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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Thanks, LinkedIn, for whatever this is you want my iPad to download when I sign in… Buh-buh-buh-but-cha’ know what? No thanks.

A screenshot of a web browser window with a grey background. The browser's address bar shows "linkedin.com". Below the address bar, four tabs are visible, labeled "The Theory...", "OpenTTD -...", "Deriving th...", and "www.linked...". A pop-up dialog box is centered on the screen, containing the text: "Do you want to download 'AgFA_4NpqTMbvgAAAAgMvCS2Fi5KP-dU8i-KCFg 'AgFA_4NpqTMbvgAAAAgMvCS2Fi5KP-dU8i-KCFgXzZvZ7J6mce5Zewp4pII3GamZV-jjFL6zuo'AgFA_4NpqTMbvgAAAAgMvCS2Fi5KP-dU8i-KCFgzZvZ7J6mce5Zewp4pII3GamZV-jjFL6zuomc3hPynSw3UDSQ8IxEGbLg'?". The dialog box also features a blue "Download" button in the bottom right corner and an 'X' icon in the top right corner.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 7h

TIL that in the UK, poet laureates are paid a salary of £5,750 per annum plus a barrel of sherry. If I ever reënter the engineering workforce, I absolutely want a compensation agreement along these lines. "We are delighted to offer you the position of […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

Seven glass beer bottles are lined up in a row on a polished wooden surface. The background is blurred, showing a stone pillar and warm, orange lights. From left to right, the first bottle has a red cap and a label reading "La Trappe BOCKBIER TRAPPISTBIER"; the second has a white cap and reads "Trappist Achel"; the third has a white cap and reads "ORVAL "ORVAL". The fourth bottle has a white cap and reads "Westmalle TRAPPIST Tripel EST. 1856"; the fifth is a dark bottle with a dark cap and no visible label. The sixth bottle has a blue cap and a label reading "TRAPPISTES Rochefort BIERE 10 BIRRA BEER CERVEZA"; the seventh bottle has a blue cap and reads "CHIMAY Pères Trappistes".

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

My #gliding journey began in #ontario with an October aerobatic intro flight at @SOSAGlidingClub. Autumn colours flights and gift vouchers for Christmas are available! www.sosaglidingclub.com/introductor…

A wide-angle aerial photograph captured from a perspective looking downwards. At the top center, the top of a person's head wearing a dark helmet is visible. A white, curved horizontal bar extends from both sides towards the center of the frame. Below the person and the bar, a bright sky with scattered white clouds fills most of the image. In the distant background, a hazy landscape is visible below a layer of clouds.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

“Look, if all you’ve done is ask an LLM some questions for which you already know the answer, and you’re not impressed with its hallucinations, that means you don’t understand how to properly use AI.” I continue to not understand how to properly use AI. I […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A screenshot of text on a white background. The text reads, '"What We Lost in the Fire" by Reginald Braithwaite discusses the impact of endemic tropical heart diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article highlights the challenges faced in managing these health issues amid the global crisis.' Below the main text, there is a small circular icon followed by the URL "health.uct.ac.za" and an orange icon followed by the word "SlideShare".

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

A thirty-five year-old game is one of our family favourites. IYKYK

An overhead view shows various game components scattered across a white, reflective surface. A large cluster of small, circular black tokens with yellow centers is located in the center, near two small white dice with black pips. Along the top, several rectangular cards are arranged in a row, row, some of which feature the text "Bavarian Illuminati". The scene also includes an empty clear plastic bag, a stack of white cards, a stack of red and white cards, and a large rectangular piece containing dense black text and diagrams.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Example: Here is euclidean division implemented in concatenative combinators. There are two M combinators, on lines 37 and 29. The one on line 37 invokes the recursive program in lines 21 – 36 while putting a copy in front of the existing two parameters […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

export const euclideanDivisor = construction([ [B], [A] ], [
[0], bury2,
[
bury3,
peek, peek,
isLessThan,
[
[[subtrahend], cons, cons], sip,
[[succ], cons], dip2,
dig3,
m
],
[
zap,
[zap], dip2
],
cond
],
m
]);

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

The mockingbird is easy to use for recursion, but its friction is that when a program invoked with the mockingbird wants to "call itself," it must do so with the mockingbird again. The mockingbird is a brutalist combinator: It forces us to deal with its […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A black and white photograph of a large building composed of rectangular concrete blocks. The structure features several blocks stacked and protruding in different directions. Numerous long, horizontal windows and smaller square windows are set into the concrete surfaces. Dense trees and foliage surround the sides and the base of the building. The image is taken from a low angle, looking up at the structure.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Things go pretty quickly, and the freshman is called to the lab again. There is still a sink, tap, bunsen burner, stand, beaker, and sparker for lighting. But this time, everything is set up. The stand is over the burner., and the beaker is on the stand […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A laboratory setup featuring a metal tripod supporting a square wire mesh and a glass beaker. The beaker, which contains a clear liquid, displays the text "SCHOTT DURAN 250 ml" and a "150" measurement mark. Handwritten on the side of the beaker are the characters "C 2" and "0.8". The beaker rests on a white circular disc placed atop the metal mesh. Below the tripod, a metal gas connection is visible on a black, reflective surface.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

In the lab they find worktable with a bunsen burner, a sparker to light the burner, a sink with a working tap, a beaker, and a stand to hold the beaker. They also find the instructions, which read, “boil water." They place the stand over the burner, fill […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

I got 20, but no way they’ll ever convict me for poisoning Ben E. King a decade ago! 😀 @VeroniqueB99

An image features a blue header reading, "Nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?" positioned above a 5x4 grid of 20 numbered tiles. Each tile contains a text description, a retro-style illustration, and an empty checkbox. The tiles include the following text: 1. Used a rotary phone; 2. Used a floppy disk; 3. Used a typewriter; 4. Taken photos with a film camera; 5. Listened to music on a CD; 6. Listened to a cassette tape; 7. Listened to a vinyl record; 8. Listened to music on a Walkman; 9. Listened to music on a boombox outside; 10. Watched a video from a VHS tape; 11. Sent or received a fax; 12. Offed a drifter; 13. Rented a video from Blockbuster; 1 14. Accessed the internet by dial-up; 15. Used a phone book; 16. Sent a postcard; 17. Used a paper map to get somewhere; 18. Owned a dictionary; 19 19. Owned an encyclopedia; and 20. Paid with a paper cheque/check. The illustrations depict the objects or actions described in the text.

p.s. Ben E. King sang lead vocal for The Drifters in 1959.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

“State Corruption via Bailout” has being going on in Western Economies for my entire lifetime. Private profits, public losses. —— p.s. I get that people are hurting, but black humour is the fifth stage of handling grief. Sending HugOps!

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Charlie is taking my partner along the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail to one of his favourite beaches. Brilliant sunshine! #dogs #dogsOfFedi #dogsofmastodon

A paved path winds through a field of green and yellow grasses toward a large body of water under a clear blue sky. The asphalt path features a single blue line painted along one side, and a dark-colored dog is walking on the path. The sun is high in the sky, creating a bright reflection on the surface of the water. The horizon line separates the water from the expansive blue sky.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

In 1987, Stewart Brand wrote “The Media Lab:” annas-archive.gd/md5/fd36a2ea8f1d20… It predicted that media would become hyper-personalized via either: 1. Broadcatch, where user tooling aggregates and filters content to generate a […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

@quixoticgeek I think they're right! Cycle jousting is best performed on tall bikes. Let’s get serious.

Two people on tall bikes joust with each other

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Seems to me there are two ways for this to come true. One is for robot and robotaxi revenues to greatly outgrow automobile revenues. The other…

Elon Musk Says Optimus, Cybercab Will Be ‘the Vast Majority’ of Tesla’s Value - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

One day rather too soon, all systems will be locked down and side-loading will be illegal. In fact, writing software without an LLM to snitch on you and prevent you from competing with the oligarchy will be illegal. I will protest by sitting down in public […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

Gandhi collecting salt at Dandi Beach in defiance of British salt laws, a simple act that became a powerful symbol of resistance

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Another Ian Fleming factoid: During the war he was with Naval Intelligence and met Alan Turing. Captured codebooks were critical to continuing the code-braking at Bletchley Park: Fleming devised “Operation Ruthless,” a plan to have a team dress up as […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A two-engined captured Heinkel He 111, painted in RAF markings

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Some wild factoids: James Bond author Ian Fleming also wrote a children’s book: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was adapted into a musical with some plot changes, and the musical was itself adapted as a 1968 children’s movie starring Dick van Dyke. The movie […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

An image shows four individuals riding in a large, ornate, vintage-style flying vehicle against a bright blue sky. The people are waving from the open cockpit of the metallic, copper-toned machine. The vehicle features large round headlights, red-spoked wheels, and yellow and red striped fins. fins. Long, thin rotor blades extend from poles attached to the sides of the craft. The text "GEN 11" is visible on a black plate at the front, with green mountains and white buildings visible in the distant background below.

A person in a dark coat and a top hat holds a bow and arrow in front of a wooden structure. The top hat is adorned with red and yellow flowers and a white feather. Two children look out through a small, barred window in the weathered wooden structure. The person holds a long wooden bow and an arrow with white fletching. A light-colored building with windows is visible in the background.

A black and white photograph shows a person in a dark jacket and white shirt positioned behind a large, out-of-focus, dark object in the foreground. The object extends from the right side toward the center of the frame. The person is looking toward the camera. In the background, a calendar is visible on the wall, displaying columns of letters including "S", "M", "T", "W", "T", "F", and "S" alongside numbers such as "1", "8", "15", "2", "9", and "16".

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Mondrian’s Mirror, by Peter Pollág (2024). Part of the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum’s Park Collection: danubiana.sk/en/park #art #destijl #slovakia

A large, thick rectangular frame with colorful sides stands on a white tiled platform overlooking a wide river. The frame features a red top, a blue right side, a black bottom, and a yellow left side, supported by two white cylindrical posts. Through the frame, a calm, brownish-grey body of water stretches toward a distant, low treeline under a clear blue sky. To the left of the frame, there is a rocky shoreline, and to the right, a wooden deck with a metal railing is visible. The scene is captured in bright, sunny daylight.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I’m now following @SU27. But if we know anything at all about aircraft, we know that a glider has no chance of keeping up with a supersonic air superiority fighter.

A man stands beside a white glider on a grass airfield under scattered clouds

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

The great thing about imagining the future is that you aren't responsible for shipping it. Shipping is the act of resolving conflicts and removing constraints, and the art is actually in those myriad little decisions. But it's fun to look back at one's […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

An image featuring a technical blueprint of uppercase letters overlaid with large text. The background shows a grid of various uppercase letters with measurement lines and numbers, accompanied by the text "K2_CARACTÈRES NORMAUX" at the top. A dark, semi-transparent horizontal band across the center contains the large, white, capitalized text "WE DON'T IMPLEMENT A SPECIFICATION". A small "CC" icon is in the top left corner.

An image of several columns of yellow sticky notes attached to a wall, with many of the notes being out of focus. Some notes have illegible, handwritten text. At the bottom, large white text on a dark gradient reads, reads, "WE MANAGE TRANSFORMATION QUEUES". A small "CC" icon is located in the top left corner.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The only true definition of our core values is what else we value that we are prepared to sacrifice for our core values. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/kill-un… I have faced these choices myself: Even without timeline algorithms, markets are […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Employers often attempt asymmetrical adversarial tactics against interviewees, like using AI to interview but trying to reject candidates using AI. Or insisting on a salary history before making an offer, but declining to publish the pay history or even just […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A Linkedin post that reads:

An AI interviewed my AI for a job. Mine knew. Theirs apparently didn’t. 😂

Recently, I was invited to a job interview, only to discover that the interviewer was actually an AI.

Personally, I find AI interviews pretty impersonal. My first instinct was to decline, but then I had an idea.

A few years ago, I built my own AI system using multiple models, fine tuning, and custom code. I’ve continued improving it ever since, keeping the models updated and constantly refining its capabilities, especially how naturally it communicates.

My AI also knows quite a bit about me. It has years of conversation history, personal context, and detailed knowledge of my professional background, including my work experience and job history. I even have a cloned version of my own voice.

So I thought, if a company is going to have an AI interview me, why not have my AI interview with theirs?

And that’s exactly what I did. 😂

The interesting part? Their system explicitly warned that if it detected AI assistance, it would immediately terminate the interview.

It never did.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Some shots a fellow @SOSAGlidingClub member (and extremely patient volunteer instructor) took during Friday afternoon’s winch session. That’s Toronto gleaming in the not-too-distant-distance. We have fall intro flights available. My own journey began with […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A wide landscape photograph captures a sunset over a dark expanse of land under a blue sky. The sun is positioned low on the horizon, casting a bright, golden light and a vertical flare downwards. Scattered, small clouds are spread across the sky, illuminated with orange and golden hues. The sky transitions from a light orange near the horizon to a pale blue at the top. Below the horizon, the landscape consists of dark, indistinct patches of fields and trees.

An aerial view of a vast, flat landscape under a sky colored with pale orange, yellow, and light blue. Low-lying, wispy clouds are scattered across the sky, catching the light. On the distant left horizon, a cluster of bright, glowing yellow lights is visible, while a dark, flat treeline extends across the right horizon. The landscape below is a patchwork of brown and green fields interspersed with dense clusters of trees. Small, white and dark structures are scattered among the trees in the foreground and middle ground.

An aerial view of a vast landscape under a sky transitioning from light blue to orange and pink hues near the horizon. The horizon is a straight line, with wispy clouds visible on the right side of the sky. Below the horizon, the landscape consists of patches of green fields and dense dark green forests. In the foreground, there is a large area with winding, light-colored paths through green grass, and a straight road runs vertically through the right side of the frame. At the bottom right corner, corner, a cluster of white structures and silos is visible.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@niedermeyer.online Since being "de-hired" a few years ago, I took up flying. The first and most important thing I learned on this journey is that aviation safety culture and silicon valley avarice are not just diametrically opposed, they cannot coëxist in the same universe.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

When in 🇧🇪, I "Do as the Belgians do:"

A black pot with handle visible is half-full of mussels. beside it is a bowl of french fries.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

There is no ketchup in poutine. ⚜️🍁

A photograph of generic yellow-beige french fries. Above are the words

*Ketchup does not exist*

What are u having with these?

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Microsoft Visual Studio’s AI is getting sassy.

A paperclip anthropomorphized with eyes and eyebrows floats over a lined and ruled yellow sheet of paper. Above are the words

YOU APPEAR TO BE WRITING COMBINATORIAL LOGIC BY HAND

below are the words

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESEARCH LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FOR YOU?

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Alanis Morrisette sang about the wait for Linux on the desktop to go mainstream outlasting desktop computers, which have been almost entirely replaced by laptops and cloud computing.

A woman in a red cap, beige coat, and blue gloves sits in the driver's seat of a car with beige detailing, holds the steering wheel, and looks over her right shoulder.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

A post card for our neighbours the Bald Eagles, who have been shitting on everyone who ever helped them with anything. via @effinbirds

A painting of a bird beside the text "fare-fuckin-well"

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Charlie meeting friends in Peterborough, Ontari’io 🍁 #dogs #dogsOfFedi

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

“I don’t think so, Tim!”—Al Borland, Home Improvement (1991 – 1999)

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

My daughter suggested I buy this and drive her to university, so she can fall out of it while clouds of incense billow about. She has also announced her intention to enrol in a history class and then order a pizza. So nice to see the youth of today appreciating the classics of yesteryear.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

In a kakistocracy, the competent are considered untrustworthy: They don’t require the patronage of a Mad King to succeed, and thus cannot be depended upon to do whatever it takes to remain in favour.

Two men are in conversation in a prison exercise yard while an armed guard watches from a turret high above. The caption reads, “Unfortunately, my crime spree occurred just before today’s level of incompetence set in at the F.B.I.”

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Riding Kelso during the 26ers and North Shore stunts era. “To be on the wire is life. The rest is just waiting.”—Joe Gideon misquoting Karl Wallenda, “All That Jazz”

A cyclist rides along an elevated log with a dusting of snow on top. A forest forms a wintry backdrop.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

What makes an alley beautiful, is that somewhere it hides an Artspace. Montréal ⚜️🍁

the wall of a shed-like building is clad in grey vertical planks. The words DESSINS D'ENFANTS are hand-written in large letters above a series of wooden painting frames surrounding backboards.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Sidelined during the 2026 World Road Cycling Championships, Mount Royal Park, Montréal.

A person lies on their back on a grassy roadside next to a paved road and a steep rocky cliff. The individual is wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt, tan pants, a red cap, and dark shoes. A dark object sits on the grass near the person. Behind them, a large, dark grey rock face rises upward, interspersed with bushes and small trees featuring green, yellow, and orange leaves. The foreground shows a grey asphalt road with a white line.

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

My career in the age of Generative AI: ——— Antoine: Nobody wants to hire programmers to actually program. I’ll pivot to writing full time." Beth: "Nobody wants to hire writers, either." Antoine: "Then I will write books and people will buy them from […] [Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

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