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My Apple TV can see iTunes on Vista and play music on it - but my iTunes cannot see Apple TV as a device. What could be the problem? #smlask http://vark.com/t/5b7867
Can any 1337 expert please translate this to english for me? "NeW ERRoR ®♥©Ω★☆ღॡツ *βπδ↑μ" - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
"NeW ERRoR ®♥©Ω★☆ღॡツ *βπδ↑μ"
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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Fwd: PREZI or SlideRocket...which do you prefer? Would you pay for the premium versions? #fb (via http://friendfeed.com/castill...)
#smlask Anyone know of an iPhone / iPod Touch app that will do IR codes with the 3G iPod Touch? I lost my tiny Apple TV remote and am hoping to get it to work with the iPod Touch to navigate to the Bonjour authorization so I can just use the Remote app to control it.
Pam Gwenzi liked this
This is the best solution I can think of so I can use my Apple TV now without the remote. Of course any other solution would be kindly appreciated!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
@Pam.Gwenzi You liked this but do you have a solution...?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
iTunes reports that my Bonjour service is disabled. I checked the local services in Vista and it *is* running. Double-checking my firewall settings and it is allowed through. What could be wrong here? I am running the latest Bonjour 1.0.6 for Vista. You help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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ok after some very random and bizarre config. Doing this now appears to work: iPhone and iPod touch: How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) http://support.apple.com/kb... #bonjour #vista http://vark.com/t/8a5ce4 #wtf #weird
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML to See-ming's feed, TheNextWeb Forum, AnswerFeed, RWW: The Future of Tech, Web & Teknoloji
#smlask What tools do you use as your to-do list? I have tried using delicious, mobile apps, google gadgets, none of which works very well - been thinking of doing a global tag mashup but didn't have time. Surely something like this must exist that can sync across networks? #tools #productivity
Remember the milk
- Mike
@Mike oh yeah! Totally forgotten about that one. When I was using Linux as my desktop briefly I remembered its GNOME-Do integration...
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Linked for reference. Uber cool! http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Remember The Milk and Things for Mac with its database in Dropbox for Mac syncing.
- David Chartier
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@David.Charter Thanks for your help! #smlthankyou
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Google Calendar and sms integration
- Sinan İŞLER
@SI Thanks. Using native gcal sms integration - does it integrate with mobile devices?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
not direct integrate google calendar to prop up sms notification. here is; http://www.google.com/support...
- Sinan İŞLER
Thanks!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I installed the Remote app on my iPod Touch, but I don't see this screen in iTunes. What do I do now? @vark #iphone
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML to See-ming's feed, GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, RWW: The Future of Tech, AnswerFeed, Tech Support
#smlask Is there something like the GNOME Do for Windows? @vark #productivity #tools - http://do.davebsd.com/#
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"Simple, sleek, swift, smart. Do. GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items. GNOME Do is inspired by Quicksilver & GNOME Launch Box."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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Launchy (http://launchy.net/) is a pretty good Windows launcher. It's free and open source. It's also available on Linux.
- Jeremy Clark
@Jeremy.Clark Thanks for you help! #smlthankyou
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Last question, what mouse should I buy? I would like a new mouse for my laptop, perhaps a mini-me mouse?
panaras17, Alfred Zock, Nispell and 4 other people liked this
I don't intend on playing games on it (too slow) so it doesn't have to be special. I normally buy Microsoft mice.
- Kol Tregaskes
logitech
- Farshad
Farshad, more specifically which one?
- Kol Tregaskes
there are lots to choose! look here : http://www.logitech.com/index...
- Farshad
I know, but which one would you recommend? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
nothing by Apple, EVER, I'm still traumatized by they're might mouse
- sofarsoShawn
I wouldn't buy anything from Apple anyway. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
i really like it , mx1100 http://www.logitech.com/index...
- Farshad
The Magic Mouse is really quite nice. I hated short-life scroll ball on the Mighty, too. But for a laptop, probably not.
- LogEx
I had a similar question recently. http://friendfeed.com/atmostr...
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
*shrugs shoulders* dunno, I'm using a microsoft one right now but I'm not too impressed with it's ergonomics (or maybe I just have big hands and you know what they say 'bout that), but, my last logitech one was MUCH better, actually I would, I would recommend to start there, they're specialized in that field. Cuz it all really depends on what you're looking for in a mouse, some of them are so advanced now they'll walk your dog.
- sofarsoShawn
vertical mouse :) see the one Matt uses http://www.mattcutts.com/images...
- ffcode
I really like having 2 buttons under the thumb and the only ones I found that did that for mini mice are Trust. Cheaply priced but pretty good!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
sofarsoShawn is right microsoft mouse aren't good: uncomfortable logitech are the best in horizontal/conventional mouse: ergonomic but best still would be a vertical mouse. never go in for mini/small/made for laptop mouse they are uncomfortable at first place if you rely heavily on mouse small mouse means evident pain
- ffcode
Do the mini mice have a specific name? :-) Apart from "small mouse". ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ah notebook mice? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm liking this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/product...
- Kol Tregaskes
Hmm, the MS one looks good: http://www.ebuyer.com/product...
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol, I have the MS 8000 and 5000. Advantage of the 5000: uses laptop's onboard BT. Drawback: sometimes takes a long time to wake up, sometimes needs to be repaired. It's a pain. I switched to the Logitech Nano and simply leave the mini dongle plugged in. http://www.logitech.com/index...
- Stephan Planken
Useful info, Stephen. Thank you.
- Kol Tregaskes
I have gone back to wired since batteries going down at the wrong time are just too much of an annoyance but the Trust ones exist with the mini wireless usb dongle and normal and bt and cable, and in optical or laser etc. http://trust.com/product... I've had this little guy wireless and wired: http://trust.com/product...
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
one thing i love Trust for and I have no idea why nobody else does it: on their products is always printed the URL for the drivers page - eg: trust.com/15139 - So logical and helpful to the user
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I use the Logitech MX400 laser mouse and I'd recommend it to anyone. In any case, I'd never buy a mouse without laser tracking anymore. It has two thumb buttons, something which I'd also would not want to live without. They're just too convenient as forward/back buttons for web browsing. I think carrying a regular mice with you is worth it, considering the extra comfort during use....
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- Meryn Stol
Kol, I see you're considering a bluetooth mouse. I have very bad experience with bluetooth mice. At least the times I tried, the tracking performance was *way* below that of corded and radio mice. It may even be something intrinsic to the Bluetooth protocol, because I can't believe engineers would be proud of delivering such awfully performing mice. The only advantage is having no dongle, but you pay dearly for it. For me, tracking performance (resolution, responsiveness) trumps every other concern.
- Meryn Stol
I bought the G-Cube mini optical mouse and love it!
- Citronella
List of questions on Aardvark that no one can answer. #smlask 1. Is it possible to get After Effects to display the time ruler as Measure + Beats with a set BPM?
2. Is there a FFFFound bookmarklet that would auto-fade after posting? (!annoyance for ajax-sites)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
3. Google Video Uploader: Unable to login - why? Long desription: I downloaded the Google Video Uploader for Windows from http://www.google.com/video... and when I try to login using my gmail account, it dishes an error message: "Login Status: Unable to login. Please check your email/password and make sure network connectiono is up" - i double check my credentials and they are correct. Network is also obviously up. Anyone help?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Is there a FFFFound bookmarklet that would auto-fade after posting? (!annoyance for ajax-sites) @vark #geek
How do I setup git so that it won't ask me to enter passphrase for my ssh key everytime? @vark #git
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Nokia N97 vs Nokia N97 Mini vs Nokia N900 vs a netbook - who wins, which one would you buy and why?
SiskaceskaB-InKLady©, Irma Vermaat, ozgur admin and 7 other people liked this
I currently have a very bugged N96 and looking for a switch. I know I've kinda asked this before but these are all my selected options. Which should I go for? I'm favouring the Nokia N97 Mini atm. I've asked T-Mobile if I could swap as I'm having so much trouble with the Nokia N96. I'm waiting for a reply but I'm sure it will be no. I still have a long wait before my contract expires. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
N900 is not comparable with rest of crowd... you don't compare apples and orange, do ya? you don't compare li'l buses and li'l truck, do you? ;)
- A.T.
A.T., explain why do don't compare the N900 with the rest? Is it not a phone then?
- Kol Tregaskes
N97 is a pure mobile serie. I dont think to carry a N900, it may be for data collection ...I dont know prices in Turkey yet
- ozgur admin
Kol, I think what silpol is trying to say is that the distance between "just a phone" and "more than a phone" is just so much bigger for N900. That is, it is way, way more than a phone, far ahead by leaps and bounds.
- Michael Bravo
OK, so what does the N900 give and not give compare to the Nokia N97? I know of the difference OS. Does this make a huge difference though? I like the Symbian OS.
- Kol Tregaskes
the way how N9x were designed keeps development apps for them problematic, until recently you couldn't do it without significant effort AND resources (money, people, etc)... for N900 you can start with amateur knowledge about Linux and make them one by one (adjusting necessary mobile specifics with info from maemo.org and with community) - in a way, chances to get apps there are MUCH higher... or you can ask someone to write - finding Linux programmer is easier than Symbian/S60 programmer.
- A.T.
Is it possible to get AfterEffects to display the time ruler as measure + beats with a set BPM? #smlask
I'm going to need a new PSU (power unit) for my PC because of the new gfx card. Any recommendations?
I've currently marked this one, the CoolerMaster 600W Silent Pro: http://www.ebuyer.com/product.... £70 seems a reasonable price for a decent PSU.
- Kol Tregaskes
ThermalTake and CoolerMaster are the ways to go, I do believe.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, yeah I tend to buy CoolerMaster fans, etc.
- Kol Tregaskes
It depends on your gfx card request and other component requests..First of all you should check your total Watt request.. Check this website... http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalc...
- Ozgur Gercek
Ozgur, great link, thank you very much. I need at least a 450w PSU, so I could get this one for example: http://www.ebuyer.com/product... but I've read the one above it pretty quiet. And I've got one or two potential upgrades which might bump up the wattage.
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, if your min. request is 450w you should prefer at least 600Watt version or more for possible upgrades....I have Cooler Master 650Watt in my computer..Its good enough....
- Ozgur Gercek
OK, so original PSU is good. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Definitely....Cooler Master, Thermaltake, Tagan, Asus PSUs are good...
- Ozgur Gercek
NVIDIA vs ATI - which graphics card would you buy and why?
Darth Farhad Sama, Demetrios the Traveller, Mark Douglass and 16 other people liked this
I'm on the look out for a new gfx card for about £150. Any recommendations? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I used to buy ATI cause they were trying harder but in the last 2 years I slowly switched to nvidia as they a)use less power (I'm into silent cards!) b)gave me less problems on windows (had weird issues with playing games in a window with any kind of transparency effects with the ATI cards I ad) and c) slightly stabler linux drivers recently - not sure if the latest cards follow the pattern but certainly seems the case on the power consumption (and therefore cooling fan noise) front
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I'm looking at the GTX260 atm. I can get a 896Mb card for £147 but can get a 1792Mb card for £155. Will it make a big difference?
- Kol Tregaskes
Nvidia :) Kol, when is your BD btw?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
BD? Board? Gosh, can't remember, will have to have a look. I currently use a NVIDIA 8800 GTS card but it's knackered.
- Kol Tregaskes
I guess BD=Birthday?
- Holger Eilhard
Birthday ;) My ATI sux - I even can't run Guitar Hero - and it has 512MBs of memory.
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Every few years I jump from one camp to the other. I just recently made the jump off from Nvidia to ATI and, holy crap, I'm glad that I did. The ATI is way better in all ways than my previous Nvidia. And I'm not just talking about pure framerate. Color reproduction and quality mean a lot to me, as well.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, what model you have?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Sasha, doh. 2 weeks ago. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Shit, I knew it. Sorry Kol, Happy Birthday!!! :D
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Hehe, thanks, Sasha. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is the card I'm eyeing atm: http://www.ebuyer.com/product... - I've bought XFX cards in the past and they've been really good.
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm always bad in that :( All my friends call me to remind that their bds are coming :D So, do you plan to play on ultra-high quality?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
I love nvidia. but now i have ati :D, i think you should wait for DX11 cards to coming
- Farshad
Sasha, 4870 Mac Edition.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Maybe they are good on Macs - my intel based sux :( I wonder, can sound card break everything up?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Yes, it certainly can. In fact, more issues are usually due to the sound card than just about any other device in a system. This is why usually one of the first debugging steps is to remove or disable the sound card to see if it fixes whatever the issue is. And Macs are Intel-based.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, so if I'm with a notebook I'm stuck to whatever is inside? Or I can try FireWire soundcards?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Well, first, make sure you have the latest drivers for your sound card (heck, for ALL of your peripherals). If it's still causing a problem, it could be a hardware issue and, in that case, an external sound device may be your only choice. One of the downfalls of laptops, sadly.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It depends on what kinda work u wanna do. I have heared from a large number of people that Nvidia works better with games (as u might have noticed, they usually mention the system requirement for a game by the type of Nvidia Graphics u use, not the Ati). And by the way I think a GF 9800 (512Mb) might be the best choice nowadays.
- امیر؟
Playing games and Photoshop.
- Kol Tregaskes
Can you take two and then just return one? ;)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Kol, don't you have PS3 or Xbox to play games already?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Xbox yes but after a gfx upgrade so I can play FPS and strategy games on the PC. I can't play them on a console, those need a mouse. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
The ATI HD 4870 looks like a far better deal though, more RAM, faster core and cheaper.
- Kol Tregaskes
ATI. And especially now that 5870 (or greater) are out. EyeFinity is cool (triple display support at minimum) and there shouldn't be problems with performance, either.
- Jemm
I just need PC to play upcoming Diablo 2 and Starcraft 2. Oh, and DOTA :)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Sasha, I think you mean Diablo 3 - and don't expect it before 2011. Starcraft 2 (I think) is a way off too.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yep, 3 ;) Fine, recommend me some FireWire soundcards then :) I think Starcraft should come out pretty soon, with all these almost ready battlefield reports.
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Interesting image. I always buy nVidia
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I've always been an NVidia fan, personally. ATi cards have tempted my in the past (like the Radeon 9800), but NVidia has typically had faster cards for less money.
- Jason Huebel
Interestingly, this article: http://techgage.com/article... says the NVIDIA is faster.
- Kol Tregaskes
Nvidia often sacrifices overall quality for speed. For game-rig junkies, speed is all that really matters.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I see, Akiva. To an extent yes but I like to have quality too if I can. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I know that, historically, Nvidia generally has much better driver support on Linux, so that has always been a big reason for me to use their cards over ATI. I'm not sure if you're even remotely considering using Linux on the machine or not, but you'd be better served to get an Nvidia card if you are. ATI support has been getting better, but it's still not on par with the Nvidia support.
- Curtiss Grymala
Curtiss makes an excellent point, too.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I use Nvida, it's just always been recommended to me as being better & now Mac's are being packaged with them. But I honestly don't know the technicalities behind all that jazz, whenever I ask at the store, they always respond well it depends are you using it for gaming (& what type of gaming), photo or video editing, as media centre, and wank wank wank
- sofarsoShawn
At a price point only the ATI Radeon HD 4890 is perhaps a better comparison to the 260 but that ATI card is generally compared to the 275 card. Hmmm....
- Kol Tregaskes
NVIDIA
- Opium
ATI for sure
- Arman
If you use OpenGL at all, NVIDIA beats ATI. Most Windows games use DirectX, but I use Second Life, which is OpenGL-based. Also had fits with the video when upgrading my Linux box to the latest Ubuntu, but that's because it's an ancient ATI 7000, no longer supported by their binary driver.
- Kevin Shaum
with dx11 and windows 7 around! I will go for ATI! probably 5770 would be a great choice
- Darth Farhad Sama
What is the deal with buying extra RAM? If I remember correctly it needs to be the same speed as what you already have or something like that?
Nispell, Chris Rivait and PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK liked this
I'm after 1 or 2Gb extra as an option.
- Kol Tregaskes
Most modern motherboards are smart enough to step down faster RAM to match the slowest RAM you have. But, ultimately, you want the precise same module throughout your slots. Many people claim you want the same brand and model as well as just the same type and speed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, thank you. That's what I thought. So if you have a fast stick it'll be "slowed" so pointless buying faster RAM.
- Kol Tregaskes
Switching off my machine to find what RAM I have... :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Just either match what you have or upgrade the whole lot to a faster type.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What I recall is: the pairs have to be the same make - but I didn't know that they will do the step-down automatically so thanks @Akiva!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
If you use the tool on Crucial.com, it will tell you exactly which RAM sticks are compatible with your system and with the RAM you already have installed. You don't have to buy from crucial if you can find a better deal somewhere else (though, it's been my experience with the RAM I've bought that they've had the best deals).
- Curtiss Grymala
Curtiss, I generally do. I have Crucial now. I'll check their site...
- Kol Tregaskes
See-ming Lee, you sometimes have to force it in the BIOS.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I always prefer Kingston...
- Ozgur Gercek
Curtiss, that was a really useful link. Thank you very much. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Akiva forcing = ok? I get scared when machines blow up: one of my Linux box did earlier this year. Scary! btw, most people call me SML - which stands for small, medium and large. :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Well, as I wrote earlier, it's always best to have the same type of RAM throughout. It's definitely more stable that way.
- Akiva Moskovitz
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I am writing a bash script right now to extract Flickr URLs as a list for use with Vimeo. 1. I know that there gotta be a more elegant way I can do this without using a TMP file. Any bash ninja can help me out here? #bash #linux #smlask - http://github.com/seeming...
2. There's gotta be a more elegant way so I don't need to do selection source also and just fetch the Flickr html automatically as a param. How would I do that?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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What I'm doing now - or just use the link so it's easier to follow.. # register param FILENAME=$1 TMP='/tmp/flickr2vimeo-tempfile' # extract URL perl -0ne 'print "$1\n" while (/a href=\"(.*?)\">.*?<\/a>/igs)' $FILENAME \ | sed -r 's/(.+)\"\ title.+/\1/' \ | sed -r 's/(.+)\/in.+/\1/' \ | sed -r 's/(.+)/http:\/\/flickr.com\1/' > $TMP #concat string to a single line echo `cat $TMP` \ | sed -r 's/\ /, /gi' #remove temp file rm -rf $TMP exit 0
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Bought The Sims 3 from Direct2Drive for Windows, trying to install dishes out error: "The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction." What does this mean? + how would I install Sims 3 on my Vista exactly?? Help!
haha this group is awesome. A true find! A great companion to http://vark.com! #tools #friendfeed #groups
Is there an app that lets you filter out the people you follow whom you haven't placed on a Twitter List yet?
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Seriously though, what medical problems are there from smoking marijuana? There's a ton of propaganda from the government, but what is true?
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- Maxamad
in MI, you can get it for back problems haha
- Marissa
Apparently you can still get COPD from smoking weed, but it doesn't seem as bad as tobacco http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi...
- Victor Ganata
Is that it?
- Maxamad
Well, in the short term, it really does impair your cognition and makes you eat a lot more :)
- Victor Ganata
So if done just for recreation and you don't go full-blown reefer-head, it's all good? :D
- Maxamad
Heh, well, the data is still coming in. I honestly don't know enough to give you an informed recommendation.
- Victor Ganata
I don't know about all the propaganda, and it definitely seems to alleviate pain for some patients and build up appetite where needed for other patients, but there are some people I know who have used it way too much over a long life, and seem to have the permanent "stoner" demeanor -- slow, slurred speech, inability to think rapidly, paranoia. I personally can't stand the smell so...
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- Stephen Mack
"The most probable adverse effects include a dependence syndrome, increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, impaired respiratory function, cardiovascular disease, and adverse effects of regular use on adolescent psychosocial development and mental health." from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed...
- Mike Chelen
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Announcing the TypePad Developer Program and TypePad Motion. TypePad Developer Program - your gateway to the TypePad Cloud Platform – and the launch of TypePad Motion, a micro-blogging community application built in Python using the Django web-development framework. - http://everything.typepad.com/
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I'd like to hear any thoughts on this. Does this make TypePad a superior blogging platform now??
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
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So, I've been working hard this week in an extreme cleaning and organizing frenzy... anyone have any great tips on cleaning and/or organizing?
Kol Tregaskes liked this
Fwd: Sooooo, does the "email to friendfeed" still work? I sent something via email and it has not shown up. :/ (via http://friendfeed.com/castill...)
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#554349 - apt: Method rred has died unexpectedly! - Debian Bug report logs - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin...:
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