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.