# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1182 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1183 --- ## [Van life and taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-life-and-taxes/960360)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-life-and-taxes/960360 "2022-03-03T22:26:15Z")
So, this van life thing seems to be taking off a bit these days. I don’t know what percentage of young folks are taking it up, but it certainly seems as though it is far more popular and also far more practical than it w… --- ## [Annoying thread scrolling problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308 "2022-03-03T21:37:52Z")
For a while now (months, at least), I have been getting a weird problem where I’ll visit a thread, scroll through a dozen posts or so, and then suddenly Discourse scrolls me back up to the place where I’d started reading… --- ## [Does the Don't Talk About Your Ignore List rule cover muting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dont-talk-about-your-ignore-list-rule-cover-muting/960201)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dont-talk-about-your-ignore-list-rule-cover-muting/960201 "2022-03-03T20:30:11Z")
I know I’m not allowed to talk about the specifics of my ignore list outside the Pit. Does the same go for if I’ve just muted notifications from someone, but they’re not actually on my ignore list i.e. I still see their… --- ## [Tax software questions/recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-software-questions-recommendations/960417)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-software-questions-recommendations/960417 "2022-03-03T20:12:31Z")
This year I cannot use Turbotax. Does any tax preparation software exist that isn’t online (loading my info to their servers)? In the past, I could buy a Turbotax disk and install it on my home PC. Now, I must use my … --- ## [What do we know about Russian control of nuclear launches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-know-about-russian-control-of-nuclear-launches/960189)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-know-about-russian-control-of-nuclear-launches/960189 "2022-03-03T18:32:35Z")
Inspired by the way the Ukraine war is going, and the seeming increasing possibility that Ukraine can win. What if Putin, for whatever reason, orders that nuclear weapons be launched as a first strike? What kind of saf… --- ## [At the brink of War - Who is equivalent to Neville Chamberlain today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-brink-of-war-who-is-equivalent-to-neville-chamberlain-today/959881)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-brink-of-war-who-is-equivalent-to-neville-chamberlain-today/959881 "2022-03-03T15:31:23Z")
Now, I know how my grandparents felt September 30, 1938. The world helplessly wrung it’s hands as Hitler prepared to conquer Europe. NATO was supposed to keep this from happening again. It’s just as impotent and frighten… --- ## [9mm handguns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9mm-handguns/959800)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9mm-handguns/959800 "2022-03-03T15:16:51Z")
Inspired by so many rap lyrics mentioning this ammunition. Sometimes there is a .45, or a shotgun, or even an AK. Is it still considered a top choice for a sidearm or machine pistol? Or does it evoke something grandpa w… --- ## [Tax time follies, 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-follies-2022/959876)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-follies-2022/959876 "2022-03-03T15:04:29Z")
Last year I remarked about the local news stations reporting about filing federal returns electronically from the IRS site. It irritated me that the reporters all mentioned the dollar limit for the guided preparation, b… --- ## [Weaponized Architecture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaponized-architecture/960340)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaponized-architecture/960340 "2022-03-03T13:42:40Z")
Is there any way to use a city as a weapon? A lot of energy goes into the production and maintenance of a city. Concrete and steel are lifted into the sky, creating a lot of potential energy. A lot of electricity powers… --- ## [Captured Russian Soldier Says They Are Demoralized: 'We Do Not Want This War'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captured-russian-soldier-says-they-are-demoralized-we-do-not-want-this-war/960236)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captured-russian-soldier-says-they-are-demoralized-we-do-not-want-this-war/960236 "2022-03-03T13:27:29Z")
They say that they were lied to and told that it was for training. --- ## [Banning Russian Commercial Airline Flights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-russian-commercial-airline-flights/960118)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-russian-commercial-airline-flights/960118 "2022-03-03T11:56:41Z")
The Chicago Convention of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) has several articles, including Article 6: Article 6 : (Scheduled air services) No scheduled international air service may be operated over … --- ## [Computer monitor cables: why monodirectional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-cables-why-monodirectional/960356)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-cables-why-monodirectional/960356 "2022-03-03T10:03:01Z")
I have a laptop PC with an HDMI port on it, and an external monitor with a DisplayPort, and would like to connect the two. I am finding that some of the cables that feature the right connectors for the job, like this on… --- ## [Converting a freezer to an A/C unit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-freezer-to-an-a-c-unit/194706)
**Author:** [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-freezer-to-an-a-c-unit/194706 "2022-03-03T06:35:25Z")
Many of you have no doubt heard that parts of Europe are having a pretty bad heat wave. What with one thing and another, it is neither practical nor economical for me to buy an A/C unit right now. For one thing, the av… --- ## [Am I ignorant for not being worried about nuclear armageddon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-ignorant-for-not-being-worried-about-nuclear-armageddon/960264)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-ignorant-for-not-being-worried-about-nuclear-armageddon/960264 "2022-03-03T06:14:56Z")
I’m normally the worrying type, but given the totality of what I know about this whole thing and the players involved (which may or may not be “enough” or even substantial), I just can’t get worked up about the idea of t… --- ## [iPhone bedside clock app recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-bedside-clock-app-recommendations/960124)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-bedside-clock-app-recommendations/960124 "2022-03-03T04:20:35Z")
Can anyone recommend an iPhone app to use the phone as a bedside clock? I want to have it standing on a charger overnight, preferably in landscape mode, with the time displayed (digital not analog) and an alarm time set.… --- ## [Question about an accident that happened in the 2000s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-an-accident-that-happened-in-the-2000s/960381)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-an-accident-that-happened-in-the-2000s/960381 "2022-03-03T03:48:21Z")
Okay, I’m looking for links to a story that I’m pretty sure happened in the “oughts” and it’s proving to be a Prevention Of Cruelty To Google Users thing. In short, three female college students who lived in the upper m… --- ## [Ovechkin: Supporter of Team Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovechkin-supporter-of-team-putin/960163)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovechkin-supporter-of-team-putin/960163 "2022-03-03T02:45:01Z")
Until Team Putin invades another country, and then “I’m not in politics, I’m an athlete.” Strange how Ovechkin, the non-political-athlete, started a social movement to support Putin, announcing it on his Instagram accou… --- ## [Who, in the US intelligence community, was in charge of feeding intelligence to Britain during the Falklands crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-us-intelligence-community-was-in-charge-of-feeding-intelligence-to-britain-during-the-falklands-crisis/960280)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-us-intelligence-community-was-in-charge-of-feeding-intelligence-to-britain-during-the-falklands-crisis/960280 "2022-03-03T02:34:08Z")
Any declassified documents have shown who was the key person carrying out the intelligence feeding. Thank you very much. --- ## [Facebook weirdness: How is this possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-weirdness-how-is-this-possible/960369)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-weirdness-how-is-this-possible/960369 "2022-03-03T00:39:22Z")
And how can I fix it? My wife sent a PM to her niece on Facebook. For some reason it appeared on my newsfeed. When she went back to Messenger, it wasn’t there, nor is it on her home page. How is this possible, and how do… --- ## [Boric acid and cockroaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boric-acid-and-cockroaches/943117)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boric-acid-and-cockroaches/943117 "2022-03-03T00:24:07Z")
I used to live in NYC (grew up there in fact) and had cockroaches all the time–boric acid left all around the house was a popular remedy. What’s the current thinking? Is it still thought to be effective and cheap, or do… --- ## [Looking for very large pattern buffalo plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-very-large-pattern-buffalo-plaid/960370)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-very-large-pattern-buffalo-plaid/960370 "2022-03-03T00:20:20Z")
I saw someone wearing a flannel shirt with a buffalo block pattern, except this one was visually striking because the blocks were HUGE, probably around 6" squares instead of the usual inch or two. The scale was similar t… --- ## [February Mini-Rants. Look on the bright side - it's the shortest month of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-mini-rants-look-on-the-bright-side-its-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/958742)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-mini-rants-look-on-the-bright-side-its-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/958742 "2022-03-02T23:27:34Z")
Highest snowfall in seven years predicted for Detroit area. My neighbor has had a concern with snow melt entering his basement - so I’m trying to NOT pile snow against his house on that side of the driveway. Instead I’… --- ## [Is it legal for an employee to go on unpaid leave and not have any benefits (at the employee's request?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-for-an-employee-to-go-on-unpaid-leave-and-not-have-any-benefits-at-the-employees-request/960320)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-for-an-employee-to-go-on-unpaid-leave-and-not-have-any-benefits-at-the-employees-request/960320 "2022-03-02T22:41:03Z")
I am considering taking a long period of unpaid-leave absence from my company (long story) - perhaps 1 year or even longer - but the only way I think I could get this approved would be if my employer didn’t have to provi… --- ## [Composing music in dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composing-music-in-dreams/621290)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composing-music-in-dreams/621290 "2022-03-02T22:09:53Z")
I recently read that any face you “see” while dreaming is really a memory of a face you’ve seen while awake. What about hearing music in dreams? I am not a musician but last night I dreamed about hearing a tune or even p… --- ## [Chelsea FC (Help me out, Im taking crazy pills)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-fc-help-me-out-im-taking-crazy-pills/960195)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-fc-help-me-out-im-taking-crazy-pills/960195 "2022-03-02T21:51:56Z")
Seriously help me out here guys. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Yesterday, the Chelsea owner (A rich Russian…supposedly oligarch) changed his position to protect his assets. Fine. Understandable. Its a business dec… --- ## [Is there a free photoshop/paint program with clear instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-photoshop-paint-program-with-clear-instructions/960305)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-photoshop-paint-program-with-clear-instructions/960305 "2022-03-02T20:59:36Z")
I’m a painter, and I work from photos on my computer—just to get me started, blocking out the stuff I want to put where on the canvas, and I find that photos help me get the proportions right. That is, I don’t do most o… --- ## [Subscription clothes service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-clothes-service/960324)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-clothes-service/960324 "2022-03-02T20:23:59Z")
Just wondering if anyone has used a subscription clothes service and if it is something you’d recommend. I hate shopping for clothes and avoid it. Also, is there a company that is recommended? --- ## [Are there any 3D picture phone apps available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-3d-picture-phone-apps-available/943306)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-3d-picture-phone-apps-available/943306 "2022-03-02T20:13:05Z")
For phones that have three or more lens, are there any good phone apps that actually allow you to take 3D pictures (not 360 degree pictures, but actual 3D), preferably for Android phones? --- ## [Family Member just Died with no will - Who Has Right to Make Funeral Arrangements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-member-just-died-with-no-will-who-has-right-to-make-funeral-arrangements/960218)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-member-just-died-with-no-will-who-has-right-to-make-funeral-arrangements/960218 "2022-03-02T20:00:14Z")
Context: My family contains a number of estranged members that do not communicate regularly with each other and have differing opinions on key topics such as making arrangements for this funeral. Question: Typically sp… --- ## [Idle speculation about Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-speculation-about-trump/960306)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-speculation-about-trump/960306 "2022-03-02T19:53:10Z")
If Trump says he won the last election, then he’s claiming that he was elected twice. Therefore, he can’t run again. The only way he can run again if he is willing to say that he wasn’t elected elected twice. He can’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1183)