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Expand Up @@ -194,6 +194,26 @@ ensure that the Tesseract OCR application is installed and configured properly.

**Releases** that _automatically update_ can be found [here](https://pypi.org/project/gi-loadouts/).

### Warning

Since we moved from [PyInstaller](https://www.pyinstaller.org/) to
[Nuitka](https://nuitka.net/) for building application executable binaries,
we have noticed frequent
[Microsoft SmartScreen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SmartScreen)
errors on Microsoft Windows. These false positive appear only because the
executable binaries are not code signed. The protection system flags them as
potentially unsafe due to the absence of an active code signing certificate,
but that does not mean that the codebase is malicious.

To proceed past these frivolous warnings, simply click on **"More Info"** and
then **"Run anyway"** to start the executable binary. As this project is free
and open source software, we cannot afford to make additional expenses to
subscribe to various
[code signing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_signing) services. Not only
are the executable binaries transparently built on
[GitHub Actions](https://github.com/gridhead/gi-loadouts/actions), but folks are
invited to verify the project's integrity by compiling things locally.
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This sentence contains a grammatical error (the word 'are' is repeated) and is missing the 'but also' conjunction required to complete the 'not only' correlative structure.

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[code signing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_signing) services. Not only
are the executable binaries are transparently built on
[GitHub Actions](https://github.com/gridhead/gi-loadouts/actions), folks are
invited to verify the project's integrity by compiling things locally.
[code signing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_signing) services. Not only
are the executable binaries transparently built on
[GitHub Actions](https://github.com/gridhead/gi-loadouts/actions), but folks are
also invited to verify the project's integrity by compiling things locally.


## Usage

1. Select the [*vision*](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Vision) from
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