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.