# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1154&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1155 --- ## [Starbucks drive through](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-drive-through/962699)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-drive-through/962699 "2022-04-12T06:35:24Z")
Wondering why when they hand you your hot coffee at the drive thru…they often fill it to the tip top. Too hot to drink through the opening…and if you take the top off to cool it a bit it spills all over the place. Don’t … --- ## [RIP Mark Lanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-lanegan/960012)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-lanegan/960012 "2022-04-12T05:41:29Z")
Maybe his death got overshadowed by Gary Brooker’s, but Mark Lanegan also died, aged 57. Grunge was a big thing for me and my musical socialization, and the Screaming Trees are one of my favorite bands of the genre. I al… --- ## [Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed. Realistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-detroit-s-crumbling-packard-plant-must-be-destroyed-realistic/962647)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-detroit-s-crumbling-packard-plant-must-be-destroyed-realistic/962647 "2022-04-12T02:27:42Z")
Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed The owner has been given 90 days to demolish and clear the 40-acre property. As so ordered by the judge, the two sites (which are made up of more than 40… --- ## [Why is the Google app using gigabytes of data on my phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-google-app-using-gigabytes-of-data-on-my-phone/962616)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-google-app-using-gigabytes-of-data-on-my-phone/962616 "2022-04-12T02:20:03Z")
I accidentally left mobile data active on my Android phone for several days. When I noticed it had been left on, and wifi disabled, I wasn’t too worried about how much data it might have used during that period, because… --- ## [Good Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-memories/944514)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-memories/944514 "2022-04-11T22:59:33Z")
The sky is tinted grey, shading into blue at the horizon as I step out onto the balcony. There is a line of white right at the tops of the waves coming in on the shore, fattening into a bright blob of lemony yellow, the… --- ## [Brokerage stock buy orders requiring the money to be held in reserve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brokerage-stock-buy-orders-requiring-the-money-to-be-held-in-reserve/962476)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brokerage-stock-buy-orders-requiring-the-money-to-be-held-in-reserve/962476 "2022-04-11T22:33:00Z")
I’ve established a fidelity brokerage account and I’ve been buying some ETFs. I can place an order to execute if/when a stock price hits a certain point. Essentially, I’m saying “if this stock hits $50, then buy 100 shar… --- ## [I can't intuit Newton's Third Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-intuit-newtons-third-law/962323)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-intuit-newtons-third-law/962323 "2022-04-11T22:08:06Z")
I’m teaching some fifth graders a super-intro lesson on Newton’s Laws of Motion. I got the first law and second law pretty well down (on an intro level), and I understand reasonably well why they work and they make intui… --- ## [Stopping the auto restarting of youtube links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-the-auto-restarting-of-youtube-links/962679)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-the-auto-restarting-of-youtube-links/962679 "2022-04-11T22:04:22Z")
This is a question about the Message board but since its purely technical in nature hopefully this is the right forum. Often times I’m scrolling through a thread and play a youtube link. When I’ve watched enough of it … --- ## [Question regarding newspaper article arrangement on a cover page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-newspaper-article-arrangement-on-a-cover-page/962643)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-newspaper-article-arrangement-on-a-cover-page/962643 "2022-04-11T21:42:46Z")
I typycally read articles starting either in the center or left of center depending on the headline or size of the headline font. I’ve had others tell me they start from the center or right of center. Is there something … --- ## [What's a well known (at least fairly well known) type of food or style of cuisine you've never, or only recently, tried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931 "2022-04-11T20:41:38Z")
Reading the ’ Educate me about burritos, please’ thread got me thinking. I’m a pretty adventurous eater, and I’ve tried many different styles of cuisines; do I have gaps in my culinary experience? It took me awhile to th… --- ## [Command Line unix stuff over my head: What am I doing wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-line-unix-stuff-over-my-head-what-am-i-doing-wrong/962376)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-line-unix-stuff-over-my-head-what-am-i-doing-wrong/962376 "2022-04-11T20:29:31Z")
TL;DR summary: I have instructions for how to retro-certify my older operating system so the expired certificates won’t get in my way any more. I am having problems implementing them and could use help. ———— I contin… --- ## [My Windows 10 welcome screen just showed me shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-windows-10-welcome-screen-just-showed-me-shit/962684)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-windows-10-welcome-screen-just-showed-me-shit/962684 "2022-04-11T20:20:07Z")
I can’t remember when it started (Win 7?), but at least for me Windows displays pictures on the welcome screen (after booting up or logging off) that change daily. They are always the most inoffensive pics you can imagin… --- ## [Outlander Season 6 - (also, new book on the way)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-6-also-new-book-on-the-way/952215)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-6-also-new-book-on-the-way/952215 "2022-04-11T20:04:46Z")
Here is a teaser for the new, mini-season, of Outlander. Also, a new book in the Outlander series has an actual release date. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone comes out on November 23. It’s been 7 years since the last b… --- ## [All of time didn’t stop at Isaiah- did it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-time-didn-t-stop-at-isaiah-did-it/962504)
**Author:** [@MarkSh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkSh)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-time-didn-t-stop-at-isaiah-did-it/962504 "2022-04-11T19:51:10Z")
This is an idea that I’ve had for a few years now, and I’m finally going to tell it to more than the few people I’ve mentioned it to. I came up with the idea that all of human history stopped around circa 700 BCE, and t… --- ## [Phishing texts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phishing-texts/962658)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phishing-texts/962658 "2022-04-11T19:25:21Z")
Not sure if this is Mundane or Factual, but … What IS it with the spam/phishing texts I’ve been getting that are just random links to gawd-knows-what? The links are never words, just something that looks like a TinyURL … --- ## [NBA players and spellcheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-players-and-spellcheck/962589)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-players-and-spellcheck/962589 "2022-04-11T18:26:28Z")
I must compliment whoever’s responsible for the Dope’s spell check. I frequently post in the National Basketball Association thread, and have never had a red line appear under any NBA player’s name spelled correctly, no… --- ## [When tropes are subverted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tropes-are-subverted/962619)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tropes-are-subverted/962619 "2022-04-11T17:52:19Z")
It seems like in the past oh, couple years or so we’ve had a number of TV / movie trope or cliche threads, which is fine with me, I love a good trope thread. I think I even started one or two. But how about examples whe… --- ## [Criminal to let an older person die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-to-let-an-older-person-die/962107)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-to-let-an-older-person-die/962107 "2022-04-11T17:31:30Z")
This is loosely based on my extended family where the parties involved died decades ago. Man and wife are roughly 63. He’s a heavy drinker and smoker in declining health. He eventually spends most of his time in bed. N… --- ## [Simplified Smiley Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simplified-smiley-test/962646)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simplified-smiley-test/962646 "2022-04-11T17:15:09Z")
Now I just found a much simpler way to make a smile: :slight\_smile: Test to make a wink: :wink: .Oh, well. I tried. --- ## [In defense of Genesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-genesis/961745)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-genesis/961745 "2022-04-11T15:36:01Z")
As a stone-cold absolutist atheist who has delighted for decades in mocking the Bible as an absurd document replete with logical problems that a clever ten-year-old can point out, I have to admit that one element in Gene… --- ## [How can Alabama restrict gender-affirming treatment for adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-alabama-restrict-gender-affirming-treatment-for-adults/962625)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-alabama-restrict-gender-affirming-treatment-for-adults/962625 "2022-04-11T15:33:57Z")
Alabama passed a law making it a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison for prescribing gender- affirming treatment to anyone under 19. The age of consent in Alabama is 16. So at 18, you can serve in the military, … --- ## [How to enumerate targets for the Tower of London test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enumerate-targets-for-the-tower-of-london-test/962131)
**Author:** [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enumerate-targets-for-the-tower-of-london-test/962131 "2022-04-11T15:13:14Z")
Disclaimer: As far as I can tell, the original version of the Tower of London cognitive test is in the public domain, so I’m hoping that I am not violating any copyrights here. The Tower of London cognitive test uses a … --- ## [Can you fix a Title? (Serial numbers on guns)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fix-a-title-serial-numbers-on-guns/962661)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fix-a-title-serial-numbers-on-guns/962661 "2022-04-11T14:22:25Z")
Of course it should read: What is the Purpose of a Serial Number on a Gun? Thank you. --- ## [Are we allowed to share tools that allow readers to get around paywalls when we link to a story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-share-tools-that-allow-readers-to-get-around-paywalls-when-we-link-to-a-story/962546)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-share-tools-that-allow-readers-to-get-around-paywalls-when-we-link-to-a-story/962546 "2022-04-11T14:20:55Z")
My understanding is we cannot use link shorteners and must use the full URL link when we link to something in a post (understandable). This sometimes leads to some people not being able to read that link because they do… --- ## [Invading someone else's space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invading-someone-elses-space/961934)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invading-someone-elses-space/961934 "2022-04-11T14:19:08Z")
Can you explain what you meant by making him “uncomfortable?” If I’m talking to someone and they raise their voice, OK, I understand they’re angry. But if that’s accompanied by the person also invading my space, gett… --- ## [How functional is Ukraine at this time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-is-ukraine-at-this-time/962591)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-is-ukraine-at-this-time/962591 "2022-04-11T13:59:42Z")
This is a topic I haven’t seen much about in the news. What is the state of Ukraine overall? Are there still any factories that are running? Are people in the western part of the country still going to work like norma… --- ## [Please ID this classical score. (Really! It's driving me nuts!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-classical-score-really-its-driving-me-nuts/962659)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-classical-score-really-its-driving-me-nuts/962659 "2022-04-11T13:43:08Z")
It’s the very intro of this song by Coolio: (The sampling of classical music) I will be forever grateful. Thanks! --- ## [What platitudes do you wish people would stop using?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platitudes-do-you-wish-people-would-stop-using/960203)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platitudes-do-you-wish-people-would-stop-using/960203 "2022-04-11T12:59:49Z")
According to Wikipedia a platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional or cognitive unease. The statement may be true but its mea… --- ## [Vehicles in Venice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicles-in-venice/962342)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicles-in-venice/962342 "2022-04-11T11:59:08Z")
Having visited Venice (Italy) a few years ago, and having watched a few videos about it…it’s a city of canals and car-free streets. You walk, or take a boat to get from one place to another. Can emergency vehicles use t… --- ## [An AUS Husband accidentally spends $725 on EIGHT items at the supermarket......have you ever been majorly overcharged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aus-husband-accidentally-spends-725-on-eight-items-at-the-supermarket-have-you-ever-been-majorly-overcharged/962293)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aus-husband-accidentally-spends-725-on-eight-items-at-the-supermarket-have-you-ever-been-majorly-overcharged/962293 "2022-04-11T11:18:22Z")
Apparently hubby found out the one problem with “tap cards” the hard way Have you ever been overcharged a large amount like this ? and if so did you catch it in time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1153&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1155&state=tracking)