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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #datahygiene, aggregated by home.social.
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XrmToolBox "Attribute Usage Inspector." Ever wonder "Can I delete this field?" This tool tells you exactly how many records are actually using that field. If it's 0% populated, delete it. Keep your schema clean.
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🚀 New open‑source vision‑language model LongCat‑Image outperforms 6B‑parameter rivals thanks to rigorous data hygiene and a novel dual‑attention path. It shows how cleaner training data can boost performance without massive scaling. Dive into the details and see the code! #LongCatImage #DualAttention #DataHygiene #6BParams
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/longcat-image-beats-models-6b-parameters-data-hygiene-dual-attention
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🛑 Stop giving away your email for every discount.
🧠 Instead: Use an alias or masked email.
Services like SimpleLogin or Firefox Relay let you create burner emails that forward to your real inbox — and you can delete them anytime.Protect your inbox. Own your identity.
#PrivacyTips #DataHygiene #DigitalSovereignty -
🛑 Stop giving away your email for every discount.
🧠 Instead: Use an alias or masked email.
Services like SimpleLogin or Firefox Relay let you create burner emails that forward to your real inbox — and you can delete them anytime.Protect your inbox. Own your identity.
#PrivacyTips #DataHygiene #DigitalSovereignty -
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Det fine med #blackfriday konsumerisme-hælvetet er at jeg får muligheten til å avregistrere meg hos alle som har data på meg. Fint for #datahygiene. #Norsktut
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Det fine med #blackfriday konsumerisme-hælvetet er at jeg får muligheten til å avregistrere meg hos alle som har data på meg. Fint for #datahygiene. #Norsktut
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Det fine med #blackfriday konsumerisme-hælvetet er at jeg får muligheten til å avregistrere meg hos alle som har data på meg. Fint for #datahygiene. #Norsktut
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Det fine med #blackfriday konsumerisme-hælvetet er at jeg får muligheten til å avregistrere meg hos alle som har data på meg. Fint for #datahygiene. #Norsktut
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Det fine med #blackfriday konsumerisme-hælvetet er at jeg får muligheten til å avregistrere meg hos alle som har data på meg. Fint for #datahygiene. #Norsktut
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Sometimes I wonder how many files I might have accidentally deleted with my `rsync -rtuv --delete` routine. I think zero, but still... 😜😅 #rsync #datahygiene #linux
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Sometimes I wonder how many files I might have accidentally deleted with my `rsync -rtuv --delete` routine. I think zero, but still... 😜😅 #rsync #datahygiene #linux
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Sometimes I wonder how many files I might have accidentally deleted with my `rsync -rtuv --delete` routine. I think zero, but still... 😜😅 #rsync #datahygiene #linux
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Sometimes I wonder how many files I might have accidentally deleted with my `rsync -rtuv --delete` routine. I think zero, but still... 😜😅 #rsync #datahygiene #linux
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Sometimes I wonder how many files I might have accidentally deleted with my `rsync -rtuv --delete` routine. I think zero, but still... 😜😅 #rsync #datahygiene #linux
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P.S. Once your gmails are in Thunderbird, you can drag those folders wherever, say if you have a new email address at your own domain. You'll have two accounts on the side and stuff can move between them. In theory, if I change something on Thunderbird, it will change it on Gmail by default, so be careful. I haven't tested it yet or explored the settings. I was more a POP3/SMTP guy back in the day.
[Edit: And vice versa, if your settings aren't right, deleting things on Gmail will delete them on Thunderbird. So test everything before doing massive purges, like I eventually plan to do by deleting everything at Gmail.]
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P.S. Once your gmails are in Thunderbird, you can drag those folders wherever, say if you have a new email address at your own domain. You'll have two accounts on the side and stuff can move between them. In theory, if I change something on Thunderbird, it will change it on Gmail by default, so be careful. I haven't tested it yet or explored the settings. I was more a POP3/SMTP guy back in the day.
[Edit: And vice versa, if your settings aren't right, deleting things on Gmail will delete them on Thunderbird. So test everything before doing massive purges, like I eventually plan to do by deleting everything at Gmail.]
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P.S. Once your gmails are in Thunderbird, you can drag those folders wherever, say if you have a new email address at your own domain. You'll have two accounts on the side and stuff can move between them. In theory, if I change something on Thunderbird, it will change it on Gmail by default, so be careful. I haven't tested it yet or explored the settings. I was more a POP3/SMTP guy back in the day.
[Edit: And vice versa, if your settings aren't right, deleting things on Gmail will delete them on Thunderbird. So test everything before doing massive purges, like I eventually plan to do by deleting everything at Gmail.]
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P.S. Once your gmails are in Thunderbird, you can drag those folders wherever, say if you have a new email address at your own domain. You'll have two accounts on the side and stuff can move between them. In theory, if I change something on Thunderbird, it will change it on Gmail by default, so be careful. I haven't tested it yet or explored the settings. I was more a POP3/SMTP guy back in the day.
[Edit: And vice versa, if your settings aren't right, deleting things on Gmail will delete them on Thunderbird. So test everything before doing massive purges, like I eventually plan to do by deleting everything at Gmail.]
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P.S. Once your gmails are in Thunderbird, you can drag those folders wherever, say if you have a new email address at your own domain. You'll have two accounts on the side and stuff can move between them. In theory, if I change something on Thunderbird, it will change it on Gmail by default, so be careful. I haven't tested it yet or explored the settings. I was more a POP3/SMTP guy back in the day.
[Edit: And vice versa, if your settings aren't right, deleting things on Gmail will delete them on Thunderbird. So test everything before doing massive purges, like I eventually plan to do by deleting everything at Gmail.]
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AND it was freaking weird opening this ticket talking to AI, when she ran me through all the basic troubleshooting steps with creepy levels of understanding...
...given that in every single tech job I had, outside my job description, I was building that world. I automated repetitive user interactions by writing KB articles and troubleshooting guides (created whole KBs for places outside my job desc), and later working for the enterprise CRM/CIM company where they were developing tech support chat and started introducing automation.
Just to see that..be..a thing now. I have mixed feelings. I do think it went further away from humanity than it should have. I think a human should be in control of the tools at all times.
I wonder how entry-level IT will learn if they're not fixing printers at the basic level. In my case it worked, the steps the AI gave me were valid and she understood my replies. That said, the human techs I worked with, they didn't solve it. I did. 🧵
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AND it was freaking weird opening this ticket talking to AI, when she ran me through all the basic troubleshooting steps with creepy levels of understanding...
...given that in every single tech job I had, outside my job description, I was building that world. I automated repetitive user interactions by writing KB articles and troubleshooting guides (created whole KBs for places outside my job desc), and later working for the enterprise CRM/CIM company where they were developing tech support chat and started introducing automation.
Just to see that..be..a thing now. I have mixed feelings. I do think it went further away from humanity than it should have. I think a human should be in control of the tools at all times.
I wonder how entry-level IT will learn if they're not fixing printers at the basic level. In my case it worked, the steps the AI gave me were valid and she understood my replies. That said, the human techs I worked with, they didn't solve it. I did. 🧵
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AND it was freaking weird opening this ticket talking to AI, when she ran me through all the basic troubleshooting steps with creepy levels of understanding...
...given that in every single tech job I had, outside my job description, I was building that world. I automated repetitive user interactions by writing KB articles and troubleshooting guides (created whole KBs for places outside my job desc), and later working for the enterprise CRM/CIM company where they were developing tech support chat and started introducing automation.
Just to see that..be..a thing now. I have mixed feelings. I do think it went further away from humanity than it should have. I think a human should be in control of the tools at all times.
I wonder how entry-level IT will learn if they're not fixing printers at the basic level. In my case it worked, the steps the AI gave me were valid and she understood my replies. That said, the human techs I worked with, they didn't solve it. I did. 🧵
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AND it was freaking weird opening this ticket talking to AI, when she ran me through all the basic troubleshooting steps with creepy levels of understanding...
...given that in every single tech job I had, outside my job description, I was building that world. I automated repetitive user interactions by writing KB articles and troubleshooting guides (created whole KBs for places outside my job desc), and later working for the enterprise CRM/CIM company where they were developing tech support chat and started introducing automation.
Just to see that..be..a thing now. I have mixed feelings. I do think it went further away from humanity than it should have. I think a human should be in control of the tools at all times.
I wonder how entry-level IT will learn if they're not fixing printers at the basic level. In my case it worked, the steps the AI gave me were valid and she understood my replies. That said, the human techs I worked with, they didn't solve it. I did. 🧵
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AND it was freaking weird opening this ticket talking to AI, when she ran me through all the basic troubleshooting steps with creepy levels of understanding...
...given that in every single tech job I had, outside my job description, I was building that world. I automated repetitive user interactions by writing KB articles and troubleshooting guides (created whole KBs for places outside my job desc), and later working for the enterprise CRM/CIM company where they were developing tech support chat and started introducing automation.
Just to see that..be..a thing now. I have mixed feelings. I do think it went further away from humanity than it should have. I think a human should be in control of the tools at all times.
I wonder how entry-level IT will learn if they're not fixing printers at the basic level. In my case it worked, the steps the AI gave me were valid and she understood my replies. That said, the human techs I worked with, they didn't solve it. I did. 🧵
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It is such a relief to have these messages local now. And I can upload them to Titan if I want them on the cloud or to access them anywhere.
Google has been making *recent* (last month) changes to their email security and I suspect that's why my host's tool didn't work. I no longer take for granted anything Google offers me. I'm getting out of dodge as I can. And it feels nice to be independent of them.
I wish I could help more, write up some documentation for the masses ("How to Ween Yourself Off Gmail"), but I need that energy for elsewhere. Just know that it's possible, and with the above clues, shouldn't be too hard.
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It is such a relief to have these messages local now. And I can upload them to Titan if I want them on the cloud or to access them anywhere.
Google has been making *recent* (last month) changes to their email security and I suspect that's why my host's tool didn't work. I no longer take for granted anything Google offers me. I'm getting out of dodge as I can. And it feels nice to be independent of them.
I wish I could help more, write up some documentation for the masses ("How to Ween Yourself Off Gmail"), but I need that energy for elsewhere. Just know that it's possible, and with the above clues, shouldn't be too hard.
🧵
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It is such a relief to have these messages local now. And I can upload them to Titan if I want them on the cloud or to access them anywhere.
Google has been making *recent* (last month) changes to their email security and I suspect that's why my host's tool didn't work. I no longer take for granted anything Google offers me. I'm getting out of dodge as I can. And it feels nice to be independent of them.
I wish I could help more, write up some documentation for the masses ("How to Ween Yourself Off Gmail"), but I need that energy for elsewhere. Just know that it's possible, and with the above clues, shouldn't be too hard.
🧵
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It is such a relief to have these messages local now. And I can upload them to Titan if I want them on the cloud or to access them anywhere.
Google has been making *recent* (last month) changes to their email security and I suspect that's why my host's tool didn't work. I no longer take for granted anything Google offers me. I'm getting out of dodge as I can. And it feels nice to be independent of them.
I wish I could help more, write up some documentation for the masses ("How to Ween Yourself Off Gmail"), but I need that energy for elsewhere. Just know that it's possible, and with the above clues, shouldn't be too hard.
🧵
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It is such a relief to have these messages local now. And I can upload them to Titan if I want them on the cloud or to access them anywhere.
Google has been making *recent* (last month) changes to their email security and I suspect that's why my host's tool didn't work. I no longer take for granted anything Google offers me. I'm getting out of dodge as I can. And it feels nice to be independent of them.
I wish I could help more, write up some documentation for the masses ("How to Ween Yourself Off Gmail"), but I need that energy for elsewhere. Just know that it's possible, and with the above clues, shouldn't be too hard.
🧵
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This process will get 100% of your gmail messages into Thunderbird in their present form on your local box, for import to where ever you want them, or keep them there, with the end goal of transitioning off Gmail.
Simply set Thunderbird up with Gmail's IMAP.
That's it.
Super simple.
I'm not going to write the whole KB article here (I used to do that for money but I'm not getting paid here), so you'll have to look stuff up.
You've got to find Gmail's IMAP details. You've got to know your way around an email client or figure it out (Thunderbird surely has articles). You've got to have enough space on your local machine. (7.2GB in my case for 83k emails over 20 years.)
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This process will get 100% of your gmail messages into Thunderbird in their present form on your local box, for import to where ever you want them, or keep them there, with the end goal of transitioning off Gmail.
Simply set Thunderbird up with Gmail's IMAP.
That's it.
Super simple.
I'm not going to write the whole KB article here (I used to do that for money but I'm not getting paid here), so you'll have to look stuff up.
You've got to find Gmail's IMAP details. You've got to know your way around an email client or figure it out (Thunderbird surely has articles). You've got to have enough space on your local machine. (7.2GB in my case for 83k emails over 20 years.)
🧵
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This process will get 100% of your gmail messages into Thunderbird in their present form on your local box, for import to where ever you want them, or keep them there, with the end goal of transitioning off Gmail.
Simply set Thunderbird up with Gmail's IMAP.
That's it.
Super simple.
I'm not going to write the whole KB article here (I used to do that for money but I'm not getting paid here), so you'll have to look stuff up.
You've got to find Gmail's IMAP details. You've got to know your way around an email client or figure it out (Thunderbird surely has articles). You've got to have enough space on your local machine. (7.2GB in my case for 83k emails over 20 years.)
🧵
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This process will get 100% of your gmail messages into Thunderbird in their present form on your local box, for import to where ever you want them, or keep them there, with the end goal of transitioning off Gmail.
Simply set Thunderbird up with Gmail's IMAP.
That's it.
Super simple.
I'm not going to write the whole KB article here (I used to do that for money but I'm not getting paid here), so you'll have to look stuff up.
You've got to find Gmail's IMAP details. You've got to know your way around an email client or figure it out (Thunderbird surely has articles). You've got to have enough space on your local machine. (7.2GB in my case for 83k emails over 20 years.)
🧵
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This process will get 100% of your gmail messages into Thunderbird in their present form on your local box, for import to where ever you want them, or keep them there, with the end goal of transitioning off Gmail.
Simply set Thunderbird up with Gmail's IMAP.
That's it.
Super simple.
I'm not going to write the whole KB article here (I used to do that for money but I'm not getting paid here), so you'll have to look stuff up.
You've got to find Gmail's IMAP details. You've got to know your way around an email client or figure it out (Thunderbird surely has articles). You've got to have enough space on your local machine. (7.2GB in my case for 83k emails over 20 years.)
🧵
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I ran into some issues but we're past that and I want to let you know the easiest way to do this. I had opened a ticket with my hosting provider because I was stuck on their IMAP import tool not authenticating. (I suspect Google recently broke it, which is a huge red flag!)
They'd pointed me to steps that had a different issue. These steps have you download Gmail's backup MBOX file, pull it into Thunderbird, then sync Thunderbird with Titan. Only problem? The MBOX file dumps EVERY FUCKING MESSAGE into one giant pit, making no difference if the message was read/unread, in your Sent folder, marked with labels, just 83k messages in a pile. 😳 That would not work.
Their support told me an IMAP import would not keep this info either, but I knew they were wrong lol.
So I took matters into my own hands and it was super easy. (I'm so super glad my brain is working again.) Next message will tell you how.
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I ran into some issues but we're past that and I want to let you know the easiest way to do this. I had opened a ticket with my hosting provider because I was stuck on their IMAP import tool not authenticating. (I suspect Google recently broke it, which is a huge red flag!)
They'd pointed me to steps that had a different issue. These steps have you download Gmail's backup MBOX file, pull it into Thunderbird, then sync Thunderbird with Titan. Only problem? The MBOX file dumps EVERY FUCKING MESSAGE into one giant pit, making no difference if the message was read/unread, in your Sent folder, marked with labels, just 83k messages in a pile. 😳 That would not work.
Their support told me an IMAP import would not keep this info either, but I knew they were wrong lol.
So I took matters into my own hands and it was super easy. (I'm so super glad my brain is working again.) Next message will tell you how.
🧵
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I ran into some issues but we're past that and I want to let you know the easiest way to do this. I had opened a ticket with my hosting provider because I was stuck on their IMAP import tool not authenticating. (I suspect Google recently broke it, which is a huge red flag!)
They'd pointed me to steps that had a different issue. These steps have you download Gmail's backup MBOX file, pull it into Thunderbird, then sync Thunderbird with Titan. Only problem? The MBOX file dumps EVERY FUCKING MESSAGE into one giant pit, making no difference if the message was read/unread, in your Sent folder, marked with labels, just 83k messages in a pile. 😳 That would not work.
Their support told me an IMAP import would not keep this info either, but I knew they were wrong lol.
So I took matters into my own hands and it was super easy. (I'm so super glad my brain is working again.) Next message will tell you how.
🧵
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I ran into some issues but we're past that and I want to let you know the easiest way to do this. I had opened a ticket with my hosting provider because I was stuck on their IMAP import tool not authenticating. (I suspect Google recently broke it, which is a huge red flag!)
They'd pointed me to steps that had a different issue. These steps have you download Gmail's backup MBOX file, pull it into Thunderbird, then sync Thunderbird with Titan. Only problem? The MBOX file dumps EVERY FUCKING MESSAGE into one giant pit, making no difference if the message was read/unread, in your Sent folder, marked with labels, just 83k messages in a pile. 😳 That would not work.
Their support told me an IMAP import would not keep this info either, but I knew they were wrong lol.
So I took matters into my own hands and it was super easy. (I'm so super glad my brain is working again.) Next message will tell you how.
🧵
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I ran into some issues but we're past that and I want to let you know the easiest way to do this. I had opened a ticket with my hosting provider because I was stuck on their IMAP import tool not authenticating. (I suspect Google recently broke it, which is a huge red flag!)
They'd pointed me to steps that had a different issue. These steps have you download Gmail's backup MBOX file, pull it into Thunderbird, then sync Thunderbird with Titan. Only problem? The MBOX file dumps EVERY FUCKING MESSAGE into one giant pit, making no difference if the message was read/unread, in your Sent folder, marked with labels, just 83k messages in a pile. 😳 That would not work.
Their support told me an IMAP import would not keep this info either, but I knew they were wrong lol.
So I took matters into my own hands and it was super easy. (I'm so super glad my brain is working again.) Next message will tell you how.
🧵
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It feels good to maybe have some control over my email again, but on the other hand I'm not finished. The original instructions I linked to are cool and all, but it doesn't pull in read status OR labels (which I was hoping it would make in to folders) and that's not going to work for me.
My host provides an IMAP import for email, which should retain "folders" and read status, but Google is like 🤷 even after fiddling with Google's steps for how to do it, so next step is to contact support. Which I will do later.
But it will be SO COOL to use Thunderbird + my host's webmail. Thunderbird has tabs! I'm going to be dangerous!
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It feels good to maybe have some control over my email again, but on the other hand I'm not finished. The original instructions I linked to are cool and all, but it doesn't pull in read status OR labels (which I was hoping it would make in to folders) and that's not going to work for me.
My host provides an IMAP import for email, which should retain "folders" and read status, but Google is like 🤷 even after fiddling with Google's steps for how to do it, so next step is to contact support. Which I will do later.
But it will be SO COOL to use Thunderbird + my host's webmail. Thunderbird has tabs! I'm going to be dangerous!
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It feels good to maybe have some control over my email again, but on the other hand I'm not finished. The original instructions I linked to are cool and all, but it doesn't pull in read status OR labels (which I was hoping it would make in to folders) and that's not going to work for me.
My host provides an IMAP import for email, which should retain "folders" and read status, but Google is like 🤷 even after fiddling with Google's steps for how to do it, so next step is to contact support. Which I will do later.
But it will be SO COOL to use Thunderbird + my host's webmail. Thunderbird has tabs! I'm going to be dangerous!
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It feels good to maybe have some control over my email again, but on the other hand I'm not finished. The original instructions I linked to are cool and all, but it doesn't pull in read status OR labels (which I was hoping it would make in to folders) and that's not going to work for me.
My host provides an IMAP import for email, which should retain "folders" and read status, but Google is like 🤷 even after fiddling with Google's steps for how to do it, so next step is to contact support. Which I will do later.
But it will be SO COOL to use Thunderbird + my host's webmail. Thunderbird has tabs! I'm going to be dangerous!
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It feels good to maybe have some control over my email again, but on the other hand I'm not finished. The original instructions I linked to are cool and all, but it doesn't pull in read status OR labels (which I was hoping it would make in to folders) and that's not going to work for me.
My host provides an IMAP import for email, which should retain "folders" and read status, but Google is like 🤷 even after fiddling with Google's steps for how to do it, so next step is to contact support. Which I will do later.
But it will be SO COOL to use Thunderbird + my host's webmail. Thunderbird has tabs! I'm going to be dangerous!
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