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Response:

Calculated Shard: 74 (from laksa051)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa074.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.futurelearn.com/info/helpie_faq/why-is-the-kx-in-hookes-law-negative\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.futurelearn.com/info/helpie_faq/why-is-the-kx-in-hookes-law-negative\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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Readable Markdown	[Home](https://www.futurelearn.com/) [FAQs](https://www.futurelearn.com/info/helpie_faq) Why is the kx in Hooke’s law negative? Published on September 17th, 2021 aleksander.malaszkiewicz Published on September 17th, 2021 by aleksander.malaszkiewicz The kx is not always negative. Hooke’s law is formulated as either F = -kx with a minus symbol or as F = kx without the minus symbol. 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