#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include <atcoder/all>

#define INF 1e9
#define rep(i,n)for(int i=0;(i)<(int)(n);i++)
#define REP(i,a,b)for(int i=(int)(a);(i)<=(int)(b);i++)
#define VEC(type, c, n) std::vector<type> c(n);for(auto& i:c)std::cin>>i;
#define vec(type,n) vector<type>(n)
#define vvec(m,n) vector<vector<int>> (int(m),vector<int>(n))
#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define pb push_back

using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
using ll = long long;
using P = pair<ll, ll>;
using mint = modint1000000007;

int N, Q;
struct LazySegmentTree {
private:
    int n;
    vector<int> node, lazy;
    vector<bool> lazyFlag;

public:
    LazySegmentTree(vector<int> v) {
        int sz = (int)v.size();
        n = 1; while(n < sz) n *= 2;
        node.resize(2*n-1);
        lazy.resize(2*n-1, INF);
        lazyFlag.resize(2*n-1, false);

        for(int i=0; i<sz; i++) node[i+n-1] = v[i];
        for(int i=n-2; i>=0; i--) node[i] = min(node[i*2+1], node[i*2+2]);
    }

    void lazyEvaluate(int k, int l, int r) {
        if(lazyFlag[k]) {
            node[k] = lazy[k];
            if(r - l > 1) {
                lazy[k*2+1] = lazy[k*2+2] = lazy[k];
                lazyFlag[k*2+1] = lazyFlag[k*2+2] = true;
            }
            lazyFlag[k] = false;
        }
    }

    void update(int a, int b, int x, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1) {
        if(r < 0) r = n;
        lazyEvaluate(k, l, r);
        if(b <= l || r <= a) return;
        if(a <= l && r <= b) {
            lazy[k] = x;
            lazyFlag[k] = true;
            lazyEvaluate(k, l, r);
        }
        else {
            update(a, b, x, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
            update(a, b, x, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
            node[k] = min(node[2*k+1], node[2*k+2]);
        }
    }

    int find(int a, int b, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1) {
        if(r < 0) r = n;
        lazyEvaluate(k, l, r);
        if(b <= l || r <= a) return INF;
        if(a <= l && r <= b) return node[k];
        int vl = find(a, b, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
        int vr = find(a, b, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
        return min(vl, vr);
    }
};

ll dp[300300];
int main(){
    ll n, k;
    cin >> n >> k;
    vector<ll> a(n);
    rep(i, n)cin >> a[i];
    rep(i, n)dp[i] = 1;
    rep(i, n){
        rep(j, i){
            if(abs(a[i] - a[j]) <= k)dp[i] = max(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
            else dp[i] = max(dp[i], dp[j]);
        }
    }
    cout << dp[n - 1] << endl;
}