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+import itertools
+import math
+
+def tree_line(init):
+    return {
+        "init-len": len(init),
+        "known": '',
+        "rest": itertools.repeat(init)
+    }
+
+def tree_line_at(pos, tree_line):
+    needed = (pos + 1) - len(tree_line["known"])
+    # internally advance the tree line to the position requested
+    if needed > 0:
+        tree_line["known"] = tree_line["known"] \
+          + ''.join(
+            itertools.islice(
+                tree_line["rest"],
+                1+math.floor(needed / tree_line["init-len"])))
+    # print(tree_line)
+    return tree_line["known"][pos] == '#'
+
+def tree_at(linepos, pos, trees):
+    return tree_line_at(pos, trees[linepos])
+
+def slope_positions(trees, right, down):
+    line = 0
+    pos = 0
+    while line < len(trees):
+        yield (line, pos)
+        line = line + down
+        pos = pos + right
+
+trees = []
+with open("./input", 'r') as f:
+    for line in f:
+        line = line.rstrip()
+        trees.append(tree_line(line))
+
+# print(list(itertools.islice(trees[0], 5)))
+# print(list(map(
+#     lambda x: tree_at(0, x, trees),
+#     range(100)
+# )))
+# print(list(slope_positions(trees, right=3, down=1)))
+
+def count_slope_positions(trees, slope):
+    count = 0
+    for (line, pos) in slope:
+        if tree_at(line, pos, trees):
+            count = count + 1
+    return count
+
+print(
+        count_slope_positions(trees, slope_positions(trees, right=1, down=1))
+    *
+        count_slope_positions(trees, slope_positions(trees, right=3, down=1))
+    *
+        count_slope_positions(trees, slope_positions(trees, right=5, down=1))
+    *
+        count_slope_positions(trees, slope_positions(trees, right=7, down=1))
+    *
+        count_slope_positions(trees, slope_positions(trees, right=1, down=2))
+)
+
+# I realized I could have just used a modulo instead …