rituals for computer operation                     
                                                              
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨§§§§§¨§ the  computer is a  very  common tool in §§§¨¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§ the futures, and in some ways even  now. ¨¨§¨§§§§§¨
§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§ its job is  to do  vast amounts of small ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§§¨§¨ calculations in a short  amount of time. §¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨§¨§§§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§§§§¨¨¨§ 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.