If you have not run across The Library of Babel, I highly recommend checking it out. Succinctly, it is everything. Everything that anyone has ever written, said, is writing or saying, will possibly say or write in the future, can be found there. It makes use of an algorithm to generate combinations of characters and punctuation, grouped into distinct sets of pages, books, shelves, walls, and hexagonal rooms. Once a particular statement is located, it will always be findable in the same location. The algorithm that generates words on pages also works backwards, so that you can input up to three thousand, two hundred characters and find the precise page, book, shelf, wall, and hexagonal room which contains that text. It is fascinating concept.
I recommend starting by copying the above paragraph into the search. You'll see that it shows up on a great number of pages, but can be found by itself here.
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"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -Herbert Spencer
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It has become clear to me in the previous days that any attempts at reconciliation and explanation with the community here has failed. I have tried my best. I really have. I pored my heart out trying. But it was all for nothing.
You win. There, I have said it.
Now there is only one thing left to do. Let us see if I can sum up the strength needed to end things once and for all.
You win. There, I have said it.
Now there is only one thing left to do. Let us see if I can sum up the strength needed to end things once and for all.