How Things Work

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How Things Work

Rules:

1. No reposts.

Reposting old content from the same community is low effort.

2. Re-covering topics

Try not to cover topics that have already been covered. Add additional context, corrections, or information in the comments of the original topic's post.

3. Be civil

Assholes will be banned

4. Posts must explain the topic thoroughly

Posts that do a poor job of explaining the topic will be removed. Low quality or short articles and videos or AI generated content will be removed

5. No spam or excessive self promotion

If your content sufficiently explains the topic, then posting your own articles or videos is ok.

6. Meta posts should be tagged [Meta]

7. Questions should be tagged [Question]

Questions can be flaired "answered" once sufficiently explained

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Helicopter Gear Reduction (www.youtube.com)
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Making Aerogel (youtu.be)
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How Oscillating Fans Work (www.youtube.com)
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[META] Just links to videos? (self.howthingswork)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pglpm to c/howthingswork
 
 

I'd be interested in joining a community like this, but one where people explain things themselves, maybe even with experiments they did; or where people comment and compare different explanations found online – also to check their correctness. At the moment I only see links to (mostly) youtube videos. But then I can simply do a search on youtube myself. I wonder if this community would like to do something more.

This is just my opinion and a question, I completely understand if people prefer to do differently!

Moderators: please feel free to delete this comment if unimportant. Sorry for the outlier.

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DNA replication (www.youtube.com)
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How a Laser Works (www.youtube.com)
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How Touchscreens work (www.youtube.com)
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How glow sticks work (www.youtube.com)
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Jury Nullification (www.youtube.com)
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How E-ink displays work (www.youtube.com)
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How Bitcoin Works (www.youtube.com)
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How Watches Work (1949) (www.youtube.com)
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How Helicopters fly (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by jjagaimo to c/howthingswork
 
 

The CGI and SFX are a bit out of date but the explanation is sufficient

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How N95 masks work (www.youtube.com)
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The Archer's Paradox (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by jjagaimo to c/howthingswork