Embedded is the show for people who love gadgets. Making them, breaking them, and everything in between. Weekly interviews with engineers, educators, and enthusiasts. Find the show, blog, and more at embedded.fm.
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Ben Lewis unravels the tangled story of a Christian billionaire family, stolen relics, fake treasures and the scholar turned sleuth who exposed the scandal of biblical proportions. Intrigue: 'Jaw-dropping', 'gripping', 'bingeable,' 'thrilling' - dramatic true stories and investigations that reveal how the world really works.
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Talking about movies... in the future!
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The Anatomy Nerd Podcast is for everyone! Some of the things you can expect are: interviews with fellow anatomy nerds in the medical and science fields, episodes on niche anatomy topics and more broad topics, and mini episodes on my current obsessions and nerdy bits. You will never be bored with this podcast. I will be covering a wide spectrum of topics, and I can't wait to dive in and share them! Thank you again for listening! And remember, the information on this podcast is not intended or ...
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Revisiting and nostalgically enjoying some of pop culture's finest creations as we marvel: "It's How Old?!". Movies, TV shows, music, books, comics, video games, and more - each season focuses on five pop culture phenomenons from your past that reach notable milestones this year. I’m your host, Mark Asquith, self-certified geek and co-founder of the Nerd Podcasts network. You can find “It’s How Old?!” in your podcast app of choice and listen for free there or at itshowold.com. Each season I’ ...
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Hey science nerds! Welcome to Beyond the Abstract, a science podcast dedicated to discussion of the coolest cutting edge, basic science research papers in a way that just about anyone can understand. We're your hosts, Derek, Dan, and Ellen, three MD/PhD students coming from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School who are passionate about science communication and bridging the gap between science and medicine. In each episode, we’ll dive into a paper and talk about the exper ...
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I reveal my deepest secrets and do parodies of movies and TV. My co-host: the fear of intimacy. Technically, I lost my virginity when I was 32, but not much has happened since then, so I’m keeping the name.
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Welcome to Twist Happy Hour — where cocktails and conversations collide in the best way possible. Hosted by two gals who love a well-shaken drink and an even better story, Twist Happy Hour is your invite to sit back, sip something delicious, and eavesdrop on the kind of chat you'd have with your funniest, most unfiltered friends. Each episode is 15 to 20 minutes—perfect for your coffee break, school pickup line, or post-work wind-down. This isn’t a how-to bartending show. It’s happy hour wit ...
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Welcome to a realm where the divine meets the absurd, and hilarity ensues! Step into the whimsical world of "Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons" a side-splitting Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast that will have you laughing right out of your jandles. What if god went out for a packet of cigarettes and never came back? The adventure features a wacky crew, played by some of New Zealand's goofiest improv comedians/nerds. Zed is your DM, accompanied by Tom, Torben, and Rachel playing a perfectly ...
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Emily Lovell spoke with us about teaching how to contribute to open source, including her own experience creating the LilyTiny as a Master’s student and researching the impact as a PhD student. The LilyTiny work was done in conjunction with Leah Buechley (Embedded episode 382). See the paper The LilyTiny: A Case Study in Expanding Access to Electro…
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1980s Parenting vs. Today: Why It’s So Much Harder Now | Twist Happy Hour Ep. 6
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20:52Is modern parenting just harder—or are we all just exhausted? In this episode, we chat about growing up in the 1980s vs. raising kids now. From screen time stress to online safety, catfishing, and constant pressure to “do it all,” we’re unpacking why today’s parents are overwhelmed... and maybe a little nostalgic for simpler times. Chapters 00:00 C…
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I talk about Nathaniel Hawthorne - I've been too harsh on him. Too harsh.By Joshua Snyder
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Hotel Pet Peeves: Why Are Resort Fees Still a Thing? | Twist Happy Hour Ep. 5
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20:37From loose outlets to sky-high resort fees, we’re ranting about all the little things that drive us nuts at hotels. Whether it’s getting nickel-and-dimed or struggling to find a working USB port, we’re calling it out—cocktail in hand, of course. 🍸 Tune in for travel venting, a few laughs, and stories you’ll definitely relate to. 🔗 Subscribe for mor…
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A lot of talk about the Wing Commander Movie - David Suchet is a NATIONAL TREASURE.By Joshua Snyder
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Chris and Elecia talk about Murderbot, LLMs (AI), bikes, control algorithms, and fancy math. The website with the ecology jobs is willdlabs.net from 501: inside the Armpit of Giraffe with Meredith Palmer and Akiba.. The algorithm Elecia mentioned was from Patent US7370713B1. The Control Bootcamp YouTube series is a great introduction to control sys…
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Why The Witcher Is Better Than Superman | Twist Happy Hour Ep. 4
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18:25What makes The Witcher worth watching (besides Henry Cavill looking amazing in leather)? In this episode, we dig into the show’s storyline, how it compares to Game of Thrones, why it’s better than Superman, and whether comic book roots help or hurt it. Plus, what will it take to get Kate to FINALLY watch it so she and Keryn have something to talk a…
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Nerd News and Grief.
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Finally, Some Good News | Dire Wolves, Eurovision, & the Joshua Tree Win | Twist Happy Hour Ep. 3
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18:42Let’s face it: the news can feel like a nonstop doom scroll. But this week on Twist Happy Hour, we’re flipping the script and focusing entirely on the kind of good news stories that give us hope, make us laugh, or at least make us go, "Okay, maybe the world isn’t totally on fire." Grab your favorite drink—boozy or not—and settle in for Episode 3: a…
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Murder, Mystery, & Hollywood | Natalie Wood Conspiracy Deep Dive | Twist Happy Hour | Episode 2
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17:21Was Natalie Wood’s death really an accident—or is there a darker Hollywood conspiracy still lurking beneath the surface? In this episode of Twist Happy Hour, we explore the mysterious drowning of Natalie Wood, the swirling theories around Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken, and how one of Hollywood’s most tragic deaths remains unsolved decades la…
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Weirdest Guinness World Records (Yes, Someone Paddled a Pumpkin) | Twist Happy Hour | Episode 1
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13:18Discover the weirdest Guinness World Records ever set — from paddling giant pumpkins to sticking pencils in your beard. In this episode of Twist Happy Hour, we explore bizarre world records, odd personal goals, and why some of these records even exist. Grab your favorite cocktail and hang out with us as we chat about: Guinness World Records gone wi…
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501: Inside the Armpit of a Giraffe
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1:20:45We spoke with ecologist Dr. Meredith Palmer and embedded engineer Akiba about lions, terror, and technology. Akiba works for FreakLabs.org on global conservation projects. We talked about their Boombox which Meredith uses to create experiments to map the landscape of fear in predator/prey relationships. While this may look like pranking animals wit…
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Komathi Sundaram spoke with us about her enthusiasm for tests and test automation. We talked about the different joys of testing vs. development, setting up CI servers, and different kinds of tests including unit, hardware-in-the-loop, and simulation. It may sound dry but we had a lot of fun. Komathi’s site is TheKomSea.com which hosts her blog as …
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Blood Biopsies: Novel Screening for Cancer and Beyond
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15:33Cancer is notoriously challenging to detect early, which is a significant problem as early cancer detection saves lives. While there are many approaches to detect cancer early, too many cancers are detected too late. In today's episode of Beyond the Abstract, Derek and Dan discuss an important new approach to cancer detection called a blood biopsy,…
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Alien Earth, Alien Vs Predator, 7-11 Donuts vs Krispy Kreme
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26:14Let's talk nerd news, the pitfalls of Panda Express, and medical dramas!
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We spoke with Janet Hansen about the world of professional costumery (with electronics) and becoming an artist. Janet’s business is Enlighted where you can find custom illuminated clothing as well as Janet’s ready-made art. Janet’s personal site is janethansen.com which is more focused on her artistic pursuits. Janet mentioned Seeed’s MSGEQ7. We ta…
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At the end of this week’s show, Elecia reads a Winnie the Pooh poem as Cookie Monster death metal. Before that, Chris and Elecia chat about mental health, journaling, personal projects, and listener questions. Please sign up for the Nordic Giveaway! You can also sign up for the Embedded newsletter. Maybe now with job postings? Elecia’s journaling n…
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OpenMV has a new Kickstarter so CEO Kwabena Agyeman chatted with us about more powerful (and smaller!) programmable cameras. See OpenMV’s site for their existing cameras. See their (already funded!) kickstarter page for the super powerful N6 and the ridiculously small AE3. Note that OpenMV still is committed to open source. See their github if you …
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A dark, cold morning in February 2025. Hundreds are filing into the Museum of the Bible - evangelical leaders, gospel singers, and over 30 members of Congress including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. They've gathered just three blocks from the US Capitol for an annual event of fervent prayer about what they see as America's most pressing proble…
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In April 2019, Dr Roberta Mazza receives an email from an academic in charge of Research at the Museum of the Bible which leads to the exposure of one of the most extraordinary breaches of trust in biblical scholarship. Through exclusive interviews, Ben Lewis reveals how the Museum of the Bible discovered that precious gospel fragments they had pur…
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Professor Shimon Schocken spoke with us about teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, micro assembly, virtual machines, compilers, operating systems, and the Tetris games. We also talk about good design, good interfaces, and good tests. Shimon’s book is Elements of Computing Systems and the website with the course lectu…
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Federal investigators uncover a shadowy scheme to smuggle ancient clay tablets into America. When customs officers in Memphis inspect a package labelled "tile samples" in January 2011, they discover something far more precious - delicate clay tablets covered in cuneiform, one of humanity's earliest forms of writing. Through exclusive interviews wit…
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A biblical scholar's dramatic last-minute announcement at a packed debate hints at a fragment that could rewrite history. On a winter's night in 2012, an extraordinary claim electrifies a university auditorium in North Carolina - the discovery of what could be the earliest known Christian text, written within decades of Jesus's life. Through exclus…
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495: Shortcut the Difficulties of Reality
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1:01:56Professor Cindy Harnett spoke to us about new and different sensors and actuators, primarily designed for soft robotics and fabricated with relatively low cost materials. Cindy is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Louisville where she runs the Harnett Lab. The papers we discussed are here. You can find a longer…
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A threatening message leads a papyrologist into the shadowy world of online antiquities trading. On a September morning in 2017, Dr Roberta Mazza opens her WhatsApp to find menacing messages and warnings to "watch her back". How did a respected academic specialising in ancient texts find herself at the crossroads of biblical scholarship and antiqui…
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Word of God: 1. In the Beginning Was the Word
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28:53In July 2017, Dr Jeff Kloha is preparing to start his dream job as Director of Collections at Washington DC's new Museum of the Bible when he discovers his new employer’s biggest donor has been caught up in a government investigation. The donor, Hobby Lobby, has been ordered to return 3,500 artefacts and pay a $3 million settlement. Through exclusi…
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Debra Ansell joined us to talk about finding friends and exchanging neat gifts, accidentally tricking people into making unmanufacutable boards, and happy, blinking lights. Debra is usually known by the moniker GeekMomProjects (also her website is geekmomprojects.com). She has been writing for Make Magazine. Debra won one of the SuperCon badge add-…
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A billionaire family's mission to amass ancient biblical treasures leads to them getting caught up in an international web of looted artefacts, forgeries and criminal networks. Art sleuth Ben Lewis uncovers how the Green family - owners of America's Hobby Lobby craft stores - spent millions racing to gather biblical manuscripts and artefacts. Their…
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Plaque Hacks: When it Comes to Statins, Consistency is Key
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16:29Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of global mortality. Among the many risk factors for cardiovascular disease, it's long been known that high cholesterol increases the risk for heart attacks and stroke. In today's episode of Beyond the Abstract, Derek and Dan discuss two new papers that challenge commonly held beliefs about the way in whi…
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493: Put the Peeps in the Chili Pot
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1:20:33Elecia and Chris talk with each other about the state of Chris’ mind, what makes an embedded developer stand out, “LEGO block” based design, unit tests, and astronomy. Whew! Elecia was recently on the Changelog podcast, talking about the world of embedded systems. Chris has been working with Micropython (we talked with Damien George about Micropyth…
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Checking in about the fires - they're still on fire.
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I saw my dream house - here's hoping me announcing it doesn't lead to the destruction of humanity.
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Send us a text What a year! Thank you to everyone who listens, you mean everything to us!! We'll be back with the next arc at the start of 2025 so look out for that... Feel free to email the show at [email protected]
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Nathan Jones chatted with us about his proposal for a computer architecture book based on a 4-bit computer. Nathan found the 4-bit computer in the Hackaday SuperCon 2022 badge and was amazed by some of the ideas that folks implemented (see SuperCon Badge Hacking Awards Ceremony). Nathan spoke at Hackaday SuperCon 2023 on the processor architecture,…
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InSpectre's Holiday Mini-series: Part Three
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1:22:41Send us a text The gang concludes their epic InSpectres adventure! What did you think of InSpectres? Email us at [email protected] Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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InSpectre's Holiday Mini-series: Part Two
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42:58Send us a text The gang continue their parade of insanity across Wellington New Zealand... Email the show at [email protected] Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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491: Oscillators Oscillating Other Oscillators
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1:06:50Chris and Elecia spoke with Kirk Pearson about running audio-electronic-art workshops, interesting sounds, and their book Make: Electronic Music from Scratch: A Beginner's Guide to Homegrown Audio Gizmos. Find the book and a whole kit of parts on the Dogbotic Merch page. A few clicks from there you can find the Workshop List (don’t forget the coupo…
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InSpectre's Holiday Mini-series: Part One
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53:35Send us a text Email the show at [email protected] Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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InSpectres Oneshot - Horrors in Hogwarts!
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1:30:27Send us a text This week we try something new! An awesome RPG called Inspectres. If you're interested in getting the rules you can find those here. Email the show at [email protected]
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490: Wait Until Physics Has Happened
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1:05:37Nikolaus Correll spoke with us about robots, teaching robotics, and writing books about robots. Nikolaus is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado, see his lab website (or his Wikipedia page). We discussed Nikolaus’ Introduction to Robotics with Webots Specialization Coursera course (or YouTube Playlist). These go along with …
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RPG Reddit Stories - This DM hosts tryouts for their game
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45:37Send us a text Contact the show with your dnd stories at [email protected] Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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RPG Reddit Stories - Playing Chess Mid RPG, Super Serious DND, and DM who Fudges Rolls
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53:11Send us a text Email the show at [email protected]!By Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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Chris and Elecia discuss her origami art show, ponder PRs for solo developers, attempt to explain GDB debugging, and make a to-do list for getting rid of Kanga. Elecia is having an Origami Octopus Garden art show at the Aptos Public Library for the month of November, 2024. The postcard advertisement is below. There are more pictures on her Instagra…
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RPG Reddit Stories - Girlfriend excluded from D&D game and the worlds most OP perfume
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46:26Send us a text A special Guy Fawkes episode of RPG Horror Stories! Email the show with your stories [email protected] and check out our posts on the socials @deadbeatdndBy Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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Roll for Romance: Turning Tinder Profiles into DND Characters!
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44:31Send us a text This week the team create rpg characters based on real life dating profiles (again)! Email the show at [email protected] with your dating or dnd stories Follow the show @deadbeatdndBy Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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488: Two Slices of Complimentary Bread
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1:10:20Andrienne Braganza Tacke spoke with us about her book Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews. It is about how to make code reviews more useful, effective, and congenial. Adrienne’s book is available now as an ebook at manning.com or a paper copy later in the year (Amazon link). Check out the example Team Working Agreement from Appendix A. Adri…
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Sonic Choose Your Own Adventure Game Book: The Zone Zapper (Part 4)
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2:18:04Send us a text In this extra long episode, the Deadbeats decide that they're going to beat this book or die trying. There are curses, tears, and a whole lotta Sonic. Can these four adults beat a book for children? Listen to find out! Email the show at [email protected] Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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Sonic Choose Your Own Adventure Game Book: The Zone Zapper (Part 3)
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1:04:48Send us a text The gang continue to descend into madness. Will they finally defeat the evil Robotnik? Email the show at [email protected] and follow us on instagram at @deadbeatdnd to see art from the bookBy Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons
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Chris and Elecia chat about simulated robots, portents in the sky, the futility of making plans, and grad school. A problem with mics led us to delay the show with Shimon Schoken from Nand2Tetris (co-author of Elements of The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles). Look for that later in the year. Elecia is…
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