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.