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.