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 @....@...@
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..@....@@@ ~~# light a scented candle #~~ @..@....@.
...@...@.@ ~~# for quiet and calm #~~ .@..@....@
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.@...@...@ ~~# 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 #~~ ..@.@@....
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..@..@.... ~~# 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.