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.