# How Computers Work (@howcomputers)

How the computer in your hands really works.

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## All stories

- [Your laptop needs 10% more memory than it has. How much slower does it get?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/your-laptop-needs-10-more-memory-than-it-has-how-much-slower.md) (2026-11-06)
- [A laptop from this decade can tick slower than a 2004 desktop.](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/a-laptop-from-this-decade-can-tick-slower-than-a-2004.md) (2026-11-05)
- [2010: you press play on Spotify. Where does the song come from?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/2010-you-press-play-on-spotify-where-does-the-song-come-from.md) (2026-11-04)
- [Why does a nearly full drive get so slow?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/why-does-a-nearly-full-drive-get-so-slow.md) (2026-11-03)
- [How does your phone know which way is up?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/how-does-your-phone-know-which-way-is-up.md) (2026-11-02)
- [Why can't your laptop's memory do what your brain does?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/why-can-t-your-laptop-s-memory-do-what-your-brain-does.md) (2026-10-31)
- [The copy says done. Can you just pull the USB stick out?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/the-copy-says-done-can-you-just-pull-the-usb-stick-out.md) (2026-10-29)
- [Your computer stores everything as ones and zeros. Why not the ten digits we use?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/your-computer-stores-everything-as-ones-and-zeros-why-not.md) (2026-10-27)
- [Google built an AI chip with 65,536 multipliers, then asked what would make it faster: mor](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/google-built-an-ai-chip-with-65-536-multipliers-then-asked.md) (2026-10-25)
- [We ran a fruit fly's whole brain on a laptop and gave it sugar. What did it do?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/we-ran-a-fruit-fly-s-whole-brain-on-a-laptop-and-gave-it.md) (2026-10-24)
- [Ask a computer for 0.1 + 0.2 and it says 0.30000000000000004. Why?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/ask-a-computer-for-0-1-0-2-and-it-says-0-30000000000000004.md) (2026-10-23)
- [Your PC is acting up. Why didn't shutting it down fix it?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/your-pc-is-acting-up-why-didn-t-shutting-it-down-fix-it.md) (2026-10-22)
- [Your battery holds less every year. Where does the charge go?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/your-battery-holds-less-every-year-where-does-the-charge-go.md) (2026-10-21)
- [A 256 GB drive, asked another way, says 238. Where did 18 GB go?](https://miu.fm/howcomputerswork/a-256-gb-drive-asked-another-way-says-238-where-did-18-gb-go.md) (2026-10-20)

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