# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1940 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1941 --- ## [How Did I Remap my Keyboard? Ho do I Fix it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-remap-my-keyboard-ho-do-i-fix-it/851126)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-remap-my-keyboard-ho-do-i-fix-it/851126 "2020-04-05T16:38:38Z")
I have the strangest computer problems. I am using a laptop with an external Bluetooth keyboard. I have had this setup for years. The one new thing I did do was I downloaded “Go To Meeting.” Then my problems began. As … --- ## [Real World Bass-O-Matic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-bass-o-matic/851132)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-bass-o-matic/851132 "2020-04-05T16:29:17Z")
A month ago I picked up a couple of cans of jack mackeral for my pandemic pantry. I’m tempted to puree the contents and see if it works as a high-nutrient soup base, or (with vegetables and spices) as a sauce for rice or… --- ## [Well, Pizzagate is still around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pizzagate-is-still-around/850979)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pizzagate-is-still-around/850979 "2020-04-05T15:20:28Z")
On Twitter, at least. While discussing the two hospital ships, Mercy and Comfort, I kept running across how they were there (especially Comfort) to rescue children that are apparently hidden in secret tunnels under Cent… --- ## [Without looking it up, how many Oscar nominees have been in Marvel films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700 "2020-04-05T15:13:18Z")
Off the top of my head: Robert Downey Jr. Ben Affleck Robert Redford Samuel Jackson Jennifer Lawrence Halle Berry Natalie Portman Anthony Hopkins Nicholas Cage Don Cheadle Then there’s a \*\*\*\*load I’m not 100% … --- ## [Lawyers, legal scholars etc. - explain court case citations to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-legal-scholars-etc-explain-court-case-citations-to-me/850957)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-legal-scholars-etc-explain-court-case-citations-to-me/850957 "2020-04-05T15:07:19Z")
I’m not a lawyer, but I spend quite a bit of time reading legal history and legal cases. For the most part, it’s pretty easy for me to find what I need, and I generally identify cases by the names of the parties. Because… --- ## [At what point does my image/name not mine to control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-my-image-name-not-mine-to-control/850981)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-my-image-name-not-mine-to-control/850981 "2020-04-05T14:22:31Z")
I’ve often wondered at what point can someone start taking photos of someone to sell, write autobiographies, or make a movie about them. I understand that newspapers and TV news can do stories about you if you’ve done so… --- ## [Half-Life: Alyx - anyone play it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-alyx-anyone-play-it/850210)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-alyx-anyone-play-it/850210 "2020-03-25T13:43:14Z")
Certainly the closest we have received to a Half-Life 3, this game is actually a full game(10+ hours, I think?). The catch is this. The game is only available in VR, something I can not see myself getting any time soon.… --- ## [Are there negative consequences to judges decisions being overturned on appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-negative-consequences-to-judges-decisions-being-overturned-on-appeal/851112)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-negative-consequences-to-judges-decisions-being-overturned-on-appeal/851112 "2020-04-05T13:10:35Z")
I was involved in a child custody dispute many years ago. Without going into any real detail I should have been awarded custody under any interpretation of current case law and established precedent. The judge returned… --- ## [Baron Donald Harkonnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baron-donald-harkonnon/851068)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baron-donald-harkonnon/851068 "2020-04-05T13:09:05Z")
I was watching the vDavid Lynch version of Dune last night. I had been struck, in the past, about the interesting parallels between that film and the first Gulf War\*, but now I see the parallels to our current president … --- ## [Vertical Stabilizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertical-stabilizer/851103)
**Author:** [@klinkerhoffen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klinkerhoffen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertical-stabilizer/851103 "2020-04-05T13:00:47Z")
Does anyone know where I could find a vertical stabilizer for a camera, i.e. it keeps the camera at a certain height even if the stabilizer is moved up for down. --- ## [Does online shopping for nonessentials during pandemic create hardship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-online-shopping-for-nonessentials-during-pandemic-create-hardship/850246)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-online-shopping-for-nonessentials-during-pandemic-create-hardship/850246 "2020-04-05T12:45:55Z")
I’m reluctant to shop online for nonessentials because I picture the net effect would primarily be to burden people who are already working too hard. But is that correct? If there’s a huge employment shift, and people f… --- ## [Car Payments during the pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-payments-during-the-pandemic/851043)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-payments-during-the-pandemic/851043 "2020-04-05T12:44:38Z")
I’ve seen a lot about student loans, rent, and mortgage payment relief during this pandemic. I have not seen anything about car payments. Are they collecting as usual? Is repossession of cars an “essential service” wh… --- ## [COVID-19 v Otis Lee Crenshaw on a TKO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-v-otis-lee-crenshaw-on-a-tko/851121)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-v-otis-lee-crenshaw-on-a-tko/851121 "2020-04-05T10:15:31Z")
The three males in the PT clan were going to have a evening of raucous entertainment in a few weeks time courtesy of the mastery of Rich Hall. Not exactly a surprise, and in the circumstances it would be profoundly ungr… --- ## [Legal force of "Any resemblance...purely concidental"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-force-of-any-resemblance-purely-concidental/851071)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-force-of-any-resemblance-purely-concidental/851071 "2020-04-05T08:52:01Z")
You’ve all seen the disclaimer in works of fiction. Does it have any legal force? I just read a book that took place in my home town. When I read the first chapter, a certain police chief angling to become mayor was m… --- ## [Advice on how a wedding-phobe can endure his wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-a-wedding-phobe-can-endure-his-wedding/850821)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-a-wedding-phobe-can-endure-his-wedding/850821 "2020-04-05T07:05:02Z")
So my girlfriend and I may get married at year’s end or next spring…but that’s not the real question of this thread. The question is; I absolutely \*\*\*dread \*\*\*weddings. And need to find a way to tolerate my own. I don’… --- ## [What does this mean? \[dielectric breakdown\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-dielectric-breakdown/851041)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-dielectric-breakdown/851041 "2020-04-05T06:20:13Z")
Seen on a can of wasp and hornet spray (insecticide): “Dielectric breakdown voltage of 47,300 volts” I can’t for the life of me understand what that would mean in the context of a bug spray. Sent from my SM-G935V usin… --- ## [Is the busy beaver function provably total?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-busy-beaver-function-provably-total/851025)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-busy-beaver-function-provably-total/851025 "2020-04-05T05:03:48Z")
Is the busy beaver function in computer science a provably total function? That is, can it be proven that for all natural numbers n, Σ(n) is a natural number? --- ## [Benny Goodman - Bach Goes To Town - common riff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benny-goodman-bach-goes-to-town-common-riff/851109)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benny-goodman-bach-goes-to-town-common-riff/851109 "2020-04-05T05:01:05Z")
Goodman’s recording of this piece (actually just the last half) by Alec Templeton was very popular. Benny Goodman - Bach goes to Town - YouTube My question is about the clarinet’s opening notes. Was that a common riff? … --- ## [Can't go outdoors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-go-outdoors/850855)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-go-outdoors/850855 "2020-04-05T04:53:00Z")
I’m in a US state where the rule is now “limit public movements and interactions outside the home to essential services and activities”. Apparently, many people are interpreting this as “must stay indoors”. I’m wonderin… --- ## [Forced Fun and Educational Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-fun-and-educational-too/851106)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-fun-and-educational-too/851106 "2020-04-05T04:33:12Z")
aaaaaah \[del\]archanum\[/del\] Straight Dope…helluva hard habit to kick…oh well, once off the wagon shouldn’t hurt So, laying about the house with Vaderling, nothing interesting to do but fret about the immediate future a… --- ## [How's the Republic of Gilead handling Covid19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-republic-of-gilead-handling-covid19/851083)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-republic-of-gilead-handling-covid19/851083 "2020-04-05T04:30:59Z")
Since the TV series seems to be set in a parallel universe rather than the future the Covid19 pandemic could be happening at the same time as real life. So how would the Gileadean authorities handle it? On hand Gilead … --- ## [What is Biden doing? What should he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-biden-doing-what-should-he/850977)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-biden-doing-what-should-he/850977 "2020-04-05T02:48:26Z")
I understand and respect that the current crisis is resulting in a suspension of many partisan electoral activities, but I’m impressed at how low of a profile Biden (and Sanders) have maintained over the past couple of w… --- ## [Your pandemic playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pandemic-playlist/849448)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pandemic-playlist/849448 "2020-04-05T02:48:18Z")
What, no thread yet? Y’all must be standing in line to buy toilet paper. Post songs for your pandemic playlist, preferably with a link! --- ## [Late night talk shows in the age of social distancing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-night-talk-shows-in-the-age-of-social-distancing/850975)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-night-talk-shows-in-the-age-of-social-distancing/850975 "2020-04-05T02:25:04Z")
Do any of you regularly watch any of the late night talk shows (The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, etc)? Normally, I watch The Late Show, The Daily Show and Conan O’Brien… --- ## [Opinions on moving to the Hampton Roads area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-moving-to-the-hampton-roads-area/850907)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-moving-to-the-hampton-roads-area/850907 "2020-04-05T02:13:02Z")
Last month, I applied for a job in Norfolk, VA. I’ve never been there. What do people in that region think of it for a relocation, given the following facts about both the job, and us: The job is listed as “100% telew… --- ## [Things To Do While Home Bound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-while-home-bound/850568)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-while-home-bound/850568 "2020-04-05T01:36:46Z")
Things I and you should be doing this spring without endangering others: (Feel free to add ideas or your projects) Clean garage - rearrange stuff so I can find the different seasonal decorations boxes that my wife man… --- ## [Racepug is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racepug-is-banned/851095)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racepug-is-banned/851095 "2020-04-05T01:12:30Z")
For multiple warnings and abusive PMs, poster racepub is banned. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22227105&postcount=176 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22189838&postcount=142 ht… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2020-edition/848690)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2020-edition/848690 "2020-04-05T01:02:34Z")
Is that spring I see? Not according to the National weather service which is predicting snow this weekend sigh Okay, I’ll stay in and read… Currently, my list on Goodreads is… well, long. But I’m aiming to finish these… --- ## [What is the covid death rate in nursing homes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-covid-death-rate-in-nursing-homes/851077)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-covid-death-rate-in-nursing-homes/851077 "2020-04-05T00:58:46Z")
At least one nursing home has seen covid run through it, does anyone know what the death rate for infected people in a nursing home is? A cursory glance at the nursing home in Washington, Life Care Center of Kirkland, n… --- ## [Are you thinking about COVID19 enough? Too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-thinking-about-covid19-enough-too-much/851060)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-thinking-about-covid19-enough-too-much/851060 "2020-04-05T00:50:16Z")
This morning someone sent me a silly video about the virus. Which got me to thinking, is there a point at which the average person has acquired sufficient basic info to reasonably deal with the virus after which their a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1939) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1941)