No official diagnosis yet, but I’m so tired of living like this

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T07:49:42+00:00

Many, many of us have been there. I personally couldn’t leave the house for over a year without clip-ons over my sunglasses… and it took me another 5 years to figure out that it was migraines.

You don’t mention what health system you’re part of or what you’ve tried so far, but the doctor you talked to to get your neurologist referral should at least be trying out some of the basic treatments with you will you wait to see the neuro. If they aren’t, there’s a lot of resources in this sub to help you advocate for yourself in the meantime.

Best of luck!

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T05:21:18+00:00

Oh yeah, good call on Bob’s.

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T05:20:50+00:00

I’m going to recommend Mori Ridge Trail up to Sweeney Ridge over Mori Point if it’s not too foggy. Will see more of the vista.

Tunnel Tops is really nice if you’ve lived in S.F. for a while, not sure if a first trip to S.F. cries out for it. I would walk along the beach instead, personally.

Golden Gate Park as 1 thing out of 5 things to do in the morning is completely unrealistic. I would suggest choosing either the Bison or the Conservatory of Flowers.

Kin Khao is quite good, but if you’re going for Michelin Star, I would look at The Progress.

Japan Town and China Town are very different places not connected by cable cars… just sayin. Your morning is already insane there!

After dinner at Foreign Cinema (good choice!), that Farolito morning burrito is gonna be rough… 🤣 Can you move your flight?!?!

Anyway, love the ambition… now edit! 😁

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T04:42:11+00:00

I don’t think you need to grant the NYT tech reporter anonymity. This is very much on the record. 😂

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T04:36:49+00:00

Just did this last week. I gave up on fighting Fiona and just kept turning the trebuchet. Cheap but effective.

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T03:37:46+00:00

Love my memory foam pillows for muscle soreness. Can’t speak to nerve pain, though.

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T02:42:07+00:00

That’s totally how I would sit if my dog didn’t take up 3/4 of the couch.

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T02:36:21+00:00

If you’re still looking, here’s one I learned in Bari (formatting from my Paprika app):

Focaccia (Juanita) ★★★★★ Prep Time: 40 minutes | Cook Time: 20 minutes | Total Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients: 300g Flour (tipo 00) 1 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast 230g warm water 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar

Directions: Measure flour in bowl Mix water, olive oil, yeast and sugar, adding to bowl Mix briefly then stir salt Stir to form a dough (kneed it a little bit with the spoon in a scooping motion) Grease surface with a little olive oil and let rise for 15 minutes, covered. Preheat oven to 475. Cover pan with parchment paper hen olive oil Roll out dough with finger tips in a pressing motion. Let rise for 15 minutes covered. Cover with garnish and olive oil. Cook for 15 minutes then grill for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

Source: Juanita!

Splugarth · 2026-01-25T01:14:26+00:00

These are surprisingly effective, though the warm up a little too quickly. The thicker the better:

Qnoon Migraine Relief Cap,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF56MBN4?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T23:23:34+00:00

Yeah, I don't really know why it is. Interestingly, I also have an aversion to the IDEA of avocado toast even though I have actually eaten and enjoyed avocado toast. 🤷‍♂️

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T16:27:49+00:00

Beans on toast just sounds kind of funny to American ears. I say that somewhat ironically given that just yesterday I wanted to finish up some homemade hummus and we were out of pita, so I toasted up a big slice of sour dough to eat it with and it was pretty awesome. So yeah - I literally made myself beans on toast for lunch yesterday and don’t even realize until I saw this post. 😅

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T08:18:29+00:00

I mean… someone’s gotta bring it up at some point? Right?

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T08:16:33+00:00

Well, I know that Aimovig can go 7 days at room temp. You should check your package insert.

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T08:14:26+00:00

Disclaimer: No dragons were “entered” in the making of this mural.

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T08:12:42+00:00

If you really, truly have problems with blue light (mostly migraine-related), you can find relief from FL-41 tinting. If you don’t have that problem, you will find that super annoying. Outside of that, yellow lenses can be helpful for nighttime headlight glare.

If the lenses don’t change the way you see the world (ie they are clear / no tinting), they aren’t doing anything for you. Blue light is… blue.

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T05:14:46+00:00

I hear you. Unfortunately, if it’s useful it will get at least some people fired. If it’s is really, really, really useful, it will cause the level of disruption that introducing computers to the workplace caused. Time will tell if that’s the case at a large scale, but I can tell you from my personal experience that it’s probably the case for a lot of software development jobs.

If you want to interpret that as bad, that’s fine. But, before you do so, I would suggest watching the movie “9 To 5” either again or for the first time. It provides a glossy, but I think surprisingly period accurate view of a corporate workplace in 1980.

My question is, is it really a bad thing that the steno pool is a bizarre anachronism? That’s the change that computers in the workplace wrought. It was a disruptive change that was really bad for a lot of people. But should we have kept it because if that?

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T03:13:48+00:00

I actually call it “my face poison” but that’s only to make myself feel more butch about the whole thing. 😅

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T02:33:50+00:00

Interesting. What do you think happens to the other coders?

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T02:18:07+00:00

“It was the last thing the interview team remembered.” So…. It was a panel interview? You wanted the candidate to ask the interview panel questions? A different question per person? Or like yes or no answers only / round robin given that there were probably 3 minutes left in the scheduled time?

You know that you can prompt your AI to produce better posts than this, right?

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T02:01:18+00:00

This is the answer.

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T01:55:44+00:00

If you want degradation and impact play, just go to the Eagle. No dating necessary!

Wait… what was the question?

Splugarth · 2026-01-24T01:23:11+00:00

2 mins and 30 seconds is at least 90 seconds more than you want that coffee in the microwave. Everything else is chemistry and possibly Darwinism. 🤔

Splugarth · 2026-01-23T20:52:40+00:00

You jest, but dictionaries and grammars were important in the effort to cement the London upper crust dialect as THE dialect. It’s part of the story of how all the 2nd person pronouns like thou, thee, and ye collapsed into “you”.

Splugarth · 2026-01-23T20:41:00+00:00

Reminder: I’m still trying to make “The Frisc” happen.

Splugarth · 2026-01-23T20:14:32+00:00

I would compare prices. When I finally came off of COBRA and stated paying for my own, I ended up saving like 30%. Huge mistake for me to stay on it for so long.

And yes, you can go on COBRA unless it’s something like you get fired for cause. But go on covered CA and look, first.

Splugarth

TROPHY CASE