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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨greentext@sh.itjust.works⁩

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Story goes that it was only up for an incredibly brief window (heh) and that tools were disallowed for all of the pre-screened participants of the competition. Supposedly, even with all of these measures in place, something still went wrong with the glass, causing the competition to run short.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And it was $500, not $3M.

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Source pls

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      • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Here you go https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/03/23/million-dollar-glass-comp-orig.cnn

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      • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Google.com

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    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      so who won

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      • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Some marketing agency

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      • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Iunno, no one, I think.

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      • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Who’s next?

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    • AEsheron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not the glass, the metal frame was being slowly destroyed though.

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  • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wish they did this right now. Breaking through bulletproof glass is easy with the right tools. A flying dropkick is not one of them.

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The gimmick was you couldn’t do it with tools.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You can’t use anything at all if it’s effective actually.

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      • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Fuck the rules, it’s 3 million, I’m going to do whatever is necessary to smash that glass 😎

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      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Define tools. Does a .50bmg SLAP count? Because there’s no way that glass is rated to take anti-mat rounds.

        Of course you can’t do it without tools, I wouldn’t want to break a regular window without tools, get my hand all cut up again and shit (last time was an accident). “No tools” makes the contest meaningless.

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      • ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The real gimmick is there isn’t really 3 million in there.

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      • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Wanna bet?

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      • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Walk up with steel stilettos and a practiced kick and you might have a shot.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think they limited you to only being able to kick it

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      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What is the point then. I’d be pissed if someone was able to break a regular window by kicking it. If you have to prove that your bullet proof glass can stand up to kicks I’m not going to be confident in your product. Let people bring their own shit and show what it would take to get through it. You know, unless it sucks, which I assume to be the actual case here.

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      • CarterH739@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That makes sense. When I read that, my immediate thought was: demo saw.

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      • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Are you gonna tell the guy who shows up with a .500 Smith and Wesson revolver he’s not allowed to shoot it?

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  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I call BS. There are still tools and ways you could easily break through it. Plenty of which are far better than just kicking it.

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    • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There was a guard. It was only $500. People were invited to kick it, but it was monitored.

      www.snopes.com/fact-check/3m-marketing-scheme/

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      • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ah, I’m going to miss Snopes in the post-truth society. :(

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Dremel with a diamond drill bit would make quick work of that

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      • 50MYT@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Bus stop.

        Bus.

        Pretty sure if the bus went at it fast enough backwards it would do better than some clown and his size 11s

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      • Limonene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Pretty much any tool with a cutting surface made of tungsten, high speed steel, or industrial diamond.

        But one source I found says they only let people use their feet.

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      • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If it’s 3 million dollars, my car at 30mph should handle it.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No no no. Chop chop master onion head taught me everything I need to know.

      Kick punch it’s all in the mind, if ya wanna test me, I’m sure you’ll find, the things I teach ya are sure to beat ya! Nevertheless you get a lesson from teacher! Now…

      KICK!

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      • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Step on the gas.
        …O…O…O…X…

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  • Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You guys are all coming at this like they put real money in there

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    • bountygiver@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      thanks for the article, it seems there are rules that you can only kick the glass too, that’s why everyone is kicking it.

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      • Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ya for sure. No rules and a true $3M prize will have a group of us with jeeps and winches pulling it apart in 30min

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    • Carl@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The marketing stunt came to a halt after just one day when the security guard noticed the metal frame of the glass case had been weakened from the constant barrage of physical pressure.

      Why not just let people keep going until someone breaks the frame? Still makes for a good marketing blurb - “the iron broke before the glass did!”

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      • Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because they didn’t actually want to give away any of their money. We’re toys for them and they made us dance

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      • AEsheron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The planet broke before the guard!

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    • stm@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      i ate the onion

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  • DemBoSain@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Bulletproof glass, but they didn’t allow tools? Is this the company that made glass for the cybertruck?

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    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s the point.

      They didn’t want anyone to be actually able to get the money.

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    • Comment105@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      3M bulletproof* glass.

      *kickproof

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      • drathvedro@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The marketing stunt came to a halt after just one day when the security guard noticed the metal frame of the glass case had been weakened from the constant barrage of physical pressure.

        ** Kickproof™ is a trademark name of 3M Corporation. ~all~ ~kicks~ ~are~ ~performed~ ~by~ ~trained~ ~professionals;~ ~not~ ~resistant~ ~to~ ~kicking;~ ~consult~ ~with~ ~doctor~ ~before~ ~trying~

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      • wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think bullet proof is only part of the urban legend piece of the story. It says security glass and snopes did not use the term bullet proof either.

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  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    PR, only installed for the photoshoot, if that.

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  • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If it was done in Australia, I reckon the 3 mil wouldnt last 24 hours. Possible tools I’d say would be used are :- 1) Ute 2) Bobcat 3) Backhoe & 4) Bulldozer, not necessarily in that order…

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    • AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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      • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well that changes things. Then probably some fluro vest wearing people would unexpectedly turn up from the ‘council’ and want to take the exhibit away early cause they got the call there were some ‘thieving bastards’ about and you couldn’t trust anyone.

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    • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
      1. Boomerang

      the most effective tool/weapon of all

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  • latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They should’ve tried doing this in Romania, the entire bus stop would have disappeared overnight…

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    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Half of Europe: Romanians steal everything!
      Otther half of Europe: Czechs steal everything!

      Meanwhile…

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      • latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, it was unfair of me to propagate the stereotype (speaking as a Romanian myself). We have a lot of good people around here, who’re just doing their best to be decent and get by.

        But it’s not easy being an honest citizen in a country where the most prolific thieves are the people who’re supposed to govern it… Corruption has been the main thing plaguing these lands ever since the Revolution, when the profiteers saw an opportunity to sell this country for parts…

        To be clear, I’m not siding with the former “Communist” regime, which was a Totalitarian cesspit, but I sure as fuck don’t agree with the mockery of Democracy which came after that, either…

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      • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I was so certain the link would lead to the website of the British Museum.

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  • trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pwffft they’re trying to break it with their feet, so cute.

    In Brazil they wrap ATM s in chains and rip them off using trucks. Then take the ATM to a safe house and bust it open. That is happening since 1990s.

    I was surprised when I saw someone doing the same in Australia, with a constructions site digger. I think it was last year.

    Conclusion: Brazil exports crime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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    • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s the standard practice in most countries- if you take the whole unit you can break into it later!

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      • Rawdogthatexe@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Unless your partner in crime is a SKANK!

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    • licheas@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      we had a rash of people doing that to ATMs in the US, too.

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  • Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can’t you get like, a diamond drill bit and just give it a light tap? Tempered glass breaks easily if the outside layer is compromised.

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    • stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Bullet proof “glass” isn’t just tempered glass in fact it never was the original was just glass layered with plastic but the new stuff is made from multiple layers of different materials each specialized to cover the others weakness, think fascism literally means to fassen together like a bundle of sticks that is harder to break than one stick(I don’t know why my mind went to fascism in retrospect a yin yang would be more accurate anyways)

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      • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Laminates are pretty common in many applications. Lots of things built from wood use several layers glued together. Or think of a lasagna.

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      • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Laminates are pretty common in many applications. Lots of things built from wood use several layers glued together. Or think of a lasagna.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They didn’t allow tools. I wonder if those metal sole insert things could be used to help go through this.

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      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just embed a tip in-between the ridges of a boot.

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  • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Find a spark plug, crumble, embed in shoe sole by stepping on it, jumpkick glass, become legend.

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    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That helps with the glass, but bulletproof glass uses multiple polymer layers and tempered glass layers alternating.

      So you would only get through the top glass layer and do nothing to the polymer layers or 2nd layer of glass.

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    • topherclay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The ceramic edges of broken spark plugs are really good at breaking tempered glass, but tempered glass is on a certain sense the opposite of bullet proof glass.

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  • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. Aside from the people that will hurt themselves trying to break that glass, it’s a public bus stop. People will hurt bystanders and damage the bus stop and make it in general a place no one wants to be because of idiots constantly hurling stuff around or kicking it while you’re trying to wait for the bus.

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    • bier@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If I was driving the bus I would just brake a little too late when arriving at that stop.

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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why didn’t they just open it with a screwdriver and pry bar? Or steal the whole bus stop?

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  • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hey is bullet proof, not foot proof

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      foot clan operations intensify

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  • ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Get a long industrial chain, tie it around the display, drag the whole thing away with a truck. Drag all the way out to the middle of nowhere and then take your time figuring out how to break, take part, cut, burn, explode or destroy the glass.

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    • gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Box truck with Faraday cage for blocking gps.

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    • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This reminds me of that breaking bad episode.

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  • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You should be able to bust it open using liquid nitrogen and warn water. I don’t think that the glass is made for being able to tank temperature differences of over 200°C

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    • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A crowbar to the side is what eventually broke it open.

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  • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Some of those Minnesota studded shoes would help. Can’t go slipping on the ice, can we, best to be prepared.

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  • olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And no one went up to it with an angle grinder? Pretty sure you can cut it with a diamond blade.

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    • licheas@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      the plastic in the lamination would foul it.

      Personally… I would have gotten a hammer-drill and put a chisle bit on it. It’ll take time but you’ll get there. Alternatively, I’d attack the seam around it (Cutter spreader should take that nicely.) (you can rent a hammer drill for like… 50 bucks. and I know you can rent various types of cutter spreaders, too.)

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  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, I’d give it a shot at least. You won’t catch me saying I haven’t tried

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, but after you’ve taken a shot of vodka, what are you going to do about the money?

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  • x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just get a ute and some angle grinders, detach the entire thing from the bus stop qt the dead of night and take your time to work on it at home

    Just make sure your hiding your identity

    Use a super common ute with a number plate switcher that rolls the number plates and switch number plates in a large enough area with camera deadspots

    Then ditch the car somewhere, light it up to incinerate it and switch to another vehicle in another camera deadspot

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  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have they tried shooting it?

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