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+memoize = {}
+class Globals:
+    memoize_used = 0
+
+def count_digits(number: int) -> int:
+    if number == 0:
+        return 1
+
+    count = 0
+    while number != 0:
+        number = number // 10
+        count += 1
+
+    return count
+
+def count_after_blinks(stone: int, blink_remaining: int):
+    if blink_remaining == 0:
+        return 1
+
+    elif (stone, blink_remaining) in memoize:
+        Globals.memoize_used += 1
+        return memoize[(stone, blink_remaining)]
+
+    else:
+        if stone == 0:
+            result = count_after_blinks(1, blink_remaining - 1)
+
+        else:
+            digits = count_digits(stone)
+            if digits % 2 == 0:
+                divisor = 10 ** (digits // 2)
+                result = count_after_blinks(stone % divisor, blink_remaining - 1) + count_after_blinks(stone // divisor, blink_remaining - 1)
+
+            else:
+                result = count_after_blinks(stone * 2024, blink_remaining - 1)
+
+    memoize[(stone, blink_remaining)] = result
+    return result
+
+data = []
+with open("input") as f:
+    data.extend((int(elem) for elem in f.read().strip().split()))
+
+count = 0
+for elem in data:
+    count += count_after_blinks(elem, 75)
+    print(f"elem {elem} done")
+
+print(Globals.memoize_used)
+print(count)
+\ No newline at end of file