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The posts about how LMG is a poo poo place to work seem to have some extreme unwarranted projection attached to them.
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 19:54 |
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Not Wolverine posted:Well said, I agree with you, except I don't think Max is any way a problem. Sure she did a lot of hand modeling, but that is not something I would consider cruel or unusual in a work environment. Similarly, she did choose to leave, people can leave LTT if they want to, Linus can not hold people hostage. Yeah, that's fair - I just wondered more about a bunch of crap from their fans or weird gross stuff otherwise because of her being an attractive woman being used to model things on screen. I never watched that video about why she left, I probably should.
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 19:57 |
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i used to work with one of the LTT employees and still see them occaisonally. they are underpaid relative to what they could make elsewhere but also have much better work satisfaction and work expectations at LTT. they're also able to freelance as much as they want and LTT is super accomodating of it allegedly linus was kind of a libertarian MY MONEY employer early on but people explained to him that he'd never keep employees with that kind of attitude and also he was being a dick and he got a lot better
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 20:13 |
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Theophany posted:The posts about how LMG is a poo poo place to work seem to have some extreme unwarranted projection attached to them. If you worked in a serious business environment, and your boss made you buy some cockamamie storage server his son-in-law who "builds his own computers" had speced out for him, and then it lit on fire, and your boss was yelling "how could this happen?", and you couldn't say "because a raid 0 of raid 5s is loving idiotic you idiot!", and you were looking at losing your job either way it shook out because they are gonna lose a ton of money of data recovery or a ton of money on downtime... that would be a very sucky day. At LMG, that's just another day making content. All of that poo poo inside their office isn't their business, it's their set. Their business is on youtube, their forum website, and the store where they sell tshirts & boxers. The real money-making operations are not hosted on home-brew servers in a server room build from a converted under-stairs closet.
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 20:33 |
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Also the editing workstation are a generation behind so they are more mature and less buggy so he’s not completely crazy.
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 21:01 |
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I don't think Linus is a patron saint of YouTube, I just think he gets a lot of flack for being annoying. He is annoying click bait at times, but he also knows his poo poo sometimes. He also fucks up or even just does ridiculous things for LOLs. If you dislike LTT because Linus is annoying in his videos, that is legit. Disliking him for "using pirated software" on a video you can't be bothered to watch is just trolling.Arivia posted:Yeah, that's fair - I just wondered more about a bunch of crap from their fans or weird gross stuff otherwise because of her being an attractive woman being used to model things on screen. I never watched that video about why she left, I probably should. the talent deficit posted:i used to work with one of the LTT employees and still see them occaisonally. they are underpaid relative to what they could make elsewhere but also have much better work satisfaction and work expectations at LTT. they're also able to freelance as much as they want and LTT is super accomodating of it Klyith posted:If you worked in a serious business environment, and your boss made you buy some cockamamie storage server his son-in-law who "builds his own computers" had speced out for him, and then it lit on fire, and your boss was yelling "how could this happen?", and you couldn't say "because a raid 0 of raid 5s is loving idiotic you idiot!", and you were looking at losing your job either way it shook out because they are gonna lose a ton of money of data recovery or a ton of money on downtime... that would be a very sucky day.
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 22:24 |
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Not Wolverine posted:I'm sorry you're in a lovely situation. The way the US work culture and education system is setup does have some problems, it does hold people back. That said, I know my job really sucks right now, but I know I am here in part because of my own fault, and in part because of factors I feel have been beyond my control. You're right, but that is a debate that is not the same as whether or not Linus is a good or bad boss. Also to get back on topic. Yea I guess it would be nice to work at a shop like LTT, but if they're indeed actually underpaid, fun isn't a currency that pays the bills. On the other hand, at least the editing team, considering what a shitshow the movie/TV industry is, specifically the VFX branch, it's probably saner to live on dry bread anyhow.
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# ? Jan 11, 2021 23:27 |
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Theophany posted:The posts about how LMG is a poo poo place to work seem to have some extreme unwarranted projection attached to them. Yeah ... the projection is through the roof - it's a total sweatshop and Linus is secretly running the place with an iron first. Editors being quiet and a bit spacey on camera is a clear sign they're being mistreated. Employees disappearing. Poor working conditions. Except ... there's dozens of hours of videos showing LMG staff having fun on camera (channel super fun) and videos of them breaking down how the place money works. Editors are not video hosts and are not to be expected to 'pop' on camera. The staff turnover is seemingly pretty normal for most offices. People are getting $5k Intel sponsored home setups and it seems the warehouse staff are OK with some things taking little vacations with employees. Seems like a really great place to work.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 00:27 |
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Can't wait until Madison starts.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 00:32 |
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the talent deficit posted:i used to work with one of the LTT employees and still see them occaisonally. they are underpaid relative to what they could make elsewhere but also have much better work satisfaction and work expectations at LTT. they're also able to freelance as much as they want and LTT is super accomodating of it Linus was afraid he would hire people who would use his channel to make a name for themselves and move his audience to their channel. But quality people want side hustle in his industry so he lets people do more now.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 01:53 |
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Gee, I wonder where he got the idea that people might do that?
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 02:00 |
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Combat Pretzel posted:It sounds worse than it is. It's relatively seen a nice job, because the activities are diverse. I'm just paid like poo poo, in my opinion anyway. I moved from operating a cable insulation extrusion production line, where most of my day consisted out of 6-7 hours of Netflix and internet browsing, to production planning with a side-dish of statistician and data analyst/programmer. And for some reason I still earn the same (actually less, since I got shift bonuses as blue collar). I certainly don't want back to the factory floor, but I also don't know what else I want to do. IT is interesting, but they want all sort of paper work to consider you worthy. Yet when I look at our IT department (where I applied once, also note that I'm coding regardless), dumping SQL results into an SWT table in Java seems to be considered high art, yet trying to get them to decode a simple Excel formula makes their heads spin like a propeller (happened more than once when me and my senior coworker were both on vacation, and people called them for support). So I'm not sure what extended education I _do_ actually need. Bitter? No sir, not at all. Paper promotions with no raise or benefits is the worst poo poo, if you haven't made your request for a raise to your boss clear then do so and if you have then send out the resume. Worked the factory floor then promoted into your current position sounds like great bait to me. I have heard recently that data analytics is currently super in demand (covid stuff) at all levels, from professional statisticians with the paper down to "really good with excel".
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 03:45 |
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Combat Pretzel posted:It sounds worse than it is. It's relatively seen a nice job, because the activities are diverse. I'm just paid like poo poo, in my opinion anyway. I moved from operating a cable insulation extrusion production line, where most of my day consisted out of 6-7 hours of Netflix and internet browsing, to production planning with a side-dish of statistician and data analyst/programmer. And for some reason I still earn the same (actually less, since I got shift bonuses as blue collar). I certainly don't want back to the factory floor, but I also don't know what else I want to do. IT is interesting, but they want all sort of paper work to consider you worthy. Yet when I look at our IT department (where I applied once, also note that I'm coding regardless), dumping SQL results into an SWT table in Java seems to be considered high art, yet trying to get them to decode a simple Excel formula makes their heads spin like a propeller (happened more than once when me and my senior coworker were both on vacation, and people called them for support). So I'm not sure what extended education I _do_ actually need. Bitter? No sir, not at all. To get back on topic, the idea of creepy fans came up. Several years ago I watched Nixie Pixel, a girl who did Linux and photoshop things. I quit watching because the content started to get a little dry, and I thought I was noticing her neck line getting lower and lower each video. Maybe I'm imagining things, maybe I'm wrong, I don't believe YouTube tracks a cleavage statistic, but I felt like she might have been trying to use her dress to captivate her audience. I looked up Nixie again and she hasn't posted much in years, but I did see a video where apparently she has been posting a lot less because of her own personal health issues. I'm not sure if I think Nixie was trying to use sex appeal to build her audience, maybe she did unintentionally. But my step dad of all people has linked me a couple videos of I believe a Russian girl who works on electronics wearing a thong. I'm sure she knows what she is doing, but I just cant watch a video like that in front of my wife or kids so I choose to avoid that YouTube channel. I hope people were not creeping on Max, but creepers are everywhere, it's not just an LMG thing.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 05:19 |
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Klyith posted:Paper promotions with no raise or benefits is the worst poo poo, if you haven't made your request for a raise to your boss clear then do so and if you have then send out the resume. That said, my salary is going to rise with seniority every year, and there's a bunch at least three raises left, which my boss is gonna try to push through (one each year). It's a 2D salary table. Klyith posted:Worked the factory floor then promoted into your current position sounds like great bait to me. Not Wolverine posted:I'm sure she knows what she is doing, but I just cant watch a video like that in front of my wife or kids so I choose to avoid that YouTube channel. I hope people were not creeping on Max, but creepers are everywhere, it's not just an LMG thing. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Jan 12, 2021 |
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Combat Pretzel posted:You should get into 3D printing, because that'll eventually make Youtube suggest Naomi 'SexyCyborg' Wu to you.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 13:07 |
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She actually knows what she's talking about. The produced videos aren't really an indicator of that, since it's essentially acting with a script. But you'll notice when she's doing more candid stuff when recorded while visiting conventions... when that was still possible. Scuttlebutt is that her boyfriend pressured her into getting those big tits. Does help attracting more viewers, tho. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jan 12, 2021 |
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Combat Pretzel posted:She actually knows what she's talking about. The produced videos aren't really an indicator of that, since it's essentially acting with a script. But you'll notice when she's doing more candid stuff when recorded while visiting conventions... when that was still possible.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 19:25 |
It's called thirst trapping, whether by accident or intention. It's like the sexual form of the overused shocked face used in thumbnails.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 19:59 |
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all this talk of creepers makes me think about iJustine and how well she's navigated those pitfalls. She's much too general info for people to be big fans in this thread, but she clearly knows her poo poo and does a very good job (like MKBHD) of distilling it down for average viewers.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 21:05 |
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Combat Pretzel posted:Scuttlebutt is that her boyfriend pressured her into getting those big tits. Does help attracting more viewers, tho. Seems extremely unlikely given that she's lesbian. She's made it pretty clear that the over the top ultrafemme aesthetic is a personal choice. Not a fan of it but w/e, her content is good so I watch her videos on occasion.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 22:06 |
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Is she the one who got hosed over by Vice or am I thinking of someone else?
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 22:18 |
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At least Vice and NYT. NYT more or less tried to get her black vanned.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 22:19 |
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K8.0 posted:Seems extremely unlikely given that she's lesbian. quote:“To this day, people still repeat the rumour, even though I’ve hundreds of hours of video disproving it,” Wu says. “My authenticity is well established enough at this point that prying into my personal life is just shorthand for attempting to deprive me of agency, so I don’t take kindly to it.”
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 22:55 |
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K8.0 posted:At least Vice and NYT. NYT more or less tried to get her black vanned. lolwat
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 23:05 |
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Certain stories about your persona will get you in deep poo poo in China.
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# ? Jan 12, 2021 23:13 |
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There hasn't been any tech idiot chat in a couple of days. Enjoy Linus dropping something.. 1:33:00 if that timestamp isn't respected.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 03:44 |
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Flail Snail posted:There hasn't been any tech idiot chat in a couple of days. Enjoy Linus dropping something.. I like to think alot of his stuff is somewhat scripted for my own sanity, then he goes and gets himself tangled up in a cable literally hovering above an anti-trip cable cover on the floor that every other cable is running under.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 05:41 |
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I imagine he ultimately makes more money from the clicks doing stupid poo poo around technology generates when compared to the cost of occasionally damaging that technology. Probably a personality trait that inadvertently became a business decision*. That roll was nightmare inducing but also really funny imho *then again that decision occasionally manifests itself in breaking a $10k cpu so who knows
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 14:46 |
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Tech fuckups were entertaining until I dropped a motherboard with ram and cpu installed. Now I feel the pain every time I see someone drop something. The mobo and parts were fine. I did a Linus "stick my foot out to soften the impact" before it hit the floor.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 15:36 |
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Not Wolverine posted:At least from what I've seen in the linked video, I don't recall them ever saying exactly why she left, but it was clear she was not mad at her coworkers or boss. But I think your right LTT fans might have been creepy but I don't think that is Linus' fault. Maxine! She alluded to it a bit in her early content and it sounded emotional TBH... a lot of it was "I'm not ready to talk about the experiences that led to me leaving" - I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't just the creepiness of the audience. Would she have ended up with a wikifeet page if she wasn't a personality on LMG? Probably not. But then she did start her own channel so who knows. There was also the fact that she couldn't do anything that she wanted to do - the channel has a very bland/plain aesthetic/style, whereas she thought they could do things differently (like this video). I followed her on youtube when she started her channel but she didn't really do much with it. Followed her on instagram to see what she'd do with her photography business (I am a photographer as well) but it quickly just became a depository for self-portraits. In terms of LMG's money though they also have all sorts of income streams - they used to do builds/specs for people but it seems like that has tapered off now that LMG is more of an empire... but the youtube ads/clicks make up a fairly small portion of the overall income.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 15:42 |
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Guitarchitect posted:Maxine! She alluded to it a bit in her early content and it sounded emotional TBH... a lot of it was "I'm not ready to talk about the experiences that led to me leaving" - I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't just the creepiness of the audience. Would she have ended up with a wikifeet page if she wasn't a personality on LMG? Probably not. But then she did start her own channel so who knows. There was also the fact that she couldn't do anything that she wanted to do - the channel has a very bland/plain aesthetic/style, whereas she thought they could do things differently (like this video). I followed her on youtube when she started her channel but she didn't really do much with it. Followed her on instagram to see what she'd do with her photography business (I am a photographer as well) but it quickly just became a depository for self-portraits.
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# ? Jan 16, 2021 01:45 |
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Linus explained in a video once that they built TV like sets cause it's easier to film in. The corners of the sets are not square but it still "feels" like a room in a house. Also people apparently loved the old kitchen so he built a kitchen in the studio when they moved.
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# ? Jan 16, 2021 01:55 |
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There’s a kitchen set in a studio in London and I’ve been there a few times so now recognise it instantly whenever it appears in adverts. It’s one of those things that makes so much sense once you’ve seen it, but up to that point you just assume most things are location shoots.
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# ? Jan 16, 2021 02:12 |
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Thanks Ants posted:There’s a kitchen set in a studio in London and I’ve been there a few times so now recognise it instantly whenever it appears in adverts. It’s one of those things that makes so much sense once you’ve seen it, but up to that point you just assume most things are location shoots. A lot of vloggers shoot a bunch of their stuff in Youtube Studios in London because they have those pre-built bedroom sets. Gives the shot at home feel without having to also have the shot at home downside of giving creepers any clues about where you live. I remember still the time a bunch of people got mad at LGR when he said he films most of his stuff in a storage locker he converted into a studio because filming at home made him feel like he had no separation of work and home life.
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# ? Jan 16, 2021 03:07 |
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I liked the old lovely kitchen in the old house. It made sense because a lot of people do their computer poo poo on counters and tables just like that. Cool they tried to carry it over. https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1309608311986122752
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# ? Jan 16, 2021 07:23 |
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This looks fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWDPG8EROw
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# ? Jan 18, 2021 14:38 |
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This video is worth watching just to see how frustrated Linus gets as it progresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-ZayiWAKo
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# ? Jan 18, 2021 19:10 |
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Mr.Radar posted:This video is worth watching just to see how frustrated Linus gets as it progresses: Waiting for the follow up where it’s revealed Dennis went way over budget and Linus puts the neon sign in his office.
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# ? Jan 18, 2021 19:21 |
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According to someone on the unofficial subreddit, Linus commented on Floatplane that it came out at exactly $5000.
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# ? Jan 18, 2021 20:05 |
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Theophany posted:This looks fun. so, he upgraded from a reasonably powerful invisible PC that should probably just have used underclocking to avoid throttle* into... a fire hazard that uses a PSU that expects active cooling with no case and no fan. doesn't seem like a great idea to me! Water cooling has a decent lag between higher power use and higher temperatures, so even if he has all those fans set up to ramp speed when the PC is in use, unless he's got a temperature probe hooked to the PSU it's not good enough. *pretty much any desktop CPU or GPU can trade 10-20% performance for a 50% power reduction This is a whooooooole lot of design wank about having his flat bottom that is just really stupid. If you added 2 inches of thickness on the sides, in line with the legs, it would still look like a nice minimal table. And then you could fit some normal SFX gear into those areas, and some normal fans rather than the banks of 40mm ones and 1U water cooling. You could even still do water cooling by putting the PC on one side of the table, then have water lines go across to the other side which could be dedicated to fullsize pumps, rads, & fans. Mr.Radar posted:This video is worth watching just to see how frustrated Linus gets as it progresses: ah, the Merlin Mann definition of minimalism Klyith fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Jan 18, 2021 |
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