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£££££,,££, is  then  folded  out  of  causality, so ££££,,££,,
,£££,,,,,, that  daemons  can   solve  the  problem £££,,,,,,,
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,£,,£££££, work,  for  a  quick   and   fault  free £££££££,,,
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,,,,,,££££    ««# reassuring message to make #««    ,,,££,,£££
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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.