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i want to go back
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>>107640639
>skin is for windows media player
>winamp
why are people like this?
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>>107647460
Thanks soviet bros for your warez service
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>>107647410
are you having a stroke?
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>>107640591
fuck off, haggot, in this house we kneel for ashley and respect the software of the (tar and grime) sovls
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>>107640104
lmao

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>>107502998
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™
>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook)

Why ThinkPad?
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap
>Excellent keyboards, tactile feel and quiet + the TrackPoint
>Great durability: magnesium roll cage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels
>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop
>Easy to repair (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain
>Excellent Linux & *BSD support

ThinkWiki - General info about ThinkPads/specs
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

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>>107594789
I'm trying to install fedora on my thinkpad t14 gen 2 intel and it's been a PAIN IN THE ASS
Do you guys just use windows 11 in your thinkpads?
There's simply no way to make this shit boot from the fedora usb drive I made. I already updated the BIOS and there's simply no "microsoft 3rd party shit" that everyone tells me to enable
Installing on my pc was so fucking easy, I dont get it
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Unlimited budget. macOS fag here. Which thinkpad? Give me power folks.
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How do I convince my local e-recycling centers to let me take their e-waste?

Sucks that I missed out on the time period where reselling ThinkPads was profitable--not that profitable, but at least you got to work on them and make a bit of money; it's more of a hobby than anything else.
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>>107647300
set up a fake company, get a bipoc queer disabled transwoman to have fake ownership on paper and seal the deal
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What's your take on 14 inch screens? Thinking of finally upgrading my old shitbox after support for my GPU ended and maintining the system became a pain in the ass, but 16.4' to 14' seems like a significant downgrade.
I mostly care about being able to comfortably have 2 code windows open on a split screen

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Linux is often sold as progress, but philosophically it feels like a step backward. The people who shaped the field at its best, Engelbart, Alan Kay, Licklider, were trying to make computers amplify human thought, not turn users into part time system administrators. Engelbart wanted integrated systems that helped people reason, collaborate, and build knowledge. Kay imagined the computer as a living medium, something you could understand, reshape, and learn from. Linux goes in the opposite direction. It inherits the Unix mindset where the system is a miserable little pile of loosely connected tools and the human is expected to glue them together through arcane commands and configuration files. Complexity is not reduced, it is pushed onto the user and normalized as a virtue. Instead of higher level concepts, Linux clings to decades old abstractions like everything being a file, text streams as universal interfaces, and shells as the main way to think. The result is a system no single person can fully understand, held together by conventions, folklore, and cargo cult practices. What makes this worse is the culture that formed around it. A common trait among Linux enthusiasts is a mix of resentment and shallow elitism, where struggling with the system is reframed as proof of intelligence or moral superiority. Difficulty becomes a badge of honor rather than a design failure. Many users overestimate their understanding, mastering a narrow set of commands and rituals while mistaking familiarity for depth. This Dunning–Kruger confidence feeds contempt for ordinary users and for systems that aim to be coherent and humane, as if usability were a flaw rather than the point. Instead of demanding better abstractions, the culture defends rough edges as character building. In that sense, Linux does not just fall short technically. It fosters an attitude that resists the ideals of clarity, empathy, and intellectual humility that the great figures of computing actually stood for.
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Where's that anon to sperg all over the thread and call everyone that replies to it a subhuman nigger? I'm tired of this crap being posted every day
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>>107646962
you got filtered kek
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>>107647087
all people with this kind of mentality do is just bloat up everything for no reason, making it unusable for people with shit hardware. so much for things just working, huh?
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>>107646962
>not sharing the urinal
2/10
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>>107646962
It's simply not true. Or maybe it was true once upon a time.
But trust me, with Fedora 43, you don't feel like what you just posted is true at all anymore.

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Puffy edition.
Ask your BSD-related questions here, discuss tips and tricks, share
scripts, and everything in between.

>Main operating systems
https://www.openbsd.org
https://www.freebsd.org
https://www.netbsd.org
https://www.dragonflybsd.org

>Updates and advisories
OpenBSD: https://www.undeadly.org
FreeBSD: https://www.freebsd.org/security/notices/
NetBSD https://www.netbsd.org/changes/
DragonFly BSD: https://www.dragonflydigest.com

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>>107647005
Is OpenBSD a good choice for servers?
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>>107647365
For many reasons yes. It comes with a very easy to use (and effective) firewall, has all unnessecary daemons disabled by default, has pledge and unveil for sandboxing applications, and is constantly being audited for security issues. It also comes with a lot of documentation and homegrown software that is easy to configure. Releases are stable but whenever a new security problem is found all you have to do is run syspatch and then it's taken care of, you don't have to upgrade anything.
However if you're running a server that will recieve a lot of traffic FreeBSD may be a better choice, it has jails, ZFS, the fastest network stack of any OS, and a bigger ports tree. A deficiency of OpenBSD is its lack of support for journaling filesystems. You could use FreeBSD as a load balancer and OpenBSD as a backend if you find that you like OpenBSD, maybe by running it in bhyve.

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Soon, the rest of the world can enjoy capitalism with chinese characteristics while america can have their jewish memory
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>>107646954
>hurr, why is there so much China propaganda itt!?
>*attach idiotic western propaganda article, that you have to be braindead to believe*
This is why everybody hates you and cheers upon your slow and steady collaps
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>>107647286
It's a sham democracy... a show put on to give legitimacy to the oligarchy, which lacks leadership vision and only knows how to act parasitically. The Chinese oligarchy is winning the mandate of heaven because they're building new shit. Mega cities, high speed rail, dominating manufacturing, etc.
The corrupt jewish oligarchy in America only knows how to suck value away from systems which were built by previous generations. And they know collapse is coming, which is why they want to force everybody into "you will own nothing and be happy" digital ID techno-feudalism and slavery. They're just going to stifle everything and tighten the screws to maintain their grip on power.
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>>107647318
>the further we get into Eglin prime time, the more Ghost of Kyiv propaganga dominates
Who could have thought?
Wait until tomorrow, when it's christmas eve, you will see a constant flood of stupid mulatto propaganda.
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>>107647404
After I posted that I remembered the electoral college and the fact that its called a “representative democracy”
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>>107646954
>China will save the mulatto proxywar in Ukraine and start to capture parts of Russia!
Imagine unironically posting this.
Or you are aware of just how dumb this sounds, so you accuse others of posting propaganda while doing it yourself, to avoid getting crushed immediately.

I dont believe your article, therefor i am a CCP shill. Heil Xi Jinping. Heil Putin. Heil Kim Jong Un.
Slaughter every mulatto. Blow their brains out. Castrate their children. Make sure that this slave race of golems gets erradicated from the face of the earth.

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Users of all levels are welcome to ask questions about GNU/Linux and share their experiences.

*** Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/Linux Thread ***

Check the Wikis (most troubleshoots work for all distros):
wiki.debian.org
wiki.archlinux.org
wiki.alpinelinux.org

>Which distro should I choose?
gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
nosystemd.org
>What are some cool programs?
suckless.org
>What are some cool terminal commands?

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>Immutable
Meme
>Bazzite
Meme
>Fedora
Meme
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fish shell + foot terminal
stink maxxin
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How do I crack SapphireFX and Boris Continuum Complete on Linux? Everything I see out there is for the Windows versions.
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Christmas present for AMD GPU users: 30% more performance on old GPUs
Christmas present for Nvidia GPU users: your OS no longer boots on old GPUs
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>>107646370
>I HATE LINUX
no worries
https://microsoft.com/

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I once tried to learn C++ but so many things just sucked:
The syntax, headder files, 1000 ways to do the same thing, the ((meta-)meta-) "build" system(s) and overall the feeling of the language:
It is like someone had continuously updated his hobby project without concerning other users.

I want to learn a modern language instead and chose Zig out of Rust or Zig as Rust seemed gay-coded to me.
Is it a good decision to learn Zig? Will Zig stay?
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>>107645966
>I is also compatible with C/C++
No they removed that. Also, the zig compiler has never successfully built the full version of itself. It can still only be bootstrapped.
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for low level languages, you benefit heavily by being (very) familiar with C semantics. This applies doubly so for meme languages because you will eventually want to interface with C libraries due to sheer volume
knowing about some of c++'s warts also helps, because features are often motivated by what went wrong in c++
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>>107645788
Zig is just so superior, but you should learn and master C first.
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>>107645966
>I have heard that Zig has growing adoption in new languages.
zig is growing (barely) because it exists. there is hardly any new (non-meme) players entering the game. maybe a couple of currently pre-alpha projects will grow into some relevancy...eventually. otherwise, for people looking for something new and almost ready for v1.0, zig is all they got.
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im learning zig by making a small game engine. its comfier and less trannycoded than rust

Sam is based for this.

Post yours.

I love ChatGPT.

I hope it wins the AI war.
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>>107647374
>"jew is a religion"
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jesus is /g/ really full of teenagers?
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>>107647433
I'm looking at one right now apparently.
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>>107647246
Lemme try --- welp that didn't work, it's still 3 hyphens. Or are you suggesting to use that instead of an em-dash? I'm used to using two -- like this -- when I don't have an em-dash easily available.
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>>107647482
that sounds like the kind of comeback i would have come up with as a teenager

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>Read the sticky: >>105076684

>GNU/Linux questions >>>/g/fglt
>Windows questions >>>/g/fwt
>PC building? >>>/g/pcbg
>Programming questions >>>/g/dpt
>Obsolete laptops >>>/g/tpg
>Cheap electronics >>>/g/csg
>Server questions >>>/g/hsg
>Buying headphones >>>/g/hpg
>How to find/activate any version of Windows?
https://rentry.org/installwindows

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Is being pro-AI transphobic?
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Do basic normie-tier MicroSD cards have any sort of wear-levelling?
>using old ass scanner that scans direct to an inserted SD or microSD card which the machine takes (formatted to FAT32, unencrypted of course)
>scans are often sensitive documents
>decide it's better to wipe the card each time so there are no remaining traces
>only card I have is a 128GB microSD card by mixza (although mine isn't a shark it's a jeeta)
>writing 128GB just to overwrite a few MB each time seems a waste
>think to self "I could just create a smaller ~1GB partition and thus reduce the writes by over 100 times!"
>but then I thought "What if it has wear-levelling, and even if I fully overwrite the 1GB partition, the data might have moved somewhere to the rest of the card, so it's still there after the partition wipe???"
So yeah, do I need to buy a dedicated small capacity card just for this?
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>>107647297
Yes. All uSD cards have a FTL with wear leveling. If you try to use FAT on dumb QLC flash you'll have noticeable problems pretty much immediately.
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>>107647018
It's 2025 but I still need a mail for some basic stuff. I want to say goodbye to my Hotmail account due to Microsoft's bad choices, looking for something more private. Protonmail seems ok, but a bit of a meme (not sure if that matters). Tuta is similar, but in Germany which makes me raise an eyebrow. Mailbox.org is located in Germany too, but you have to pay even for the most basic plan.

Are these the only choices worth considering? Any thoughts on Atomic Mail?

where did my microsoft-hater bros move to after github got gobbled by them?

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When did you stop using ChatGPT, anon?
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You mean chatgpt itself or AI tools? Just to be safe.

AI tools? Just when I stop working
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>>107646147
when duckduckgo has the privacy-oriented version of it
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>>107646147
When they released GPT5.
The safeguards are so good that it's making it unusable.
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>>107646147
I use AI now more than ever before. AI enhances every action I take in life. My life is 1000x more productive than it was before AI. AI is the future.

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FAQ:
>How do I activate Windows?
HWID2 generates and registers a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation servers
github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Usage: paste this into Powershell, run.
irm https://get.activated.win | iex

>and Office?
Same link, select Ohook option
You can also use Office.com if your needs are very minimal
or try OnlyOffice/LibreOffice and set it to save in MSOffice file formats

>What version should I install?
>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store or apps
Preinstalled with: Edge & Win32 system apps

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Is there any way to use local office 365 for free with one of the activators or by other methods??)

Specifically I need access to excel with the stock data plugin.
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>>107646655
it does work for decompressing, but not compressing as I assume it's more of a proprietary thing
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>>107646689
Okay, great. I have tons of old RAR files I never got around to redoing as zip
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IMPORTANT

https://x.com/massgravel/status/2003262090887463151
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READ THE (temp)WIKI! & help by contributing:
https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Home_server

/hsg/ is about learning and expanding your horizons. Know all about NAS? Learn virtualization. Spun up some VMs? Learn about networking by standing up a OPNsense/PFsense box and configuring some VLANs. There's always more to learn and chances to grow. Think you’re god-tier already? Setup OpenStack and report back.

>What software should I run?
Install Gentoo. Or whatever flavor of *nix is best for the job or most comfy for you. Jellyfin/Emby/Plex to replace Netflix, Nextcloud to replace Googlel, Ampache/Navidrome to replace Spotify, the list goes on. Look at the awesome self-hosted list and ask.

>Why should I have a home server?
De-botnet your life. Learn something new. Serving applications to yourself, your family, and your frens feels good. Put your tech skills to good use for yourself and those close to you. Store their data with proper availability redundancy and backups and serve it back to them with a /comfy/ easy to use interface.


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>>107646956
Whoever told you that is a fucking moron.
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>>107646956
set up conditions for actually saving videos to nas (ie on movement or object identification) and just continuous record on the local storage for the device.
will kill your ssd, so fyi. maybe write to ram but your look back will be short idk haven't used zoneminder in years.
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>>107646956
Your nas should itself be backed up anyways.
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>>107647164
Yeah, it's a middle man between your mobos power / reset pins and the switches on the case.
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>>107646505
>>107646749
I use a cheap USB HDMI capture dongle connected to my OpenWRT router and a wireless keyboard+touchpad combo.
I can remote control the server from the main PC even if it doesn't have network connection. The range of the KB/TP is good enough to have it in my drawer and take it out when needed, it's tiny too.

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This year I have:
>learned all about binary protocols
>learned all about immediate mode graphics
Holy shit I feel like I am finally been liberated from my UNIXtardation, finally I am not limited by the evils of text, finally I can freely and efficiently do IPC, finally I can freely visualize data and I can do so much more.
I AM A FREE PROGRAMMER NOW
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>>107647428
today i learned
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The greater part of Unixtardation is pipes and shells rather than real APIs but yeah human-readable data that doesn't have any reason to be is a performance killer.

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why are so many programming "help" groups like this? like, somebody will specifically opt into helping people, and then get frustrated when they dont do exactly what they expect. it constantly feels like im testing everyone's patience whenever i ask for help and its even harder trying to just learn everything myself, especially considering all the weird semantic differences in both the language itself and guides.

like i can imagine a full script in my head but i wouldnt know how to translate it into the language im currently using. and on the offchance that i *do* get the help needed, usually its just "oh just use the blah function", so its not like i just Dont Know How To Code or anything i just dont know the shit thats specific to the engine, and its not like i can just look it up in a glossary or something because the words can be totally different from language to language, like how "object" in one language can be "entity" in another, and object in *that* language refers to an object in an array or something, so theres just a huge language gap that i cant really cross without the help of others, which sucks because working with others sucks
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issue might also come from people who are into programming.

most people that are into CS were bullied when younger, and now that they are a bit older and have some "knowledge" they can feel powerful about, they just love turning into dicks all of sudden.

their truth is the only valid truth, and they love to force it to others. it applies to programming, it applies to dumb things such as OS selection, and you see it everyday here.

chances are the geniuses won't be in these "help" groups.
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>>107640271
"Help groups" and "communities" are gay and full of grifting faggots that don't actually make anything. That's why they do that. They're just posting the law and the current fashionable framework or meme technique. They care nothing for experimentation and learning by doing and screwing up. You know, like a computer *scientist* would and not just some faggot cult member. Do yourself a favor and delete reddit, do not redeem discord and unplug /g/ unless for memes.
>t. Engineer who likes to try the stupid way just to see why its stupid
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>>107640805
>"i program in a style very unique to myself and it throws people off"
it just sounds like you write garbage-tier code. anyone can barf out spaghetti that kinda works, but that's not what people pay developers to do
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>>107647276
when im actually able to execute what im trying to do its usually well recieved and optimized to a point where i can explain it to anyone without much issue. for example i recently made a rudimentary 3D renderer in a 2D engine and the entire thing was only like, 4 threads between 2 object types
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>>107647419
Code optimised (for performance) is not always good code for readability or maintainability or robustness for example.
Now one thing that is true is that different areas have different requirements, and gamedev is often the type of programming that cares much less about traditional maintainability and much more about just pure optimisation and also writing it and getting it to work fast. This was especially true on older platforms and consoles were performance was at an extreme premium (and is somewhat less true today on modern engines). So if you're writing game code for esoteric or retro engines then fair enough, it's gonna be weird and that's fine.

For almost anything else though the requirements are usually different. For a user-facing or desktop application, making the code easy to read, understand and expand with new features is much more important. For a business application, the biggest importance might be correctness, so making the code verbose, explicit in all its preconditions and invariants, and heavily testable. Etc. "Weird" code is usually considered trash code in those environments.

If you're a gamedev it changes the context a lot compared to the above.


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