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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 ££,£,£,£,£
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,£,££,£,£, 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:    ££,£,£,£,£
,£,,£,£,£,                                          ,£,£,£,£,£
,£,££,£,£,      ««# 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 #««   ££,£,£,£,£
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,£,££,£,£,   ««# offer a cup of steaming tea #««    ££,£,£,£,£
,£,,£,£,£,     ««# or a meal to the machines #««    ,£,£,£,£,£
,£,££,£,£,    ««# (sometimes, by fey rules, #««     ££,£,£,£,£
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,£,££,£,£,       ««# 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.