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by nayuki 2259 days ago
Speaking of the YouTube view count, Tom Scott also did a great explanation on distributed computing and eventual consistency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_2gElt3SA "Why Computers Can't Count Sometimes"

And here's a video from Computerphile about overflow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA0Rl6Ne5C8 "How Gangnam Style Broke YouTube"