tomalator t1_j1w2dlt wrote on December 27, 2022 at 8:52 PM

Reply to ELI5: If time is the fourth dimension, then what force is pushing us through it? by quacduck

Nothing needs to push us through time, we just are moving through it. An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force. The planets don't get pushed forward in their orbits, but they continue to go around their orbits.

tomalator t1_j1qd532 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 3:47 PM

Reply to Eli5: When listening to music with headphones, how are some sounds only on the left or the right earphone? by JustTransportation51

If you look at your headphone jack, you may notice there are black rings on it. Those rings separate different channels. One ring means only one channel (one channel and ground). Two rings means you have 2 channels (left, right, and ground) and 3 rings means there's an additional channel for a microphone.

Sending different signals down the different channels means each speaker plays a different sound. By changing the relative volumes (and timings by a very small amount) our brains are tricked into thinking the sound is coming from a certain point in space, including moving from one side to the other.

tomalator t1_iuat4l8 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:12 PM

Reply to comment by stakekake in ELI5: How does an Iambic Pentameter work? by ryzbaka

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tomalator t1_iuarh9p wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Reply to eli5: Thawing Meat Debate by 5thHorseman999

Assuming it has been in the freezer long enough to completely freeze, it shouldn't make a difference. If I have 2 ice cube trays and I put one in the freezer for an hour and the other in front day, the ones that were in there for an hour haven't completely frozen yet, and will therefore melt faster, but if I instead compare ice cubes that were in the freezer for a day and a week, both had enough time to completely freeze and there shouldn't be a difference.