Microsoft is killing off Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Mail is a desktop email program Microsoft introduced to replace Outlook Express. It is part of the Windows Essentials suite, which includes several fine programs: Live Mail, Live Writer, Photo Gallery, MovieMaker and OneDrive. (It used to include Messenger, which was replaced by Skype.) Unfortunately, the suite has not been updated since 2012, because Microsoft switched to developing securely sandboxed, touch-oriented apps instead.

Windows Live Mail 2012 will not stop working, and you can still use it to download emails from any standard email service. However, Microsoft is moving all its own email services – Office 365, Hotmail, Live Mail, MSN Mail, Outlook.com etc – to a single codebase at Outlook.com. Windows Live Mail 2012 does not support the new APIs (applications programming interfaces) required to provide full synchronisation with Outlook.com. Microsoft could update Windows Live Mail 2012, but instead, it has asked users to switch to a different email program.

Microsoft suggests ...
Microsoft suggests using either its free Mail app or Outlook, the email and personal information manager that is part of Microsoft Office. Outlook costs money, but Microsoft is offering Live Mail users a free subscription to Office 365 for one year. (You should have received this offer by email, but if not, the details are online.)

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Digital Detox

Do you need to do a digital detox?

 

The digital age is an interesting paradox – we are constantly connected, yet more disconnected than ever. While it’s tempting to bemoan the rise of the machines, we have to accept that they’re here to stay. So, how do we strike a healthy balance? If you spend hours staring at a screen and twitch at the thought of losing your phone, it might be time to try a digital detox.

Switching off
Before deciding to (temporarily) ditch your devices, it’s worth asking yourself a few questions to assess your level of dependence – this will help you to create a game plan:

·         Do you check your smartphone first thing in the morning?

·         How often are you on social media?

·         Do you find yourself mindlessly surfing the internet just for something to do?

·         Have you ever had more than one screen open at a time? (e.g. television, computer, phone, iPad etc.)

·         Have you ever panicked when your device’s battery runs low?

·         Do you think you could last a day without digital technology?

Being constantly ‘plugged in’ affects the brain at a chemical level, creating an unsustainable reward cycle of instant gratification that has to be continually fed. Neuroscientists, psychologists and the medical community at large have documented the consequences of this trend, finding that it can:

·         discourage conversation and social engagement

·         reduce concentration, memory, attention span and productivity

·         suppress empathy and emotional communication

·         influence poor sleep patterns, headaches, anxiety and depression

Nasty stuff, right? While you may not be ‘addicted’, you will still likely find value from a tech break. However, proceed at your own pace – if you’re heavily dependent, try cutting back instead of going cold turkey. Here are some of the benefits of a digital detox:

1. Remember how to be ‘present’
With such constant stimulation, our brains don’t get any downtime. It’s no wonder we then experience cognitive problems. Try going for a walk, sitting in a café, riding the train … All without distraction from your default device. Just be in that moment. It’s a great reminder to be observant and engaged with the world around you.

2. Improved sleep quality and brain power
The bright light from digital devices affects the brain’s melatonin levels, which makes it difficult to fall asleep and achieve adequate rest. This has a roll-on effect to daytime concentration and energy levels. The solution? Switch off at least half an hour before bedtime. However, if you need to wean yourself out of this habit, try an app that filters the blue light from your screen at night.

3. Rediscover the art of conversation
Sometimes you just don’t feel like talking, and smartphones provide a convenient sanctuary, but there’s no substitute for a great conversation. Set yourself a challenge to talk to one new person for the week – in person – even if it’s only brief. You’ll feel better for it, and you never know who you may meet!

 

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Cover up

Covering up your camera and microphone

Are you as cautious as I am? The first thing I do when purchasing a new laptop is cover up the camera with a piece of cardboard or sticky tape. I have been writing about this practise for many years. 

A photo posted on Tuesday by Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (above) showed his laptop computer in the background. You can clearly make out sticky tape placed over the camera. Mashable are also reporting that the image shows the microphone input covered up also. 

In this day and age you can never be too careful. Once a hacker has gained access to your computer, they can activate your audio and listen in to sounds around your computer, while also activating the camera to spy on you. 

As with anything in life, it's always best to play it safe. Cover up!

 

Passwords

Researchers may have discovered a way to create perfect passwords

We’re all aware of the importance of a strong password, although the strongest are almost impossible to remember. Researchers may have found a poetic way to tackle this problem.

The conundrum of perfect passwords is one we all have to manage each day. Websites will often ask you for an eight-digit (minimum) password that contains a random selection of upper and lower case letters combined with numbers and the odd symbol, such as a dollar sign or ampersand. In theory, coming up with these passwords may be easy enough, but remembering them can almost make your head explode. In short, a strong password will be impossible to remember, but an easy-to-remember password may end up being quite weak or ‘hackable’.

However, researchers Marjan Ghazvininejad and Kevin Knight from the University of Southern California (USC) may have solved this dilemma, and have recently published a paper that advises people on how they may be able to create ‘uncrackable’, memorable passwords.

The USC researchers were inspired by a clever Xkcd comic created by Randall Munroe, which showed how a phrase consisting of four random words could make the perfect password. The example given was "correct horse battery staple", and it’s believed to be more secure and more memorable than the combination of random letters, numbers and symbols recommended by most online security experts.

 

The theory behind the security of a random word phrase such as ‘correct horse battery staple’ is based on cryptography. According to Kevin Knight:

“The secret here is that those four random words are actually generated based on one very large random number. That random number is then broken up into segments, each of which corresponds with a word in the dictionary. It's basically a form of cryptography. To guess the full random number, a computer might have to test billions of billions of billions of possibilities before it hits on the right one.”

Randall Munroe proposed using this large number to pick four random words, but Ghazvininejad and Knight think that the most secure and memorable formula is to use four (or more) words to create a random word poem.

They do this by assigning every word in the dictionary with a distinct code. They then use a computer program to generate a very long random number, which is broken into smaller pieces and then translated into two short phrases. The final phrase consists of two lines rhyming in iambic tetrameter. Confused? Here are some examples:

Australia juggernaut employed

the Daniel Lincoln asteroid

or

A peanut never classified

expected branches citywide

These passwords may sound simple, but Mr Knight estimates that it would take a modern-day  computer around 5-million years to crack them. Pretty secure, huh?

They’ve even created an online password generator for people to try out. At the moment, it’s still in testing phase, so it’s advised that you don’t use them for your password until all the kinks are ironed out. In the meantime, if you’d like a poem password, you can provide Ghazvininejad and Knight with an email address and they’ll generate a secure password for you.

Read more The Age

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Fake emails

How to tell the difference between real and fake emails

 

According to the latest Kaspersky Lab statistics, around 60 per cent of emails sent worldwide are spam. The vast majority of these spam emails are created to scam you of your hard-earned money. So Drew explains how to spot a fake email. 

What to look for?
Scammers are becoming more cunning than ever before with how they create scams and the words that they use in those emails. While emails from the prince of Nigeria asking you to help transfer some money in exchange for a percentage for your troubles have fallen off significantly, local and online service scams are rising. 

Anyone using an email address ending with .au is being targeted at a more specific level than someone using a .com email address. This is because the scammer knows your email address relates to a person living in Australia. 

Be on the lookout for emails from Telecommunication companies (Optus/Telstra etc), banking institutions (Westpac, Commonwealth Bank etc), online payment services (Paypal, Western Union), mail companies (Fed EX or Aus Post) and the Australian Tax Office (ATO). 

Before opening an attachment or clicking through to a website, be sure that you are expecting an email, including the information, from the company. The trick I find most useful in determining whether an email is a scam is to scroll my mouse over the linked information in the email. By doing this, a display of the website url you’d be taken to will be shown. This will allow you to make an educated decision (if the link is going to www.telstra.com.au then you know it is a real email).

Another trick is to also check the email address from which you received the email. If it looks dodgy or untypical of that organisation, it’s most likely unsafe. 

As with anything in life, if an offer sounds too good to be true, it generally is. Never click a link that you aren’t expecting.

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Accounts Hacked

425 million user accounts hacked in massive online security breach

In what is being called the biggest online security breach of all time, the usernames, email addresses and passwords of 425 million Myspace and Tumblr users have been hacked and are now available for sale online. The hacked data emerged for sale through a well-known hacker website and is available for purchase price of $4300. Both Myspace and Tumblr have confirmed that the user data was compromised as a result of security breaches several years ago.

These breaches are not isolated incidents. Just last month, LinkedIn confirmed a breach of 164 million accounts back in 2012, which was only revealed after the compromised data emerged for sale online. A hacker group that has stolen more than one billion passwords in the past few years is believed to be responsible for all three breaches.

In all three cases though, credit card or bank details were not stolen. The hackers were simply after email addresses and user passwords. With this information, hackers can attempt to access other websites and email accounts.

The lesson we all need to learn from these security breaches is that you just cannot trust anyone except yourself to keep your data secure. Take action at your end by ensuring that your email passwords are different to those used for any other website. It is also highly recommended that you take your security protocols one step further by using unique passwords for each different website you visit.

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Best Websites

The three best websites for technology how-tos and helpful hints

We live in a wonderful world of technology. But sadly, TVs go on the fritz, computers crack up, codes break and phones don’t behave – so learn how to fix disobedient technology with the help of these top tech tips sites.

HowToGeek
HowToGeek is an online magazine that offers fascinating articles about all things technology. It also provides simple-to-follow tutorials on topics that range from ‘how do I turn on my TV’ to ‘how do I program my TV to take over the world’. Just kidding, but you get my drift.

The information is presented in a palatable, straight-forward format, perfect for tech amateurs but also interesting enough for hard-core tech heads.

Tech-recipes
Tech-recipes is a website authored by a massive community of users who provide step-by-step guides for a diverse range of tech issues. You can learn anything on Tech-recipes, from formatting spreadsheets in Google Sheets, to making the most of your smartphone camera. There are also many simple tutorials that show you how to build your own website or blog. Tech-recipes pretty much covers all things Android, Apple, Windows and internet.

HowStuffWorksTECH
HowStuffWorks has been enlightening the world since 1998, with its unbiased, reliable and succinct explanations of, you guessed it, how stuff works! HowStuffWorks provides tech tutorials and how-tos and also covers a broad range of really interesting subjects, from animals to adventure, entertainment and culture to cars, and money to lifestyle – just to name a few. This is by far one of the most informative sites on the internet.

Oh, and although we don’t market ourselves as tech experts, we do believe that our own tech tutorials are incredibly insightful and helpful. We also love the challenge of answering your specific questions. So, if you have any tech-related queries, send them in to us and we’ll do our very best to answer. And if we can’t, we’ll certainly point you in the right direction!

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Keyboard shortcuts

30 useful keyboard shortcuts for all browsers

 

Keyboard shortcuts allow you to perform simple tasks on your computer, such as opening a new tab, printing a page and zooming in on text by pressing a combination of keys at the same time. Whether you use a Mac or PC, these 30 shortcuts will save you time and turn you into a computer pro!

Browser keyboard shortcuts for Mac:

1.    Command+T – Open a new tab

2.    Command+N – Open a new window

3.    Command+Shift+T or Command+Z – Reopens the last tab you closed

4.    Command+Option+Right Arrow – Switch to the next right tab

5.    Command+ Option+Left Arrow  – Switch to the next left tab

6.    Command++ – Zoom in

7.    Command+- – Zoom out

8.    Command+0 – Default zoom level

9.    Command+Shift+4 – Screenshot part of a page (drag mouse to capture the part you wish)

10.  Command+click a link – Opens link in a new tab

 

General keyboards shortcuts for Mac:

1.    Command+Q – Quit any program

2.    Command+P – Print the current page

3.    Command+Option+Esc – Force quit an application

4.    Command+F – Open finder

5.    Command+H – Quickly hide the current active app

 

Browser keyboard shortcuts for PC:

1.    Ctrl+T – Open a new tab

2.    Ctrl+Tab – Switch to the next tab

3.    Ctrl+9 – Switch to the last tab

4.    Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 – Close the current tab

5.    Ctrl+Shift+T – Reopen the last closed tab

6.    Ctrl­++ – Zoom in

7.    Ctrl+- – Zoom out

8.    Ctrl+0 – Default zoom level

 

General keyboard shortcuts for PC:

1.    Ctrl+Q – Quit any program

2.    Ctrl+P – Print the current page

3.    F11 – Enter full-screen mode

4.    Esc – Exit full-screen mode

5.    Home – Top of page

6.    End – Bottom of page

7.    Escape – Stop an action, such as a page from loading

 

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safe email sender

How to mark an email sender as safe

 

Your email client has the difficult task of determining what is and isn’t spam, and it doesn’t always work perfectly. Marking a sender as safe will prevent your email client from accidentally deleting your emails. 

We’ve gotten a few emails recently from readers who, due to bugs in certain spam filters, haven’t been receiving their daily newsletter. We’re working on fixing this issue but, in the meantime, here’s how you can ensure that any email you want to receive won’t be incorrectly marked as spam.

Gmail
First you’ll need to log in to your Gmail account and then open your inbox. Now find an email sent by someone from whom you’ll always want to receive emails, such as a trusted publication or a friend. Now click the checkbox next to the email and click the ‘More’ box located on the menu bar just above your emails. From the dropdown menu that appears, click the ‘Filter messages like these’ option.

You will now be presented with the ‘Create a Filter’ menu. This menu allows you to filter your emails in all sorts of ways, but for now we just want to mark a sender as safe.

If, for example, you selected one of our emails to add to your safe senders list, you’ll notice that the ‘from’ box contains newsletters@yourlifechoices.com.au. This is all that needs to be entered on this screen. Now, click the ‘Create filter with this search’ button at the bottom right of the box.

The next screen will give you several options. The one you are looking for is ‘Never send it to Spam’. Once you’ve found it, left-click to tick the check box. Now click the ‘create filter’ button and you’re done! 

Outlook website (formerly Hotmail)
Open up the Outlook website and log in to your account. Now open your inbox and click the gear icon at the top right of the screen, then click ‘Options’.

Now look for the ‘Junk email’ heading on the left-hand side and then click ‘Safe senders’, located beneath.  Now enter the name of a sender you would like to mark as safe, such as ‘newsletters@yourlifechoices.com.au’ in the text box and click the plus (+) icon.

The email address you have entered will now always be marked as safe, so you’ll never lose any emails from them.

Microsoft Outlook (program)
Open up Microsoft Outlook and click ‘Tools’ at the top menu bar, then ‘Options’ > ‘Junk Email’. If you can’t see a Tools option on the menu bar, click the ‘Home’ tab, then click ‘Junk’ (located a little below and to the right of where it says ‘Home’) and then click ‘Junk Options’.

Now that you’re in the ‘Junk Options’ menu, click the ‘Safe Senders’ tab. From here, you can manage senders who you trust and from whom you want to receive mail. One great feature is that you don’t have to add a full email address, as you can simply add the domain from which the email is being sent, such as @yourlifechoices.com.au.

Click the ‘Add’ button located on the right hand side of the ‘Safe Senders’ screen, then type in either a full email address (such as newsletters@yourlifechoices.com.au) or a domain name (such as @yourlifechoices.com.au) and click ‘OK’.

Once you have done this, you can add more addresses by clicking ‘Add’ again.

The next important step is to ensure that both of the boxes at the bottom of the menu are checked. These options will make sure that anyone in your contacts list doesn’t end up in your spam folder, and that once you email someone they will always be marked as a safe sender. This means you won’t have to go back into this menu every time you want to send an email to someone new. 

Once you’ve finished, click ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’.

Apple Mail for Mac
Start by finding an email from a sender you would like to mark as safe, such as one of our daily enewsletters. Open the enewsletter and right-click where it says ‘YourLifeChoices’ at the top of the email, then click ‘Add to Contacts’.

YourLifeChoices, or whomever else you choose to mark as safe, will now be added to your address book and future emails will be automatically marked as safe.

If an email from us or someone else that you know is safe has found its way into your junk folder, right click the email and click on ‘Mark’ > ‘As Not Junk Mail’.

Apple Mail for iPhone and iPad
Start by opening up the Mail app, and opening your Inbox. Now open an email from a sender that you would like to mark as safe. Open the enewsletter and tap ‘YourLifeChoices’ at the top of the email, then tap ‘Add to Contacts’ on the following screen.

YourLifeChoices, or whomever else you choose to mark as safe, will now be added to your address book and future emails will be automatically marked as safe.

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Top 5 Gadgets

The top five gadgets to look out for in 2016

 

This year is a big one for technology and gadgets. Here are five of the best devices that you can expect to see hitting the shelves in 2016. Do any entice you?

1. Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR)
After years of teasing and trials, VR and AR headsets are finally ready for release, with plenty of devices being released this year.

There are some fantastic high-tech headsets, such as the Oculus Rift, Microsoft HoloLens and Sony Playstation VR, but these headsets are going to cost you anywhere from $400 to $4000.

Luckily, there are some affordable VR headsets that use a smartphone to cut back on costs; one of the cheapest of these being Google Cardboard. 

If you’re a little curious about what VR has to offer, but understandably don’t want to spend a few thousand dollars, Google Cardboard, available for around $15, may be the solution. 

2. Flip-Pal
Most of us have hundreds or even thousands of printed photos that we’d like to backup digitally. The Flip-Pal is a very portable scanner that allows you to scan photos without removing them from photo albums. Flip-Pal also comes with software that lets you to record audio to accompany each photo, so you can tell the backstory of images to future generations.

3. ThinOPTICS
Reading glasses aren’t exactly a new gadget, but these ThinOPTICS might help to solve the frustrating problem of forgetting your reading glasses. ThinOPTICS are (you guessed it) extremely thin; they’re about twice as thick as a credit card. Because they’re so thin they can fit in your wallet or on the back of your smartphone in a little case. They also come with a lifetime warranty should they break. Available for approximately $30, plus shipping.

4. Kindle Oasis
The Kindle e-reader just keeps getting better and better. The newest version, the Kindle Oasis, is a beautifully designed device that makes other e-readers look dated. Features include a high-resolution screen, a weight of less than 150g and a battery that lasts for two months. Unfortunately, at $449 it’s a bit pricey for an e-reader, especially compared to the Kindle Paperwhite ($179), which does the same thing for half the price.

5. New smartphones
Predictions of what Apple has planned for the iPhone 7 are already running wild. Two of the biggest rumours are that the home button is going to be replaced with a touch sensitive button, and that the headphone port is going to be removed entirely, allowing the device to be much thinner.

The Samsung’s S7 was released in March to widespread acclaim. The S7’s features include water-resistance, expandable memory (meaning you can insert a microSD card to add more storage to the device), extended battery life and more.

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May Apps

App of the Month: mobile phone and tablet security

 

We use our smartphones to access secure sites, such as banking, Paypal and eBay, so when it comes to hacking, smartphones are ripe for the picking. However, there are a range of security apps that can help prevent this from happening. Here are three of the best free apps to protect you from hackers.

Avast SecureLine (free)
For years Avast has been a trusted name in computer protection, providing free antivirus software for both Mac and PC. Unbeknownst to many is that Avast also offers free antivirus software for iPhone and Android. Avast SecureLine is a free app that provides encrypted VPN protection when your phone is connected to wifi, preventing hackers from stealing your personal information.

There are in-app purchase available that can boost your phone’s security, but the free version will provide you with all the protection you need.

Avast SecureLine is available for Mac, PC and iOS. Find out more at Avast Software.

Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus (free)
This free security app for Android scans for and protects against infected files, and alerts users against phishing, malware, spyware and other malicious viruses.

With Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus, your phone’s wifi connection is secure and your privacy safeguarded.

Available free for Android.

Avira Mobile Security (free)
Avira Mobile Security is a feature-rich security app that can pinpoint your phone if it has been stolen and, with its Identity Safeguard, checks whether any personal information, including emails and contacts, has been compromised.

Available for iOS devices. Find out more at www.avira.com.

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Text from a computer

Learn how to send a text message from a Mac or PC computer

 

Did you know you can send text messages from your computer? Sometimes it’s much quicker and a lot easier to type a message on a keyboard, than it is to tap an accurate message on your smartphone screen with ‘fat fingers’. So, here’s how you can send a text message from your Mac or PC, and avoid embarrassing mistakes.

Messages (Apple devices)

Apple has made it easy for you to send and receive text messages by computer. All you need is a Mac running Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite or higher) and a paired Apple device, such as an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, and the right settings.

If you use the same Apple ID for your Apple device and your Mac computer, then this function should work automatically.

If it hasn’t worked for you, then to enable text messages on your Mac computer, you’ll first need to activate the feature on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. To do this, go to ‘Settings’ > ‘Messages’ then tap ‘Text Message Forwarding’ and select the name of the Mac computer to which you want to forward messages. Once your ‘switch’ displays green, you’re good to go. Your messages will now be synced between your Apple device and your computer, as well as your contacts, meaning any messages sent between you and them should be viewable on your computer.

If your carrier doesn’t charge you for text messages, then you won’t have to pay a thing for this feature, otherwise the cost to send a text from your computer is the same as from your phone.

MightyText (Android)

MightyText is the answer for Android users who want to send and receive texts on their computer. And the best news is, it doesn’t matter which type of computer you use, as MightyText is a web-based app, so it works with Windows, Mac, Linux or Chrome OS.

First, though, you’ll have to install MightyText on your Android phone. Once you’ve done that, simply sign in to MightyText’s web app via your preferred web browser and you’re good to go.

As with Apple Messages, if your carrier doesn’t charge you for text messages, then you won’t have to pay a thing for this feature, otherwise the cost to send a text from your computer is the same as from your phone.

Now that you can send text messages from your computer, you probably can’t wait to hit those keys and catch up with your loved ones!

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Laptop Battery Life

How to extend the life of your laptop battery

 

Are you often frustrated at how quickly your laptop’s battery runs out of juice? Laptop batteries work on the same principle as your phone, tablets and pretty much every other battery in the world. That is, when the battery is in use, it’ll run down – it’s inevitable really. We’ve already covered how to make your iPhone and iPad battery last longer, and best battery charging practices, but here are five tips that will help to extend the life of your laptop battery.

1. Turn off unnecessary functions
The first step in extending your battery life is to turn off all the functions that you don’t need at the time. If you’re not using the internet or any wireless accessories, then turning off wifi and Bluetooth will give you longer battery life. If you do need wifi and Bluetooth on, then try blocking online apps such as Dropbox, AirDrop, OneDrive and iCloud. It also pays to turn off any apps that may update in the background, such as back-up software and location services.

2. Do one thing at a time
Having multiple apps open at any one time will drain your battery power faster than only having one open. So, if you’re running out of juice, using one app at a time will help you get more out of your battery. If you’re really running low, then using text-editing software, such as Apple Notes or Windows TextPad, will sponge less power from your battery.

3. Check your energy-saving settings
Your Mac laptop comes with a fantastic function for efficient use of power called ‘Energy Saver’. You’ll find a similar feature on your PC called ‘Power Options’. Both have automatic settings that can help to extend your laptop’s battery life, and also allow you to manually input settings, such as when to put your computer to sleep if you’re not using it, and other options to improve battery efficiency. You can also dim your screen and backlit keyboard, and mute your speakers to save battery power. Sometimes, turning down your screen resolution can also help maintain battery charge for longer.

4. Keep cool
Laptops tend to become hot when in use, and when they get hot, the cooling fans kick in which, you guessed it, uses more battery power. Try to keep your laptop cool by followingRyan’s tips to stop your laptop overheating.

5. Turn it off 
It probably goes without saying that your computer uses less power whilst it’s not switched on. So, if you don’t plan on using it for a while, why not turn it off? Sometimes things are just that simple.

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