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.)         ,,,,#,,,,,
,#,,,#,,#,                                          #,,,,#,,,,
,,#,,,#,,#   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 #--        ###,,#,##,
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#,,#,,,,#,     --# recite a mantra or other #--     ,,###,,#,#
##,,#,,,,#    --# reassuring message to make #--    ,,#,##,,,#
,##,,#,,,,     --# the computer comfortable #--     #,,,###,,#
,###,,#,,,           --# and at ease #--            ##,,#,##,,
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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, #--     ,,,,,,,###
#,,,###,,#      --# 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.