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I really need to look up the differences between cluster headaches and migraines again, because I don't think I remember the headaches of my younger years lasting quite so long or involving a sort of "hangover" period afterwards... Pain seems about the same, though maybe a bit less? I remember having a really graphic comparison when I was getting them in grade school, and I don't think this most recent one has reached quite that level of pain, but it could just be because I had less experience with pain when I was a youngster.

It might also be helpful for me to start keeping some sort of pain diary, track my symptoms and experiences and so forth. I'm about 90% sure this most recent hell headache was caused by prolonged overstimulation (yet another reason to find a new job), but keeping more detailed observations certainly can't hurt.

On a completely different note, anyone know how worried I should be about magnets and modern technology these days? I mean, I'm pretty sure keeping them away from credit cards is still important, but I'm also fairly sure that LCD screens at least aren't as sensitive to magnets as the previous type, and I've got no idea when it comes to the actual computational guts. I bring this up only because my FunKey S seems to have a magnet built into it and also remember a time when Magnets Plus Electronics Equals No.

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Without checking, my rough understanding is: somewhat, but not as much?

The biggest vulnerability in a computer was generally the hard drive, as it was a big spinning platter of magnetized metal - and a magnet could mess with or even erase the whole thing. Of late, Solid State Drives have become more fashionable for a number of reasons, and I think the storage on them works differently.

But they are still functionally boxes of caged lightning and magnets make interesting things happen with electricity, so attaching a strong magnet to a computer is still a...bad idea.

...however, if the device has a magnet built in, I'd...hope they've accounted for that. It's far from the only example; Apple charging ports had magnets for securing the cords, magnets get used for sensing when a screen of a laptop has been closed, that kind of thing.

Sort of like...starting a bonfire in the middle of a kitchen. It used to be that clouds of flour were common, which made big open flame a Very Bad Idea, and exposure to flame isn't great for some ingredients - but you have gas stoves and blowtorches for contained expressions of flame.

(My metaphors get strange sometimes.)

I have no room to be throwing stones when it comes to strange metaphors, I can promise you that 😛

Here's a photo of the FunKey S, since I think that might help with this conversation. (Image description: A tiny foldable Gameboy Advance mimic in the palm of my hand, which it can just barely reach end to end of.) I got the kind with see-through plastic, because nostalgia heck yeah! And also seeing inside of electronics is cool. Anyway, you should be able to make out the charging port (Micro USB) on the lower right side of the control part; the magnet is roughly opposite it on the screen side, behind the part of the screen that isn't actually used as a screen. It sounds like this one is mostly used to keep the device shut, and it might also be far enough away from other computational stuff to be safe. TBH, I only noticed it when the metal part of the keychain link thingy started sticking to it from the outside 😂 Technology!