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+orbits = ARGF
+  .read.split("\n").map {|l| l.split(?)) }
+  .each.with_object(Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = []}) {|(a, b), o|
+    o[a] << b
+  }
+
+roots = orbits.keys.select {|x| orbits.values.none? {|v| v.include?(x) }}
+
+depths = {}
+queue = roots.map {|x| [x, []] }
+until queue.empty?
+  x, a = queue.shift
+  depths[x] = a
+  a = a + [x]
+  queue.concat(orbits.fetch(x) { [] }.map {|y| [y, a] })
+end
+
+# p depths.values.map(&:size).sum
+
+you = depths.fetch("YOU")
+san = depths.fetch("SAN")
+p ((you + san) - (you & san)).size