The Bridge

7:00 PM

> thing....

before I started editing the site, they had a identify-this-movie, identify-this-show, identify-this-musicvideo (or something to that effect), identify-this-episode

Lazers

0

Q: How to set up a chinese made game controller in windows 8

I have a chinese made usb game controller with me that I bought in Delhi. In the shop it worked in windows 7. But when I tried it on my sony vaio laptop, it is not working. In the devices section in control panel it shows up as USB Joystick. But when I try to setup the game controller using the ...

controllers

Frank

I have survived shovelling!

kalina

and then I said:

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Q: A plea for sanity: What is this thing? I would like to know what this thing is called

This site has got a lot of history of discussion of 'identify-this-thing' questions on meta. Here are some that I found with a quick search; Should 'Identify This Movie' answers have more than just a link? Should we allow ID questions that boil down to just an image? Identification questions re...

discussion asking-questions identify

Yuki

@Powerlord I really only heard "Halo clones" the year or so after the first Halo was released when referring to FPSs with the two-weapon limit.

Braiam

7:01 PM

@Frank gratz... you can be called "man of the real" now

Frank

@Wipqozn Because shovelling doesn't take that long.

Sterno

@kalina literally, you're worse than Hitler

Frank

And I have a helper to make sure it doesn't take that long.

kalina

@Sterno no, I'm being serious, there are actual flames

it's like I'm walking into church

Powerlord

@Yuki Halo's the game that started that crap? Are they also the one that started the auto-regenerating health?

Yuki

7:02 PM

@Powerlord Not sure if Halo started it, but they definitely made it popular.

kalina

@AshleyNunn check this out:

movies.stackexchange.com/q/11446/5603

user15026

@frank I am glad you survived shoveling.

kalina

I'm serious, they allow these things

Yuki

And, honestly, what's wrong with the two-weapon limit?

kalina

WAIT A MINUTE

user15026

7:03 PM

@kalina if I click that is it going to end with me throwing my phone across the room?

kalina

why can I see deleted questions on a site I have 2k rep on

@AshleyNunn actually you'll get a page not found

user15026

@kalina beta.

kalina

you would have though

it was a question that said "who is this actor"

MBraedley

@kalina That's still in beta?

kalina

with a picture in it

and that's it

FAE

7:03 PM

@Powerlord I thought Gears of War popularized the auto-regen health.

user15026

Betas get 10k tools at 2(

FAE

But I never played Halo, so...

kalina

@MBraedley yeah I doubt they'll come out of beta

Frank

And now, Lightning Returns demo!

Powerlord

@FAE Halo predated GoW by a console generation.

kalina

7:04 PM

they get most of their traffic from identification questions

Retrosaur

HEY GUYS
WANT TO HEAR SOME BAD NEWS

IM RUNNING FOR MODERATOR

heuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhuehe‌uhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhu‌eheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhueheuhuehe‌uhueheuhueheuhueheuhue

MBraedley

@Retrosaur I read that "running for moderation" initially

kalina

@Retrosaur That's good, you should do that

Powerlord

So, Google has known since November that a bug in Chrome has let websites listen in on conversations spoken if you've ever said it could use voice commands in the past?

kalina

It will reduce my chances of finishing last

FEichinger

7:05 PM

@kalina Stop saying that.

FAE

@Powerlord I am aware of this, but it didn't seem like it had such a huge boom until post-GoW. The first Halo had a regenerating shield but health had to be replenished by health packs, apparently.

kalina

@AshleyNunn take a look at the first page, disclaimer: this might result in you throwing your phone across the room, and your PC, and your chair

before retreating to your pillow/blanket fort

FAE

@kalina ...aaaaaaugh

user15026

@kalina hides in the blanket fort make me unsee that :(

MBraedley

Mind you Board and Card Games has been in beta for about 3 years

spugsley

7:08 PM

hi guys

kalina

@MBraedley I don't see a front page consisting of "pleaseidentifymything" questions, though

FAE

@MBraedley aka MtG.SE

Coronus

@spugsley Greetings

user15026

@spugsley hello!

kalina

@spugsley o/

FEichinger

7:08 PM

@kalina To be fair, almost every M&TV question kinda has to be either identify-this-thing or could just as well be asked on S&F.

Yuki

hi @spugzorz.

kalina

@spugsley see, I told you to stick with your meta question, look how many people agreed with you

spugsley

lol spugzorz

@kalina you're right :)

kalina

@FEichinger I don't see drama based in present day being on topic on sci-fi

FEichinger

o/ @spugs

kalina

7:09 PM

@spugsley meta is rough, you just have to remember that while it comes across as rough on meta.*, the same people are actually friendly

spugsley

@kalina yeah I feel better about it now :) I think it's a really good discussion

Yuki

Remember: Just because they're nice on the Internet doesn't mean they're not complete jerks in real life.

FEichinger

@kalina I said almost. And I was more referring to them being "poke the plothole" questions.

Yuki

Or something like that.

FEichinger

@Yuki YOUR EDIT RUINED IT!

spugsley

7:10 PM

@FEichinger I thought that said butthole instead of plothole and that posed a real problem

8

kalina

@spugsley I asked this on MSO - I think this is a similar sort of thing that is in aid of the new user experience

GnomeSlice

Free Copies of Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

FEichinger

@spugsley Thank you. Made my day. :D

spugsley

@kalina I saw that! It's a very good idea

FAE

@spugsley And this is a problem... why?

Yuki

7:11 PM

@spugsley Such Freudian.

Very repressed issues.

FEichinger

@FAE Teeheehee.

spugsley

@FAE :D

OrigamiRobot

I woke up at the wrong time...

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Yes you dii-id!

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Mornin' sunshine.

Powerlord

7:12 PM

@GnomeSlice I think I already have that game. D'oh

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot ....just now?

Yuki

So... has anybody seen Sherlock S03E03?

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Also why so late? Are you sick?

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuki I have!

It was good

OrigamiRobot

@FAE No... Maybe.

Yuki

7:12 PM

@KevinvanderVelden New headcanon: John Watson is Batman.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Did @spugsley give you her terrible bowels? :(

OrigamiRobot

Nope.

Normal cold or sommat.

spugsley

@FAE Back to the doctor again for me tomorrow. So so so sick again today :/

@OrigamiRobot awww feel better

FAE

@spugsley You need to get more rest, lady.

user15026

@spugsley oh no :(

FAE

7:13 PM

Do you have a laptop?

kalina

@Yuki everybody dies

FAE

Because it may not seem like it, but sitting up in a desk chair to type and play stuff may actually be more taxing than your body really wants right now.

spugsley

@FAE It's been more than 10 days of literally being inside and not getting out of pajamas except to go to the doctors.

kalina

@FAE I find trying to type on a laptop/tablet in bed even more taxing

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuki I like this headcanon

kalina

7:14 PM

@spugsley go to the doctors in your pyjamas

FAE

@kalina Also true, which is why just laying down and watching tv or something is usually best.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina This.

kalina

@FAE for sure

Yuki

@KevinvanderVelden He is, after all, "used to a better class of criminal".

spugsley

@FAE :(

Krazer

7:15 PM

@Yuki Mary. That is all.

spugsley

I guess I could go read or something

FAE

@spugsley Sit down in a comfy chair or lay down and watch tv. If you have any audiobooks, lay down and listen to those.

Or just music.

spugsley

@FAE ok. It's worth a try.

I have to finish Jericho anyway

kalina

I have an app on my tablet that plays the sounds of waves and birds

how awesome is that

FAE

@spugsley The doctor already said you had it flare up again because you weren't getting enough rest, neh?

@kalina Oh nice.

spugsley

7:17 PM

@FAE .....yes. But I thought sitting in a chair and typing or gaming would be rest :(

GnomeSlice

@spugsley Maybe if you have a controller.

So you can really sit back.

FAE

@spugsley It takes more energy than you really realize consciously because your brain's busy being distracted by INTERNEEEEEEET.

RedRiderX

@FAE this is very true

FAE

Then you get done doing whatever you're doing, playing whatever you're playing or reading whatever you're reading, and suddenly you feel wiped out.

spugsley

@FAE :(

OrigamiRobot

7:19 PM

@spugsley You wouldn't believe how much pretty much every single motion you make uses your stomach muscles.

spugsley

ok, I'll go lay on the couch

you guys convinced me

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Also this.

spugsley

bye for now.

FAE

@spugsley Get some rest and feel better, lady. :)

RedRiderX

Bye feel better soon!

spugsley

7:19 PM

<3 byes

Ben Brocka

$250 for the Wii U deluxe + new SMB/super luigi(ebay but it's but it now)

OrigamiRobot

@FAE Doubly so when you're sitting or standing.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, sitting up in a chair takes a lot, and even just lounging in a chair will use them, because you still have to lounge and not like... slide off.

Anywho, dinnertime for me.

Krazer

@FAE what's for dinner?

GnomeSlice

WOW

►

Ben Brocka

7:23 PM

Love paul robertson

Oak

@GnomeSlice this is awesome

Ben Brocka

@GnomeSlice have you got Mercenary Kings? I really need people to play it with

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka No. =[

I have no money. Do want though.

Krazer

@GnomeSlice not enough cats

MBraedley

I'M HEADED HOME EARLY! (because of bad weather)

Lazers

7:25 PM

0

Q: Basic rush deck for a beginner

I just started playing HS. I'd like to "grind" some gold and get some experience in a fast way. An idea came to my mind: I'd like to try some rush deck out. It would make my games shorter, that means I earn faster. Could you recommend me any deck? I tried to google 'em out, the problem is, they A...

battle.net hearthstone blizzard-entertainment

MBraedley

bye all!

badp

upgrades to trusty with a chrono trigger music bg

Retrosaur

@badp How's your internship

Powerlord

...is it bad that I assumed Trusty was the beta for Ubuntu 14.04 ?

Ben Brocka

@kalina pff

badp

7:29 PM

ending

Retrosaur

mabby it's good?

badp

@Powerlord that's what I'm upgrading to.

Retrosaur

-1

A: Can one reach the moon in World of Goo?

well mabby epilogue has to do with it.

badp

@Retrosaur no regrets

Sterno

@Retrosaur Fix it! Fix it now! It burns!

Ben Brocka

7:30 PM

@PrivatePansy taxes are too high for eyebrows

GnomeSlice

@Retrosaur How is mabby formed?

badp

@Powerlord for maximum hipsterness, I'm doing so on a chromebook through the mosh NaCL extension that was released hours ago

Ben Brocka

Though really, a common trope for American game box art is to make the characters look angry because it's Bad™ and Cool™. Nintendo does it to Kirby in almost every game

Retrosaur

@badp do you get free chromebook pixels

badp

@Retrosaur no.

Retrosaur

7:31 PM

like pixellated chromebooks

badp

My work laptop is a chromebook, like the very first model on commerce.

Retrosaur

I feel like I know you

mabby, just mabby

DO I KNOW YOU @badp

badp

@Retrosaur No.

You are not my deal dabby.

Retrosaur

what if im your mobby

GnomeSlice

Knights of Pen and Paper is 75% off on Steam ($2.49)

badp

7:33 PM

must... resist... "you would be dead"... retort...

Sterno

@GnomeSlice Has no friendlist review written by Gnomeslice, so I can't buy it.

3

GnomeSlice

@Sterno I don't own it... yet.

Retrosaur

@badp What if we're brothers from another mother

GnomeSlice

Gonna pass I think. I've bought a lot of games recently, time for a break.

Retrosaur

but we're totally significant others

i love rapping

badp

7:35 PM

@Retrosaur aren't we all brothers under... gobby... gooby... oh dear.

@spugsley I have good and bad news.

Retrosaur

Anybody want a -90% off coupon off a most-likely garbage shovelware game?

badp

The good news I'm permanently out of this tomfoolery

Retrosaur

It's like Gumboy somoething something

GnomeSlice

@Retrosaur Which game?

badp

The bad news...

GnomeSlice

7:36 PM

@Retrosaur Oh, those games are bad.

What a deal!

Retrosaur

@GnomeSlice At least I don't have to pay shipping and handling!

@badp is that you can never escape our fabbily

3ventic

@GnomeSlice 33% (more money) off (you)!

Ben Brocka

It's one of those "I had The Bridge open in 3 tabs" sort of days

GnomeSlice

Such art

Lazers

0

Q: How do you relocate NPCs in Terraria Mobile?

I can't find any button to relocate NPCs in Mobile Terraria. Can someone tell me where the button is?

terraria-mobile

badp

7:38 PM

@BenBrocka down from your average of 74? wow.

oh wow, the 'photo a week' thing from photography.se is still going strong

GnomeSlice

Groupees Retro Bundle 2

PINEAPPLE SMASH CREW

Frank

So far, I'm liking Lightning Returns.

I'm hoping the demo opens out in to more customization.

GnomeSlice

Yuki

@Frank I might have to dig out my PS3 again to give it a try.

Retrosaur

@GnomeSlice shoevlware

shoeeeverlware

shaeovelyware

Sterno

7:40 PM

@kalina Well, I visited Movies.SE, and while I didn't burst into flames, I think my brain did melt and dribble out my ear a little bit.

GnomeSlice

@Retrosaur Pineapple Smash Crew is awesome. I've also heard good things about Two Brothers. And the one on the bottom left looks nuts.

SMRPG is pretty decent too.

Retrosaur

@GnomeSlice I don't think I've ever seen you give a bad review of any game

GnomeSlice

@Retrosaur Sure I have.

Pineapple Smash Crew is actually dope though

Retrosaur

of course, I've never seen your reviews, except on obscure and probably malware-infested games

GnomeSlice

►

Watch and be amazed.

Retrosaur

7:41 PM

I also got some weird game called To the Moon

kalina

@BenBrocka no power in the 'verse can stop me!

Retrosaur

which is like some weird anime thing about going to the moon and features two girls

GnomeSlice

@Retrosaur That's apparently quite good. I haven't played it yet, but @Fluttershy loves it.

Frank

@GnomeSlice I've heard good things about it.

@Yuki Unless you really like what they're doing with it, I'd say wait until it's on sale.

GnomeSlice

@Frank Have you heard about GhostControl Inc.?

Frank

7:44 PM

@GnomeSlice Heard of it. Like the isometric, don't like the art style.

Retrosaur

@Frank Frank Eckert

ARE YOU RELATED TO MY GRANDFATHER

Frank

@Retrosaur ...Are you deliberately trying to annoy me?

Lazers

0

Q: How would you free CS and destroyed civs for your own Diplomatic Victory?

So the scenario is this. I'm Venice on one continent, making good money at around musketmen are available. The Ottomans went nuts and went on a rampage, taking England and Russia, and started to absorb the CS that I've allied with. Suleiman invited me to war with the Zulus, but I refused; and pr...

civilization-5

Frank

A) Probably not B) You're missing two letters of my last name.

Retrosaur

Just curious because we both have the same last name

well i dont have the same last name

Yuki

7:45 PM

@Frank I meant the demo. Or is that an exclusive thing?

Frank

@Yuki Oh, no, the demo's fine.

I thought you were referring to the full game.

GnomeSlice

I'm out for a while. Dishes and things to be done.

Peace.

FAE

@Krazer Some stew stuff Jochem's mom made that we got from her this weekend.

Retrosaur

@GnomeSlice not war

@Frank I bet you live in Oregon

Yuki

@Retrosaur I have no clue where that came from...

Retrosaur

7:48 PM

@yuki spokeo.com/…

( ° ͜ʖ ͡°)

GnomeSlice

Before I go.

Sterno

More restaurants need to serve stew.

Frank

1 hour ago, by Frank

It is almost -40 outside, and I am going out and shovelling.

GnomeSlice

Hinterland (working on The Long Dark) just hired two of the artists from failed Kickstarter project Raindrop. Which was gorgeous.

FAE

@GnomeSlice Ooooh.

Retrosaur

7:51 PM

@GnomeSlice Don't you have dishes to do >:C

I just vaccumn'd the house for you

FAE

@GnomeSlice I was sad about Raindrop.

Retrosaur

plottwist: i am @GnomeSlice's roomate

3

FAE

> You must log in or sign up for Behance
to view projects containing adult content.

Uh... not sure what you were trying to link there.

Sterno

@FAE Probably doge. Run!

Yuki

@FAE Adult doge content? shudders

FAE

7:55 PM

@Yuki Do not want.

Yuki

Much inappropriate.

Such NC-17.

ken.ganong

I have been a user on arqade for 1 year! Hurray.

RedRiderX

Hey that's great!

the Yearling badge is always nice.

Jason Berkan

@RedRiderX And so regular.

RedRiderX

heh yeah it's a nice reliable achievement.

Powerlord

7:58 PM

Plot twist: @Retrosaur is @GnomeSlice's father!

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki very no

Yuki

@Powerlord No, we know who @GnomeSlice's father is.

Powerlord

@Yuki @Sterno?

Sterno

I have no recollection of that.

Yuki

Twist: @GnomeSlice is SkyDrift.

badp

8:08 PM

Protip: if you're going to let people sign up through Facebook/Google/Twitter, then just let them sign up through Facebook/Google/Twitter, don't show them the same stupid sign up form afterwards

If I'm doing that is because I don't really want to sign up with you in the first place.

GnomeSlice

@FAE What? Adult content?

I didn't look at every single image, maybe there was nudity somewhere.

> The Cosmosys collective is proud to release their 12th exhibition – Resistance. From war-torn sci-fi worlds to spiritual personal metaphors Cosmosys XII presents a broad range of interpretations on the theme ‘Resistance’. With a range of poetry, photography, illustration and painting Cosmosys XII also offers an exciting array of mediums.

cosmosys.net/exhibitions/12

MBraedley

I made it home alive! And I'm not leaving again until the morning.

GnomeSlice

Okay yeah, so there's boobies in a few of these, apparently.

Coronus

@GnomeSlice And you didn't notice?

GnomeSlice

They weren't all loaded.

OrigamiRobot

8:17 PM

Why can't all these survival games I want be out already?

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot The Long Dark <3

And Stranded Deep.

And Banished.

user15026

I am worried that the Sunless Sea site isn't working.

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Oh, is it in beta or something?

Lazers

0

Q: XCOM: Enemy unknown - detached nations

When panic level reaches the top in XCOM-adherent nations, they choose to leave the program, as it is notified by the Council. My question is: it is possible to have them re-enter the XCOM program again during the story?

xbox-360 xcom-enemy-unknown

Yuki

8:30 PM

@AshleyNunn Yeah, it doesn't look like it's working.

GnomeSlice

kickstarter.com/projects/1294225970/kingdom-come-deliverance

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Yeah I heard about that

it feels incredibly ambitious.

GnomeSlice

They're already 1/3 of the way to their goal too. Making money like nobody's business.

Apparently that doesn't cover much of the actual budget though.

RedRiderX

I can't help but feel like this is another No Man's Sky

or whatever that was called

user15026

@yuki it's not in beta yet but they periodically post about how they are working on stuff and I like reading those posts but now the site is down

Yuki

8:35 PM

@AshleyNunn I think I'm going to watch Frozen again this Friday.

Hopefully, no one else will be in the theatre so I can sing along.

RedRiderX

Heh

Yuki

I still need to memorize In Summer. I haven't really listened to that song a lot.

Frank

Ok, Lightning Returns demo is pretty darn short.

Coronus

@Frank But did you like it?

Frank

@Coronus I'm on my third playthrough of it. :P

And debating asking and self-answering a question.

Lazers

8:40 PM

0

Q: How do the special abilities of each character translate to game play?

I've basically unlocked every character but Wes and Maxwell at this point. And, I know that each character has their own particular intricacies. But, do any of them excel at anything that is not obvious? For example: Wickerbottom: Can build everything at the Science Machine level of researc...

dont-starve

Krazer

@Frank OMG so much fan service in that game

Frank

@Krazer Indeed.

Still fun to play, though.

Krazer

@Frank some of the quests are pretty off the wall

Frank

@Krazer You've played the japanese version, I take it?

Sterno

Where did our anti-ITG close reason go?

user15026

8:42 PM

@yuki I would totally go with you :)

Krazer

@Frank yes

Frank

@Sterno Shog blew it out, saying it wasn't helpful.

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Well, you have two days to come down to Houston.

Frank

@Krazer Then don't spoil it for me!

Sterno

@Frank He's the worst.

Frank

8:43 PM

But I do have some gunpla airbrushing questions for you, if you have some time.

Sterno

I saw that meta but I thought for some reason it got added back in

Krazer

@Frank I'm still learning the in and out on that, but sure

Frank

@Krazer I found out quick that trying to paint white onto white...doesn't work so well.

I'm thinking of using a non-white primer first, and then painting it white. Would that work?

Yuki

Okay. Just got my account info. Only one problem: I have no clue where I'm supposed to use this.

M'vy

hiya

Lazers

8:46 PM

-1

Q: Can You Identify This Game for Me?

I remember a PC game that was a FPS RPG game. it was set in the future where demons have invaded earth, it had all the elements of an RPG game, skills, levels, classes, everything. I can't remember the title and I was wondering if someone else did.

pc first-person-shooter game-identification

Coronus

@M'vy Hey there!

GnomeSlice

Candy Crush is getting trolled by smartass games: http://bit.ly/1dNaLyO Godspeed, #candyjam

Tweeted by Kotaku on January 21, 2014 at 10:02 PM

Hahaha.

@Lazers No, sorry.

@Coronus hey :P

This is coming to Android and iOS shortly.

Krazer

8:49 PM

@Frank I find the white is less dense than other dark colors so it's almost watery and not easy to control at times... I tried applying several thin coats of the color instead of one or two coats applied thickly

GnomeSlice

Super Smash Bros Mobile?

MBraedley

Also, how am I the first person to ask a Pebble related question on Android Enthusiasts?

GnomeSlice

Also, Unclaimed World has a new alpha gameplay trailer!

►

Krazer

@Frank I was thinking of using white base surfacer and then white paint to get a result. spray cans might also work for trickier bits

Frank

@Krazer Yeah, it was pretty watery. My problem was I couldn't see a damn thing of what I was painting, unless I tried to apply it really thickly.

And then it ran everywhere.

Lazers

8:52 PM

0

Q: How do you unlock Yoda, R2-D2 or Darth Vader?

I've built all levels and completed all missions in the game and I've still haven't seen Yoda, R2-D2 nor Darth Vader? What am I missing?

tiny-death-star

0

Q: Problem with getting on with the thieves guild restoring

So i have done the special job in Solitude, Winterhold and the Summerset shadows special, but after the summerset shadows i have done 47 side-quests(which indeed did take some time). Yet no other special job will show up? I have 3/4 merchants, and I'd like the fourth one, so can anyone answer thi...

skyrim ps3

Krazer

@Frank I heard that too thick of a paint job might be bad

I hear that Tamiya white type primer works pretty well, since it helps brighten the colors on top

Frank

@Krazer Well, I can see where it is, but yeah, it looks pretty crappy.

GnomeSlice

kickstarter.com/projects/1324765189/cradle

Krazer

@Frank I believe the technique is to do it thin and quick. it seems that by the time you start seeing the white on your first round of paint, it's probably too late and too thick and the paint will be running all over

I had issues painting titanium silver as well... I had to spray bit by bit and go on to next piece until the color starts to stand out

Lazers

0

Q: Can a StarCraft II digital download be put on multiple computers?

I want to buy StarCraft II on the Blizzard website, but I want it installed on two different computers (both Macs). I'm wondering if I can install it on two different computers through Battle.net, or am I better off just buying a hard copy of the game and doing it that way?

starcraft-2

0

Q: How can I 5-star the Zaltys?

The Zaltys is the end boss of the demo. He's big and mean and has a ton of health. It takes me forever to kill him, and my swords do very little damage to him. I only got two stars! What's an easy way to get five stars on him?

lightning-returns-demo

0

Q: Is there a fast way to jump to the top level?

Is there a fast way to navigate to the top level of my tiny death star?

tiny-death-star

Frank

8:58 PM

@Krazer Would help if I could see where it is.

Hence why I think a different color primer would make that easier.

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