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How many answers can we get on this thread?

Asked by raum (13140points) February 2nd, 2022 from iPhone

Number your comments!

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22!

(Posted on 2/2/22.)

HP's avatar

52. bottles of beer on the wall

Jeruba's avatar

LIII.
OK, 53. Smartass.

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58
and the post above this was 57, according to the counter at the top.

There were a couple of hiccups along the way. Carry on from here and the count will be all right.
 

Nicely pointless question, @raum, devoid of all use and meaning. Pure, crystalline, practically perfect. My compliments.

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@raum has eighty-two out the 50 answers.

raum's avatar

@Tropical_Willie eighty-two!

@Jeruba Feels kind of zen to be so utterly pointless. :P

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83

Exactly.

Jeruba's avatar

This is a better one:

LXXXVI

(I love Roman numerals.)

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87

Hey, @Mimishu1995!

@raum, do you remember when we went over and whispered in the corner with @yetanotheruser? In a way this is sort of like that.

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@raum

“22!

(Posted on 2/2/22.)”

Good one!

I would love to have seen you post that at either 2:22 or 10:22 PM (22:22 Zulu).

√8464

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93

(Very clever with the number, @Brian1946.)

@raum, you’ll have another chance in twenty days. And then…wait eleven years.

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9.746794344808964²

If ever there was a thread where we wouldn’t expect to see any posts moderated for flame bait or personal attacks, this would be the one.

However, if that happens, I wonder how those posts will be counted. :p

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96— pick up sticks.

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97— I’m in Heaven

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98: feelin’ great!

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99: feelin’ fine!

I can’t think of a rhyme for whatever number follows, so let’s see if anyone can rise to the challenge! ;-o

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100. FEELING INCREDIBLE!

OK, I lost. I just feel good to get to 100.

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101, this is fun!

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102 in 2022.

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103 in February.

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104: I’m a math whore.

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105. High-five :D

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106 ROFLing over Brian being a math whore.

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107 @Jeruba I totally remember that!

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151. The same backwards as forwards.

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161 The same forwards as backwards.

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163, a prime number

This must be one of the silliest threads ever. It’s fun because so many are joining in (with ample boosts from @raum). As if, on impulse, you picked up your napkin at a department luncheon and put it on your head, and then everybody else did too. I think we might be hearing giggling coming from in between the posts.

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CLXIV lambs eating ivy.

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165, @Brian1946‘s face looks like it was stuck in a fuckin’ beehive!

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166 @Jeruba I’m down for a napkin on my head. :P

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168 is supposed to be a super lucky number in Chinese for some reason?

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171

Have you guys heard that any number, whose digits add up to a number evenly divisible by three, is also evenly divisible by three?

171
1 + 7 + 1 = 9

I wonder why that is?

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174

1 + 7 + 4 = 12

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177

1 + 7 + 7 = 15

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@raum

“Have you guys heard that any number, whose digits add up to a number evenly divisible by three, is also evenly divisible by three?”

I’ve also noticed that, and I wish I had enough spare time to attempt an explanation.
I think one piece of the puzzle might be that in the decimal system, the highest digit is 9, which is .

178

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179

@Brian1946, do you known about “casting out nines” as a check on your arithmetic? I learned that from my math teacher in seventh grade. It’s definitely related to the divisible-by-three rule.

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180

I’ll explain it as I remember it and use it. The key is that 9 = 0. You add the digits together and you keep reducing until you get to less than 9.

Take this addition problem:

   371
+ 216
   840
____
 1427

Is the answer right or wrong? To check it, you cast out nines.

3 + 7 + 1 = 11 and keep going: 1 + 1 = 2
2 + 1 + 6 = 9; 9 = 0
8 + 4 + 0 = 12; 1 + 2 = 3

Now add those: 2 + 0 + 3 = 5

AND the same with the sum:

1 + 4 + 2 + 7 = 14; 1 + 4 = 5

So now you know your addition was right. If it weren’t, the answers wouldn’t match.

(To speed the check, cast out 9’s as you go: 371 -> 3 + 7 = 10, and 10 = 1; and then 1 + 1 = 2)

You can do this with any arithmetic operation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, and the answer will match the terms in this same way.

If your computation is off by 9 or a multiple of 9, the check won’t catch it, but otherwise, yes.

Also I remember a bookkkeeper’s telling me that if you’re off by 9, it’s probably a transposition error.
 
 
So now, @Brian1946, who might have been in seventh grade at the same time that I was, maybe this points to the explanation you’re looking for; because of course 3 squared is 9.

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181

Whoa! I definitely never learned “casting out nines”. That’s so cool!

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182

There is this funny thing that my mom does. Where she adds up all the numbers on an address.

In a similar fashion, 1427 would equal 5. No throwing out nines. Rather, the higher the number the luckier the address was. Nine being the highest.

Wondering if it’s a Vietnamese thing? Or a my-mom-is-just-weird thing?

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188 jellies that hate to be late!

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189

Actually I’m not sure casting out nines (post 180) works for division because there’s no accounting for fractions.

Mimishu1995's avatar

190 now that’s pretty :)

Jeruba's avatar

191, a palindrome

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200

Are there numbers that feel nicer than others?

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201 , 192 is the highest ISP address for the web.

raum's avatar

202 is strobogrammtic.

Which is just a fancy way of saying it reads the same right side up and upside down on an old school calculator.

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211
Wait, wait, you’re using up all the numbers! What shall we do when we run out?

I don’t know if they feel nicer, but some numbers are prettier than others. It’s probably very subjective, though.

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@raum

Thanks for the info!

So my beloved years 1881 and 1961, are strobogrammatic. :)

212, which I now shelve.

HP's avatar

@Jeruba Try this prefix for beautification: $

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214, for my bored spleen. :p

Patty_Melt's avatar

At least 215.
@raum, you need a hobby.

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416

200 answers in a row, 38 mins

rebbel's avatar

Do this for about 15 weeks, 24/7, and you’ll have 1,000,000 answers.
Ish.

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420 is a great date.

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@Brian1946 see you on April 20th then :)

421

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422

@Jeruba We will have to make up new numbers, of course.

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423

@Brian1946 Do spleens get bored?

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424

@Patty_Melt What constitutes a hobby?

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426

@rebbel Well…definitely can’t do this 24/7. But it is nice to pop in to say hello. :)

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427

@Mimishu1995 Do they celebrate 4/20 in Vietnam? :D

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This is my first response. So #1.

@raum must be housebound from snowstorms.

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Ok I will play ,posted Feb4,22 number 452#

zenvelo's avatar

According to the counter, this is #455

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@zenvelo is correct I was just going by what the ones before me said! #456

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Whoever failed to number one of their posts, will be facing some harsh PMs from the @OP! ;-o

457

Ah, I now see the transgressor crafting a reply below me.

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I made it so visible, the error.

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▲ 458

459

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Four Six Zero, Donkey Oaty is my hero.

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This thread is growing to an Amazonian length.

For those who are using a desktop, try using Ctrl + Home to jump to the top.

461 CE, my son, Attila the Hun, has Rome on the run! ;-D

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462# and it’s 5c outside today and sunny.

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463 We still love you, @rebbel. ;)

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f o u r h u n d r e d s e v e n t y s i x

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f o u r h u n d r e d s e v e n t y 6

SQUEEKY2's avatar

At the sound of the beeeep it will be 479.

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480

A.D., birth of St. Benedict, of “Rule of Saint Benedict” fame

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481

We should have a Boredom Award for whomever has the most posts, if this tally fest ever ends. ;)

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482. My birth year should soon appear! ;-o

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@Brian1946

Bored Award is better.
You should learn precision rhyming, so that you don’t blow it as a poet. :p

My birth year has already appeared, sonny! ;-D

483

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@Incoherency_

Cease knave, or I’ll pepper your porridge!
I.e., bite me, Methuselah!

484

SQUEEKY2's avatar

Oh let me, 485.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

487 prime number

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Four ate eight chocolate chip cookies

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510

Beast!

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Look I see it now there goes 512#

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WAIT,wait I think I see 513 coming?

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@raum what is April 20th? :P

516

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517

In honor of the Winter Olympics:
Buddhism is introduced to China in 517 A.D. by emperor Wu Di.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

Be very ,very quite or you might not see the elusive #518.

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520

Not quite the same as 4/20.

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543…

…incomplete countdown.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

Look out for the raum away train 544#

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545

Wow, @raum, the last seventeen pages of answers on your profile page are all posts on this thread. Are your fingers tired yet?

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There goes 547.

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555

@Mimishu1995 What does this make you think of?

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600

Fingers of steel, @Jeruba.
[finger flex]

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Hey @raum you forgot 601#

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@raum

“555

@Mimishu1995 What does this make you think of?”

Xenophile that I am, I’d like to know of what it reminds you.

In the US, it’s just a phone number prefix that’s almost never used, except for in the movies.

Whoever posts 1,000, wins the Bronze Medal in the thread! ;)

604

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605

@Brian1946 I’ll tell you what it reminds me of—after Mimi responds. :P

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Hey has anyone seen 607?

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@raum

No probs. I just sent her a request to answer your query.

610 is not the end.

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611— <ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring> “If you’re having trouble with your phone service, press 1.”

<a lot more ringing> “We’re overflowing with remorse, that all of our attendants are busy now.” :)

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If I wasn’t hosting a massive case of the munchies, I’d jack this thread up to the product of 3×222, and then see what effect that has on my sleep. ;-o

Edit: Wow, I almost forgot to post 612— it’s already freaking me out! ;-0

Perhaps I have no right to consider myself to be an atheist agnostic. ;(

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To atone for the garbled nature of the above post and for the sake of clarity: 613

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I’m going to see if I can fill the Community Feed with Perfecto-fists.

I mean fish.

Uhhhmmmm, 615?

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Here’s another one for the akwariaI

I mean the aquawomen.

Edit: aquarium.

Whoops- I forgot to count: 616

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Okay, this izz.

Ok, this should be Perfect

Ok, this should be P-f #5.

Drat- for straight edits and I’m still stunk on 4.

Okay, now the CF has 5 P-f’s, and they’re all by me! ;-D

617

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@raum right on top of my head, 555 reminds me of Thailand. It is a txtspk symbol for the sound of laughter, kind of like the LOL in English. That is because the Thai pronunciation of number five is “ha”, and that sounds like the sound of laughter. And I would never know if I hadn’t taken that trip to Thailand.

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▲618

619

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▲618

619

620

With all these mistakes that have happened, I think someone should recount.
We can now never be sure how many answers will be given in the end.

621

rebbel's avatar

622
That is, if we’re all as stupid as I am, and don’t check the “answers” counter on top of the page, situated under the details section of the question.
626

SQUEEKY2's avatar

According to the counter this should be 623

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I think this should be 623?

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655

@Brian&Mimi
555 makes me think of the asian squat! Also known as the slav squat. Because for some reason or another, Vietnamese people of a certain generation seem to only smoke 555’s—usually while squatting.

Can you guys do the Asian squat? :D

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六百五十六 (656)

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657 This will break the Internet in a few years time.

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665 Who will dare write the number of the beast?

cookieman's avatar

š ī x
S ì X
ś ¡ x

flutherother's avatar

667 Angel Number: Healing and Spiritual Growth
For healing and complete restoration of what you lost, number 667 meaning says you begin to live. In simple terms, stop pursuing life and begin to embrace everything that comes in your path.

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I am freaking out I thought I heard 668 sneaking up on me!

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No I stand corrected it was 669.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Seven hundred minus 29.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

Exactly ^^ @RedDeerGuy1 since when did 669 +1 become 700??
672#

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673… Sorry was eating a homemade burger.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

LOOK what I found 676!

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678.

My scroll bar on this page has been reduced to a ¼” square, but it’s been that way for at least a day.

George Costanza/ If it doesn’t get any smaller, then this thread is a FAILURE! /George Costanza

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@raum you still haven’t told us what 555 means.

Brian1946's avatar

▲679 ;p

680, you’re a lascivious lady! ;D

Here’s raum’s explanation of her reference to 555.

Mimi, can you do an Asian squat?

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Oh my! I didn’t see it until you point out. That is some really new thing I have never heard of before. I need to go do some Googling…

681 :)

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Come here you pesky little 682#

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Come back here 685#

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686

Is anybody hungry? Want to make some pancakes?

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687 Pancakes?

cookieman's avatar

six ate nine but then regretted it because he lost his closest friend.

flutherother's avatar

691 Haha, I’m in the lead!

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I just discovered that if your cursor is in the answer box, then Ctrl + home won’t jump you to the top of the page.

695

rebbel's avatar

I want to reserve the spot for answer number 777, please.

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▲699

I was only going for 700, so I have no problem refraining from posting 7**.

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701. I think I just destroyed the harmony here.

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@Mimishu1995

To what harmony are you referring?

702

Mimishu1995's avatar

I just like the number 700 :)

But we are already here so… 703.

Brian1946's avatar

Gotcha.

Hopefully there are some higher numbers that also appeal to you. :p

I like palindromic numbers, and I know there’ll be plenty more of those.

704

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

705 who reserved a number? I can’t find the quip?

jca2's avatar

707. spelled the same backwards as well as forwards.

raum's avatar

708 Pancakes!!

Brian1946's avatar

709— pancakes form the discs of my spine.

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

@rebbel I wants to reserve the spot for answer number 777.

710

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711

Okay…not those types of pancakes.

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712

@RedDeerGuy1 I want to hear more about this amazing homemade burger.

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729

My childhood phone number began with 729. I still remember it.

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742

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