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.