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61g1ab | If flash drives are so cheap and fast why aren't they a good replacement for a SSD? | So I've been wondering this for a while now, basically there are loads of benefits to flash drives to a solid state drive that i can think of off the top of my head, they're small and compact, portable, and most of all, very cheap compared to the counterpart. So why instead of using a SSD for you computer to store thin... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61gi1y | How do stoplights work? Are they timed and based on pressure? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61hwfp | Why is it, that with bad (mobile) Internet reception, advertisements are often displayed perfectly while normal content seems to have "trouble"? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61hyek | Why is it so difficult for some people to remember how to do simple "computer things" even though they've been shown it dozens of times? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61jn6b | Why does sound quality drop when the volume is too high? What causes it to sometimes sound 'grainy'? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61jrih | Why isn't there technology to mimic voices? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61kiud | How does an upstairs/downstairs light switch work? | We have a light upstairs that can be turned off upstairs and turned on downstairs... and the versa. What I don't get is how does the downstairs cut off the upstairs switch? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61kt1p | Why is the default windows disk letter C: ? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61nah4 | Why do batteries always face different directions in items like TV remotes? | I understand that batteries have positive and negative terminals, but what is the advantage of facing 2 batteries in opposite directions? Thank you in advance. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61nis1 | Where do the noises in electric motors come from? | In a brushless motor, to my understanding, nothing makes contact with the coils and nothing should be making noise like in a brushed motor. But noises still come from brushless motors. What causes these noises? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61o3tu | Why some people think that 'the web is dying'? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61om8g | how do YouTube creators who make adult content continue to profit and maintain their channels? | I've seen around that the new YouTube age restriction feature demonetises videos. How do channels such as h3h3, who aren't sponsored, make money? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61p0m3 | How did cops determine speed before the radar gun? | I got pulled over a few days ago, and I was wondering how cops determined speed before the radar gun was invented. Thanks in advance for an explanation. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61r0s5 | Why can't we upgrade our smartphones like we do on personal computers? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61rovb | How do telephones work? | It has always baffled me how a telephone can transmit sound. It's something I just wrap my head around. How does the phone break the sound into transmittable data to then be reconstituted on the other end? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61ryvn | Why do we want or need a "real" AI? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61shfs | Why do schools still insist on standardized tests even though all the teachers and students find them to be dumb? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61tcci | Why is Google giving up on Google Fiber? | Is because the bureaucratic red tape/push back from the other major cable companies (Time Warner/Comcast/etc.) and the FCC? Or did they just not see it being a realistic profitable goal? (The ISP competition in America is a joke) | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61tu4u | Does data have mass? | If I have a backup tape, and fill it to capacity (say 6.25 TB in this case) does it weigh any more than it did when it was empty? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61ur5w | Hard drive data recovery. | I know downloadable applications exist and MAYBE some have somewhat worked for me in the past but why are there companies charging $3000 to recover some files from a hard drive? Is it just a scam or are they doing something beyond my knowledge? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61vyt1 | How do the helmet microphones that a helicopter or small plane pilot uses only pick up voice and not the helicopter engine? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61w6k5 | Why do computers take longer to register an incorrect password on login rather than a correct one? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61w7do | How are the photos "shot on iPhone 7" not pixelated and blurry when enlarged to billboard size? | There are several billboards in San Francisco with beautiful photos taken on an iPhone 7. The 7 only has a 12MP camera. So how do the photos still look so clear when they are enlarged to billboard size? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61wbm1 | How do heart rate monitors measure calories burned during activities? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61wx6z | difference between single and triple phase power? Also, what determines what kind of power is being ran to a location, is it some kind of transformer on the powerlines that leads to the house? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61x0gg | Why do most websites default to creating an account instead of a return user login? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61ximj | How do people who learned coding and programming think differently from people who have never done it? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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61xlkk | Elon Musk's venture, Neuralink. How and why? | It seems so interesting but I don't have enough knowledge in neuroscience or AI to figure out what this could help with in practical applications. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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622zoe | How are meteorologists able to forecast the weather 15+ days in advance? How often are those forecasts accurate? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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623wwo | Why did older video games use checkpoints or locations to have to save your game instead of an options menu button like is most common now? | more like why technically, was it limited by the systems or etc... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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6242nb | What does https everywhere do? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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6243qz | Why do connection speed sites like Ookla always have higher speeds than actual download speeds? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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"Check the units. Speedtests give you speeds in megaBITS per second (Mb/s) Downloads are often measured in megaBYTES per second (MB/s) Notice the capitalisation of B. There is a factor of 8 difference between the two. 1 MB = 8 Mb.",
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625brh | Let's say I bought this big bulk of data from my local ISP under S.J.Res.34. What exactly am I looking at? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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625n4j | How do popular YouTubers make money? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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625yqy | the consequences of the removal of FCC's Internet privacy protections, for America and abroad. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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627tzs | Why does the US model of the Samsung Galaxy S8 have a different processor than the global model? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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628y0c | What is an API? | I'm hearing a lot about APIs lately, Facebook API, Spotify web API, etc. I know the acronym, but what is an API? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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628zjv | What happens to the old pavement when a road gets repaved? | I once heard someone say that there is a machine that melts the old pavement and repaves but I'm not entirely sure that's true. Thanks! | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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629jt1 | What information, explicitly, can now be sold by ISPs? It looks like the new law was replacing rules that had not yet gone into affect, so how is this any different than how the internet was 4 years ago? Could our data have been sold then before the rules that were voted on in Oct 2016? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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629vyj | How do they recyle plastic when it is toxic to breathe when burned? | My friend and I couldn't seem to up with how they do it since we all know not to put plastic in the microwave. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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629wfo | computers today have a CPU and a GPU. They use the GPU to do calculation because they say GPUs are much faster, so why in the hell they don't make CPUs as faster as GPUs and they can still have a GPU and make the whole thing faster as hell? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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629zls | What is the difference between the old USB and USB C? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62a7ls | Are cellphones susceptible to the same viruses PC and Mac are? | So in the realm of most technologies my knowledge is, sadly, similar to that of a 5 year old. I would have to assume that they are susceptible as they are just primarily smaller computers. As an addition to the original question. Are Androids more prone to them than Apples or is that myth of Apple virus immunity just h... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62dx4b | What data can ISPs now sell? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62e4xg | We download antivirus software on our laptops but not our phones, despite using our phones for the same sorta stuff. Is that cos our phones are already more secure? If so, why can't laptops be made as secure too? [Technology] | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62eewl | how do game developers determine the level of complexity and fidelity they can get in their engine from a hardware platform? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62hs8a | How is SpaceX's successful reusable rocket landing more significant than the space shuttle program? | I am not questioning the significance of this tremendous achievement; I would just like to understand what makes it an even greater accomplishment and what are the improvements and benefits when compared to the space shuttle, which was also a reusable space transport vehicle. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62hz92 | How to fake number apps (such as Phoner, Burner, etc) work? | I always wonder how the apps such as Burner, where you get a fake cell phone number to text and call people with work? How does the app get fake numbers? How can my fake number call and text people? With an app like Phoner, how are they offering this service for free? (Although you can buy more than one number, or buy ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62i0lk | Watching COPS and wondering why radios always sound so scratchy/crackly? Is it possible to get it as clear as the sound we get when talking through phones? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62i5xg | how does overclocking a computer work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62lbb3 | If Microsoft has the most info on Malware/Viruses/Spyware - why is Windows Defender not the best at its job? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62lcu2 | is it possible to make an argument that my browsing history is a unique collection of destinations curated by me and therefore is my intellectual property that I create and own? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62lt23 | How is open source software audited? | I regularly hear the line, "It's open source, so it's safe/more reliable/more trustworthy/etc," but I don't have the time or know-how to verify open source code myself and imagine that the vast number of users out there are like me. We're all trusting that someone out there has the time and know-how to verify open sour... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62miit | How do companies push updates to your phone without an actual app update?. | Some of you may have noticed the recent twitter update that no longer counts usernames towards character limit (finally) but this was done without the app updating. How does this work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62oki0 | why do Android phone manufacturers not force carriers to use the same software like on iOS? | For example with Samsung, each carrier has their own version of the software. Would it not be more efficient to make all carriers have the exact same software and just update that like on iOS? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62py6m | How were huge circulation daily newspapers like the New York Times prepared/printed/distributed nationwide before computers? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62q85e | Why do all major virtual assistants have soothing female voices? | Alexa Siri Cortana The battery levels in my headphones | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62q8ri | How does code signing work? | and how do developers get their code signed (think for apple or ps vita) and homebrew is unsigned? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62r062 | How is 720p content displayed on Full HD monitor? | Let say we have 100 x 100 pixel monitor. We play a 70 x 70 movie, how are color pixels distributed? If we play 50x50 movie, 1 color in that content will expand to 4 pixels in 100 x 100 monitor but 70 is an odd number to 100. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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62yo5m | How does URL_0 work, and has a petition ever succeeded making a change? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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6308mj | How does a modern laptop have the same/more horsepower than a much chunkier games console without a built in display/trackpad/keyboard? | Staring at my laptop it's like 0.6 inches thin and has a quad core Intel i7 and a GPU that is roughly equivalent to an RX 460, which has been shown to be faster than an Xbox One/PS4 (Non Pro) in lots of cases. I know other laptops like the Razer Blade are just a bit thicker and have WAY more GPU power and still more CP... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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6312cj | Why do smartphones never seem to get viruses but computers do when people use them for pretty much the same stuff these days? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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6313ee | Why haven't USB ports been updated to allow cords to be pushed in both ways? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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631h1g | Why does skipping ahead in an online video make it take so long to load? | What I don't understand is how the video can start playing the moment I load the page, but skipping forward slows it down so much? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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631jkp | ; Why does playing video games make me feel psychically better? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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631l5p | Why is Net Neutrality so heavy on the governments agenda? | Why do they care about sites getting priority? How would ISP's even benefit from giving certain sites priority? Edit: I already asked this in a comment but what I'm trying to get at is why this is so mainstream? Charging people for priority when there are tons of sites that can't afford that seems like it would fall un... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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633gj6 | What computer language is artificial intelligence written in and is it enough? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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633nsg | How come a restaurant dishwashing machine can cycle in 3 minutes, while at home mine takes several hours? | Like literally 3 hours and the dishes aren't even that dry.. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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636k9g | How exactly do VPN's block internet history/usage from ISP's? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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637pei | Why do calculator and keyboard number do not match the layout of the numbers on telephones? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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639cl6 | What happens if I don't click "I accept" on these cookie-prompts on webpages? | Are cookies not being stored until I accept or is it all just a bunch of smoke and mirrors trying to give me the sense of control? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63a15p | what does all the info with headphones and speakers mean? | Over the years I had many people try and explain these numbers to me, but they always used a lot of technical terms that confused me. It's my understanding that it can help chose decent headphones or portable speakers, but it doesn't make any sense to me. Edit: here's a pic of what I'm meaning. URL_0 | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63aksm | With the ubiquity of flash drives, why do so many software programs still have the floppy disk as the icon for saving a file? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63b6ur | The "popcorn sensor" on my microwave. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63c92f | How do mobile phones actually work? How is it that my voice is teleported to a different place within milliseconds? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63cbgv | How do ZIP files work? How can you compress a certain amount of information in a smaller amount of memory, and then be able to retrieve it all back in its original form? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63edjq | Under the new rules recently passed, what information can be sold and who exactly may purchase it. Is it a giant free for all like people are making it out to be? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63eetq | What is a DDos attack and why would anyon want to do it? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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"The what and the why are in the name: Denial of Service. It's an attack which, through various means, makes it difficult or impossible to use a service (usually a network connection) and \"shut down\" a target. The how varies, but the basic concept is tha... | [
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63ejmt | why do you have a data link of 1gbs on your PC but you can not transfer at that speed ? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63erlh | Why won't a printer print out an all black document if it's low on magenta ink? | I've run into this numerous times, I'm try to print out a simple text only document and it won't print it out because my wife used up all the yellow ink. (today it happens to be magenta). My printer is completely topped off with black ink so why won't it just use the black part since that's all it needs? I can understa... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63ffej | Pornhub and YouPorn have both pledged to use encryption to block ISP's from using your traffic on those sites. How is this effective? | For instance, if I go to URL_0 , how does Pornhub encrypting that video prevent my ISP from knowing that I went there? Couldn't they just look up URL_0 and know what I watched? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63fgof | How does a computer know how long 1 sec is? | Do they perform a series of calculations that take exactly 1s? Or am i looking at it completely wrong? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63gj5k | Why do turn signals always flash at different rates? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63gjl3 | How can you tell a website or password manager is secure and not just storing your passwords to potentially be used against you? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63gzz1 | How are developers able to make changes to a video game already hard coded? Why can't they? Video games sometimes get minor interface changes but never new worlds/etc? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63hkxw | How do open world games achieve that feeling of grand scale while being small enough to be playable? | Most open world game maps can generally be traversed edge-to-edge in under an hour. Meanwhile, top runners can finish only a half marathon in that sort of time. Yet the best open world games still *feel* huge - how? Is there some sort of funny perspective trick at play? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63ke2o | Why is 16:9 the most common aspect ratio? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63klkx | What are Differential GPS (DGPS) and RTK (Real Time Kinematics) and what are their differences to regular GPS? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63kot5 | How does Whatsapp's End-To-End-Encryption work, and how do we know that it really is ecrypted all the way through? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63kv0c | why have 'google' and 'photoshop' become verbs, but 'amazon' or 'wikipedia' haven't? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63lkdk | How can a completely deactivated phone with no wifi connection still call 911? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63mf7b | How can someone use bots to do things repeatedly on a website that would normally be limited to one action per user account, like voting in a poll? | Does the bot create thousands of fake accounts? Circumvent the one-action-per-account limitation? If so, how? I'm looking for a conceptual, ELI5-style explanation, not actual code. Thanks. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63n92l | Why do 15/20 year old videos look so bad when they looked good even on big TVs back then? | Edit for clarity: I understand that we had nothing better to compare it to, but old videos didn't seem like they had all the noise/artefacts that they do when we see them now. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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63n99l | How were the graphics in Donkey Kong Country so much more impressive than the graphics in most other SNES games (like Super Mario World)? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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