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.