I was 19 years old and having the time of my life.
American beer must have been a letdown when you came back home. :)
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Cougar428 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Fri May 23 2025 10:20 pm
1st tour was stationed by the Chek border attached to 3/2nd Armored
Cavalry who patrolled the border zone. 2nd tour was in Wiesbaden, in a
My first duty station was in Wiesbaden. 81-82
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Cougar428 to BOGOMIPS on Fri May 23 2025 10:20 pm
didn't even think about Hitler while I was there. Too busy visiting all
the small towns in the area and checking all the bakeries bratwurst
stands and breweries!
Have a great day!
We used to just get on a train and not even know the town we got off
at. Rooms at the Gasthaus were around 8 dollars and came with
breakfast. Good times. Then part of my duty was driving all over
Germany checking survey markers, staying at Gasthauses and playing kegelban.
Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Bogomips <=-
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I was 19 years old and having the time of my life.
American beer must have been a letdown when you came back home. :)
People think that TikTok was a trojan horse to poison the American culture and society. People thought Chineese TikTok was the same, but it is not.
Matthew Munson wrote to FORIEST JAN SMITH <=-
People think that TikTok was a trojan horse to poison the American
culture and society. People thought Chineese TikTok was the same, but
it is not.
On that second point, why do you think that certain countries like China, Russia, and Pakistan (to name a few) restrict social media and/or maintain their own versions? To keep foreigners, and their governments, from influencing their populace.
Kind of why China kind of freaked out when US users got access to that Chinese >social media app, lol
People think that TikTok was a trojan horse to poison the American
culture and society. People thought Chineese TikTok was the same, but
it is not.
Nowadays, I feel like I trust a Chinese social media company more than I do an American company! :)
All the apps probably snoop at Contacts and browser activity.
Quoting Ogg to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Hello pF!
** On Monday 26.05.25 - 10:17, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Matthew
Munson:
People think that TikTok was a trojan horse to poison the American
culture and society. People thought Chineese TikTok was the same, but
it is not.
Nowadays, I feel like I trust a Chinese social media company more than I do an American company! :)
All the apps probably snoop at Contacts and browser activity.
area to explore. I took my Citroen GSA up the river and crossed on a
ferry to visit a castle (of which I can't remember the name).
Good times in Europe.
Have a great day!
getting lunch and dinner at different Gasthauses. The hallenbad's were
great also. I feel like I should stop over at your place and we could
get lunch somewhere to talk about old times!
I wish you a great day.
They are both good, but I enjoyed German beer more. Now I don't drink
much. Might have a beer once in a 'Blue Moon' if you'll pardon the pun.
I can't see any justifiable reason for this "I can fire someone
because they have views I don't like" argument, except a very childish
and immature inability to deal with other people. That is YOUR
problem. It is not the employees problem, and it is certaintly not something the state should accomodate.
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Hello pF!
** On Monday 26.05.25 - 10:17, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Matthew
Munson:
People think that TikTok was a trojan horse to poison the American
culture and society. People thought Chineese TikTok was the same, but
it is not.
Nowadays, I feel like I trust a Chinese social media company more than I do an American company! :)
All the apps probably snoop at Contacts and browser activity.
Thats one of the best reasons NOT to use them. Any of them.
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to MRO on Sat
May 24 2025 12:08 am
I can't see any justifiable reason for this "I can fire someone
because they have views I don't like" argument, except a very childish
and immature inability to deal with other people. That is YOUR
problem. It is not the employees problem, and it is certaintly not something the state should accomodate.
Well, it boils down to acknowledging that having the State telling you which reasons are justifiable for contract termination is dangerous, because when the list becomes too complex to understand, employers
cease employing people altogether. aka. welcome to Spain. Also, as
things stand, that sort of thing tends to become weaponized
politically.
Honestly, the reasonable way to solve it as an employees is just not applying to positions at firms that seem likely to pull such a dick
move to begin with. The firms that do usually advertise themselves as virtue signaling scumbags openly so they are easy enough to avoid. When
I was doing research for magazine publishers I could skip about half
the available ones just because they seemed like the sort of people who would resort to ideological assassination. Frankly, if you are working
in such firm and they decide they want to kick you out, the worst thing that can happen is the State prevents them from firing you, because you end up working in a position nobody wants to keep you in.
And this is why the left wing extremists win.
Because the other sides solution is to "avoid" and "move on". Eventually you
run out of places to run to. You may as well just hand them Western
civilisation to tear apart...
When you constantly retreat, you LOSE. You are
advocating for our own emisseration.
I think you have it backwards. It is the employer in the wrong. They are
suddenly terminating a contract for reasons that have *nothing* to do with the contractual requirements. The employee certaintly has grounds to argue that the termination was unjust! All the state is doing, is ensuring that the termination of the contract is just, as would be the case in any other contractual dispute. To argue that the state shouldn'be be involved is absurd, as all contracts are valid because the state considers them valid. Thats why you can't be my slave, because such a contract is not valid.
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to Arelor on
Wed May 28 2025 09:19 am
The fun part is I am an advocate of the stand-and-fight stance.
Refusing to work for open virtual signalers is a stand-and-fight
strategy. Trying to force your way into a company where nobody wants
you is just silly. I much prefer to find a non-nonsense workplace I
like to work in and make that company successful - which is actually working well for me - while woke companies deprive themselves of good employees.
Meanwhile woke companies might seem strong but they are running out of steam faster than you'd expect. This is very patent in the videogame industry because new generations of gamers are rejecting active indoctrination whereas politized companies won't change gears. This is leading to big budget projects worth hundreds of millions being
declared flopped less than a month after release. The end result is
that woke companies such as Ubisoft are getting quietly split into packages and sold quietly so nobody notices because then everybody
would know they are official failures.
The only thing keeping half woke enterprises alive at this point is funding from the administration. If that were cut the whole sillyness would be over. Hell, one of the effects of the famous DODGE cuts was
the termination of some South American woke journalism "agencies"
because they could not pay employees without administrative funding. We are talking about agencies getting bankrupt in 48h.
I think you have it backwards. It is the employer in the wrong. They are
suddenly terminating a contract for reasons that have *nothing* to do with the contractual requirements. The employee certaintly has grounds to argue that the termination was unjust! All the state is doing, is ensuring that the termination of the contract is just, as would be the case in any other contractual dispute. To argue that the state shouldn'be be involved is absurd, as all contracts are valid because the state considers them valid. Thats why you can't be my slave, because such a contract is not valid.
Well, on principle, if one part of the contract has the right to
terminate it unilaterally then it makes sense the other part also can.
If I can quit the company with no need to justify myself then it makes sense the company needs no t justify itself for contract termination.
The exception would be when - as happens with big business to business contracts - one of the parts takes a big upfront expense in order to initiate the contract, in which case the other part of the deal is required to cover the loses of the first contractor if they decide to
back off.
And yeah there are lots of labor law but when I see the end results I
am not thrilled by it. For starters, when firing people is hard then
you don't hire people, specially if most candidates for job positions
are likely to flop on you. Again, welcome to Spain. No wonder half the economy in Spain is estimated to be underground. --
What happens when they take over the company you are working at? Your
company was not realy woke, then becomes very woke? That is then
infringing upon me. In this case, I think its justified to stand your
ground. Also, a lot of people don't go for this, so its not just me
alone. You can be sure that many, many employees would side with you,
at least in private. They are too worried about HR repurcussions to
speak up.
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to Arelor on
Thu May 29 2025 08:19 am
What happens when they take over the company you are working at? Your
company was not realy woke, then becomes very woke? That is then
infringing upon me. In this case, I think its justified to stand your
ground. Also, a lot of people don't go for this, so its not just me
alone. You can be sure that many, many employees would side with you,
at least in private. They are too worried about HR repurcussions to
speak up.
It... depends...
Quite frankly, this is the equivalent of having your company purchased
by a new owner that has no idea of how the business is run. You are certain they are going to crash the whole train. What people does in
these cases is to leave en masse. Quite often whole teams leave at once and build a competing alternative, at least that is my experience.
My experience is also that you can't fix management because management only hears what they want to hear. If management goes funky you have no hope of making it right because they are more powerful than you within
the company structure. Wise people only fights battles they can win.
And frankly, that seems to be working quite well because when you work
at "ground" level you don't see much ideological crap in economic activities. When I go do my shopping or whatever it is rare to find
woke in the real world. Yeah, some banks or supermarkets do a bunch of virtue signaling but those are easy enough to ostrazise.
Seriously, if there is reason to be concerned, is the amount of institutional advertisement we get. Europe is starting to look like
North Korea with so many ideological advertisements paid with contributor's money on TV and on the streets.
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to Dumas Walker on
Thu May 01 2025 08:02 am
Maybe I'll check out Matrix.
Personally, I think Matrix is best for just direct friends / family chats. Like a replacement for phone calls and SMSes. It's ok for small chat groups. Some people use it for larger chat gatherings like
Discord, but I'm not a fan of Discord either, so maybe that gives me bias ;).
Reddit Terminal Viewer is a new one on me, so I will have to look that up. Usually, though, I try not to sign in to Reddit in order to not be tempted to reply to a lot of the stupid that is on there. Plus, web forums are what killed BBSes, so I shake my fist at them (although Reddit is probably the best one).
Usenet plus BBSes ... while there are certain users that you'll notice and hear from more than others, there is still a pretty good variety of people around and participating here and there. I say this frequenting BBSes of all the platforms (Amiga, Apple, Atari, Commodore, Macintosh, and PC).
Just for direct friends and family, you'll have to get them to install
it and use it. Thats hard enough. They'll have other friends who
want to use Signal, others that use Snapchat, others that use
Messenger or WhatsApp or whatever. Its a PITA. Best compromise is to
use services where there can at least be a common client, ie, one
client that supports mulitiple protocols. Weechat does IRC and
Matrix, so despite the fact I use IRC, if I went on Matrix, at least I
can still use the same client. Same with Pidgin, where I (briefly)
used it, or its predecessor to use both a MSN messenger and I think
Yahoo! Chat account.
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I'm tired of having to duck and weave. People that promote DEI, far
Left politics, the have to GO.
Boraxman wrote to Arelor <=-
I'm tired of having to duck and weave. People that promote DEI, far
Left politics, the have to GO.
Just use Bitlbee (libpurple build) with any IRC client.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Boraxman <=-
I'm tired of having to duck and weave. People that promote DEI, far
Left politics, the have to GO.
Who's to say what's far left? It's too easy to lump whatever you want
into "Woke" or "Far Left" and not debate the merits.
Having some form of socialized health care so people don't go bankrupt paying medical bills? Being able to provide care for people before they need to go to an emergency room because they don't have a means of obtaining health care otherwise?
Providing school lunches so kids who otherwise wouldn't get a
meal can go through school with something in their stomach and learn
more effectively?
There are countless other social programs that have societal impacts - lower emergency care costs, higher school test scores and smarter kids. Both of which benefit society as a whole.
I've been called far left on the Fido Politics board.
On 2025-05-03, Boraxman <MSRDBBS!Boraxman@vert.synchro.net> wrote:
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Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to Dumas Walker
Thu May 01 2025 08:02 am
Maybe I'll check out Matrix.
Personally, I think Matrix is best for just direct friends / family chats. Like a replacement for phone calls and SMSes. It's ok for smal chat groups. Some people use it for larger chat gatherings like Discord, but I'm not a fan of Discord either, so maybe that gives me bias ;).
Reddit Terminal Viewer is a new one on me, so I will have to look tha up. Usually, though, I try not to sign in to Reddit in order to not b tempted to reply to a lot of the stupid that is on there. Plus, web forums are what killed BBSes, so I shake my fist at them (although Reddit is probably the best one).
Usenet plus BBSes ... while there are certain users that you'll notic and hear from more than others, there is still a pretty good variety people around and participating here and there. I say this frequentin BBSes of all the platforms (Amiga, Apple, Atari, Commodore, Macintosh and PC).
Just for direct friends and family, you'll have to get them to install
it and use it. Thats hard enough. They'll have other friends who
want to use Signal, others that use Snapchat, others that use
Messenger or WhatsApp or whatever. Its a PITA. Best compromise is to
use services where there can at least be a common client, ie, one
client that supports mulitiple protocols. Weechat does IRC and
Matrix, so despite the fact I use IRC, if I went on Matrix, at least I
can still use the same client. Same with Pidgin, where I (briefly)
used it, or its predecessor to use both a MSN messenger and I think
Yahoo! Chat account.
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Just use Bitlbee (libpurple build) with any IRC client.
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to Arelor on Fri May 30 2025 07:04 am
I'm tired of having to duck and weave. People that promote DEI, far
Left politics, the have to GO.
I worked for a company that used to be the worlds number one commercial printer.
In the 90s, corporate decided that the workforce had to match the demographi of the area.
End result, women getting promoted and/or put in positions they had no busin being in. Example, a woman/girl working on a multi-million dollar piece of equipment when she couldn't even fix a chain on a bicycle. Have you ever hea a girl scream when she gets caught in a piece of machinery?
But, like you said, it's not managements fault because they don't make bad decisions. Peter Principle.
Boraxman wrote to Arelor <=-
I'm tired of having to duck and weave. People that promote DEI, far Left politics, the have to GO.
Who's to say what's far left? It's too easy to lump whatever you want
into "Woke" or "Far Left" and not debate the merits.
Having some form of socialized health care so people don't go bankrupt paying medical bills? Being able to provide care for people before they
need to go to an emergency room because they don't have a means of
obtaining health care otherwise?
Providing school lunches so kids who otherwise wouldn't get a
meal can go through school with something in their stomach and learn
more effectively?
There are countless other social programs that have societal impacts -
lower emergency care costs, higher school test scores and smarter kids.
Both of which benefit society as a whole.
I've been called far left on the Fido Politics board.
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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Boraxman <=-
I'm tired of having to duck and weave. People that promote DEI, far
Left politics, the have to GO.
Who's to say what's far left? It's too easy to lump whatever you want
into "Woke" or "Far Left" and not debate the merits.
Having some form of socialized health care so people don't go bankrupt paying medical bills? Being able to provide care for people before they need to go to an emergency room because they don't have a means of obtaining health care otherwise?
Providing school lunches so kids who otherwise wouldn't get a
meal can go through school with something in their stomach and learn
more effectively?
There are countless other social programs that have societal impacts - lower emergency care costs, higher school test scores and smarter kids. Both of which benefit society as a whole.
As a person who is *decidedly* "not-left", I like this post, and agree with everything in it.
But..., the only problem with ALL of that is that the money allocated
to such things is generally wasted/frauded/abused/stolen/diverted by corrupt assholes and doesn't get used for what it's meant for.
Just like all other "social programs" like welfare/foodstamps/rent,
etc.
The "answer" to all of that, by the Left, is to increase taxes on all
of us, rather than STOPPING the corruption and blatant mis-management. That's a problem for me. <SHRUG>
I've been called far left on the Fido Politics board.
I don't doubt it. I only recently subscribed to that sewer, and am
going to pull the plug on it, today.
why are you formatting your text
like that?
For my C64 :D
An actual real C64?
You know, I think some of us (me at
least!) would be joyed to see a
photo
of our post as displayed by the C64,
especially if you're using a CRT
display.
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to MRO on Fri May 09 2025 11:12 pm
Why? I'd rather not waste the gas and add wear & tear to my car.. Also when I get groceries, it could sometimes take about an hour by the time I'm done getting through the store & waiting in the checkout line to pay.. I'm not going to leave my car idling for an hour while I shop.
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The problem as I see it is that one political side is willing to throw
out undesirables, to use rhetoric and power to sieze the moral
zeitgeist, and other...isn't. At least not now.
I worked for a company that used to be the worlds number one commercial printer.
In the 90s, corporate decided that the workforce had to match the demographics of the area.
End result, women getting promoted and/or put in positions they had no business being in. Example, a woman/girl working on a multi-million dollar piece of equipment when she couldn't even fix a chain on a bicycle. Have you ever heard a girl scream when she gets caught in a piece of machinery?
Who's to say what's far left? It's too easy to lump whatever you want
into "Woke" or "Far Left" and not debate the merits.
These people who force these policies will have to be held accountable at some time./
It makes me wonder if it is the same printer making company that had 10 open possitions, organized an exam, picked the 7 best and then 3 random DEI
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
And as thing stands, I personally find that placing the cut on
political programs that criminalize being a semi-wealthy white heterosexual is quite a reasonable mark.
And as thing stands, I personally find that placing the cut on political programs that criminalize being a semi-wealthy white heterosexual is quite a reasonable mark.
And what political program would that be?
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Well, for starters, any political program that talks about
"reparations" consisting in you having to pay a protected group for something somebody else did to a third party 250 years ago. It is virtually blaming you for things done by other person just because you happen to be an evil white motherfucker who has to pay.
There's been 250 years of systemic
prejudice against a people that somehow needs to be remedied
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Wed Jun 04 2025 05:13 pm
And as thing stands, I personally find that placing the cut on political programs that criminalize being a semi-wealthy white heterosexual is quite a reasonable mark.
And what political program would that be?
Well, for starters, any political program that talks about "reparations" consisting in you having to pay a protected group for something somebody else did to a third party 250 years ago. It is virtually blaming you for things done by other person just because you happen to be an evil white
That's a very reductive argument. There's been 250 years of systemic
prejudice against a people that somehow needs to be remedied. The
people who've lived under those conditions are the poorest, most
incarcerated, least represented citizens.
Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.
I'm not claiming reparations are the solution I'd choose, but the
problem persists.
There's been 250 years of systemic
prejudice against a people that somehow needs to be remedied
IDK why. It hasn't stopped them from breeding. Look out if they ever
reach majority.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Arelor <=-
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Well, for starters, any political program that talks about
"reparations" consisting in you having to pay a protected group for something somebody else did to a third party 250 years ago. It is virtually blaming you for things done by other person just because you happen to be an evil white motherfucker who has to pay.
That's a very reductive argument. There's been 250 years of systemic
prejudice against a people that somehow needs to be remedied. The
people who've lived under those conditions are the poorest, most
incarcerated, least represented citizens.
Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.
I'm not claiming reparations are the solution I'd choose, but the
problem persists.
Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.
There's been 250 years of systemic
prejudice against a people that somehow needs to be remedied
IDK why. It hasn't stopped them from breeding. Look out if they ever
reach majority.
There's been 250 years of systemic
prejudice against a people that somehow needs to be remedied
IDK why. It hasn't stopped them from breeding. Look out if they ever
reach majority.
That doesn't sound like something Jesus would say.
I'm not claiming reparations are the solution I'd choose, but the
problem persists.
What solution *would* you choose, pray tell? How, exactly, can this
problem be "fixed"?
Bf2k+ wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Jun 06 2025 07:19 am
Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.
You mean like... George Floyd?
Well, for starters, any political program that talks about "reparations" consisting in you having to pay a protected group for something somebody else did to a third party 250 years ago. It is virtually blaming you for things done by other person just because you happen to be an evil white motherfucker who has to pay.
That's a very reductive argument.
Bf2k+ wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Jun 06 2025 07:19 am
Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.
You mean like... George Floyd?
The Tuskeegee Airmen.
Medgar Evers.
Colin Powell.
Jackie Robinson.
Charles Calvin Rogers.
and more...
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
That is because some arguments are very simple. That does not mean they are bad.
Translation in simple terms:
- "Somebody who does extreme things is an extremist"
- Your answer is that is a reductionist argument, then you justify extremist stances.
Case is settled.
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Boraxman wrote to phigan <=-
Just for direct friends and family, you'll have to get them to install it and use it. Thats hard enough. They'll have other friends who
want to use Signal, others that use Snapchat, others that use
Messenger or WhatsApp or whatever. Its a PITA. Best compromise is to use services where there can at least be a common client, ie, one client that supports mulitiple protocols. Weechat does IRC and
Matrix, so despite the fact I use IRC, if I went on Matrix, at least I can still use the same client. Same with Pidgin, where I (briefly) used it, or its predecessor to use both a MSN messenger and I think Yahoo! Chat account.
I was going to mention Pidgin/GAIM - back in the AOL/MSN/Gtalk days, people were on all platforms - then, we used XMPP at work on a
dedicated server, I ran my own XMPP server - and could read/write messages on all the networks with Pidgin.
Signal has actually become my defacto "messenger" program. Not by choice, but simply by virtue of chance and others I know using it. However, it is not a replacement. Signal requires a
phone, and it advertises to all that you use it.
Iliked MSN because I didn't feel to concerned about giving people by MSN handle,
strangers I could talk to that I wouldn't necessarily want to add in my phone book.
I was hoping with IPv6 that each person could somehow obtain a static IP or IP range that was static within a country/region. That way it acted like a psuedo internet phone number, and
chat
clients could work without a central controller.
Hey;
just an FYI, neither Signal, FB messenger, nor Telegram make people use phone numbers to share contacts. Instead you share contacts via username because phone numbers are outdated for that kinda thing.
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: MRO to Boraxman on Thu May 15 2025 01:27 am
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 08:24 am
now i'm not a criminal nor do i think any of us are criminals, but still, if you think you're secure on a
world wide network of computers,
you're fooling yourself. ---
I previously had to deal with IT securty. What you are missing is where threats
the
NSA or what-have-you could potentially at some
point get information, there is no point.
i'm just saying the world govts and some private individuals probably have much more advanced methods than you
might
think.
I'm sure a pirate of some sort could make good money breaking into a bank, hospital, govt agency and get whatever
info they can people and sell it.
it's probably happening all the time.
Yes, I know that argument, and I know all to well the kind of person who makes that argument.
You made your point. I get it.
The fact that the government could find where I live, but you would NOT, that point is lost on you.
By not plastering your info everywhere, you make it difficult for miscreants. I've been able to protect myself many
times by being prudent, and I know that for a *FACT*.
I'm not arguing this anymore
So tell me, where do I live?
By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 07:05 pm
* I Had to lookup the ELECTRONIC Communications ACT, and I have a File about this matter. But, The Electronic Frontier Foundation website (EFF) has lawyers !
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