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12:00 AM
@OrigamiRobot I second @GnoasdasdloJAMDK;ASDJD CHANGE YOUR NAME BACK
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user15026
Okay, I really hate the bosses
 
user15026
they are frustrating
 
But I second the SpaceChem recommendation of that name changing monster, @DwarfSlice.
 
Well then that settles it
Never buying Spacechem
 
@Sterno omg.......
HI GUYS
 
12:06 AM
MAN I'M TOO SLOW I WANTED TO INB4 SPUGSLEY BUT NOPE
 
sorry dude.
it takes a special kind of person to inb4 spugsley lmaoloolllll
 
@Unionhawk FAIL FAIL
GUYS SHOULD IAN AND I GO SEE 'Dear White People' OR 'John Wick'
they both start at 9:50. Improptu date night.
Can't decide.
 
@spugsley My friend Really loved John Wick, and is planning to see it again.
 
I've linked suan.fm in here before right?
 
He said it's now one of his favourite action films.
 
12:16 AM
@Wipqozn and he wasn't saying it ironically?
 
I thought @Gnooasdf;alsdkjfahorrible-@DwarfSlice would like it.
 
@spugsley No.
Although I'm not sure why you guys would want to go see a movie when you could stay inside and read mistborn instead.
I'm going to go do that in a few minutes.
On book 2.
 
Or play video gmaes all day
and misspell things and not care enough to edit
 
Or sleep, it being past 2 AM and all that.
 
I've barely played any video games in the past 2 weeks. I've been reading a lot.
 
12:19 AM
It's not bridge after dark yet so my suggestion is a movie sounds nice
 
@Ktash movies do mean cuddling :3
 
Woah wall of onebox
 
@spugsley Yes. This. And this is always nice :)
 
@Unionhawk Yup, calling me now would be rude for some reason.
 
12:20 AM
I hate it when @Gnsofnmasd @DwarfSlice changes his name, because I can never get used to pinging him as not @GnomeSlice.
He's just been @GnomeSlice for far too long.
 
Sounds like their needs to be a script for that
> I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties in your country
This totally sounds legit
I have lots of landed properties to invest in
 
user15026
Getting past lvl 55 has become difficult :( I am sad
 
It gets slower as you get higher... :/
 
@AshleyNunn level the hero you last unlocked, or wait.
 
@AshleyNunn what are you playing?
 
12:28 AM
At least that was my experience
 
user15026
@spugsley stupid stupid Clicker Heroes
 
@spugsley clicker heroes
 
Anybody else here use Ghostery?
 
@Ktash That's always the case, it's just that after a certain amount of progress through ascensions this point is way later.
 
Nevermind, figured it out
 
12:33 AM
@Lazers Can we get a mod delete on this?
The chat message, not the post; that's gone.
 
@Frank Flagged
 
@Ktash I see that. Should we be doing that for spam questions?
 
@Frank That's what I do because I am not blue nor an owner so I do not have any other power to fix the problem
 
user15026
I am not sure why the spam questions are getting spam chat flags
 
user15026
that is not really what the purpose is
 
user15026
12:35 AM
I mean we totes need to destruct the questions, but I have no idea why you guys are spam flagging the post in here
 
user15026
its just part of the feed
 
user15026
its not someone spamming the room
 
No, but the spam gets left in here, which means that spam becomes potentially effective as the transcript retains the spam links
which may encourage more spam bots
 
user15026
Really, getting rid of the question is much much more effective and important
 
user15026
this way you rre just flagging things that don't really make sense to me (and are unlikely to make sense to anyone else viewing the flags)
 
user15026
12:37 AM
its not what they are for
 
the obvious solution is to just flag everything
(in case the sarcasm is lost, no, that is not a thing that should happen)
 
I certainly don't disagree the site is much more important. Just trying to keep things clean. If you'd prefer we didn't flag, then I can stop. Just want to try and make sure things get cleaned up and I found that was the more effective solution that pinging a particular mod or shouting "MOD ABUSE NEEDED" into the chat
 
user15026
I really dont think it needs to be mod abused or anything
 
user15026
It's just a feed of questions, and while it is indexed, there are protections in place via how they are handled as questions that works much better as a discouraging agent then flagging this for no real express need, especially when it is a flag that is being used incorrectly
 
I agree.
 
12:41 AM
Solution: Ban @Lazers for spam!
 
Well, it may be a feed, but I do think it is spam. It is just spam coming from internally rather than externally. The more elegant solution would be for lazers to clean up after itself if a question is deleted on the main site, but that seems excessive.
 
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Q: Can I use an Xbox Guitar Hero 2 controller for Retro/Grade on PC?

TankorSmashI just bought Retro/Grade and my computer doesn't automatically detect my Xbox 360 GH2 X-plorer, instead fails to automatically find a driver for it, leaving me unable to choose the Guitar control option in Retro/Grade. What do I do?

 
We should burn spam, but we really don't need to be that thorough.
 
But, if I am in the minority, I will stop flagging :)
 
user15026
I don't think it really needs it, honestly
 
12:43 AM
What happened?
 
@OrigamiRobot I flagged a spam question from lazers
 
Lazers posted a spam question because that's what Lazers does
 
Pizza is too hard from my apartment. There are no places and it is annoying
 
user15026
@Ktash boo :(
 
user15026
I forgot dinner otday
 
user15026
12:45 AM
but I am not all that hungry
 
user15026
so I will make it tomorrow
 
You should eat though. :( Do you have another late night?
I can drive to either papa murpheys or pizza hut, or I can find some other form of sustenance
 
user15026
Yeah, tonight and tomorrow are my last late ones
 
user15026
I should eat, but I dont really want food
 
Fair enough. Just don't go hungry. Because that's what I am right now
it is less than pleasant
 
user15026
12:51 AM
I do have things I can eat so I will be okay
 
Alright
Now I'm staring at pizzas
 
Now I'm hungry again...
 
Alright, the large stuffed crust is calling to me
 
user15026
do it :)
 
Cinnamon sticks or breadsticks?
Oooh, or mini apple pies
 
12:57 AM
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Q: What are the values of score for different actions

DrakenWhat is the score amount for each action? I am asking this in context of the score victory, and the "best score in the first 25 turns" achievement. I used to think that expanding to a new region gave the most score but I think I am mistaken since expanding 8 times in 25 turns didn't give me the ...

 
user15026
@Ktash pie!
 
I want snacks, but the places that sell snack type things are 10 minutes away. So no snacks for me.
I should stockpile snacks and such
 
Alright, got pizza pie and apple pie
And I gotta go pick it up
 
user15026
boo pickup sucks
 
I agree, but it is the only option
bbl
 
user15026
1:47 AM
@Chippies I am at lvl 61 - I don't know why this is still fun but every time I get past a boss I feel awesome
 
2:12 AM
@AshleyNunn it gets even more fun when you get ancients :D
 
2:24 AM
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Q: Is it still possible, as of Version 1.2.0, to change the max numbers of players for Risk of Rain's Online Co-Op?

Shin JudoExactly what it says on the tin. I have heard of up to 10 players. But, when my friends and I used the change max_players_online in Prefs.ini method to change the max players in online Co-Op to 8, it would not allow us to do so. Has this functionality been patched out? Or is there another metho...

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Q: How do I get the "I am free!" achievements?

BlueRaja - Danny PflughoeftIn Payday 2, there are four achievements with no image and no description simply called "I", "am", "free", and "!" How do I get these? I tried searching, but couldn't find anything. For example, they're not listed in either of the "full" achievement guides.

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Q: Mario Minus World

Joe Johnson 126I never knew there was a Minus World in Super Mario Bros. I just read that there are very specific things that you need to do to get there. Two questions: Why would the developers put something so convoluted in there? How did someone figure out to do that?

 
2:41 AM
"why is this still fun" is what I've heard from everyone who's ever played it lol
Also, boom, 0.62% achievement get
 
fuck LabRat is amazing
Google's Alan Eustace broke Felix Baumgartner's world record--a 135,908-ft jump http://nyti.ms/1vZMywL http://t.co/9q7YeJ58GT
wtf
 
@Unionhawk I can only agree. the game has no rights at all to be as addicting fun as it is.
 
CLICKER HEROES, YOU ARE CHARGED WITH BEING MORE FUN THAN YOU REALLY SHOULD BE. HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
I DON'T CARE. GUILTY.
 
2:58 AM
Hrm. Do I want to be old like @Wipqozn and sleep, or.. nope I don't.
 
4AM, I think I should sleep. especially given that visitors will be here at 11 AM...
Also: is DST calculated in that hour? I don't know :(
it is changing here tonight.
 
DST usually changes at like, 2 am
 
@Unionhawk I know, it's beyong that, but I don't know if my pc and phone clock adjusted automatically or not.
 
@murgatroid99 cool
 
3:03 AM
Usually they are?
I'm not sure
 
user15026
@Arperum I've never had them not
 
@AshleyNunn I'll assume they did and that I can't count on the extra hour sleep...
@Chippies still no greed portal for me... I've wiped a total of 7 acts of life today... No portal. It's getting seriously stupid.
 
@Arperum Pray to RNGesus for a portal :P
 
I got a pile of boss kills with no crowd control though. I have four possible crowd control triggers on my items... ANd got my DPS over 700k in the calcutator (that doesn't account for smiting (2200%)/wreath of lightning(600something %)/piercing axe on every hit (680%))
 
3:09 AM
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Q: Why is there a clan symbol in my defense log in C of C?

BD_TMPRDOccasionally there is a clan symbol listed along with all the troops an attacker used in my defense log after I;ve been attacked. Does this mean the attacker is using borrowed troops from his clan mates for the attack? Since I don't belong to a clan and do individual combat only, this doesn't s...

 
I'm killing quite a few bosses in less then ten seconds on torment 1.
I even killed azmodan without taking damage at all.
 
@DwarfSlice That's a strange definition of "scam"
 
@murgatroid99 It's mostly just funny entertaining.
 
3:34 AM
........................
Well, there's a game developer I'm not sure I can ever support again.
 
user15026
Reported, because what the fuck
 
wtf is this actually a thing
@ObolaTheVirus, White House or a Golf Course
Follow 0bola. It is better than catching it. @Zer0NotO Like #Ebola in the USA? Thank a Democrat.
4.4k tweets, 1.5k followers, following 2k users
 
user15026
Like I get what they were trying to do (I think? Maybe?) but still, thats fucked the hell up
 
@AshleyNunn Yeah, they did not do a good job of not looking like total nutjobs.
 
Stupidity is universal ;p
 
user15026
3:38 AM
That amy be, doesn't mean I have to let it persist.
 
@Uni's law states that if stupidity is removed from one part of the internet, stupidity of equal magnitude spawns on another part of the internet.
It might not be the same type of stupidity, however
So pursuing the removal of the offensive brand of stupidity is still good
 
good riddance
broke ass site
 
Saw John Wick
 
@DwarfSlice I read that as at first IndieVaria and was confused
 
You should read better.
 
3:46 AM
@spugsley I finished reading Lies of Locke Lamora
It was good.
 
omfg gimme
 
@DwarfSlice Yeah
 
@StrixVaria love that book. Second one isn't as good. Just got the third one though I think I wanna reread 1 &2 first
 
From the synopsis it sounds like the second one is almost just another story with the same characters.
 
3:47 AM
Which would be :(
 
@StrixVaria the writing stays fantastic. Locke is a fucking great character. But I'm not into like pirate-y sea stuff
it got really drab
and heavy on the sea jargon
 
I know some sea jargon from researching it for a former draft of my own story where the main character was a pirate for a while.
Then I removed the piratey bits.
 
@StrixVaria I thank you for that lol
though there's a market for it
 
3:51 AM
 
@DwarfSlice why did I watch this whole goddamn thing
 
@spugsley I'm going to read the next Dresden Files book, then figure out how soon I want to continue the Locke Lamora series.
 
0
Q: How can I drain a lake of Xenomass?

Ben BlankFor the quest Cultural Burden, I have been tasked to "Drain the Xenomass lake at However, I've no idea how to do that. Any improvement a worker can apply produces a warning that doing so will fail the quest, as does attempting to What must I do to progress in this quest?

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Q: Black Skins on CS:GO

Neffer_23whenever i play CS:GO, after a game of DM/AR for warmups, I usually play a round of Competitive matchmaking. Around halfway into the match, my gun skins are usually silhouettes of the model. Why does this happen? how do I fix?

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Q: 128 tick valve servers for CS:GO

Neffer_23Are there any valve servers at 128 tick for official competitive? I prefer the crisp lagless gameplay than that of a normal 64 tick server.

 
I fixed my mouse
 
@StrixVaria I'm about to read some Stephen King. Misery and Lisey's Story
 
4:01 AM
@spugsley how was the movie?
 
@Ktash Um 50/50. It was VERY, overly gratuitous. I know people are getting shot and dying but I don't need a close up for every single victim. Keanu was eh. The martial arts were AMAZING and I could watch them all day. And the writing was so so so good it makes me almost hurt inside if that makes any sense
 
Haha, alright. I'll take it
 
.......................................
actually no
that's a bad idea
 
hahahaha rethought that one did you?
 
if you want to know, it's got to be like the third thing on /r/funny as of today
Go look there if you want to see
 
4:13 AM
heh, I saw it
 
it should be obvious
letting the people who are like "wait, wat @Uni pulled a Gnome?" know what's up
Actually, top of /r/funny
of course
because reddit can't resist "LOL look at this hilariously inappropriate thing"
 
I mean, that kind of describes the bridge sometimes too
 
...
Yeah
You make a good point
 
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ecotech

Proposed Q&A site for Engineers Without Borders, appropriate technology enthusiasts and anyone who wants to use technology for environmental benefit.

Currently in definition.

 
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Q: Arcology construction supply shipments not returning

ScorpionByteAs you can see in my screenshots, my alloy trucks tasked with delivering material to the arcology build site never return. It's been like this for days, with all of the them in the same spot, not moving at all. Bad thing is, since my shipment vehicles are stuck there, they can't deliver anything,...

 
4:26 AM
Oh! I was playing CS:GO with bots because I want to learn the game, AND THEN I PRESSED 3 TO TRY TO RUN IN BORDERLANDS
I was like "WHY AM I NOT GOING FAST WHAT'S GOING ON oh right CS:GO is weird compared to pretty much every other FPS"
 
3 is knife, you run faster with melee or pistol out compared to a rifle
it all depends
but you run fastest with the knife out
Also I get the feeling that easy bots is a terrible way to actually learn the game, but it'll calibrate aim at least
Get me to stop running and shooting
user image
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and that's enough internet for the day closes tab
 
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Q: Does meals made with booze quench thirst?

Mauricio Pasquier JuanI had like 50 "dwarven ale roast" (lavish meals), but my dwarves kept dying from thirst (in a map with no water). Maybe the alcohol was used only for the sauce! Is this intended? Should I simply forbid booze for cooking, if I'm low on production?

 
user15026
4:46 AM
Important question! Can I save my Clicker Heroes game at all?
 
I think it stores locally in cookies or javascript or other browser magic storage
whatever
 
user15026
So I can close hte tab?
 
Yes
 
user15026
yay
 
confirmed through science
and never touching that again ever ever ever
nope
nopenopenope
I refuse to be sucked in
IREFUSEIREFUSEIREFUSE
 
user15026
4:55 AM
but its fun
 
@AshleyNunn you can click options -> save and it will not only save in cookies, but also give you a unique string of symbols that you can save in a txt and load with the import function
that way you can move it between different computers, if you so desire
 
Oct 21 at 18:44, by Unionhawk
@Chippies I closed Kittens last week, and I have never felt so free in my life.
THEREFORE I REFUSE QED
 
user15026
@Chippies coool, thanks
 
5:08 AM
I have like 9457874 apocalypse books on my to-read list now
I have an urge. I need it. Someone recommend me something.
 
user15026
Like what kind of something?
 
user15026
Also my second last sports book shift is doooone
 
user15026
last one is tomorrow
 
user15026
then I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
@spugsley A Dirty Job
 
5:09 AM
@AshleyNunn Bets on old boss continuing to schedule you? :P
 
user15026
@Frank nope, she didn't schedule me for all she could have of my notice period, so I am clear
 
user15026
(she could have scheduled me til this coming wednesday)
 
user15026
She hired TWO full time people to replace me XD
 
@AshleyNunn YAY!
 
@AshleyNunn You know you're good when...
 
5:11 AM
@AshleyNunn something post apocalypse or dystopian
 
user15026
@spugsley The uglies series by scott westerfeld
 
user15026
@Frank yep. Their loss
 
user15026
Also Inside/outside by Maria V Snyder
 
@AshleyNunn thank you, I'll add them to my list :D
 
user15026
@spugsley I could probably give more recs
 
user15026
5:14 AM
I like those kinds of novels
 
@AshleyNunn yes, gimme a whole list :3
 
In other words: if you fail stealth, do not kill all the civilians and then restart. — Unionhawk Sep 21 '13 at 23:13
ah, memories
cc @OrigamiRobot
 
@Ktash Ooo this looks good
 
@spugsley I really like it. It is my second favorite book of his
 
@Ktash and the first?
 
5:16 AM
Which is my favorite book, and I've mentioned here a few times
Mostly bothering @AshleyNunn to read it
I really want the imitation bible copy too. Mine is sadly just a normal book. Much less cool
 
@Ktash omg I need to read this
this sounds hilarious
also now I have to sleep. Because tired.
 
It is great. I definitely recommend it. And I think it was @Fluttershy who was also recommending it as well
 
user15026
@spugsley While not strictly dystopian, Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange land by Heinlein, Cherryh's Faded Sun novels, Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles, Ash, Huntress (both by Malinda Lo), Allie Condie's Matched trilogy, Pirate Cinema/For the Win/Little Brother (all by Cory Doctorow)
 
user15026
Those are all teh dystopia/alternate future/post apocalypse Stuff I can think of
 
user15026
other than what you already have
 
user15026
5:21 AM
(also man I read a lot of books)
 
user15026
I mean there is always the Hunger games but it isn't all that good tbh
 
user15026
@Ktash I've tried it three times now and tbh its just not my thing. It's not that the subject bothers me or anything, I jsut don't find it that compelling
 
@AshleyNunn Heh, it isn't everyone's cup of tea. But I love it :)
 
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Q: Dragon age II tactics: "jump to" question

user90796How the hell do I make Merril cast horror from highest rank down to elite? Check this out please and tell me where I go wrong. 1.self health <25%: use health potion 2.enemy target elite boss: jump to 7 3.enemy target boss: jump to 7 4.enemy target elite: jump to 7 5.enemy target critter: attack ...

 
5:33 AM
because there is always at least one of those
 
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Q: Is Chicken's "Hard to Kill" bonus useful?

authenticgeekWhen Chicken's health reaches zero she becomes headless for a small period of time where you can still attack and kill monsters. After that short period Chicken dies properly and you see the normal game over screen. Is this just a fun bonus or can you do something useful during headless Chicken ...

 
(I'm rediscovering the magic that is FrankerQ)
 
user15026
@Ktash The alt text is my favourite part of that one
 
That is the actual best comic stip
 
5:42 AM
Like, you literally cannot comprehend how excited I am about this
WHY CAN'T IT BE JANUARY NOW
 
user15026
Okay, that's enough clicker heroes for tonight
 
user15026
more than 10 hours spent on it.....
 
@Unionhawk Because humans still move through time linearly
but that will change. Oh, that will change
 
No it won't.
 
Little did he know
Everything changes once we hit the singularity
It was great
 
5:46 AM
I have made a pact with myself that if I ever invent time travel, I shall return to my college self and tell myself to stop being such an idiot stop playing TF2/Payday 2 and do your fucking homework
waits
nope
FUTURE SELF YOU HAVE FAILED ME
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAILED
oh well
 
But that can't happen because if that happens then you've altered your ability to invent time travel
so in at least one universe you have done that, and that universe doesn't exist anymore
 
user15026
I've never understood time travel because you can't actually do anything with it
 
Shut up. Multiverse theory is dumb.
And I hate it
 
user15026
Because if you change the past, then you change now, and you cant have then be different and now the same
 
@AshleyNunn Depends on which kind of time travel you're talking about
 
5:48 AM
What I really want is teleportation
 
user15026
@Ktash shrug I fail to see a usecase for it
 
and conjuring of food-related items
 
user15026
@Unionhawk ooh yes this I could use
 
/summon cheeseburger
nope
 
user15026
then I could have ALL the boyfriend cuddles WHENEVER
 
5:49 AM
didn't work
 
user15026
@Unionhawk This too, without delivery charges
 
@AshleyNunn One theory is that traveling through time could lead you to an alternate universe, rather than changing the one you are in
 
user15026
@Ktash That's messed up and makes no logical sense
 
1 min ago, by Unionhawk
Shut up. Multiverse theory is dumb.
 
Wait, y'all are muggles? Whoops, wrong room
@AshleyNunn Have you not seen the 10th dimension video yet ;)
 
user15026
5:50 AM
shrug
 
anyone who tells me there are an infinite number of alternate universes has an 80% chance of not having an understanding of science
 
@Unionhawk And the other 20% includes the people who actually know what they're talking about :P
 
No, 19% understand science, 1% can authoritatively speak on such things
 
Well, if you want authority on that particular topic, you're really talking about 0.00005%
 
Meh
 
5:52 AM
Hadrons and Higgs' and all sorts of crazy monsters down that wormhole
It's fun
 
Those people are really just looking for an answer to "IF TIME TRAVEL CAN BE INVENTED THEN WE'D PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT IT BY NOW. TAKE THAT, SCIENCE."
 
Haha, well, they're looking for the answer "How can I prove something that doesn't make any sense to anyone?"
Like quantum mechanics
 
But saying "in an alternate universe, I am a woman who is religiously against video games" is nonsense.
which is where the 80% comes in
Like, that is literally nonsense.
 
Well yeah, that isn't at all accurate. You are a 3 dimensional being in a 4 dimensional world. You only exist here. However, there could be other you's
Well, somewhere between 8 and 18 dimensional world
 
No. There is no other me. I am a beautiful and unique snowflake.
Or something
 
5:56 AM
But ignoring those others for now, as they are less relevant for time in particular, and more relevant to the deeper mathmatcial proofs that exists for string theory and loop quantum mechanics
 
user15026
@Ktash Which are both unproved entities, no? So 8-18 is an unclear and possibly completely false entity
 
user15026
and this is why I get frustrated with higher order science, because they insist we think and believe things that have not been actually proven to be true
 
May 5 at 19:09, by Origami Robot
This could be avoided if XKCD would just stop being so damn relevant.
 
user15026
and have very little current value, because to me "it could change teh world as we know it" has very little value - a meteor dropping on us tomorrow could also change the world as we know it, but at least we are looking at things that are practical and predictable and logical
 
oh god memories
that was a fun* day
(*definitions of fun meaning "not really fun at all closer to cringeworthy and annoying")
 
5:59 AM
@AshleyNunn Well, certain things are still being proven, but those are usually not the things they are trying to convince people of. For example the big bang theory is a theory with some indicative proof at this point (for example, the Higgs Boson), but there is still a lot of educated testing and guessing going on in a lot of the higher sciences, yes
 

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