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Kira Nichols for supporting us on Patreon. All right so now let's get to our

show. Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 415 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

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