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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.