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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.