Recent comments in /f/explainlikeimfive
Kieranr901 t1_j6mtfnp wrote
An interface is something that a person would use to do the things they need
To interact with something is to engage with an activity/conversation/person.
For example, if I was to talk with someone, I'm interacting with them, because I'm doing an action that engages that person
hatsuseno t1_j6mt2v3 wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
Computers don't need GPUs. Older computers from the 80s sometimes didn't have any GPU, and the CPU was responsible for redrawing what you see on the monitor.
The problem with that is that it costs a lot of CPU time to do so, redrawing all the pixels 50 or 60 times per second.
GPUs started out as nothing more than a helper chip(set) for the CPU, so it wouldn't be doing the pixel pushing, but could do other stuff at the same time.
As what we wanted to see on the screen became more complex GPUs consequently also became more complex. First it was 2D acceleration to improve drawing windows and sprites on the screen, later 3D acceleration for obvious uses.
Or said in one line, CPUs are generalists so they can do the 'anything' computers are known for, GPUs are specialists so the CPU can continue doing generalist stuff, like instructing the GPU to 'draw a rectangle there', 'move the sprite from here to here over X frames', or 'add a sphere to the 3D scene'.
Spiritual_Jaguar4685 t1_j6msx3h wrote
Reply to comment by is_this_the_place in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
Not an expert here. I believe certain colors of other lights can also preserve night vision. Low intensity green light does it to I believe.
ad-lapidem t1_j6msw78 wrote
Reply to comment by AceDecade in ELI5: Why does the order of adjectives matter? by AbleReporter565
"He will run yesterday" is perfectly grammatically correct, it's just semantically nonsense. For that matter, "he are running" (or "he be running," etc.) may not be acceptable in standard Englishes, but might be preferred or at least unexceptional in certain dialects.
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Spiritual_Jaguar4685 t1_j6msq9b wrote
Reply to comment by Sir_wlkn_contrdikson in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon
Not a fancy way of saying GMO. Plants can do a lot of wacky genetic things totally naturally, but keep in mind pretty much any plant we eat has had thousands of years of selective breeding by humans. We've essentially trained all of our domesticated crops, naturally, to be a certain way.
Specially, plants can do some "odd" things when it comes to reproducing and creating fruits. For example, we're familiar with the concept of getting 1 set of genes from our mothers and 1 set from our fathers, they would call this "2N" genetics. In theory plants work the same way but getting 3N, 4N, 5N, etc plants is really common and doesn't hurt them as much as it would us. If you ever see a box of monstrous strawberries at the grocery they probably aren't GMO, they are just 3N or 4N strawberries (natural genetic freaks, not human engineered genetic freaks).
What I'm saying in the above is some plants, if the flowers don't get fertilized will just kill the flower and move on (like apples), other plants will keep the organ alive and produce what's called a "virgin fruit". Since no fertilization occurred the plant can't make normal seeds, but they'll probably still be there. They will just be super small or soft and you eat them without noticing them. Those are the seedless grapes and oranges and stuff per OP's prompt.
ReverseCargoCult t1_j6ms8zk wrote
Reply to comment by loverlyone in ELI5: How does citizenship work? Can I (US Citizen) move to the EU and just become a citizen? by _99Percent
The last part is not 100% true. Under a certain amount you get credits and don't have to pay tax twice. Still rather silly all in all. And the fact it costs quite a bit to give up your citizenship haha!
FruitbatNT t1_j6ms3og wrote
Pretty much everything. Our body is just a big floppy meat suit without a brain to act as puppet master.
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Reply to Eli5: what is the difference between/the relationship between RNA and DNA? by LumpyEducation2588
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BigFootV519 t1_j6mroq0 wrote
Reply to ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
Its all about concentration. Saline is meant to match the body's natural level of electrolytes. It's the same reason sport drinks like Gatorade contain electrolytes. They can replenish fluid levels without disrupting the electrolytes balance.
AndarianDequer t1_j6mrm0z wrote
Reply to comment by Ancient-Ad6958 in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
Yes, and please draw the rest of the characters around the house that do everything else.
twotall88 t1_j6mrkph wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
No, to be actually hydrated you need to consume salts that include sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, phosphate, and magnesium. If your diet is deficient in that and all you drink is H2O/water then you will still be dehydrated while urinating a lot.
In fact, for your kidneys to function properly they need to basically be full of sodium.
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Weevius t1_j6mr669 wrote
I’ll take a stab at simplifying the reasoning
Everything up to that point (hydrogen, helium etc) the gravity / force of a regular star is strong enough to overcome the natural repelling force of the 2 atoms. For iron it isn’t.
Or you could think of burning things - Think of ash in a fire. A regular star has a “temperature” that can burn elements up to iron, when it gets to iron it starts to cool because iron is like ash (eg it’s not hot enough to burn it so temperature drops due to fuel starvation). That’s why we have other elements - certain situations can make special stars that are hot enough to burn that ash into other elements. Easy comparison from home fire / stove burning paper to wood to coal or to a furnace melting metals.
Veerand t1_j6mr05x wrote
Reply to comment by is_this_the_place in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
I don't think I have seen one with green and red, only white (regular) and red.
Incendas1 t1_j6mqk9q wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
We have salt in our bodies and that's necessary as well. So when you're dehydrated you lose both water and salts.
Agifem t1_j6mqhze wrote
Reply to comment by BobbyThrowaway6969 in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
>but that's grunt work.
Excellent ELI5 explanation, through and through to the last word.
Cubusphere t1_j6mq5xh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
No. Saline is exactly what your body needs in terms of water and sodium chloride (table salt), sea water is way too much salt, distilled water a bit too little.
KingKongDuck t1_j6mq1yn wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
No, it's to do with best absorption of the water which saline provides. Not about making you thirsty or otherwise.
Ipride362 t1_j6mpsxt wrote
Reply to comment by HauntedBiFlies in ELI5 What causes one phenotype to be dominant and another recessive? by Zealous___Ideal
Yeah, brown is more dominant by population.
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Reply to comment by Incendas1 in ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
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andrea_ci t1_j6mpndf wrote
Money.
Authors and Publishers actively limit the licensing to libraries, schools and other structures to maximize profits.
If anyone could borrow a book from a public library in the first weeks of availability, that book won't sell many copies. In this way, someone will actually borrow it, but the majority of people will buy it.
Ipride362 t1_j6mpla2 wrote
Reply to ELI5: Who gives authority to a police department? Lets say a new town were to be founded somewhere in the US, how is the local law enforcement agency brought up in that town? by Interesting-Leek-202
The Social Construct. People give authority to police by respecting their authority.
It’s submission to the law and those who enforce it.
Minimum_Box4491 t1_j6mpdvz wrote
Reply to Eli5: what is the difference between/the relationship between RNA and DNA? by LumpyEducation2588
To keep it short:
DNA contains instructions to make proteins. RNA carries these instructions to the protein factories (called “ribosomes”). DNA is in the famous shape of a double-helix. Imagine only one side/one half of that - and you have the shape of RNA, which is a single strand.
And all this happens at a micro-cellular level.
Digital-Chupacabra t1_j6mtgfr wrote
Reply to eli5 - Why do we get the urge to pee whenever we touch something wet? Especially in the winter/cold weather by Hammude90
We do? I haven't noticed this personally so it sound anecdotal, unless you have some source saying otherwise.
That said, if I had to guess, i'd say its a similar mental trigger to how running water gives a lot of folks the urge to pee.