Rituals For Computer Operation
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..&&...... The Futures, And In Some Ways Even Now. ..........
&....&&&&. Its Job Is To Do Vast Amounts Of Small &&&&&&&&&&
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........&& It'S Commonplace For Programmers And &&..&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& ~~# Light A Scented Candle #~~ &....&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ~~# For Quiet And Calm #~~ ..&&..&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& ~~# Recite A Mantra Or Other #~~ &&&&&&..&&
&&&&&&&&&& ~~# Reassuring Message To Make #~~ &&&&&....&
&&&&&&&&&& ~~# The Computer Comfortable #~~ &&&&..&&..
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...&&&&... ~~# Some Like To Say A Brief #~~ &....&&&&.
&&..&&..&& ~~# Prayer For Solace, To Be #~~ ..&&..&&..
.......... ~~# Left Alone During Their Work #~~ ..........
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&&&&&&&&&& ~~# 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.