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title: setInterval - Type "Timer" is not assignable to type "number"
date:  2024-11-05
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Ran into a linting issue with Typescript when using setInterval for something.
This comment from 2017[1] saved me:

> Use `window.setInterval` instead.

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[1]: https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript/issues/1053#issuecomment-321126192