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Dude working @Subway @ 43yo is one of world's best mathematician

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150402-prime-proof-zhang-in...
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  04/16/15
*sandwich autist
coral giraffe public bath
  05/03/15
I had the following written on my food truck all day yesterd...
Carmine organic girlfriend athletic conference
  05/03/15
evan39 can still maek it
soul-stirring property
  04/16/15
Sounds like that asshole Daniel Brou was his adviser
chocolate tattoo hell
  04/16/15
Dude had a Phd, just was nojob pwned for a whiel.
charismatic scarlet hall
  04/16/15
Even so, he didn't get a PhD until age 36. People usually s...
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  04/16/15
30 is young!
geriatric ape
  04/16/15
I'd probably be head chief of math in his country.
beady-eyed legal warrant
  04/16/15
he wasn't even asst manager?
fantasy-prone black woman
  04/16/15
a modern day Bill Sidis
Harsh ceo candlestick maker
  04/16/15
lolno. sidis never actually accomplished anything.
lake hospital hissy fit
  04/16/15
He realized the truth about the origins of the American Indi...
Cerebral pocket flask laser beams
  04/21/15
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sable 180 karate police squad
  05/03/15
They should have him in an ad with Jared
heady rose toaster
  04/16/15
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fantasy-prone black woman
  04/16/15
"By 2009, he had turned his attention to the twin prime...
fantasy-prone black woman
  04/16/15
sounds like he was doing more good for society making subs
Black mad-dog skullcap associate
  04/16/15
(xo 2015
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  04/16/15
Cr
galvanic coldplay fan newt
  04/21/15
what is unclear? no one could prove the following statement ...
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  04/21/15
And if this was proven, what the fuck would happen next?
Translucent indian lodge
  05/03/15
his scholarship on queuing theory is prolific
Diverse Primrose Mental Disorder Meetinghouse
  04/16/15
this proves that brilliant people are drawn to menial jobs ...
green balding hairy legs
  04/16/15
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bearded flushed masturbator toilet seat
  05/03/15
"this proves that brilliant people are drawn to menial ...
Racy flickering liquid oxygen immigrant
  05/03/15
All and all, a 180 story. I feel good for him.
Vibrant rough-skinned space
  04/21/15
could this bro even get interviews at top quant hedge funds?
Coiffed Stage Deer Antler
  04/21/15
so he proved there is always a next prime number, at least w...
Histrionic Foreskin
  04/21/15
Nope, what you wrote is actually false
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  05/03/15
no. 1. it's very easy to prove that there are infinitely m...
vengeful transparent dilemma
  05/03/15
lol.
jade bateful temple
  05/03/15
theory of primes seems useless if you're an xo 2015 prole or...
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  05/03/15
LJL. "The theory of primes" is useful for encrypti...
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  05/03/15
LJL. you're an autistic loser. the point is that the polis...
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  05/03/15
XOers aren't qualified to judge but neither are you which is...
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  05/03/15
i didn't say i was particularly qualified, just that results...
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  05/03/15
lol @ you thinking I heard of the prime number theorem from ...
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  05/04/15
fgt
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  05/03/15
(pensive feeling massively inadequate after reading this pos...
bossy talented chapel quadroon
  05/03/15
lol, ty also lol @ "nowag"
ocher impressive coffee pot
  05/03/15
"This is a significant result because when you think ab...
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  05/03/15
cr. i didn't mean to imply the average distance between 2 pr...
vengeful transparent dilemma
  05/03/15
The figure I quoted is from the prime number theorem which i...
Supple Psychic Whorehouse
  05/03/15
lol @ tao's minions' fingerprints all over shitwiki
vengeful transparent dilemma
  05/03/15
oh i get it. wow, that means there will always be primes tha...
Histrionic Foreskin
  05/03/15
you are right 2 scoff at the bound. in fact, 70 million is s...
vengeful transparent dilemma
  05/03/15
lol.... yeah considering infinity and all that, 70 millio...
Histrionic Foreskin
  05/03/15
In honor of this bro, a special 180: (17,051,887)-(17,051...
ocher impressive coffee pot
  05/03/15
...
Racy flickering liquid oxygen immigrant
  05/03/15
holy shit r those primes
vengeful transparent dilemma
  05/03/15
http://www.bigprimes.net/archive/prime/10945/
mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier
  05/03/15
...
fragrant saffron brunch
  05/03/15


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Date: April 16th, 2015 9:48 AM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150402-prime-proof-zhang-interview/

I know this is old, but holy shit. He was literally a 43 yo Subway sandwich artist, and now he is one of the world's most respected mathematicians.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701114)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:05 PM
Author: coral giraffe public bath

*sandwich autist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815333)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:08 PM
Author: Carmine organic girlfriend athletic conference

I had the following written on my food truck all day yesterday:

"Bootstrappers Food Truck: The Sandwich Autists"

look up my previous threads to see a pic of that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815365)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 9:54 AM
Author: soul-stirring property

evan39 can still maek it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701136)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:00 AM
Author: chocolate tattoo hell

Sounds like that asshole Daniel Brou was his adviser

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701163)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:06 AM
Author: charismatic scarlet hall

Dude had a Phd, just was nojob pwned for a whiel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701193)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:45 AM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

Even so, he didn't get a PhD until age 36. People usually say mathematicians are washed up after 30 or 35. And usually if you don't get at least a postdoc straight out of your PhD, you're considered det in the academic world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701366)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:07 AM
Author: geriatric ape

30 is young!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701200)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:32 AM
Author: beady-eyed legal warrant

I'd probably be head chief of math in his country.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701316)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:33 AM
Author: fantasy-prone black woman

he wasn't even asst manager?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701319)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 10:54 AM
Author: Harsh ceo candlestick maker

a modern day Bill Sidis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701394)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:31 AM
Author: lake hospital hissy fit

lolno. sidis never actually accomplished anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701607)



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Date: April 21st, 2015 5:58 PM
Author: Cerebral pocket flask laser beams

He realized the truth about the origins of the American Indian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27732369)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:37 PM
Author: sable 180 karate police squad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815638)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:34 AM
Author: heady rose toaster

They should have him in an ad with Jared

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701626)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:34 AM
Author: fantasy-prone black woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701631)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:34 AM
Author: fantasy-prone black woman

"By 2009, he had turned his attention to the twin primes conjecture, which postulates that there are an infinite number of prime number pairs with a difference of two. Examples of twin prime pairs include 5 and 7, 11 and 13, and 17 and 19, but no one could prove that these pairs continue to exist all the way up the number line. In fact, no one could prove that there is any bounded prime gap at all, that primes don’t just grow infinitely far apart."

lololwut.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701630)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:41 AM
Author: Black mad-dog skullcap associate

sounds like he was doing more good for society making subs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701676)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:44 AM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

(xo 2015

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701698)



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Date: April 21st, 2015 7:00 PM
Author: galvanic coldplay fan newt

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27732685)



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Date: April 21st, 2015 6:10 PM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

what is unclear? no one could prove the following statement until him: There is a number K such that there are an infinite number of pairs of primes p_1 and p_2 such that p_2 = p_1 + K.

"Twin primes" are when K = 2. If I remember right, people have proved there is a K <= 246 for which that's true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27732449)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:34 PM
Author: Translucent indian lodge

And if this was proven, what the fuck would happen next?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815594)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 11:43 AM
Author: Diverse Primrose Mental Disorder Meetinghouse

his scholarship on queuing theory is prolific

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701692)



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Date: April 16th, 2015 12:10 PM
Author: green balding hairy legs

this proves that brilliant people are drawn to menial jobs

it makes sense, too. it allows them to develop their mental abilities because they don't have to waste brain power earning a living. remember this next time you get upset with the cashier at a fast food restaurant. he just might be the next Einstein!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27701811)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:25 PM
Author: bearded flushed masturbator toilet seat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815498)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:36 PM
Author: Racy flickering liquid oxygen immigrant

"this proves that brilliant people are drawn to menial jobs"

no it doesn't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815621)



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Date: April 21st, 2015 7:13 PM
Author: Vibrant rough-skinned space

All and all, a 180 story. I feel good for him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27732746)



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Date: April 21st, 2015 7:25 PM
Author: Coiffed Stage Deer Antler

could this bro even get interviews at top quant hedge funds?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27732808)



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Date: April 21st, 2015 7:44 PM
Author: Histrionic Foreskin

so he proved there is always a next prime number, at least within whatevermillion integers? big fucking deal, im sure im gonna sleep better now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27732909)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:10 PM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

Nope, what you wrote is actually false

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815375)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:16 PM
Author: vengeful transparent dilemma

no.

1. it's very easy to prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers period. you learn how to prove it in any number theory class

2. what the nowag proved is that there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers that are less than 70 million apart from each other.

This is a significant result because when you think about it you might think that primes drift farther and farther apart from each other the farther out you go to infinity. The nowag proved this is wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815434)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:18 PM
Author: jade bateful temple

lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815446)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:23 PM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

theory of primes seems useless if you're an xo 2015 prole or polisci shithead, but it's a backbone of ecommerce and will probably be 1 billion times more useful than anything you'll ever accomplish.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815478)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:26 PM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

LJL. "The theory of primes" is useful for encryption but his work has absolutely no relevance to that.

He's still awesome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815509)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:31 PM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

LJL. you're an autistic loser. the point is that the polisci shitheads on this website wouldn't find use for any prime number results at all, let alone such a significant. xoers aren't qualified to judge the future usefulness of his work.

also, you're a fucking tool for putting "theory of primes" in quotation marks like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815570)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:37 PM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

XOers aren't qualified to judge but neither are you which is pretty obvious from your posts (JJC, I'm guessing?). It's funny that you think actually knowing what I'm talking about makes me an autistic loser



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815623)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:39 PM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

i didn't say i was particularly qualified, just that results in that field have proven incredibly useful. why is that so hard for you to understand? are you ESL or just extremely autistic?

btw, you're not particularly qualified to judge it either, despite your wikipedia search abilities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815656)



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Date: May 4th, 2015 1:08 AM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

lol @ you thinking I heard of the prime number theorem from wikipedia. I learned more mathematics this weekend than you did your entire life. Enjoy dat gaped asshole, ignoramus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27817184)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:41 PM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

fgt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815692)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:19 PM
Author: bossy talented chapel quadroon

(pensive feeling massively inadequate after reading this post)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815450)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:24 PM
Author: ocher impressive coffee pot

lol, ty

also lol @ "nowag"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815487)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:22 PM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

"This is a significant result because when you think about it you might think that primes drift farther and farther apart from each other the farther out you go to infinity. The nowag proved this is wrong"

That's also not exactly true. The density of primes goes to 0 (that is, count the number of primes less than N. that number will be about N/log(N)). He just proved that there is an exceptional set of pairs of primes whose difference is bounded uniformly by something big (but was later reduced to something like a few hundred)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815475)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:27 PM
Author: vengeful transparent dilemma

cr. i didn't mean to imply the average distance between 2 primes couldn't grow arbitrarily large. I still didn't know it DID which is what you're saying

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815528)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:29 PM
Author: Supple Psychic Whorehouse

The figure I quoted is from the prime number theorem which is one of the GOATUS theorems of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number_theorem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815548)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:37 PM
Author: vengeful transparent dilemma

lol @ tao's minions' fingerprints all over shitwiki

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815631)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:32 PM
Author: Histrionic Foreskin

oh i get it. wow, that means there will always be primes that are pretty close to each other..well, if 70 million counts as close. wow, that is actually quite mind bending in and of itself to think about. that blows my mind.

edit: wait, whats this twin prime shit? ok im a retard, i have to admit. i wish i was smarter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815577)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:36 PM
Author: vengeful transparent dilemma

you are right 2 scoff at the bound. in fact, 70 million is such a big number that some mystics &legal scholars have considered it 2 be bigger than infinity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815622)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:38 PM
Author: Histrionic Foreskin

lol....

yeah considering infinity and all that, 70 million IS quite a large number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815644)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:28 PM
Author: ocher impressive coffee pot

In honor of this bro, a special 180:

(17,051,887)-(17,051,707)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815531)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:40 PM
Author: Racy flickering liquid oxygen immigrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815675)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:48 PM
Author: vengeful transparent dilemma

holy shit r those primes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815791)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 9:59 PM
Author: mentally impaired adulterous sound barrier

http://www.bigprimes.net/archive/prime/10945/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815876)



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Date: May 3rd, 2015 10:08 PM
Author: fragrant saffron brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856558&forum_id=2#27815929)