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. ,,£,,£,,,,
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,,,,,,£,££ 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.                ,,,£,,,,,,
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,,,£,,,,£,      some ubiquitous and generally       ££,,,£,,,,
,,,,£,,,,£    non-controversial rituals include:    ,££,,,£,,,
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,,,,,,£,,,      --# 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 #--   ,£,,,,,,£,
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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.