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"who has passed on"

"who has passed on" 06/25/2004 03:22 PM

Why I passed on Comdex

Why I passed on Comdex 11/19/2003 12:30 AM
ITBusiness.ca Nov 18 2003 11:57PM ET

"TBogg's dad passed on."

"TBogg's dad passed on." 08/27/2004 01:45 PM

Online porn law not passed

Online porn law not passed 06/29/2004 05:18 PM
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A month has passed with no news...

A month has passed with no news... 06/22/2005 02:25 AM

Almost exactly a month ago today I sent off a form to an organisation called Traceline to ask them to help me find my father. Three days later I wrote a little post about my uncertainty about what would happen next. Two and a half weeks later, I briefly alluded to the fact that I'd not heard anything yet. A week further on, and we're back to today, and is there any news? Unfortunately, no.

Of course, I honestly don't know what to expect. This process could take a month, it could take two months, it could take six. I think I assumed I'd have heard something by now because the expedited process (where you know their date of birth) is supposed to only take a week. But time just keeps passing with very little to show for it. At the moment I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they're not just torturing me, but give it another month or so and I might rename them in slightly more colourful language.

So how have I been dealing with it? Difficult question. Thanks for asking. I guess the most honest answer would probably that I'm kind of confused about the whole thing. About two weeks ago, in the middle of a particularly stressful time at work, I was in a meeting and my phone rang. The caller's number was withheld. I couldn't answer the phone in the room. I hung up on them. They rang again, so I turned my phone off. They didn't leave a message. After the meeting I started asking all the people I thought who might have called me, but none of them had done. And gradually I started to wonder to myself - who could have been at the other end of the line? Who had I hung up on? What did it mean? What had I done? Had I just lost my chance forever? These thoughts stayed with me for days.

In retrospect, what this situation means is simply that this whole process clearly means an awful lot to me - much much more than I had been expecting. This was probably not a pivotal moment - in fact it was almost certainly a trivial moment - no more or less nerve-wracking that the rest of the month has been. I just momentarily had something in particular I could focus on. Or at least so I tell myself. Patience, Tom. Be patient.

One development that has happened is that I decided to talk to my mother about the whole thing. For some reason, I had decided originally that I was going to do this completely on my own without getting the rest of my family involved. I don't think I can explain why particularly except to say that there are things in the world that I find hard to look at directly and family don't tend to let you keep things in your peripheral vision. There's probably some other stuff going on too - I've wanted independence from my family and from restrictive encompassing structures like families for years as well. This could have been another attempt to assert that. But that's a whole other industrial-sized can of worms that I think I should probably avoid opening right now.

Anyway, I don't think my mother realises how strange and difficult this whole absent father thing is for me, or how much bluster and brashness I've had to cultivate to be even vaguely able to approach it head on. So when I said that I had something that I wanted to tell her (and when I obviously had trouble getting it out), my liberal mother (with so much faith in me, evidently) immediately assumed that I had contracted some fatal gay disease. When I explained instead that I'd decided to look for my father, she seemed totally cool about the whole thing, almost a little surprised that I found the whole thing so emotionally charged. Typically she was also terribly - aggravatingly - efficient about it too. She kept trying to tell me what I should be doing next, even though I repeatedly pointed out that it had taken me twenty odd years to get to this stage and that maybe I wasn't quite ready to treat the whole thing like a crusade quite yet.

I think I finally got through to her when I talked about my biggest concern - that I would find my father only for him to be repulsed by me because I'm gay. I'm not ashamed of being gay - in fact I'm proud of myself for having the nerve to be publically gay and not hiding it. And normally, I'm not terribly interested whether other people have issues with me being gay or not. But with your own father... I don't know... I think I'm looking for him in part to help me understand where I came from and why I am the way I am. He seems to be the closest in the family to sharing my passions and interests. I kind of want him to be proud of what i've accomplished - i don't want to be a let-down or an embarrassment. I certainly don't want to be ahborent to him. I don't want him to find me disgusting. And I have to face the possibility that he might. He's in his sixties. There's no guarantee that he's of a liberal mindset, no way of knowing what his reaction might be at all. It's a concern. It's a big concern.

So what now? I'm in the States. I'm going to conferences. I'm keeping myself busy and thinking about wider and more disparate material. When I get home in a week's time, if there's still no word from Traceline, then I guess I have to ring them up. I need to know what's been happening. I need to know what progress has been made. And in the meantime, I have to hope that if we ever do meet that he's prepared to be non-judgemental and engage with me in some way. What more can I hope for? What more can I do?

Federal Do-Not-Call list has been passed

Federal Do-Not-Call list has been passed 03/11/2003 10:35 PM
CBS News | ‘Do Not Call’ Is Law | March 11, 2003 14:49:40 Telemarketers say the registry will devastate their business. The Direct Marketing Association, an industry group, filed a lawsuit against the FTC last month on grounds the registry...

Iran Says Sept 11 Plotters May Have
Passed Through

Iran Says Sept 11 Plotters May Have
Passed Through 07/18/2004 07:02 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 18 2004 10:40AM GMT

Anti-spam bill passed

Anti-spam bill passed 12/02/2003 01:49 AM
The U.S. House of Representatives passed anti-spam legislation that provides for prison time as well as hefty fines

Check Yerkes passed away last week

Check Yerkes passed away last week 08/31/2004 06:52 PM
Derek writes that Chuck Yerkes passed away in a motorcycle accident (copy on this page). He sent a mail to the perl.org list-owner address late that afternoon and I replied to it just in the hour before the accident. Freaky. I didn't know him, barely even by reputation, but from reading the memorial wiki, he seems to have been a great for everyone who had a chance to know him. Hopefully they use Unix servers where he is now too....

U.S.: Chalabi Passed Info To Iran

U.S.: Chalabi Passed Info To Iran 05/22/2004 03:38 PM
Free Internet Press May 22 2004 7:10PM GMT

Effects of Smoking May Be Passed Down
through Generations

Effects of Smoking May Be Passed Down
through Generations 04/12/2005 03:33 AM

ESA's Rosetta Probe Passed 1st Test

ESA's Rosetta Probe Passed 1st Test 05/31/2004 12:33 PM

Equipment Donated to Convention Is
Passed to Schools

Equipment Donated to Convention Is
Passed to Schools 09/03/2004 12:40 AM
Telephones and computers that were donated for use at the Republican National Convention will now be used to improve security and enhance New York City public schools.

Commerical Pilot Glider Test: I passed!

Commerical Pilot Glider Test: I passed! 04/08/2005 12:35 AM
After meeting the required training and experience for a Commercial Pilot License, there are three tests one must pass. The first is a 100 question multiple choice written test. The second is an oral examination administered by a FAA Designated Examiner (DE). The final test is a flight test with the Examiner which typically consists of two flights. The Written Test The FAA publishes the majority of the questions in the pool for the written test on their web site....

House-Passed Budget in Trouble in Senate
(AP)

House-Passed Budget in Trouble in Senate
(AP) 05/20/2004 02:24 AM
AP - A rebellion among moderate Republican senators trying to curb tax cuts has thrust the compromise $2.4 trillion budget for 2005 into deep trouble in the Senate, despite the measure's House passage.

"Could you have passed an 1895 8th grade
final exam?"

"Could you have passed an 1895 8th grade
final exam?" 06/27/2004 09:00 PM

Valve WON server deadline passed, WON is
down for good.

Valve WON server deadline passed, WON is
down for good. 07/30/2004 03:46 PM

Iran Says Sept 11 Plotters May Have
Passed Through (Reuters)

Iran Says Sept 11 Plotters May Have
Passed Through (Reuters) 07/18/2004 05:34 AM
Reuters - Iran acknowledged on Sunday that some al Qaeda members involved in the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States may have passed through the country shortly beforehand.

bl0g note that Bill c-250 has passed in
the Canadian Senate

bl0g note that Bill c-250 has passed in
the Canadian Senate 04/30/2004 09:20 AM
Gay Brownshirt Enabling Act Passes in Canada

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Another Pro-Hollywood Senate Bill Passed
By Voice Vote

Another Pro-Hollywood Senate Bill Passed
By Voice Vote 06/28/2004 05:22 AM
On Friday, we wrote about how the Senat e slipped in -- by voice vote -- an approval of the PIRATE Act, which would have the government doing the entertainment industry's dirty work for them (with your tax money). It appears that another pro-Hollywood bill was passed in a similar manner at the same time. This one would make it a much bigger crime to record a movie in the theater as well as add more jail time to those caught releasing movies or music before the commercial release of those products. This isn't quite as bad as the California law that could throw people in jail just for bringing a video camera into a theater, but it still seems quite excessive. It's already illegal to do these things. The only reason for this new law appears to be to use an even bigger stick against a crime many people don't think is that big of a deal. Clearly, our politicians are quite out of touch with the people they're supposed to represent -- though, they're still very much in touch with those who line their entertainment industry backers.

Lawyers Say Marion Jones Passed
Polygraph Test

Lawyers Say Marion Jones Passed
Polygraph Test 06/17/2004 10:36 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 18 2004 2:59AM GMT

"former 'Bedtime for Bonzo' co-star and
ex-U.S. President Ronald Reagan has
passed away at age 93"

"former 'Bedtime for Bonzo' co-star and
ex-U.S. President Ronald Reagan has
passed away at age 93" 06/07/2004 10:34 AM

Piracy Bill Passed By Senate,
Intellectual Property Protecte

Piracy Bill Passed By Senate,
Intellectual Property Protecte 05/18/2004 07:22 PM
AGI Online May 18 2004 11:10PM GMT

Billy "Wicked" Wilson of Voodoo Extreme
fame has passed away at the age of 33

Billy "Wicked" Wilson of Voodoo Extreme
fame has passed away at the age of 33 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
Billy "Wicked" Wilson passed away today at the age of 33. Wilson was loved for his involvement in one of the earliest and best gaming websites, Voodoo Extreme.

PHP Blog: feof() doesn't return TRUE
when invalid file handle is passed to it

PHP Blog: feof() doesn't return TRUE
when invalid file handle is passed to it 05/17/2004 07:34 PM
When a fopen() is done on a file that has permissions that are set to not allow the current process user to read it or the file doesn\'t exist it returns false. This is expected. The problem is when feof() is fed the invalid handle it doesn\'t return TRUE() thus creating an infinite loop in the following code example. feof() would return TRUE to cancel the loop and the script would end. There would of course be warnings because of the invalid file handle, but that is expected. There should be better error handling on the developers part and catch the invalid file handle, but I would expect the file functions to handle this situation accordingly.

Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd,
2005 at the age of 87 following
quadruple bypass heart surgery

Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd,
2005 at the age of 87 following
quadruple bypass heart surgery 01/04/2005 02:59 PM
Eisner .. RIP,

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The first full opportunity to get a
signal from the European Beagle 2 lander
passed without news from Mars

The first full opportunity to get a
signal from the European Beagle 2 lander
passed without news from Mars 12/26/2003 06:36 AM
BBC

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"PATRICK BELTON: JUST IN THE OFF CHANCE
THAT THE EVENT doesn't attract much
attention from the print media,
sovereignty passed today from the CPA to
Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This
makes the Foreign Ministry the eighth
Iraqi ministry to quietly,..."

"PATRICK BELTON: JUST IN THE OFF CHANCE
THAT THE EVENT doesn't attract much
attention from the print media,
sovereignty passed today from the CPA to
Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This
makes the Foreign Ministry the eighth
Iraqi ministry to quietly,..." 05/12/2004 11:08 PM

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Key Advantage Typing 1.0

Key Advantage Typing 1.0 12/03/2003 05:00 PM
Key Advantage Typing is an amazing program for learning how to type!

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
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fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

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But Can Apple Take Advantage Of The
Advantage?

But Can Apple Take Advantage Of The
Advantage? 05/31/2004 04:12 AM
Jakob Nielsen: Companies that emphasize a good user interface can get a huge competitive advantage. Apple is really a good example of that.

Joy of Typing

Joy of Typing 08/07/2004 08:44 PM

When I was heavily into physics, I used to enjoy filling up pages after pages of rough white paper with equations using a B2 wood pencil.  I used the B2 pencil because it felt similar to chaulk on blackboard and rough paper made that nice scratching sound as you write on it.  The idea that I could be creative and productive anywhere with nothing more than some paper, a pencil, and some quiet was very attractive to me similar to the way one might feel with a powerful laptop these days.

I have similar feelings about the old IBM buckling spring keyboards, the kind that clicked loudly and pushed back sincerely to every keystroke.  It as lively as the Selectric keyboards but better because I didn't get the feeling that keyboard might bolt out the window any minute like I did while using a Seletric typewriter (maybe it was the lack of that electric 'trembling').

With today's mushy keyboards, typing feels like a chore and boring with my palms never leaving the palm rest.  But with old IBM keyboards, typing felt more exciting, as if I was playing a piano, with my palms bouncing up and down with my fingers coming up for air and diving down again for another bout with the feisty keys.

I missed that feeling so googled and found PCKeyboard .com.  Nice.

Is Typing a Necessary Skill?

Is Typing a Necessary Skill? 08/04/2004 05:17 PM

Improve your typing with KAT

Improve your typing with KAT 12/02/2003 12:29 AM
Do your fingers trip over themselves when typing e-mails or do they tie into knots when you're in iChat? Mac users suffering from poor typing skills might want to check out Key Advantage Typing from Programming Art.

Through the Typing Glass

Through the Typing Glass 07/01/2004 12:22 PM

So you thought the upcoming enhancements to iChat AV sounded cool? Wait until you see Facetop:

Facetop superimposes transparent images of a computer's desktop over video images of the user to allow the user to look at the video and desktop at the same time.

The video shows a ghostly mirror image of the user so that when he points, his video reflection appears to touch objects on the screen. The system tracks fingertip position in the video to allow the user to control the mouse pointer.

Essentially it looks like two users are working with a pane of glass containing the desktop between them. UNC is developing this technology as part of their research into software to aid in pair programming over a distance. Pretty cool. This is possible on OSX right now, but Windows folks will apparently need to wait for Longhorn for the neccesary support.

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Typing Trainer

Typing Trainer 08/28/2004 03:12 PM
Unicode

TypeFaster Typing Tutor

TypeFaster Typing Tutor 04/10/2004 02:05 PM
TypeFaster 0.3 includes a 3d game

Typing Trainer 1.0rc3

Typing Trainer 1.0rc3 09/06/2004 11:19 PM
Software to exercise typing skills.

What is the future of typing in public?

What is the future of typing in public? 03/06/2004 01:55 AM

ETCon is a conference like no other. This is not because of the quality of the speakers but because of the type of audience it gets and the culture that has self-generated around it. One of the most notable features of the ETCon culture is in the near-permanent and overt use of the laptop during sessions. It is not an exaggeration to say that half the people in the auditoria will have a computer open during a keynote. It's not an exaggeration to say that a significant proportion of those people will be multi-tasking enormously - finding a massive variety of ways of interacting with each other around the main topic of discussion.

There will be an IRC channel - co-occupied by (1) the kind of attendees who can't work at home without having fifty windows open on their computer, the TV on with the sound off and loud trance music pounding into their frontal lobes and (2) those poor unfortunate long-distance virtual hecklers who couldn't get out of work or couldn't afford to participate in person who spend half their time trying to work out what's going on and the other half of their time trying to get someone to ask questions on their behalf.

There will be the SubEthaEdit gang (a group I fear I belong to), whose mission will be to attempt to get the clearest transcription of the event in question and who may or may not require the discipline of writing to help them keep everything in their heads. There are a variety of sub-types of SubEthaEditors, including the blind transcribers, the commenters and the newbies. This year I fell into the role of blind transcriber, by dint of being able to type faster than most people. I hoped that other people would amend the notes around the place, and fix any errors I created, but - on the whole - SubEthaEdit this year for me became more of a broadcast experience.

Then there are the people who are surfing the net, or posting direct to their weblogs, or throwing files between each other over iChat or AIM or who are playing with the subject of the talk in question (cf. Ludicorp's piece on Flickr, are actually trying to finish off their own papers or (as I often think might be the case with Cory Doctorow) paying their bills, organising their next speaking gig and knocking out a draft of their latest novel.

All in all then, the experience of ETCon is of a place in which a hell of a lot of people do a hell of a lot of typing.

At ETCon this year, Cory Doctorow did a piece on e-books that I've talked about before. His argument is that e-books can't compete with paper at what paper does best. The DRM'd versions of novels that only allow you to read in a linear fashion - well these aspire to be 'proper' books, but they can't hope to reach that level because of the absence of viscera. E-books simply aren't attractive, engaging, smelly, textural or beautiful objects. This kind of e-book may be portable, but you still can't take it into the bath with you.

But why should e-books be operating only at the level of what paper does best? Why shouldn't they concentrate more on what they can add to the experience. If you give out a plain text version of your novel, then so much more becomes possible that wasn't before - grepping / cutting / selective printing / copy & pasting / running simple scripts against / reading in any platform in any place and at any time / distributing and redistributing. If viewed in this perspective, then the gestalt of the paper book and the e-book is enormously potent. And if you take away the e-book, then the paper book might seem - well, broken.

At ETCon, that's how those of us who are continually backchannelling think the experience of the conference for those without backchannel wifi-enabled social access to the concurrently written-into-existence e-conference must be. Those people who don't engage in the larger conference are having a truncated experience of the event. It's as if they'd decided to walk into a paper with a blindfold on.

I say all of this because I'm aware how odd it can sound. Since my return to the UK I've been to two events - one was ConCon, and there simply weren't enough power-points to allow people to be engaged in any signicant degree of back-channelling. But then the papers were summaries, they were truncations, densely-packed contextualisers that served little purpose other than to inspire questions. ConCon was of a scale where the size and social dynamics of the group meant that back-channelling was simply less necessary. And even here typing went on here and there, unremarked upon, normal.

The other event I've attended was the AIGA UK event at the Design Council where representatives of the BBC spoke. And there a very different dynamic was in place. I was pretty much the only person in the room with an open laptop - trying to take very sparse and occasional notes (given the paucity of power-supplies) - and it became very clear to me very quickly that in a room of roughly 100/150 people, the muffled noise of my very occasional typing was considered to be rude and intrusive. The assumption was that I was doing stuff that was not related to the event concerned, that I was demonstrably not engaging with what was going on and that the open laptop was a direct affront to the spirit of the event. And in the meantime, I wanted to follow up some of the points online, I wanted to explore the issues more fully, I found myself passing my laptop to a neighbour so that he could see what I was thinking about. Much like a book without an e-book, the event seemed a little broken without a backchannel, without wifi. And I seemed to be the only one who noticed.

A couple of years ago I wouldn't have been surprised by this attitude, but after two ETCons it seems vaguely archaic - particularly when surrounded by an apparent fraternity of highly web-literate Londoners. But it's not limited to London - Stewa rt reports going to Infest in Vancouver and discovering an environment in which large numbers of geeks go to a conference and feel absolutely no need to backchannel, no need to have their laptops open, no need to note-take or collaborate or discuss in parallel.

So I wonder to myself which way are we moving. Are we moving more towards a ubiquitous computing presence where laptop note-taking at events and back-channelling are more common than now, where it breaks out of the individual contexts of ETCon and spreads more widely into other geek conferences, discussion-based events or even into work or conversational meetings. Or is this kind of overt back-channelling going to remain the provenance of a very particular clump of conference cultures - perhaps only percolating elsewhere in a more backgrounded, perpetual but less overtly lean-forward kind of way.

In essence what I'm asking is: What is the future of typing in public?

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Speed Typing Test

Speed Typing Test 02/06/2005 03:24 AM
Speed Typing Test v0.5: Initial Release

Arcade Typing Tutor 1.0

Arcade Typing Tutor 1.0 08/04/2004 04:44 PM
OpenGL arcade typing tutor based on the classic arcade game missile defender.

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0 05/11/2004 06:23 AM
A touch-typing tutor.

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0.3

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0.3 03/25/2005 09:38 PM
Makes learning to type easy, with step-by-step instruction.

Cat's Clicks: Tip-Top Typing

Cat's Clicks: Tip-Top Typing 08/03/2004 04:11 AM
G4 Tech TV Aug 3 2004 8:19AM GMT

Mac 911: Slowing down typing toddler

Mac 911: Slowing down typing toddler 06/17/2005 04:34 PM
Have a small child who loves to bang on your laptop? Make his access a little less universal with this trick.

Introduction to Static and Dynamic
Typing

Introduction to Static and Dynamic
Typing 06/17/2004 11:59 PM
WebmasterBase Jun 18 2004 4:37AM GMT

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 2.4 released

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 2.4 released 10/29/2003 12:09 AM
Runtime Revolution today announced that Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 2.4 is now available...

Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor

Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor 04/12/2005 11:06 PM
First release

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0.3 released

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0.3 released 03/30/2005 07:38 AM
Runtime Revolution today announced the release of Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 3.0.3, the latest version of its software that helps users learn to touch type...

Adding Optional Static Typing to Python

Adding Optional Static Typing to Python 12/24/2004 01:09 PM
Adding Optional Static Typing to Python .. written an article

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"Adding Optional Static Typing to
Python"

"Adding Optional Static Typing to
Python" 12/25/2004 05:03 PM

"Java?s implementation of static typing
is stupid"

"Java?s implementation of static typing
is stupid" 05/19/2004 12:05 AM

Typing tabs and carriage returns into
text areas

Typing tabs and carriage returns into
text areas 12/09/2003 11:00 AM
klieb2000's tip about importing CSV data into AppleWorks mentioned a workaround for typing a tab into a textarea (rather than tabbing to the next control). Instead of copy pasting a tab into the find and replace fields, just ...

Business card scanner can save time,
typing

Business card scanner can save time,
typing 12/18/2003 08:02 AM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 18 2003 7:44AM ET

ProTouch XT protects keyboard but
maintains typing feel

ProTouch XT protects keyboard but
maintains typing feel 07/12/2004 07:13 AM
iSkin Inc. introduced a keyboard protector called ProTouch XT on Friday. ProTouch XT was designed to fit Apple's regular and wireless keyboards in a form-fitting manner that keeps out debris while maintaining the typing feel, in addition to dampening keystroke noise. It can be removed and washed off whenever necessary. The ProTouch XT retails for US$29.99 and comes in blue and transparent colors, with more on the way, according to iSkin. The company also notes that the cover doesn't fit Apple's older Pro keyboard nor its USB keyboard.

Zipkeys, One-click Typing, Released by
Doolicity Innovations

Zipkeys, One-click Typing, Released by
Doolicity Innovations 06/22/2005 01:51 AM
Zipkeys lets users quickly, easily and cost-effectively respond to e-mails, customer service requests, and any other repetitive or redundant task. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]

Torrent 0.61

Torrent 0.61 01/27/2004 02:58 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

I passed

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