r/howdoesthiswork Aug 20 '15

FYI Thank You For Your Patronage

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/r/HowDoesThisWork has 440 subscribers.

On 04 Dec 2013, when I made my first post here, before assuming the moderator's role, this subreddit had 44 subscribers.

A tenfold growth is nice.

Again, thank you.


r/howdoesthiswork 2d ago

How does hold music work

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Why does hold music all sound grainy like it is being played from a cassette player that’s 6 ft away from the phone?

I mean they have to have a way of having clear sounding music when on hold, so what is going on here?


r/howdoesthiswork 3d ago

Request How does tv beep cuss words on live tv

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I am watching the worldcup final rn and Zlatan just said shit on live tv, and fox beeped it on live tv...how does this system work?


r/howdoesthiswork 4d ago

Request Baffle on a BBQ smoker… 🤔

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The image is a baffle on a bbq smoker. Its purpose is to let air in to feed the fire, which controls temperature. Open, lots of air and lots of heat, closed, no air and low heat.

The knob is used to control how open or how closed it is. When the knob is moved left and right, all four openings are closed or opened with a “flapper” simultaneously in each of the four.

Question is: how is the knob connected and controlling all four?


r/howdoesthiswork 5d ago

Camp chair refuses to open with every angle I can think of

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Brand is head land but I cannot find it online, not surprised if they stopped making them after complaints. I have pulled the arms and legs in every direction while holding different other limbs. Can’t figure it out please help it is late


r/howdoesthiswork 5d ago

Help 🚨

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How does this app actually work? 👀


r/howdoesthiswork 6d ago

Why the solar panels on a trash can

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?


r/howdoesthiswork 6d ago

Seems to be a love spell but idk if it really works

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Try it out and give me a reply and maybe a up vote (pls)


r/howdoesthiswork 6d ago

Why does the flippy switch under my rear view mirror work? Why can I still see out the back window when I flip it?

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r/howdoesthiswork 8d ago

How do I turn off these lights?

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r/howdoesthiswork 9d ago

Why does “turn[ing] it off and on again” fix so many problems with electronics?

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r/howdoesthiswork 9d ago

God

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So one day I had this random show thought thing about it and now I’m eternally confused.

So if Adam and Eve were one skin color…like white or whatever….How do black people exist….or like…any and every other ethnicity?

I’m genuinely confused


r/howdoesthiswork 10d ago

how do it work this

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I have a lighter that says I can take it apart or something can someone help


r/howdoesthiswork 12d ago

Why does tapping the side of a carbonated can calm it down so it doesn't fizz all over the place?

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When I get a carboated can, if I don't tap it before I open it, it shoots out, but if I flick it with my finger three times it doesn't? What's happening here?


r/howdoesthiswork 11d ago

Why does jumping on a seesaw balance it?

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Me and my friends found an old seesaw so we tried to balance it. Despite 2 people adding up to approximately the same weight on each side we couldn’t balance the seesaw. But when someone jumped while they were standing on the seesaw the seesaw balanced and this happened multiple times. Why does this happen according to physics?


r/howdoesthiswork 14d ago

what should i do when this light comes on?

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r/howdoesthiswork 14d ago

ELI5 how does charging a phone recharge it

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THIS HAS BAFFLED ME


r/howdoesthiswork 15d ago

How to put a spring on the jiffy stand

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r/howdoesthiswork 17d ago

In case anyone was wondering...

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This is how the cat popsicles turned out


r/howdoesthiswork 16d ago

How Does a Thermocouple Actually Work?!

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Measuring temperature happens ALL THE TIME.

So, how do we measure it?!


r/howdoesthiswork 17d ago

Rain in a different pattern where the wipers go

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Why does the rain look different on the parts of my windshield that the wipers go on?


r/howdoesthiswork 18d ago

ELI5: There’s the temp and then the “feels like” temp. If they are different, how does a thermometer read the real temp and not what it feels like, since it feels like the feels like temp?

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lol I NEVER understood this


r/howdoesthiswork 20d ago

Run on it? Roll on it?

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Part of a circuit training set-up. No signage explaining how it works! Not knowing is driving me crazy!


r/howdoesthiswork 20d ago

Where is the switch and what does it do?

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r/howdoesthiswork 23d ago

I’m

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