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In a week is okay. I'll be busy playing Pokémon at German nationals this weekend and will probably take a break from this whole madness after this. No rush... take care of your education.
TMM breeding soothes me when I watch videos on Linear Algebra... I just happened to get a bunch of good spreads before I finished the section on eigenvectors.