# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1053&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1054 --- ## [What information can a website obtain by you simply going to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-information-can-a-website-obtain-by-you-simply-going-to-it/969027)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-information-can-a-website-obtain-by-you-simply-going-to-it/969027 "2022-08-04T23:48:27Z")
I’m still trying to understand this newfangled internet thing. :confused: When I go from one website to another, does the new website know from which website I came? For example, if I go from this page to CNN, does CN… --- ## [Is Biden more of a danger than Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-of-a-danger-than-trump/969115)
**Author:** [@Foxtrot\_Tango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxtrot_Tango)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-of-a-danger-than-trump/969115 "2022-08-04T23:13:10Z")
I never felt during Trump’s reign the utter fear I feel now with Biden. I am convinced we are heading to WW3 with Biden Would our existence be safer under Trump? --- ## [New Beavis and Butt-head episodes on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beavis-and-butt-head-episodes-on-youtube/969107)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beavis-and-butt-head-episodes-on-youtube/969107 "2022-08-04T23:12:50Z")
No copyright infringement intended here. Two new episodes of the return of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head are available to watch on Paramount+'s official YouTube channel, probably for a limited time in order to entice… --- ## ["Perfect Rice in 10 Minutes!" Except it's not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-rice-in-10-minutes-except-its-not/969032)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-rice-in-10-minutes-except-its-not/969032 "2022-08-04T23:10:55Z")
Fixing dinner last night, I pull out my box of \[Uncle\] Ben’s boil-in-bag rice. It says right on the front of the box in big letters “Perfect rice in 10 minutes!” Checking the cooking instructions, it says to boil for 12… --- ## [Vin Scully now calling the game up high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-now-calling-the-game-up-high/968999)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-now-calling-the-game-up-high/968999 "2022-08-04T22:53:42Z")
Best baseball announcer ever. --- ## [How Many States of Matter are There? 3, 4 or 5?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-of-matter-are-there-3-4-or-5/21658)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-of-matter-are-there-3-4-or-5/21658 "2022-08-04T22:35:59Z")
Ok, we can all agree on the easy ones…Gas, Liquid and Solid. I read somewhere that a Bose-Einstein Condensate can be considered a 4th state of matter. I had also heard somewhere that Plasma (i.e. what matter in a star … --- ## [When was the first interracial kiss on TV in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv-in-the-us/969012)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv-in-the-us/969012 "2022-08-04T21:24:41Z")
Inspired by the Nicole Nichols memorial thread, I wondered if her kiss with Shatner on Star Trek was really the first? --- ## [If you're a good athlete, is it better to stick with the same team your whole career, or play for multiple teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-good-athlete-is-it-better-to-stick-with-the-same-team-your-whole-career-or-play-for-multiple-teams/968986)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-good-athlete-is-it-better-to-stick-with-the-same-team-your-whole-career-or-play-for-multiple-teams/968986 "2022-08-04T21:15:52Z")
Say you’re an athlete who is good enough to be a starter on any team - one of the top 20 players in the league, on par with LeBron, Gretzky or Messi. ISTM you’re better off playing for, say, 3 teams in your career rathe… --- ## [Why is Pelosi planning on visiting Taiwan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935 "2022-08-04T20:50:28Z")
All I see are articles about the planned visit, and about China’s threats of vague retaliatory measures if she does, but I haven’t seen a clear reason why she’s going there. With all the tensions with Russia due to the … --- ## [Strong wind = poor internet service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-wind-poor-internet-service/968833)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-wind-poor-internet-service/968833 "2022-08-04T20:40:42Z")
My wife swears this is the case. She says she has noticed a correlation between strong winds (“strong” is undefined) and the number of times we lose internet service or it slows to a crawl. When that happens, the first … --- ## [UFOs off the Cleveland shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976 "2022-08-04T20:35:02Z")
This Channel 5 story about a waterspout in Lake Erie makes no mention of the 4 large flying saucers in the photos. Click on the photos, not the video. Some kind of reflections? --- ## [What are your time markers for remembering when things occurred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-time-markers-for-remembering-when-things-occurred/969049)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-time-markers-for-remembering-when-things-occurred/969049 "2022-08-04T20:30:26Z")
The other day I was trying to remember how long ago we got our Roomba. I was able to recall which apartment we were living in at the time, which places it somewhere between the fall of 2015 and the summer of 2018. Since … --- ## [The ERA and abortion rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-and-abortion-rights/969041)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-and-abortion-rights/969041 "2022-08-04T19:13:27Z")
This might belong in Politics or Great Debates instead of here, but I’m starting it out here, and I let the mods promote it if it deserves. I have a question about the ERA and abortion rights, but to start out, here is … --- ## [What is wrong with people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-people/969001)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-people/969001 "2022-08-04T19:02:58Z")
Long, sorry. So I get to work and say hello to my boss and I can immediately tell something is wrong. As it turns out his father is in the hospital with cancer, but has now contacted Covid and it is bad. The doctors exp… --- ## [Why is my Email Screwed Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-email-screwed-up/969081)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-email-screwed-up/969081 "2022-08-04T18:46:54Z")
I am using Windows 11, and the bog-standard Mail program. Nothing fancy. Most of my emails come through fine. Some (including an important one from my doctor) do not display properly. I get lots of formatting stuff; … --- ## [Shows and movies that star the same actors in the same roles decades later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665)
**Author:** [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665 "2022-08-04T17:52:38Z")
Star Trek Picard season 3 is reuniting most of the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation to tell a new story nearly 30 years later. The Matrix Resurrections did the same after a nearly 20 year gap. Jamie Lee Curtis… --- ## [Anyone have experience with Google Assistant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-google-assistant/969043)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-google-assistant/969043 "2022-08-04T17:46:35Z")
This all started when I wanted something to replace my ancient Sonos controller and also to provide a digital clock in the bedroom. I am leaning towards Google Assistant because I’m heavily invested in the Google univer… --- ## [Can someone please advise me on a DIY project on a metal table with a Faux Marble top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-advise-me-on-a-diy-project-on-a-metal-table-with-a-faux-marble-top/969087)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-advise-me-on-a-diy-project-on-a-metal-table-with-a-faux-marble-top/969087 "2022-08-04T17:39:28Z")
Hi, I have this metal table with a faux marble top that I’d like to fix-up. It was exposed to some sun and water and some other type of cleaner and now the top is damaged. The top is peeling on one corner and I want to… --- ## [Need some help understanding diopters and nearsightedness (for swimming goggles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-understanding-diopters-and-nearsightedness-for-swimming-goggles/968979)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-understanding-diopters-and-nearsightedness-for-swimming-goggles/968979 "2022-08-04T17:03:10Z")
Growing up in Asia, optometrists always used a system of “200 degrees, 400 degrees, 800 degrees” for nearsightedness. In America, however, it’s apparently “diopters” of “-2.5, -4.0, -7.5,” etc. I’m not sure how it conve… --- ## [Watching People Watching Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-people-watching-things/969063)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-people-watching-things/969063 "2022-08-04T16:54:25Z")
I spend very little time following memes and popular Interwebz sites. I am vaguely familiar with people unboxing new stuff or playing games or commenting sarcastically on events and things and people. A Grauniad column… --- ## [The Atoz Game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2022-08-04T15:41:52Z")
You know the rules. You add another entry to the existing category. If you finish the category, you start a new one. The lists here aren’t for ten or thirteen items. They go up to twenty-six; one for each letter of the … --- ## [Tell a joke that only someone from your region will understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-a-joke-that-only-someone-from-your-region-will-understand/968346)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-a-joke-that-only-someone-from-your-region-will-understand/968346 "2022-08-04T15:20:54Z")
Hampton Roads, Virginia: “Damn, that hurricane better slow its approach up the coast; if it hits Emporia going that speed, it’s gonna get pulled over.” --- ## [Why is there suddenly a Favorites folder icon on my Mac desktop and how do I get rid of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-suddenly-a-favorites-folder-icon-on-my-mac-desktop-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it/969093)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-suddenly-a-favorites-folder-icon-on-my-mac-desktop-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it/969093 "2022-08-04T15:18:29Z")
This thing suddenly appeared. It’s a good guess that some accidental hand movement generated it, I don’t know. But I don’t want ANY icons on my desktop. I have a Favorites section on my Finder sidebar and that’s fine. H… --- ## [22-year-old zombie thread popped up near the top of MPSIMS without any new posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-year-old-zombie-thread-popped-up-near-the-top-of-mpsims-without-any-new-posts/969064)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-year-old-zombie-thread-popped-up-near-the-top-of-mpsims-without-any-new-posts/969064 "2022-08-04T14:55:11Z")
This thread just popped up about 21 threads from the top of MPSIMS, even though nobody has posted in it since 2000. --- ## [The morality of not limiting human contact as much as possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-not-limiting-human-contact-as-much-as-possible/956823)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-not-limiting-human-contact-as-much-as-possible/956823 "2022-08-04T14:49:30Z")
Especially with omicron here. This is a question I’ve been struggling with for a while. Am I a bad person for being in the presence of multiple strangers indoors in public, including a good deal of maskholes? After all,… --- ## [Does it help restaurants to keep mentioning old accolades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-help-restaurants-to-keep-mentioning-old-accolades/963443)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-help-restaurants-to-keep-mentioning-old-accolades/963443 "2022-08-04T14:45:21Z")
There is a pizza shop down the street from me. In the window are banners given out for winning competitions i.e., “Best Pizza in the Midwest”. The problem is that the newest banner dates from 2004. Every time I see it I … --- ## [What's the minimum-level miracle it would take you to convince you God exists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-level-miracle-it-would-take-you-to-convince-you-god-exists/968443)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-level-miracle-it-would-take-you-to-convince-you-god-exists/968443 "2022-08-04T12:42:23Z")
If one day the Atlantic Ocean were split in half such that people could walk across on dry land, I’m sure the vast majority of people would acknowledge something un-scientific and unusual had happened. For smaller-level… --- ## [In Nelly's 'Hot In Herre"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nellys-hot-in-herre/513847)
**Author:** [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nellys-hot-in-herre/513847 "2022-08-04T09:35:57Z")
he says something about a bowl in the basement, and the girl says ‘what?’ To which he replies that he’s just kidding like Jason (unless she’s gonna do it) As my band are keen to do this song I’d like to know, - to what… --- ## [Some questions about anaphylactic shock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-anaphylactic-shock/968931)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-anaphylactic-shock/968931 "2022-08-04T08:10:07Z")
I’m writing a story about a person who has an allergic reaction to shellfish while eating in a restaurant, and I had a lot of questions: 1-What would the shock symptoms look like? 2-Would a high end restaurant have an … --- ## [What Are Some Everyday Foods That Consumers Generally Don't Make For Themselves (and instead buy professionally-made product)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-everyday-foods-that-consumers-generally-dont-make-for-themselves-and-instead-buy-professionally-made-product/968158)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-everyday-foods-that-consumers-generally-dont-make-for-themselves-and-instead-buy-professionally-made-product/968158 "2022-08-04T06:34:23Z")
I was watching a video about ramen and the host said that most Japanese don’t make ramen themselves – the process is apparently time-consuming and labor-intensive – and just prefer to buy it from ramen shops where it’s c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1052&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1054&state=tracking)