There's a fun chess game on steam this comic keeps reminding me of.
5D Chess, with multiverse time travel
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/
It basically allows for moves similar to this. It also creates coherent rules for jumping timelines, or time travel. It's quite elegant how they come out, in a "my brain is melting out my ear" kind of way!
That image will stick in the mind of every school boy (and possibly girl) who sees it. That's a win for the textbook.
Half a course would be better than nothing. A full course would be best, but half is a LOT better than none.
The general way to make lasting changes stick is to support moves in the correct direction. Improvements are generally 1000 tiny steps, rather than 1 big leap.
One of the most difficult bits is defending from future time snipers. You don't get to move out of the check, so it's checkmate. It's not actually hard, just mind bending.
It's also weird to have 3 white kings on the same board...
It's not actually too bad. Any checkmate wins the whole game. It just gets weird. The king can flee to another board, or you can checkmate into the past.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230
5D chess, with multiverse time travel.
Not quite the same, but in a similar vein.
I tend to read it as "they do not speak for me". If you don't speak up, then many people believe you agree with them, by default.
By apologising, you are saying you actively disagree, but don't want to get bogged down in the details. You might not stand directly with the victims, but you do stand beside them, against the abusers, and want them to know.
I second the wired camera recommendation, at least for a few critical cameras.
WiFi cameras are vulnerable to a de-auth attack. It's fairly trivial now to make a device that will kick all WiFi devices off of a particular network. It's not so bad if they record internally and are inaccessible. If they can be reached, once someone is inside, or if they don't record, they can be bypassed completely, or stolen.
This does all depend on the level of protection required. Basically, are you worth the effort of targeting, or is it just to dissuade opportunistic attempts.
Vitamin D helps if you are dealing with S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder). Basically, our brain gets to go into a state akin to hibernation. Unfortunately, modern life isn't compatible with this. The effect is tiredness and low mood.
SAD seems to be triggered by low vitamin D, low exposure to sunlight, and the cold. The exact trigger levels vary from person to person.
If you've not tried it yet, a daylight lamp could help a lot, combined with the Vitamin D, it trucks the brain into thinking it's still warm and bright outside. You want a hot in the morning, as well as one in the mid to late afternoon.
Failing that, accept your need to hibernate, and plan it in. It's not ideal, but not fighting it will also help your mood.
There's a lot more to teaching than just good explanations. I do enjoy trying to explain complex science in more understandable ways however.
As for struggling, we all do at times, pushing through is how we get better. Also science is a little like a spider web. If you look closely, at just a few strands, they don't make obvious sense. It's only when you build up a broader picture that it becomes obvious and easy. Building that picture, unfortunately, requires pushing through the "what the hell, I can't make sense of this!" stage.
The challenge is, can you figure out where it is.
All hail the lemming of Lemmy!
Depending on the location (mostly motorway services), I will often do something else before picking up food. E.g. go wash my hands properly. I've been known to misjudge the time required and be a minute or 2 late. Sometimes the wait can be long enough that I will go sit down for a bit. Again, I sometimes misjudge.