rituals for computer operation                     
                                                              
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,#,,#,#,#,   without affecting real life. (these    #,####,#,#
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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 ,##,#,##,,
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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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#,,#,#,,,,     »»# prayer for solace, to be #»»     ###,#,,,##
,#,####,,,   »»# left alone during their work #»»   #,,###,,#,
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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.