Self-tutoring about computer hardware: the tutor mentions DisplayPort. The following is according to my understanding. DisplayPort is a high-end technology for conveying video signals to a monitor. It also carries audio, but seems most known for its apt handling of …
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Self-tutoring about technology one encounters: the tutor mentions DVI. The following is according to my understanding. Yesterday I was looking at the back of a smart TV, wondering why something didn’t work. It turns out it wasn’t the smart TV’s …
Self-tutoring about data storage: the tutor opens a discussion about flash drive capacity. The following is according to my understanding. I recall floppy disks. As I recall, one could hold around 1MB of data. When I was a kid (meaning …
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Self-tutoring about possibilities with computers and the Internet: the tutor mentions a case of hard wiring. The following is according to my understanding. Back in the day – meaning the late nineties in this case – a lot of serious …
Self-tutoring about skills that facilitate yard work: the tutor mentions knots. I recall, as a child, watching my father tie knots in various situations of quick improvisation. He had grown up around farming, and was also a military man. He …
Tutoring sciences, questions about technology arise. The tutor mentions how microwaves are generated. Within a microwave oven (for instance), how are the microwaves themselves generated? A simple answer is “from a magnetron.” To explain more, here’s what happens: A cathode …
Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor mentions the idea of fail-safe. My understanding of fail-safe is that, if a system within a larger piece of equipment fails, the system that has failed defaults to the most benign state possible. Yet, what …
Self-tutoring about video editing: the tutor mentions volume control on OpenShot. In this case, I’ll just refer you to this one minute video (for real), by EZ Tutorials, about how to manipulate the volume of a track in OpenShot.
Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor continues about directed energy weapons. In my post from February 7, I mention directed energy weapons, giving the example of lasers. Lasers for such an application are sometimes referred to as HELs (high energy lasers). …
Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor begins about directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons, from my understanding, focus an energy beam at a target. Laser weapons are examples. A laser beam is different from natural light because of the way it’s …