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If the IBM PC used an ARM (or related) CPU instead of the Intel 8088, would smartphones ultimately have sucked less?

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Why is gaming so dependent on IBM PC compatible hardware now?

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Why do certain brands of smart TV's exclude specific apps. For instance if you have an LG TV you cannot add the MLB app

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ELI5: What kind of security mechanisms do software companies use to ensure that the source code of their products will be practically impossible to discover?

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Easy explanation of AI tools (The first 5 minutes will do)

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ELI5: The Linux xz backdoor situation

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How is decentralized social media more private if all the data is public and shared?

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Why do people crumple a paper into a ball?

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Can someone explain this PBF comic to me?

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Why do we vividly remember our dreams ~5 minutes after waking up then promptly forget every detail?

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What is peertube?

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How is a chemical 'element' differentiated from it's isotopes?

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How did Celtic culture survive in Wales and Cornwall despite Roman invasion?

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How to set up a self-hosted cloud with Raspberry Pi

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ELI5: How does Trump benefit from overvaluating his assets?

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How does SSO work?

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ELI5: Legitimate-interest cookies

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Is it possible to make a heat pump that cools down spaces ?

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ELI5: How are these massive adblock lists kept updated so regularly?

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New Moderators Needed for c/ExplainLikeImFive

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ELI5: RICO

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What's the deal with Linus tech tips?

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How is the Recipient the Only One Able to Decrypt End to End Encryption?

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What happens to the ampersand on the internet?

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Why are CAs important if anyone can get their certificate signed for free?

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Why do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes?

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ELI5: Why is the recent LK-99 superconductor news a big deal?

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Jailbreaking iPhones: what exactly does it entail?

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What are electrolytes?

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What specific things are wrong with my installed copy of Brave

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What is DRM and why is Chrome doing a bad thing here?

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ELI5: What exactly makes AI dangerous? And how could it end the world?

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ELI5: How is Amazon able to sell me books so much cheaper than brick and mortar book stores in my area

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ELI5: What is DRM and how much its implementation in Google's Manifest V3 will affect the Internet?

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What is the difference between Linux package managers?

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