# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1894 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1895 --- ## [Any Music composers in the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-music-composers-in-the-house/852830)
**Author:** [@robert77wade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert77wade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-music-composers-in-the-house/852830 "2020-05-03T10:03:25Z")
Is there any music composer here or recording expert? Just wondering if it is possible to record audio using the sound engine pre-sets from my Yamaha digital piano into Garageband, using an Ipad? If yes how? I know how … --- ## [What if it WAS intentional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-it-was-intentional/852956)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-it-was-intentional/852956 "2020-05-03T07:15:40Z")
NOTE: THIS IS PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. I AM NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING THAT THIS WAS THE ACTUAL CASE WITH COVID-19. The use of the names of countries here is merely for familiarity and convenience. What if a deadly infectious di… --- ## [End of an Empire (4/21/20) - final thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-empire-4-21-20-final-thoughts/852588)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-empire-4-21-20-final-thoughts/852588 "2020-05-03T05:14:28Z")
The groundbreaking TV drama/bloodfest came to an end earlier this week (I would’ve gotten on it earlier, but I was busy trying out my PS4’s video capture feature…don’t ask). Not an especially memorable or even satisfyin… --- ## [“The Turning” movie ending: SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-turning-movie-ending-spoilers/853053)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-turning-movie-ending-spoilers/853053 "2020-05-03T04:33:55Z")
WTF??? In an attempt to get my Friday night back has anyone seen this and can explain the ending? Mackenzie Davis is fleeing the mansion with the two brats, then the next thing she’s I guess her Mom in the funny farm? … --- ## [Has anyone taught themselves amateur bricklaying/stonelaying? How difficult is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-taught-themselves-amateur-bricklaying-stonelaying-how-difficult-is-it/853027)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-taught-themselves-amateur-bricklaying-stonelaying-how-difficult-is-it/853027 "2020-05-03T04:08:28Z")
So like the rest of the planet, I’m looking for a new hobby to occupy my time while stuck at home. My mind has been wandering to the idea of learning to do brick work and stone work. I would not be thinking of trying t… --- ## [Do you do any foraging for wild edibles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-any-foraging-for-wild-edibles/852442)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-any-foraging-for-wild-edibles/852442 "2020-05-03T03:59:56Z")
This thread got me thinking about it: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=894760 I was going to post in that thread but thought it might be a bit of a hijack, so starting my own… Anyway, I’ve been in… --- ## [Bethesda's Fallout 76 \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bethesdas-fallout-76-edited-title/815125)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bethesdas-fallout-76-edited-title/815125 "2020-05-03T02:44:12Z")
So they have something to announce today about Fallout. If it isn’t Fallout 5, I don’t think they should be teasing it this much. A tease like this should NOT end with “Happy 10th birthday, Fallout 3, we re-mastered you… --- ## [RIP Sam LLoyd (Scrubs, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018)
**Author:** [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018 "2020-05-03T02:20:33Z")
I’ll miss him. --- ## [Facebook friending question.... (husband issue)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-friending-question-husband-issue/580691)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-friending-question-husband-issue/580691 "2020-05-03T01:59:14Z")
Facebook (misspelling in title… GRR) I’m throwing this out there because I need to know if I’m overreacting. It’s a hung jury. So, Saturday night I went out with a large group of friends (3 whom are VERY attractive ac… --- ## [INCREDIBLY Mundane: Triple Paycheck Month!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-mundane-triple-paycheck-month/852818)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-mundane-triple-paycheck-month/852818 "2020-05-03T01:55:02Z")
Friday is May 1st and a pay day. Woot triple paycheck month! Anyone else celebrate their third, slightly-larger paycheck (no deductions for insurance on mine) those two months a year when the calendar aligns just right? … --- ## [Quarantine Together by Drive-By Truckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-together-by-drive-by-truckers/853005)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-together-by-drive-by-truckers/853005 "2020-05-03T01:31:11Z")
As a mundane escape from serious news, have a listen to Quarantine Together, released today by the Drive-By Truckers. Patterson Hood recorded a demo in his attic, sent it to his bandmates, and they all recorded their own… --- ## [Non native English speaking Dopers: Did you learn British or American English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-native-english-speaking-dopers-did-you-learn-british-or-american-english/852769)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-native-english-speaking-dopers-did-you-learn-british-or-american-english/852769 "2020-05-03T00:45:51Z")
This is a question for all the Dopers who learned English as a second language in school, college or any other educational institute. I learned English for nine years at Gymnasiumbeginning in 5th grade in 1978, and at t… --- ## [Why don't I ever see any YouTube ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-ever-see-any-youtube-ads/852950)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-ever-see-any-youtube-ads/852950 "2020-05-02T23:10:09Z")
I watch a lot of YouTube videos, and people in the videos sometimes talk about the money that they generate from the videos, always mentioning ad revenues, so I know they exist. Why do I never see any ads? In a sidenote,… --- ## [SCOTUS dismisses NY gun case as moot; harsh dissent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-dismisses-ny-gun-case-as-moot-harsh-dissent/852695)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-dismisses-ny-gun-case-as-moot-harsh-dissent/852695 "2020-05-02T22:52:53Z")
6-3 to dismiss the case as moot. Kavanaugh concurs but says it is time to hear a Second Amendment case. Alito, joined by Gorsuch and Thomas calls bullshit. A couple of thoughts: I don’t think the case was moot. I … --- ## [Detecting the virus: analysing wastewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-the-virus-analysing-wastewater/852874)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-the-virus-analysing-wastewater/852874 "2020-05-02T22:14:16Z")
Researchers are analysing wastewater to determine how much coronavirus is circulating in the community: Poop may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end --- ## [How will stores and businesses handle customer demands upon reopening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-stores-and-businesses-handle-customer-demands-upon-reopening/852988)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-stores-and-businesses-handle-customer-demands-upon-reopening/852988 "2020-05-02T21:42:17Z")
A thread about donating items when moving got me thinking. With things reopening soon, I am looking forward to shopping at thrift stores again. But I am pondering when would be the best time to go. The stores have been… --- ## [Making a Selfie Mask!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970 "2020-05-02T21:37:04Z")
Just saw this on Maddowblog. You definitely need to look at it: --- ## [Great Scenes from both bad and good movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-from-both-bad-and-good-movies/852982)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-from-both-bad-and-good-movies/852982 "2020-05-02T20:47:53Z")
Sometimes a bad movie is worth the effort for a single scene. The fifties film “Strategic Air Command” is a sappy recruiting movie for SAC, but the scene showing B-36 aircraft at altitude is awesome. On the other hand a… --- ## [Face the Music - Saturday Night Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-the-music-saturday-night-live/852811)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-the-music-saturday-night-live/852811 "2020-05-02T20:46:23Z")
This one’s gonna be a lazy effort for me. Inspired by the recent thread about the SNL Social Distancing episodes, and by random finds on Youtube, I thought I’d post this segment on the SNL music department. I was surpr… --- ## [Cracked smartphone screen=idiot/loser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-smartphone-screen-idiot-loser/853030)
**Author:** [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-smartphone-screen-idiot-loser/853030 "2020-05-02T20:41:08Z")
I’ve noticed a common theme, mainly from a couple of SNL skits but also from other places that having a cracked screen on your phone means that, well, you don’t quite have it all together. Is that really a thing in real… --- ## [Free online Nikon photo classes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-online-nikon-photo-classes/853025)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-online-nikon-photo-classes/853025 "2020-05-02T20:39:46Z")
They have 10 classes available. They are free now due to the lockdowns. Nikon Live - Photography Live Streams & Videos | Nikon --- ## [Was food delivery always this much of a hassle for apartment dwellers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-food-delivery-always-this-much-of-a-hassle-for-apartment-dwellers/852877)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-food-delivery-always-this-much-of-a-hassle-for-apartment-dwellers/852877 "2020-05-02T20:20:59Z")
My wife and I have been trying to do our bit to support local restaurants during the pandemic by ordering delivery. Before all this, we hardly ever had food delivered (unless you count HelloFresh, via UPS). We mostly a… --- ## [Do people who didn’t go the traditional 4 year college route ever get over it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-didn-t-go-the-traditional-4-year-college-route-ever-get-over-it/852923)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-didn-t-go-the-traditional-4-year-college-route-ever-get-over-it/852923 "2020-05-02T19:23:26Z")
I’m sure this is just my small sample size, but two people I know really can’t seem to get over that they weren’t traditional college students and seem to still be bitter about it Me: I was a typical traditional college… --- ## [Another Star Trek TOS Question: Changeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-star-trek-tos-question-changeling/852871)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-star-trek-tos-question-changeling/852871 "2020-05-02T18:31:49Z")
So it seems that I’m not the only one waxing nostalgic by watching ST:TOS on Netflix these days. As a avid trekkie in my younger days, who hasn’t seen TOS in 35 years, I’m really struggling. It’s not nearly as good as I … --- ## [More US CV deaths than all but 3 US wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-us-cv-deaths-than-all-but-3-us-wars/852488)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-us-cv-deaths-than-all-but-3-us-wars/852488 "2020-05-02T18:28:10Z")
In a week or so the number of CV deaths will be more than all US wars except WW 1, WW2 and Civil war. And in just 3 months. --- ## [How to make biscuits -- need answer fastish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-biscuits-need-answer-fastish/852822)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-biscuits-need-answer-fastish/852822 "2020-05-02T17:43:33Z")
So, we are having stew tonight, and I’d like some bread to go with that. But it’s too late to start yeast bread, and I’m not going grocery shopping these days for something like a loaf of bread. So… I’m thinking biscuits… --- ## [Computer experts: recommend replacement monitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-recommend-replacement-monitor/852993)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-recommend-replacement-monitor/852993 "2020-05-02T17:03:56Z")
I need a replacement desktop-PC monitor–My 10-year-old Asus just died–no response when I press power button. The monitor is/was: ASUS VH198T Info/specs: I’d like new monitor to be as similar as possible–used only fo… --- ## [Everyone around you is dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-around-you-is-dying/852655)
**Author:** [@cornflakes2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-around-you-is-dying/852655 "2020-05-02T16:56:11Z")
Growing up we obviously live most of our lives having parents, even grandparents alive and well. This also includes all your uncles and aunts, and even your older siblings or cousins. It never quite crosses our mind to… --- ## [Sell me on: Bill Gates as a COVID-19 "expert"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-bill-gates-as-a-covid-19-expert/852948)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-bill-gates-as-a-covid-19-expert/852948 "2020-05-02T15:56:02Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I like a lot of what he says, he’s obviously a smart guy and done a lot of good for the world via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and has done a lot of good work to try and help alleviate the cu… --- ## [Impact of COVID-related prevention measures on other infectious diseases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-covid-related-prevention-measures-on-other-infectious-diseases/853016)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-covid-related-prevention-measures-on-other-infectious-diseases/853016 "2020-05-02T15:28:06Z")
What makes the novel Coronavirus unique is its resiliency that allows for it to spread itself among the population, whether through the air or by staying “alive” on surfaces for periods longer than other pathogens. In or… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1893) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1895)