Job offer - Android Software Development

We are looking for an Android developer in or near Cologne/Germany.
To program an Android "geo" App. Knowledge in programming with GPS integration is necessary.
Details will be announced after a personal interview.
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Thats really vague...
Is this a mapping application that requires knowledge of projections?
Internal and/or external (bluetooth) gps units?

Lakers16 said:
Thats really vague...
Is this a mapping application that requires knowledge of projections?
Internal and/or external (bluetooth) gps units?
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Hello lakers,
internal gps on motorola defy, it should use maps and interact with other devices.
By the way are you from germany.
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Im not in germany, so i probably cant help you. I just wanted to clarify your post.
I think most developers would like to know the features of the app before getting involved with it.
Things like "interact with other devices" is something that could take an hour or a hundred hours, depending on what the interaction is.
Also, "using maps" is pretty broad too. Do you have your own map cache data, that would need to be tiled and projected? Or would this be an extension of the already existing mapview that android provides?
Creating your own mapping engine is very time consuming, but may be necessary if the existing mapview doesnt have the capabilities you require

sorry, my poor description.
I am only the middle man to make contact with a programmer, and then to discuss anything further with the client. I can not discribe any deeper because of the competition. Only so much, it should be an app, similar to Zombie Run with real people / participants to interact.
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Medical apps for reference purposes

Hi all,
I work in an exercise referral setting dealing with clients with various different ailments and I'm looking for an app that might give me a greater insight into these conditions. It will be a medical one I'm guessing and I already have a pharmological one for the medication.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks
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bwfcmadlad said:
Hi all,
I work in an exercise referral setting dealing with clients with various different ailments and I'm looking for an app that might give me a greater insight into these conditions. It will be a medical one I'm guessing and I already have a pharmological one for the medication.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks
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You could use skyscape(free resources) or medpage very useful.I use them myself.
Thanks for those they are great!
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Theres also epocrates
try itriage... it is great too
Can't give you any suggestion on the medical side of the question but, if you find any of the many Stardict reference Dictionaries available (check @ stardict.sourceforge.net where you can find titles as Medciclopedia, Pharmaceutical terms, Dictionary of Medicine) to be of some use you can install them.
There's an app called Colordict in the market with just 6 available dictionaries but, in fact, this app reads any Stardict Dictionary.
Just download it (it's a TAR compressed file), extract the files* and copy them to \\sdcard\dictdata\
*must also decompress the XXX.dict.dz file to XXX.dict befor copying to sd (use wingz).
hello there, i am medical student and new to android, i was wondering if i can get all apps for medicine like for IOS, my friend uses a jailbroken iphone and is enjoying all these apps for free which otherwise would have costed him more then 400+ USD..
is there a similar thing in android ? or i do need to buy all apps .. ?
$150 + for apps .. i cannot afford that .. little too high for me . .

Need help on app ideas...

I know people might not answer this, but what the hell, you never know.
I'm a programmer; good old fashioned programmer. That's what I do. I've coded in Assembler, PASCAL, RPG II/III, COBOL, C/C++, SQR (a DB language), Easytreive (mainframe), CICS (more mainframe), JCL (mainframe "language"), JAVA and now Android.
Currently unemployed due to crappy market and my location. I've coded a couple of apps and they are on the market selling, albeit slowly.
My problem is, I'm NOT creative LOL IMO, I can code the pants off anything, but I'm just not good at coming up with ideas. I think it's that "left brain, right brain" thing!
Anyone care to throw out some app ideas? Seems like I think of stuff, but it's "been there, done that" on the market. I have my own hosted site and ability to store 10 gigs of database data if that helps.
I'm not interested in doing games or themes or wallpapers (remember, NOT creative!) LOL
I'm new at coding and I have ideas coming out of my ears, so to speak, but I don't have the means (knowledge) to make them a reality. How familiar are you with the android sdk and APIs? I'm kinda new at this, having only released one app into the market. I would like the help of an experienced coder. Check out my website www.fufurinnovations.blogspot.com to see what I'm working on. Thanks in advance
I am looking for an app like Mail Tones for Blackberry that alerts you with a different tones for selected email contacts. By default the notification tone for all incoming emails is just one for all. I tried Mail Alerts but it is very unreliable. Maybe you like this idea? This is a very helpful app in BB since it lets you know when an important email comes up without looking at the screen. Weird that there is only one app in the Market and it just doesn't work.
And what about another app like a camera add-on that lets you level all your pictures using the inclinometer and allows you to take pictures having always the horizon line leveled.
hgrimberg said:
And what about another app like a camera add-on that lets you level all your pictures using the inclinometer and allows you to take pictures having always the horizon line leveled.
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Love this simple but effective idea!
posted direct from the legend that is the x10i... the fastest processor, the slowest response...
I need, and many android users will agree, that sms messages do not need to be kept forever. I want an app, an addon, an alteration whatever that deletes old messages up to a set time period... 7 days, 14 days, 31 days etc.
If I had a text from o2 highlighting the fab new offers I ignore it and 30 days later its automatically deleted!
posted direct from the legend that is the x10i... the fastest processor, the slowest response...
I'd love an app that emulates the standard iPod USB protocols well enough to control my Android music player from my car stereo.
Theres a lot of people in a thread in this forum wanting a gtalk widget for android....and willing to pay for it.
Enhanced camera
KelvinMead said:
Love this simple but effective idea!
posted direct from the legend that is the x10i... the fastest processor, the slowest response...
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I actually thought that the app called Theodolite was going to do this but it was actually a triangulation app. In any case, it comes with an inclinometer that allows you to measure the angle of the camera in x and y. It has a measurement of angles kind of like the vision from Terminator, very cool, but then if you take the picture, those measuring things stay in the picture and the picture itself comes out at a lower resolution so it is not really a photography app, its a measurement app. It could be cool to have a bip once you get the camera/phone leveled with the horizon line.
Cameras nowadays don't come with this feature? You can then sell them the program...
you can help me out with my music app im only decent at concepts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10692674
How about an app that is able to identify if someone in the area is running android and to be able to strike up a gtalk convo via invite. idk if that'd be possible.
WOW! Thanks to all the repliers (is that a word? LOL). Oh my, there's an idea right there for my database space...a dictionary or thesarus!
Some very, very good ideas out there and I DO appreciate them very much. I can definitely see 2 or 3 apps that I can start working on.
Keep the ideas coming and I'll get my fingers going on development of some of the replies up to this point.
Thanks again!
Figure out bluetooth hid in sense roms or video out for aosp roms.
Hello,
An application that encrypt/decrypt phone conversations in real time between two android phones could be nice...
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One app i really think is missing is a good working RSS-reader which makes it possible not to juggle between the RSS-reader and a browser.
An example would be a super simple reader like Google Reader that can open up the posts in background inside the reader, having the same possibilities as a browser.
I am tired of HTC sync not working right with custom roms. I need something (app or software) that will sync my pc Outlook contacts and calendar with android phone. There is a need for business people that want to use their android phone for business! IMHO
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I don´t know if exist an app that can do what I want...so...here it is the idea:
It´s an app that can change the apps icons in the drawer...like the one we use to change icons in desktop....but....for the drawer...
Or maybe a widget for app launcher...I know there ir a lot of it....but make one like the objetdock for windows...if you know what I mean...
Cheers! and thank...
i have many great ideas, but im not a programmer...my only problem with you is that you seem to want people to GIVE you their ideas...like recently, i had someone develop a clock widget for me in which i provided the graphics...we are splitting the profits 50-50...so maybe if you could make an agreement like that or a 60(you)-40(me) agreement then i might be able to help you out...and you could help me
schwartzman93 said:
i have many great ideas, but im not a programmer...my only problem with you is that you seem to want people to GIVE you their ideas...like recently, i had someone develop a clock widget for me in which i provided the graphics...we are splitting the profits 50-50...so maybe if you could make an agreement like that or a 60(you)-40(me) agreement then i might be able to help you out...and you could help me
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Yes, I guess I should have mentioned that ...my bad.
Of course I would be willing to split profits on a joint-effort project. And, I'm terrible with graphics design and the like. And sometimes, the user interface can make or break the applications (people like "Wow, cool" or flashy app interfaces).
I'm more of a "meat and potatoes" guy; input your data, get info back LOL
So yes, I'm willing to pursue a multi-person project as I think it's beneficial to both parties, not only monetarily, but the possibility of learning from each other.
Thanks,
Roots
Im sorry, i didnt mean to come off rude, lol...and im good with photoshop and UI ideas...i have no degree in anything just to let you know, im a self taught 17 year old, who like i said has no programming skills just ideas...i will get back to you though...im currently working on trying to update this other app i have

[NEWS] Pandora Receives Subpoena in Industy Wide Inquiry

US federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into suspected privacy lapses in the “apps” that run on Apple and Google smartphones, according to the maker of one of the most popular mobile applications.
more...
sounds interesting but I don't want to register to read the article..
Athrun88 said:
sounds interesting but I don't want to register to read the article..
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I didn't have to register to read it. Sorry about that.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/federal-prosecutors-investigating-pandora-other-smartphone-apps/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242923804770968.html?mod=e2tw
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I didn't have to register to read it. Sorry about that.
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Np! Just saying. I did find it on engadget later that day. This will be interesting for the mobile phone industry for sure.
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While I hate to see Pandora be the target of this, it's still a good thing. On ANY PC the uncontrolled and sometimes (on phones) unknown transmission of personal and location data would be outrageous and flagged immediately as a virus by any AV program. I understand that they need to make revenue from these free apps somehow but at what cost? Not to mention most paid apps still transmit data.
Why not provide a way of killing the data transmission? You have that option on almost every program on a PC, why not here? Or maybe give the option of ads or data transmission. The modern smart phone isn't just a toy for a lot of people anymore, it's their life and also a necessity because it holds every bit of information about them.
Google also needs clear cut explanations in the market of what exactly an app accesses with the given permissions. So an app needs access to my sdcard.... why? What's it doing that requires this access? Something like that. The current setup is too generic; Phone... okay, what the hell does that even mean? It just needs to be more informative or they need to change the permission structure so there are more specific permissions so 'Phone' doesn't give access to 20 different things.

Prem nav

Anyone recommend premium navigation for the trusty hd
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You do realize that you could write the complete title, as in, Premium Navigation.
There are people using the SEARCH of the forum, and with titles such as that, it defeats the entire purpose.
Anyhow, you're refering to programs like Navigon/nDrive/Sygic ?
Yep
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hate People who use SMS on forums....
I hate people who make a thread with 8 words inside... and no meaning
I wouldn't really reccomend it. The DHD Can't really get a reliable GPS Signal without having mobile data on (Or at least in Sydney, Australia), and with mobile data, HTC Locations + Google Navigation is good enough, and free.
I actually prefer google navigation to the premium navigation feature on the Desire HD.
Google navigation is the bees knees i tell ya! Works perfectly for me. Why would anyone need an upgrade to it?
314 said:
I wouldn't really reccomend it. The DHD Can't really get a reliable GPS Signal without having mobile data on (Or at least in Sydney, Australia), and with mobile data, HTC Locations + Google Navigation is good enough, and free.
I actually prefer google navigation to the premium navigation feature on the Desire HD.
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To be honest I would check your gps antenna.
If I go to France I do not have any data because of the roaming charges.
Yes it takes longer to get a fix, up to a minute, but the precision always stays below 15m in the car which is excellent.
In GPS test you can see the SNR (signal to noise ratio). Can you tell me which figures you get?
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Anyone recommend premium navigation for the trusty hd
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I accidentally invoked the trial period at a time when I had no trips planned. As such I could only test it locally for places I knew how to get to. Seemed ok though.
I paid for the lifetime license, based mainly on:
- The way it handles incoming calls.
- The maps being offline.
- Integration with Sense.
However, I do now regret rushing into buying this. It has not been great, and often I find myself having to revert to Google Maps Navigation instead. Problems I have experienced with the premium HTC Navigation include...
- Slow GPS fix (could do with something similar to Quick GPS on the HTC WinMo devices).
- Incorrectly identifying destination (hotel wasn't at indicated destination, and had to drive around unaided trying to find it).
- Destinations often not found (often put full postal address in contacts or calendar entries, but are not found by HTC Navigation. Google Maps usually doesn't have the same problem.)
- No option to choose an alternative route or add waypoints to force a new route.
I recently paid for the license. My DHD picks up GPS within secods.
I was worried because using google maps it took forever, but I did a soft refresh and after that gps works fine. Not sure if it was that or the fact I started using premium Nav.
I use it mainly for novelty value. All the voices are free so I like to try different languages.
I also find that the arrival time at destination is not as accurate as TomTom.
I like it better than googlemaps because of the natural voice and integration to HTC.
Who used sms chap
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What i will agree with though it is on lazy ass post,but it was before i went to bed,off the cuff,
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Experienced Coder, Android Noob

I have been a Java coder for about eight years now, and am curious about getting into Android app development.
I am winding if there are any tutorials that just dive into actually making apps besides your basic Hello World app like the Android Developers one does. More useful stuff, like fragments and such, that are actually going to be practical to use and teach you more than just how to make a button retrieve and send text.
Any ideas?
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Well if u say u noe Java then I suggest you go to the devloper abdroid website ...
Its a pretty decent website and understandable if you know Java...
Gud Luck !
drinfernoo said:
I have been a Java coder for about eight years now, and am curious about getting into Android app development.
I am winding if there are any tutorials that just dive into actually making apps besides your basic Hello World app like the Android Developers one does. More useful stuff, like fragments and such, that are actually going to be practical to use and teach you more than just how to make a button retrieve and send text.
Any ideas?
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I would say go and watch thenewboston's later tutorials and TwistedEquations has some pretty good things with fragments and some other more updated android stuff features. Other than those two things I would just think about what you want to do and look it up on StackOverflow since they pretty much cover every question you might have. You can also just go to the android reference page to find out what methods are available most are pretty self explanatory.
Also you should probably update to Android Studio, if you haven't already because it seems like Google is going for some pretty deep integration with it that will make life much easier.
Hope this helps you out
I really like Vogella's tutorials: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials.html
Acela1230 said:
Also you should probably update to Android Studio, if you haven't already because it seems like Google is going for some pretty deep integration with it that will make life much easier.
Hope this helps you out
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Using Android Studio since last 1 day or so...Didnt like it much..Seems to be more complex than Eclipse. Also able to open only one project in one window, no project manager like used to be in eclipse where we can manage all projects simultaneously.
Also the cltr + shift + f shortcut to arrange the format of XML not working... Frankly didnt find any advantage over Eclipse till now... But I'm still in getting used to it because I know I have to develop apps on it only because I always like to work on latest stuff...
If you have any tips or feedback then I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
Hey I am struggling to get started, other than hello world I haven't done anything yet. I think I should use the developer.android for learning (because it's official). But still please tell me what to do there. Should I start with the api guides and read all of em one by one, or should I start with the training tab on the website, but then there are many things there that I don't understand well. Idk I'm confused. There's even design part apart from development, should I start with that or that should come after development? Help me with a good ide too, eclipse isn't that great and android studio seems laggy, I hear intellij is the best option right now (and android studio later when it is completely developed).
I had completed my java tutorials way back, I don't think I have a problem with java.
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I would not start with the official site. I spent some money on a great book (which is just available in German).
The official site is more difficult to understand than many other tutorials like the ones by Vogella.
I was thinking of grabbing Android Studio, but I'll stick with eclipse for now until it's a little more developed. I started on eclipse, so I'm familiar with it.
It seems like after that first Hello World tutorial, all the official ones are "fluff". Do u really need to know the lifecycle right up front, even before I learn how to actually make an app?
Sure, I get that the lifecycle is important, but if all you have is a lifecycle, with no app on top, that doesn't make sense.
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I myself started 7 months ago... The official guide is a valuable resource... But readability is horrible... I typically dig around it... Then look up implementations and further explanations else where... Usually stackoverflow
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drinfernoo said:
I was thinking of grabbing Android Studio, but I'll stick with eclipse for now until it's a little more developed. I started on eclipse, so I'm familiar with it.
It seems like after that first Hello World tutorial, all the official ones are "fluff". Do u really need to know the lifecycle right up front, even before I learn how to actually make an app?
Sure, I get that the lifecycle is important, but if all you have is a lifecycle, with no app on top, that doesn't make sense.
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It is important but you will not need it at the beginning for very simple apps as long as you do not want that everything is shown properly after an orientation change. Start programming and learn it by doing.
drinfernoo said:
I was thinking of grabbing Android Studio, but I'll stick with eclipse for now until it's a little more developed. I started on eclipse, so I'm familiar with it.
It seems like after that first Hello World tutorial, all the official ones are "fluff". Do u really need to know the lifecycle right up front, even before I learn how to actually make an app?
Sure, I get that the lifecycle is important, but if all you have is a lifecycle, with no app on top, that doesn't make sense.
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Understanding the Activity Lifecycle is must. You can watch its tutorial available on Youtube by Marakana...It will explain you everything needed in 1 single video...rest you will learn with experience.
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It is important but you will not need it at the beginning for very simple apps as long as you do not want that everything is shown properly after an orientation change. Start programming and learn it by doing.
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Understanding the Activity Lifecycle is must. You can watch its tutorial available on Youtube by Marakana...It will explain you everything needed in 1 single video...rest you will learn with experience.
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This is what I meant I understand that it is an integral part of making apps work as intended and expected, but it seems like it's something I'm going to have to learn to utilize sometime later down the road of development, instead of right straight up front.
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Actually you should learn that pretty early. Its easy to understand
Think of it like a video game:
On create is when the game is first started
On pause is when you pause the game
On resume is when you unpause it
On stop is when you turn the game off
These are the main methods of the activity life cycle you need to know. You would setup your activity in the on create. In the on pause you would save variables the user entered (android saves certain things automatically). In the on resume you would call those variables back and refill the fields with them. On stop you would close anything that may be running (alarm, music, video) as not to take up resources from the system.
This is important because android pauses activities when orientation is changed so the user would lose all their variables if you don't save them even if they accidentally went into landscape from portrait.
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Actually you should learn that pretty early. Its easy to understand
Think of it like a video game:
On create is when the game is first started
On pause is when you pause the game
On resume is when you unpause it
On stop is when you turn the game off
These are the main methods of the activity life cycle you need to know. You would setup your activity in the on create. In the on pause you would save variables the user entered (android saves certain things automatically). In the on resume you would call those variables back and refill the fields with them. On stop you would close anything that may be running (alarm, music, video) as not to take up resources from the system.
This is important because android pauses activities when orientation is changed so the user would lose all their variables if you don't save them even if they accidentally went into landscape from portrait.
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Good explanation. :good:
For handling orientation changes check the onSaveInstanceState method.
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I myself started 7 months ago... The official guide is a valuable resource... But readability is horrible... I typically dig around it... Then look up implementations and further explanations else where... Usually stackoverflow
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Acela1230 said:
Actually you should learn that pretty early. Its easy to understand
Think of it like a video game:
On create is when the game is first started
On pause is when you pause the game
On resume is when you unpause it
On stop is when you turn the game off
These are the main methods of the activity life cycle you need to know. You would setup your activity in the on create. In the on pause you would save variables the user entered (android saves certain things automatically). In the on resume you would call those variables back and refill the fields with them. On stop you would close anything that may be running (alarm, music, video) as not to take up resources from the system.
This is important because android pauses activities when orientation is changed so the user would lose all their variables if you don't save them even if they accidentally went into landscape from portrait.
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Understood. My point is that the official tutorial spends more time showing off exactly what you posted than actually showing how to make an app complicated enough to take advantage of it.
EDIT: And I pretty much understand the concept and use of having the correct lifecycle, just looking for more now.
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Understood. My point is that the official tutorial spends more time showing off exactly what you posted than actually showing how to make an app complicated enough to take advantage of it.
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Yea the official tutorial is really just to show you how to use eclipse with the SDK.
The rest is kinda left to you to do. Its a matter of thinking what you want to do and then doing it. Most tutorials just explain how to use the methods provided in the api. If you had an idea of what kinda app you wanted to create perhaps we could point you in the right direction.
I recommend adding api demos from the sample apps to see how to do most things in android. Since you said you know java reading through the code in this shouldn't be to hard to understand.
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Acela1230 said:
I recommend adding api demos from the sample apps to see how to do most things in android. Since you said you know java reading through the code in this shouldn't be to hard to understand.
My biggest hurdle is I get confused in the XML to Java connection and changeover
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Cool Tapatalk sig you have there
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I saw it... And couldn't resist... Lol
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