# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=115 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 116 --- ## [FTL signals and Sabine Hossenfelder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-signals-and-sabine-hossenfelder/1028715)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-signals-and-sabine-hossenfelder/1028715 "2026-04-26T08:57:54Z")
YouTube video linked at end.. Looks to me as if she has finally drunk the ‘Einstein was wrong’ Kool-aid? She is usually fairly on topic if a bit abrasive and controversial. But now she seems to have gone off into hidd… --- ## [12V Battery in Electric Vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12v-battery-in-electric-vehicles/1029468)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12v-battery-in-electric-vehicles/1029468 "2026-04-26T07:51:44Z")
Does the regular 12V car battery in EVs last a very long time? I imagine it’s not going through charge/discharge cycles, basically at full charge all the time? And, if I turn an EV off (whatever that means) but turn th… --- ## [Bee-keep-tress Beck wants to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-keep-tress-beck-wants-to-know/1029537)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-keep-tress-beck-wants-to-know/1029537 "2026-04-26T05:29:23Z")
Ok. I’m not a beekeeper. I thought about it a few years ago. Being the lazy ass I am, I decided too much work for something I could barely have a taste of. I am not the salesperson type enough to go into a little side h… --- ## [Are we making meaningful progress on climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-making-meaningful-progress-on-climate-change/1014146)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-making-meaningful-progress-on-climate-change/1014146 "2026-04-26T03:25:42Z")
The world produced 37.41 billion tons of CO2 in 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/ World GDP was 166 trillion in 2023. However, in 2012 the world produced 34.38 billion tons of CO… --- ## [Has the NBA changed, or have I changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nba-changed-or-have-i-changed/1025174)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nba-changed-or-have-i-changed/1025174 "2026-04-26T03:06:32Z")
i was a big Celtics fan in the 70s and 80s. Watched them religiously on TV and went to the Garden when I could, to see Havlicek, Cowens, Jo Jo White, Larry Bird, McHale, Robert Parrish, Bill Walton, all those guys. Many… --- ## [Do billionaires maintain a driver's license? If yes, do they have to go to the DMV like everyone else to renew them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-billionaires-maintain-a-drivers-license-if-yes-do-they-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-like-everyone-else-to-renew-them/1029052)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-billionaires-maintain-a-drivers-license-if-yes-do-they-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-like-everyone-else-to-renew-them/1029052 "2026-04-25T21:25:01Z")
Title kinda says it all. I am thinking the likes of Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates simply do not drive anymore. Someone drives them and that person is likely a body guard with training in evasive driving (or whatever you cal… --- ## [Is there any love for Werther's Caramel candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-love-for-werthers-caramel-candy/1029518)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-love-for-werthers-caramel-candy/1029518 "2026-04-25T20:31:04Z")
Werther’s has expanded their products. There are many varities of either hard candy or soft chewy candy. They offer sugar free too. I usually buy Werther’s original candy or Werther’s Caramel Coffee hard candy. I enjoy… --- ## [My Weird Commercial crushes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439)
**Author:** [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439 "2026-04-25T20:22:21Z")
Over the years I have developed weird crushes on actresses in commercials. At one point I was devoted to Flo from Progressive (Stephanie Courtney), which has waned a bit as she has matured, but I am delighted that she s… --- ## [Name that television cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549 "2026-04-25T18:51:43Z")
I was watching Otherworlds TV on Roku this morning and this blast from the past occurred. The cartoons were about 3 1/2 minutes long and in color, and there were about 100 of them in total. A single story consisted of … --- ## [What is this shower for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-shower-for/1029472)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-shower-for/1029472 "2026-04-25T18:50:56Z")
I like to browse through real estate listings and look at the pictures of houses that are for sale. I just saw this one. This appears to be an open shower stall next to a… --- ## [Posts that aged poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503 "2026-04-25T18:33:23Z")
Here’s a thread for SDMB posts proven wrong by history. I’ll start with one of mine that I noticed today when I was looking for something else Oops… --- ## [University of Maryland scientists have created a fart-tracking device. Any volunteers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-maryland-scientists-have-created-a-fart-tracking-device-any-volunteers/1029485)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-maryland-scientists-have-created-a-fart-tracking-device-any-volunteers/1029485 "2026-04-25T17:22:30Z")
The title pretty well says it all. Researchers at U of M have created a 3-D printed device that fits in your underwear and counts the number of farts you release over a period of time. Smart Underwear is able to track… --- ## [Rick Nelson trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-nelson-trivia/1029474)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-nelson-trivia/1029474 "2026-04-25T16:36:43Z")
Today I found out that actor Mark Harmon’s sister was married to Rick Nelson. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad: Exit stage...left!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-exit-stage-left/1029523)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-exit-stage-left/1029523 "2026-04-25T07:46:20Z")
Sitting on the deck this morning I heard Son-of-a-wrek squeal like a teenager. Not really alarmed. He often expresses himself, thus. Mid-dau stepped out and said: “Wut!?” I just shook my head. He comes running up the… --- ## [Looking for the last Stephen Colbert shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-last-stephen-colbert-shirt/1029542)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-last-stephen-colbert-shirt/1029542 "2026-04-25T04:15:41Z")
The are 8 billion and 3 companies selling the “official” The Last Show With Stephen Colbert shirt, and I would like to know which one is legit. --- ## [How would we look differently (evolution for 2025 tasks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-look-differently-evolution-for-2025-tasks/1029394)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-look-differently-evolution-for-2025-tasks/1029394 "2026-04-25T02:35:08Z")
Hi there, spin-off from the bi-pedal robotics thread here: there is (at least some) agreement that it does not make sense “copying” the human body (HB) in robotics, as the HB did evolve over 1000s of generation and so… --- ## [Russian Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-doll/1029529)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-doll/1029529 "2026-04-25T00:24:45Z")
Russian Doll is a series on Netflix with two seasons. The first one was great writing. The second season was a hot mess in my opinion, but the final episode was absolutely beautiful. Can anyone think of a similar serie… --- ## [On the End of Wars (But not War)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-end-of-wars-but-not-war/1029524)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-end-of-wars-but-not-war/1029524 "2026-04-24T23:58:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from Legal authority of US government in post-WW2 Japan: Here, people can feel free to discuss all manners of wars which may or may not have ended depending on how technical or pedantic you wan… --- ## [My son's experience with ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-experience-with-chatgpt/1029538)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-experience-with-chatgpt/1029538 "2026-04-24T23:44:36Z")
My son once published a book on debugging. It contained 50 programs, 10 each in 5 different programming languages, each supposed to contain exactly one bug that student/reader was expected to find. There was a lot of t… --- ## [Mini PC - evolution in form, or fried components waiting to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pc-evolution-in-form-or-fried-components-waiting-to-happen/1029509)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pc-evolution-in-form-or-fried-components-waiting-to-happen/1029509 "2026-04-24T21:56:43Z")
I’ve always been a desktop PC guy, but I notice that the lower priced segment of the market are increasingly given over to the book-size mini units. Many of them tout “silent running,” which indicates they don’t have a f… --- ## [Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has died at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522 "2026-04-24T20:18:40Z")
Okay, maybe this won’t be a big deal to all that many people on this board or elsewhere… but I followed Thomas’s whole career because he was only four years older than me. I was like watching that kid in the class ahea… --- ## [IPOs and lock-up period, how to reduce risk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipos-and-lock-up-period-how-to-reduce-risk/1029527)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipos-and-lock-up-period-how-to-reduce-risk/1029527 "2026-04-24T17:56:28Z")
Say one has some SpaceX stock, subject to an x day lockout period, but they believe that the share price will be less than the initial IPO price after x days. Or even if it’s not, they’d prefer to lose any gains over tak… --- ## [Why did they drop "Junior High" in favor of "Middle School"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636 "2026-04-24T17:03:19Z")
A long time ago elementary school was K-8 and high school was 9-12. Then junior high appeared for 7-8 or 6-8 or 7-9 depending on school district. Now it’s middle school for nominally 6-8. YDMV. When did this change ta… --- ## [Browser Pickiness as a Factor in Driving Folks Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356 "2026-04-24T16:14:18Z")
Speaking strictly for myself, my everyday web browser is no longer compatible with the requirements of this board. There’s not a single website I also go to that rejects my standard web browser. Presumably, the people … --- ## [What is Cow Chow ice cream supposed to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cow-chow-ice-cream-supposed-to-be/1029067)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cow-chow-ice-cream-supposed-to-be/1029067 "2026-04-24T15:37:41Z")
Because I’ve never shied away from dealing with the big issues. Hood has a flavor of ice cream they have named Cow Chow. They describe the flavor as “corn cereal”. Obviously Hood didn’t want to pay for licensing rights… --- ## [2025 college football season thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628 "2026-04-24T15:11:26Z")
Not sure if there was already a thread for this. After all that hype, the Longhorns laid an egg and lost to the Buckeyes, 14-7. Arch Manning had a bad debut. No. 8 Alabama was also stunned on the road at Florida State.… --- ## [Vagrancy laws– cash requirement to avoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagrancy-laws-cash-requirement-to-avoid/1029431)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagrancy-laws-cash-requirement-to-avoid/1029431 "2026-04-23T22:44:52Z")
At one point especially in the post-Civil War South there were vagrancy laws, for example the one in Virginia passed in 1866. I thought that at least some of these laws specified a dollar amount of cash one could be in p… --- ## [Tell me what the appeal is about the Libertarian Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769 "2026-04-23T21:32:24Z")
Oftimes it is said that people should vote for the Libertarian Party because the other two major parties are pretty much the same…or even that the Republicans are actually “liberal”. Without talking about what is suppos… --- ## [Explain these Family Guy jokes to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-family-guy-jokes-to-me/1029476)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-family-guy-jokes-to-me/1029476 "2026-04-23T19:28:41Z")
I never got these two jokes on Family Guy: Referring to Rick Astley as a gay guy and Doug Henning hoping he doesn’t get AIDS. What exactly are the jokes supposed to be? --- ## [Fire Alarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms/1029451)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms/1029451 "2026-04-23T18:11:21Z")
We had a visit from our local Fire and Rescue Service yesterday. They checked our fire alarms and found them wanting, so they replaced them with new ones with batteries that will last ten years. The CO alarm in the kitch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=116)