Molly is actually a fairly interesting and complex character if you follow her from Johnny Mnenmonic all the way through Neuromancer (especially the second half) and Mona Lisa Overdrive.
It's tempting to write off Case's behavior as just a realistic portrayal of a washed up addict, but thematically there's a strong and likely intentional parallel between the way he's coming apart and the way one of the main AIs in the story is coming apart. If you add in Linda Lee and the other AI, what Gibson was trying to do becomes a lot clearer. I'm intentionally being vague to avoid spoilers.
It's strange that Apple keeps pushing large watches, given how sensitive they are to design trends. Among traditional non-smart watches, things have started to reverse in the last couple years, with 36mm-39mm watches enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
My guess is that they can't make it battery efficient (non-Ultra watches barely survive a day just showing a watchface and whirring at notifications, with widgets severely lagging in updates due to extremely tight budgets: e.g. weather forecast is nearly always out of date for me, I use the widget to open the app and force it to refresh to get anything accurate), so they're pushing towards bulkier packaging under the guise of ruggedness.
The latest trend in educational software seems to be relatively high pricing. See e.g., Mentava, which sells for $500 USD/mo (not a typo). AoPS online courses are $28/lesson (though Beast Academy can be had for $100/yr). By comparison, this ($49) is in the realm of reasonable.
If this kind of pricing helps these services be sustainable over the long term, it's probably not a bad thing.
The paper is a joke, but Gutmann does make some useful, non-joke suggestions in section 7. There's probably room for a serious, full-length paper on quantum factorization evaluation criteria.
It's wonderful that Khan Academy played a role in enriching her early education. It's proving to be a solid resource across the spectrum of math ability.
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It's tempting to write off Case's behavior as just a realistic portrayal of a washed up addict, but thematically there's a strong and likely intentional parallel between the way he's coming apart and the way one of the main AIs in the story is coming apart. If you add in Linda Lee and the other AI, what Gibson was trying to do becomes a lot clearer. I'm intentionally being vague to avoid spoilers.
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