Eli5: Why do some video players (Youtube, Netflix etc.) have problems with loading a video, only for it to be solved on a reload of the website?
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Some parts of the process are deterministic: like when you press Enter / click/tap a button, that triggers the browser to start (re)loading the page. But others are non deterministic, like which exact path the emergent packets will take over the (inter)network. Reloading effectively dice rolls the non deterministic parts.
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