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Could Toronto-Montreal route be Canada's first high-speed rail?

dailyhive.com/montreal/toronto…

It lacks of ambition. I guess that the values.

Max 200kph? FFS this is not the 1960s.

When TGV opened in 1981, the cruise speed on the Paris Lyon was 260kph. Paris Lille was 300kph when I commuted on it 20 years ago.

I guess lots of gloss on the report.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

Sam Oldman 🐀
Sam Oldman 🐀
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Via rail in Canada had a high speed train some years ago, but it kept running into cows at level crossings.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAC_Tu…
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Hubert Figuière
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@samloonie "some". Most of the population is now born after it ended service.

A proper high speed train wouldn't have level crossing.

@Sam Oldman 🐀
in reply to Hubert Figuière

Sam Oldman 🐀
Sam Oldman 🐀
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For sure. Cows would have a hard time getting up to elevated track. I think they were trying to do it on the cheap.
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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@samloonie th railroad were not interested in it. That's why VIA was created and remained a band-aid by still using the same badly maintained trackage on why the heavy freight has priority.

This is the root cause of the poor service. That and the lack of courage and ambition from politicians to do anything about it.

@Sam Oldman 🐀
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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it's is so ambitious that the 1964 Shinkansen 0 Series (ie the original Japanese "bullet train") had a max speed of 210 kph, with later model being faster.

American Water shuts down online services after #cyberattack

American Water is the largest water and wastewater treatment utility in the US…

OT systems not affected - so appears this only affects their IT systems. Suspected nation state activity (Russia).

(I encourage everyone sharing this with their friends because cyber attacks absolutely can have direct “real world” consequences.)

#cybersecurity #infosec #security

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

#infosec #security #cybersecurity #Cyberattack

For very good reasons, the .io TLD is going away.

Once this treaty is signed, the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist. Various international bodies will update their records. In particular, the International Standard for Organization (ISO) will remove country code “IO” from its specification. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which creates and delegates top-level domains, uses this specification to determine which top-level country domains should exist. Once IO is removed, the IANA will refuse to allow any new registrations with a .io domain. It will also automatically begin the process of retiring existing ones. (There is no official count of the number of extant .io domains.)


every.to/p/the-disappearance-o…

(H/t @mwl )

@Michael W Lucas

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Mikołaj Hołysz
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I don't think this is actually going to happen.

There's so much stuff relying on .io at this point that I won't be surprised if major DNS providers just sidestep ICAN and take matters into their own hands.

ICAN isn't omniscient and omnipotent, if the majority of the world decides that they shouldn't be in charge of DNS any more and that we'd rather use a different set of root servers, their power basically goes away.

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Michael W Lucas
Michael W Lucas
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@miki
DNSSEC prevents a root server takeover of a zone.
@Mikołaj Hołysz
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Taggart
Taggart
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@miki It's possible this won't go into effect for some reason, but the proposal of replacing ICANN/IANA with another governing body is certainly a bigger upheaval than the loss of a single TLD.
@Mikołaj Hołysz
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Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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You wouldn't even necessarily have to go through with it; a credible threat of it happening could motivate ICAN to do the right thing here.
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Patrick Mevzek
Patrick Mevzek
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A threat from? In the past it was from UN to take over both names and IP addresses management worldwide. See how much that happened... (new world conferences were created and exist today just for that history)
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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You wouldn't even necessarily have to go through with it; a credible threat of it happening could motivate ICAN to do the right thing here.

NPR: Blood pressure readings are a key to evaluating your risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small missteps in how they are taken can significantly skew the results.#news #NPR npr.org/sections/shots-health-…
NPR: Blood pressure readings are a key to evaluating your risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small missteps in how they are taken can significantly skew the results.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/08/nx-s1-5145785/blood-pressure-reading-arm-position-hypertension
#News #NPR

#Mastodon 4.3 is out! 🎉 We've made notifications easier to manage and improved the look and feel of the whole app across the board. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! See what you can expect once your server upgrades:

blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/…

#Mastodon

We should have domain name swap parties.

I am the proud owner of feygeleh.org, if you have a worthy need for such a lovely domain name, let me know. I have been squatting on that for roughly 15 years. #mazeldon
#Mazeldon

Over the last month, 51.39 TB of data was served by the #curl website.

14.05 billion requests

99.93% cache hitrate

About one million #curl tarball downloads (guesstimate based on object size downloads)

#curl

👀 @bagder
"curl" on a vienna train station graffiti
@daniel:// stenberg://

There will be a 38c3 KinkyGeeks Play-Party!
kinkygeeks.de/2024/10/08/kinky…

Korte video van de NMBS social pagina met wat beelden van de M7 productie bij Alstom

You might have noticed already: since a few weeks, #MapComplete has a totally new search experience.

If you search something, the matching locations are shown on the map. If it matches the name of a layer or a filter, you can also opt to show only this layer or to enable this filter. For examplr, on mapcomplete.org/food, one could search for 'sushi' to only see sushi restaurants and then for 'open now'. Or search with an emoji, such as 🍕🍟🥙 or 🍙

The search menu. The user typed the 'pizza' emoji and a filter for pizzeria's is proposed
A map of Ghent inly showing pizzerias
The search menu. The user typed 'vegetarian pizza open now'. MapComplete offers the filters 'open now', 'pizzeria', 'italian restaurant' and 'has a vegetarian menu'
#MapComplete
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We are once again learning the perils of unmoderated/abandon fediverse instances today...
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Seirdy
Seirdy
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when spammers discover the mountain of abandoned Hubzilla instances, the digital wildfires will last weeks.
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Seirdy
Seirdy
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correction: they already discovered them but they’re not directly pinging users, just posting porn and links to gambling sites.

We are officially in the 'fuck it' era of AI slop
- AI-generated images are used to convey whatever partisan message suits the moment regardless of truth
- for all the fear of deepfake-driven disinformation, proves fakes don't even need to be realistic
404media.co/hurricane-helene-a…

Good morning, North America. Good afternoon, Europe. Good evening, Australia. Oh happy day. My voice is finally back. I mean, it's been back, but now even the rasp is gone. I feel like a singer again. Wheeee! Also, if you order Walmart grocery delivery today and have to call for help, expect to be told that the hurricane is affecting everything. Yes, even if you're nowhere near it like TJ and me. Choose something else, if possible. Also, I'm so over the Voiceover crackling bug that's affecting my airPods. Thanks for being my fav part of social media, Masto.
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Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I have the same bug and it doesn't happen everywhere,but in some apps it does. Soooo annoying! I hope your day is good, and you're well.

It's time for an update about #siteblocking in #Canada, because there have been some developments: We have one new order of a type that has become almost routine now, and one new order that's a little different, one that goes down that slippery slope many of us warned about when companies like Bell and Rogers first started seeking site blocking orders. 🧵👇🏼
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#canada #siteblocking
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Andy Kaplan-Myrth
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First, instead of each rights-holder blocking one sport at a time, this year all the major broadcasters teamed up and won a "multisports" order that requires listed ISPs to block sites that carry unlicensed streams of NHL, NBA, and soccer games. They've already gotten 3 updates, adding MLB and UFC into 2026.

#TekSavvy is included in this order. Our info page with the latest order is here: teksavvy.com/policies/internet…

Read the original decision here: canlii.ca/t/k5spw
2/4

#teksavvy
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Andy Kaplan-Myrth
Andy Kaplan-Myrth
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Second, now that site blocking orders are so well established to protect copyright, Indigo Books relied on them as a precedent to protect trademarks. They got an order requiring named ISPs to block access to the websites of the "Indigo Kills Kids" campaign. Since this order aims to block a website, it uses DNS blocking (like GoldTV), rather than the "dynamic" blocking orders used for streams.

#TekSavvy is not currently included in this order. Read the decision here: canlii.ca/t/k73h2
3/4

#teksavvy

Today's challenge -- working out why GObject Introspection bitfield objects return zero when the value is bigger than MAX_UINT32. The value is correct in the .gir file, just not in the fwupd python bindings.

@ebassi @pwithnall (or anyone else) does this ring any bells please? I've opened gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject… with some more data.

@Emmanuele Bassi @Philip Withnall
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Emmanuele Bassi
Emmanuele Bassi
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you found a very niche limitation in both GType and introspection, congrats 😄

Super busy Tuesday here, my meetings started an hour earlier (6 AM and not 7) but it was quite an important one to not miss, so worth it, got a 30 minute break after before the next set.
Prime day is on, but I'm not sure if I have the time nor energy to browse it. On the lookout for a 20 TB back-up desktop drive though, need to push my NAS and other back-up drive to it and want at least 20 TB. I know they exist.
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Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Good luck with work,,I say. I just finished work. :D Whoa, that's a lot of space you need. Is it a hard drive or ssd? I am dumb, I can't read lol.

King 5: "Poulsbo woman calls authorities after finding over 100 raccoons outside her home demanding food

The woman told deputies she started feeding raccoons around her house about 35 years ago without any problems. Six weeks ago the population of raccoons "exploded.""

😂 😬
king5.com/article/life/animals…

#animals #raccoons #wildlife

Screenshot of someone's yard with dozens of raccoons eating food a woman put out
#wildlife #animals #raccoons
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Cat West
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When I lived in Santa Cruz Mtns, a couple in the cabin above me, had been feeding raccoons for 20 years…people begged them to stop but ‘they’re so cute & they like us!’. Couple then went on a vacation, a cruise. Gone for 3 weeks. Came home and their cabin had been fully dismantled: Roof, windows, doors, deck, walls, cupboards… all of it, dismantled.

Welcome Sebastian Walz as #curl commit author 1305: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1519…
#curl

Včerajší lov na polárnu žiaru bol úspešný. Dokonca sa mi pravdepodobne podarilo zachytiť meteor (na prvej foto) 😍

#PolárnaŽiara #meteor #auroraborealis #aurora #slovensko #slovakia

#slovakia #slovensko #auroraborealis #aurora #polarnaziara #meteor

#Radio-Macher: Wir haben gestern ein Netzwerk freier Radioleute ins Leben gerufen, die sich künftig über verschiedene Themen austauschen und beraten wollen.
Wenn Ihr mit dabei sein sollt: Bitte eine DM.
unscharfe Gesichter Text: Netzwerk Radio
#radio
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Wise words from Tuta's co-founder, Arne Möhle 👏

Will you join our privacy revolution?

#Tuta #MadeinGermany

Quote from Arne Moehle
#tuta #madeingermany
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Tuta
Tuta
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@SicherUndPrivat Wir haben noch keine festen Daten. Aber es ist in der Pipeline.

Came across some spam with the subject "Verified Damsels". Now I want a short story about the government department in charge of verifying and licensing damsels, and punishing the hero for rescuing an unverified and unlicensed damsel. And/or a damsel who has to rescue herself and go on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment because she can't get properly verified.

Western observers often express cynicism towards China’s self-proclaimed “Whole-Process People’s Democracy” without fully grasping its distinct characteristics and underlying principles. While Western liberal democracies prioritize periodic elections, China argues this approach is inherently limited, susceptible to corruption, and ultimately fails to truly represent the people’s will.

🧵

en.qstheory.cn/2024-07/08/c_10…

TL;DR:
1. Probably don’t add `­` without guidance from a copywriter.
2. Probably don’t add `­` to foreign words without expert guidance.
3. Probably don’t add `­` to URLs, email addresses, code blocks, etc.
4. Probably restrict `<wbr>` to URLs, email addresses, code blocks, and similar where technical accuracy is key.
5. Probably restrict `<wbr>` to before periods and dashes and maybe slashes in URLs and emails.

#accessibility #a11y #css #html

#a11y #Accessibility #html #css
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Tamas G
Tamas G
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these are all so so good - soft hyphens have gotten tiring when just browsing the web for their verbosity, so at this point I think my brain just skips over them as noise, but this guidance for sure needs to be out there.
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Adrian Roselli
Adrian Roselli
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@Tamasg I find them visually destructive outside specific cases. A signal of poor typography (but not always).
@Tamas G

I voted :)

@tink will be attending #DevFestNantes to share her talk: “The Land That Time to Interactive Forgot.” 🌐

She’ll explore how Time to Interactive (TTI) impacts web performance, accessibility, and user experience, offering insights into how we can all make the web faster and more inclusive.

Read more about her talk and find the full schedule at: devfest.gdgnantes.com/en/sched…

#WebDevelopment #Accessibility #SustainableAccessibility #DevFest

#Accessibility #webdevelopment #devfest #sustainableaccessibility #devfestnantes @Léonie Watson

Thunderbird for Android 8.0b2 has landed on the Google Play Store and on our Github Releases page. We've removed the existing folder class system, and would love feedback on this change from new and existing users. For more information on the release, see the release notes on GitHub:

#ThunderbirdForAndroid #Thunderbird

github.com/thunderbird/thunder…

#thunderbird #thunderbirdforandroid
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Derek McEachern
Derek McEachern
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I'm not a big fan of the account selector.

I don't like that I have to select the account and it cycles through the accounts instead of giving me a dropdown to select the account like it did in K9.

Expanding the account list to show the icons doesn't help much since I have multiple accounts on the same domain and the only identifying difference is the colour. Is there a way to customize this?

Screenshot of Thunderbird for Android account selection screen. Current account name has been removed for privacy.
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@derekmceachern Thanks for your feedback! There's also been considerable discussion of accessing the different accounts on the beta mailing list. As far as customizing this, I'll try to find an answer!
@Derek McEachern
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Mark
Mark
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And all iOS users continue to sit in the corner crying and hoping for an app.

🔊 We're finally getting a fully stylable <select> element!

Me and @surma dive into the details, including 10 web platform features we got along the way.

⬇️ Listen here ⬇️
offthemainthread.tech/episode/…

@Surma

Welcome to the RB family, USB Serial Telnet Server :awesome: Thanks to the help of Alexey, this was finally achieved:

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.c…

And it means that 275 of the apps at #IzzyOnDroid are now set up for #reproducibleBuilds – or in relative numbers, 22.9% Hoping for the "forth egg" (25%) though it's quite a way to go, still 😊

#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

Web accessibility basics — Headings. By WebAIM (updated): webaim.org/techniques/headings… #headings #webdesign #webdev #a11y
#a11y #webdev #webdesign #headings

Installing Microsoft Teams on my home PC, because I need it for a meeting this morning. Went to the Microsoft Store and the first thing that comes up with the search isMicrosoft Teams with a rating of 2.3. I didn't think it would have been that high. Lol!
in reply to Andrew Hodgson

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@andrew Work use a combo of teams and slack. Slack's handling of file attachments, text-based messages and threads, and the integrations outside 365 it has are superb. Be nice if they settled on one for convenience, but that'd probably be Teams
@Andrew Hodgson
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Andrew Hodgson
Andrew Hodgson
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@cachondo Yeah Slack has its issues but I think fosters a discussion ethos a lot more than Teams. When I've migrated from Slack to Teams the free conversation dynamic changes a lot.
@Sean Randall

Quebec's language law may force music gear off store shelves

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s-l…

Yup. Franco Fascist. I thought these goons were pro-business but apparently they are not either.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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what's next? Banning the sales of books in English?
in reply to Hubert Figuière

Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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and then banning Anglo channels? Non-dubbed movies?

They are going for all of that. Like Fascist.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
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I am more sympathetic than most to the need to ensure products & services are equitably available in french

but

at some point the gov't has to realize that the entire rest of the world is not going to bend to their whims

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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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@shadowspar exactly. The requirement of a user manual in French is fine. But anything else is over reaching. "we sell 3 units a month of this"
@Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
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Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
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I'm sure music isn't the only kind of specialty store that has a hard time sourcing products with french labelling. do they really want all these kinds of stores to shut down in Quebec, so that people have to sneak across to Ontario to buy these things?

NO ONE EVER ASKED FOR THIS #CAQASTROPHE.

Québec's language law may force music gear off store shelves...

And, how long before Québec cannot reach anglophone websites to purchase anything...

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s-l… #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #cdnpoli #polcan

#cdnpoli #assnat #polqc #caqastrophe #qcpoli #polcan #languagewars

In my last Italian blog post talking about #Google I suggested your service @Tutanota a service I purchased proudly 🙂 I'm planning to write a specific post in English to talk about Tuta.

giovanniventuri.com/2024/10/07…

#google @Tuta
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Tuta
Tuta
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Wow, thank you, that's a nice blog post! 😍 Let's keep on fighting for privacy. 💪 🔒

Arm position during blood pressure check may lead to wrong reading, study finds nbcnews.com/health/heart-healt…

Yeah yeah, the privacy and encryption is pretty cool @Tutanota, but the dark blue theme...
@Tuta
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JSkier
JSkier
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Oh I know. I jumped on web, and updated iOS right away 😆

Jupyter is yet one more example of the hypothesis that all programming languages eventually converge towards Lisp.
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Riley.exe
Riley.exe
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I use Jupyter notebooks for my data science class, and I have to extract the files and open them in VS code because the web layout is a hot steamy disaster.
To this day, I don't understand the point of Jupyter or what it even is.
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