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DaemonFC[m]Nope.Dec 28 00:21
DaemonFC[m]schestowitz: So Edge has this thing called "Bing InPrivate Search" where it says your searches in private mode are "not associated with you".Dec 28 00:22
DaemonFC[m]I'm sure they're lying.Dec 28 00:22
DaemonFC[m]Or misstating the truth somehow.Dec 28 00:22
MinceRusing searx in tor browser is probably more private :>Dec 28 00:28
MinceRhttps://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1883.htmlDec 28 00:32
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.darthsanddroids.net | Darths & DroidsDec 28 00:32
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MinceRhttps://mcmansionhell.com/post/635435396215521280/we-interrupt-this-broadcast-to-bring-you-anDec 28 01:30
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-mcmansionhell.com | We Interrupt This Broadcast to Bring You an... | McMansion HellDec 28 01:30
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MinceRhttps://imgur.com/gallery/SWWVYzGDec 28 02:13
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-some GWTB for these trying times - Album on ImgurDec 28 02:13
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AriadnewelpDec 28 03:52
Ariadnethe nashville bomber's motive was that the government uses 5G to spy on peopleDec 28 03:52
Ariadnewhich, is sort of true in a way, not the government, but like tech companiesDec 28 03:53
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schestowitzAriadne: source? for proof this was actually the motive?Dec 28 04:36
Ariadnethat is what the news is reportingDec 28 04:47
AriadneFBI had multiple tips re: 5GDec 28 04:47
Ariadnehttps://www.wsmv.com/news/fbi-agents-investigating-if-5g-paranoia-was-behind-nashville-bombing/article_952f937e-47f9-11eb-b1c3-bfda1689fb18.htmlDec 28 04:48
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-FBI agents investigating if 5G paranoia was behind Nashville bombing | News | wsmv.comDec 28 04:48
schestowitzI saw thatDec 28 05:05
schestowitzbut that is not proofDec 28 05:05
schestowitzthe 5G giants benefit from this narrativeDec 28 05:05
schestowitzthat their opponents are a bunch of violent nutsDec 28 05:05
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schestowitzAriadne: good newsDec 28 06:06
schestowitzI made the wordpress DB about 15% lighterDec 28 06:06
schestowitzwhich means backups and gzip will be faster overnight (less downtime in that window)Dec 28 06:07
schestowitzOTOH, due to videos, which we don't compress much, /home will probably need expanding a bit after the migrationDec 28 06:07
schestowitzI guess if we switch over to another DC it's a chance to do this 'in vivo' without downtime or anything riskyDec 28 06:07
schestowitzI can, as we did in January 1st 2019, instruct the domain manager to switch to another IP in the DNS entriesDec 28 06:08
schestowitzalso, yesterday we made a new image-free, single-file front page for techrights.org  : http://techrights.orgDec 28 06:09
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Welcome to TechrightsDec 28 06:09
schestowitzx https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/new_finnish_book_microsofts_elop_was_no_trojan_horse_just_a_terrible_boss/7515214Dec 28 06:53
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-New Finnish book: Microsoft's Elop was no Trojan horse, just a terrible boss | Yle Uutiset | yle.fiDec 28 06:53
schestowitz# lies and revisionismDec 28 06:53
schestowitz# look at the backgrounds of the authors (Nykänen and Salminen) Dec 28 06:53
schestowitz# they were more or less hired just to push out an agenda in the formDec 28 06:53
schestowitz# of a bookDec 28 06:53
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DaemonFC[m]I'd say Firefox still has a good rendering engine. It performs fairly well. Certainly better than Chromium browsers.Dec 28 07:33
DaemonFC[m]And it still lets you disable persistent nuisances like autoplaying videos.Dec 28 07:34
DaemonFC[m]So it's almost worth it for that alone.Dec 28 07:34
DaemonFC[m]But like Windows 10, I counted over a dozen settings you have to change to make Firefox shut up and get out of your way.Dec 28 07:34
schestowitz[07:34] <DaemonFC[m]> And it still lets you disable persistent nuisances like autoplaying videos.Dec 28 07:38
schestowitzyou can typically stop that by blocking JSDec 28 07:38
schestowitzwhich is good practice regardlessDec 28 07:39
schestowitzmost pages just present data, the rest being cruftDec 28 07:39
schestowitzDaemonFC[m]: what do you think of the new http://techrights.org ?Dec 28 07:39
schestowitzOne file only, no images, just info and few key linksDec 28 07:39
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DaemonFC[m]FedEx does not allow you to upload ODT.Dec 28 07:50
DaemonFC[m]Oddly, the Microsoft Office docx Strict version of this document is 5 KB, and ODT is 13 KB.Dec 28 07:51
DaemonFC[m]LibreOffice changed to OOXML Strict by default in version 7.Dec 28 07:51
DaemonFC[m]schestowitz: Some of the font sizes need work, but that looks like template text anyway.Dec 28 07:53
DaemonFC[m]Kind of odd to look at compared with how bloated most sites are.Dec 28 07:53
DaemonFC[m]Blowing away the bloat probably would help keep site costs down.Dec 28 07:54
DaemonFC[m]ublock-origin complains about some social networking buttons, but that's all now it seems.Dec 28 07:56
DaemonFC[m]I recall it was complaining about third party Google stuff before.Dec 28 07:56
DaemonFC[m]On the main site, not the front page.Dec 28 07:56
DaemonFC[m]It seems Startpage's results are a lot cleaner.Dec 28 07:58
DaemonFC[m]I'm trying to move more of my searches away from Google directly.Dec 28 07:58
DaemonFC[m]That was kind of funny to read about duckduckgo taking out the entire room at that open source event and then "duck"ing all the questions and bolting for the door as soon as their presentation was over.Dec 28 07:59
DaemonFC[m]I noticed that it's not just Tor using DDG, it's a lot of independent browsers that probably can't work out some sort of deal with Google.Dec 28 08:00
DaemonFC[m]But DuckDuckGo is an option, out of the box, in Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Safari, Vivaldi, Opera, and Firefox.Dec 28 08:01
DaemonFC[m]So they pay to be there. They just can't get top ticket, and obviously not on Edge where Microsoft is pushing BIng.Dec 28 08:01
DaemonFC[m]I noticed that Startpage ads lead directly to Google's ad system.Dec 28 08:02
DaemonFC[m]https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/asia/china-journalist-zhang-zhan-intl-hnk/index.htmlDec 28 08:03
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years - CNNDec 28 08:03
DaemonFC[m]"Restrictions on the press, however, have not lifted, and Chinese state media has begun aggressively pushing an alternative origin story for the pandemic, with claims the coronavirus may have been circulating outside of the country prior to the initial outbreak in Wuhan."Dec 28 08:03
DaemonFC[m]Alternative facts.Dec 28 08:03
schestowitztypicalDec 28 08:21
schestowitzfriends of EPO managementDec 28 08:22
schestowitzthey use the same tacticsDec 28 08:22
schestowitzwith their fake 'studies'Dec 28 08:22
schestowitzto confront actual factsDec 28 08:22
schestowitzDaemonFC[m]: don't use DDG or startpageDec 28 08:24
schestowitzyou gain almost nothingDec 28 08:24
schestowitzstartpage USED to be OKDec 28 08:24
schestowitzuntil 2 years agoDec 28 08:24
schestowitzuse searxDec 28 08:24
schestowitzhttps://searx.feneas.org/?q=ryanDec 28 08:24
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- ( status 429 @ https://searx.feneas.org/?q=ryan )Dec 28 08:24
schestowitzthere's a way for you to put support for it, by default, in your browserDec 28 08:24
schestowitzthis one instance is quite fastDec 28 08:25
schestowitzthere may be rogue instances that gather and sell dataDec 28 08:25
schestowitz Federated Networks Association  https://feneas.org/Dec 28 08:25
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-feneas.org | Federated Networks AssociationDec 28 08:25
DaemonFC[m]Wikipedia says Google tries to avoid being scraped by it.Dec 28 08:35
schestowitzwaitDec 28 09:15
schestowitzGoogle IS a scraperDec 28 09:15
schestowitzthat's what Google isDec 28 09:15
schestowitzand it went a step further with AMPDec 28 09:15
schestowitzwhich is scraping AND plagiarismDec 28 09:16
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scientesAMP is "A politician lurks under every rock."Dec 28 13:07
schestowitzlolDec 28 13:08
schestowitzyou like that phraseDec 28 13:08
*schestowitz rolls a rock up a hillDec 28 13:09
scientesyes i doDec 28 13:09
scientesI am so tired of this word "industry" to refer to thing that are not industrious at allDec 28 13:13
scienteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Mobile_Pages#Exploitation_for_malicious_purposesDec 28 13:14
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-en.wikipedia.org | Accelerated Mobile Pages - WikipediaDec 28 13:14
scienteshahahahahaDec 28 13:14
scientesBeginning February 2018, AMP pages in Google search results must contain content equivalent to that of the non-AMP page.[59]Dec 28 13:14
scientesso basically, a complete waste of everyone's timeDec 28 13:14
schestowitzwhat is a google?Dec 28 13:29
MinceRhttps://hugelolcdn.com/i/716048.pngDec 28 13:46
MinceRhttps://nitter.net/HillelNeuer/status/1343515608013541376Dec 28 13:48
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-nitter.net | Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer): "The Top 10 Worst Regimes Who Will be Sitting on the U.N. Human Rights Council on January 1st, 2021: 10. 🇵🇰 Pakistan 9. 🇲🇷 Mauritania 8. 🇨🇲 Cameroon 7. 🇸🇴 Somalia 6. 🇷🇺 Russia 5. 🇱🇾 Libya 4. 🇨🇺 Cuba 3. 🇪🇷 Eritrea 2. 🇻🇪 Venezuela 1. 🇨🇳 China Happy New Year." | nitterDec 28 13:48
schestowitz0. #trumpland Dec 28 14:02
schestowitzby far the biggest culprit, based on worldwide polls for agesDec 28 14:02
schestowitz[13:46] <MinceR> https://hugelolcdn.com/i/716048.pngDec 28 14:06
schestowitzI am not sure I get thisDec 28 14:06
schestowitzmaybe some subtle meme in thereDec 28 14:06
schestowitzexcept the familiar facesDec 28 14:07
MinceR(cat) https://full.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/20/07a8b977cc666247.jpgDec 28 14:19
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MinceRhttps://hugelolcdn.com/i/716185.jpgDec 28 14:39
XRevan86https://coub.com/view/19mp47Dec 28 14:45
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Look like a bitch 2 - Coub - The Biggest Video Meme PlatformDec 28 14:45
MinceRlolDec 28 14:46
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schestowitzlolDec 28 15:00
MinceRhttps://hugelolcdn.com/i/716049.jpgDec 28 15:01
schestowitzcleverrrrrrrDec 28 15:03
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MinceRhttps://hugelolcdn.com/i/721620.jpgDec 28 15:23
MinceR(cat) https://hugelolcdn.com/i/720649.pngDec 28 15:53
schestowitzI rarely share personal stories here or elsewhere online, butDec 28 15:55
schestowitzDaemonFC[m] will like thisDec 28 15:55
schestowitzmy dad just phoned me, urgentlyDec 28 15:55
schestowitzon two lines actually, he was eager to talk (ignored the phone the first time around)Dec 28 15:56
schestowitzhe asks, "WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ABOUT BILL GATES?"Dec 28 15:56
schestowitzI'm like...Dec 28 15:56
schestowitz"dad, I've been writing about him for well over a decade, sometimes even from your OWN HOME!"Dec 28 15:56
MinceR:)Dec 28 15:56
schestowitzturns out, my dad is very upset at himDec 28 15:56
schestowitzover the vaccineDec 28 15:56
schestowitz(BTW, my dad never reads techrights; my mom? she's getting ready for the clinical trials of pfizer... she reads all the MSM BS)Dec 28 15:57
schestowitzmy dad complaints about mass hysteria and propaganda for this vaccineDec 28 15:57
schestowitzhe's pro vaccineDec 28 15:57
schestowitzbut not THIS oneDec 28 15:57
schestowitzhe got a flu vaccine months agoDec 28 15:57
schestowitzto top upDec 28 15:57
schestowitzbut he hopes this one goes very wrongDec 28 15:57
schestowitzand all those who did not participate in the corporate, taxpayers-funded trials will have the last laughtDec 28 15:58
schestowitz*lughtDec 28 15:58
schestowitzhe notes that in France they barely manage to get people to bite the bullet and take the shotDec 28 15:58
schestowitzaround here I heard of very very who get itDec 28 15:58
schestowitzmaybe some medical staff and people in care homesDec 28 15:58
schestowitzit needs to be tested firstDec 28 15:59
schestowitzI won't be in the test setDec 28 15:59
schestowitzTom HanksDec 28 15:59
schestowitzGeorge WDec 28 15:59
schestowitzwhat celeb endorsements we have...Dec 28 15:59
schestowitzfor the banks and for business looking to profit from quick relief and offload all the risk of trials to the general populationDec 28 15:59
schestowitzawfulDec 28 15:59
schestowitzmaybe today he'll read some articles in techrights, for a changeDec 28 16:00
schestowitzfin.Dec 28 16:00
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scienteshttps://www.anandtech.com/show/15823/russias-elbrus-8cb-microarchitecture-8core-vliw-on-tsmc-28nm/Dec 28 16:10
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.anandtech.com | Russia’s Elbrus 8CB Microarchitecture: 8-core VLIW on TSMC 28nmDec 28 16:10
scienteshttps://www.crowdsupply.com/sra-centr8/icepeakitx-elbrus-8cbDec 28 16:10
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.crowdsupply.com | IcepeakITX ELBRUS-8CB | Crowd SupplyDec 28 16:10
MinceRhttps://i.imgur.com/0nmLyvv.pngDec 28 16:17
scientesso it appears elbrus is to secretive to really see the light of dayDec 28 16:22
scientesnot that Mill is any betterDec 28 16:22
scientesso we have to implement all their ideas risc-v styleDec 28 16:22
XRevan86MinceR: Strictly on the walls.Dec 28 16:24
XRevan86Maybe a fitted carpet was removed from the room.Dec 28 16:25
MinceR:>Dec 28 16:25
Tcl interface unloadedDec 28 16:38
Python interface unloadedDec 28 16:38
*Now talking on #techrightsDec 28 16:39
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*Topic for #techrights set by schestowitz!~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz at Sat Jun 9 18:16:19 2012Dec 28 16:39
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MinceRhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/forwardDec 28 16:43
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.smbc-comics.com | Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - ForwardDec 28 16:43
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MinceRhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/fundingDec 28 17:49
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.smbc-comics.com | Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - FundingDec 28 17:49
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scientesMinceR, hahahahaDec 28 18:11
scientesthat is greatDec 28 18:11
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MinceR(cat) https://hugelolcdn.com/i/720287.jpgDec 28 19:45
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schestowitzhttps://purpleidea.com/blog/2020/12/28/working-at-amazon/Dec 28 20:21
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Working at Amazon - https://purpleidea.com/Dec 28 20:21
schestowitz'Dec 28 20:22
schestowitzI told a few friends about this news shortly before this blog post was published and I even got teased a little bit because of Amazon’s reputation. It’s no secret that Amazon has received a fair bit of criticism in the news. They’re a behemoth that powers a great deal of the internet, and is involved in an impressively large volume of online shopping. No company this big could ever be without criticism.Dec 28 20:22
schestowitzI’m not being hired as a spokesperson, but if I’m given the permission to speak honestly and transparently, I’ll welcome any fair criticism and speak to it whenever I can. My personal opinion here is that it’s much more effective to try to make positive change from within, and hopefully you’ll trust that I’m doing as much as I can.Dec 28 20:22
schestowitz"Dec 28 20:22
schestowitzFrom IBM to BezosDec 28 20:22
schestowitz" My personal opinion here is that it’s much more effective to try to make positive change from within, and hopefully you’ll trust that I’m doing as much as I can."Dec 28 20:22
schestowitzTypical lies from those enabling Microsost crimes, as well...Dec 28 20:22
schestowitzgotta earn moneyDec 28 20:22
schestowitz"change from within"Dec 28 20:22
schestowitzall that crapDec 28 20:22
psydroidexplosive chemical reaction from withinDec 28 20:24
DaemonFC[m]Companies get that big as a result of efficiency of scale.Dec 28 20:25
DaemonFC[m]I think the interesting thing here is that there are so many companies with a "cloud" infrastructure to choose from, and since the others are so focused on Linux, Microsoft had to go there too or face having no serious market presence.Dec 28 20:26
DaemonFC[m]Even within Azure, Windows has a minority market share even though it's their own OS and theoretically should have technical advantages over Linux as a Guest OS.Dec 28 20:27
DaemonFC[m]I don't think that the fundamental architecture of Windows NT is badly broken. I think that the components that came later and are now a part of the Windows API were poorly designed and were not created with even the intermediate future in mind.Dec 28 20:28
DaemonFC[m]So there's a lot of stuff that's only barely relevant and it doesn't work well because the people who designed the base OS are pretty much all gone and cashing pension checks now.Dec 28 20:28
DaemonFC[m]I've been doing a little more work on this immigration case.Dec 28 20:30
DaemonFC[m]I found some documents that I had slightly misplaced during the move, and filtered out some they don't want.Dec 28 20:30
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DaemonFC[m]It would destroy me if this went badly. The only thing I can even think of to compare to having the state throw out your spouse is the death of an immediate family member.Dec 28 20:31
DaemonFC[m]schestowitz: Trump fired the Walter Reed doctor who said his hospital drive by was irresponsible.Dec 28 20:34
DaemonFC[m]Plenty of time to settle scores while the nation's business goes undone.Dec 28 20:35
DaemonFC[m]Again, thankfully the 20th amendment spared us a further 42 days of this.Dec 28 20:35
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schestowitzsee picture in "It was a very "interesting" year for Bill Gates too." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1229011-2020-was-another-interesting-year-for-microsoft-around-open-source-linuxDec 28 21:24
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-2020 Was Another Interesting Year For Microsoft Around Open-Source/Linux - Phoronix ForumsDec 28 21:24
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DaemonFC[m]schestowitzwas mocking the US for not having passports that are accepted anywhere.Dec 28 21:43
DaemonFC[m]Then the UK gets on the shitlist practically anywhere they have one lick of common sense.Dec 28 21:44
DaemonFC[m]It's only a matter of time before the new strain gets here because the US has not implemented a total ban on incoming flights from the UK and "negative tests" didn't even stop the White House outbreak.Dec 28 21:44
DaemonFC[m]So that's not going to do much.Dec 28 21:45
DaemonFC[m]So it won't be too long before we're dealing with that too, and then 5,000 dead each day because why not.Dec 28 21:45
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schestowitz5,000 a day coming soonDec 28 22:06
schestowitzbecause they don't count bodies at the momentDec 28 22:06
schestowitzthey add up partial numbersDec 28 22:06
schestowitzsoon they'll catch upDec 28 22:06
schestowitzfor 4 days the BBC has not even updated its page with talliesDec 28 22:06
DaemonFC[m]It's so bad that they don't even want to tell us about it anymore.Dec 28 22:15
DaemonFC[m]Might make the "consumers" skittish.Dec 28 22:16
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schestowitzhttps://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/28/gpio-screw-terminal-hat-for-raspberry-pi-adds-leds-and-gpio-markings/Dec 28 22:29
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.cnx-software.com | GPIO screw terminal HAT for Raspberry Pi adds LEDs and GPIO markingsDec 28 22:29
schestowitzinterestingDec 28 22:30
schestowitzI installed LEDs on my raspi last weekDec 28 22:30
schestowitzthis one has manyDec 28 22:30
DaemonFC[m]I just loaded Fedora 33 on the old laptop just to see what's going on.Dec 28 22:30
DaemonFC[m]Mandy mostly uses it as an overglorified web browser anyway.Dec 28 22:31
schestowitzgoodDec 28 22:31
DaemonFC[m]Getting rid of the swap partition and using compressed RAM was a long time coming.Dec 28 22:31
schestowitzred hat doing experimentsDec 28 22:32
schestowitzsorry, ibmDec 28 22:32
DaemonFC[m]Yeah, although these have been out there without much distribution attention for years.Dec 28 22:32
DaemonFC[m]I'm surprised Ubuntu wasn't interested in setting things up like this. The swap file should be the absolute last resort. It's not like the system is pleasant to use while it's thrashing the swap anyway.Dec 28 22:33
DaemonFC[m]On a system with 16 GB of RAM, swap is hardly used and moving it to a compressed RAM drive makes more sense.Dec 28 22:34
DaemonFC[m]I just put PIA's browser extension in there for him. Not interesting in figuring out PIA on Fedora system-wide right now until they post official instructions on wireguard without their Linux app.Dec 28 22:38
DaemonFC[m]*interestedDec 28 22:38
DaemonFC[m]The most Mandy might do online is go watch a pirate anime stream.Dec 28 22:38
DaemonFC[m]I have no idea what he does. I don't know if those sites are legit. They might be.Dec 28 22:38
DaemonFC[m]If they aren't I don't want the logs on my ISP's system.Dec 28 22:39
DaemonFC[m]The Windows PIA client supports Wireguard.Dec 28 22:40
DaemonFC[m]The OpenVPN adapter for the Windows build is a huge resource suck and the killswitch is less reliable.Dec 28 22:40
schestowitzdo you pay PIA?Dec 28 22:44
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