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The Meaning is the Ruse

I just wanted to take the time to extend u/rrockwe1's interpretation of the game, as it was succinct and similar to where I instinctually landed. Actually, this turned into more of a provocation - I'm looking as to whether this is even the right direction rather than if I've stuck all the details. Sloppy, I know.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NeverBeGameOver/comments/bfzd79/the_ruse_is_the_lack_of_ruse/

Conspiracy is the "heart of the MGS" series, but I would add - as it's flavored by the technological mediums we partake in. The games are not traditional games but loosely connected simulations to discover a conspiracy and the power dynamics of those involved at the top of it. Not unlike our own world.

Setup:

To start, I would highly recommend everyone on this sub to check out Dan Carlin's SuperNova in the East episode 1. The "incidents" he talks about each play out like a Metal Gear game. We can't forget that Kojima, born in 63, is reacting to events that happened in the immediate generation prior, as we all do. Think Marshall McLuhan's idea of the rear-view mirror while listening. For this interpretation, the relevant takeaway from the podcast is that due to the changes in communication technologies from the industrial revolution, the equilibrium for conflict settled into subterfuge. It was when Japan became sloppy with this new normal (like a winning poker player staying at the table for too long) did they accidentally usher the country towards the most important identity-altering period (WW2) since the Meiji Restoration. For Kojima, I'm imagining/empathizing that if you don't understand this phase shift you don't understand your reality, a reconstructed post-nuclear Mc-Meiji mess.

Now how does this relate to us internetted folk with our new communication mediums? Id love to also introduce this sub to Jordan Greenhall. In the linked post, he goes on to analyze the QAnon phenomenon and is able to abstract some properties that are very reminiscent of what I experienced through NBGO.

Q is the most recent and most important example of a widely distributed self-organizing collective intelligence. We’ve actually seen many precursors. Cicada 3301 is a famous example. Even the I Love Bees ARG for Halo 2. Perhaps Bitcoin is the most important precursor to Q.

These “self-organizing collective intelligences” (SOCI), are a new kind of socio-cultural phenomenon that is beginning to emerge in the niche created by the Internet. They involve attractive generator functions dropped into the hive mind that gather attention, use that attention to build more capacity and then grow into something progressively real and self-sustaining.

The Q SOCI is, for the most part, about sensemaking. It is combing through the billions of threads of “what might be real” and “what might be true” that have been gathered into the Internet and it is slowly trying to weave them into a consistent, coherent and congruent fabric.

I, like u/rrockwe1, think this ruse was designed. Meta-gaming design is not unheard of in videogames before as another favorite game of mine, FEZ, pulled a similar move in a simpler form.

Also a Gamasurtra article on the design style:

"There's a fourth really big influence that I haven't been honest about," Fish continued. "Myst. There's a lot of Myst in Fez, in fact I'd call it a 'Mystroidvania.' It's a huge open nonlinear world, with lots of super obtuse metapuzzles everywhere. The world has its own alphabet and numeric system."

"I don't know if that is still going to fly today, that's a school of design that's really very old school. There's a high barrier of entry for that second part to the game, and I hope there will be things that will take internet forums weeks to decipher. I want people to talk about that weird thing that they don't think they were supposed to find in Fez."

To begin:

Now we all know Kojima has had mixed feelings towards his own series as he's intended every MGS from 2 onward to be the last in the series (most likely returning due to corporate pressure).

This quote from 2014 about MGSV is telling:

"So in a way I guess I'm taking advantage of that to try new things, because every time I work on any game, be it Metal Gear or something else, I try to make new things. So for me, my challenge right now working on Metal Gear is, while preserving the elements that make it Metal Gear, to do all the new things I really want to do."

He's kept things new by innovatively making marketing Metal Gear part of the game experience; bringing an added self-awareness to gaming, fandom, and technology. While the Fez Meta-game was designed to solve newly enabled internet-forum-oriented puzzles, the metal gear Meta-games have been much more difficult to interpret, as they are often part of the artistic statement. However, Kojima has deliberately moved "the game" aspect to encapsulate before, during and now After release*.* Thus as this relates to MGSV, I believe NGBO and similar sensemaking forums will go down as part of "the game" just as much as we can easily state that Metal Gear Marketing before release has been part of each other game in the series. What is MGS2 if you didn't pay attention to the codec briefing marketing of the game.

For me though, MGSV is an artistic attempt whose meta-game is an attempt to implode the series's own need for more Canon while simultaneously commenting brilliantly on the reality around him.

Imploding Canon - Kojima on Fandom

Can the quest for further interpretation fuel and mask different needs (like a need to simulate violence) and can that devolve into self-defeating patterns or as Skullface put it "an endless loop of action and reaction?"

Do we play metal gear to gain an understanding of Kojima's critical worldview (anti-war, anti-nuclear, anti-authority themes) or to get gratifying rushes of pixelated violence that glorify what he condemns?

These questions are what have plagued the metal gear universe, with the "action and reaction" being fan adulation of a new installment in the series -> leading to corporate pressure -> leading to another unplanned sequel with an intended aesthetic to make us realize the absurdity of the universe he's constructed -> only for our interpretations to fall partially flat on release -> leading to fan adulation...

However, this exact dilemma we fans face when playing a metal gear game is nearly identical to those the characters face in MGSV. The need for more canon becomes self-defeating for the likes of Kaz, Venom, and SkullFace trying to enact revenge. Kaz and Venom need the canon to continue so they can manifest new objects for their revenge - which is the intent of the drawn-out nature of the second act. We, as players are seeking something as deeply unmet as the characters in MGSV's need for revenge is. This juxtaposition is an attempt at making you self-aware about this, to reflect back the tragically flawed state it's characters inhabit on to you and draw the connection to your fandom.

This is a game not lacking in canon but is anti-canon. Canon that consumes the need for further canon.

The only constructive answer he gives is "to exit", which is embodied via Quiet's character. Quiet, written, displayed, and expressed with purposeful alignment to nearly every stereotypical Videogame trope on women, is a prisoner of the medium she's embedded within. She exits her role within the canon when sexually assaulted by a soldier (a proxy for videogamers at large) or to put it another way, when her role was taken to it's extreme (shock therapy). We need to do the same as Metal Gear fans who are cast within the game as Venom.

With his anti-canon deployed Kojima can now "exit" in peace that the series is put to rest psychically for fans. Instead of clamoring for more.

How "to exit" - or how Kojima prepared me for the 21st century

MGSV's story is bare bones on the surface but speaks volumes to hardcore Metal Gear fans.

You, as part of the most knowledgable/obsessive sect of Metal Gear fans, know something is up with this game. Something hasn't sat right in your gut and it continually doesn't sit right. Thus, you naturally sought solace and understanding within a place like NGBO. We came together and exhausted every possible interpretation we could think of as to what this game is. We started doing the homework, building our best ideas and challenged simplistic notions. This collaboration via learning to definitively seek truth as a group is the point of the Ruse Cruise and serves as the antithesis of MGS2's outlook. Now if you are Kojima, what would build this muscle the best within your fans?

  1. Create a conspiracy, reveal its truth, and reward fans for their hardcore vigilance
  2. Fabricate all the necessary parts for the facade of a conspiracy yet deliberately having none to force fans through the emotional ringer of figuring out what is true. A gaslighting job.

For me, I settled on it being the latter which truly pushed me as to what was healthy, valid, and useful to believe in. The meaning and wisdom from this game was transmitted/felt for me once I "exited" and realized the insanity I let myself believe. In this interpretation, we serve as art form to others - showing what happens when a fanbase loses its collective mind and pieces it back together again.

Now, why would anyone want to encourage this group behavior? Marshall McLuhan has another nifty quote that points us in the right direction with this:

"World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation."

There's this running joke within the ChapTrapHouse fan community (not a fan, I just observe where metal gear gets talked about) that life is beginning to resemble a Metal Gear game. Biologically genetically altered dystopia, check. Insider leaks of grand governmental conspiracies, check. Zany political characters seizing power, check.

Metal Gear Solid V's Ruse cruise was a simulation for a reality that's to come/is here like how MGS2 was a simulation for MGS1. We know we are lied to by authorities and we know the internet is a mess at being an alternative. Thus, Chaos. For Kojima, my guess is that he wanted to kickstart a version of grassroots behavior that will be important in combatting this "truth recession," because telling us via MGS1-4 doesn't seem to work in changing people's behavior, we have to actually crash and burn in doing it. WW3 is here, we got a slice of training.

Thanks For the Read :)

Also,

(my edgiest take is that I think he's embodying his own vision from MGSV. He is Ahab/Venom).


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Scaling Bitcoin: A beginner’s guide to the Lightning Network

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Legendary Kiss Rocker Gene Simmons Says Bitcoin Isn't Dead

Legendary Kiss Rocker Gene Simmons Says Bitcoin Isn't Dead

Gene Simmons, the frontman for the highly popular old school band Kiss, has claimed on previous occasions that he only endorses products in which he firmly believes or with which he has an “emotional connection.” He recently stated he believes bitcoin isn't dead.

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Recently, Simmons shared his views regarding Bitcoin ( BTC ), the flagship cryptocurrency, while attending a cryptocurrency-related event for family business office managers. Simmons, who reportedly has a net worth of more than $300 million, attended the event for wealthy investors along with Anthony Pompliano, the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets. After the event, Pompliano and Simmons reportedly spent time together at an afterparty in Los Angeles, California.


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Total Cryptocurrency ATM Count Crosses 4,700, Only 5 Don’t Sell Bitcoin (BTC) - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

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It’s A Matter of Time before Bitcoin Eventually Replaces Gold – Investment Experts - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

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Harmony Project Update

Since our last newsletter, we have started open-sourcing our networking stack and exploring strategic partnership.

Here’re the highlights:

Started to open source our codebase & a new umbrella project called libunison,

Hired 2 new teammates & started targeting 100+ strategic partners,

Submitted an arxiv preprint of neuroscience paper & updated our testnet architecture,

Continued growing TGI community & conducting 10+ podcast interviews.

Open source & networking with libunison

We have identified data availability and block propagation to be the main bottlenecks of scaling transactions with tens of thousands of (some potentially malicious) nodes over the Internet. Our insight is to use the RaptorQ fountain code in conjunction with a forward error correction scheme for broadcasting message blocks, without incurring round-trip delays to recover from packet losses, over adversarial networks.

Here we’re launching our open source effort github.com/harmony-one with a go-raptorq wrapper under our umbrella project libunison (see our roadmap).

Our libunison is an end-to-end and peer-to-peer networking library for any application that needs to self-organize an emerging network of nodes. The library is built upon existing standardized technologies, including Host Identity Protocol (HIPv2) and Encryption Security Payload (ESP), to leverage decades of research, development and deployment insights.

Harmony is open sourcing libunison as one of the foundational layers of not only our network but also other performant, decentralized networks such as peer multicasts.

2 new teammates & 100+ strategic partners

Our team is growing! Chao Ma (Amazon AI engineer, Math Ph.D. at CU Boulder, non-linear analysis researcher) is joining the team to tackle protocol research and statistical consensus. Chao has been researching blockchain algorithms since 2017 and recently implemented a toy IPFS for fun.

So did our good friend Li Jiang (GSV Capital, logistics startup founder, Northwestern University adjunct, nickname 蒋·和梦·犁). Li has been our evangelist since our first China trip in February and finally decided to jump off the cliff to lead Harmony’s partnership efforts full time. As the newest node with awe on the Harmony team, Li also serves as “Chief Frisbee Officer”to keep us active in the winter.

We are planning our second token sale. Inspired by these insightful articles by Multicoin and by Notation on value-adding investors as operators, we are asking our new investors to operate Harmony nodes. Scalability and decentralization are the two most important metrics for Harmony to succeed. We will achieve both by having tens of thousands of nodes, the scale of Bitcoin and Ethereum, run by many independent entities in jurisdictions all over the world.

Having many nodes is key to network performance with our sharding approach; meanwhile having independent entities is key to network securitywith our permissionless principle. If you are non-US based and looking to participate in this strategic round, contact us at harmony.one/partners.

Neuroscience preprint & testnet architecture

Our colleague Prof. Lau has led our team with his research and submitted a paper “Blockchain and human episodic memory” (see preprint on arxiv) on relating brain consciousness to blockchain consensus. We highlight that certain phenomena studied in the brain, namely metacognition, reality monitoring, and how perceptual conscious experiences come about, may inspire development in blockchain technology too, specifically regarding probabilistic consensus protocols.

Our colleague Ka-yuet Liu, also at UCLA, has published Data Marketplace for Scientists in our blog. She highlights a modern economic theory of the nonrivalry of data, concluding that “blockchain can turn wasteful competition between large-scale science projects into synergy” among internationally recognized scientists like themselves.

Our testnet architecture has been updated to apply the latest research results and progress made by Ethereum 2.0. Zero-knowledge proofs by Starkwareare now fast enough to be generated on mobile clients and may be used to scale blockchains by many orders of magnitude. Fraud proofs (with 2D erasure codes and interleaved sampling), stateless clients (with algebraic vector commitment), comparing synchronous (with 10 exact round complexity vs previously 29) versus partially synchronous protocols, and integrating 99% fault tolerance (with hybrid threshold-dependent and latency-dependentconsensus) are on our roadmap.

Growing TGI community & 10+ interviews

Early this month, we had an in-depth founder interview with Hacker Noon, one of the most-read publications among engineers and entrepreneurs. On the topic of attracting users and building communities, we answered “some conversations are multiplicative — we multiply each other’s dreams. And every once in a while, a conversation is exponential, meaning we really build deep belief in each other’s vision and can make it come to life.”

Furthermore, Spencer writes about the Future of Scalable Blockchain and compares Harmony to Ethereum 2.0, Dfinity, Cardano and Nervos, complimenting that Harmony’s approach “is highly cerebral and in tune with the best technology currently available… their spirit of inclusion and entrepreneurship feels a bit more sincere.”

We continue to engage a global community to share the Harmony story. Here are just a few podcast interviewers and writers we are engaging with. Be sure to check out their work and keep an eye out as our stories will be published soon. Our conversations with these influencers span Silicon Valley, China, SE Asia, India, Australia and Brazil this month. Thanks to Jon Victor from The Information, Joyce Yang from Global Coin Research, Tushar Aggarwal from LunexVC & DecryptAsia, Brad Laurie also known as BlockchainBrad and Gerson Ribeiro from Startup de Alto Impacto for sharing our journey.

We are also hosting TGI-Blockchain on Saturdays now from 12pm to 4pm at our home-office for fellow founders and collaborators to deeply engage with each other. We are inspired by these builders presenting their works (sign up here!) every Saturday, including Timeless Protocol, Rational Mind, Blue Vista and Tara.AI in recent weeks.

Our team is sharing our learnings globally at a recent talk in India and upcoming events in Hong Kong and online with TokenGazer, as well as meeting our local friends from the ABC Blockchain and Xoogler communities.

Essential advice & your help

We’re taking the top two points from Y-Combinator’s Essential Startup Advice(posted next to our coffee machine) to heart: Launch now, and Build something people want.

We published a survey on blockchain testnets and we’re laser-focused on building our own public testnet, implementing information dispersal algorithm, state syncing and resharding at the moment.

Lastly, we need your help on hiring database engineers to hack Byzantine agreements and broadcasts, and on bringing in strategic investors to run Harmony nodes all over the world!

Stephen Tse Harmony CEO

https://harmony.one/


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Hello.

I created an account in BITCOIN CURRENCY there for the first time but i lost all my money. After a few months I wanted to play there again.I got offers from buff.bet to my e-mail, that they offer me a 100% bonus due to an event (for example esl pro league season started so they offered me that if i entered the code "ESL88" [or "ESL100" i cannot remember] i will get +100% deposit bonus)

So i wrote an email to buff bet support to delete my account with the bitcoin currency because I want to play with the EUR currency

>!Dear Sir, 

You Bitcoin account "golleador1" was closed. 

---- On Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:51:55 +0300 [xxxxxx@wp.pl](mailto:xxxxxx@wp.pl) wrote ----

>!<

Hello can you lock my account in bitcoin because i want to open new in EUR login golleador1 mail: [bati10108@wp.pl](mailto:bati10108@wp.pl)

Best regards, Buff.bet Customer support representative - Svetlana .

After that i opened new account and i used that code for bonus. I was playing for 2 weeks and I wanted to withdraw some money, but first I had to send them an identity document, so I did it.

Next day (today) they locked my account for "fraud"

To whom it may concern.

Based on our Risk management team investigation conclusion, your account has been closed because of a multi-accounting and bonus abuse by taking advantage of our bonus offers from multiple accounts.

Please be informed that as per the provisions of article 9.7 of Buff.bet’s terms and conditions, we have closed your accounts due to multi-account fraud:

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One personal single account pertaining to one domestic household address or IP address, opened by an individual and maintained with us to enable that person to play games on the Online Casino/Sportsbook.

All connected accounts have been closed and the ballance of the latest registered account has been deemed void.

We would like to kindly advise you to refrain from registering another account with us. If we find any other accounts connected with you, we will proceed with immediate closure and funds confiscation.

>!Best regards,

Buff.bet Customer support representative - Chris !<

What did i wrong? I never used same code TWICE so what have I abused? What can i do?


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/r/Monero Weekly Discussion – April 27, 2019 - Use this thread for general chatter, basic questions, and if you're new to Monero

Index

  1. General questions
  2. Wallet: CLI & GUI
  3. Wallet: Ledger
  4. Nodes

1. General questions

Where can I download the Monero wallet?

There are multiple Monero wallets for a wide range of devices at your disposal. Check the table below for details and download links. Attention: for extra security make sure to calculate and compare the checksum of your downloaded files when possible.

Please note the following usage of the labels:

⚠️ - Relatively new and/or beta. Use wallet with caution.

☢️ - Closed source.


Desktop wallets

Wallet Device Description Download link
"Official" GUI / CLI Windows, macOS, Linux Default implementation maintained by the core team. Use this wallet to run a full node and obtain maximum privacy. Integrates with hardware wallets. Current version: 0.14.0.0 / 0.14.0.2. GetMonero.org
MyMonero Windows, macOS, Linux Lightweight wallet -- you don't need to download the blockchain and run a node. MyMonero was developed with the assistance of the core team. It also has web-based and iOS versions. MyMonero.com
Exodus Eden (Beta) Windows, macOS, Linux ⚠️ / Multi-asset wallet. Exodus.io
ZelCore Windows, macOS, Linux ⚠️ / Multi-asset wallet. It also has Android and iOS versions. Zeltrez.io
Guarda Windows, macOS, Linux ⚠️ ☢️ / Multi-asset wallet. Guarda.co

Mobile wallets

Wallet Device Description Download link
Monerujo Android Integrates with Ledger (hardware wallet). Website: https://www.monerujo.io/. Google Play / F-Droid / GitHub
MyMonero iOS Website: https://mymonero.com/ App Store
Cake Wallet iOS Website: https://cakewallet.io/ App Store
X Wallet iOS Website: https://xwallet.tech/ App Store
Edge Wallet Android / iOS Multi-asset wallet. Website: https://edge.app/ Google Play / App Store
ZelCore Android / iOS ⚠️ / Multi-asset wallet. Website: https://zelcore.io/ Google Play / App Store
Coinomi Android / iOS ⚠️ ☢️ / Multi-asset wallet. Website: https://www.coinomi.com/ Google Play / App Store
Moxi / Guarda Android / iOS ⚠️ ☢️ / Multi-asset wallet. Website: https://guarda.co/ Google Play / App Store

Web-based wallets

Wallet Description Link
MyMonero Web version of the MyMonero wallet. Web
XMRWallet Web wallet with TOR support. Web / Onion URL
Guarda Multi-asset wallet. Web

How long does it take for my balance to unlock?

Your balance is unlocked after 10 confirmations (which means 10 mined blocks). A block is mined approximately every two minutes on the Monero network, so that would be around 20 minutes.

How can I prove that I sent a payment?

The fastest and most direct way is by using the ExploreMonero blockchain explorer. You will need to recover the transaction key from your wallet (complete guide for GUI / CLI).

How do I buy Monero (XMR) with Bitcoin (BTC)?

There are dozens of exchanges that trade Monero against Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Check out the list on CoinMarketCap and choose the option that suits you best.

How do I buy Monero (XMR) with fiat?

  • Kraken (USD and EUR): old-school, decent exchange. They might require your documents for verification and approval of your account.
  • LocalMonero: peer-to-peer exchange. They have pretty much everything as a payment method and they support hundreds of fiat options.

How can I quickly exchange my Monero (XMR) for Bitcoin (BTC)?

There are multiple ways to exchange your Monero for Bitcoin, but first of all, I'd like to remind you that if you really want to do your part for Monero, one of the simplest ways is to get in touch with your merchant/service provider and request for it to accept Monero directly as payment. Ask the service provider to visit the official website and our communication channels if he or she needs help with system integration.

That being said, the community has been recommending two services in particular, XMR.TO and MorphToken. These services are only recommendations and are operated by entities outside the control of the Monero Project. Be diligent.

How do I mine Monero? And other mining questions.

The correct place to ask questions and discuss the Monero mining scene is in the dedicated subreddit r/MoneroMining. That being said, you can find a list of pools and available mining software in the GetMonero.org website.


2. Wallet: CLI & GUI

Why I can't see my balance? Where is my XMR?

Before any action there are two things to check:

  1. Are you using the latest available version of the wallet? A new version is released roughly every 6 months, so make sure you're using the current release (compare the release on GetMonero.org with your wallet's version on Settings, under Debug info).
  2. Is your wallet fully synchronized? If it isn't, wait the sync to complete.

Because Monero is different from Bitcoin, wallet synchronization is not instant. The software needs to synchronize the blockchain and use your private keys to identify your transactions. Check in the lower left corner (GUI) if the wallet is synchronized.

You can't send transactions and your balance might be wrong or unavailable if the wallet is not synced with the network. So please wait.

If this is not a sufficient answer for your case and you're looking for more information, please see this answer on StackExchange.

How do I upgrade my wallet to the newest version?

This question is beautifully answered on StackExchange.

Why does it take so long to sync the wallet [for the first time]?

You have decided to use Monero's wallet and run a local node. Congratulations! You have chosen the safest and most secure option for your privacy, but unfortunately this has an initial cost. The first reason for the slowness is that you will need to download the entire blockchain, which is considerably heavy (+70 GB) and constantly growing. There are technologies being implemented in Monero to slow this growth, however it is inevitable to make this initial download to run a full node. Consider syncing to a device that has an SSD instead of an HDD, as this greatly impacts the speed of synchronization.

Now that the blockchain is on your computer, the next time you run the wallet you only need to download new blocks, which should take seconds or minutes (depending on how often you use the wallet).

I don't want to download the blockchain, how can I skip that?

The way to skip downloading the blockchain is connecting your wallet to a public remote node. You can follow this guide on how to set it up. You can find a list of public remote nodes on MoneroWorld.

Be advised that when using a public remote node you lose some of your privacy. A public remote node is able to identify your IP and opens up a range for certain attacks that further diminish your privacy. A remote node can't see your balance and it can't spend your XMR.

How do I restore my wallet from the mnemonic seed or from the keys?

To restore your wallet with the 25 word mnemonic seed, please see this guide.

To restore your wallet with your keys, please see this guide.


3. Wallet: Ledger

How do I generate a Ledger Monero Wallet with the GUI or CLI?

This question is beautifully answered on StackExchange. Check this page for the GUI instructions, and this page for the CLI instructions.


4. Nodes

How can my local node become a public remote node?

If you want to support other Monero users by making your node public, you can follow the instructions on MoneroWorld, under the section "How To Include Your Node On Moneroworld".

How can I connect my node via Tor?

This question is beautifully answered on StackExchange.



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