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7:00 PM
@agent86 I suppose that would depend on your advice.
 
@BenBrocka I have yet to find a game that can match the story of Honor Harrington.
 
@Fluttershy my advice is to follow my advice. clearly. also, give me money, because you probably have too much and I never have enough.
 
My resolutions were to a) read at least 12 books by the end of the year, and 2) play through at least 12 games from my backlog...
 
Video games can have excellent stories, but they don't hold up to actual books.
 
my VPS has several IPs, and some of them I think register as indonesia
 
7:01 PM
@agent86 I live with my parents because the only job I've been able to find since getting out of the army is this temp job I'll be losing at the end of the month. I will not give you money. <_<
 
I just watched an ad in some other language for green tea flavored scope mouthwash
 
I'd use that mouthwash...
 
@Fluttershy darn. someday, somewhere, that will work on someone.
 
@agent86 It's called sending out a billion emails.
 
@fbueckert Eh. I've read Dune and such but I've found most books are simply more complex rather than actually better. Complex in the "who the fuck is this guy" sense rather than anything good. Maybe I've been soured on the idea but every time someone's like "OMG X's books are GREAT" I find they suck
Steven King was probably a poor choice though...
 
7:03 PM
Even if only 0.001% believe it, that's still at least 10,000 people.
 
@BenBrocka The spice must flow!
 
@BenBrocka Frank Herbert's Dune is a little on the dry side.
His son's is much more modern, and flows much better.
 
So yeah, back to my resolutions... I've only just started my first book, technically, and I've gotten back to playing BL2. Woo!
 
@SaintWacko Dune and the sequels were definitely a high note in my reading career. I just can't sit down long enough to read crap like that anymore though. And books have terrible multitasking potential
 
it's so cold in here
 
7:05 PM
@BenBrocka If you're reading a good book, you don't want to multitask.
 
@kalina Trade ya! I'm burning up.
 
@fbueckert I've read the kids too
 
@Fluttershy jealous
 
@BenBrocka That's the good stuff, in my opinion.
 
I don't think it's right that I should be sat next to a huge heater, with a duvet around me, and 2 layers of clothes
and still be shivering
 
7:06 PM
@BenBrocka I don't do much reading either. I used to, but now my free time is squeezed and compressed into little tiny snippets of time so much that reading is all but gone
 
@fbueckert Eh, not anymore. Can't really get into flow while reading anymore
 
@kalina I could probably walk outside and start to steam. <_<
 
-.-
 
> Feels like: -32.
 
I give up, I'm shivering too much to make sense
 
7:08 PM
@kalina Don't be sad! I'm one of those people who, if I'm not freezing my ass off, am way, way too hot to be comfortable. I have terrible internal temperature regulation.
 
At -32 it doesn't matter very much I don't think
 
@BenBrocka Next week, it'll break the C/F equalization point!
I may have to start wearing a toque again.
 
A what?
 
@kalina As you taught me there's some battles that's not worth figthing. Like trying to make the point that it's the game's fault if a tutorial tells you to do something different on the 7th confrontation for no obvious reason and following said instruction doesn't actually yield the expected, different result.
 
@fbueckert OMG Cyclone got an even bigger damage buff?
 
7:11 PM
wait - you've learned something from me?
 
@OrigamiRobot +5%/stack for SW, and +6%/tornado.
 
It is now on par with Blade Storm. Why would I ever use Blade Storm?
 
@OrigamiRobot Blade Storm also got a buff.
 
@fbueckert "Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack"
@fbueckert They got the same buff.
 
@OrigamiRobot Why would you ever use Blade Storm before, anyways?
 
7:13 PM
@badp yeah, some points aren't worth making. like pointing out the point you just said you weren't going to make and then tried to make.
 
The tornadoes more than made up for whatever slight damage increase Blade Storm did.
 
pointception
 
@agent86 Rhetorics is fun, but I didn't tell you that.
 
Holy cow, Wave of light went from 390% to 829%.
 
@fbueckert It used to be 20% per stack as opposed to Cyclone's 15%.
 
7:15 PM
Ugh... My medicine is wearing off...
 
@OrigamiRobot The extra 15% wasn't nearly enough to offset the 20%/tornado.
 
@fbueckert In my experience, the guaranteed extra 15% outperformed the potential tornadoes.
 
@OrigamiRobot Tornados, on their own, doubled or tripled my DPS.
 
@fbueckert I spent countless hours testing. YMMV
 
@OrigamiRobot Tornado spawn rate is probably tied to proc coefficients.
 
7:19 PM
@fbueckert I have a high crit chance too, maybe I was just unlucky.
I am definitely not saying Blade Storm is better.
I liked Cyclone a lot more.
 
@OrigamiRobot My experience showed that crit = tornado.
 
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Q: Dota 2 trading terms

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Q: Black Screen After Log In

YawusI've been playing Minecraft on a PC and just got a Mac laptop (OSX 10.7.5). Since the server I regularly play on has numerous mods, I decided to copy over my .minecraft files. I followed what instructions I could find and placed the .minecraft folder in my ~/Library/Application Support folder and...

 
@agent86 you still around?
 
Then again, I was using Fists of Lightning.
 
7:21 PM
@Fluttershy yup
 
@fbueckert It wasn't 100% chance of crits spawning tornadoes.
Sometimes I'd get a million tornadoes, sometimes none.
 
@agent86 I don't recall whether or not you had an answer when I asked you what your most anticipated game of 2013 was.
 
I just preferred the consistency
> Nephalem Valor stacks will now persist through Acts
THANK GOD
 
@Fluttershy I recall talking about it, but I don't recall what I said. The Cave looks pretty good, and I'll probably give that a look when there's a good sale. I have a soft spot for splinter cell, so the new one comes out this year, and that seems awesome. Also watch dogs, which I saw a video about but have no idea about otherwise
bioshock infinite could be good... mostly I have trepidation about things that could be good, y'know?
 
@agent86 I do remember you mentioning SC and Watchdogs now that you mention them.
 
7:24 PM
I often don't know if something is going to be any good until after I've had a chance to play it.
 
SimCity!
 
so it's kind of hard to get worked up about pre-release stuff
 
SIIIIIIIIIIIMCITY!
 
plus there's always a half dozen games that just catch me by surprise every year - MotN was one of those last year, for instance
 
@agent86 I am able to get excited for pre-released things so long as they look good. Granted, it leads to disappointment...
 
7:26 PM
@OrigamiRobot I should start playing again once this hits.
 
I think, currently, The Last of Us is my most anticipated game of this year. Even though I don't own a PS3... =(
 
@Fluttershy yeah, sometimes I have a sense for these things and can kind of go "OK, that seems too good to be true"
 
@StrixVaria It's on PTR
 
but other times I think a game will be awesome and it's just not
 
I'll give it a shot
 
7:26 PM
@Fluttershy :(
 
@OrigamiRobot I'd rather wait until my playtime actually has lasting effects.
 
> The Reflects Damage affix has been redesigned
 
I have until May to save for a PS3! But there are other things I must also save for.
 
@StrixVaria I'll use the PTR to test builds, but I wont invest too much time in it.
 
@Fluttershy well, word on the street is there are new consoles coming this year. if you can hold your breath a bit, you can probably get something good for cheap.
either a tricked out PS3 or a shiny new PS4 or whatever
 
7:28 PM
@agent86 I have zero interest in investing in another console at launch. =\
 
> When resuming a game, players will now be placed in town instead of at the last known checkpoint (a portal will be available to take you to your last known checkpoint, if desired)
This is actually a really, really good change.
 
I finally got my devices connected to the wifi here at work
 
@Fluttershy so then you're on option A: "cheap closeout model slim PS3"
 
This changes everything
 
@agent86 Bingo.
 
7:29 PM
@Fluttershy I've heard murmurings that at least MS will be rolling to some new HW this year, and probably announce in the summertime. one imagines that PS3s are going to be stupid cheap by the end of the year if that pans out.
 
> Izual is now included in the list of bosses that grant an extra reward when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, and the overall reward for killing him has been increased
Running Act 4 might not be a waste of time with that + stacks carrying over.
 
@agent86 I hope you're right. Alternatively, the site could do a promotion in which one of the prizes is a PS3!
 
I'm waiting to see what the PS4 has. Was tempted to pick up the Wii U but the current/planned games are meh and aside from Pikmin 3 there's nothing that great I can see coming
 
@StrixVaria Monks are getting a substantial damage boost. What about WD?
 
@OrigamiRobot WD is pretty much untouched.
 
7:32 PM
@BenBrocka Have you heard any rumblings of anymore Vita gems? =\ Their current library is kinda... meh...
 
@Fluttershy yeah, we haven't had promotions for a while. nor game grants. one hopes that changes at some point this year, but I dunno.
 
@OrigamiRobot Like I said, I bet the primary attacks had proc coefficients.
 
@agent86 ME3 put quite a dent in our promotion funds, methinks...
 
@fbueckert Right, consistency just worked better for me.
 
@Fluttershy I haven't been watching, for now I just plan on playing whatever PS+ puts out since I still have a few games left to play on it
 
7:33 PM
But now I don't have to worry about that.
 
@Fluttershy well, also Lauren is no longer with SE, and there's not a dedicated CHAOS team from what I understand
 
@OrigamiRobot I thought he was making the same argument at first, when I seen it in the starred list. Was getting ready to rage all over @Fluttershy's face.
 
@BenBrocka Oh! I was gonna ask you, too... Do they rotate the "free to PS+" games?
 
@Fluttershy yeah, they do
I had it for 3 months and some of the games went away after a while.
 
@agent86 True. I miss Lauren. =(
 
7:34 PM
you could still get them if you'd downloaded them at any point during your membership
 
@agent86 Oh cool. Good to know.
 
@Fluttershy It's every month now, at least for PS3. It's probably different on Vita since they'res not as big a library yet
 
@Wipqozn No no, I was just heading it off at the pass.
 
@OrigamiRobot And you did a good job you awesome robot you.
 
@agent86 Oh really? Didn't know that
 
7:35 PM
I've seen that argument made before and it makes me rage the rage of a thousand rages.
 
These gems can only be created at the Jeweler and will require the following reagents:
3 Radiant Star Gems
20 million gold
1 Demonic Essence
That is too much gold.
 
Wait, @agent86, do you have a vita? >_>
 
How much does a radiant star gem cost?
 
@StrixVaria Emeralds? about 16m before I stopped.
 
7:36 PM
@Fluttershy nope, I thought you were talking PS3, although I think it works the same way for both.
 
@Wipqozn Give me some credit, turtle. I do have some idea of how the site works.
 
@agent86 OH MAY GRD YOU STALKR
 
@OrigamiRobot So a Marquise gem is essentially 68 million gold.
Plus the cost of the recipe.
 
@Fluttershy suuuuure you do ;)
 
@agent86 It does. I was just hoping you'd maybe played Gravity Rush. =P
 
7:37 PM
@StrixVaria Keep in mind, this should make gem prices rise. Could be good, could be bad.
 
@badp HEY, I stopped camping out in the bush outside her building WEEKS ago. stupid court order.
@Fluttershy nope, my last portable was a DS Lite
 
@OrigamiRobot What is a keywarden?
I just read something about how they're changing, but I don't even know what they are in the first place.
 
@StrixVaria something something hard optional bosses something epic lewt something
 
@StrixVaria The drop keys for the Infernal Machine event.
 
7:38 PM
@agent86 Reminds me I should probably update linkedin's data sometime
 
@StrixVaria 1.05 introduced the Hellfire ring.
The keywardens were part 1 in constructing your ring.
 
How do you get at them?
 
@OrigamiRobot I think I remember seeing this and not reading it because I wasn't interested in D3 at the time.
It seems to be getting more and more playable, though.
It took them a really long time to figure out that monk spirit spenders all were complete trash.
 
Yea, it's looking better.
 
7:43 PM
@StrixVaria It's becoming what D3 should have been from the start.
 
I'm sad they didn't change WD much... my WD was pretty much tissue paper in inferno, but I didn't play him much once I got my monk rolling
maybe they changed something along the way that would make him more viable
 
@agent86 Minions got a pretty significant buff around 1.03/4
 
@StrixVaria I still don't know if I'll go back to them. I found a build I really liked with none of those spirit spenders. Unless you count Sweeping Wind. I don't because it's more like a Mantra than an attack.
 
@OrigamiRobot I used 7SS a lot with the AoE rune.
I also really want Wave of Light to not suck because it's got some neat runes.
 
@OrigamiRobot That's a lot of bullshit you need to go through in order to fight these bosses
I mean, I guess it beats the complete joke that's the 4 eridium price to fight Terramorphous.
 
7:46 PM
@StrixVaria I am using a build with 2 primary attacks and Combination Strike.
 
@badp Not to mention the chances of pulling a decent ring out of the RNG is like winning the lottery.
 
I think I convinced @fbueckert to start using it too.
 
@OrigamiRobot It was the only way to continue progression.
 
@OrigamiRobot I also used 2 primary attacks, IIRC. I think it was Deadly Reach and Crippling Wave.
 
@fbueckert I like it. I'll try out the new buffed skills, but I wont be sad if I have to go back to my Combination Strike build.
 
7:48 PM
I hear that Inferno with Monster Power turned off is a breeze now.
 
@StrixVaria Yep
 
@StrixVaria It is.
 
My WD was pretty much able to take Act 2 Inferno before the nerf. Should I expect to be able to finish Act 4 now?
 
You can tear through Diablo without even trying.
The hardest part is fighting your doppelganger.
 
Maybe I'll give that a try tonight.
 
7:49 PM
@badp I like the complete joke. The 24 hour timer for the DLC1 bosses is complete shit
It's not a damn MMO
 
@BenBrocka what, really?
 
@badp Yes, you can fight them once every 24 hours (or set your system clock ahead). And it tracks everyone on the team, so if one of them fought the boss recently you're all SOL
It brought all of the bullshit of MMORPGs and was completely unnecessary
 
DLC1 sure sounds like a good purchase, given that the bosses are also "unpleasant" plus they cost 8 eridium per respawn
I'd much rather be fighting three of those varkidozilla things at a time
 
@StrixVaria I had two variations of the build. One for dodge and one for damage.
 
DLC1 itself is actually really fun. It's just the post-game raid bosses that are stupid
DLC2's raid boss is much less asinine, but the seraph crystals still require far too much farming
 
7:53 PM
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Q: Can I make my Sims age again? What is a workaround for this bug?

victoriahI seem to have a bug that is preventing my Sims from aging. It happened after my Sim had a baby. The "x days left until aging" bar never increases. Aging IS active in my game options. I found this thread on The Sims 3 that discusses the bug but no one mentioned any solutions. Is there any way to...

 
It would take like 15 days to get a single seraph weapon farming one boss a day. And the weapons sucked, too. Torgue's is better, but farming Terra or non-raid bosses is still a much better option
@badp they drop a lot more than 8 e when you kill them
 
@BenBrocka so does Terramorphous
still there's the possibility that you die 12 times :/
...which is kind of ridicolous but hey.
 
@badp true
 
If the boss is bad enough, it can happen.
 
It'd be better if they dropped legendaries like Crawmerax
He would literally drop like 10 legendaries. But his pearlescent crap was as rare as BL2 legendaries (and half of those legendaries would be the tediore revolvers which suck)
 
7:56 PM
Speaking of Borderlands 1 I'm probably going to be needing some help or something to pull my sorry ass out of that boss fight
...or I could change the playthrough to the first and fight a reasonable boss fight?
 
@badp I think you'd have to redo the quests if you switch playthroughs even in BL1
and I'd help but I only have BL1 for PS3
 
@BenBrocka well at least it'd get me out of that map section I guess?
@BenBrocka BL1 a PS3 game? Wow.
 
@badp Oh, if you're trapped, yeah it'll let you move, then you can switch back to playthrough 2 and grind or play other missions or whatever
@badp BL1 was free for PS+ and add ons were 50% off
 
@BenBrocka eh, well, yeah, I needed a strong discount too before I'd get Borderlands 1 a try
 
Or maybe it was just on sale, one of the two
 
8:03 PM
they completely flunked the marketing for that game
I almost needed to launch the game to realize it was a FPS, and an FPS that's actually fun
 
it's been on PS+ but it sounds like that was last year, I've had it for longer
@badp It had a cult following before I purchased it, and I played the demo, so I knew it was awesome
Wait no, there was a PS+ "trial" thingy, that's how I know it was awesome
 
@BenBrocka I think I tried it through On Live actually.
 
That was an actual thing? That you could do? I only ever saw the app for watching other people play
 
@badp I could probably help if you want.
 
@Ullallulloo First I need to figure out what the hell is my gamespy account
 
8:10 PM
Wow. anime.SE got a strong start, but it's dying a very quick death.
 
Man, BL2 updates, D3 updates, FTL.... I don't know what to play anymore.
 
@OrigamiRobot lets play GW2
 
@kalina You've been replaced on that front.
 
@OrigamiRobot understood
 
60% are in needs work.
 
8:11 PM
@fbueckert those starts aren't very damning for an early beta. Especially Q per day
 
176 visits/day
 
there's a reason Area51 is getting re-designed, the stats are always scary at the start
 
Wait, is it public yet?
 
@OrigamiRobot has been for a bit
 
@OrigamiRobot public beta.
 
8:13 PM
@Ullallulloo I'm apparently simply "badpazzword" on GameSpy.
 
It's basically turning into anime.scifi.se, though, and I realized I'm blocking 40% of all the questions there.
 
I imagine it'd be too easy to guess you're Ullallulloo there as well?
 
It's pretty much in line with non-software support sites. Software based sites get way more visits/Qs
 
@badp I probably am. I'll check.
 
Yep, no such user as "Ullallulloo"
 
8:14 PM
@fbueckert How many bad policies did they set up?
 
@OrigamiRobot They're allowing ITG.
Or their version of it.
I managed to prevent "Why was it done this way?" through sheer dint of stubbornness.
 
Remember to always lynch other sites for not choosing the same policies we have, for we are the ultimate custodians of Stack Exchange wisdom.
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Only 2000 Digispark orders ahead of me. I might have mine shipped by the end of them month.
 
zzzzz
 
@badp Well, my email address is used it says...
 
8:17 PM
@badp The arguments against identify questions are pretty universal across sites. Specifically, voting is broken for them.
 
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Know Others Culture

Proposed Q&A site for q&A site for enthusiasts, learners and researchers of cultures of different countries. It would help people of a country to understand and be informed about the culture of other countries and cultural exchange better!

Currently in definition.

 
@Ullallulloo I'm just saying, when I try and add "Ullallulloo" as a friend it tells me there's no such user
 
@StrixVaria I am disappointed in this
 
user15026
@fbueckert yeah but A51 stats are just scary. Libraries is just as bad in that sense.
 
8:18 PM
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Collectors & Collections

Proposed Q&A site for collectors and collections of energy drinks, coins, soda cans, flags, and many more. Talk about how to, why, where, who, rules, values, and so on.

Currently in definition.

Energy drinks?!?!?!
 
I wonder if they have the spice girls pepsi cans from 1998
ooOOoo I have a question to ask on a random SE site
 
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Products and Consumers

Proposed Q&A site for everything about stuff you can buy: features, comparisons of similar products, asking for an advice on buying something, asking to share experience on using a product, gotchas, missing manuals, repairs, finding components, etc

Currently in definition.

 
because I haven't been doing that all day
 
Shopping Advice.SE
 
> I've been collecting energy drink cans for more than 6 years and I know people collecting for over 10 year. So, Yes! Collecting energy drink cans is a very expensive and fast growing hobby. Therefore, my question stands and it's more valid than you think, even though clueless people down voted it.
 
user15026
8:19 PM
@origamirobot exactly what I was going to say
 
@OrigamiRobot Their argument is, "It works on SciFi, so let's adopt it!"
 
Don't mock shopping advice.se
 
@fbueckert That argument is easily defeated by inverting it.
 
it means in future we can just go "we have a site for that"
 
8:20 PM
So Anime allows hentai related questions? >_>
 
@kalina Unless they start migrating things to us.
 
@OrigamiRobot then we just close as OT
 
@badp It says that you've added me as a friend.
 
or migrate it back
"sorry not sure how this is relevant to our scope kthxbai"
 
@Ullallulloo Actually it tells me you added me as a friend
 
8:21 PM
> Proposed Q&A site for everything about stuff you can buy.
@OrigamiRobot As defined this site is pretty much "Q&A about anything."
 
Uh, actually, the game didn't respawn me in the boss map
It just respawned me at the start of the DLC
this is exceedingly retarded
 
@StrixVaria Skeptics is similar.
 
@badp that's what it's supposed to do when you load a save
 
@BenBrocka That makes it no less retarded
 
@fbueckert naruto naruto naruto naruto naruto one piece naruto naruto naruto naruto naruto naruto
I'M OUT OF HERE
 
8:25 PM
@OrigamiRobot That's exactly what I said.
 
@fbueckert But I need 24 more rep so I can downvote on the identify meta!
 
AND I NEED TO FIGHT THROUGH THE MID BOSSES AGAIN
sweet jesus
@Ullallulloo If you want to join my game please do, otherwise I'm shutting BL1 down for a while
 
@badp It says that it isn't joinable.
 
@Ullallulloo what? I made it open to friends
How about now? I mean, now that I invited you.
 
@badp nope
 
8:27 PM
@OrigamiRobot I already did it
oh wait
 
Connecting...
 
you're probably talking about something else
 
@badp I'd bring my level 69 siren to help if I could :P
 
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Q: Has the "It's over 9000!" meme spread back to Japan?

coleopteristHas the "It's over 9000!" meme from DBZ spread back into Japan? Is it referenced in other manga or anime? If it is, do they use 9000 (which is, depending on who you ask, a translation error or an intentional mistranslation) or 8000?

Nope, I can't deal with this site.
 
@Ullallulloo We'll have to continue in a hour or so sorry
 
8:37 PM
@badp ok
I'm so weak here.
 
:O
Shaved bears look scary
 
A single rakk hit destroys my shield and brings me down to 50 health.
 
Shaved scares look beary
 
8:41 PM
 
@OrigamiRobot Bald is funny :) Shaved is scary! :D
 
Is it even possible to beat FTL on Normal?
 
@OrigamiRobot I've not been able to as of yet, I always get stuck in a fight neither side can win
 
@James I can consistently get to the flagship with a couple different ships, but all the repair points invariably get captured.
Even if I go straight for the flagship.
 
three letters I haven't said for several months: RNG
 
8:50 PM
Praise be to the RNG that we may avoid it's wrath
 
Iä RNG!
 
damn I have an overwhelming need to play WoW
 
@kalina Don't do it!
 
@OrigamiRobot You have beaten it on easy right?
 
@CruelCow Yes, once.
Last night I beat the 2nd form with only 2 hull. It only hit me once, but I couldn't go the whole 3rd fight without getting hit. I almost made it.
 
8:58 PM
Use the ship that you get for winning. It's special ability is all the damage you need (upgrading is good, but not needed) to kill the boss. Make sure you have 4 shields and a good engine.
 
@CruelCow I do use that one.
 
Teleporter is highly recommended, as that allows you to destroy its weapons
 
circus afro circus afro polka-dot polka-dot polka-dot afro
 
@CruelCow I find the teleporter to be useless in other fights though.
 
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Q: Mass Effect in Origin Client doesn't work (win 7 64 bit)

Samuele Mattiuzzoapparently today I did a huge mistake: I sold my Mass Effect videogames for xbox360 to buy the digital trilogy for PC (I'm relocating and wanted to bring Shepard with me in the journey, just in case of sudden Reapers). Over this weekend I tried one torrent for each game, to see if they would wor...

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Q: Question sorting is kind of weird

StrixVariaOn main pages of sites, aren't posts supposed to appear with the most recently edited one at the top, and then go in order from most to least recently edited? Decidedly unlike this picture. I've seen this a few times before, on the main site and on meta. What's going on?

 

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