RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION
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,########, THE COMPUTER IS A VERY COMMON TOOL IN ###,,,,,#,
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#,,####,,# 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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,,,,##,,## IS THEN FOLDED OUT OF CAUSALITY, SO ####,,####
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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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#,,,,,,,,, NON-CONTROVERSIAL RITUALS INCLUDE: ,,#,,,,###
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,,,,,,,,## ~~# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #~~ ,,,##,,##,
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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 #~~ #,,#######
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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.