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blatherard • 3 hours ago

Images weren't loading for me, here's a Wayback Machine link https://web.archive.org/web/20260412143311/https://www.thoma...

CurtHagenlocher • 3 hours ago

The biggest shame of my life is that I had one of these and somehow managed to lose it.

ape4 • 3 hours ago

The error was saying that "infinitely many alphabets can be generated" but there is a finite number of parameters which have a finite range of values. If Knuth has just written "a humongous number of alphabets" he would be correct.

janvdberg • 3 hours ago

Awesome! I know the feeling, I have two myself. https://x.com/loginn/status/1367475093719416833

(Hmm maybe I should also write a blogpost about this)

jdw64 • 2 hours ago

But what's the most Reward checks anyone has ever held?

mococa • 3 hours ago

I know a guy (ricbit) who have 4 or more