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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/30/23 8:05:36 PM
#42
Smallville posted...
eh, i don't really agree with you. You care too much about brand name, imo. A good watch is a good watch

what would make it better than an omega or cartier though?

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TopicI am not SMAL
The_shibe
03/30/23 7:52:12 PM
#60
certain CEman is going the rounds in discord whining about TC, lol

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 7:49:09 PM
#43
itachi15243 posted...
I wouldn't be surprised if there are dozens of alt right judges filing injunctions on whatever bs they can think of right now.

meatball ron already said he'd block any attempt to arrest donnie in FL. This fucker went to law school, which makes it even worse. He KNOWS what the law is. He doesn't care

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 7:43:06 PM
#39
I wonder if little merrick garland is sad he can't protect his boy donnie from state prosecutions?

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 7:28:51 PM
#33
Questionmarktarius posted...
You all know this will just make the MAGAts MAGA harder, right?

Yes. The very existence of a mixed race couple would do that as well. Should we break up all those couples too to appease to them too then?

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/30/23 6:36:14 PM
#39
brestugo posted...
Disagree, but whatever. I'm not going to argue matters of taste.

I'd take the watch too and also sell it for a less expensive GS, and get a car ($35K) and pocket/invest the rest.

why do people like GS so much?

I love their innovative and beautiful dials (eg snow dial, bamboo dial) and some of the technology behind them is pretty cool.

But they're still seikos, it's like buying a really expensive toyota. In a world with Omegas, Cartiers, or maybe even Tag Heuers, why go for a super seiko?

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TopicA large man kicks in your door, determined to take a shit on the carpet.
The_shibe
03/30/23 6:05:21 PM
#15
Heartomaton posted...
As soon as he's inside, he finds the nearest carpeted area and attempts to dump ass in the center of it.

He will not harm you, but he will move you out of the way if need be, and he won't stop trying to accomplish his goal unless he is either moved at least 200 meters away from the targeted spot or killed.

Wat do?

how the fuck can he just kick down my door?

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/30/23 6:04:56 PM
#37
brestugo posted...
Grand Seiko has Rolex beat in styling if not reputation. Both will last forever.

lmao no

Smallville posted...
Someone offer you a lambo or a 300k watch? What do you choose?

the 300k watch. I would sell it for 300k, or even for 280k, then buy a 180k car (that's already impressive enough at 180k!), a 50k watch, and keep 60k in the bank, perhaps invest them in a REIT so I am earning 500$ per month FOR FREE after 10 years


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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/30/23 6:02:36 PM
#36
epik_fail1 posted...
Ok. Someone offer you a 40k watch or a 40k car(Assuming you cannot take the money in cash) which choice is the more appealing to you?

the watch

were you expecting that response? lol

Here is my reasoning: a 40k watch will retain resale value, or even go up, for decades, a car will depreciate. No property tax on watches. a 40k watch is a panty dropper, and it's always on your wrist.

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:58:57 PM
#22
FortuneCookie posted...
Trump will likely get a $20,000 fine.

I am kinda hoping that both parties agree to prosecute. By now, DeSantis probably hates Trump as much as Democrats do.

demeatball must be so happy right now

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:58:30 PM
#21
White_Queen posted...
Chances of actual conviction and jail time?

Like 0%? 0.0001%? 0.000001%?

...that name combined with that reply

IDK rick

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TopicGrand Jury votes to indict Trump
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:56:59 PM
#26


refmon posted...
Did this just guarantee his nomination?

Legally speaking, can someone even run while in jail? lol

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:49:38 PM
#14
modena posted...
What a great way to start my weekend.

WE DRINKING TONIGHT BOYS!!!!

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:47:43 PM
#13
CableZL posted...
I'm still more interested in the Fulton County, GA investigation, but this is huge

this will make it stronger :)

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TopicGrand Jury votes to indict Trump
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:47:19 PM
#16
Medussa posted...
hopefully this one opens the floodgates.

Now the GA case will be stronger!!!

in theory the DOJ one too, but the DOJ guy is a trump protector

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:45:57 PM
#10
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this might or might not go nowhere. But this means the GA charge will definitely be bigger than this.

I hold no hopes for the DOJ 1/6 investigation because Garland is protecting donnie. Garland is a republican to the bone

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:45:01 PM
#5
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former president Donald Trump, multiple people familiar the matter said on Thursday, making him the first person in U.S. history to serve as commander in chief and then be charged with a crime.

Braggs investigation appears to have focused on $130,000 paid by former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who has said he fronted the money involved in the Daniels transactions to ensure her silence ahead of the 2016 election, and was later reimbursed by Trump. The reimbursement payments were erroneously classified as legal fees, previous investigations have found.

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:44:11 PM
#2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/30/trump-ny-indictment/

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TopicTrump just got indicted?!
The_shibe
03/30/23 5:43:45 PM
#1
As per the washington post

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TopicCompanies creating their own competition.
The_shibe
03/30/23 11:58:50 AM
#2
nintendo basically created sony (in the videogame market)

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TopicChat GPT
The_shibe
03/30/23 11:58:10 AM
#28
epik_fail1 posted...
GPT is no different that using stackoverflow. I 100% believe you will still need programmers(btw I fully expect a few cocky CEO accidentally screwing their database now and then)

Self driving cars still need drivers

true. i like this analogy

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/30/23 9:33:03 AM
#58
MedeaLysistrata posted...
Is biracial its own thing or is it two of something else?

biracial is a thing, but I think it's mostly used for "modern" (not ancestral) mixes such as black parent and white parent, or white and asian, etc.

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/30/23 9:29:33 AM
#56
iPhone_7 posted...
Dunno about her opinions but Argentinians are generally known to brag about being closer to Europeans than the rest of Latin America.

it's mostly a branding exercise. I've seen many (natural) light haired ecuadoreans with light skin (they're supposed to be indigenous as fuck) and many brown-looking argentinians, even their national hero Maradonna looks brown.

Plus this fame was based on looks, there was no such a thing as 23andme back then.

In the end places like argentina decided to brand themselves as white, places like mexico decided to brand themselves as brown and places like Dominican Republic have mostly black people but they brand themselves as brown.

It's all branding. Same in America, really. We were never a bunch of Ivan Dragos and Chris Hemsworths, but we talked ourselved into believing it. Ditto Spain, the stories of the blond, blue eyed conquistadors that were regarded as literal gods by the aztecs and incans are just that, stories, many of the conquistadors actually looked like many spaniards do, mediterranean (look at Banderas, Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Julio Iglesias, etc)

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TopicChat GPT
The_shibe
03/30/23 9:24:20 AM
#26
COVxy posted...
The job isn't the virtue, the work is. Optimally nobody would have jobs.

ideally you'd jump into a self driving car, go to mcdonald's, order a burger from the self operated kiosk, have it cooked by a burger flipping robot (they exist already), then head to the movie theatre and watch john wick 92, where a computer generated version of Keanu Reeves fights with other computer generated people, none of them are real, and then you go back home.

It'd be an utopia, where robots, automation, AI and technology do everything for us.

The question is, how are you gonna for that ride, burger, movie ticket and rent? Free money? UBI?

Hell would freeze before the millionaires and companies would allow that to happen. We will always need jobs, but int his hypothetical there are no jobs to be had...

this is quite the pickle

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TopicSoftware Developer/Engineer Thread
The_shibe
03/30/23 9:14:08 AM
#139
SomeLikeItHoth posted...
I was considering going through that but I chose The Odin Project instead. What's the time range for FullStackOpen?

what's the odin project?


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TopicChat GPT
The_shibe
03/30/23 9:13:27 AM
#23
gamer167 posted...
Im just waiting for the inevitable OpenAI/Boston Dynamics collab which will give rise to the Terminators who force us humans to escape underground and start a Matrix Zion-esque civilization as we cling to survival.

From the 1st time I saw the boston dynamics 'dog' robots and the 2 legged one that jumps I thought to myself "these will one day kill people, mark my words"

Imagine a scenario where millionaire A asks Ai to help his loser son get X job. Innocent enough. But Ai fucks up because Ai has no common sense and concludes that the son will only get the job if this one other dude, a better candidate, dies. Cue in the dogs and 2 legged jumping robots chasing this poor guy trying to kill him.

This is now feasible

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TopicRewatching The Boys (no spoilers in OP but might be some in future posts)
The_shibe
03/29/23 11:56:18 PM
#2
awesome show

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/29/23 11:54:14 PM
#31
epik_fail1 posted...
Someone offer you a lambo or a 300k watch? What do you choose?

someone who can afford one of those can also afford the other, and will most likely have both.

But also, some things are more expensive than others. $10 is cheap for a watch, but it's "don't touch that with a 6 foot pole" territory for a car.

a 10k watch is expensive, very much so. Rolex territory. a 10k car is cheap as fuck.

there may be 300k watches, but 300k for a watch is insane. The watch equivalent to a 300k car is probably, IDK, 40k

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TopicChat GPT
The_shibe
03/29/23 11:51:29 PM
#20
Ok, I guess this thread has run its course. I won't bump it unless people add more replies.

Just to close: so where do most of y'all stand? Is GPT going to take programming jobs with it?

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TopicSoftware Developer/Engineer Thread
The_shibe
03/29/23 11:50:39 PM
#136
so, are any of you guys concerned about chat GPT taking away jobs?

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 11:49:57 PM
#52
HannibalBarca3 posted...
Whiteness is complicated. There's people from East Asia who are whiter than people from Southern Europe, yet one isn't considered white and the other is, or at least, should unless you're some fringe white nationalist group. What about people from the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, etc. who appear white? Modern race construct is strongly tied to physical appearance but that wasn't always the only case and perception could be more fluid. There's a quote by Benjamin Franklin decrying various European people as *not* white but as "swarthy":

There's some really interesting threads on the perception of race in the 20th century in AskHistorians:

Whiteness in the US in general:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qtpj6g/is_the_idea_that_the_irish_or_italian_were_once/

Finnish as Asians:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/10fwxiy/my_american_friends_greatgrandfather_was_finnish/

now this is an informed historial post, and not the stuff sonic was posting ITT.

ToteAll posted...
Who the fuck is that lol

Autocorrect changed the name for me. English autocorrect. I am an English speaker. I am 100% sure you know who I meant and are just being an ass because the name is misspelled, based on the tag I've given you in the past.

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 11:47:47 PM
#51
Ivynn posted...
the spectrum is from Jason Mantzoukas to Alexander Skarsgard

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/0/AAZaD9AAEVOC.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/1/AAZaD9AAEVOD.jpg

not necessarily. These 2 racist fucks promote white supremacism (and are considered "white") but they look quite dark to me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#/media/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._(51770696331)_(cropped).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Boebert#/media/File:Lauren_Boebert_(50764628846).jpg


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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 8:13:54 PM
#42
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We fall back into what is "looking white"?
Pedro Pascal? oscar Isaac? Venicio del todo?

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 6:22:29 PM
#39
UndefeatedGOAT posted...
Youre writing down the word simple, but in practice thats no really very simple.

some people will say pedro pascal isnt white, and Mediterranean people will usually be called white, or self identify as such

its simple thats its a vague label a lot of the time

it's all stupid. If you're a french man, and your family moved to the US in 1970, your kids are white. But if you moved instead to Mexico (there's a record of a lot french people moving to certain states in mexico) you'd be considered "no bueno, not white" by the MAGA crowd. How does that work?

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 4:20:55 PM
#34
is vegy a white latino?

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TopicSoftware Developer/Engineer Thread
The_shibe
03/29/23 4:13:54 PM
#130
DaveTheUseless posted...
3-month PHP contract position that's entirely remote except you have to move to Podunksville, Iowa and there's no actual remote

see that is bullshit. Why even do that?!

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/29/23 4:10:13 PM
#29
epik_fail1 posted...
Even though they are flex cars, they are still cars that help you move to point a to point b. Everyone got a phone now, so a rolex is just a roflex

and watches still tell the time.

No need to spend 300k in a 2 seat lambo when a 15k toyota will do the trick. A $10 casio tells the time, so does a $20k rolex

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 4:08:18 PM
#31
Lost_All_Senses posted...
Bro. If you want us all to leave, just tell me. We don't wanna stay where we're not welcome. Have fun with taco bell sand tacos being your only option.

Nah, we want u here :)

send the bigots somewhere else instead

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 3:22:14 PM
#26
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Yes! and even worse, the president (I forgot which one) actually hand waved a lynching of some italians because they were italians. They used to be represented in political cartoons as fat, dark and with a mario-like mustache, it was amazingly offensive.

Sonic has no idea of what he is saying

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/29/23 3:20:07 PM
#25
Ever heard of CarbonGold?

Bvlgari used to sell watches with a case made of carbon fiber alloyed with white gold. Now that's fancy as fuck.

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 3:16:41 PM
#23
s0nicfan posted...
The Irish have always been considered white. That whole "the irish used to not be white" concept is a modern one made up by people trying to push the idea that "whiteness" is completely divorced from skin color:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/22/sorry-but-the-irish-were-always-white-and-so-were-the-italians-jews-and-so-on/

Not true

Go tell a hate group that jews are white, see how that goes lol. This is tremendously stupid. Ever heard of "NINA" signs? Ever seen how the US census classified italians and irish for immigration quotas?

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 3:14:25 PM
#21
Foppe posted...
Because USA have always loved to pull the "you people are not our white superior race" card.

this too.

Your skin can be the color of a piece of paper, but if you have a bit of an accent or have the "wrong" last name you still won't be white to cops, GOP politicians, etc.

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Topicwhy are white Latinos being called people of color?
The_shibe
03/29/23 3:10:01 PM
#19
SomeGuyUO posted...
Like that producer lady who got fired from Marvel. She's Argentine and 97% of Argentina is of white European ancestry.

There is no "official" limit for white-latin-ness. It's not like people walk around with 23andme results.

Where do you draw the line? Is Pedro Pascal a "white latino"? What about Oscar Isaac? Benicio del Toro?

Some people will say yes, some people will say no. Then others are obviously white (e.g. Saul Alvarez, the redhead pale boxer).


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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/29/23 2:54:57 PM
#22
epik_fail1 posted...
I guess, but tbh I still think they are a waste of money

Yes but no.

I mean, they are a waste of money. A $10 casio can tell the time better. Your phone will give you the time for free.

But are ferraris, lambos, etc a waste of money? Yes. Is jewelry a waste of money? Yes. Are brand clothing a waste of money? Yes. It's the same thing.

People could all drive $10k toyotas, wear $20 wal mart brand shirts, and have $10 casios... but not everybody does.

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TopicSoftware Developer/Engineer Thread
The_shibe
03/29/23 2:40:30 PM
#126
omniryu posted...
Lol, well the place that was teaching me was real shady..I can tell you this.

We do use Css, javasript, and html. In fact, most of the front end and back end is pretty much based off of the those those technologies.
Apex is just Java with DML operations (for the most part).

So I can jump into Java and have a slightly easier time to learn that. But I learned pretty much most of the full stack concept from Salesforce.
I know what MVC is. I learned about the snapshot of a web page. I learned about web api and integrations. So while I am skeptical about Salesforce myself. I do believe I can learn some of the mainstream stuff a but easier because of it.

Edit: I am Mega skeptical but it is popping up everywhere. They pay well and most places want you to have knowledge of other technol anyway.

Oh yes, I didn't mean "leave that". If it's paying you and you enjoy it, that's great! Plus, a job is a job.

All I meant was, don't bank your future 10, 15 years from now on it, which it seems you're not, since you're still using web dev skills such as java, css, html, etc, which means you could jump to a different job if sales force ever goes under

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/29/23 2:36:42 PM
#19
Tyranthraxus posted...
Rolex makes jewelry in the shape of a watch, not watches.

That'd be cartier

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TopicDoes Rolex make the best luxury watches in the world?
The_shibe
03/29/23 2:35:43 PM
#18
Smallville posted...
they certainly are the most famous aren't they though?

Rolex is like Mercedes-Benz. Or at least like MB used to be up until the early late 2000s.

They're really up there and they have some of the strongest brand power out there, they're status symbols by excellence.

But there are better brands out there, both from a quality and reputation perspective (and more expensive too), such as Patek Philppe and Audemars Piguet (just like there are Rolls Royce and Bentleys)

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TopicUS border policies have created a volatile logjam in Mexico
The_shibe
03/29/23 2:14:35 PM
#21
TaylorHeinicke posted...
it's rare to see an issue that gets both parties to agree

also admittedly i didnt read the whole article but the topic title seems disingenuous. this makes it seem like it's the US's fault for asylum-seekers overcrowding their own shelters. definitely correct me if im wrong on that

it's a 3 fold problem:

1) Someone, most obviously related to the GOP goes and tells all of central and south america "lol, if you cross illegally to america right now they'll give you papers, a house, free money and a blonde wife to have sex with everyday, so come on NOW before this offer expires" every time there is a Democrat in office.

These people believe it and come in droves. Hey, it does sound like a pretty sweet deal. But it's all a ruse, lies, to make the Democrat administration in turn look bad. The same people spreading that misinformation, whoever they are, change the tune to "don't come now, they will skin you alive and piss on your skinless flesh" every time there is a GOP in office.

2) Guatemala is not even trying to stop people coming from their borders. Neither is el salvador. Mexico is as overflowed as we are.

3) Mexico is not really trying to stop them either, they are just stuck with them when we send them back there.

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