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I think the secret is he uses letters. Try that invitation to a DDoS on his life with Twitter or email. If you’re willing to post a physical letter, chances o

I think the secret is he uses letters. Try that invitation to a DDoS on his life with Twitter or email. If you’re willing to post a physical letter, chances of the content being worth reading are a lot higher.

ReactiveJelly 4y ago
It's hashcash! But the hash is literal cash of about 50 cents
- goldenkey 4y ago
  Moreso the effort. But yeah.
  - pxx 4y ago
    idk, there are APIs for this now. https://www.postgrid.com/pricing-print-mail/#perunit https://www.postgrid.com/pricing-print-mail/#perunit
    - goldenkey 4y ago
      Is it handwritten though?
femto 4y ago
With a further optimisation in the batch handling of snail mail: "I have a wonderful secretary who looks at the incoming postal mail and separates out anything that she knows I've been looking forward to seeing urgently. Everything else goes into a buffer storage area, which I empty periodically." from: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html
svat 4y ago
Just to clarify, you can email him to report errors in any of his books (and I have done so, several times). It's only for other general communication that he insists you use physical email.