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Exploring "Why" questions about Technology
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Why does digital data have to be stored on a physical medium?
There is no such thing as "the digital space". Everything persistent is physical. Everything.
Why do some websites and programs seem to not be able to process apostrophes and instead replace it with a series of nonsensical characters. For example: instead of “John’s”, the site would show “J…
I see this often in titles in imgur albums in RES. Is there some way to prevent this from happening?
Why does my phone echo sometimes?
issues with the line. there is noise on the line when you call. when you hang up an phone it makes a new connection and this time no issue with the connection.
why there is so much “US Only” content on the internet
You mean TV shows, like how we can't get on the Daily Show YouTube channel in the UK? It's largely because once you've made your programme in your native country, you can then sell the broadcast right
Why does going through clouds in an airplane make the ride more bumpy/turbulent?
Clouds form at the boundaries of different air masses. The air can be moving in different directions in the different masses. Also within clouds there tend to be stronger circulation patterns.
Why does rain make the internet slow?
Depends on type of connection the wifi uses, if it is through cable to wifi then the signal will be okay, if the wifi is connected through antenna the connection will get worse because the rain is blo
Why can a coaxial cable carry hundreds of HD TV channels but a PC display cable can barely handle high resolutions?
Your DisplayPort cable actually has more total bandwidth, as much as 17 GHz. The difference is that this data is sent relatively *uncompressed,* that is, close to every pixel of every frame is transmi
Why is the iPhone 7 waterproof in 1 meter deep water, but not any deeper?
Because water pressure increases the deeper you go into water and something that can withhold the pressure of 1M of water can't necessarily withhold the pressure of 10M of water.
Why can’t you use the tab key to indent paragraphs on Reddit like you can in word processors? Also why can’t you italicize on Facebook? Is there a programming reason why these are problems?
The tab key in a lot of programs is used to move from field to field in the form. This allows you to navigate the page without using a mouse (something many developers prefer to do). You could write y
why do all cameras/phones save photos to a folder named “DCIM”?
It's a convention. Short of Digital Camera Images. The convention allows for a device to place files in a place that makes sense on media - e.g.