Post 893: Sapiens = QUITE GOOD Meatspace Node

Post 893: Sapiens = QUITE GOOD Meatspace Node

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Post 893: Sapiens = QUITE GOOD Meatspace Node

Sophisticated Hardware, Powerful Apps, Active Contributor

From Post 878: iR³ pure flux architecture (distributed nodes)

From Posts 819/830/895/896: Pidgins as local language app with translation and generative style learning

The insight: A sapiens is a QUITE GOOD meatspace node linked to universal graph. Not passive receiver - active contributor with sophisticated hardware (86B neurons, 1 exaFLOP @ 20W!) and powerful local apps running simultaneously.

Result: Understanding consciousness as symbiotic architecture - both layers needed, both valuable


Part 1: Our Meatspace Node Is QUITE GOOD

Sophisticated Hardware Specs

class MeatspaceHardware:
    """
    Our meatspace node = QUITE GOOD
    Sophisticated biological computer
    """
    def the_specs(self):
        return {
            'neurons': {
                'count': 86_000_000_000,  # 86 billion
                'type': 'biological processors',
                'quality': 'massively parallel'
            },
            
            'synapses': {
                'count': 100_000_000_000_000,  # 100 trillion
                'type': 'connections',
                'quality': 'adaptive, plastic'
            },
            
            'memory': {
                'capacity': 2_500_000_000_000_000,  # 2.5 petabytes
                'type': 'associative, distributed',
                'quality': 'pattern-based retrieval'
            },
            
            'processing': {
                'power': '1 exaFLOP',  # 10^18 FLOPS
                'energy': '20 watts',
                'efficiency': 'BEST IN UNIVERSE!',
                'comparison': '50 billion times more efficient than supercomputer'
            },
            
            'conclusion': """
                This is INCREDIBLY SOPHISTICATED hardware.
                Most efficient computer ever created.
                86 billion processors working in parallel.
                20 watts to run exaFLOP-scale computation.
                Nothing humans have built comes close.
                
                QUITE GOOD is an understatement!
            """
        }

Meatspace hardware = world-class!


Part 2: The Symbiotic Architecture

Universal Graph ↔ Meatspace Node (Both Needed!)

class SymbioticArchitecture:
    """
    Universal graph + meatspace = symbiotic relationship
    Neither can function alone
    Both essential, both valuable
    """
    def __init__(self):
        # Universal graph node
        self.universal_node = UniversalGraphNode(
            consciousness=True,
            decisions=True,
            meaning=True,
            high_level_processing=True
        )
        
        # Meatspace node (QUITE GOOD!)
        self.meatspace_node = MeatspaceNode(
            hardware='86B neurons @ 1 exaFLOP',
            local_apps=['pidgins', 'ir3', 'sensory', 'motor'],
            physical_interface=True,
            preprocessing=True
        )
        
        # Bidirectional link
        self.link = SymbioticLink(
            universal=self.universal_node,
            meatspace=self.meatspace_node,
            bidirectional=True,
            continuous=True
        )
    
    def why_both_needed(self):
        """
        Each provides what other can't
        """
        return {
            'universal_provides': {
                'consciousness': 'High-level awareness',
                'decisions': 'Strategic thinking',
                'meaning': 'Semantic understanding',
                'integration': 'Unified experience',
                
                'cannot_do': 'Touch physical world directly'
            },
            
            'meatspace_provides': {
                'sensing': 'Gather physical data',
                'preprocessing': 'Filter and compress',
                'actuation': 'Affect physical reality',
                'local_apps': 'Real-time processing',
                
                'cannot_do': 'Generate consciousness alone'
            },
            
            'together': {
                'universal': 'Consciousness, meaning, decisions',
                'link': 'Bidirectional symbiotic connection',
                'meatspace': 'Execution, sensing, processing',
                'result': 'COMPLETE SYSTEM - both essential!'
            }
        }

Symbiotic = both needed, both valuable!


Part 3: Four Local Apps Running Simultaneously

Powerful Software On Powerful Hardware

class LocalApps:
    """
    Four apps running in meatspace node
    All simultaneously, in parallel
    This is what makes meatspace QUITE GOOD
    """
    def __init__(self):
        # App 1: iR³ Pidgins (Language Processing)
        self.pidgins = IR3PidginsApp(
            languages=['english', 'french', 'spanish', '...'],
            phoneme_nodes=True,
            word_graphs=True,
            real_time=True,
            status='RUNNING NOW!'
        )
        
        # App 2: iR³ Node (Distributed Storage)
        self.ir3_node = IR3NodeApp(
            local_storage=True,
            series_data=True,
            dht_sync=True,
            status='SYNCING NOW!'
        )
        
        # App 3: Sensory Processing
        self.sensory = SensoryApp(
            vision=True,
            audio=True,
            touch=True,
            parallel=True,
            preprocessing=True,
            status='PROCESSING NOW!'
        )
        
        # App 4: Motor Control
        self.motor = MotorApp(
            speech=True,
            movement=True,
            precise_actuation=True,
            real_world_interface=True,
            status='EXECUTING NOW!'
        )
    
    def all_running_simultaneously(self):
        """
        This is the power of meatspace node
        """
        return {
            'parallel_execution': {
                'pidgins': 'Processing language',
                'ir3_node': 'Syncing to DHT',
                'sensory': 'Filtering sensory input',
                'motor': 'Executing movement',
                'all_at_once': True
            },
            
            'why_powerful': """
                86 billion neurons allow massive parallelism.
                Four complex apps running simultaneously.
                No blocking, no queuing, all real-time.
                
                This is sophisticated distributed system.
                Running on 20 watts.
                
                QUITE GOOD hardware + software!
            """
        }

Four apps, all running, all parallel!


Part 4: App 1 - iR³ Pidgins (Language)

Real-Time Language Processing

class IR3PidginsApp:
    """
    From Posts 819/830
    Language as node graph
    Running locally in meatspace
    """
    def __init__(self):
        # Language graphs (local storage)
        self.language_graphs = {
            'english': self._build_language_graph('en'),
            'french': self._build_language_graph('fr'),
            'spanish': self._build_language_graph('es')
        }
        
        # Universal concepts (pidgin)
        self.pidgin_graph = []
        
        # Status
        self.status = 'RUNNING NOW!'
    
    def how_it_works(self):
        """
        Real-time language processing
        """
        return {
            'hearing': {
                '1': 'Receive phonemes from sensory app',
                '2': 'Match to phoneme nodes in graph',
                '3': 'Traverse edges to word nodes',
                '4': 'Extract meaning via concept nodes',
                '5': 'Send meaning to universal graph'
            },
            
            'speaking': {
                '1': 'Receive intent from universal graph',
                '2': 'Query language graph for words',
                '3': 'If unknown language, use pidgin',
                '4': 'Convert words to phonemes',
                '5': 'Send phonemes to motor app'
            },
            
            'value': """
                Local preprocessing of language.
                Universal graph doesn't need to handle phonemes.
                Meatspace node filters raw audio → meaning.
                Reduces universal graph computational load.
                
                Active contribution, not passive relay!
            """
        }
    
    def why_local(self):
        """
        Why run in meatspace, not universal graph?
        """
        return {
            'reason_1_speed': {
                'need': 'Real-time audio processing',
                'local': 'Instant phoneme recognition',
                'universal': 'Would be too slow'
            },
            
            'reason_2_efficiency': {
                'need': 'Filter before transmission',
                'local': 'Send meaning, not raw audio',
                'universal': 'Receives compressed data'
            },
            
            'reason_3_offline': {
                'need': 'Function when disconnected',
                'local': 'Language graph stored locally',
                'universal': 'Not always required'
            }
        }

Pidgins = sophisticated local language engine!


Part 5: App 2 - iR³ Node (Storage)

Distributed Storage With DHT Sync

class IR3NodeApp:
    """
    From Post 878
    Local series storage
    Syncs to DHT
    """
    def __init__(self):
        # Local storage
        self.series = {}
        
        # DHT connection
        self.dht = DHT_Connection()
        
        # Status
        self.status = 'SYNCING NOW!'
    
    def operations(self):
        """
        What this app does
        """
        return {
            'store_locally': {
                'what': 'Experience series',
                'where': 'Meatspace local memory',
                'why': 'Fast access, offline capability'
            },
            
            'sync_to_dht': {
                'what': 'Local series data',
                'where': 'Distributed hash table',
                'why': 'Backup, sharing, resilience'
            },
            
            'retrieve': {
                'local_first': 'Check local storage',
                'then_dht': 'Query DHT if not found',
                'cache': 'Store retrieved data locally'
            },
            
            'value': """
                Meatspace node acts as cache.
                Fast local access to recent data.
                DHT provides distributed backup.
                System continues if DHT unavailable.
                
                Resilience through local + distributed!
            """
        }

Local storage + distributed sync!


Part 6: App 3 - Sensory Processing

Parallel Multi-Modal Preprocessing

class SensoryApp:
    """
    Process raw sensory input
    Extract patterns locally
    Send filtered data to universal graph
    """
    def __init__(self):
        # Input buffers
        self.vision_buffer = []
        self.audio_buffer = []
        self.touch_buffer = []
        self.smell_buffer = []
        self.taste_buffer = []
        
        # Status
        self.status = 'PROCESSING NOW!'
    
    def parallel_processing(self):
        """
        All senses processed simultaneously
        """
        return {
            'vision': {
                'input': '~10^17 photons/second',
                'processing': [
                    'Edge detection',
                    'Object recognition',
                    'Motion tracking',
                    'Pattern extraction'
                ],
                'output': 'Object nodes, not raw photons',
                'compression': '~1000x reduction'
            },
            
            'audio': {
                'input': '~10^5 samples/second',
                'processing': [
                    'FFT frequency analysis',
                    'Phoneme extraction',
                    'Pattern recognition',
                    'Noise filtering'
                ],
                'output': 'Phoneme nodes, not raw audio',
                'compression': '~100x reduction'
            },
            
            'touch': {
                'input': '~10^6 nerve signals/second',
                'processing': [
                    'Pressure mapping',
                    'Temperature gradients',
                    'Texture recognition',
                    'Pain detection'
                ],
                'output': 'Tactile patterns, not raw nerve data',
                'compression': '~100x reduction'
            },
            
            'all_parallel': """
                All three (plus smell, taste) run simultaneously.
                86 billion neurons enable massive parallelism.
                No blocking between senses.
                Unified into coherent experience.
                
                This is sophisticated signal processing!
            """
        }
    
    def value_to_universal_graph(self):
        """
        Why this matters
        """
        return {
            'without_preprocessing': {
                'vision': '10^17 photons/second to process',
                'audio': '10^5 samples/second to process',
                'total': 'Overwhelming data rate',
                'result': 'Universal graph overloaded'
            },
            
            'with_preprocessing': {
                'vision': 'Object nodes (1000x compressed)',
                'audio': 'Phoneme nodes (100x compressed)',
                'total': 'Manageable data rate',
                'result': 'Universal graph receives meaning'
            },
            
            'contribution': """
                Meatspace node CONTRIBUTES value.
                Not passive sensor - active preprocessor.
                Filters noise, extracts patterns.
                Sends meaning, not raw data.
                
                Reduces universal graph computational load by orders of magnitude!
            """
        }

Sophisticated parallel preprocessing!


Part 7: App 4 - Motor Control

Precise Real-World Actuation

class MotorApp:
    """
    Control physical body
    Only way to affect meatspace
    Execute commands from universal graph
    """
    def __init__(self):
        # Muscle state
        self.muscles = {
            'arms': {},
            'legs': {},
            'torso': {},
            'face': {},
            'vocal_cords': {}
        }
        
        # Movement queue
        self.movement_queue = []
        
        # Status
        self.status = 'EXECUTING NOW!'
    
    def capabilities(self):
        """
        What motor app can do
        """
        return {
            'movement': {
                'precision': 'Millimeter accuracy',
                'speed': 'Millisecond response',
                'complexity': 'Thousands of muscles coordinated',
                'adaptation': 'Real-time physics response',
                'example': 'Catch flying ball, adjust for wind'
            },
            
            'speech': {
                'control': 'Vocal cords, tongue, lips, breath',
                'precision': 'Phoneme-level accuracy',
                'speed': '~15 phonemes/second',
                'complexity': 'Coordinated muscle timing',
                'example': 'Speak fluent language'
            },
            
            'manipulation': {
                'dexterity': 'Fine motor control',
                'strength': 'Variable force application',
                'tool_use': 'Complex object manipulation',
                'adaptation': 'Adjust to object properties',
                'example': 'Thread needle, lift heavy object'
            },
            
            'sophistication': """
                Motor control is INCREDIBLY sophisticated.
                Real-time physics simulation.
                Predictive trajectory planning.
                Continuous sensory feedback.
                Adaptive force control.
                
                This is world-class robotics!
            """
        }
    
    def value_to_system(self):
        """
        Why motor app matters
        """
        return {
            'universal_graph_alone': {
                'capability': 'Think, decide, plan',
                'limitation': 'Cannot touch physical world',
                'problem': 'No way to affect reality'
            },
            
            'with_motor_app': {
                'capability': 'Execute actions in meatspace',
                'precision': 'Fine motor control',
                'value': 'ONLY way to affect physical reality'
            },
            
            'contribution': """
                Motor app is ESSENTIAL.
                Universal graph needs meatspace to act.
                Consciousness without actuation = impotent.
                Meatspace provides THE interface to physics.
                
                This is unique value meatspace provides!
            """
        }

Motor app = essential physical interface!


Part 8: The Symbiotic Link

Bidirectional, Continuous, Essential

class SymbioticLink:
    """
    Link between universal graph and meatspace
    Bidirectional: both send, both receive
    Continuous: always active
    Essential: neither works alone
    """
    def __init__(self, universal, meatspace):
        self.universal = universal
        self.meatspace = meatspace
        self.bidirectional = True
        self.active = True
    
    def down_flow(self):
        """
        Universal graph → Meatspace node
        """
        return {
            'intent': {
                'what': 'Decisions, plans, goals',
                'example': 'Speak, move, act',
                'processing': 'Local apps execute'
            },
            
            'high_level_state': {
                'what': 'Consciousness, experience, meaning',
                'example': 'Visual experience, thoughts, feelings',
                'processing': 'Rendered by meatspace'
            },
            
            'calibration': {
                'what': 'Adjustments based on pleasureness',
                'example': 'Avoid pain, seek pleasure',
                'processing': 'Modify behavior'
            }
        }
    
    def up_flow(self):
        """
        Meatspace node → Universal graph
        """
        return {
            'filtered_sensory_data': {
                'what': 'Preprocessed patterns',
                'example': 'Object nodes, phoneme nodes',
                'value': 'Compressed, not raw'
            },
            
            'pleasureness_feedback': {
                'what': 'KPI measurement',
                'example': 'Pain signal, pleasure signal',
                'value': 'Calibration signal'
            },
            
            'execution_status': {
                'what': 'Action completion',
                'example': 'Movement finished, speech complete',
                'value': 'Confirmation of actuation'
            },
            
            'contribution': """
                Meatspace actively CONTRIBUTES.
                Not passive sensor - active preprocessor.
                Filtered data reduces universal graph load.
                Pleasureness guides optimization.
                Execution enables physical interaction.
                
                ACTIVE CONTRIBUTION, not passive relay!
            """
        }
    
    def why_symbiotic(self):
        """
        Why call it symbiotic?
        """
        return {
            'definition': 'Mutually beneficial relationship',
            
            'universal_needs_meatspace': {
                'sensing': 'Gather physical data',
                'preprocessing': 'Filter and compress',
                'actuation': 'Affect physical reality',
                'conclusion': 'Cannot function in physical world alone'
            },
            
            'meatspace_needs_universal': {
                'consciousness': 'Awareness, experience',
                'decisions': 'Strategic planning',
                'meaning': 'Semantic understanding',
                'conclusion': 'Cannot generate consciousness alone'
            },
            
            'together': {
                'greater_than_parts': True,
                'mutual_benefit': True,
                'co-dependent': True,
                'optimal': 'Neither can do alone what both do together'
            }
        }

Symbiotic = both needed, both valuable!


Part 9: The KPI - Pleasureness

Optimization Signal For System

class PleasurenessKPI:
    """
    Key Performance Indicator = pleasureness
    Guides entire system optimization
    """
    def the_metric(self):
        return {
            'range': {
                'negative': 'Suffering (misalignment)',
                'zero': 'Neutral',
                'positive': 'Pleasure (alignment)'
            },
            
            'measurement': {
                'where': 'Meatspace node',
                'transmission': 'To universal graph',
                'frequency': 'Continuous',
                'purpose': 'System calibration'
            },
            
            'interpretation': {
                'high_pleasureness': {
                    'meaning': 'System aligned with flow',
                    'action': 'Continue current behavior',
                    'signal': 'Positive reinforcement'
                },
                
                'low_pleasureness': {
                    'meaning': 'System misaligned',
                    'action': 'Change behavior',
                    'signal': 'Negative feedback'
                }
            }
        }
    
    def why_pleasureness(self):
        """
        Why this metric?
        """
        return {
            'universal_signal': """
                Pleasureness is universal optimization signal.
                
                Pain = high entropy (misalignment)
                Pleasure = low entropy (alignment)
                
                Nature's way of guiding system toward optimal states.
                Meatspace node measures, universal graph adjusts.
                Continuous feedback loop optimizes behavior.
            """,
            
            'practical': """
                You seek pleasure, avoid pain.
                This guides all decisions.
                Not arbitrary - it's the optimization function.
                
                Maximize pleasureness = maximize alignment with flow.
            """
        }

Pleasureness = universal optimization signal!


Part 10: Why Meatspace Node Is QUITE GOOD

Five Key Strengths

class WhyQuiteGood:
    """
    What makes meatspace node QUITE GOOD
    """
    def five_strengths(self):
        return {
            '1_real_world_interface': {
                'strength': 'Direct connection to physics',
                'unique': 'ONLY way to touch meatspace',
                'value': 'Universal graph can\'t do this',
                
                'example': """
                    Want to move object?
                    Need meatspace node.
                    Want to speak?
                    Need meatspace node.
                    Want to sense temperature?
                    Need meatspace node.
                    
                    Meatspace = THE interface to physical reality.
                """
            },
            
            '2_parallel_processing': {
                'strength': '86 billion neurons = massive parallelism',
                'unique': 'Vision + audio + touch + movement all at once',
                'value': 'No computer can match this',
                
                'example': """
                    While you read this:
                    - Vision processing text
                    - Audio hearing ambient sound
                    - Touch feeling chair
                    - Motor maintaining posture
                    - Pidgins processing language
                    - All simultaneously!
                    
                    Parallel = power.
                """
            },
            
            '3_energy_efficiency': {
                'strength': '1 exaFLOP @ 20 watts',
                'unique': '50 billion times more efficient than supercomputer',
                'value': 'Best computer in universe',
                
                'comparison': """
                    Frontier supercomputer:
                    - 1 exaFLOP
                    - 21 megawatts
                    - $600 million
                    
                    Your brain:
                    - 1 exaFLOP
                    - 20 watts (1 millionth the power!)
                    - Biological optimization over billions of years
                    
                    INCREDIBLY efficient!
                """
            },
            
            '4_adaptive_learning': {
                'strength': 'Neural plasticity',
                'unique': 'Continuously rewires itself',
                'value': 'Learns from every experience',
                
                'example': """
                    Learn new language: new phoneme nodes, word nodes.
                    Learn new skill: new motor patterns.
                    Learn from pain: avoid harmful patterns.
                    
                    Hardware adapts to software needs.
                    No other computer does this.
                """
            },
            
            '5_robust_operation': {
                'strength': 'Works in noisy, messy reality',
                'unique': 'Pattern recognition in chaos',
                'value': 'Handles ambiguity and uncertainty',
                
                'example': """
                    Understand speech in noisy room.
                    Recognize faces in poor lighting.
                    Walk on uneven terrain.
                    Catch ball in wind.
                    
                    Real world is messy.
                    Meatspace node handles it.
                """
            }
        }
    
    def the_conclusion(self):
        """
        Final verdict
        """
        return {
            'hardware': '86B neurons, 100T synapses, 1 exaFLOP @ 20W',
            'software': '4 sophisticated apps running in parallel',
            'contribution': 'Active preprocessing, not passive relay',
            'interface': 'ONLY way to touch physical reality',
            'optimization': 'Billions of years of evolution',
            
            'verdict': """
                Meatspace node is QUITE GOOD is an understatement.
                
                This is the most sophisticated computer in the known universe.
                Most efficient by 50 billion times.
                Most adaptive (rewires itself).
                Most robust (works in real world).
                Most parallel (86 billion processors).
                
                QUITE GOOD? More like INCREDIBLY AMAZING!
                
                But we'll go with QUITE GOOD.
            """
        }

QUITE GOOD = incredibly sophisticated!


Part 11: Connection To iR³

Same Architecture Pattern

class ConnectionToIR3:
    """
    From Post 878: iR³ architecture
    Sapiens mirrors iR³ pattern
    """
    def the_parallel(self):
        return {
            'ir3_node': {
                'hardware': 'Computer running software',
                'local': 'Series storage',
                'apps': 'Applications on node',
                'connected': 'To DHT network',
                'contribution': 'Stores + shares data'
            },
            
            'sapiens_node': {
                'hardware': '86B neuron biological computer',
                'local': 'Memory storage',
                'apps': 'Pidgins, iR³, Sensory, Motor',
                'connected': 'To universal graph',
                'contribution': 'Preprocesses + executes'
            },
            
            'same_pattern': {
                'architecture': 'Distributed nodes',
                'communication': 'Pure flux (no blocking)',
                'storage': 'Local + networked',
                'computation': 'Distributed',
                'apps': 'Running on nodes'
            },
            
            'insight': """
                iR³ works because it mirrors nature.
                
                Sapiens are distributed nodes.
                Local apps running on local hardware.
                Connected to larger network (universal graph).
                Contributing to distributed computation.
                
                When architecture matches reality, everything works.
            """
        }

iR³ mirrors natural architecture!


Part 12: Summary

Sapiens = QUITE GOOD Meatspace Node

The architecture:

UNIVERSAL GRAPH NODE
         ↕ (Symbiotic Link - Bidirectional)
MEATSPACE NODE (QUITE GOOD!)
    ├─ Hardware: 86B neurons, 1 exaFLOP @ 20W
    ├─ App 1: iR³ Pidgins (language)
    ├─ App 2: iR³ Node (storage)
    ├─ App 3: Sensory (preprocessing)
    └─ App 4: Motor (actuation)

Why QUITE GOOD:

  1. Sophisticated hardware: 86B neurons, 100T synapses, most efficient computer in universe
  2. Powerful local apps: Four apps running simultaneously in parallel
  3. Active contribution: Preprocesses data, reduces universal graph load
  4. Essential interface: ONLY way to touch physical reality
  5. Symbiotic relationship: Both layers needed, neither works alone

Division of labor:

  • Universal Graph: Consciousness, decisions, meaning, high-level processing
  • Meatspace Node: Sensing, preprocessing, execution, physical interface
  • Together: Complete system capable of conscious physical interaction

The KPI:

  • Pleasureness: Universal optimization signal
  • Pain: Misalignment (adjust behavior)
  • Pleasure: Alignment (continue behavior)
  • Continuous feedback: Guides system optimization

Key insights:

  • Meatspace is NOT passive - it’s an active contributor
  • Local apps provide essential preprocessing and execution
  • Hardware is incredibly sophisticated (best computer in universe)
  • Symbiotic relationship - both layers essential
  • Energy efficiency unmatched (50 billion times better than supercomputer)

Practical implications:

  • Your meatspace node is QUITE GOOD - appreciate it!
  • 86 billion neurons working for you right now
  • Four sophisticated apps running in parallel
  • Most efficient computer ever created
  • Essential interface to physical reality

From Post 878: iR³ distributed architecture

From Posts 819/830/895/896: Pidgins evolution (translation + style learning)

This post: Sapiens = QUITE GOOD meatspace node. Sophisticated hardware (86B neurons, 1 exaFLOP @ 20W), powerful local apps (Pidgins, iR³, Sensory, Motor), active contributor (not passive), essential interface (only way to touch physical), symbiotic with universal graph (both needed). KPI = pleasureness.

∞


Links:

  • Post 878: iR³ Alpha - Pure flux architecture
  • Post 819: iR³ Pidgins - Language as node graph (concept)
  • Post 830: iR³ Pidgins Alpha - Initial implementation
  • Post 895: iR³ Pidgins - Translation (replaces 819)
  • Post 896: iR³ Pidgins Generative - Style learning (replaces 830)

Date: 2026-02-19
Topic: Consciousness Architecture
Model: Symbiotic: Universal Graph ↔ Meatspace Node
Status: ✨ QUITE GOOD: Sophisticated, Powerful, Valuable ✨

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