Quantum Computing 101

Inception Point Ai

This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Quantum Computing 101 is your daily dose of the latest breakthroughs in the fascinating world of quantum research. This podcast dives deep into fundamental quantum computing concepts, comparing classical and quantum approaches to solve complex problems. Each episode offers clear explanations of key topics such as qubits, superposition, and entanglement, all tied to current events making headlines. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or new to the field, Quantum Computing 101 keeps you informed and engaged with the rapidly evolving quantum landscape. Tune in daily to stay at the forefront of quantum innovation! For more info go to https://www.quietplease.ai Check out these deals https://amzn.to/48MZPjs

  1. 13 HR AGO

    Quantum Computing Breakthrough: How IBM Created a Molecule That Doesnt Exist in Nature Using Hybrid AI Systems

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Good afternoon, listeners. I'm Leo, and three days ago, something extraordinary happened that perfectly captures where quantum computing stands right now. IBM and an international team just published research showing they'd created a molecule that literally doesn't exist in nature. A half-Möbius topology. Electrons corkscrew through it in ways that would take classical computers decades to simulate. But here's the thing that keeps me awake at night—they didn't just discover this with quantum computers. They discovered it by fusing quantum and classical power together. That's our story today. Last Friday's breakthrough illuminates what I call the hybrid revolution. The molecule, C13Cl2, has electrons so entangled they influence each other simultaneously. Classical computers hit their limit at simulating around eighteen electrons. IBM's quantum system reached thirty-two. But neither system worked alone. The team assembled the molecule atom by atom at IBM using scanning tunneling microscopy—a classical technique. They synthesized precursors at Oxford University, another classical operation. Then they fed the puzzle to quantum hardware to understand why the electrons behaved so strangely. The quantum computer revealed helical pseudo-Jahn-Teller effects that no single approach could have found. This is quantum-centric supercomputing in action. Imagine it like this: a classical computer is a chess grandmaster who sees seven moves ahead. A quantum computer is a savant who can see every possible board state simultaneously but struggles to explain which move matters most. Together? Unstoppable. What makes this week even more compelling is that this hybrid model is becoming industry standard. Microsoft released updated cloud algorithms in January that reduce molecular simulation from thousands of gates down to single digits. Quantinuum's Helios system now integrates with NVIDIA's GPU superchips for real-time error correction—treating quantum errors as a dynamic problem quantum and classical systems solve together. AWS Braket gives companies cloud access to multiple quantum backends while orchestrating classical workflows seamlessly around them. The physics is revolutionary. Error correction through logical qubits, superconducting architectures, neutral-atom systems—they're all ascending simultaneously. But the real inflection point isn't the hardware. It's the software layer. It's understanding that quantum computers won't replace classical systems. They'll augment them. They'll solve the exponential problems that have always been forbidden territory while classical systems handle orchestration, preprocessing, and interpretation. That molecule wouldn't exist without quantum insight. But nobody would know about it without classical instrumentation and analysis. Thanks for joining me on Quantum Computing 101. If you have questions or topics you'd like discussed, email leo at inceptionpoint dot ai. Please subscribe to the podcast, and remember this has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, visit quietplease dot AI. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  2. 1 DAY AGO

    Quantum-Classical Hybrids: How IBM and Quantinuum Are Symphonizing the Future of Computing

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Imagine this: just days ago, on March 5th, IBM researchers in Yorktown Heights, alongside teams from Oxford and Manchester, birthed a molecule unlike any other—a C13Cl2 with a half-Möbius electronic topology, its electrons corkscrewing in a 90-degree twist that demands four loops to close. They proved its exotic nature not with classical simulations that choke on entangled electrons, but with an IBM quantum computer, revealing helical orbitals via quantum-centric supercomputing. That's the hook, folks—quantum and classical dancing as one. Hi, I'm Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, diving into Quantum Computing 101. Picture me in the humming chill of a Quantinuum lab, ions glowing like fireflies in a vacuum trap, the air thick with cryogenic mist and the faint ozone whiff of high-voltage precision. Today's gem? The hottest quantum-classical hybrid: Quantinuum's end-to-end workflow linking Japan's Fugaku supercomputer to their Reimei trapped-ion quantum machine, announced fresh this week. Here's the magic. Classical HPC, like Fugaku's brute-force muscle, sketches the big picture—an approximate molecular model, crunching vast datasets where quantum falters on scale. Then, quantum steps in, those shimmering ions entangled in superposition, modeling the nitty-gritty quantum mechanics: electron correlations that twist reality like Schrödinger's cat mid-purr. Together? They amplify accuracy, slashing errors in computational chemistry. It's layered computation evolved—classical builds the scaffold, quantum fills the delicate lattice, creating a whole greater than parts. Feel the drama: ions levitated in electromagnetic fields, qubits pulsing with GHZ states at 94.9% fidelity, error-detected up to 94 logical qubits from mere 98 physical ones. Sensory rush—the cryogenic hum vibrating your bones, laser pulses flickering like distant lightning, birthing computations classical behemoths dream of. This hybrid mirrors global currents: Japan-Singapore's new MoU for middleware on Fugaku, Fermilab-MIT's cryoelectronics taming ion traps. Even China's five-year quantum push echoes it. Like a conductor wielding orchestra and soloist, hybrids harness classical reliability for orchestration, quantum weirdness for breakthroughs—think IBM's Möbius marvel, validated where classical exponentials explode. We're not replacing; we're symphonizing. As ions entangle and bits cascade, this era dawns: fault-tolerant hybrids powering drug discovery, climate models, decarbonization. The arc bends toward advantage. Thanks for tuning in, listeners. Questions or topic ideas? Email leo@inceptionpoint.ai. Subscribe to Quantum Computing 101, and this has been a Quiet Please Production—for more, check quietplease.ai. Stay quantum-curious! For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Hybrid Quantum Computing Breakthrough: How IBM Created an Impossible Molecule with 32 Electrons

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. # Quantum Computing 101 Podcast Script Welcome back to Quantum Computing 101. I'm Leo, and today we're diving into something that genuinely excited me this week. Just days ago, IBM researchers pulled off something remarkable—they created a molecule that had never existed before, and here's the kicker: they needed a quantum computer to prove why it worked. Picture this. Scientists assembled a molecule called C13Cl2 atom by atom, creating an electronic structure that twists like a corkscrew through space. It's called half-Möbius topology—electrons spiraling through the molecule in a pattern that fundamentally changes its chemistry. A decade ago, classical computers could simulate exactly sixteen electrons. Today, we've pushed that to eighteen. But with quantum computers? We explored thirty-two electrons simultaneously. That's the leap we're talking about. Here's where hybrid computing becomes the real hero. Classical computers are brilliant at organizing information, running algorithms, managing workflows. They excel at precision and speed in traditional calculations. But electrons don't work that way. They exist in quantum superposition, entangled states where each electron influences every other electron simultaneously. Classical computers drown in that complexity—the calculations grow exponentially until the machine just surrenders. Quantum computers speak the same language as electrons. They're built from qubits, quantum objects that mirror the behavior they're trying to understand. It's like asking a classical computer to describe a symphony by counting individual sound waves, versus asking a quantum computer that naturally resonates at those frequencies. But here's the elegant part about hybrid systems. You don't throw out the classical computer. In this IBM experiment, the quantum processor handled the deeply entangled electron simulations, revealing the helical molecular orbitals that proved the half-Möbius structure existed. Meanwhile, classical systems orchestrated the workflow, processed the data, and provided the computational framework. Together, they solved something neither could achieve alone. Across the Pacific, the story repeats. Japan and Singapore just signed a three-year partnership focused on hybrid quantum-HPC platforms. RIKEN's supercomputer Fugaku now links with quantum systems through carefully designed middleware. Quantinuum integrated their trapped-ion quantum computer with classical supercomputers, achieving error-corrected simulations that were thought years away. They're even using NVIDIA GPUs in real-time quantum error correction, improving logical qubit fidelity by more than three percent. This is the pattern emerging in 2026. We're past the era of quantum computers as isolated experiments. They're becoming embedded in existing research infrastructure, integrated with classical and AI-accelerated systems. Quantum handles what's inherently quantum. Classical handles orchestration and data management. Together, they're tackling chemistry, optimization, materials science problems that seemed untouchable. The molecules we couldn't characterize last year? We're synthesizing them now. The simulations we couldn't run? They're computing as we speak. Thank you for joining me on Quantum Computing 101. If you have questions or topics you'd like discussed, email leo@inceptionpoint.ai. Please subscribe for future episodes. This has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, visit quietplease.ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  4. 5 DAYS AGO

    Quantum-Classical Hybrids Win: How Cryoelectronics and Cloud Platforms Are Delivering Real Value Today

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Good afternoon, I'm Leo, and I'm thrilled to share what just happened in quantum computing this week. On March second, researchers at Fermilab and MIT Lincoln Laboratory pulled off something remarkable that most people won't hear about—and that's exactly why I need to tell you. They successfully trapped and manipulated ions using cryoelectronics, essentially putting quantum control circuits directly inside a deep-freeze environment where ions live. Picture this: you're trying to conduct a symphony, but your musicians keep escaping. For years, that's been the ion-trap problem. Atoms flee their optical traps, corrupting the entire computation. This breakthrough solves it by integrating control electronics so precisely that thermal noise drops dramatically. It's the kind of unglamorous engineering that actually wins quantum wars. But here's where it gets fascinating. This isn't pure quantum hardware in isolation. This is hybrid thinking at its finest. The collaboration between the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge and the Quantum Systems Accelerator at Lawrence Berkeley shows us the future: quantum and classical computing aren't enemies anymore—they're dance partners finally learning each other's moves. Think about what's happening across the industry right now. Microsoft just released an updated Quantum Development Kit in January with chemistry-aware algorithms that reduce quantum circuit gates from thousands to single digits. That's not flashy. That's transformative. They're democratizing quantum simulation for molecular research. Meanwhile, NVIDIA is integrating GPU superchips with Quantinuum's latest Helios processor through something called NVQLink, treating error correction as a dynamic GPU-accelerated process. They're treating the quantum-classical interface like a living system that breathes and adapts. The real excitement isn't in chasing a pure quantum solution anymore. It's in recognizing that hybrid systems—where quantum processors handle what they do brilliantly and classical systems handle everything else—are already generating commercial value today. Amazon Braket lets companies access multiple quantum systems through cloud infrastructure. Azure Quantum provides access to IonQ, Quantinuum, and Rigetti simultaneously. These aren't science experiments. These are production pipelines. What strikes me most is the pragmatism. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Quantum Science Center is embedding quantum as a component of supercomputing infrastructure rather than treating it as standalone exotica. That's the mentality shift that matters. Quantum-classical hybrid workflows are accessible now through cloud platforms, and they're where the earliest commercial value emerges. The convergence is happening faster than skeptics predicted. We're not waiting for perfect quantum computers anymore. We're building the bridges that let quantum and classical compute enhance each other today. Thank you for joining me on Quantum Computing 101. If you have questions or topics you'd like discussed on air, email leo@inceptionpoint.ai. Please subscribe to this podcast and remember, this has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, visit quietplease.ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  5. 6 DAYS AGO

    Quantum-Classical Hybrids: How Quantinuum and Fugaku Cracked Molecular Simulation's Impossible Wall

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Imagine this: just days ago, Quantinuum linked their Reimei trapped-ion quantum computer directly to Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, unleashing a hybrid beast that crunches molecular simulations no classical machine could touch alone. I'm Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, and welcome to Quantum Computing 101. That breakthrough hit the wires on March 2nd, and it's the spark igniting today's dive into the hottest hybrid quantum-classical solution. Picture me in the humming chill of a Quantinuum lab, ion traps glowing like captured lightning bugs under cryogenic blue light, the air thick with the faint ozone tang of high-voltage precision. Fugaku, that monolithic supercomputer in Kobe, hums in the background—millions of cores churning classical approximations of complex molecules. But here's the drama: classical computing hits a wall on quantum mechanics' weirdness, like electrons dancing in superposition, entangled across vast distances. Enter the hybrid magic. The classical side builds a rough sketch—a mean-field model of the system's energy landscape. Then, it hands off to Reimei: ions suspended in vacuum, qubits pulsing with laser precision. These trapped ions execute a variational quantum eigensolver, or VQE, where quantum circuits probe the exact ground state energies that Fugaku can't. It's like a master chef prepping dough while a quantum sous-chef infuses flavors from parallel realities. Their Hive-ADAPT algorithm, born from AI collaboration with Hiverge, slashes circuit evaluations by orders of magnitude—one to two, specifically—minimizing noisy gates that decay signals like whispers in a storm. The payoff? Chemical precision skyrocketing for drug discovery, materials that could revolutionize batteries. Just yesterday, echoes of Fermilab's cryoelectronics breakthrough with MIT Lincoln Lab amplified this—ion traps controlled in ultra-cold vacuums, paving scalable paths. And across the Pacific, RIKEN and Singapore's NQCH inked a deal for hybrid middleware, sharing Fugaku access for fluid dynamics and decarbonization apps. These aren't hypotheticals; they're live workflows orchestrating jobs across heterogeneous beasts, classical reliability taming quantum's wild superposition. It's poetic—quantum's probabilistic haze sharpened by classical certainty, mirroring how global tensions demand hybrid diplomacy: bold leaps grounded in data. We're not replacing supercomputers; we're supercharging them into oracles for the impossible. Thanks for tuning in, listeners. Got questions or topic ideas? Email leo@inceptionpoint.ai—we'll discuss on air. Subscribe to Quantum Computing 101, and remember, this is a Quiet Please Production. For more, visit quietplease.ai. Stay quantum-curious. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  6. 27 FEB

    Leo's Quantum Leap: How Hybrid Computing Is Solving Real Problems Classical Computers Can't Touch

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. # Quantum Computing 101: Leo's Hybrid Revolution Welcome back, folks. I'm Leo, and today we're diving into something that absolutely captivated me this week. On February twenty-fifth, Google didn't just tinker with quantum computing, they fundamentally rewired how we think about scaling these machines. But here's the twist, the real innovation happening right now isn't just about raw quantum power. It's about the beautiful dance between quantum and classical computing working in perfect harmony. Picture this. You're standing in a data center, and instead of choosing between the lightning-fast precision of classical computers or the exponential possibilities of quantum processors, you get both. That's what the QUALITY project at ÉTS Montreal is pulling off right now. Professor Roberto Morandotti and his team have cracked something genuinely elegant. They're threading quantum channels directly into existing fiber optic cables alongside classical signals, like smuggling quantum cryptography through the same pipes carrying your everyday internet traffic. Now, why should you care? Because quantum computers could eventually shatter today's encryption. But here's where hybrid classical-quantum networks become your superhero. The quantum channels distribute cryptographic keys that make communications virtually unhackable, while classical channels keep your data moving at full speed. They've already demonstrated an eight-hundred gigabit-per-second connection carrying a quantum channel simultaneously. Eight hundred gigs. That's not theoretical. That's happening now. But wait, there's more. According to Xanadu and Mitsubishi Chemical, quantum simulation is solving real industrial problems right now. They've developed quantum algorithms targeting extreme ultraviolet lithography, a manufacturing process plagued by radiation-induced blurring. This isn't sci-fi. These algorithms could run on utility-scale quantum computers with fewer than five-hundred qubits and dramatically improve semiconductor fabrication. The hybrid approach? Classical computers handle the massive data processing pipelines while quantum processors tackle the quantum simulation challenges that would require impossibly long classical computation times. The Technology Innovation Institute just opened cloud access to superconducting quantum processors ranging from five to twenty-five qubits. They're building a hybrid ecosystem using their Qibo framework, which lets researchers execute quantum and hybrid quantum-classical workloads seamlessly. It's infrastructure meeting innovation. Here's what keeps me awake at night in the best way. These aren't competing technologies anymore. They're converging. EY Canada just patented a hybrid classical-quantum computing paradigm combining the scalability and reliability of classical systems with emerging quantum capabilities. Artificial intelligence is even optimizing how quantum and classical signals coexist, adjusting everything from data rates to photon quality automatically. The future isn't quantum or classical. It's quantum and classical, working together, each compensating for the other's weaknesses. Thanks for joining me on Quantum Computing 101. If you've got questions or topics you'd like us to explore, shoot an email to leo at inceptionpoint dot ai. Please subscribe to stay updated on these breakthroughs. This has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, visit quietplease dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  7. 25 FEB

    Hybrid Quantum Computing Breakthrough: How Classical HPC and Quantum Qubits Solve the Impossible Together

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Imagine this: just days ago, on February 20th, researchers at the University of Copenhagen unveiled a real-time qubit tracker using FPGA hardware from Quantum Machines' OPX1000, catching superconducting qubits flipping from pristine to problematic in mere milliseconds—like a quantum cardiogram spotting heart flutters before they crash the system. I'm Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, and welcome to Quantum Computing 101. Today, we're diving into the hottest hybrid quantum-classical breakthrough: Pasqal's push at SC26 for seamless integration into HPC workflows, blending quantum acceleration with classical muscle for optimization, simulation, and AI. Picture me in the humming cryostat lab at Barcelona's multimodal quantum data center, where Pasqal partnered with Oxigen last November. The air chills to your bones, coaxial cables snake like frozen pythons from room-temp racks to millikelvin qubits, and neutral atoms dance in optical lattices—thousands strong, defying gravity in laser traps. This is hybrid heaven: classical HPC crunches vast datasets at blistering speeds, while Pasqal's processors inject quantum magic, solving intractable problems like molecular simulations or traffic flows that classics alone choke on. Here's the genius: hybrids marry quantum's **superposition**—where qubits explore infinite paths simultaneously, like a million chess grandmasters pondering every move at once—with classical determinism. Take Comcast's recent collab with Infleqtion and Classiq: their variational Qubit-Efficient MaxCut algorithm slashed qubit needs from linear to logarithmic, optimizing massive networks with just 5 qubits on real hardware for 32-node graphs. Quantum proposes wild guesses via variational circuits; classical evaluators score them, iterating like a cosmic Darwinian dance. No more qubit famines—error rates plummet 800x, as in Quantinuum's H2 processor hitting Microsoft's Level 2 resilience. Feel the drama? Qubits entangle in superposition's embrace, probabilities rippling like storm-tossed waves on a quantum sea. Yet noise lurks, decohering them faster than a soap bubble pops. Enter Copenhagen's FPGA sentinel: it Bayesian-updates qubit decay rates post every pulse, 100x faster than old methods, pinpointing bad actors in seconds. Paired with hybrids like Agnostiq's Covalent orchestrating quantum-GPU flows, or ÉTS Montréal's QUALITY project weaving QKD channels into telecom fibers at 800 Gb/s, we're forging unhackable networks resilient to quantum threats. This isn't sci-fi; it's the pivot. Hybrids leverage classical scalability now, quantum edge tomorrow—think drug discovery at UVic or IBM's Qiskit on Willow's 99.97% fidelity gates. The arc bends toward fault-tolerance, where Google's February error-threshold flip ignited the race. Thanks for tuning in, listeners. Questions or topic ideas? Email leo@inceptionpoint.ai. Subscribe to Quantum Computing 101, and this has been a Quiet Please Production—for more, check quietplease.ai. Stay quantum-curious. (Word count: 428; Character count: 3387) For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  8. 23 FEB

    Fugaku Meets IBM Heron: How Japan's Supercomputer Just Cracked Quantum Chemistry's Biggest Problem

    This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Imagine this: just days ago, on February 18th, RIKEN in Japan and IBM flipped the switch on a quantum revolution. Their pre-exascale supercomputer Fugaku—158,976 chips humming like a colossal beehive—locked into a closed-loop dance with an on-premises IBM Quantum Heron processor. They cracked the electronic structure of iron-sulfur molecules with jaw-dropping accuracy, the largest chemistry sim ever on quantum hardware. I'm Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, and this quantum-classical hybrid symphony is today's most electrifying breakthrough. Picture me in the dim glow of RIKEN's Quantum-HPC lab in Kobe, the air crisp with cryogenic chill, Fugaku's fans whispering like distant thunder. I'm peering at monitors where classical behemoths and quantum whisperers entwine. In this hybrid marvel, quantum-centric supercomputing—or QCSC—shines. Fugaku, once the world's fastest from 2020 to 2021, handles the heavy lifting: vast data orchestration, iterative crunching via sample-based quantum diagonalization, or SQD. The quantum side? Heron samples the mind-boggling electron configuration space—like a thief picking the universe's toughest lock, unlatching complexities no classical solver touches. Here's the drama: in SQD, electrons sprawl across exponential possibilities, a foggy multiverse. Quantum qubits superposition-dive, surfacing promising snippets. Fugaku grabs them, refines, feeds back—closed loop, no lag. It's like a chef and sommelier: quantum pairs the wild flavors, classical plates the perfect dish. IBM's Jay Gambetta showcased this at Supercomputing Asia 2026; RIKEN's Mitsuhisa Sato calls it thrilling for hybrid futures. They built a task assignment system ensuring zero idle time, scalable even to cloud HPC. Results? Precision rivaling top classical approximations, beyond exact methods' reach. Tomonori Shirakawa hints quantum advantage looms this year, maybe with GPUs turbocharging next. This mirrors our world: drones dodging skies via Pasqal's neutral-atom QPUs for delivery packs, or Niels Bohr folks tracking qubit wobbles in real-time—flair for the unstable everyday. Quantum's the spark igniting classical infernos, hybrids blending brute force with ethereal insight. Folks, quantum's not solo anymore; it's partnered power. Thanks for tuning into Quantum Computing 101. Questions or topic ideas? Email leo@inceptionpoint.ai. Subscribe now, and this has been a Quiet Please Production—more at quietplease.ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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This is your Quantum Computing 101 podcast. Quantum Computing 101 is your daily dose of the latest breakthroughs in the fascinating world of quantum research. This podcast dives deep into fundamental quantum computing concepts, comparing classical and quantum approaches to solve complex problems. Each episode offers clear explanations of key topics such as qubits, superposition, and entanglement, all tied to current events making headlines. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or new to the field, Quantum Computing 101 keeps you informed and engaged with the rapidly evolving quantum landscape. Tune in daily to stay at the forefront of quantum innovation! For more info go to https://www.quietplease.ai Check out these deals https://amzn.to/48MZPjs

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