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.