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.