sterlingphoenix
sterlingphoenix t1_jegvzj6 wrote
WiFI 7 will theoretically be able to deliver speeds of 40Gbps. Routers might start showing up this year, but until routers and clients are readily available it'd be hard to take advantage of the increased bandwidth.
Note the terms "theoretically" and "might".
sterlingphoenix t1_jef64bq wrote
Reply to comment by knight-errant52 in ELI5 - In moviemaking, it seems "dailies" would be pretty easy to create for review and playback in the digital realm, but how were "dailies" created in the film era, if the film had to be processed/developed and then sync'd to sound first? by OsgoodSchlotter
I do love that movie.
sterlingphoenix t1_jeer583 wrote
Reply to ELI5 - In moviemaking, it seems "dailies" would be pretty easy to create for review and playback in the digital realm, but how were "dailies" created in the film era, if the film had to be processed/developed and then sync'd to sound first? by OsgoodSchlotter
Well, they'd have to take the film and do minimal processing on it, and yes it was pretty time consuming. They would sometimes have different cameras just for dailies.
However, starting in the 1960s, they started using videotape alongside film cameras for the dailies. This greatly simplified the process. The first movie to do this was The Party starring Peter Sellers and directed by Blake Edwards, which was released in 1968.
(And I know this because it's one of my favourite movies (; ).
sterlingphoenix t1_je56fsr wrote
Reply to ELI5: How do physicists know that their search for a Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is even achievable? by spearblaze
This is science. The whole point of research is that we don't know the answer.
The way it work is someone comes up with an idea, and then it gets fleshed out into a hypothesis, and then people come up with ways to try and prove it. It doesn't always work -- sometimes it turns out the hypothesis was incorrect, and sometimes we just don't know how to prove it. Doesn't mean we don't try.
And frankly it's the same with the philosopher's stone. Just because we know now have the hindsight that it was completely bonkers doesn't mean they shouldn't have tried at the time. This is how science advances.
sterlingphoenix t1_jaf1os7 wrote
I'm not sure how many I have without actually looking because I might miss some, but over 5. This is because I live somewhere with wild climate changes (brutally cold, icy and snowy through wet and super-hot, and everything in between) and I have to be outside for decent amounts of times during all of those.
sterlingphoenix t1_jaex4c9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5 What's "the hole" like in prison? by Runin28
You should probably indicate that you're quoting from the article...
sterlingphoenix t1_ja89uz8 wrote
Reply to ELI5 why cancer is a dangerous disease by MRJ20043102
Because cells that grow out of control will eventually take over and destroy healthy cells that actually serve a function.
sterlingphoenix t1_ja3867y wrote
Reply to comment by speculatrix in ELI5: in MS-DOS there were not-interchangeable audio cards and we had to manually select it to get sound, otherwise there was none at all. When and why this stopped being a problem? by 3RBlank
DOS did everything you'd expect an OS to do in the consumer space. It wasn't supposed to compete with the commercial space.
If you want to go full UNIX, I definitely don't think you can call Windows a "real" OS, either. And I mean until the late 2000s.
sterlingphoenix t1_ja2vuck wrote
Reply to comment by speculatrix in ELI5: in MS-DOS there were not-interchangeable audio cards and we had to manually select it to get sound, otherwise there was none at all. When and why this stopped being a problem? by 3RBlank
> DOS was barely an operating system, in the true sense.
I mean you may be OK saying "compared to modern operating systems", but it was a perfectly adequate OS for the time. Windows wasn't an actual OS until Windows 98...
sterlingphoenix t1_j9vd4qv wrote
Reply to comment by metaphorm in ELI5: Why do we only use 1 and 0 for binary? Could we create a trinary system introducing an extra '2'? by No-Mammoth-1638
> Explain for laypeople
Yes, not electrical engineers. I simplified it.
sterlingphoenix t1_j9vbavj wrote
Reply to comment by metaphorm in ELI5: Why do we only use 1 and 0 for binary? Could we create a trinary system introducing an extra '2'? by No-Mammoth-1638
> what you might be thinking of is the way an electronic logic circuit uses electricity
No, what i'm thinking is that this is ELI5, not ELIamanelectricalengineer (:
sterlingphoenix t1_j9v26ot wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why do we only use 1 and 0 for binary? Could we create a trinary system introducing an extra '2'? by No-Mammoth-1638
It's a binary system because electricity is either on or off. Adding a "kinda" that's actually stable and reliable is incredibly complex.
With that said, this is pretty much what quantum computing seeks to overturn and why it's assumed to have such an impact on computing.
Both these subjects have been posted about before so you can search for more complete answers.
sterlingphoenix t1_j9tcdhn wrote
Reply to Eli5 woke up with T-shirt and socks by cale_the_whale
I mean you're asking us to speculate because I'm pretty sure none of us have cameras in your bedroom, but you obviously put some clothes on in your sleep and don't remember. That's not entirely uncommon.
sterlingphoenix t1_j6bpkud wrote
Reply to ELI5: Home Field Advantage by frycookchampion
The fields my be the same dimensions, but they're not the same. It's your field, your stadium, your livery, your equipment, your dressing rooms, and mostly your fan base. Also, you didn't have to travel to be here. There could be other factors, too, like you being used to the weather or other conditions.
sterlingphoenix t1_j5w4mg1 wrote
The term "canon" predates movies and shows. It means a law that other things are judged by, or the authoritative source. You'll hear a lot about religious canon, for example.
"Canon" when it comes to movie means the absolute authority to the lore -- what the creators of the movie, for example, say.
sterlingphoenix t1_j5rq3dp wrote
Reply to Eli5 Why can’t the US do the equivalent of electricity rolling blackouts with water? by Danijoy1143
You mean... cut off peoples' water? The thing you absolutely need to, you know. Survive?
sterlingphoenix t1_j2f797a wrote
Reply to Eli5 why do we as humans, globally, accept to pay a different price for the exact same product just somewhere else on the globe? by [deleted]
Clarification: as opposed to doing what, OP?
sterlingphoenix t1_j2f4vm1 wrote
Reply to ELI5. What does "return" do in programming? I read about it a lot and still dont understand the purpose. by BlendsLoL
Clarification: Which programming language? return
does different things in different languages. The answers you're getting are very specific to languages like C and it's derivatives, but this is NOT global.
sterlingphoenix t1_j2es0g4 wrote
I've personally built a crucible that can reach over 1,000C from parts I bought mostly at Home Depot for about $150. Imagine what you could do with an actual budget -- there are plenty of materials that can contain molten steel.
sterlingphoenix t1_j2dsuv4 wrote
Reply to comment by tifloh in ELI5: How do we get such detailed pictures of planets and space? by thegoodnamesRtaken9
I mean, you'd see the other light (:
sterlingphoenix t1_j2c7twe wrote
"Being barefoot" isn't innately unsanitary. though a lot of people might just not want to see your feet.
With that said, most people don't want your shoes all over the place, either.
And it'd absolutely be unsanitary to walk around barefoot outside. Because nobody really cleans that.
sterlingphoenix t1_j2c7axa wrote
So you can search this sub for "how do cameras work" for more detail, but you need the TL;DR: that photography is literally "capturing light". And the more massive your... light capture device, the more light you're going to capture. So being a "massive telescope" really helps.
You know how you see long exposure images? That's a camera keeping the shutter open and absorbing more light as it streaks by.
These massive telescopes can keep the "shutter" open for ages, and can move around so they're pointing at the same patch of sky. That way get sharp images rather than streaks.
There's also no atmosphere in space to distort things.
Finally, a lot of post-processing happens after images are taken.
EDIT to add that for planets in the solar system, we actually send spaceships over to take up-close pictures.
sterlingphoenix t1_j2a0nkt wrote
I'd like to point out that a lot of them have shuttered. The Weekly World News, for example. Which is too bad, that thing was hilarious.
sterlingphoenix t1_j27dozs wrote
Reply to eli5 What is the difference between a compiled language and an interpreted language in programming by GamingRocky_YT
A compiled language gets converted to machine language (that's what compiling means). This makes it more efficient in many ways, but TL;DR: it'll run faster. Also nobody can look at your code.
Interpreted language is never compiled, as such. You run the interpreter, which reads the file, and translates it to machine language on the fly. This is a lot slower, but means development can be a lot faster and simpler.
sterlingphoenix t1_jegzeaf wrote
Reply to comment by dmazzoni in ELI5: what and when does WI-FI 7 do and release to public? How much faster? by 158405159
Speak for yourself! MY ISP really, really sucks!