# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1521 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1522 --- ## [Trump or the Royals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-or-the-royals/937665)
**Author:** [@chasole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chasole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-or-the-royals/937665 "2021-03-12T20:05:46Z")
I can’t decide who I detest hearing about more in the news these days, Trump BS or Royal family BS. --- ## [On what basis are vaccine supplies allocated to countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-basis-are-vaccine-supplies-allocated-to-countries/930896)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-basis-are-vaccine-supplies-allocated-to-countries/930896 "2021-03-12T19:06:42Z")
Question is in the title. In particular, as Pfizer and Moderna are both US companies, and the development of the vaccines was directly or indirectly funded by the US government, why would any non-US countries get any su… --- ## [Killing Popups on an Android Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-popups-on-an-android-phone/937755)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-popups-on-an-android-phone/937755 "2021-03-12T18:49:35Z")
To be filed under “Yeah AHunter3 is too dense to learn how to use a freaking smartphone” :frowning: I needed a few things installed to okay some connections and authentications for desktop software that now requires two… --- ## [Looking at Polaris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-polaris/937741)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-polaris/937741 "2021-03-12T17:16:35Z")
Why does the North Star appear to be stationary if I’m not seeing it from the North Pole? I ask because from the Northern Hemisphere I see it at about 60 degrees rather than directly overhead. How does that work? Is it a… --- ## [Favorite IMDB Lists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-imdb-lists/937790)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-imdb-lists/937790 "2021-03-12T17:11:11Z")
After seeing a great movie, I scroll down to the bottom right to see list categories. Sometimes they just have ones from the country they were made in, or the year, and not the subject matter. I wish I had organized thes… --- ## [Looking for digital photo software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-digital-photo-software/937724)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-digital-photo-software/937724 "2021-03-12T16:47:18Z")
that I don’t even know exists. Every year I need to take about 300 pictures and put them into IDs. The person who takes the pictures is very inconsistent so I have to spend days cropping and resizing. What would help … --- ## [USB Camera with TWAIN drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-camera-with-twain-drivers/937783)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-camera-with-twain-drivers/937783 "2021-03-12T15:58:02Z")
As a followup to my “Looking for software …” thread I just found out that I can do exactly what I need to do if I have a USB camera with TWAIN/WIA or DirectShow drivers for Win10. I don’t think the cheap webcam I was pr… --- ## [Let's talk Alexa (voice operated devices)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alexa-voice-operated-devices/937167)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alexa-voice-operated-devices/937167 "2021-03-12T15:39:09Z")
I purchased an Amazon Echo Studio and got it the other day. Mostly wanted to just hook up to wifi Music (current sound system won’t). Kinda creepy in a way. I didn’t really want voice control. But, seems to work well. S… --- ## [Frustration with the media reporting of new eligibility rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustration-with-the-media-reporting-of-new-eligibility-rules/937460)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustration-with-the-media-reporting-of-new-eligibility-rules/937460 "2021-03-12T15:26:06Z")
I am getting very frustrated with the new Michigan rules and how the local media report them. The local news headlines that vaccinations are opening up this morning to those 55 and older. But wait - beneath the headlin… --- ## [Fair Market Value of inherited house for tax purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-market-value-of-inherited-house-for-tax-purposes/937637)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-market-value-of-inherited-house-for-tax-purposes/937637 "2021-03-12T14:42:49Z")
I’m planning to get my taxes done by a professional in a few weeks (after I’m fully vaccinated) but I want to make sure I have all the information I need beforehand. My mother died last February. The title to her house… --- ## [Gregorian and Julian calendars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregorian-and-julian-calendars/926966)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregorian-and-julian-calendars/926966 "2021-03-12T12:42:14Z")
My understanding is that the only difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars is that the Julian calendar has a leap year every 4 years, while the Gregorian has a leap year every 4 years except years that are d… --- ## [Was there a Scene cut from "Constantine"...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-scene-cut-from-constantine/937731)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-scene-cut-from-constantine/937731 "2021-03-12T09:48:04Z")
I Swear that I remember a scene where Keanu Reeves rolls out of bed from Michelle Monahan (who plays a demon) and it is latter played up that she was the one who implanted the Lung Cancer. My HBOMax version (which is su… --- ## [Scene not original to Rocky Horror Picture Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-not-original-to-rocky-horror-picture-show/923538)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-not-original-to-rocky-horror-picture-show/923538 "2021-03-12T07:19:06Z")
RHPS, which came out in 1975, had a spectacular ending where the mansion turns into a ship and flies off into space. This morning on the Roku channel B-Movie TV I was watching a French horror/farce film called Tender Dr… --- ## [MortSahlFan: Come on down, you twat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483 "2021-03-12T06:07:38Z")
I submit the following exchange from P&E: Fuck you. Fuck your bros. Fuck your cult leader, Bernie. Stay home and play with yourselves. Nobody else will. I have no use or patience for childish fucking cunts like yo… --- ## [The emoji polls thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-polls-thread/937673)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-polls-thread/937673 "2021-03-12T04:31:49Z")
At least one poll per thread. All polls emoji only, though poll titles are probably fine. poll poll --- ## [Help identifying a show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-show/937753)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-show/937753 "2021-03-12T03:48:35Z")
I’m not sure if it was a movie or TV show, but I’m thinking TV. The basics: a guy is trying out for a Shriner-type organization. Just as it kicks off, a grand poobah arrives in a wheel chair. So does a stripper with a b… --- ## [Anyone use Hoopla? (Library App) What do you like from it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-hoopla-library-app-what-do-you-like-from-it/933563)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-hoopla-library-app-what-do-you-like-from-it/933563 "2021-03-12T03:46:28Z")
So my library is offering Hoopla & Kanopy. Kanopy is another streamer. Not as sure what Hoopla is and what I can get out of it. --- ## [Use the not big \[Use three (or less) letter words only to post\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-not-big-use-three-or-less-letter-words-only-to-post/934195)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-not-big-use-three-or-less-letter-words-only-to-post/934195 "2021-03-12T03:23:54Z")
You may see we can do a fun bit. A kid or a man can do it, but a dog or cat can not. My car is red. It is a van. It has a big bin for my kit. I can use a wee bit of gas to go far. It is the way to go. We can jam out no… --- ## [AAA Car Buying Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaa-car-buying-service/937638)
**Author:** [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaa-car-buying-service/937638 "2021-03-12T02:45:40Z")
Has anyone here used AAA Car Buying Service? I would like to hear the pros and cons. Thanks. --- ## [Clinton and Bush Presidential Portraits restored to the Grand Foyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-and-bush-presidential-portraits-restored-to-the-grand-foyer/937611)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-and-bush-presidential-portraits-restored-to-the-grand-foyer/937611 "2021-03-12T02:39:02Z")
Trump had these taken down and stuck in a back room, replacing them with Republican icons McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. It was another of his tradition-breaking practices. Normally the most recent president’s portrait… --- ## [WHY is SARS-CoV-2 so infectious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sars-cov-2-so-infectious/933810)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sars-cov-2-so-infectious/933810 "2021-03-12T01:53:51Z")
I don’t really understand how viruses work. Could someone explain to me the actual mechanics of why the SARS-CoV-2 virus is more infectious than, for instance, one of the more common influenza strains? --- ## [Do You Believe Stanley Kubrick's "Mysterious Messages"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-stanley-kubricks-mysterious-messages/937646)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-stanley-kubricks-mysterious-messages/937646 "2021-03-12T01:07:50Z")
I’ve seen at least a few documentaries how each of his movies are filled with clues about the ruling class of the world, and all the debauchery involved. “The Mysterious Work of Stanley Kubrick” and another about the fa… --- ## [Peter Gunn's wallpaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212 "2021-03-12T00:58:57Z")
The 50s television series, “Peter Gunn”. Gunn’s apartment has strange wall paper. It is also used in several other sets in the series. It looks like sheet rock with diagonal lines of out of focus writing, or even smudg… --- ## [My memory is like a sieve, except for useless crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memory-is-like-a-sieve-except-for-useless-crap/934018)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memory-is-like-a-sieve-except-for-useless-crap/934018 "2021-03-11T22:43:16Z")
I work as a research scientist, and so my days consist of reading, writing, and reviewing cutting-edge research papers; familiarizing myself with the latest software and technology; and advising graduate students on thei… --- ## [What is this seafood thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-seafood-thing/937737)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-seafood-thing/937737 "2021-03-11T22:06:42Z")
I got some seafood soup from a local Chinese food place, and several of these hollow “tubes” were in it. Chewy, but not overly so, definitely some kind of flesh. I couldn’t tell if the hatching on it was decorative, natu… --- ## [Middle Earth FA65 D&D Game: Next Adventure – (11th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa65-d-d-game-next-adventure-11th/920791)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 803\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa65-d-d-game-next-adventure-11th/920791 "2021-03-11T21:04:03Z")
First the disclaimer: The thread is for the game itself. Questions and peanut gallery stuff should go on the control thread: Middle Earth D&D Game on Domebo: FA63 Setup Thread Middle Earth Role playing Game FA 63 & 64 … --- ## [Your experience scanning large quantities of random papers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-scanning-large-quantities-of-random-papers/937718)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-scanning-large-quantities-of-random-papers/937718 "2021-03-11T20:02:08Z")
My wife and I will soon be moving to a much smaller house, and are therefore divesting ourselves of lots of our stuff. Among the things we’d love to not have to move are many boxes of old papers, from her career as a tea… --- ## [What do you intend/think when you say/hear "I'm disabled"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-intend-think-when-you-say-hear-im-disabled/937268)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-intend-think-when-you-say-hear-im-disabled/937268 "2021-03-11T19:15:13Z")
Basically what the title says. I am not “disabled”, but my job involves working w/ people who claim they are, and I’m hard pressed to think of any specific way to give any meaning to that utterance. I put disabled in q… --- ## [Explain this Doonesbury Strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-doonesbury-strip/726048)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-doonesbury-strip/726048 "2021-03-11T18:57:04Z")
Ever since Garry Trudeau stopped doing daily strips, the online outlet for Doonesbury has been running old strips in its place. Here is today’s (July 24 --if you’re reading this on a day other than July 24, you can navi… --- ## [What is the new site for looking for new IT job. Monster has apparently gone to full Shit now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-new-site-for-looking-for-new-it-job-monster-has-apparently-gone-to-full-shit-now/937496)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-new-site-for-looking-for-new-it-job-monster-has-apparently-gone-to-full-shit-now/937496 "2021-03-11T18:13:04Z")
Lost my shit job job in shit conditions, shitingly. And found out that Monster is utterly useless. What is the new Job site? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1520) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1522)