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.)         ,@,@,@,@@,
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@,@,@,@,@,   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 #~~           @@,@,@,,@,
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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.