# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1173 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1174 --- ## [Problem playing EAC3 and TrueHD audio on a Mac connected to an Arcam amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-playing-eac3-and-truehd-audio-on-a-mac-connected-to-an-arcam-amp/960879)
**Author:** [@MozeJose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MozeJose)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-playing-eac3-and-truehd-audio-on-a-mac-connected-to-an-arcam-amp/960879 "2022-03-11T22:45:39Z")
I know this is a very specific topic for this message board, but I’ve already asked it on the Apple, Arcam, and Plex forums without any replies. I have an M1 Mac mini running Monterey (12.2.1) and am using Plex Media Pl… --- ## [80 bad, bad, bad things to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-bad-bad-bad-things-to-do/933248)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-bad-bad-bad-things-to-do/933248 "2022-03-11T22:00:23Z")
Nothing illegal. We’ll go to 80 and start over again: RV cross country. --- ## [Unidentified Flying Object crashes in Croatia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905 "2022-03-11T21:29:39Z")
That’s the headline on HuffPost, but you should know that it’s quite literal. They don’t say that an Alien Spacecraft has crashed in Eastern Europe, but that a Flying Object that hasn’t been identified has. Speculation i… --- ## [Current status of Ukrainians in Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-of-ukrainians-in-russia/960827)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-of-ukrainians-in-russia/960827 "2022-03-11T21:03:55Z")
Apparently there are over 2.5 million Ukrainian citizens living in Russia. Certainly a good number of these may be native Russian speakers with no particularly strong affinity to the Ukrainian state, but I’m sure many o… --- ## [Misinterpreted lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-lyrics/960771)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-lyrics/960771 "2022-03-11T20:35:29Z")
Kinda like misheard lyrics but your got the words right and the meaning wrong. Thought about this after hearing some elementary school kids singing WAP. I’m not sure they knew what a WAP actually is. I remember thinking … --- ## [Well damn, now I can't use Duck Duck Go anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-damn-now-i-cant-use-duck-duck-go-anymore/960016)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-damn-now-i-cant-use-duck-duck-go-anymore/960016 "2022-03-11T20:27:51Z")
The upshot: NYT says that Duck Duck Go is now the favored search engine of right-wing conspiracy theorists. “If I wanted to find specific cases about people who died from vaccine-related injuries, I had to go to Duck… --- ## [Is there any kind of anti-bloatware software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-kind-of-anti-bloatware-software/960748)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-kind-of-anti-bloatware-software/960748 "2022-03-11T20:14:47Z")
Long story short, my dad is getting a new computer and it will in short order become absolutely stuffed with various programs all running in the background, choking out his startup, eating his memory, etc. I’d love to h… --- ## [Any Acorn TV subscribers? And Cord Cutting inquiries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-acorn-tv-subscribers-and-cord-cutting-inquiries/960840)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-acorn-tv-subscribers-and-cord-cutting-inquiries/960840 "2022-03-11T19:23:32Z")
We just cut the cord. We had DirecTV for years. I’ll miss TCM and the YesNetwork the most. But also SyFy channel, Shorts and a few others. One loss is Murdoch Mysteries. So Acorn has Murdoch Mysteries. Including the lat… --- ## [New category for Ukraine invasion? {Added a new Tag for now}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-category-for-ukraine-invasion-added-a-new-tag-for-now/960123)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-category-for-ukraine-invasion-added-a-new-tag-for-now/960123 "2022-03-11T18:58:11Z")
Sorry if I’m in the wrong spot and this actually belongs in Site Feedback or something. I’m wondering if it would be useful to create a new category for threads relating to the Ukraine invasion, similar to the Quarantin… --- ## [Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin (et al.) = plagiarists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-dr-luke-max-martin-et-al-plagiarists/837854)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-dr-luke-max-martin-et-al-plagiarists/837854 "2022-03-11T17:07:03Z")
Strong copyright laws are good news for songwriters, IMO. :slight\_smile: Here’s the best part, helpfully bolded and colored red: They tried to argue that Joyful Noise was too simple to qualify for copyright AND besi… --- ## [This Superbowl's Built-In Bias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowls-built-in-bias/960865)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowls-built-in-bias/960865 "2022-03-11T16:30:54Z")
If you recall, towards the end of this Superbowl, on the many attempts by the Rams to get that last TD, there were two opposing penalties that negated each other. No TD was scored, and it was on 4th down, BUT! The refs … --- ## [How different are various IQ levels to each other, ie 100 vs 110,...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-various-iq-levels-to-each-other-ie-100-vs-110/960677)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-various-iq-levels-to-each-other-ie-100-vs-110/960677 "2022-03-11T15:35:00Z")
It’s hard to measure people strictly by their IQ, because not everyone has the same health challenges, not everyone has a stress free life due to their socioeconomic conditions and so on, however if we just looked at an … --- ## [Does the us still have a ban on using assassinations as a foreign policy option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-still-have-a-ban-on-using-assassinations-as-a-foreign-policy-option/960820)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-still-have-a-ban-on-using-assassinations-as-a-foreign-policy-option/960820 "2022-03-11T15:18:49Z")
I know after CIA shenanigans in the 50s and 60s were exposed Gerald ford issued an executive order banning assassinations but I heard that either Clinton or bush overturned it but I don’t think it’s been done even after … --- ## [Fudging the Fudge Recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fudging-the-fudge-recipe/959025)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fudging-the-fudge-recipe/959025 "2022-03-11T14:49:03Z")
My wife made fudge - just plain fudge, no nuts. She’s made it before, but this time it has the consistency of Silly Puddy (for those who remember that product). She admits, it may have to chill a little longer. Do you th… --- ## [Accidental overdose of Fentanyl: Five dead in Commerce City Colorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-overdose-of-fentanyl-five-dead-in-commerce-city-colorado/959954)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-overdose-of-fentanyl-five-dead-in-commerce-city-colorado/959954 "2022-03-11T14:44:43Z")
So five people were at a party. They thought they were doing cocaine, but it was really fentanyl. All five died almost immediately. Nothing much to add; I did not know that was quite possible. Yikes. --- ## [The 2022 Iditarod Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-iditarod-race/960579)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-iditarod-race/960579 "2022-03-11T14:28:07Z")
And they’re off! The Iditarod ceremonial start in Anchorage was yesterday, in a snow storm, appropriately. Lots of rookie mushers this year and a goodly number of women, along with six former race winners. Covid cancelle… --- ## [Grease on your stove: What is the best way to remove it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grease-on-your-stove-what-is-the-best-way-to-remove-it/960846)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grease-on-your-stove-what-is-the-best-way-to-remove-it/960846 "2022-03-11T14:11:25Z")
When asking about removing grease I am asking about removing a LOT of grease. Like you just cooked four steaks and some bacon and they spattered grease all over your stove. What is an efficient way to clean that mess u… --- ## [Ever use gloating to get a laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851 "2022-03-11T14:00:29Z")
Examples: Wife and I are getting popcorn at the theatre. We watch staff scoop hers from a bin of older popcorn, while mine is scooped hot and fresh from a machine that just finished a batch. As we walk away holding our … --- ## [Looking for a Latin term if there is one to designate land received by a Roman soldier in lieu of money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-latin-term-if-there-is-one-to-designate-land-received-by-a-roman-soldier-in-lieu-of-money/960867)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-latin-term-if-there-is-one-to-designate-land-received-by-a-roman-soldier-in-lieu-of-money/960867 "2022-03-11T13:56:25Z")
I’m looking for a Latin term, if there is one, to describe land received by a Roman soldier in lieu of monetary compensation for military service. Did Pompeii serve as such? I remember reading somewhere that Roman soldie… --- ## [Something else we can all do to help Ukrainians perhaps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-else-we-can-all-do-to-help-ukrainians-perhaps/960852)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-else-we-can-all-do-to-help-ukrainians-perhaps/960852 "2022-03-11T13:53:54Z")
Why don’t Nato leaders advise their people the web addresses of Russian military and governmental institutions so that we can participate in denial of service attacks? --- ## [Tunnels under Irish sea with underground roundabout at Isle of Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnels-under-irish-sea-with-underground-roundabout-at-isle-of-man/960169)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnels-under-irish-sea-with-underground-roundabout-at-isle-of-man/960169 "2022-03-11T12:29:50Z")
Boris Johnson has this idea of connecting Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland (for some reason he missed Wales) by tunnels under the Irish Sea with a big roundabout under the Isle of Man. It seems to be an alternat… --- ## [Vaya con Dios, Luis. Emilio Delgado dead at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaya-con-dios-luis-emilio-delgado-dead-at-81/960863)
**Author:** [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaya-con-dios-luis-emilio-delgado-dead-at-81/960863 "2022-03-11T10:59:28Z")
A sad day for 70s and 80s kids who grew up with old-school Sesame Street. Emilio Delgado, who played Luis for over forty years, has passed away at 81 from multiple myeloma. He was instrumental in Latino representation o… --- ## [Some great photographs of old New York, 1884-1904](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-great-photographs-of-old-new-york-1884-1904/937626)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-great-photographs-of-old-new-york-1884-1904/937626 "2022-03-11T08:00:58Z")
Very cool. The photographer clearly like taking pictures of people jumping - to demonstrate how well his camera could capture a fleeting moment, apparently. --- ## [What type of fighter plane should Canada purchase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-fighter-plane-should-canada-purchase/960563)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-fighter-plane-should-canada-purchase/960563 "2022-03-11T04:01:35Z")
The main fighter jet in Canada’s arsenal is the CF-18, a land-based derivative of the F/A-18 Hornet. The planes were purchased in the 1980s and are nearing end of life. The possibilities to replace it are : Lockheed-M… --- ## [Barr: "I'll vote for Trump in '24, though I just wrote a book showing why no one should." Explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barr-ill-vote-for-trump-in-24-though-i-just-wrote-a-book-showing-why-no-one-should-explain/960699)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barr-ill-vote-for-trump-in-24-though-i-just-wrote-a-book-showing-why-no-one-should-explain/960699 "2022-03-11T03:18:31Z")
What’s the thinking here? Bad as he is, any Democrat is worse? I’ll vote for any white supremacist? It’s fun to piss off the libs? Controversy sells books? I’m a dumbass? --- ## [What criticisms of society and culture do you have that aren’t necessarily political?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criticisms-of-society-and-culture-do-you-have-that-aren-t-necessarily-political/960690)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criticisms-of-society-and-culture-do-you-have-that-aren-t-necessarily-political/960690 "2022-03-11T03:11:19Z")
What criticisms of society and culture do you have that aren’t necessarily political? My example is how nostalgia and franchise obsessed people and the entertainment industry are. They’ve always existed but there’s been… --- ## [Keyboard command # stopped working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-command-stopped-working/956659)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-command-stopped-working/956659 "2022-03-11T00:56:45Z")
I noticed this for the first time just a few days ago. The keyboard # command pops up a little dialog box, in which you can enter a desired post number, and it jumps directly to that post. This has stopped working. No… --- ## [When established performers join an established band. Usually as a replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-established-performers-join-an-established-band-usually-as-a-replacement/960796)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-established-performers-join-an-established-band-usually-as-a-replacement/960796 "2022-03-11T00:04:21Z")
It’s always kind of weird to me to see a seriously established performer join a famous band, and then the band will add their solo work to their set list. I can think of three examples. Joe Walsh in The Eagles. Now thi… --- ## [Very pure water dangerous to drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-pure-water-dangerous-to-drink/959706)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-pure-water-dangerous-to-drink/959706 "2022-03-10T23:50:18Z")
There is an article in today’s Times that claims that very pure water would burn your insides if you drank it. Can this be true. The article was about the making of the curling rink in Beijing. It said that the tap wa… --- ## [Given the current situation, what are the implications for someone who has a large amount of Russian and Russian-backed debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-current-situation-what-are-the-implications-for-someone-who-has-a-large-amount-of-russian-and-russian-backed-debt/960559)
**Author:** [@MozeJose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MozeJose)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-current-situation-what-are-the-implications-for-someone-who-has-a-large-amount-of-russian-and-russian-backed-debt/960559 "2022-03-10T23:43:38Z")
Hypothetically, say I owed hundreds of millions of dollars to Russian banks, high-net-worth Russians and western banks that made loans backed with Russian collateral? In light of current events, what type of financial ch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1174)