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+(C) Alexander Mahr 2024 + This work is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only
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 ## goldprice
 a projection where goldprice should be if linearly extrapolated in year 2023
 [./goldprice](./goldprice/index.html)  
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+(C) Alexander Mahr 2024 + This work is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only
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