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Re:Show HN: Hacker News, Without AI on Friday September 11, 2026 @03:30PM (#49664060)
The upvote button seems to be broken or non-functional on unslop.news. I am running Windows 10 on a PC desktop with the latest version of MS Edge.
Re:Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:46PM (#46570714)
It's actually an inverse first power law, assuming that the distance of the drone from the wire is much less than the length of the wire. The inverse square law applies only to a point source of electrical energy, to a sphere, or to an object whose largest dimension is much less than the distance to the drone.
Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team on Monday August 18, 2025 @02:57PM (#44944043)
This site is down or inaccessible to me. What is in it and why is it useful?
Windows build works fine (Windows 10 Professional x64 22H2).
The term for this process is "racemization".
Re:You Exist in the Long Context on Thursday November 21, 2024 @12:31PM (#42206583)
The final paragraph of the linked article contains spoilers for the game. Do not read it if you want to play the game without spoilers.
Re:We Fell for the Oldest Lie on the Internet [video] on Sunday November 17, 2024 @02:23PM (#42166350)
TLDW: The total length of all the blood vessels in the human body is not 60,000 miles or 100,000 km as widely reported, but only 9,000 - 19,000 km. An excellent discussion by Kurzgesagt of how misinformation spreads on the internet.
Re:Python 3.12.2 Released on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:31PM (#39283772)
Price $995, available November. See article in The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/14/23872334/honda-motocompac...

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