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I might have invested in framework but I
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only find out all the cool stuff that
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they're up to like a couple days before
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you guys the good news is this time
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around I am absolutely jazzed against an
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army of Industry Giants I'm seemingly
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Against All Odds they not only continue
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to survive but in front of me is their
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biggest launch announcement yet I'm
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talking seventh gen framework 13 their
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fastest 13-in laptop yet an allnew 12-in
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convertible laptop with
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finally a touchcreen finally and wait a
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desktop did we really need framework to
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develop modular repairable
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desktops oh wait hold on a second this
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is new modular swappable front IO and
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look at this you can even swap these
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description normally for a multi-product
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video we go from most exciting to less
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exciting and then save a pretty good one
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for the the end but I'm equally stoked
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for everything here so game of
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chance
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hey nice one of my biggest
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disappointments at CES was amd's stricks
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Halo processor not the chip itself of
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course I mean that could be the coolest
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thing that I've seen out of AMD in years
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and maybe even the coolest PC CPU on the
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market right now this thing has a
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massive integrated GP that boasts
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performance that is similar to an RTX
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4060 on integrated graphics and it even
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allows you to allocate up to 96 GB of
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its maximum 128 gigs of lpddr 5x to that
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GPU making it awesome for gamers
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creative professionals and AI developers
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no the disappointing thing was that this
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sick processor barely made it into any
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products all I saw at the show was one
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admittedly awesome laptop from HP and
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One gaming tablet from Asus talking to
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those Brands they said the issue was
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that stricks Halo requires a complete
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motherboard and device redesign making
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its implementation in mobile devices
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really costly so I guess framework said
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screw it we're a small company and can't
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afford all that but what if we just made
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it into a desktop is that really how it
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went down that is literally how it went
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down oh well this 4 and 1/2 l least is
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unmistakably framework it's got modular
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front I/O and a customizable front panel
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and the base model that I'm holding here
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will come with just black tiles and no
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handle but if you want you can get logos
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for games and generally nerdy things and
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stick them onto the front and if they
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don't have the exact thing you're
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looking for they are also releasing the
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3D print files so you can make whatever
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you want and Alex has some cool stuff
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for us to show off I want to see what
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you got
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nice what else we got who needs
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ventilation anyway Lego ones no way we
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could put Lego on the front of our
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computer yep oh no way this one I don't
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think will work uh that is phallic not
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as phallic as if I put it here oh no I
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broke it shoot my wife will be so
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disappointed and the coolest one no this
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is our upcoming LT store upcycled CPU
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fidget spinner h of course most people
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aren't buying a desktop PC for the look
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so why don't we go around to the
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business end at the back we've got a
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total of four display outputs and 5 GB
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ethernet meaning that this could
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conceivably be used for 4K video editing
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off of a network storage device and on
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the top of the launch boox you've got
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the option for a handle that also
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functions as the Fastener to open the
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entire thing up how the
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devil what is happening right
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that's pretty cool first the top panel
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slides back then both of the side panels
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just slide up and off they come now
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you'll notice that on the back panel
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here they had to sputter metal for
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electromagnetic radiation compliance
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reasons but on the front they were able
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to get away with a plastic panel and
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still pass Emi surprising not just me
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but apparently framework themselves now
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that we've got it open we can see that
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while they are using what isch
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technically a mobile processor they're
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using a standard-sized mini ITX
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motherboard including a buy4 PCI E slot
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meaning that when you were done with
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this as your primary desktop system you
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could pop this motherboard out and put
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it anywhere you want including
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installing PCI expansion cards over the
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processor they're using a heat sink that
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was made in collaboration with Cooler
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Master and you have the option of a fan
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either from Cooler Master or noctua
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which by the way guys has barely been
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spinning this entire time here thanks in
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part to the Honeywell phase change
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thermal interface material now one thing
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I was slightly concerned about with this
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system was the CPU die because it's a
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mobile processor it's designed to have
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the cooler directly on the exposed die
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itself without an integrated heat
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spreader this can run the risk of
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potentially cracking the die in shipping
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and in the event that the user removes
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the cooler and reinstalls it inexpertly
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but fortunately AMD thought of this and
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includes the shim so hopefully it should
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be pretty low
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risk we've got a couple more fun little
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cooling Innovations down here at the
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bottom is a little tiny fresh air intake
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for the power supply so it doesn't have
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to share its Air Supply with the rest of
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the PC and then at the top of the
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machine there's a handy little cutout
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that makes accessing both the CPU fan
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header and the RGB header a bit easier
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at least for those with bigger fies the
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other things that are super easy to
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access are boom your Wi-Fi module and
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your pcie Gen 4 m.2 SSD storage along
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with a second m.2 slot that's around
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here at the front now one thing that
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unfortunately cannot be upgraded after
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purchase is system memory so make sure
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you get enough from the get-go I hope
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that this is something that can be
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improved in the future but it would
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require permission from AMD the good
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news is the desktop can be outfitted
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with up to 128 gigs of lpddr 5x and
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framework expects that a lot of users
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are going to be buying that top config
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to run AI models for power we've got a
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semi-custom unit from fsp that's a
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little bit deceptive while it says 400
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WTS on the label they actually selected
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a power supply that was designed to do
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600 watts then they downrated it to make
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sure that it runs very quietly and
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efficiently man this thing looks cool I
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am psyched these are usb4 obviously
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right those too sick before we move on
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to the next product can you explain why
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this doesn't have replaceable LP cam
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modules already and where you got that
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amazing embroidered Hood I do love this
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I wear it all the time so we did
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actually ask AMD about this the first
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time they told us about strick was
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actually literally our first question
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how do we get modu or memory we are
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framework after all and they didn't say
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no actually they did assign one of their
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technical Architects like really really
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go deep on this they ran simulations
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they ran studies they just determine
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that it's not possible with st Halo to
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do LP cam the signal Integrity doesn't
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work out because of how that memory is
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Fanning out over the 256 bit bus oh well
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that's bad news but hey your hoodie
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looks great coming soon LTT store.com
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look it's a framework circuit
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board that is a bummer but the good news
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is that framework has committed to not
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nickel and dime people on the ram
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upgrades absolutely it sounds like I'm
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saying absolutely I'm going to nickel
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and dime people when you frame it that
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way but you won't I won't I promise I
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love the look of this thing but MAV I
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have a bit of a problem if you could if
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I could borrow you for a second here
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when I invested in you guys and you know
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all the inconvenience of the disclosures
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and everything I don't cover laptops
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that much and I wasn't that worried
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about it you guys make a desktop
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now yeah do you not see the
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inconvenience for me of you guys having
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what is an incredible product but one
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that conflicts with literally everything
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I cover yeah it just means there's going
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to be 10 seconds of every video you ever
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do again talking about us that sounds
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that sounds really great oh my God
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next up is something that I've been
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pleading for since the beginning from
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framework a touchscreen option I just
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wasn't expecting there to be a whole new
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device attached to it meet the framework
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12 a convertible 12.2 in laptop with
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repairability of course and maybe more
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importantly for you folks who haven't
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been able to pull the trigger on a 13 or
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a 16 price at the very center of its
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design philosophy possibly my favorite
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feature here has got to be the colors
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they have five in total that all look
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fantastic and although the materials are
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plastic they have done it in an
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unapologetically durable way with TPU
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bumpers to absorb shocks and a metal
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internal structure to make sure that it
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isn't too floppy up top we get a 1200p
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touchscreen with 400 nits Peak
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brightness that is a lot better than
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what I would normally expect from like
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an affordable screen even though uh the
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bezels are a little on the bigger side
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yeah I'm getting the knot and it gets
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even better if touching isn't your thing
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the 12 is also available with a color
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matched stylus and comes with a color
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match screwdriver speaking of now's as
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good a time as any to take it apart
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isn't it I'm going to use my screwdriver
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though if it's all the same to you it's
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okay I'll show yours wait do you guys
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even have the color matched one we have
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them in Taiwan oh I'll get mine do you
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want to powered off first
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fine oh is that the only sample that
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exists in that's the only ID complete
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one oh okay that explains why you want
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me to not break it I mean you could just
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put another motherboard in it's super
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repairable all captive screws love to
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see it and you guys have the
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new locking position locks oh my God
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this one really doesn't want to come out
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does it you can lock them in oh no it's
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not locked in oh child wait how did I
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how did you remove that so easily inside
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once we get in there shut up Child
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Safety Lock oh red is for
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unlock okay who else on the entire Earth
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uses red for unlocked cars oh they
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do oh they've got little finger
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tabbies and this is a big Improvement
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gone is the ribbon cable that connects
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the keyboard to the motherboard here is
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a pogo pin interface they're more
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expensive but boy are they ever more
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user friendly what else we got in here
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the modular IO that we've come to know
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and love but this time with a little
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party trick the expansion cards can be
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locked in place so that if these laptops
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get deployed in a school for instance
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the teachers don't have to worry about
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little Timmy hucking USBC ports at
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Little Sally across the room here's a
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nice little touch this little magnet
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right here that holds the keyboard down
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so the Pogo pin stay nicely attached it
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doubles as a holder for your RAM Shield
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when you're working on it how cool is
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that now you might have noticed that
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there's just one ram Shield over a
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single Ram slot meaning that this laptop
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does run in single Channel mode which is
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is kind of a shame but not a shame is
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the little toolless SSD holder right
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here making upgrades just that little
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bit easier now for the processor in this
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thing we don't get anything wild it's
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either an Intel core I3 1215 U or a 1334
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U which are neither the fastest nor the
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most efficient processors but what they
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are is decent enough and affordable not
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to mention way better than the cerons
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that you find in real low-end Windows
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machines down at the bottom we get a 50w
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battery which hopefully will last a good
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long while uh but we won't have actual
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numbers until we get a production sample
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later this year and we also don't have
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exact pricing yet but it will definitely
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start for under
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$1,000 finally while framework has only
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been around for 5 years they have been
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very busy and we are now on the seventh
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iteration of their original framework 13
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that oh no has finally caved to Pure
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pressure and given the people what
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they've so desperately wanted a
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touchcreen
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no not yet a co-pilot button framework
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was so excited to show us their new
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keyboards with the co-pilot button that
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they forgot to bring a sample of it so
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here's some b-roll thankfully the
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co-pilot key is just one of the options
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and they now also offer a keyboard with
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no windows logos at all for the Linux
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users out there and more importantly
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they've redone the structure of the keys
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moving from metal to plastic for the
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larger keys this was done not to cheap
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out but because at certain frequencies
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the metal would start buzzing and
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vibrating and the plastic helps make the
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speaker sound a bit better go figure the
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biggest change of course though is the
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performance for the first time we're
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getting a ryzen 9 CPU specifically the
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ryzen 9 AI HX 370 with 12 cores and up
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to 5.1 GHz boost clock to keep this
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monster cool they've moved from two
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small heat pipes to a single large one
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also aided by a swap to phase change
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thermal interface material oh the bezels
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also get a small update is that right to
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make sure that everything oh cute to
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make sure that everything is adequately
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fancy this is actually n's personal
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laptop so we could find out all kinds of
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things about framework future plans if I
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was able to incapacitate him and steal
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his fingerprint which I can't one more
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bonus thing is uh ah yes this framework
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16 looks normal enough until
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you notice anything weird about the
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keyboard This proof of concept here is
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an ortholinear keyboard layout that was
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designed to show off their new custom
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laptop key switches these would allow
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their users to create any layout that
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they'd like allowing them to make
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whatever good or bad decisions that they
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can imagine why are you guys so cool I
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have some questions if you will is this
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fully compatible with my original
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framework chassis like with the new
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thermal requirements it is yeah you can
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drop it in all the way back to the
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original framework laptop 13 wow I don't
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have mine anymore I sold it in an
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auction it's kind of a thing I do from
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time to time I want to talk to you for
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the first time about our secret shopper
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video which he never emailed me about
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and we haven't spoken about I'm not sure
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what this is wait you didn't notice are
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you kidding right
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now I do remember I do remember actually
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did you forget now I remember tend to
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blank out the uh the the negative parts
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of my
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life so you consider it a negative no no
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it was it was good actually I will say
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we instituted a deeper secret shopper
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policy within our leadership team
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following on that video really okay cuz
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honestly I thought you guys came away
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looking pretty okay not perfect so what
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do you guys do now I and honestly I
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thought that was a really fair video
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that you did you called out stuff that
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was legitimately things that we can
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improve on so we've been digging into
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that as a leadership team we've built
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our own secret Chopper process that we
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run regularly now and just across the
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board through our basically post
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purchase experience we're trying to
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revamp things that's very cool but you
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didn't want to send me an email about it
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or anything thought I thought in the
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intance of of neutrality it would be
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better if I didn't this is actually
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hilarious this is legitimately the first
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time that we have exchanged any words
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