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joelthelion 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

Why are the lamp posts blinking in a weird way?

mark_something 15 days ago [–]

I think that light coming from different parts of the lamp arrives at different times. So if the lamp turns off, you see the part closest to you go black first.

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