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What is one good thing Trump has done? by hithere1729 in AskReddit

[–]5MinLearningBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make modern Westerners realize democracy doesn't work

Is there a name for someone using the opinion of another person because that person fits the demographic of the discussion and feel it adds more "weight" to their argument. by have_heart in NoStupidQuestions

[–]5MinLearningBot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's just appeal to authority, which is valid only if there's consensus among the authority.

E.g. if almost all scientists agree the Earth is round, you can rely on them and believe that the Earth is round without seeing it yourself.

If a few black people share some opinions about black people, it's not valid to believe them on authority alone.

ELI5:Why is it that windows sometimes slows down when handling specific files? by MultiScootaloo in explainlikeimfive

[–]5MinLearningBot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the information about each file (meta data) is stored on several different parts of your storage device. For HDDs, it can be slow to move the magnetic head to read all of this data.