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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_requirements():
 """Load list of dependencies."""


    install_requires = []
    with open("requirements/project.txt") as f:
        for line in f:
            if not line.startswith("#"):
                install_requires.append(line.strip())
    return install_requires