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. ¨§§§§¨¨§¨§
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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.) §§¨§§§§§¨¨
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§§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨ 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. §§§§§¨§¨¨§
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§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ some ubiquitous and generally §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨ non-controversial rituals include: ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
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§§¨§§§¨§¨¨ ««# light a scented candle #«« ¨¨§¨§§§§¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§§§¨ ««# for quiet and calm #«« §¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨§¨§¨¨§ §§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨§§§§§¨§ ««# recite a mantra or other #«« §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§ ««# reassuring message to make #«« §§¨§§§¨§§§
§¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨ ««# the computer comfortable #«« §¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨§§ ««# and at ease #«« §§§¨§¨§¨§¨
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¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§ ««# 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.