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by jabagawee 4173 days ago
Donald Knuth no longer writes personal checks for finding errors in his books and code, though he still issues a credit for the correct amount at the (pretty sure it's fictional) Bank of San Serriffe [0]. The page I linked to also mentions that he will try to send legal tender to a bug-finder if she or he really wants it.

[0]: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news08.html