It is quite hard to get merit, I definitely experienced it. Even we try to help people by explaining something they ask but in reality no one send their merit. But it is okay, I will try until I get it.
In fact, it is not hard as you imagine. You should spend several minutes to look at profile of following user and it's posts, which is an excellent case for you to learn.
To be honest, I am really impressed with what he/she is done. Most of his/her posts are high-quality, really constructive, and extremely useful.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=976210I'm going to disagree with this.
While Nullius has contributed to the community, especially on the more technical aspects, his/her approach is patronising to the extreme. Not a very nice person, at ALL. You don't have to be like this. Again, as iphmp159 suggested, you should read the post history. You will find more in there to hurt than help you though.
Judge for yourself.
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