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 • • 3h ago

How to open this spnic keychain clip!

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Got this really cute keychain from my S.O. been trying to put it on my back pack before I forget!

How to I open it? Is it even open able!

Thanks for the help! ​

I Spelled sonic wrong oh gosh. ​


r/howdoesthiswork • • 1d ago

ourbus referral code how to

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i'm trying to get the $10 off from a referral code while booking an ourbus bus but i wasn't able to enter the referral code anywhere and i'm a little confused. i see everyone saying to go to my profile -> edit -> and then enter the code, but i haven't found anywhere to enter this code. i'd really appreciate if someone could help me!


r/howdoesthiswork • • 1d ago

ELI5: Why can the same temperature feel completely different depending on whether it’s windy, humid or sunny?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 1d ago

What on earth is this!

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 2d ago

How does the internet actually get inside our phones through the air?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 6d ago

Request How does the countdown gimmick in the Avengers: Doomsday trailer work?

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This is really just a stupid question that popped up in my mind but I wanted to find out how it works exactly. So you know how they play trailers for upcoming movies in the theatre, well then how is it that every time I've seen them play the avengers doomsday trailer, at the end the clock is correctly (to the best of my knowledge) synced to the release date?

I don't go too often to the movies now, but since the last 2 times I have, at the very least the month seems to correspond to the correct date, i.e., it is the exact number of months left to the movie's release. So I'd be safe to assume that even the days and hours might be pretty close too (I wanna believe the seconds might be accurate as well but I feel there's a margin of error for that). So how does this work, do movie theatres just have every version of the trailer either already with them or get sent an updated version every day? Or do they edit it by themselves, which I feel isn't possible because not only would they have to match the style of the existing clock but also account for the numerous screenings happening in a single theatre at varying times.

If anyone working at the movie theatres could answer this it would really be swell because I just had this random bout of curiosity and now I'm really interested in knowing the answer :)

Edit: thank you for all the responses everybody! I suppose the dates aren't lined up and I was just too tired to do the exact calculations after all :) Had a friend of mine who went recently say something similar


r/howdoesthiswork • • 7d ago

How does this happen????

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The temperature remote is working accurately without batteries….


r/howdoesthiswork • • 7d ago

Apk how do I make a app message through the ads pop up on watching reels

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 13d ago

What are these movable wooden things on this chair for?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 12d ago

What is it?

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Why don’t we all take a breath from the extreme societal issues, and remember that if you fart on wood, like a door perhaps, it will sound louder. You’re welcome. Why does this happen though????


r/howdoesthiswork • • 14d ago

Request What is this and is it safe to disconnect?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 16d ago

Can someone explain this playground thing?!

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 15d ago

Hoe werkt dit hier

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Hoe kan ik foto plaatsen


r/howdoesthiswork • • 15d ago

How do noise-cancelling headphones actually cancel noise?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 16d ago

Something strange in Delhi sky 👽

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what is this phenomenon and how does it work

is it just the lense being broken


r/howdoesthiswork • • 18d ago

Has anyone seen these before?How do they work?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 17d ago

Im new here

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So.. how does this thing work?


r/howdoesthiswork • • 18d ago

Hola quién me ayuda a usar la esta aplicación?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 18d ago

Request Basic app icon question

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 21d ago

Request What is this device?

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No idea how to use this.


r/howdoesthiswork • • 23d ago

How do hose accessories like nozzle guns turn off the water?

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r/howdoesthiswork • • 24d ago

Battery operated toy phone turns on when I turn the light off

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I have a Halloween decoration; a battery operated toy phone which rings and says creepy things when you pick it up.

Oddly, whenever I flip the light switch off in the room where the phone’s located, it activates the phone — it rings and talks the same way it does when you pick it up.

It happens every time I turn the light switch off, but never when I turn the switch on (or for any other reason).

Can someone explain this?

Thanks!


r/howdoesthiswork • • 24d ago

chat what is this

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i thrifted this, it looks like a old wax warmer of some kind, how do i use it? is it missing a piece ?


r/howdoesthiswork • • 24d ago

Does anyone know how to put ironing water in this iron?

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