Like a lot of people, I’ve done the full tour from Mosaic, through Mozilla and Phoenix/Firebird to Firefox and have spent much of the last quarter of a century in the Firefox fold. During that time I’ve also spent a fair time with one foot in the Safari camp and have occasionally checked in with Chrome (just to see what the fuss was about). A couple of years ago, I stumbled across Vivaldi and I realised recently that it’s sort of become my browser of choice. I love it’s customisation and speed and as OP said, it’s tab management is the best out there.

Sadly, it feels like were back in 2005 when IE ruled the roost and set the rules (very badly), and Chrome was the brave new world that was going to reclaim the web for the common man. Now we’re looking to Firefox to save the day. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, but I honestly think there is genuine mileage in supporting projects like Vivaldi (whatever you may feel about Chromium), and let’s face it, it doesn’t take long to download a browser and check it out for a couple of hours.

I had my first migraine over 40 years ago and have been a regular headache suffer for most of my adult life. I’ve mentioned it to my doctor more times than I care to remember, and last August I mentioned it again. He told me to stop taking pain killers, I said “really, are you completely insane, they’re the only thing that make most days manageable!”. Anyway, I did what I was told, and although September was tough, I can’t actually believe the results.

I keep a bullet journal, and have some personal data of reasonable quality. During August 2022 I had a headache on 28 days out of 31 and 2 migraines (both in the same week). During July 2023 I had 1 headache and no migraines.

In a routine NHS email a few months later, I spotted this article:

https://patient.info/news-and-features/can-taking-painkillers-actually-give-you-headaches

I attribute a lot of my headache free life to this advice, and I’ve saved a boatload of cash from not buying my weekly collection of pain killers.

As other people have commented, it’s a complex medical area, but if you’ve tried everything else and pop pills regularly, it might be worth a shot…

Apple is my platform of choice these days. Full disclosure, I’m pretty well embedded in the Apple eco system and it’s been my consumer tech of choice for over 20 years.

I live in the UK and have recently cut the cord with Sky (for my non UK friends, Sky is essentially the equivalent of a cable service in the states), and I had a number of movies purchased through their store. Although I can still see those movies on an iPad, it’s not easy to watch them on a TV, so I’ve essentially lost those purchases.

In light of that experience, Apple feels the most future proof for me with Amazon Prime a close second.

I also recently “binned” most of my DVD/Blu Ray collection, but before doing so, I looked up what platforms they were available to stream/buy from. Out of just over 200 discs, Apple won with 122 available with Prime on 114.

Never heard that before, but I like it 👍

I learnt to drive in another era (early 90s) and I have to agree that lane usage and signalling on roundabouts appears to be completely random.

In the example given, I was taught you should be in the left hand lane and signal left for the first exit. For all other exits, you should be in the right hand lane and signal right UNTIL you’ve passed the exit before you want to turn. You should then signal left and change lanes to take the exit.

Just checked the Highway Code and section 186 does suggest this is still the “right” way to do this, but I think it’s easier said than done (e.g. 4 exits and 3 approach lanes. I would go for the middle lane for the second exit (straight on) and I probably wouldn’t signal).

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/changes-and-answers/-highway-code-for-roundabouts

As a Mancunian, I’ve never felt the need to hop on one of these buses, but I have used them in plenty of cities around the world were I’ve had just enough time for a whistle stop tour of a city’s highlights. In that context, I think these bus tours can be pretty interesting and good value for money. If you’re not a native of Manchester and find yourself in the city centre, you are definitely not going to see Old Trafford, Media City and Imperial War Museum North by accident. They’re a good 15mins+ drive from the heart of the city. So if you’ve got 90 mins and £12 spare, I’d go for it. The only stop on the list that isn’t particularly of note is Piccadilly Gardens (generally an area to be avoided rather than visited!).

A big thank you to everyone working on wefwef. The rate of development is so impressive and much appreciated 👏

I have a near perfect lurking record on Reddit - a member of the 16 year club with one solitary post since 2007. I’ve probably logged on pretty much every day during that period (except for a brief stay in hospital) and I’m NGL, deleting Apollo this morning was a surprisingly emotional event.

I’m not the first to say this, but Lemmy/kbin remind me a lot of Reddit circa 2010 (and Usenet circa 1995), and it’s really refreshing and heartwarming to see. People writing sentences and paragraphs rather than a quick pun for a hit of karma. Long may it last and thank you to everyone who has contributed for showing me an internet that isn’t completely controlled by big tech.

The only question that I have left is, is this going to my only Lemmy post before 2039?