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d1soi2 | What is a mirror bot, and why does it make the first comment on so many posts? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d1tf4v | Why aren’t commercial airplanes faster? Why don’t we use supersonic passenger planes like the Concorde? | It amazes me that we have the technology to produce and fly supersonic commercial planes (I.e. The Concorde, that has been around since the 1970’s) but still don’t use them today. Pls help me understand the reasoning behind this. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d1tt2f | How do broken electronics flash a light warning they are not working? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d1uikj | What exactly makes newer games magnitudes more difficult to run than older ones | Why can I play Quake on a laptop and get nearly a thousand frames/second, but if I try to play CS:GO I can bearly reach 70. I don't quite understand why CS is at least 14 times more difficult for the CPU than Quake, when the fundimental idea is basically the same. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d1vj57 | - How the IC 555 timer works ? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d201ou | Why do TV channels that are available for free with an over the air antenna (NBC, ABC, etc.) require a paid cable subscription to be watched on their app/website? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d21lof | How are music videos lip synced when the video is shot in slow motion? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d21o22 | How are still images created to look like they're moving? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d23y7c | How does an HDMI, or any other cable work? How can they transfer visual data? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d26dzh | Why do streams and downloads seem to speed on up until they get to 99 percent done the. Slow right down? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d26l0r | How do individually addressable led strips work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d273fj | Even if no changes were made in the first place, why do Word/PowerPoint and similar software ask only sometimes if I wanted to save changes made? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d289zj | How do video game developers fix a games performance issues like glitches and stuttering and long loading screens in consoles? | I know through updates but what is the process of making the update to solve a performance issues | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2ae4d | Why does a phone call's "hold" music sound like shitting in a microphone when the voice audio is clear? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2gvmu | How international emergency call work without a SIM card? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2le8i | How did people wake up in the old time, when there were no alarms and stuffs? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2mzt5 | Why did primitive people start cooking food? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2o5gq | What is the difference between nfc and rfid? | Interested in student card duplication to phone, but apparently nfc reader from playstore couldn't read it. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2o6ba | why are smartphone companies (especially apple) adding like 3 didfrent cameras on thier phone. Is this really necesary, and does this increase the price by a lot? Because if it does I dont understand why its not better to buy a camera then add three cameras to a phone | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2p53z | How does a GPS work with ETA? | I noticed this the other day, I turned my Google Maps GPS on, put in destination. It told me the trip would take 9 hours. I drove ~8-10 over the speed limit, hit almost no traffic, it took a bit under 9 hours. How does it calculate time? I would have thought going 8 over the limit for 9 hours would have meant I would h... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2qrld | why do some automatic cars have a manual mode? What are the advantages and why is it there? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2t4c8 | how exactly does a lie detector test work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2uamq | Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I’m relatively new to the sub. When a discount wireless company (straight talk, etc.) says they run on the same networks as the big carriers, is that true? If that is the case, why are they not more widely used? What’s the catch? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2yzo5 | how do vlans work? I always hear just put everything on a separate vlan for security but at my job we have hundreds of vlans but with rules so they can all talk to each other. What’s the point besides organization is there if they all can talk to each other? | So for example I’m on vlan 5 and another computer is on vlan 40 I can log into that machine remotely access all the same shares everything. Is there still security being on separate vlans or is it moot cause they all can talk to each other? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d2yzow | how we detect water in the atmosphere of a planet 110 light years away. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d30clg | What actually matters in computers and internet regarding speed and performance? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d32325 | How does hacking through WiFi really works? We know that data can be stolen but what are the hackers actually seeing on their screen that have access to our information? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d32svb | How do companies like Apple and Qualcomm continue to produce faster and more powerful chips year after year? Are engineers still making new discoveries in the industry or have we had this technology all along and are controlling the rate at which our technology improves? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d344it | Why the microphone I had lying around has a standard quarter inch jack instead of an XLR connector, and why it's recommended microphones use XLR as opposed to standard jacks. TY. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d37d5q | Roman Legionnaires used to throw a spear (the pilum) into the enemy prior to engaging them in melee combat. Why was this technique not used in centuries after? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d37dp6 | How do people learn hacking, even though it’s kinda illegal? Where do they find information? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3cvg2 | How does calling 911 works from a cellphone? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3flpf | How are new types of universal technology like USB/USB-C created and who makes them? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3fucs | How do stealth airplanes/bombers work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3gsxs | How are alternate colors in old sprite-based games made? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3jv5j | How can satellites give us a steady weather picture of one place all the time if they orbit around the earth? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3jy6a | As algorithms and spambots are quickly catching up in terms of solving captchas. Why cant we simply create a whole new type of captcha instead of improving current one? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3l97n | Why does rebooting a computer/phone fix so many problems? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3m86s | Why there's no screen that uses both RGB and actual CMY pixels? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3pvp3 | What it means for a certificate to expire on a WiFi? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3rvyx | Carriers adding bloatware | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3ryc4 | How does a single USB port handle the multiple signals from a USB hub? | If you have a hub plugged into your usb port, and several peripherals plugged into the hub, how does the computer use so many devices on one port? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3rzcv | Why is the volume of my Bluetooth headphones independent of my phone’s volume? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3sv5x | Why do computer screens appear to flicker when recorded by a phone camera? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3tr3x | How come when downloading something, the shown download speed never seems true compared to how long it takes to actually download the file? | For example, if downloading a 1 GB file with a speed of 50 Mb/s, shouldn't it only take 20 seconds to download- but it never does. I also feel like I should be able to count 4 seconds and see 200mb/1GB, why does the actual download take so much longer than this? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3wcw6 | How was the first software created and integrated into computers when there wasn't any software to do it? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3wqho | how do delivery companies like UPS and FedEx deliver my packages so quickly when my item is on the other side of the country? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3zdmv | How did Pacific Islanders carry enough water with them for long sea voyages? | Their boats don't seem like they were very big. The Pacific is freaking enormous. At least for the discovery/ exploration phase, they didn't know where they were going. How did they manage to carry enough food and water (but especially water) to make those crossings? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d3zyng | Why does plastics make so much noise when you wrap it even though it is so soft? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d40ity | How do mirrors in video games work? | I was playing GTA online and noticed that the mirror in game updates in “real time”. How does the game recognize that, and how does it update with no delay? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d414du | What is “blue-light” from phones and other electronic screens? And how does it affect our eyesight? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d41ct5 | Why can't landers/rovers be landed or operated on the moon the same way drones are operated on Earth? | In light of the recent Chandrayaan landing failure on moon's surface, I am curious why the landers and rovers can't be operated remotely by Earth based pilots similar to how Predator drones are flown in middle East by pilots in the US? Can't communications to the lunar done be mediated through a moon orbiting satellite... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d41si8 | Most electronic wires are small and flexible, so why are electrical wires so thick and rigid? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4229x | If you‘re in a VR Headset, do you still have poor eyesight? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d43jwt | how does autofocus detect when the object is in focus? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d49ukk | Why is an open-source OS considered more secure than a closed source? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d49xa3 | Trey Parker records his voice for the character Cartmen in South Park. After recording, they speed up the track so it gives the character the right pitch that you hear in the show. How do they record music like that? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4aj1v | Why doesn’t someone merge all the open source AIs to create just one? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4br0h | Dialysis | How is fluid removed from the body while your blood is being cleaned during dialysis? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4c6xu | How does google find out the frequency of words going back like 300 years, and how sure are they, that they have it correct? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4dil0 | Are servers giant advanced hard drives or is there more to it? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4gfd4 | The working of the Hubble space telescope and how its able to capture galaxies far away. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4m6xp | ; How do we know atoms exist? | Like obviously they exist. We can measure them, split them and manipulate them. But like, how? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4mi6c | How did chemists in the past discover and collect gaseous elements such as helium? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4o7j2 | How can prosthetic limbs be controlled with our brain? | Like prosthetic hands with fingers, how do they work? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4pzjh | how does a pc know the temperature of everything in the pc? Does it have thermometers in every component? I want to know the GPU and CPU the most. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4s88b | How did WASD become the standard for movement control for video games on PC? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4syxi | I'm watching the MASH TV show on my wide screen TV. It takes up the whole space in perfect ratio. How did it look on 4:3 tube TVs? | Was it cropped? Was it "squeezed" and everyone looked more vertical? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4tkf1 | How can Google store billions of hours of YouTube videos? The sheer magnitude of youtube is enormous and undoubtedly the total amount of storage needed is just as monumental. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4vidt | Why are clapboards necessary when filming movies? | I'm talking about the black and white board that someone has to clap and say the scene, take number, and "action!" while rolling the camera. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4xbtr | How can we discern the difference between 144Hz and 60hz monitors if we can’t discern the 60Hz oscillation of lights in our homes? | Edit: as a couple people pointed out, the flicker would typically be 120 Hz for lights connected to US AC mains power because of the way bridge rectifiers, etc work. The voltage crosses 0 V twice per cycle. Additionally, the type of light source will influence how much flicker, if any occurs. I mentioned in a thread be... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4xesk | Why does the same website sometimes load lighting fast with just 1-2MB of download speed and other times struggle to load up all the way with 10MB+? | To clarify...where I live I have 1-4MB depending on the day but often it works just fine, with every website popping up immediately. So it surprises me when I am overseas at a hotel or cafe with 10-20MB of speed that the internet can often lag a bit. I can tell a big difference when streaming but not browsing. Perhaps ... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4xhvc | stack pointer, frame pointer and link | Hi. I'm currently taking OS class and I haven't found a definitive answer to a.) what are stack pointer, frame pointer and link and b.) what is their purpose? My lecturer refers to these terms a lot, which is understandable, but doesn't write down that they are. I have a vague understanding that stack pointer points to... | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4y3m8 | How did TV stations broadcast live TV back when cameras used film? | Like for big events or even daily things such as the news, did they have to quickly develop and scan the film? That seems impossible. Were early digital sensors used or something? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d4yfub | How can a group of hobbyists or whatever make a deepfake that sounds exactly like Bill Gates, while digital assistants made by the world's biggest tech companies still sound like robots? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d53zix | Why does video rendering take quite long when it can be viewed back in real time? | Not even talking about having crazy effects in your video, just some cuts. | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d53zra | When you’re playing chess with the computer and you select the lowest difficulty, how does the computer know what movie is not a clever move? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5660i | how does the battery indicator on electronic devices works? How can your phone know if it has like 15% battery left? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d56t47 | this may sound naive, but why can we not just remove the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere with some sort of mechanical or chemical technology? Like why aren't we developing something like a big filter or vacuum that can remove it from the air? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d58mlr | How did scientists measure the distance from the Earth to the Moon in order to land a craft on there? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5c5v0 | How are there so many blue ticked verified users on Instagram and Twitter that most people do not even know? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5epn8 | What is a "biocomputer"? Do they actually exist or it's only a concept? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5hdhp | Why are there more transistors in a flagship phone processor like a snapdragon 855 or a13 bionic compared to AMD ryzen 7 2700 cpu? What am I missing? | The ryzen has about 5 billion transistors and the a13 bionic has about 9 billion transistors. What am I missing? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5ifpz | How do animators make sure everything is timed correctly? How do they sync everything from the voice acting to other sounds or music and make sure the movements are natural looking? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5iwz0 | What actually happens inside a pc when it freezes? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5n0dj | - Why does American TV look more blurred and warmer than European TV? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5os2z | what is the difference between lumens and ANSI Lumens? I was looking at projectors and I will see some will say they have like 2000 or 3000 Lumens but others will have like 4000 ANSI Lumens. I feel like they are not the same and get confused as they only ever have one or the other and not both | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5sqxb | The lack of goal line replay technology in American football as compared to other sports | For example, tennis has hawk eye and soccer has goal line technology. How come football still doesn't have anything capable of accurately measuring where the ball is on the field for touchdowns, first downs etc.? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d5v6nm | Why does wiggling the batteries in the TV remote (or any other battery powered thing) make dead batteries work for a little bit longer? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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d60o6d | Why do cold callers ring and immediately hang up when you answer? | My guess is it's a (bad) bot that's trying to discern if there's a human on the other end? But then what? | Technology | explainlikeimfive | {
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