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**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-housekeeping-advice/852576 "2020-04-28T19:21:37Z")
Sitting at the dinner table, my girls decide it’s time to set me straight on a few things. First: why do they think I really change my behaviour when they decide I must? Maybe twice in the last few years I’ve really don… --- ## [Tech question: Firefox and passwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-question-firefox-and-passwords/852711)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-question-firefox-and-passwords/852711 "2020-04-28T18:49:51Z")
So I got one of those extortion scam emails (that I have no intent of paying, to be clear). As “proof” of their hack, they included an account password that sounded familiar, and like something I might have used. Suspici… --- ## [Pratchett to get "absolutely faithful" TV adaptations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratchett-to-get-absolutely-faithful-tv-adaptations/852752)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratchett-to-get-absolutely-faithful-tv-adaptations/852752 "2020-04-28T18:39:48Z")
From The Guardian. They slam the “Nightwatch” production in the process: Early photos of BBC America’s forthcoming series The Watch, based on Pratchett’s novels about the City Watch police recently prompted concern amo… --- ## [No Food Stamp Increase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-food-stamp-increase/852687)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-food-stamp-increase/852687 "2020-04-28T18:39:41Z")
Not even a few bucks? Food is pretty important. The 1% will find a way to get most of this money. And don’t be confused by the term, “small business”, which only means under 500 employees. --- ## [On Medical Aid in Dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-medical-aid-in-dying/810627)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-medical-aid-in-dying/810627 "2020-04-28T18:20:49Z")
Some time ago I mentioned that a terminally ill friend was pursuing medical aid in dying (MAD), and asked if any Dopers personally knew someone who had done so. I know MAD (an unfortunate acronym, but so be it) is an exc… --- ## [Resolved: When Demand for Ventilators \> Supply, It is Best to Allow Medical Professionals to Ration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-when-demand-for-ventilators-supply-it-is-best-to-allow-medical-professionals-to-ration/851932)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-when-demand-for-ventilators-supply-it-is-best-to-allow-medical-professionals-to-ration/851932 "2020-04-28T18:09:19Z")
People With Disabilities Fear Pandemic Will Worsen Medical Biases. The premise is simple. With a static number of ventilators, the demand for them could exceed the supply. States across the country have different guidel… --- ## [CARES Act: Employees angry because they could earn more from unemployment than their jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cares-act-employees-angry-because-they-could-earn-more-from-unemployment-than-their-jobs/852677)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cares-act-employees-angry-because-they-could-earn-more-from-unemployment-than-their-jobs/852677 "2020-04-28T17:55:01Z")
CNBC ran a story recently about a spa owner who obtained Paycheck Protection loans of over $220,000 from the government (as part of the recent Congress-passed coronavirus relief bill) and thought her employees would be o… --- ## [Identify Chess Piece Design from Star Trek: The Original Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-chess-piece-design-from-star-trek-the-original-series/852699)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-chess-piece-design-from-star-trek-the-original-series/852699 "2020-04-28T17:35:41Z")
Prop personnel on the original STAR TREK usually used two different Peter Ganine-designed chess pieces for use in episodes featuring three dimensional chess. Before that style, for the second pilot, they used these unid… --- ## [Is a vaccine possible if antibodies don't prevent reinfection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-vaccine-possible-if-antibodies-dont-prevent-reinfection/852635)
**Author:** [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-vaccine-possible-if-antibodies-dont-prevent-reinfection/852635 "2020-04-28T17:10:44Z")
If, as the WHO suggests, antibodies don’t prevent reinfection of COVID-19, does that mean a vaccine is not possible? My evaluation of this link as a non-doctor leads me to believe the consensus is “we dunno.” --- ## [Poll: Food Colors - Diabetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-food-colors-diabetes/851937)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-food-colors-diabetes/851937 "2020-04-28T16:52:00Z")
Poll Incoming! For most of your life, about how many colors of food have you eaten regularly? Vegetables (0-8): white, brown, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red Fruits (0-7): brown, purple, blue, green, yellow… --- ## [How is the accuracy of a medical test determined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-accuracy-of-a-medical-test-determined/852641)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-accuracy-of-a-medical-test-determined/852641 "2020-04-28T16:25:54Z")
When we read that a medical test is, say, 95% accurate, I take that to mean that 95% of the test results or either true positive or true negative, and 5% of the results are false positive or false negative. How do we kn… --- ## [Bar soap vs. liquid soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-soap-vs-liquid-soap/851657)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-soap-vs-liquid-soap/851657 "2020-04-28T16:14:48Z")
Is there any evidence that one is better than the other at washing away germs? --- ## [How many people died in the third wave of the Spanish flu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-died-in-the-third-wave-of-the-spanish-flu/852624)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-died-in-the-third-wave-of-the-spanish-flu/852624 "2020-04-28T16:03:36Z")
This is my understanding of the Spanish flu First wave - not too deadly Second wave - extremely deadly mutated strain but it was so deadly because the war effort helped it spread. Troop movement and people going to wor… --- ## [The Offspring's cover of Here Kitty Kitty from The Tiger King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-offsprings-cover-of-here-kitty-kitty-from-the-tiger-king/852741)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-offsprings-cover-of-here-kitty-kitty-from-the-tiger-king/852741 "2020-04-28T16:03:16Z")
Good version --- ## [IT question re: Connecting router to wifi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-question-re-connecting-router-to-wifi/851939)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-question-re-connecting-router-to-wifi/851939 "2020-04-28T15:58:12Z")
I have an older Belkin router. It’s the one pictured here. I’m trying to hook up a Tivo that requires a wired ethernet connection in a different room from my modem. Is it possible to use this router to receive my home … --- ## [Using 25 Year Old Cotton Balls and Swabs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-25-year-old-cotton-balls-and-swabs/852716)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-25-year-old-cotton-balls-and-swabs/852716 "2020-04-28T15:37:26Z")
I just recently found an old box of cotton balls and swabs in my basement. They were obviously put there by my mother. My mother died in January 1996, so they must be at least 25 years old, maybe even 30. Anyway they ap… --- ## [Suggestion about moderation that might help the mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-about-moderation-that-might-help-the-mods/852550)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-about-moderation-that-might-help-the-mods/852550 "2020-04-28T15:23:04Z")
This is in reference to this point where Colibri expresses some understandable frustration. I admit that I responded to the offending post, but caught Colibri’s moderation in time to self-edit my post. However, it is c… --- ## [Making your own wine (okay, mine is prison wine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-your-own-wine-okay-mine-is-prison-wine/852536)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-your-own-wine-okay-mine-is-prison-wine/852536 "2020-04-28T14:51:01Z")
Any advice on taking the next step? I’ve noticed that each time I make grape juice (aka prison) wine, the first night or two, the wine is like “Cisco” with bubbles. But after a night or two, it somehow turns into a smoo… --- ## [The New Way Forward Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-way-forward-act/852528)
**Author:** [@Project\_Patahhh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Project_Patahhh)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-way-forward-act/852528 "2020-04-28T14:46:19Z")
I was reading a post on social media decrying all the commercials about corporations pretending to care about us, and nodding my head. Then as I continued through the post it got more and more right-wingy, until finally … --- ## [things start to open in your area, which ones will you vist and which ones still avoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-start-to-open-in-your-area-which-ones-will-you-vist-and-which-ones-still-avoid/852731)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-start-to-open-in-your-area-which-ones-will-you-vist-and-which-ones-still-avoid/852731 "2020-04-28T14:44:05Z")
In his \[del\]in\[/del\]finite wisdom, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has decide we gotta open some shit (or die trying?). I’m anticipating possibly going to the hair colorist by the first of June. I’ve described below why this seem… --- ## [Greatest movie music of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531 "2020-04-28T14:25:17Z")
Of course it’s “Ecstasy of Gold”, by Ennio Morricone, from “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. Every instrument in the orchestra used, in a wonderful interweaving. A work of genius. Followed closely by “Takeoff”, the t… --- ## [Tech question re email formatting in Outlook 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-question-re-email-formatting-in-outlook-2016/852728)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-question-re-email-formatting-in-outlook-2016/852728 "2020-04-28T14:04:02Z")
Hello all my tech minded smart cookies. Halp!!! Why does my carefully formatted email look totally different to the recipient? To be specific, it’s a newsletter comprised of links and texts in different fonts that I the… --- ## [Artificially Halting Fusion in a Star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificially-halting-fusion-in-a-star/850192)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificially-halting-fusion-in-a-star/850192 "2020-04-28T13:56:13Z")
I had a weird thought the other day, wondering if there was a way to artificially stop fusion from occurring in a star. Staying within known science, is there a hypothetical way to do it? Maybe introducing large (really … --- ## [Law enforcement types: A question about vehicle registrations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-enforcement-types-a-question-about-vehicle-registrations/852386)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-enforcement-types-a-question-about-vehicle-registrations/852386 "2020-04-28T13:40:22Z")
In the last year, my state started requiring carrying proof of registration in a vehicle. This proof has my address on it. My vehicle has a garage door opener. If someone steals my truck, they’ll know my address and have… --- ## [Yet more proof Fox News is a literal danger to the country (as if we needed more examples)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429 "2020-04-28T13:36:41Z")
There have been plenty of “Fox News Sucks” threads and here is one more. They are, literally, making the pandemic worse. And not just in a “feels like it” sort of way but provably so. They should be sued into oblivio… --- ## [Good soundproofing for a door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-soundproofing-for-a-door/427589)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-soundproofing-for-a-door/427589 "2020-04-28T13:29:05Z")
What’s a good suggestion for something relatively inexpensive that would mostly soundproof from higher frequencies, on an interior door? Thanks. --- ## [Sophia Loren Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophia-loren-q/852545)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophia-loren-q/852545 "2020-04-28T12:31:53Z")
I was on one of those clickbait sites with old photos of famous celebrities and one of them was of Sophia Loren. The commentary–which struck me as kind of gratuitous, since they didn’t say it about any of the others–ment… --- ## [Does soap destroy viruses other than 2019-nCOV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-soap-destroy-viruses-other-than-2019-ncov/852717)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-soap-destroy-viruses-other-than-2019-ncov/852717 "2020-04-28T11:59:41Z")
For many years my understanding of soap’s role in handwashing was that it just physically removed the virus particles from your hands. With regard to 2019-nCOV, authorities have been reporting that soap also chemically … --- ## [How to sync Outlook and android (Google)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sync-outlook-and-android-google/825993)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sync-outlook-and-android-google/825993 "2018-12-13T04:02:17Z")
I have two android phones (work and personal) and when I save a number or contact on one phone it doesn’t always show up on the other phone. Also, when I add a contact to Outlook (via work computer) it usually won’t sho… --- ## [Tommy gun, sten gun, Bren gun - what were they all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-gun-sten-gun-bren-gun-what-were-they-all/838154)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-gun-sten-gun-bren-gun-what-were-they-all/838154 "2020-04-28T08:37:05Z")
As per thread title - were they all WWII vintage? Where did the names come from? Where they all “machine guns” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1901) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1903)