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                                   required (sparx reconcile)
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-Other frameworks retry (duplicate charges) or ignore (lost money). OAK is honest.
+Other frameworks retry (causing duplicate charges) or ignore the failure (losing money). OAK is honest.
 
 ### 🧬 On-Device Continual Learning