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 #~~           ,@,@,@@,@,
@,@@,@@,@,                                          ,@,@,,@,@,
@,,@,,@,@,     ~~# 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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           ---~-      -   ~~-   -           ~-   -~           
           -     --     -     -     ,     -,      ,           
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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.