thanks! | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2uypd | Why does movie volume vary so drastically from scene to scene? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2wbhe | What are internet cookies, and how do they work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2wh39 | what is allowing us to fit more information into smaller spaces as technology advances? How can a microchip achieve what a room full of computers couldn’t 30 years ago? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g2yk5g | Why do Wi-Fi and Bluetooth need my location? | I am concerned about my privacy and have turned on location only for essential services. Can I safely turn off networking and wireless in location services? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g31qxr | In programming, why do bygs or glitches only occur some of the time as opposed to all of the time? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g32xse | So what is the difference between Cloud and Edge computing? Actually, what IS Edge computing in concrete terms? | Been trying to wrap my head around it, read different articles but it sounds so vague to me. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g35r9y | Why do video games tend to require a loading screen when you walk into a building? I’m thinking about games like Skyrim which let you roam their huge open world without any loading but require a load screen to enter a small building. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g361zq | why does the web browser start off with about:blank when opening a new link | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g38gxm | What is an API call? | I am not a programmer by any means but my boss keeps mentioning API calls in his conversations with me. He’s even explained it twice and I just don’t understand anything he’s saying lol. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3bwr3 | Why don’t we use atmospheric water generators to solve the water crisis literally everywhere in the world? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3c5dm | Why are songs on public radio with lyrics like "bangin on the bathroom floor" heavily censored in today's society when there are games and shows showing explicit nudity and not nearly as censored? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3cpmr | how does a handheld device/laptop switch itself off after you tell it to? | when you go to your menu and select "shut down", i don't get what the device does to shut itself down, it's not like you're pressing the power button to turn it off thereby cutting off the energy source to it, you're giving it a command that it then follows, and it makes itself unable to be used until the next time its... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3kdf5 | How is data recovered from formatted hard drives/partitions? | I just don't see how this is possible if it's relatively easy to do with software. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3o1w8 | What’s the difference between a notebook and an ultrabook? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3p25m | If we've definitely run out of IPv4 addresses, how is the internet still able to function properly and let more people sign up if not every website and user has switched to IPv6? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3rmdn | How can robots not beat captchas when some are as simple as clicking a button? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3rprp | Why does it seem that computer hardware is not as advanced as software? | For example is playing a video game that requires high end pc parts but are still somehow unable to perform without heating up due to said video game? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3ueic | what’s the difference between a Cochlear Implant and a Hearing aid? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3urbq | Why does rotating, or removing and then returning the same batteries, suddenly make them work again? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3vxub | In journalism, when reporters are trying to dig up old footage for a story, how do they draw it up so fast? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g3zprs | How do long (8 hr+) exposures of the night sky work? | I keep seeing these amazing photographs of nebulae and the milky way being described as many hour long exposures but there are stars in the images that are not streaking across the sky. The Earth rotates in that period of time. How do these long exposures work? Are the cameras moving to compensate for motion of the Ear... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g41ybn | what does working close to the metal mean? | I was watching this tv show called halt and catch fire and someone said “have you ever worked close to the metal?” What the heck does that mean in programming? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g41yfz | if an internet speed test is recording 1gb download speeds, why when you download something that’s 20gbs doesn’t it take only 20 seconds | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g42o6d | Why do most TV remotes still use infrared instead of bluetooth? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g44gmj | how does a guided infrared missile lock onto it's target? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g46kb0 | Pointers in C | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g481lo | Advanced Data Structures (Binary Trees, Hash Tables, Linked Lists) | Recently, I’ve been really wanted to get into programming. I know the fundamentals and have a very basic understanding of these data structures but really would like to have a better understanding or their purposes/how they work. Thanks in advance if anyone sees this! | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4a681 | Why are videogame maps located in a void? | I have been working on an essay about the Zetterstrand paintings and wanted to explain the void outside of a Counter Strike map, but I just don't understand why there is a void. The Programmers wil probably hate me for this, but can't you just make a 3d structure for a map in a box and then that is all there is? Or is ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4bnaa | Why do older games like to crash or have problems on newer computer? | My buddy has a pretty decent pc he can run Doom Eternal at a smooth 60, but when he tried to run Unreal Tournament 2004 it was pretty much unplayable and I was curious as to why. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4c1hs | What is the reason that companies skip the number 9? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4cnai | I keep seeing posts, “I pointed my telescope here for 20 hours to give you this image.” Why does it have to be 20 hours of pointing? What’s happening exactly? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4e1dr | Why does turning any device on and off often work in order to fix the issue? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4g79y | How does my ISP connect me to the internet? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4hisy | How did humans 'survive' the annoyance of bugs in the wilderness before modern day conveniences? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4ina8 | How the film's millimeter(mm), affect in a photo or recording? | Did the film's millimeter affect the resolution, colors and size of image? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4kl7w | Google Domains | I know how DNS works, but why is Google able to sell a domain for $12/year? If they’re selling me the domain “helloworld” does that mean someone like name cheap doesn’t own it and can’t sell it to me? Or does it just mean that I claim helloworld and then google manages the service that redirects this domain search to m... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4rpls | How is Google able to create Google Earth street view? | This absolutely blew my mind. I decided to see where Liam Lynch (the republican) was born and wiki told me it was in anglesborough. I found it hard to found any pictures of it online. However, I found it on Google Earth. A tiny, remote village of > 100 people, yet Google not only knew about it but drove a car through i... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4s31z | Why is there a difference between when a screen is off and when it's showing a completely black screen? Logically you'd think they'd be the same, but obviously a black screen with the monitor on is slightly brighter. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g4xlze | Why were people able to make alcoholic beverages for 1000's of years with no knowledge of bacteria or microorganisms? If you dont know you need to sterilize tools, why wouldnt you always get bad batches of product? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g53lf1 | How do TV ratings work now that everything is streaming? | How do TV ratings work now that everything is streaming? How do networks know what shows are hits? How is it all compiled and analyzed? Did that woman who watched the Bee Movie 400 days in a row skew the data? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g549gw | How can a song in someone’s video on YouTube get them in trouble, but “lyric” videos can play that same entire song? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g54uh9 | how do laser pointed thermometer guns find a reading of the temperature? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g57cay | Why can live events be done in ultra HD on television but when its streamed on the internet the quality is usually super low? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5bmh0 | How does a new bank card know whether you have entered your pin once to then activate contactless payments? And how did all bank cards know when the contactless limit on card went up from £30 to £45 in the UK? | A customer asked me this at work and I didn't know the answer! | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5dp81 | How do noise cancelling headphones work with the flick of a switch? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5dtr9 | What happens to the files on your computer when you "empty the recycle bin"? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5gqkg | Packets are sent in binary, but how does the CPU know what to convert the binary into? (eg. an image, text, etc) | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5hs54 | how does game streaming servers handle games and users at once compared to personal computers? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5hvc5 | How are we still able to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2 so far away? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5n4z9 | What do the numbers in anti-aliasing represent (e.g. MSAA 2x/4x/8x)? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5nc9w | How do solid state drives (SSD) store and retrieve data? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5tok3 | How does compression of files work on my computer? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5vh5i | What do all those numbers and letters and such mean on pc parts? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5xiqk | How does YouTube not run out of space? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5ypu3 | How does a virtual machine emulate a disk larger than the host machine? | For example, if I was to install Parallels on a Mac, install a MacOS Sierra virtual machine with 1TB hard disk, but the host machine only has 320GB. *(*In reality, the host machine would have something like 230-240GB out of 320GB used *)*. You can't physically have more space than available on the machine, so how does ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g5yrwq | Why do storage device such as HDDs, SSDs, USBs etc advertise that they are a certain storage but doesn't technically have that amount of storage? | I bought a 8tb hard drive but only has 7.27tb of usable space. If I do 8,000,000,000,000÷(1024×1024×1024) = 7.450tb. What happened? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g62evs | Why can the task manager stop lagging programs but we can't ? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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g62oz5 | Why is computer audio so "hard"? | I've been messing with PCs since the early 1980s, so I'm asking this question froma place of someone who configured token ring networks and hardware dip switches to make cards work. Forever, installing/configuring **sound** on computers has seemed far more complex, kludgy, non-intuitive than nearly any other function; ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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