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.