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| Topic | I hate YT ads that are just some shmuck's music video. |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 7:45:23 PM #10 | McmadnessV3 posted... I don't think YT actually pays attention to what ads are on their platform and what goes where.They dont care as long as theyre paid. People have been reporting the worst ads for literal years. Some of them have malware in them FFS. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Recently started playing Expedition 33. Not sure if I love it or hate it |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 7:34:03 PM #55 | bover_87 posted... Usually you can get around that by using something where the damage isn't that important (I like to use the Pain-inflicting combo attack for that but I'm sure there are others).He has a Magic ability that just gives AP to the party, I used that a lot. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Do you like this game: Mount & Blade: Warband. |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 4:05:17 PM #12 | Yes. I didnt end up getting very far but its great. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | The Switch 2 joycon grip feels so good I dont feel a need to get a pro controllr |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 3:56:31 PM #4 | Theyre better than the Switch 1 ones but still awful. Plus the buttons and sticks feel like shit. Pro controller is a necessity. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Does new of PS5 price increase due to tariffs make you buy a Switch2 or PS5 or |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 3:50:30 PM #17 | I just built a new gaming PC and I have a Switch 2. Id have bought a PS5 Pro if it came with a disk drive, but Ill probably just wait for PS6 at this point to play Vanillaware games. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Last good Final Fantasy game. |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 3:32:51 PM #65 | I mean... Star Wars is just space westerns + Akira Kurosawa films. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Last good Final Fantasy game. |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 2:43:50 PM #61 | Im not counting the remakes as mainline. i havent played XVI, so X. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | What are some movie quotes that you'll always remember? |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 2:36:48 PM #381 | I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries! --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Recently started playing Expedition 33. Not sure if I love it or hate it |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 2:21:52 PM #45 | Prismsblade posted... Just a heads up but difficulty does not affect the parry window. So if thats what youre having trouble with changing it wont help.The basic trick to parrying is that you want to always hit the button right when theyre hitting you, and try to ignore their animations as they like to do lots of flashy animations to try and trick you into parrying too early. If you dont see it hitting you, dont hit it. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Recently started playing Expedition 33. Not sure if I love it or hate it |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 2:17:30 PM #43 | The way I played it was on Expert, and if I ever took damage, I reloaded the save. This means I got No Damage for every fight in the game (except the Prologue mime before I realized that was a thing), and +20% bonus XP from every fight. This lets you really lean into glass cannon builds. For example, there are lots of Pictos that make you do more damage as long as you dont take damage, or do more damage but you take double damage etc. If you resolve to not take damage anyway, none of them have a downside. Parrying everything is incredibly satisfying and you do shit tons of counter damage when using the Augmented Counter Pictos. Build wise, I did 2 Agility and 1 Luck on every character every level until Act 3 when I had highly upgraded endgame weapons that scaled off different skills. For most of the game, this strategy gave me high critical chance and often two turns to the enemys one. Maelle is not complicated at all. You want her in Virtuose stance as much as possible, forget about the other two. Early on, youll want to use Swift Stride on burning enemies to get her into Virtuose Stance, then attack with Perce when you first get her, but it will quickly be outpaced by Fleuret Flurry, which will carry you until you get Sword Ballet. In the endgame, Maelle is fucking bonkers, so it just depends on how you want to use her. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Recently started playing Expedition 33. Not sure if I love it or hate it |
| PraetorXyn 08/20/25 2:06:14 PM #39 | Biofighter55 posted... yeah this lolI dont agree. Act 3 is way easier than Act 2 and its not close. Pretty obvious reason though. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Jim Cornette and Tavis Heckel break up over MAGA |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 2:28:44 PM #20 | Guns_of_Verdun posted... Just to ad too this, he doesn't even mind smaller guys beating bigger guys.Yeah. Ive never heard him shit on Rey Mysterio Jr., but there are definitely people in that weight class hes very critical of. I think you can at least argue hes being fair about it. Not really the same thing, but I think his hatred of the Young Bucs and to a lesser extent Omega is fair. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | has anyone been fallowing the roblox drama over a predator hunter |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 2:26:13 PM #39 | A_Good_Boy posted... Usually they go overboard and taint the cases. But if the pedo hunter was actively working with law enforcement instead of just being some random dude with nothing but a yt channel then I don't see why he would get banned other than the CEO and the company are a bunch of morons.From what Ive heard, hes not working with law enforcement, but is a random dude with a YT channel. I heard he maybe sent law enforcement a bunch of evidence or something, but thats not working with them, and they may not be allowed to use evidence some random gathered without going through legal channels. Stuff like that often gets thrown out in court. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Jim Cornette and Tavis Heckel break up over MAGA |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 2:22:25 PM #18 | Guns_of_Verdun posted... Aside from his weird views on women, can you give any examples of his takes being so outrageous?Also this. His main out of touch take is probably how dismissive he is of smaller wrestlers and women wrestlers not named Rhea Ripley. His main thing is suspension of disbelief, and he cant see people buying that a 510 150 pound dude beat a 63 240 pound dude in a physical contest, which is pretty fair. He doesnt like spotfests like AEW does, but mostly because if everything is special, nothing is. If you do high spots all the fucking time, how are people supposed to care? Stuff loses its appeal when you see it multiple times every week. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Jim Cornette and Tavis Heckel break up over MAGA |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 2:20:02 PM #16 | Interesting. I havent heard about this in the podcast yet. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | has anyone been fallowing the roblox drama over a predator hunter |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 2:10:33 PM #37 | ive Heard a few people talk about it, yeah. Theres even a YouTuber trying to Chris Hansen predators and they asked him to stop as it makes actually arresting them harder. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Chris Pratt Defends His Wife's Cousin RFK Jr. |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 1:51:49 PM #42 | Arcanine2009 posted... he's slightly above the Shazam dude.Christopher Titus had a great bit about this phenomenon. https://youtube.com/shorts/1XmxCLhZfOk?si=hWhqAUvYCFWBuhNz --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Having a $20 Steam giveaway contest :3 |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 1:44:27 PM #41 | YugiNoob posted... WITH THAT SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED!
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| Topic | George RR Martin told 'he is going to die' at WorldCon and to hand off the books |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 1:40:57 PM #125 | untrustful posted... It's messed up Martin never finished his books, but the fans/haters have taken that as blood libel against their genetic code. Just learn never to read or watch unfinished series and move on.That stance fucked over an entire generation of authors. Most people cant afford to write all the books before any of them start selling. I actually think not reading until uts done is fine, as long as you still buy the books while waiting for the last one. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | George RR Martin told 'he is going to die' at WorldCon and to hand off the books |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 9:32:19 AM #118 | CTrunks posted... Yeah, I remember some author going off on a rant about how GRRM and... the other guy notorious for this shit, have seriously fucked things up for fantasy writers, because nobody wants to take a risk on new authors in case they also do this shit. And because those new authors can't get eyes on their first books, publishers are reluctant to give them second books unless word of mouth proves really effective.Is this the essay youre thinking of? Whether it is or isnt, its a great breakdown of the problem. https://tinyurl.com/mrxzsz73 --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | George RR Martin told 'he is going to die' at WorldCon and to hand off the books |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 12:05:55 AM #101 | Yazarogi posted... Yea that was stupid, and not something I think George would have written. I truly think the council was a D&D special.Council or not, there is literally zero way George can make --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | George RR Martin told 'he is going to die' at WorldCon and to hand off the books |
| PraetorXyn 08/19/25 12:04:41 AM #100 | Is it rude to say it to his face? Yes. Is it almost certainly true? Also yes. Hes 76 and obese. By all means, badger the shit out of him. But people need to let go of the idea that theyll ever get an ending. Brandon Sanderson has said he wouldnt finish it. Joe Abercrombie has said he wouldnt finish it. Georges former protgs, Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham (the two of them together make up James S. A. Corey, author of The Expanse) would be the best fit, but they have said that there was a time they would have finished it, but that time has passed. At this point, the expectations are so high that people are going to be disappointed no matter how it turns out, so I dont think youll find any author willing to risk putting their name on a potato that hot. Besides, the only way another author even gets the opportunity is if Georges wife Paris ignores his wishes after he dies. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | George RR Martin told 'he is going to die' at WorldCon and to hand off the books |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 11:52:14 PM #98 | Yazarogi posted... not sure why people keep floating the belief that people hated the end of the series because of what happened... not how it happened, and how quickly. I feel like a lot of people's issues with the ending is the stupid writing, and quick pacing of the final two seasons, because the first 4 seasons (where they had more content to adapt) were really strong.No just no. There is literally no universe where --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Would you ride in a driverless car? |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 10:54:34 PM #53 | I was born legally blind and this cant drive, so hell yes with bells on. I have a biopic that should hopefully let me get a license now, but thats a process. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Why do you prefer SUVs to sedans? |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 10:19:38 PM #6 | Higher, more cargo space, more passenger space. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Youtube borked for anyone else? |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 1:48:11 PM #2 | Ive had that in Firefox. Restarting Firefox usually fixes it. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Having a $20 Steam giveaway contest :3 |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 1:28:21 PM #25 | Is there a sign up form or something or is saying were in here signing up? --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Are apple laptops more reliable than windows machines? |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 12:44:32 AM #6 | IronChef_Kirby posted... My last Apple laptop lasted me about 7 years. My Windows-using friends went through multiple laptops in that same amount of time. Hell, I'm pretty sure my parents' Apple desktop is at least 10 years old at this point and still chugging along. You pay more upfront, but it always seems to be worth it in the end, from my experience.Windows has always been a terrible operating system in and of itself. The reason its so dominant is support coupled with backwards compatibility. Basically 99% of software works on Windows, and a significant portion of that only works on Windows (or through Proton / WINE on Linux). Even though 99% of games will just work out of the box on Linux now, there are decades of mod managers, save editors, trainers, cheat engines, etc., all these applications around gaming that will either only work on Windows or require you to setup manual WINE bottles etc. Most people hate Windows (and rightly so), but its still the easiest path to do what they want with their computer. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Why are fighters such bullshit? |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 12:39:08 AM #16 | Evening_Dragon posted... My base of learning is SF, and to me, King of Fighters is fucking bonkers. Feels like being a classically trained pianist and then trying to parse jazz for the first time. In a vacuum it might not actually be harder, but it may as well be a different language.Having two punches and kicks works better on almost every controller or stick ever than having three does. Super moves tend to be way easier (e.g., QCB > HCF is a common motion, compared to the prevalence of HCB >HQCB, HCF > HCF, QCF > QCF, etc. in Capcom ones). Plus, Im not aware of any 720 degree rotations like Zangiefs super, or any of the charge supers (e.g., Charge DB > DF > DB > UP). The supers were just always way easier for me, and grappler characters like Blue Mary and Goro Daimon were way easier to use than Zangief. I remember the combos being easier, though I havent played a fighting game in a decade probably unless you count Smash. I just always liked the team aspect and the huge roster. The games just felt better to play. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Are apple laptops more reliable than windows machines? |
| PraetorXyn 08/18/25 12:04:18 AM #4 | That depends on what youre asking about. For general note taking, development, web browsing, etc., yes, because if you put an M silicon MacBook in a backpack and forget it for a month, the battery will basically be where you left it. If you do the same to a Windows laptop, it will probably have a dead battery in 4 or 5 days at the latest. For gaming, absolutely fucking not. Though Id argue you should only ever buy a gaming laptop if you need to travel all the time for work or something. In general, Id say yes, because macOS is UNIX based and thus its underpinnings are just much better than those of Windows, while its UX is at least unified and Windows now has about 5 different UXs, none of which are particularly good. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Why are fighters such bullshit? |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 11:55:57 PM #11 | I recommend the Ming of Fighters games. Theyre my favorites, and IMO theyre simpler than Street Fighter (and better for it). --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Having a $20 Steam giveaway contest :3 |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 11:46:01 PM #20 | Im still in but I often am bad about keeping up with these. I intend to try. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | i have inherited an unopened raspberry pi. what even is this? |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 11:42:07 PM #17 | Rika_Furude posted... A raspberry pi is just a computer. Its a very small, low powered computer. You can use it to browse the web and emails if you want.This sums it up concisely. What do you want to do with it? Pihole is a great and popular use case. If you want to make a little emulation console, you can put Batocera on it and connect it to your TV and connect a controller to it. Dont expect it to be emulating PS2 or newer, but for older stuff, it will work just fine for that use case. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | i have inherited an unopened raspberry pi. what even is this? |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 11:38:17 PM #16 | Dungeater posted... i have noticed that enthusiasts on this board have difficulty explaining things to laymenIf youre referring to mine, its pretty simple. Any time you do anything on the internet, it needs to lookup the IP of whatever it is via a DNS request. If an ad network requests the IP for an ad, my pis return a non-existent IP (0.0.0.0), so it just cant load the ad because the DNS request doesnt return where it actually lives, for any device on the network. This doesnt work for video ads though unless the ads are served from a different IP than the video is. For the local DNS part, I purchased a domain through Cloudflare and I make my local domain match for consistency. So I have a local DNS record for Nextcloud, nextcloud.<domain>, which resolves to the IP of my Docker VM, which runs the traefik reverse proxy that ultimately routes the request to my Nextcloud docker container. On Cloudflare, I have a wildcard record that points the same domain to a VPS (virtual private server) I rent running Pangolin, which tunnels into my network for external access and proxies my the Docker VM which routes to Nextcloud on the same subdomain. Basically, the local DNS setup means that if I take a picture with my phone, add a new contact on my phone, create a calendar appointment on my phone, etc., it will get auto-uploaded / synced to my Nextcloud server whether Im at home or not. If Im at home, the route is: Phone > Router > Raspberry Pi virtual IP > Docker VM > Nextcloud container If Im not at home, the route is: Phone > Cloudflare > VPS > Docker VM > Nextcloud container The pis are indispensable for this, because without them, Id have to go out over the internet any time I needed to access my self-hosted services, and thus I wouldnt be able to access those services if my internet was out. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | i have inherited an unopened raspberry pi. what even is this? |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 11:13:45 PM #12 | TheDurinator posted... I've always wanted to know enough about programming and electrical engineering to be able to get use out of a raspberry pi.You dont need to know either unless what you want to use it for requires that. My setup just requires basic Linux system administration and networking knowledge. ChatGPT could help you with that if you want. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | i have inherited an unopened raspberry pi. what even is this? |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 11:10:17 PM #10 | I have two of them I use for redundant Piholes with keepalived and a virtual IP (one of them is primary, and if it goes down, the virtual IP gets reassigned to the other one til the primary one is back up). This is my local DNS server for the services I host, with Quad9 as upstream DNS, and it is basically a network wide DNS black hole for most ads. I run nebula-sync in Docker Compose to sync between the two piholes. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | I unplug my pc when going on vacation. |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 8:50:33 PM #3 | Or you could invest in a good UPS and not worry about it. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Nightfire > Goldeneye |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 8:49:33 PM #12 | As someone who unlocked all cheats on four or five separate copies of GoldenEye, GoldenEye is undeservedly put on a pedestal due to nostalgia. Even for the time, itmuch like Halo after itwas pretty mediocre compared to the Quake and Unreal offerings of the time (console-only gamers just didnt know any better in either case), and its aged like milk since. So, yes. Of course Nightfire is better. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | If you could have your own home arcade, what would be in it? |
| PraetorXyn 08/17/25 3:14:11 PM #49 | Id just put MAME on it with Hyperspin or some other front end and have all of them. But I was a huge Neo Geo fan. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Cyberpunk 2077 in 2025 is great *spoilers talk* |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 8:54:46 PM #34 | DrizztLink posted... I've never made someone who goes under 20 for Tech and I very rarely go under 14 on Body, but I'm also not a fan.Both my playthrough were 20 Tech and as low in Body as I could get away with. Thats why I was so annoyed by it and why Attribute Checks De-Scaled was the first mod I installed. It is completely bonkers that if you are level 5 you can have 3 or 4 Body and the high tier Gorilla Arms and open any Body door as itll be 9, but if youre level 50 the same doors will all require 20 Body. That is batshit and fuck whoever decided it. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Cyberpunk 2077 in 2025 is great *spoilers talk* |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 6:21:08 PM #20 | It was fine at launch for me on PC. Worst bug I had was V glitching out like a scarecrow when riding a motorcycle. I kind of liked the launch state better build wise, as builds were way stronger back then. I had a Breakthrough sniper build that let me do like 12M damage through walls with a headshot before they even knew I was there. Some of the 2.0 updates are really stupid and need to be modded out (like making skill doors scale with your level so every door in the game is harder to open if you go there later, and making you unable to remove mods from weapons). --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | But her laugh. |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 6:17:32 PM #2 | https://youtu.be/4XNrspV2lC4?si=tLNcXYcPl6JfHd4B --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Do you like this game: Ghost Of Tsushima |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 6:15:53 PM #25 | Act 1 was fun. It got less fun after that as the new had worn off and the enemies feinting put a damper on the power fantasy. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Having a $20 Steam giveaway contest :3 |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 5:43:41 PM #8 | Im down. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | if I want to set a VPN on my router, what kind of 3rd party router should I get? |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 5:42:52 PM #9 | UniFi is going to be the best for most people, maybe MikroTik if youre a network engineer. I have their Dream Router 7, and its fine for a little all-in-one box. Obviously if youre wired for Ethernet and have the cabling for access points, other options and some access points will be better. They have access points with a 10 Gbps uplink (though that might require their expensive switch with 10 Gbps PoE) so WiFi 7 wont be bottlenecked. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | what's with ppl who movkingly go 'and a diet coke' in response to |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 2:33:05 PM #23 | Aspartame is seriously fucking awful for you though, for many reasons. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | what's with ppl who movkingly go 'and a diet coke' in response to |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 1:24:00 PM #4 | It doesnt click in peoples brains, its an uncanny valley type thing. My favorite instance of this is Gabriel Iglesias saying that people often asked him why he drank diet soda, and he said it was so he could eat regular cake. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | What was the most expensive item on your last grocery trip? |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 11:32:12 AM #20 | four NY Strip steaks for $40 or so. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | I love Three Houses NG+ so much |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 12:53:31 AM #26 | Only reason I havent picked it up (aside from Nintendo games never fucking ever going on sale worth a damn) is the multiple routes. I really dont have the time to play all the games I want to play once, much less multiple times. Im also an OCD completionist so when I play a FE game I like to get every possible support and max out everyone on NG etc., and Im certainly not doing that 4 times or however many routes there are. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
| Topic | Erm, is something wrong with youtube on firefox? Working on chrome |
| PraetorXyn 08/16/25 12:46:07 AM #14 | saspa posted... Got fixed ok but I'm a bit worried/confused. On a whim I went to firefox settings, and clicked on network settings. The tick mark was on "use system proxy settings" . I changed that to "no proxy" and suddenly videos are working just fine again (btw it turned out it was all videos on the browser, be it dailymotion or firefox that wouldn't play)Mine is on use system proxy, but by default, the system shouldnt have a proxy, so it should effectively end up as no proxy as long as there is no proxy defined in the network settings of your OS. --- https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198052113750 |
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