Comic #6378: modeling-3

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Panel 1:

• A child with curly red hair asks, "Dad, why does mom just sit and stare sometimes?"
• A woman with glasses and dark hair responds, "She's doing linear algebra with large matrices to explore possibility-space."

Panel 2:

• The woman continues, "See, when you were born, your mom became a kind of supercomputer devoted to calculating solutions for scenarios where you might die."
• The background shows a thought bubble illustrating various scenarios like "fallen in a lake," "house on fire," and "swallowed a quarter."

Panel 3:

• The conversation covers how the supercomputer now works on edge cases including "sharks on fire," "accidental time travel," "turkeys with knives," and "plane hijacked by the pope."
• The panel features a close-up of the mother's eyes looking deep in thought.

Panel 4:

• The child asks, "Is there a way to make her stop?"
• The father responds, "No, not possible. But I think we can use her to make money."

Panel 5:

• The mother expresses concern, saying, "Honey, I'm worried the girl could be killed if I don't have an optimal stock-picking strategy this morning."
• She mentions, "Modeling. Modeling. Hold for binary output."

Panel 6:

• The mother starts listing binary numbers, which are displayed in a block format.
• The last panel includes the mother exclaiming, "This is brilliant," while a child smiles and the father looks intrigued, holding a piece of paper.

This depiction captures the essence and humor of the comic while making it accessible.