# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=138 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 139 --- ## [Inspirational AI? Not so much!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspirational-ai-not-so-much/991330)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspirational-ai-not-so-much/991330 "2023-10-11T04:11:19Z")
This link purportedly gives funny examples of AI failing to motivate. I wonder how much of it is contrived, but it did make me laugh. --- ## [Important note about the phone alert today {2023-10-04}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-about-the-phone-alert-today-2023-10-04/991106)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-about-the-phone-alert-today-2023-10-04/991106 "2023-10-11T02:16:59Z")
I’ve read that if you know a victim of abuse you should let them know to turn off or hide their emergency phone beforehand so that their abuser doesn’t become aware of it. Please pass it on if you can: --- ## [The NEW Delorean!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-delorean/991222)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-delorean/991222 "2023-10-09T21:58:01Z")
And it is an EV! The New DeLorean Supercar! - YouTube --- ## [National Alert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-alert/991110)
**Author:** [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-alert/991110 "2023-10-09T12:12:52Z")
Just got my alert at 11:18 am Pacific… --- ## [(Old) Writing Letters - A Stationery MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-writing-letters-a-stationery-mmp/990993)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-writing-letters-a-stationery-mmp/990993 "2023-10-09T08:17:34Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 14c/57f with a predicted high of 17c/62f, and cloudy. Weather app says “Welcome to today. It’s a grey bucket of fucking suck outside. You’re fucking welcome.” I wouldn’t go that far,… --- ## [Rao’s, Broth, Gravy and Higher End Grocery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rao-s-broth-gravy-and-higher-end-grocery/991174)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rao-s-broth-gravy-and-higher-end-grocery/991174 "2023-10-08T22:08:41Z")
Through a mix of marketing, reputation and simple quality ingredients, Rao’s has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of pasta sauce, then Savos was bought out by Campbells for $2.7B It’s not hard to make great sauce. … --- ## [Problem Rental House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-rental-house/989794)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-rental-house/989794 "2023-10-07T20:11:51Z")
We purchased a home in 2017 and we’ve been pretty happy with everything. My neighbor’s are great, people aren’t afraid to let their kids play outside during the day, and when I go for my evening walks everyone is friend… --- ## [Bad bad bad beck misses the old days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-misses-the-old-days/991088)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-misses-the-old-days/991088 "2023-10-07T18:19:37Z")
I remember my best friend, when I was 13, sleeping over. We gossiped and made fun of our runner-up best friend. I remember 1st best friend told runner-up bestie all about it. And then the little crums talked about me. A… --- ## [A question about winning the lottery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-winning-the-lottery/991121)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-winning-the-lottery/991121 "2023-10-07T14:45:46Z")
The question is this. In states where a winner can remain anonymous, does that really happen? Or somehow do they get outed? See, if I won a big one I wouldn’t want to be bothered but I figure someone in the system wou… --- ## [Fun fact: Welsh language got rid of K](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fact-welsh-language-got-rid-of-k/991218)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fact-welsh-language-got-rid-of-k/991218 "2023-10-07T14:44:16Z")
--- ## [Instructions You Say? Pffft!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instructions-you-say-pffft/668500)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instructions-you-say-pffft/668500 "2023-10-07T13:59:27Z")
Up until recently, I never really understood why items like toothpicks and Q-tips came with instructions. When I originally read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy and came across the toothpicks thing I didn’t belie… --- ## [Israel at war with Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-at-war-with-hamas/991237)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-at-war-with-hamas/991237 "2023-10-07T13:25:32Z")
Hamas launched a surprise attack of Israel. Reuters has a good article, which my broken app won’t let me link: (but it’s easy to Google) JERUSALEM/GAZA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the … --- ## [The Astronaut Wears Prada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astronaut-wears-prada/991186)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astronaut-wears-prada/991186 "2023-10-06T22:54:38Z")
Prada has been asked to help design the suits for the upcoming Artemis III mission. I’m sure there’s some good reason for this, but it’s not obvious. It does seem to be good for publicity and set-ups for jokes. Since … --- ## [Diary of a Wandering Thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diary-of-a-wandering-thule/985453)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diary-of-a-wandering-thule/985453 "2023-10-06T21:36:56Z")
8:00 AEST sofa.even.notices Well it’s getting real now Dopers. Have cleared the baggage checkers. Found my gate lounge. At worst can now spend the next 50 days wandering Kingsford Smith with only a beanie for a change … --- ## [The Bebington Puzzle Stones--a matter of Cryptology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bebington-puzzle-stones-a-matter-of-cryptology/991195)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bebington-puzzle-stones-a-matter-of-cryptology/991195 "2023-10-06T18:19:23Z")
Apparently, there are or once were stone inscriptions carved into a wall in Bebington, in the UK. Some of the alleged solutions look a trifle thin to me. See what the Cryptology Dopers can make of them. --- ## [Pig possibilities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-possibilities/991125)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-possibilities/991125 "2023-10-06T16:24:21Z")
Why does my pork chop have 2 bones? I thought chops were like the t-bone of the pig. Was it too young? Bones haven’t knitted together. Seems wasteful. Was it old? Had arthritis and the bone separated? Was it a clumsy … --- ## [The World is closing in (eek! Hide the children and small pets)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-closing-in-eek-hide-the-children-and-small-pets/991168)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-closing-in-eek-hide-the-children-and-small-pets/991168 "2023-10-06T15:08:17Z")
My little world shrinks. Again. I’m the epic shrinking woman stuck in it. (It’s getting sorta close and smelly in here!) I do dialysis on Thursday evenings now. Well, I go in and they’ve had some kind of party/event.… --- ## [Fresh salmon for breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-salmon-for-breakfast/991095)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-salmon-for-breakfast/991095 "2023-10-06T13:01:16Z")
Today is a no-work day; not a day off, just a no work will be accomplished day. Not even a little bit. Why? I’ve discovered the Live cams of brown bears gorging on very fresh salmon at Brooks Falls on Katmai National … --- ## [anyone remember norlights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-norlights/67197)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-norlights/67197 "2023-10-06T06:18:25Z")
Does anyone remember a candy called Norlights? It was some sort of fruit flavored gelatin candy that I could only get in canteen at camp in upstate NY in the 80s. I really loved that candy, and am wondering if it reincar… --- ## [So Prigozhin is down before Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-prigozhin-is-down-before-putin/988988)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-prigozhin-is-down-before-putin/988988 "2023-10-06T01:43:55Z")
Some claim, this was the plane. IMHO, this is interesting news. The NYT writes something similar. Conspiracy theories will sprout, I guess. --- ## [Hottest September Ever: “Gobsmackingly Bananas”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-september-ever-gobsmackingly-bananas/991158)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-september-ever-gobsmackingly-bananas/991158 "2023-10-05T22:44:04Z")
Scientists are surprised not only how record-settingly hot September 2023 was, but also by the large margin of increase (0.5C hotter than previous record). Apparently, surprised scientists use odd phrases. --- ## [Insurance Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question/991149)
**Author:** [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question/991149 "2023-10-05T19:22:22Z")
I’m not asking for legal advice. I just really want to know if this can actually happen. I had a car accident back in August. My fault. I sideswiped a guy. He said he wasn’t hurt. Just wanted his old truck fixed. My insu… --- ## [Vassar \[Historic Women's College\] Pays Female Faculty Less than Male Faculty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vassar-historic-womens-college-pays-female-faculty-less-than-male-faculty/991099)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vassar-historic-womens-college-pays-female-faculty-less-than-male-faculty/991099 "2023-10-05T12:24:33Z")
Here is the lawsuit: I thought this very odd, as the last place one would expect discrimination against women would be in one of the Seven Sisters colleges. --- ## [All Onewheel skateboards are being recalled after deaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-onewheel-skateboards-are-being-recalled-after-deaths/990963)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-onewheel-skateboards-are-being-recalled-after-deaths/990963 "2023-10-05T10:36:20Z")
At least 4 deaths and numerous injuries. The recall is going to install upgraded software that buzzes to warn riders. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/onewheel-electric-skateboard-recall-deaths/index.html --- ## [Strange Immages From An Occult Flea Market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-immages-from-an-occult-flea-market/991014)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-immages-from-an-occult-flea-market/991014 "2023-10-04T07:13:30Z")
Of course, they ARE AI generated. But, still… https://mostlyforbiddenzone.com/post/722278976534495232/imaginary-pictures-from-an-occult-flea-market --- ## [Back-story on Russia's SpecMilOp in Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-story-on-russias-specmilop-in-ukraine/990921)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-story-on-russias-specmilop-in-ukraine/990921 "2023-10-04T05:26:17Z")
At least one Russian has come right out and said it out loud, They are about restoring the tsar-like Russ empire. He says going back 800 years worth. --- ## [A new low in phishing messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-low-in-phishing-messages/990791)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-low-in-phishing-messages/990791 "2023-10-03T22:01:44Z")
U.S.P.S. - Your package arrived at the warehouse but could not be delivered due to incomplete address information. Please confirm your address in the link. http://uspz########.top (Please reply 1 and restart iMessage t… --- ## [Late stage capitalism takes a weird turn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-stage-capitalism-takes-a-weird-turn/957467)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-stage-capitalism-takes-a-weird-turn/957467 "2023-10-03T21:25:19Z")
Sometimes you read an article and just say what the fuck. Stephanie Matto is a star on a reality show called 90 Day Fiancé: The Single Life. Which is good for her, I guess, but she recently had to quit her regular job… … --- ## [Awesome new desalinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-new-desalinator/990950)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-new-desalinator/990950 "2023-10-03T15:36:05Z")
Desalination system that uses no external energy except the Sun and does NOT get fouled by salt accumulation. Cost: cheaper than tap water. Unfortunately it’s still in prototype mode, but there’s no expensive componen… --- ## [Beckdawrek and the ersatz elemental refrigerator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-ersatz-elemental-refrigerator/990874)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-ersatz-elemental-refrigerator/990874 "2023-10-03T14:30:37Z")
Mid-dau informed me a few days ago my overpriced refrigerator was acting stooopid! Being smart, as I am🤨(and due a previous incident with a certain red Washing machine) I always purchase an extra warranty on appliances. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=139)