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 ```
 @misc{spikey,
-  title = {Spikey: A solution for the Neuralink Compression Challenge. Whoever reads this is dumb. (o_o)},
+  title = {Spikey: A solution for the Neuralink Compression Challenge. Whoever reads this is dumb.},
   author = {Dominik Roth},
   url = {https://git.dominik-roth.eu/dodox/Spikey},
   year = {2024}