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 ##,##,##,,
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,#,,#,,##, that   daemons  can  solve  the  problem ##,##,,,##
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,##,###### daemons  are  under  contract  with  the #,###,###,
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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 ,,,,#,#,#,
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#,###,,#,,      some ubiquitous and generally       ,##,,,,,#,
##,,#,##,,    non-controversial rituals include:    #,#,,,,###
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,,#,#,,,,,        »»# for quiet and calm #»»        ,##,#,#,,#
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#,,,#,,,##     »»# recite a mantra or other #»»     ##,,,,##,#
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#,#,#,##,,     »»# the computer comfortable #»»     ##,,###,##
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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, #»»     ,##,##,,,#
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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.