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If that's your biggest shame then you must have lived a good life.

Or perhaps a life not lived

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I guess only if you value shame? Which is not a given. HN has so many “shameless plug” comments - HN readers for sure qualify as shameless.

shame does not work the same for everyone

Receiving a Knuth reward check is surely enough to make a life "lived".

but losing that check is like a living death!

Or maybe they're not easily ashamed :/

I lost one of mine but Knuth kindly sent me a replacement.

Have you checked every page of every volume of TAOCP?