rituals for computer operation                     
                                                              
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#,#,#,#,#, the futures, and in some ways even  now. ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, its  job is to do vast amounts of  small ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#, calculations in a short amount of  time. ,#,#,#,#,,
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#,#,#,#,#, most  work  on the principles of  posing ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, the problem  on  a hilbert plane,  which ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#, is  then  folded  out of  causality,  so ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, that  daemons  can   solve  the  problem ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,   without affecting real life. (these    ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, daemons  are  under  contract  with  the ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,          computer manufacturer.)         ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,   it's commonplace for programmers and   ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, clerks to pray  to  the "gods" of  their ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#, computer,  or to  the  daemons doing the ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, work,  for  a  quick   and  fault   free ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,                operation.                ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,       some ubiquitous and generally      ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,    non-controversial rituals include:    ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,      ~~# light a scented candle #~~      ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,        ~~# for quiet and calm #~~        ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# recite a mantra or other #~~     ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,    ~~# reassuring message to make #~~    ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# the computer comfortable #~~     ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,           ~~# and at ease #~~            ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# some like to say a brief #~~     ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# prayer for solace, to be #~~     ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,   ~~# left alone during their work #~~   ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,    ~~# offer a cup of steaming tea #~~   ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# or a meal to the machines #~~    ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# (sometimes, by fey rules, #~~    ,#,#,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,     ~~# the daemons are allowed #~~      ,#,#,#,#,,
#,#,#,#,#,       ~~# to respond to this) #~~        ,#,#,#,#,#
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           would    you    consider    code    golf           
           to     be    a     kind    of    prayer?           
           as   in,    you   make   a   convoluted,           
           intricate,    beautiful,   and   useless           
           artifact.  as  in,  you're  using   your           
           skills    to    ask    for    something,           
                                                              
           ...i'd  ask  for  a   handful  of  bugs?           
                                                              
           code    has    bugs,   lots    of    it.