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All right, let's dive into something

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that, let's be honest, can feel a little

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intimidating for a lot of designers. The

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whole technical setup for the Whiteboard

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Design Studio course, we're going to go

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on a little journey here and the goal is

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to take that feeling of, uh, this is

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complicated and turn it into, OK, I got

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this. Does this sound at all familiar?I

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bet it does. This is probably the number

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one thing we hear from amazing designers

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who are totally ready to grow, but they

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feel like the tools are this giant wall

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in front of them. If that's you, I just

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want you to know you are so not alone. In

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fact, this is the perfect place for us to

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start. And here's the absolute truth. The

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thing you have to keep in mind?Every

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single expert you admire, every designer

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who seems to have it all figured out.

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They all started right here, uncertain,

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maybe a little nervous, wondering if they

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could really get the hang of it. Well,

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they did, and you will too. So let's

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just face that technical hurdle head on.

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Our first mission is super simple. We're

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going to demystify all these tools. We're

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going to take that scary sounding jargon

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and justice, turn it into ideas that

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actually make sense. First U Git and

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GitHub, people get these mixed U all the

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time. Are they the same thing? Not

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really. And the best way to get it is

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with this analogy. Think of Git as the

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engine. It's the powerful. Thing working

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behind the scenes, keeping track of every

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single change you make. And GitHub, well,

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GitHub is the car. It's the sleek,

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user-friendly website where you actually

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store and share your project. O what is

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GitHub really? Let's just forget the

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whole intimidating tech reputation for a

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second. At its heart, it's basically just

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cloud. Storage, but with a superpower and

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that superpower is a time machine Every

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time you save your work, it doesn't just

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back it U, it creates a specific version

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you can go back to at anytime It's like

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the ultimate safety net for your entire

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design process. OK, so now we know what

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it is let's take that first big step we

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are going to create your professional.

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Home on the Internet your very first

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GitHub repository and you are going to be

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amazed at how simple this is. Seriously,

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you just go to github.com & up. You know,

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just like you would for any other

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website. A little pro tip, try to pick a

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professional sounding username because

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you might end up sharing this with

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clients one day. You verify your e-mail.

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And, well, that's literally it. And

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justice like that, you've done it. No,

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really, take a second and let that sink

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in. That thing that might have seemed

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kind of complicated a few minutes ago,

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you just did it. That feeling of progress

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right there. We're going to keep building

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on that. Now, when you create your first

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project folder, they call it a

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repository. You have a little choice to

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make. You can have a single repo where

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all your design specs and maybe some

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future code live together, which by the

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way, is perfect for beginners. Or you

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could have separate repos for everything,

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which is more of a big corporate thing

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for this course. Trust me, we're going

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with the single repo. It keeps everything

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simple and all in one place. So once

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you've named your repository and you

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click that. The right button boom, that's

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it. You are now officially a GitHub user.

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You have a professional space to house

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your work. Feels pretty good, right? OK,

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now let's build the workshop where you'll

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actually do the designing All right, we

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have our cloud storage all set U Now

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it's time to build your local workshop

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we're going to install. Something called

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an IDE, and I promise you it is not

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nearly as complicated as that acronym

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sounds. O what on earth is an IDE? It's

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just a fancy acronym for your digital

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workspace. And here's the best way to

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think about it. If Microsoft Word is

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where you write documents and IDE is your

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workspace for crafting design

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specifications for WDS. We highly, highly

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recommend an app called Cursor because

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it's built for the kind of AI assisted

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work we'll be doing, and installing it is

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something you've done 1000 times before.

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You just download it, click through the

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installer like any other application,

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pick a light or dark theme, the important

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choice, and then you sign in with that

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brand new GitHub account you just

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created. And that seamlessly connects

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your local computer to your cloud

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storage. OK, so inside your new IDE,

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you're going to find something called a

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terminal. And yet, for a lot of

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designers, that little black box with the

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blinking cursor looks pretty scary. It

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feels like you need to be some kind of

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coding genius just to touch it. But

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here's the secret you. Do not need to

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learn some new complex language for this

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entire course. You are almost always just

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going to be copying commands that we give

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you and pasting them into the terminal.

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That's it. It's just another way to talk

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to your computer typing instead of

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clicking. And now for the magic trick.

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We've got our home in the cloud on

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GitHub, and we've got our workshop. On

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our computer, the next step is to connect

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them. We're going to bring a copy of your

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roject home. We do this with a process

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called cloning, and all that really means

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is making a local copy of your project on

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your computer that stays perfectly In

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Sync with what's on GitHub. You can think

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of it exactly like Dropbox sync, but with

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that super powerful version history that

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time. Machine built right in and the

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process is just so simple. You copy the

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URL from your GitHub page, you open U

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that terminal in your IDE and you just

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type git clone and then paste the link.

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But now check out Step 4. This is the

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really cool part. If you don't happen to

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have git installed yet, your IDE is smart

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enough to see that it'll. Pop up and ask

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if you want to install it, you click 1

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button and it does everything for you.

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And just like that get us set U OK? With

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all the tools locked and loaded, we've

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made it to the final and honestly the

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most exciting part of this whole setup.

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It's time to bring in the White Port

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Design Studio methodology and meet your

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personal AI guide, Mimir. First, you'll

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create a special folder called Docs, and

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what's so cool about this is it lays out

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the entire WDC process for you. These

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eight folders aren't just random names,

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they are the complete battle tested

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design methodology that's going to guide

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you all the way from the first idea to

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the final delivery. This folder becomes

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the single source of truth. For your

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entire project and now you meet your

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guide. Mimir is the AI orchestrator for

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WDS. And what this means is that from

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this moment forward, you are never alone.

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Anytime you feel stuck, anytime you have

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a question or you just need a little

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direction, you just type at WD Schmear

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right there in your IDE. And your guide

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will be there to help you out. And with

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that, you're done. The set is complete.

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You are ready to go. But hey, before we

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move on, let's just hit pause for a

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second and look back at everything you

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just did. No, seriously, take a moment. A

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lot of designers get stuck at this stage

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for a long time, but you just pushed

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right through it. Do you realize what a

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big deal that is?I mean, look

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at this list. You created a GitHub

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account and a professional repository,

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you installed a professional grade IDE,

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you actually used the command line to

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clone your first project, you integrated

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the entire WDS framework, and you

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activated your personal AI guide. This

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wasn't just about clicking a few buttons,

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this was a transformation. You may have

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started out feeling like a nervous

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beginner, but right now you are a

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designer who is equipped with a fully

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professional industry standard set. O.

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Let's end with this thought. After

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everything you just accomplished, there

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is no more. I might be able to

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do this. You just proved to yourself that

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you are able. The setup is done,

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your environment is ready, and your guide

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me mayor is waiting for you. Welcome to

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WDS.