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		gregoriol 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: setBigTimeout I don't think there is any guarantee that setTimeout will run at exactly 1000. Though didn't expect it to run earlier, it definitely could run later.

bufferoverflow 9 months ago [–]

Same. I expected it could take a few ms longer. But less? Apparently that's a thing.

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