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fierohink t1_iyeb386 wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why does a 150mb software update take longer than downloading a 1gb file? by TheRodOfDiscord
A better analogy would be, why is it so easy and quick to buy a 55gal drum of oil, but it takes an hour to change your own oil?
With an update, it isn’t just raw data being downloaded. If that were the case 150MB would beat 1GB every time. Instead you are downloading data and then doing something with that data (replacing files with new ones, possibly shutting down and restarting programs, making settings changes, etc). And that “doing something” is what takes time.
fierohink t1_iye6ycw wrote
Reply to ELI5 why do things like drinks need food dye in them? Can’t we just leave out the dye since some cause health issues? by Ballisticpop34
The food and drinks don’t “NEED” the dyes.
There are certain foods that we know should look a certain way. And food scientists have spent a lot of effort determining what people think is appetizing. So as foods are more and more enhanced through GMOs, or high fructose corn syrup, etc. they know the color has to stay the same.
Colas for example had that brown color from caramel syrup, or sugars cooked down until they browned. Now high fructose corn syrup is used as the sweetener and coloring is used to restore the hue.
Why some food colors are harmful is a whole other concern. Sometimes a product has unintended side effects. We see that in medicines all the time.
fierohink t1_iuak1cl wrote
Reply to What we could've had by blajjefnnf
Plumber confirmed. He’s good at laying pipe.
fierohink t1_iu9n5ba wrote
Reply to comment by Kemel90 in ELI5 - Why does wine have a higher alcohol percentage than cider or beer? by Excellent_Physics767
In General grapes are sweeter than grains (barley, oats, hops). More sugar at the beginning means more alcohol at the end.
fierohink t1_j799ni5 wrote
Reply to comment by WetCoastLife in PsBattle: A child dressed as a raccon with a rifle by storiedshahadah587
Trash Panda, is that better?
hehehehe no it’s worse, way worse