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-[submodule "thirdparty/simpleini"]
-	path = thirdparty/simpleini
-	url = https://github.com/brofield/simpleini
-[submodule "thirdparty/IXWebSocket"]
-	path = thirdparty/IXWebSocket
-	url = https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket
diff --git a/thirdparty/IXWebSocket b/thirdparty/IXWebSocket
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-Subproject commit b74f7319c61fb02cd7710e6cba37155db037e1f8
diff --git a/thirdparty/simpleini b/thirdparty/simpleini
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-Subproject commit 7bca74f6535a37846162383e52071f380c99a43a