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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2010, 12:34:29 AM
In Reply To @jonsagara
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2010, 12:19:17 AM
In Reply To @john_lam
@john_lam can you spend $600? this, by far http://goo.gl/HYJn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 5:45:51 PM
In Reply To @hempels
@hempels yes, when it comes to web, Apple is hopelessly incompetent. iDevices, great, MobileMe.. uhh..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 5:12:44 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente yeah that's a "dumb user" protection -- we redirect you to a /questions/tagged -- it's no longer a search
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 5:08:20 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente well, it's possible some crazy advanced search might cause issues with this, though it's generally a "dump string to html"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 5:00:05 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente [status-norepro]
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 4:30:16 PM
In Reply To @kev_nz
@kev_nz most use Google to search us (it's built in) and are happy with the results..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 4:29:12 PM
In Reply To @neilbarnwell
@nbarnwell really? if you're a skiier, you accidentally ask questions on the snowboarding site? That happens? I don't think so. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 4:02:53 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente ah, so the usual "kevin dente angst" we see in your twitter stream, then? :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 4:02:05 PM
In Reply To @delegatevoid
@delegatevoid er, ui.se is for "user interface researchers and experts" -- is that you? Pretty clear.. http://ui.stackexchange.com/faq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 3:11:28 PM
In Reply To @helloandre
@helloandre should be fixed now, error in MathJax not us..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 3:10:54 PM
In Reply To @orj
@orj should be fixed now, error in MathJax not us..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 3:10:35 PM
In Reply To @jfbastien
@jfbastien should be fixed now, error in MathJax not us..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2010, 3:07:50 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente works well for me, but takes skill to use. Can you give me exactly what you're looking for and I'll show you?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2010, 8:38:22 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza congrats, smile is the first major human milestone!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2010, 2:05:13 AM
In Reply To @famutime
@famutime yes, but that is rage quitting WITH STYLE. http://www.aurichlawson.com/ars/misc/exiting-aircraft.jpg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2010, 5:12:46 PM
In Reply To @jeffreybarke
@jeffreybarke may I suggest for your additional viewing pleasure the Mr Bean movies?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2010, 4:18:31 PM
In Reply To @MaggieL
@MaggieL bah, too easy!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2010, 4:04:50 PM
In Reply To @jeffreybarke
@jeffreybarke his complete lack of talent and acting ability?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2010, 1:58:30 PM
In Reply To @boristerzic
@boristerzic excellent, thanks! We just added OAuth 2.0 support for Facebook as well
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2010, 1:42:12 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's no Iron Giant. That's all I'm saying. Not even a little as good.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2010, 1:37:37 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I really kinda hated Wall-E, it just didn't work for me .. at all. Toy Story 3 and Up were great though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2010, 10:20:08 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente that's like saying "oh, you only need to get punched in the balls a few times per month."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2010, 10:16:13 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza I see this is a matter you have some .. opinions .. on :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2010, 7:38:14 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash BASS! how low can you go?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2010, 4:14:55 AM
In Reply To @kch
@kch we're doing per site before that, decathlon, triathlon, pentathlon. Use "stats" tab on tag page otherwise.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2010, 2:12:16 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's just @kevindente 's style.. a bit.. uh.. noisy, shall we say
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2010, 1:30:13 AM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon ... UNTIL I CRUSH THEM UNDER MY BOOTHEEL!!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:47:02 PM
In Reply To @loicwolff
@loicwolff we have an hour long call in 15 minutes, but can you meet us on a http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com room l8r to figure this out?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:23:41 PM
In Reply To @tooshel
@tooshel oh, c'mon, there's *always* someone more retarded than you that could use some guidance. I mean that in a nice way!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:16:15 PM
In Reply To @_swanson
@_swanson you're welcome -- thanks for building apps with us!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:09:40 PM
In Reply To @tooshel
@tooshel pay it forward! if you're getting great answers, try to be the guy who answers the next guy!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:08:42 PM
In Reply To @loicwolff
@loicwolff we're not sure. Can you log off of english.se , clear domain cookies, then re-log in?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:05:08 PM
In Reply To @loicwolff
@loicwolff we're looking.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2010, 5:01:46 PM
In Reply To @bluesware
@bluesware that's the list! private betas aren't shown there, but private betas only last 7 days.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 8:53:50 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers look at my....... horSE! MY HORSE IS AMAZING! http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Amazing+Horse/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 6:22:58 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I am not disagreeing with that, merely pointing out that to do it right, you kind of have to be a dick.. for good reasons
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 5:06:42 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's actually because Apple is willing to say "fuck you" to their partners. I wish more companies had the balls to.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 3:43:47 PM
In Reply To @vidluther
@vidluther I would wait until the site reaches public beta. private beta is only 7 days.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 3:43:12 PM
In Reply To @D0cNet
@D0cNet you can't, rep is only earned on the parent site
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 3:33:16 PM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne can't wait to see Doodle Jump upscaled to 1080p.. :P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 3:32:28 PM
In Reply To @pzurek
@pzurek er.. no tags? there's 8 pages of tags.. http://money.stackexchange.com/tags
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 2:34:42 PM
In Reply To @bkaid
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2010, 5:32:26 AM
In Reply To @theloudninja
@theloudninja Well, I sure as hell won't be doing any of that on the iPad, typing is HORRIBLE on it. Cripplingly bad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2010, 9:07:37 PM
In Reply To @abock
@abock it's a private beta whitelist-only at the moment so I don't recommend linking it quite yet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2010, 6:57:09 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj \bbest\b|\bworst\b|\bhardest\b|\byour?\b|\bfavou?rite\b
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2010, 6:00:08 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj you should ask on this Q&A site I heard of
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2010, 2:34:40 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway Inception was an OK dramatic action movie, but it felt mostly like a lot of excuses for putting crazy crap on the movie screen
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2010, 1:00:16 AM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked sometimes the code lies.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 6:12:50 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I'm seeing quite a bit of scary jargon on the wikipedia homepage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 6:03:47 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers if you're a snowboarder and hear snowboarder jargon it means you're in the right place, no?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 5:51:46 PM
In Reply To @dvassallo
@DVassallo answerers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 5:39:37 PM
In Reply To @srulyt
@srulyt yes, many tweaks, every day.. WIP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 5:36:58 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers basically what I'm saying is you have to let go of "we want to appeal to everyone" to have anything GOOD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 5:36:25 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers the opposite of not scaring off non-techie users is.. Digg. Least Common Denominator, linkspam.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 5:25:57 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente see http://goo.gl/SN2K -- only downsides, no upside
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2010, 2:48:32 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2010, 2:32:45 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy it's half emptied.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2010, 6:01:58 PM
In Reply To @funkwit
@funkwit nicely played :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2010, 4:06:37 PM
In Reply To @BoltClock
@BoltClock burninated
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2010, 4:57:33 AM
In Reply To @codeyman
@codeyman I liked Win ME! Better than Vista, I say.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2010, 2:21:32 AM
In Reply To @BoltClock
@BoltClock good idea, I burninated that one just now too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2010, 8:14:54 PM
In Reply To @marissamayer
@marissamayer ever seen Groundhog Day, though? http://goo.gl/qJ6X
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2010, 6:13:53 PM
In Reply To @SuperDalgas
@SuperDalgas next up, helicopters!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2010, 2:19:37 AM
In Reply To @pablogl
@pablogl thanks! just fulfill those commitments and you *can* commit to more sites! http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq has details
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2010, 2:27:29 AM
In Reply To @adoran2
@adoran2 perhaps a little but, the idea that you have an actual "we all love this sh*t!" community trumps minor fragmentation.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2010, 3:00:10 PM
In Reply To @tooshel
@tooshel my "solution" was to make poor @michaelfogcreek do it :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2010, 12:46:56 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer not without Xbox Kinect you ain't
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2010, 12:02:50 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer it really is amazing how profoundly bad PHP is, and it's also amazing that doesn't seem to matter in practice.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2010, 5:26:45 AM
In Reply To @mbrevoort
@mbrevoort sure email me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2010, 2:09:11 AM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha LIES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2010, 5:51:16 PM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon looks delicious! almost as delicious as my 7-11 nachos..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2010, 11:58:04 PM
In Reply To @CaseyMalone
@HMXCasey auth is done by xbox live login and the CPU serial #.. either is good. Use the web tool to transfer DRM to new CPU.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2010, 11:52:19 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine ask on http://superuser.com , but you might need to swap RAM or video card (if discrete)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2010, 1:40:57 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I think chocolate chip pancake wrapped sausage on a stick easily trumps that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2010, 4:46:53 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley how come we're not Friendster friends, man? F**k you!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2010, 3:57:50 AM
In Reply To @_nkhlp_
@straygeek yes, this is called http://google.com :) but seriously we are doing some work on the http://stackexchange.com homepage
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 7:20:47 PM
In Reply To @al_north
@alasdairnorth changes all the time due to manufacturing and model changes. constantly changing. rapidly, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 7:20:04 PM
In Reply To @samvermette
@samvermette I did 30 seconds, source files weren't *originally* AAC though. And supposedly it doesn't work with iTunes purchased songs.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 3:46:58 PM
In Reply To @neilbarnwell
@nbarnwell @nathanbowers hmm, don't most cameras have a push-and-hold to turn on mechanism anyway? faster than swipe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 3:21:28 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers why unlock? why not just allow access to JUST camera? think outside the box, man! and yes, camera = the moment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 3:11:22 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers should be a hardware button I can map to camera. There used to be -- with double-home. Not any more.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 2:46:30 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers yeah, tell that to all the great pictures of Rock Hard Awesome I've missed because of: power, slide, find camera app, launch
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2010, 2:39:50 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's in everyone's best interests that IE9 not suck, and by all reports, it looks like they're achieving that goal.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2010, 3:47:20 PM
In Reply To @cwrea
@cwrea yes! I wish more SE 1.0 site owners understood the benefits of the new model as well as you do -- working site, win for everyone
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