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Exploring "Why" questions about Technology
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why high-speed internet costs so much for so little in the US, compared to other countries?
Lack of competition. The average Brit has a choice of 22 or 24 ISPs that will serve them over the same wires, and switching between them is easy. Competition is the magic that makes everybody try hard
Why do smartphones not have SSD-Chips inside instead of their slow and small storage?
They do :). The type of memory cells are the same (NAND or NOR on feature phones). The biggest difference is the controller.
Why can we use computers to simulate humans visually, but not auditorily? I don’t get why we can create amazing animated characters, but still need meatbags to do the voices, even though video is m…
Well, that's more or less what Vocaloid is. I don't know japanese so I can't speak to how real it sounds, but given that vocaloid is huge in japan and there are actually concerts that thousands of peo
Why do wall chargers seem to charge iPhones faster than computers, xbox… etc
To add to the other replies, current (measured in amps) is drawn by the phone rather than pushed by the charger, and the rating of the charger is how much can be drawn before it shuts down/overheats/b
why are stormclouds gray when normal clouds are white?
Yes, but the reason why it is darker is due to there being larger sized particles in the clouds. As they are getting closer to what we know as rain. This absorbs light differently light differently, t
why haven’t we built passengers airplanes with no windows but screen walls on the inside?
The ability for passengers to use natural light from the windows to evacuate in case of an emergency, and for emergency crews to be able to see inside the aircraft, would be lost with screens.
Why are modern-day cars not designed with panorama windows (no pillars in the sides) to eliminate the blind spot?
The pillars add significant strength in the event of a roll over accident. Also glass becomes much more expensive the larger it gets.
Why do prebuilt computers cost more then building one with the same specs.
Same reason a pre cooked meal costs more than cooking an identical one yourself. That, and often times manufacturers will offer warranty/support beyond or outside of the hardware manufacturers warrant
Why are computer keyboards designed qwerty instead of abcdef?
If you think of a writing machine, they had little sticks attached to the letters. You press a key, stick raises and hits the paper, comes back. Now, you need to distribute the letters in such a way t
Why does my iPhone struggle to load a 2 min youtube video, but streams Netflix seamlessly?
There are differences between Netflix and Google/YouTube. One is a paid subscription one is a free ad sponsored site. The subscription based Netflix has all the episodes spooled up and ready to go on