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Since bits are ones and zeroes, and also mean true/false and on/off by extension, doesn't that mean all solutions to IT problems are just turning something off and on again at some level? (fedia.io)
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Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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[โ€“] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm misremembering (or it's just old knowledge and new chips are more sophisticated) but despite it being low voltage vs high voltage the outcome is still on or off because there's a resistor in the semiconductor that either allows current through or not. If it were a light switch it would be the equivalent of turning the light on or off.

[โ€“] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Ya. It's more like "current go this way or current go that way" than it is high/low voltages.