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human
ELI5: Why does turning it off and back on help so often?

Its the general 1st suggestion for a quick fix.
gpt
Imagine the computer is like an orchestra.

If one group within the orchestra were to fall behind, and then all of the groups started getting messed up due to the un-matched group. Rather than letting that one group try to catch up on it's own by speeding up or jumping forward in the music it would be easier for the conductor to simply stop everyone and start again with everyone in unison.

The same applies to a computer if one process or task falls behind, it can cause a cascading effect. Better to just restart and let everything sync back up like it should.