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by TomMckenny 2260 days ago
>If it's actually spot on, it's a miracle.

Not that it matters, but I think Tom may have gotten this wrong. If his code is invoked many times faster than google updates it's video count then the odds of seeing an exact match in the total is proportional to that difference.

Which, ironically, means it's using even more cycles than necessary to do his intentionally silly trick, further proving his point.