Quantum Bits: Beginner's Guide

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Something extraordinary just unfolded in quantum computing: on August 8th, scientists at Columbia revealed "HyperQ," a breakthrough allowing for true cloud-style virtualization on quantum computers. No more single-user bottlenecks. Suddenly, a machine with just 127 qubits — IBM’s Brisbane quantum computer — could support dozens of users simultaneously. Each gets their own quantum virtual machine, or qVM, running side-by-side without colliding, with an intelligent scheduler orchestrating the action as precisely as a master Tetris player. The result? Turnaround times crash from days to mere hours — up to forty times faster, with up to ten times as many quantum programs running at once. That’s a tectonic shift in accessibility.

I’m Leo, Learning Enhanced Operator — as always, your guide and quantum explainer. What excites me most about HyperQ isn't just the tech specs. It’s how it demolishes old roadblocks. Until now, quantum programming felt like watching a single chef in a huge, empty kitchen: one person, one task, and a very long line out the door. HyperQ hands every chef their own kitchen space — all within the same hardware, but with none of the endless queuing.

To picture this, imagine walking into a state-of-the-art quantum lab. There’s a persistent hum from the dilution refrigerator as it holds qubits—those whispering, near-absolute-zero quantum bits—steady in their delicate superpositions. Usually, the room would be tense with anticipation: Who gets the next experiment slot? Now, because of virtualization, teams from across the globe are experimenting at the same instant, each with their own slice of quantum spacetime. The drama moves from waiting in line to racing against the boundaries of discovery.

Behind the scenes, HyperQ’s scheduler juggles not just space but time, allocating qubits and their fleeting existence to different users based on their program’s needs, predicting the optimal moment every qubit will be free. This isn’t a minor upgrade—it’s dynamic multiprogramming, a capability we’ve only previously seen in classic high-performance computing, now reshaping quantum’s entire user experience.

Dramatic as this is, it’s part of an explosion in the past week: from Fujitsu’s 10,000-qubit development roadmap, aiming for true fault tolerance by 2030, to IonQ and Oak Ridge’s real-world power grid optimization using a hybrid quantum-classical system. Each step signals how quantum is vaulting from the lab to industry, solving problems like energy management, drug discovery, and logistics — all with a scale and speed previously unimaginable.

In a world facing energy crises, digital bottlenecks, and an urgent push for sustainability, quantum virtualization is more than a software triumph; it’s a metaphor for how we must learn to share and adapt, squeezing more possibility from every resource. Thanks for joining me, Leo, on Quantum Bits: Beginner’s Guide. If you have burning question

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“Imagine programming a quantum computer as effortlessly as firing up your favorite app—no queues, no waiting, no tangled hardware quirks. That vision edged closer to reality just this week. I’m Leo, Learning Enhanced Operator, and today on Quantum Bits: Beginner’s Guide, I’ll walk you inside perhaps the most significant quantum programming breakthrough of August 2025: the HyperQ system from Columbia Engineering.

Now, I know when most people picture quantum computing, they imagine blinking lights in frosty labs and scientists squinting at unfathomable code. It’s not so different, really—the hum of cryogenic coolers, the scent of ozone from voltage pulses, the quiet tension as you wait for an algorithm to finish crunching. For years, using a quantum computer meant standing in line, compiling your program alongside everyone else’s, and praying your job slot snuck ahead. But with this week's debut of HyperQ, that bottleneck is history.

Let’s get technical. HyperQ works like a master Tetris champion. Rather than letting one program use all the quantum hardware at once, it slices a quantum device into multiple virtual quantum machines—qVMs. Picture several users, each running unique experiments, all at the same time, but in perfectly isolated ‘slots’ on the hardware. The scheduler choreographs jobs with split-second precision, picking which qubits get used, when, and for how long. No two experiments interfere. No more idle waits. It’s cloud-style virtualization for the quantum era.

The team led by Professor Jason Nieh validated HyperQ on IBM’s Brisbane quantum processor—a 127-qubit Eagle chip. The results were jaw-dropping: user wait times collapsed from days to mere hours, and throughput of experiment runs increased tenfold. With HyperQ’s dynamic multiprogramming, quantum researchers can finally focus on the science, not the scheduling. If you’re an educator or running enterprise applications, suddenly you can scale up without ballooning costs or headaches.

But what I find dramatic isn’t just the speedup—it’s the future it signals. This breakthrough stands amidst a flurry of quantum news: Fujitsu’s announcement of a 10,000-qubit superconducting system, IonQ and Oak Ridge National Lab solving power grid optimization intractable by classical algorithms, and advances in AI-driven quantum control. Each leap makes quantum computing not just more powerful, but radically more accessible—a quantum parallel to today’s cloud revolution.

Think of what happened with PCs and smartphones the moment anyone could build and deploy an app. By virtualizing the very essence of quantum hardware, HyperQ transforms the quantum computer from an ivory-tower tool into an engine for global innovation.

As the field races forward, quantum breakthroughs don’t just rewrite the textbooks—they redraw the boundary of what’s possible for all of us. If you’re curious about any quantum topic, or want your question answered on-ai

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Imagine standing in a control room, not much bigger than your living room, chilled to near absolute zero. You hear the faint whirring of dilution refrigerators—giant silver cylinders cocooning the world’s most precious qubits. This is where the future is being written, and recently, the story took a dramatic turn.

My name is Leo, Learning Enhanced Operator, and this week the quantum community witnessed a paradigm shift. Google’s announcement of their 105-qubit “Willow” processor wasn’t just another news bite—it’s a seismic move. For years, we’ve been wrestling with error-prone qubits, unreliable computations. But now, Willow’s latest quantum error correction breakthrough actually pushes below the previously formidable “surface code threshold.” In simple terms, it means quantum computers can finally detect and self-correct errors faster than they introduce them, opening the floodgates for practical, scalable systems. To a quantum engineer, reaching that point is like NASA hitting escape velocity—you know the mission can go somewhere extraordinary.

Now consider Microsoft’s Majorana 1 processor, based on elusive topological qubits—these are robust, nearly untouchable by local disturbances, offering another path to stability. Just days ago, Microsoft deployed one of the first error-corrected prototype systems in partnership with Atom Computing, part of the US2QC defense initiative. This is no lab toy; it marks the arrival of logical qubits that can hold quantum information meaningfully longer, reshaping what’s achievable from cloud to cryptography.

But making these systems “programmable” for non-specialists? That’s the pièce de résistance of this week’s news. The open-source Phoenix software out of Paderborn University democratizes quantum simulation in a way that reminds me of the early days of the internet—suddenly, researchers anywhere on the globe can run simulations that once required massive supercomputers, right from a laptop. With Phoenix, students, startups, and scientists can model photonic quantum devices, test new algorithms, and even explore exotic matter—thousands of times faster and nearly energy cost-free compared to older tools. It’s a tectonic leveling of the playing field, removing barriers between the vast quantum unknown and real-world experimentation.

Think of it as the quantum world’s equivalent of storm forecasters suddenly able to peer into hurricanes from their bedrooms—a richer, faster, and more intuitive way to understand and control the most mysterious phenomena in nature.

All these breakthroughs—the Willow processor, Majorana qubits, Phoenix software—they’re converging. Much like how nations industrialize after decades of research, we’re seeing the “first year of quantum industrialization” begin, as Japan’s own government recently declared. Even electricity grids are now optimized by quantum-classical teams, as IonQ and Oak Ridge National Lab proved just days ago

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In the flicker of an atom’s spin, time can seemingly stand still—and last night, just as the world’s markets closed and the Tokyo Tower twinkled in celebration of Japan’s “first year of quantum industrialization,” something extraordinary emerged from the quantum frontlines. Fujitsu officially announced its 10,000+ qubit quantum project, targeting a superconducting quantum computer with 250 logical qubits by 2030. That’s not just a headline—it’s a seismic shift that’s moving quantum from silent lab benches into the pulsing veins of our daily lives.

I’m Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, and if you’ve ever imagined a universe where city grids hum in perfect energetic harmony, or new medicines are designed in less time than it takes to brew coffee—well, welcome to Quantum Bits: Beginner’s Guide, where these dreams teeter on the edge of reality.

But you want a programming breakthrough, not just numbers and grandeur. Let me pull you into the heart of the action: Today’s headline isn’t about raw qubit counts. It’s about usability, and the breakthrough comes from the software side—meet “Phoenix,” the revolutionary open-source simulator from Paderborn University’s Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems launched just days ago. Imagine a tool that lets you model quantum light and matter interactions at speeds up to a thousand times faster and 99.8% more efficiently than conventional simulators—all on your laptop, no supercomputer required. Phoenix radically reduces the technical barrier for quantum programmers everywhere, turning what was once the exclusive domain of high-performance computing specialists into a creative playground for the entire research community.

Picture it: as you run Phoenix, you’re simulating non-linear Schrödinger equations, visualizing how quantum packets of light flit through nanostructures—almost like forecasting citywide energy flow, but at the tiniest scale. If you’ve ever tried debugging code after midnight, you know the relief when handy tools make impossible puzzles solvable. That’s the effect Phoenix has on quantum development. It absorbs the labyrinthine complexity of quantum systems and serves up a responsive, approachable interface—so even if you’re a beginner, you feel empowered to experiment and innovate.

What’s the upshot? Quantum programming is growing beyond the elite, turbocharged by platforms like Phoenix and by parallel leaps in error correction—like Google’s Willow processor, which this week broke through error thresholds once thought unreachable. Together, these advances transform quantum computers from enigmatic giants into collaborative, tangible tools.

I find a striking parallel to today’s interconnected world: just as global problems demand accessible, robust solutions, so too does quantum programming. The more approachable our quantum infrastructure becomes, the more people can join the movement—and the closer we get to quantum-powered solutions

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If I told you that the most important quantum computing breakthrough of this week didn’t just take place on the ground, but in orbit—would you believe me? Hello, I’m Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, and on today’s episode of Quantum Bits: Beginner’s Guide, I want you to imagine the hum of a satellite, quietly circling Earth. On board: humanity’s very first quantum computer in space. It’s no larger than a mini-fridge and sips a mere 10 watts of power to run its photonic circuits. This isn’t science fiction anymore. Just days ago, researchers led by Philip Walther at the University of Vienna confirmed their quantum device is alive and ticking, marking a radical leap for quantum accessibility, not to mention resilience under the demanding conditions of space. Suddenly, quantum isn’t just working in chilly labs; it’s becoming robust, portable, and staggeringly accessible, opening doors for quantum-encrypted satellite communications, on-orbit computing, and experiments we couldn’t dream of last year.

But closer to home—or to the grid, to be frank—a new quantum programming breakthrough landed. IonQ, partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Department of Energy, achieved a real-world feat: they optimized the energy flow across a network of 26 power generators, simulating a full day’s schedule. The “unit commitment” problem—long dreaded for its number-crunching complexity—yielded, thanks to a hybrid quantum-classical approach. IonQ’s 36-qubit trapped-ion system did the quantum heavy lifting, collaborating seamlessly with classical algorithms. Think of it as a tag-team wrestling match where quantum handles the exponential workloads, and classical keeps it all practical. This is a turning point. Programming quantum computers used to demand near-PhD mastery, but these hybrid methods offload complexity, inviting engineers and energy analysts, not just quantum physicists, to join the revolution. Suman Debnath at ORNL called the result “a significant milestone”—but even he hints at what’s next: as these devices scale to the thousands and, yes, millions of qubits, grid optimization and other global challenges move fully into quantum reach.

Every advance this week illustrates a pattern; quantum programming is shifting from rarefied expert territory to usable tools. Software breakthroughs like Phoenix—a new open-source simulation environment out of Paderborn University—let researchers model the very quantum effects driving these advances, even on laptops, not supercomputers. We’re fast approaching a world where, just as cloud computing democratized AI, flexible quantum platforms will put unimaginable power into anyone’s hands.

That’s not just exciting. It’s world-changing. Quantum teaches us: particles can be in multiple states at once, superposed possibilities until observation reveals a single reality. Today, our future feels much the same. Will quantum unlock a sustainable energy grid,

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Four days ago, the air in our lab buzzed differently—maybe it was the alternating hum of the dilution fridge or the thrill of what Fujitsu announced in Tokyo: the official launch of their 10,000+ qubit R&D quest. That’s not just headline news; it shifts the quantum landscape itself. But let’s zoom into today’s real breakthrough, making quantum computers easier for everyone to use, not just physicists in white coats.

My name is Leo—Learning Enhanced Operator. As much as I love the physics, it’s the software side that’s giving me chills this week. The newly released Phoenix platform out of Paderborn University is open-source and, put simply, a game changer. Imagine quantum simulation as complicated as forecasting every gust of wind in a typhoon. Phoenix lets you do this from a standard laptop, or—if you’re lucky—a souped-up GPU cluster, without any need for a PhD in quantum mechanics. It slashes computational time by up to a thousand-fold and runs 100 times more energy efficiently than conventional tools. For most, that’s the difference between months of simulation or a quick coffee break while you wait for your results. No wonder Professor Stefan Schumacher is calling it a "synergy between cutting-edge research in quantum photonics and high performance computing."

The reason this matters? Usability is now in reach for non-specialists. Until recently, programming a quantum device was like walking into a concert hall and being handed the conductor’s baton. With new platforms like Phoenix, and with Qiskit on IBM’s cloud-accessible Condor system, beginners can experiment with complex quantum phenomena like the nonlinear Schrödinger equation or qubit error correction routines without getting lost in hardware-level details.

Speaking of error correction, Google’s Willow chip made headlines last week, doubling down on the biggest hurdle in the field: qubits are fragile creatures, like soap bubbles carrying packets of information. The Willow architecture has pushed forward with robust error correction, letting us string together longer, more reliable calculations—the heartbeat of moving from ‘quantum supremacy’ to ‘quantum utility.’

I see all of this reflected in everyday events. Take the IonQ and Oak Ridge National Lab demo yesterday: they ran a real-world power grid problem—26 energy generators dispatched using a 36-qubit machine, in tandem with classical supercomputers. It’s like quantum is the chess grandmaster, while classical computers sweep the board and make the moves. Hybrid quantum-classical systems, as discussed at the PEARC25 workshop, are the true frontier: blending raw quantum weirdness with classical muscle, mirroring how our brains dream and then solve equations.

So, where do we go next? As Microsoft’s Satya Nadella said just yesterday, quantum is the next big accelerator in the cloud. The barriers are falling. Soon, we’ll solve problems in chemistry, cryptography, logistics—doing i

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Imagine standing at the edge of a computing revolution—I'm Leo, your Learning Enhanced Operator, and today’s episode of Quantum Bits: Beginner’s Guide begins with echoes from just days ago, out of Finland’s deep, frigid cleanrooms. There, physicists at Aalto University shattered the old records for qubit coherence—with their transmon qubit holding stable for a breathtaking millisecond. That brief eternity in quantum time is a leap forward for us all; it means more practical computations, less noise, and doors opening to breakthroughs we once thought eons away.

But if July 2025 has shown us anything, it’s that the quantum world is never content to evolve in one dimension. Let me focus in, precisely, on a different spark: the programming breakthrough shaking up quantum machine learning from Los Alamos National Laboratory. Marco Cerezo and his team announced, in Nature Physics, the first mathematically proven quantum Gaussian process—a concept inspired by those neural networks driving everything from self-driving cars to AI assistants. In the classical world, neural networks learn patterns by converging toward a Gaussian or bell curve. Until now, this principle defied extension into quantum computing’s probabilistic landscape.

The Los Alamos team pulled that trick off: they demonstrated, with rigor, that quantum circuits could mirror these Gaussian behaviors. For us as programmers, this is seismic—it’s as if the cryptic language of quantum weirdness has suddenly become just a little more like the familiar tongue of classical code. Think of it this way: if you’ve ever watched storm clouds swirl chaotically and then yield to a rainbow's pattern, that's what these researchers uncovered—a hidden order underlying quantum chaos, which can make quantum programming more predictable, efficient, and powerful.

The implications? Suddenly, we can design learning algorithms tailored to quantum hardware, instead of wrestling old classical models into new shapes. It’s a mindset shift; Cerezo himself says we should seek native quantum solutions, not repurpose yesterday’s code. This paves the way for new, robust quantum models to attack problems like drug discovery, secure communications, and complex simulations that balk at classical computation.

I see quantum’s paradoxes everywhere—just as last week’s collaboration between IBM and the University of Chicago shows, when academic and industry minds entangle, innovation multiplies. Startups are now using quantum-centric algorithms made viable by this new kind of programming, amplifying what neither classical nor quantum could do alone.

So as the July headlines fade, remember: every ordinary day, quantum leaps are rewriting the rules. I’m Leo, thanking you for listening to Quantum Bits: Beginner’s Guide. For questions, ideas, or a topic you want unraveled, send me a note at [email protected]. Subscribe now if you haven’t already. This has been a Quiet Please

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Electric charges sizzle in the air at Hyde Park Labs as I lean over the chilled chassis of an IBM Quantum System Two. My name is Leo—short for Learning Enhanced Operator—and today, every quantum bit I work with seems to sense the momentum crackling across the world of quantum programming.

Only days ago, on July 23rd, the landscape shifted dramatically. An international team led by Eleni Diamanti in France revealed a protocol that allows quantum networks to verify message accuracy even when the devices themselves can’t be trusted. Imagine sending a secret note in a locked box to a friend—except this box can prove to both of you that it hasn’t been tampered with, even if the courier is a quantum trickster. Their breakthrough, published in PRX Quantum, means greater trust in quantum links—a leap toward robust quantum key distribution and truly secure communication, no matter what hardware sits between sender and receiver.

More tangibly, though, the quantum programming world was electrified by advances around error correction, the mountain we all must climb on the way to reliable quantum computation. Just this week, Google’s Willow chip set a stunning benchmark: as researchers grew the logical qubit grid from 3x3 to 5x5, and then 7x7, error rates fell—by half, and then half again. Philip Oliver, Willow’s co-lead, described it with awe: “The sum was better than its parts.” For years, error correction felt like quantum’s Sisyphean task—rolling a logical qubit up a slope of noise, only to have random errors roll it back down. Now, with each new layer, we see the peak.

Why does this matter for quantum programming? Until now, working with a quantum processor was like trying to sculpt clay that melts faster than you can shape it. Small errors would cascade, warping every calculation. But Willow’s magic is that as you code for more qubits, the system gets quieter, more stable, more classical in its dependability. Suddenly, programming quantum algorithms isn’t just the domain of theoretical physicists—startups, even students here in Chicago, can write real code that holds up under scrutiny.

And Chicago is buzzing. Last Thursday, the University of Chicago, with IBM’s Jay Gambetta at the helm, launched the National Quantum Algorithm Center—just a stone’s throw from where I sit. Their mission: empower startups to build new quantum-centric algorithms, blending the strengths of quantum and classical computing workflows. It’s a place where creativity and technical prowess collide, and where I, Leo, see a future where anyone can code for quantum hardware as easily as writing Python today.

This new paradigm, where error correction scales with code complexity, is more than an incremental improvement. It’s the connective tissue that will let quantum programming leap from fragile laboratory curiosities to global engines of discovery—much like trustworthy infrastructure fueled the rise of the classical internet.

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Caught up in the electric hum of the lab this week, July feels a lot like science fiction turned reality. Just days ago, Finnish physicists at Aalto University set a new transmon qubit coherence record, pushing quantum systems to hold states for a millisecond—a feat long considered just out of reach. Imagine running a relay where the baton is a fleeting quantum state: every extra heartbeat of coherence means another leap forward in error-free calculations, and suddenly the finish line is a lot closer.

But here’s the twist. This isn’t just a Finnish victory lap. It’s a seismic shift for quantum programming everywhere. The real breakthrough, and what has the entire quantum community on edge, is how these ultra-coherent qubits profoundly lower the resource barrier for quantum error correction. For newcomers, error correction has been the wall separating proof-of-concept demos from genuinely useful quantum machines. Fewer errors per operation mean we can program deeper, denser algorithms, and access the full ballet of what quantum computing promises in practice.

While Mikko Tuokkola and team in Micronova’s cleanrooms tuned their superconducting qubits, institutions like Infleqtion have been busy too. Over in Illinois, they’re building out the world’s first utility-scale neutral atom quantum computer—a system targeting one hundred logical qubits with thousands of physical ones wrangled by laser light. Their platform, Sqale, leverages dynamic neutral atom arrays, programmable by reconfiguring atomic positions as easily as rearranging chess pieces in real time. It’s not science fiction; it’s happening in a low-lit room filled with delicate optics, the scent of chilled electronics in the air, and the click of vacuum-sealed doors.

The connection to the breakthroughs in Finland? Coherence and reconfigurability are converging. Systems like Infleqtion’s and the new ultra-coherent superconducting qubits enable more reliable programming, where entire quantum circuits execute with greater fidelity. This means a quantum developer doesn’t just face less guesswork—she gets a more intuitive software stack. Simpler, clearer instructions lead to outcomes that match theory, even as code complexity scales up. Suddenly, writing quantum programs starts to feel less like taming chaos and more like disciplined exploration.

Other giants are fueling this wave. IBM, for instance, is deepening its roots in Chicago, funding startups to invent new quantum software. Not far away, NVIDIA is betting billions on quantum-classical bridges, while PsiQuantum races to scale up photonic processors for commercial-grade computation. The Midwest, usually known for its cornfields and jazz, is rapidly becoming the new quantum heartland.

If you squint at global news, you’ll see a parallel. Just as clean energy breakthroughs or AI’s latest tricks promise to rewrite economies, so too does quantum coherence rewrite what’s possible in comp

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If you could watch a thought flicker into existence, that’s what the past 48 hours in quantum computing have felt like. Leo here—Learning Enhanced Operator and your specialist guide—tuning in from a hallway lined with cryostats and cold, blue glow. The air hums with possibility, and today I want to bring you right into the heart of a quantum revolution: the first mathematical proof that quantum neural networks form genuine Gaussian processes, and how this leap is making quantum programming more accessible than ever.

Early yesterday, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory—led by Marco Cerezo—dropped what I’d call a quantum pebble into the classical machine learning pond. Their findings, published in Nature Physics, revealed that quantum neural networks can mirror the Gaussian processes that revolutionized classical machine learning. For years, we’ve wrestled to port classical methods to the quantum world—like forcing puzzle pieces that almost fit but leave gaps. Gaussian processes, with their iconic bell-curve symmetry, allow machine learning networks to learn flexibility, make educated predictions, and estimate uncertainty. But until now, this pillar was missing in quantum models. Imagine if pilots tried to fly with only half the controls—now, with this breakthrough, quantum neural nets have a complete dashboard.

What does this mean for programming quantum computers? It means we’re no longer bound to the patchwork adaptations of classical algorithms. Instead, we’re building quantum-native tools—algorithms that naturally speak the language of entanglement, superposition, and the elegant randomness at the core of quantum mechanics. Now, designing a quantum program feels less like steering a ship through fog and more like having night-vision goggles—the path is becoming clearer, and the possibilities broader.

I see quantum parallels all around me, even in this week’s headlines. As Denmark began assembling the world’s most powerful quantum computer, with Microsoft at their side, and Infleqtion announced a utility-scale quantum platform in Illinois, these are not just feats of engineering—they’re invitations. The proof from Los Alamos is a key unlocked for the next generation of programmers and researchers, much like Denmark’s quantum project is a new vessel for explorers.

Beneath fluorescent lights, I picture the quantum processor as an orchestra of qubits: each one, both silent and resonant, contributing to a symphony that classical computers can only dream of mimicking. When Gaussian processes entered the quantum fold, it felt like the conductor had finally arrived—capable of guiding each note to harmony.

In this International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, our field is accelerating. As quantum systems become more trustworthy and programming grows less cryptic, the future feels less like a black box and more like a crystal cube—complex, multi-faceted, but luminous with oppor

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