This incredibly frustrating metronome 'will never, ever, tick exactly once per second' in order to thwart the goals of Hackaday's One Hertz Challenge

Some people want to watch the world burn. Others, however, will take the simplest of instructions and deliberately subvert them in the most creative manner possible in order to cause maximum irritation—and I love those people.

Case in point, IT manager Mike Coats, who has submitted his entry for Hackaday's One Hertz Challenge, the Metronalmost. The competition requires creators to design devices that beat at a rate of exactly once per second. The Metronalmost doesn't (via Hackaday). In fact...