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Chris<p>Oh no, I have a summons for jury service ! I'm panicking about the logistics of how I can possibly manage this. I've described all the difficulties and asked for an exemption but I understand that it's unlikely to be granted.</p><p>I have an elderly dog that wakes me up multiple times in the night. To be sure to arrive by nine I would have to leave at 7:45, possibly earlier depending on the walk from the car park. Though my daughter will watch my dog during the day I would need to get up, have breakfast, feed the dog and walk her before leaving so the latest I could get up would be 6. If I've been woken three times the night before I probably would not be able to stay awake though the court session. If I did stay awake I would be unsafe driving back. (Public transport would mean getting a 6:30 bus from a stop about 15 minutes walk away).</p><p>Also, as I have prosopagnosia (face blindness) I would probably be a hindrance in any case where visual identification matters, fit example CCTV evidence. I can see a situation where I could not make a judgement beyond reasonable doubt even if all the other jurors can.</p><p>Why didn't this happen in the decades when I lived close to a court‽</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/juryservice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#juryService</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/stress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stress</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/difficulty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#difficulty</a></p>
Swede’s Photographs<p>Good morning, friends. 🌹🥀💐</p><p>2 May 2025</p><p>A couple of days ago, my wife noticed that Ben's lymph nodes beneath his jaw were swollen. I took him to the veterinarian yesterday and, unfortunately, didn’t receive good news. There’s no definitive diagnosis yet—the vet sent samples to a pathologist, and I should hear something today. Ben is 16, and I fear the inevitable may be approaching. Still, he remains his calm, steady self. I think of him as a gentle giant, despite his small size. It takes a lot to ruffle him, except for my other dog, Charlie, who—every so often—manages to find that one nerve to step on. The dynamic at home is what I cherish most, and I struggle with the thought of change.</p><p>"A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad." — Robert Wagner</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographylovers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/morning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morning</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a></p>
Zelestian PhD memes<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/complaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complaining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/about" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>about</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctorate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdtroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdtroll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratemotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratemotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratetroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratetroll</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> : that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve</p><p>- French: Difficulté</p><p>- German: die Schwierigkeit</p><p>- Italian: difficoltà</p><p>- Portuguese: dificuldade</p><p>- Spanish: dificultad</p><p>------------</p><p>Report an incorrect translation @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordofthehour.org/r/translatio</span><span class="invisible">ns</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> : that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve</p><p>- French: Difficulté</p><p>- German: die Schwierigkeit</p><p>- Italian: difficoltà</p><p>- Portuguese: dificuldade</p><p>- Spanish: dificultad</p><p>------------</p><p>Report an incorrect translation @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordofthehour.org/r/translatio</span><span class="invisible">ns</span></a></p>
Gary Hall<p>1/3 In an extract from her foreword to David Graeber’s new collection, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, Rebecca Solnit writes that Graeber:</p><p> ‘wanted to put [ideas] in everyone’s hands … Which is part of why he worked hard at – and succeeded in – writing in a style that … was always as clear and accessible as possible, given the material. Egalitarianism is a prose style, too. … A sentence Lyndsey Stonebridge wrote about Hannah Arendt could apply equally well to him: “To fixate on her exceptional mind is to miss something that is important about her lessons in thinking: thinking is ordinary, she teaches; that is its secret power.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/07/david-graeber-optimistic-anarchist-rebecca-solnit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2024/nov</span><span class="invisible">/07/david-graeber-optimistic-anarchist-rebecca-solnit</span></a></p><p>Yet isn’t this itself an example of not thinking, and instead of merely going along with received knowledge?</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectual</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessible</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/priviledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>priviledge</span></a></p>
TomiRovira<p>THE POWER OF WILL: NATURE’S RESILIENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY</p><p><a href="https://tomirovira.art/2024/09/26/the-power-of-will-natures-resilience-in-photography-202408131254118rt1pub/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tomirovira.art/2024/09/26/the-</span><span class="invisible">power-of-will-natures-resilience-in-photography-202408131254118rt1pub/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thistles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thistles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>red</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>will</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tomirovira" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tomirovira</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/Difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Difficulty</span></a> · I think there’s a useful analogy between the stories <a href="https://mato.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and of <a href="https://mato.social/tags/selfdrivingcar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfdrivingcar</span></a>. As I write this, Apple has apparently decided that <a href="https://mato.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> is easier than shipping an autonomous car."</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/after-a-decade-of-stops-and-starts-apple-kills-its-electric-car-project" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">2/after-a-decade-of-stops-and-starts-apple-kills-its-electric-car-project</span></a></p>
Abraxas3d<p>I wasn't fully aware of how much <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> this team had. They <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/prevailed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prevailed</span></a> despite many setbacks and apathy, and thank goodness for that. </p><p>It's <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/inspiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspiring</span></a>, yet also very sobering, to weigh and consider their story. The key thing for me was when they met someone who told them they had fought for them as a reviewer to get their work published. </p><p>Do not be afraid to speak up in defense of good work, no matter who it angers or annoys. </p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/nobel-modified-mrna" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/blog-post/</span><span class="invisible">nobel-modified-mrna</span></a></p>
SerTapTap (She/Her)🎮🏳️‍⚧️<p>For difficulty design, the Silent Hill series is a must play </p><p>Of note is a separate ACTION and PUZZLE difficulty, with easy/med/hard</p><p>Not only does this allow Babby Mode for Dumb Babbies, it also allows deviously hard puzzles most devs would be rightfully scared to put in a single-difficulty game.</p><p>There is no one size fits all! Embrace options!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Vingt Trois Seize 💎<p>You can dislike this joke! 👍👎</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Picard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Picard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startrek</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> : that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve</p><p>- French: Difficulté</p><p>- German: die Schwierigkeit</p><p>- Italian: difficoltà</p><p>- Portuguese: dificuldade</p><p>- Spanish: dificultad</p><p>------------</p><p>Report an incorrect translation @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordofthehour.org/r/translatio</span><span class="invisible">ns</span></a></p>
Published papers at TMLR<p>Lazy vs hasty: linearization in deep networks impacts learning schedule based on example difficulty</p><p>Thomas George, Guillaume Lajoie, Aristide Baratin</p><p><a href="https://openreview.net/forum?id=lukVf4VrfP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openreview.net/forum?id=lukVf4</span><span class="invisible">VrfP</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/lazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lazy</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/examples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>examples</span></a></p>