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Find out about my experiences with an Index Braille Embosser on today’s Double Tap tweesecake.social/@doubletap/1…

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InnoSearch Experiences & Embossing With Index Braille https://doubletaponair.com/innosearch-experiences-embossing-with-index-braille
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the embossers work fine with adhesive plastic, too, if you need to print something for reusing.

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I wish Mona had more braille shortcuts, @MonaApp, I suggest this for a future update. #blind
#blind
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I flat-out collapsed before the 30-second mark, just completely took my knees out

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via Jo Walton on Bsky


Hlavní nadraží Praha - znělka 02 (Dlouhá verze)

Nové video: https://youtu.be/bjAakPRYN0cHlavní nádraží Praha - znělka 02 (Dlouhá verze)Když se člověk zaposlouchá, slyší muziku na každém rohu. Na nádraží h...
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That red skirt I just mended with the little embroidered daisy? Welp, got it stuck on something and ripped the waist opening of it, didn't I. 😆 I don't have thread or a patching fabric that exactly matches so I went the scrap piece of fabric of a good weight and highly visible mending route. I'm thinking it's going to be either a colourful fern or a peacock feather, but bed calls me.

#VisibleMending

The stem or vane of whatever the embroidery will be, finished but with the fluffy bits or fronds missing. The shape is a lovely organic twist of curls, the thread colours stand out and it looks fairly balanced in the little framed rectangle of the topstitching holding the patch in place. The tear is visible when you look directly at it, but the eye is drawn to the embroidery, which will when finished cover up most of it.
Three photos displaying a tear in a red skirt, the patch put on the wrong side of the tear, and the machine stitching on the right side holding the patch down. The tear is at the pocket slit, and while the seam itself has perfect integrity, the fabric itself has torn a good hand's width down. The patch is a bit of green fabric with flowers, from another sewing project, the edge cut with pinking shears. The topstitching from the right side is done with a colour gradient thread going between blue, gold and red, with blends in between. There is the paws and edge of the face of a ginger cat in one frame, as the cat assists.
A very close up of the embroidery going on top of the patch, on the right side. The edges of the tear have been overlapped and loosely stitched together with a red linen thread, that is the wrong thickness, but roughly the right colour. The embroidery is a stem or vane in progress, done in teeny tiny little backstitch. There are varying lines of possible directions for the line of stitching to go, Sini has not been able to decide and has sketched right on top of the fabric.
#visiblemending

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If you need a distraction today there is a live stream of a corpse flower blooming youtube.com/live/TcnSeFnzxCE

Corpse Flower Livestream

Watch on as the Corpse Flower blooms Go to geelong.link/corpseflower for more information
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A short reminder that, starting tomorrow (2024-11-06), there will be a row of maintenance windows at our main service provider. Hopefully you won't notice any of them – and regarding our F-Droid repo, our mirrors will have you covered. Just the web server might (shortly) be unavailable.

If you want to keep an eye yourself, be welcome to visit our monitor at monitor.izzysoft.de/

#serviceToot #maintenance #IzzyOnDroid

Screenshots of planned maintenance windows for IzzyOnDroid servers on November 6-9

IzzyOnDroid

Welcome to the official IzzyOnDroid Status Page. This page contains an overview of the status of various IzzyOnDroid services and the official mirrors. I
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#serviceToot #maintenance #izzyondroid

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Apple Continues Working to Get Blood Oxygen Sensing Back in U.S. Apple Watches as Next Masimo Trial Begins macrumors.com/2024/11/05/masim…

Apple Continues Working to Get Blood Oxygen Sensing Back in U.S. Apple Watches as Next Masimo Trial...

Apple and Masimo are back in a California court this week for a bench trial that will see Masimo arguing that Apple illegally poached its employees...
Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)

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The US Navy equipped dolphins with cameras to study their unique underwater hunting abilities. The footage captured showed remarkable dolphin teamwork and precision in capturing fish, demonstrating the animals' incredible diving skills and adaptability in varied environments. This innovative research sheds light on how dolphins utilize their sonar and echolocation for hunting.

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The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins And The Results Were Wild : ScienceAlert

A buzz of clicks and gleeful victory squeals compose the soundtrack in the first footage ever recorded from the perspective of dolphins freely hunting off the coast of North America.
Tessa Koumoundouros (ScienceAlert)

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So,, my department for the blind and visually impaired is outright giving me a computer packed with the latest jaws version and a 40 cell braille display. I did not expect this at all! It's super awesome and I'm totally getting Leasy with it too. Is anyone else excited about getting new tech this year? #blind
#blind
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it has acapela text-to-speech in it. My first Index used prerecorded Human speech, but the newer ones have software.
The control panel is labeled in Braille.
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@EdenLinnea yeah. I mean hammering holes in things is never going to be a silent operation, but I've heard much quieter machines.

it's not designed for huuuge batch jobs, of course. I can run off a 30 page bug history for work whilst popping out for a coffee and nobody's bothered. I would like a better way of binding my paper, perhaps i'll ask for a binding machine as a christmas present.

@Eden Linnea
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@cachondo @EdenLinnea Binding machines are a thing?
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Sean Randall
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@EdenLinnea of course. Lots of ways of keeping sheets of paper together. I dislike staples, they make reading a double-sided Braille sheet fiddlesome.
@Eden Linnea

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podcast 31 has just been uploaded to my podcast site. This podcast is a review of the Raynic Weather Radio moddle CR1009. you can either go to the main page located at
jjhof.com/podcast
and it will be the first podcast you come across, or you can use this link to go directly to the podcast.
jjhof.com/podcast/index.php?na…

JamminJerry's House of Fun!

If you miss the days of The Dirty House of fun (without the music) then you have come to the right place! you could hear a little bit of anything! Bits from old shows, rants, discussions, demonstrations, cute Stuff from my boys, Random topics, and ev…
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we don't have anything comparable to your national weather radio service here. Our shipping forecast goes out a few times a day and there are specialist marine radios that use VHF I think, but tuning into 24/7 weather on a home receiver seems a pretty different way of doing it to me here in the UK.

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hmmmmmm there is something i have to do today but i can't quite remember what it is…

#joyscrolling #CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

#catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #joyscrolling

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DUN DUN.

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Dog hasn't changed timezone.. So she begs for supper too early.

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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
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gotta love techcrunch reusing a picture of the sight long gone: the monument has been removed as the SF office has closed.

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The US two-party system is completely fucked up. How could they end up in an election where they have to chose between Kamala Harris and Vladimir Putin?

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 3 added apps:

* Aurora Store: the inofficial PlayStore client has been added on special request. At IoD it's one of the #reproducibleBuilds 🛡️
* Aegis: the 2FA app has been added at special request, too
* OpenBible: download & read the bible in different languages 🛡️

RB: 320 apps (26.5%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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Out of curiosity, what's the reason for having apps that already exist in f-droid?
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@leeloo F-Droid describes itself as decentralized and stresses the importance to not be "locked into F-Droid as the monopoly app provider" (see: f-droid.org/en/2022/02/05/dece…) – so we help with that. Furthermore, several apps have #reproducibleBuilds at IoD but not there (e.g. Aurora Store). IzzyOnDroid performs extra checks (see: android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…). So this increases security and also resilience. Also, some people prefer one place and others the other, developers included 😉

Zusätzliche APK-Checks im IzzyOnDroid Repo

Nachdem der Library-Scanner nun seit mehreren Jahren im IzzyOnDroid Repo im Einsatz ist war es an der Zeit, einige zusätzliche APK-Prüfungen zu etablieren.
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#reproduciblebuilds @Leeloo

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🗳️ 🇺🇸 Election Day is an official holiday here at Adafruit. All employees have a paid day off so they can get out and vote, or volunteer for poll working, etc ! While we will still be moving orders on Tuesday, November 5 there may be some delays or longer ship times. Please allow extra time and plan accordingly!

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Got it all done. By that I mean returning broken electronics and the haircut, of course! Now now, all you "go vote" peeps, chill, I early voted on Friday.
It would be my luck to arrive at Best Buy though, only to be told that their fuse had blown and the store was opening later in the day instead. Had to go to Staples, where they tried to get me to sign up for their rewards program just to get store credit for the items I return. Not too worth it to me.
Back to work for the last 2 hours now.
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Was echt prima wäre in Friendica/im Fediverse: Ein Verfallsdatum für Postings. Also nicht pauschal für alle, das gibt es ja schon, sondern dass ich bei jedem Post entscheiden kann, wie lange der online ist. Es sind ja nicht wenige Postings nach ein paar Wochen irrelevant, während andere noch nach Jahren interessant sein können.

@Friendica Support

@Friendica Support
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@Regentänzer ☔ Interessante Idee. Es müsste aber die ggf. eingestellte Haltedauer übersteuern.
@Regentänzer ☔

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yup, layoffs at the Mozilla Foundation 😢.
some of the folks directly affected are already listed here: mofo.directory/

Good, talented people. Get them on your team now!


Mozilla Foundation Talent Directory

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Because of sudden car trouble I had to order groceries today. Guess who just realized their food was sitting on the porch for an hour because the delivery person never rang the doorbell???
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Brett Edmond Carlock
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That's the worst! Decent refund policy at least?

I had to start temperature-checking food deliveries that were left out so I didn't use unsafe foods.

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I got so fed up of waiting for Meta to launch their AI for the Meta Raybans that I took the plunge and set up a VPN. Lo and behold, my glasses now have the AI feature. I’m really enjoying the ability to ask questions about my surroundings & get quick responses, but some of the answers have confirmed that AI is far from infallible. Today, I found a jar in the cupboard which I was pretty sure contained honey. I asked Meta and it said it was a jar of peanut butter. Wrong; it was honey, as confirmed by Be My AI. I suppose the contents are a similar colour, but I thought Meta might read the label.
But if it gets this sort of thing wrong, I’m not convinced it is going to take over the world. If it does, we’re in trouble.
#Accessibility #AI #Tech #Meta
#Accessibility #AI #tech #meta
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Not only that. I noticed that when Meta AI provides the wrong answer, it tends to blubber on and on as if trying to jiustify its folly! :)

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I'm on a social media fast, which is why you haven't heard much from me, but I did want to share one cool thing. Our stuff has been 8-bit RGB for a while, but it's increasingly clear that's not going to cut it in an HDR world. Inspired by bevy_color and some conversations, I've started a color crate: github.com/linebender/color

If you're into color, I'd love your feedback. If you use color in Rust, let me know whether this crate would be useful, or what might be changed.


GitHub - linebender/color: Color in Rust.

Color in Rust. Contribute to linebender/color development by creating an account on GitHub.
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There were 2 Democrats on the entire state ballot here in Alabama, at least in my district. Every other Republican was unopposed. If you live in a blue state, don’t you dare take it for granted.

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Big news!
Child: Momma, I have big news! Mommy taught me how to ride my new bike today! Momma: That's great! Let's go get mommy and your sister and we'll celebrate by taking a family bike ride together to get ice cream! The cartoonist drawing this comic: What am I doing? One bicycle is hard enough to draw! Child: Oh no! Our bicycles have been stolen!

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I don't have an opinion about systemd, other than the fact that every 3-5 years something breaks on one of my Linux boxes and I have to re-learn everything I knew.
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Dominykas Blyžė
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So then I go and start reading some tutorials. They begin like so:

> For years Linux admins and users have configured their network interfaces in the same way. [...] The configuration was incredibly easy and never failed to work.

😭

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Da ich nicht genau weiß, wann ich zur Aufbereitung des weiteren Backlogs komme, habe ich meinen lieben Leseratten schnell noch die 17 bereits fertig gestellten #eBooks bei ebooks.qumran.org/ hochgeladen. Kommt bald wieder Nachschub zu den jetzt 12.917 Büchern dazu, weiß halt nur noch nicht genau wann…

Bis dahin also: Häppi Schmökering! :awesome:


Izzy's freie Bibliothek

Katalog mit freien eBooks (Public Domain, Creative Commons): kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung stöbern und herunterladen!
ebooks.qumran.org
#eBooks

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Stále na pozícii lídra aliancie, neuveriteľné (to som to už chcel ale tri krát delegovať na niekoho iného). Nemáme Discord server a pre progres ho potrebujeme... vždy som chcel mať Discord server. :kekw:

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NY Times tech union has asked users not to play Wordle or other Times games while they are on strike. It's a really easy way to support them. polygon.com/news/474209/new-yo…

Striking New York Times tech workers ask people not to play Wordle or other NYT games

New York Times tech workers are on strike and asking people not to play its games, like Wordle or Connections.
Nicole Carpenter (Polygon)

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Think of the children.

They're in your system right now.

#fosschild

HACKED BRAIN faux magazine cover #2 the hacker gene is hereditary ft. Fosschild
#fosschild

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Kdo na tuhle písničku kroužil po parketu jako puberťák? Nestyďte se, přiznejte se.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love youtube.com/watch?v=WtdRv6GT9Z…

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

Music video by Frankie Goes To Hollywood performing The Power Of Love. © 1984 Universal Music Operations Limitedhttp://vevo.ly/sQBdDs
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Hey, friends: today we win. Today will protect each other, and the most vulnerable in our communities. Today we are going to stand up against fascism & violence and joyfully come together to care for those who need protection & support. We do this *no matter* how votes go today, no matter what disruptions or attacks come, so find peace in knowing what does not change, what they can never stop. Once you’ve voted, sign off, and don’t look or scroll if it causes you stress. Tomorrow we get to work.

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Zmizeli beze stopy. Tragédii hokejových reprezentantů stále halí záhada

Přesně před sto lety, 5. listopadu 1924, se narodil český hokejový útočník Karel Stibor. Mistr světa z roku 1947 a stříbrný medailista z olympiády o rok později byl jednou z obětí leteckého neštěstí, při kterém zemřelo i pět jeho parťáků. Připomeňte si jednu z největších tragédií v historii českého sportu.

sport.aktualne.cz/hokej/hokejo…


Zmizeli beze stopy. Tragédii hokejových reprezentantů stále halí záhada

Přesně před sto lety, 5. listopadu 1924, se narodil český útočník Karel Stibor. Byl jednou z obětí leteckého neštěstí, zemřelo i pět jeho parťáků.
ČTK (Aktuálně.cz)

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From the mouth of my 8 year old this morning. Jaydon, if I could vote, I would not vote for Trump. Dad, why? Jaydon, because he's in jail and he just wants to be president so he won’t go to jail. Dad, but he’s not in jail. Jaydon, also, he’s mean and won’t allow babies. I would vote for Harris, she’s nicer. Me, Jaydon where did you hear about the presidents and the election stuff? Jaydon, from ads. LMAO, welcome to election day at my house this morning!
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I have just received information that I have an opportunity to DJ at a party on the first of November :)
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fliers are printed and handed out. if there is anyone here who is going to attend, feel free to drop by the DJ booth!
a poster in Finnish. it reads "16+. Hysteria - Saima 6, friday 1st of November, 7 to 10pm. Chilling entertainment for young adults. Dance performance and activity by Breezy Studio. Cobalt. Laivarotat. Costume contest. An alley of horror. Horror quiz. Sweet and salty snacks and food from the cafeteria. Free entrance. Drug free event. Saimaankatu 6."
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jolly good time! the PoS system wasn't gonna be in use for the event after all so they told me I could set up there. this ended up being my setup. shout out @mixxx for being cool software
a DJ controller next to a laptop that is running DJ mixing software, there are headphones on the laptop. there is a mess of wires behind the DJ controller
the aforementioned setup in the bigger picture, the DJ booth has a direct view of the stage and dance floor
a dance hall with decorative lighting and halloween decorations all around, people preparing for the event
@Mixxx DJ Software

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Great guide by @vantablack that explains how to run your own 🏴‍☠️ radio using azuracast and mixxx on the Oracle free cloud tier:

vantablack.writeas.com/vantas-…

With the neat idea to use #ffmpeg through "yt-dlp --extract-audio" to "borrow" some cool audio fillers from one of thousands of video services supported.

Thanks to Vanta #azuracast and #mixxx

🎶 // @vantablack // @azuracast // @mixxx // 🎶


🏴‍☠️ VANTA'S GUIDE TO SETTING UP YOUR OWN INTERNET PIRATE RADIO STATION 🏴‍☠️

: "pirate" in the title refers to cheekily theming your station after the "yarr matey" swashbuckling type of piracy, NOT illegally broadcasting music. i swear (UPDATED: 1/16/2024) --- FOREWORD be gay, do crimes, and remember to...
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#ffmpeg #Mixxx #azuracast @AzuraCast @Mixxx DJ Software @cybersyndicate.info

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Reminder:

Republicans changed the way votes are counted specifically to convince their voters that Democrats "stole" the 2020 election.

On Election Day, only the votes cast that day will be counted and it will look like Trump is winning by a lot.

Then, other kinds of votes will be counted, and Kamala will suddenly do better.

Be ready for it. Don't get depressed on Election Day.

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Tofu Golem
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@matt
It doesn't matter. I completely misjudged things. This was not like 2020 at all.
@Matt Campbell

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I'm sorry, you did provide that link to an article on forbes.com.

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TIL: Puerto Rico actually doesn't vote in the presidential election.

Simply, it's the electoral college. And that by itself is more than unfair. Probably a result of colonialism.

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No content note for this one — everyone should read it.

theappeal.org/trump-mass-depor…


Stopping Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda Will Be Harder This Time - The Appeal

Trump’s plans are more extreme, and the tools advocates used to limit harm during his first term may not be effective.
Tana Ganeva (The Appeal)
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