# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=264&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 265 --- ## [17-year-old refutes math conjecture, enters PhD program without a degree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-refutes-math-conjecture-enters-phd-program-without-a-degree/1021655)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-refutes-math-conjecture-enters-phd-program-without-a-degree/1021655 "2025-08-06T06:12:33Z")
I’ve read so many of these articles that turned out to be fluffery and bullshit that I almost didn’t look at this, but it’s a fascinating story: At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery | Quanta Magazine Yet a … --- ## [Tom Lehrer dies at age 97](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-dies-at-age-97/1021386)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-dies-at-age-97/1021386 "2025-08-06T03:48:50Z")
Mathematician and musician Tom Lehrer, who rose to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s with his witty, satirical, often political songs, passed away yesterday at age 97. Lehrer largely stepped away from the musical s… --- ## [Star Trek chronology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-chronology/1021659)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-chronology/1021659 "2025-08-06T03:25:17Z")
I’m trying to figure out what order the various series and movies are set in. Is this about right? The earliest setting: Enterprise A few decades later, happening roughly simultaneously: Discovery Short Treks Sect… --- ## [Predict the outcome of Trump's Canada obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-outcome-of-trumps-canada-obsession/1015820)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-outcome-of-trumps-canada-obsession/1015820 "2025-08-06T02:29:21Z")
By all accounts, Trump is deadly serious about Canada becoming the 51st state. (Let’s assume this is true for the purposes of this discussion.) How is this going to play out? Is he going to give up and quit talking abo… --- ## [Korean translation, please (or it's possible that this is just Korean-sounding gibberish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-translation-please-or-its-possible-that-this-is-just-korean-sounding-gibberish/1021697)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-translation-please-or-its-possible-that-this-is-just-korean-sounding-gibberish/1021697 "2025-08-06T01:53:46Z")
This comedian (a Filipino American) does a bit about Asian accents. He thinks the Korean accent sounds like someone just smoked weed. Is he saying anything, or is it just Korean-sounding gibberish? --- ## [Minimal sub-launched ballistic missile flight time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimal-sub-launched-ballistic-missile-flight-time/1021693)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimal-sub-launched-ballistic-missile-flight-time/1021693 "2025-08-06T00:50:06Z")
Since the 1980’s I’ve heard that the advance warning of an SLBM attack was as little as 6 minutes, and I took it as self-evidently correct, since the subs might be launching from a much shorter distance, potentially righ… --- ## [Daughter's career choices and AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughters-career-choices-and-ai/1021543)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughters-career-choices-and-ai/1021543 "2025-08-06T00:33:20Z")
Hi there, my daughter will end high school (equivalent) next year. Her top career choices for university are: nurse statistics It seems those are quite opposite ends of a spectrum with many regards - but lets leave t… --- ## [NFL 2025 Offseason Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2025-offseason-thread/1015089)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2025-offseason-thread/1015089 "2025-08-05T23:32:07Z")
Your one stop for 2025 NFL offseason stuff. New league year officially beings March 12 so any transactions are not official until 4pm ET that date, but trade negotiations are allowed right now. Other upcoming dates: Ma… --- ## [Do You Know Southern MD...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-southern-md/1021540)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-southern-md/1021540 "2025-08-05T21:43:26Z")
Maybe some have been to Calvert Cliffs State Park in MD to look for shark’s teeth on the beach. I had heard there is a better beach nearby that is lesser known and not as picked-over for such finds. Does anyone know of o… --- ## [Struggling with Cloudflare Verification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-cloudflare-verification/1021710)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-cloudflare-verification/1021710 "2025-08-05T20:24:02Z")
I thought I might post this here to see if anyone has any suggestions. I purchased a new Kindle Fire 8 a couple months ago and finally got around to setting it up. For some reason it will not allow me to access a forum… --- ## [Ebay touts: NO BUYER PROTECTION FEE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-touts-no-buyer-protection-fee/1021711)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-touts-no-buyer-protection-fee/1021711 "2025-08-05T03:43:23Z")
I’m looking for a Samsung S25 Ultra (so top-of-the-line flagship till next year when the EU will force them to make battery replacement more like gall badder surgery than open heart surgery) There is this one eBay sell… --- ## [How does your group interact (or plan to interact) with I.C.E.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-group-interact-or-plan-to-interact-with-i-c-e/1021673)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-group-interact-or-plan-to-interact-with-i-c-e/1021673 "2025-08-05T20:07:35Z")
Frankly I didn’t know what forum to stick this in so if needs to be moved, so be it. Do you belong to a group that has been visited, or there is a decent chance will be visited by I.C.E.? What were/are your group’s pla… --- ## [There needs to be a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-needs-to-be-a-new-word/1021689)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-needs-to-be-a-new-word/1021689 "2025-08-05T20:00:19Z")
Something that is similar to ‘every accusation is a confession’ and ‘the statement you’re making is disingenuous’ and ‘you are doing a thing under false pretenses’ Something that means ‘I’m not going to debate you, beca… --- ## [Eddie Murphy to lead reboot of “Pink Panther”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphy-to-lead-reboot-of-pink-panther/1021527)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphy-to-lead-reboot-of-pink-panther/1021527 "2025-08-05T19:22:01Z")
Story here. I’m torn. He’s obviously got the talent to pull it off, but his recent track record concerns me. Thoughts? --- ## [Riding in style: Here is the car-Name the show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-in-style-here-is-the-car-name-the-show/1021709)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-in-style-here-is-the-car-name-the-show/1021709 "2025-08-05T18:54:43Z")
It has to be a vehicle that is featured in the show, not just a one-off or something in the background of an episode, and it has to be a production vehicle, no Black Beauties or Batmobiles, please. I’ll start with an ea… --- ## [Paxlovid Is it worth the risks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxlovid-is-it-worth-the-risks/1020635)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxlovid-is-it-worth-the-risks/1020635 "2025-08-05T15:20:06Z")
I Sunday I had sore a throat, nasal drip and fever andTested negative Monday morning went Urgent care and tested positive the women prescribed paxlovid. After read all the side affects I’m nervous, Because of my age 72… --- ## [Okra is prime right now, which means it's gumbo time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668 "2025-08-05T13:47:26Z")
I went to the farmers’ market yesterday, and saw that okra was looking terrific. So I bought a pound and plan to make a nice shrimp and sausage gumbo some time in the next couple of days. But I’ll need some roux. I’ll… --- ## [Loni Anderson dies at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672 "2025-08-05T12:06:49Z")
Best known for WKRP in Cincinnati and married Burt Reynolds. I didn’t realize she was that old. Almost 40 when she appeared on the show. RIP --- ## [In European soccer, are sponsorship deals for one season only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-are-sponsorship-deals-for-one-season-only/1021696)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-are-sponsorship-deals-for-one-season-only/1021696 "2025-08-05T11:19:55Z")
Let’s say MegaCorp buys a sponsorship package for Upandcoming FC. Since there’s a very real possibility that Upandcoming FC may be playing in a lower-tier league next season (with fewer viewers, less TV coverage, and les… --- ## [No fun with cats. Warning: upsetting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fun-with-cats-warning-upsetting/1021695)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fun-with-cats-warning-upsetting/1021695 "2025-08-05T10:22:20Z")
I was sickened and horrified by this article I saw on the BBC today. Warning again: unpleasant. Made me want to go and hug our beloved felines. I have to say I am pretty much morally against capital punishment. But… --- ## [Were You Burned by Acid or Something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-burned-by-acid-or-something/1021588)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-burned-by-acid-or-something/1021588 "2025-08-05T09:03:56Z")
“Why are you wearing a mask? Were you burned by acid or something?” — Fezzik (Andre the Giant) to the Man in Black; The Princess Bride, 1987 When first watching Princess Bride the line seemed like a funny reference to … --- ## [Answers Only Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2800\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065 "2025-08-05T02:23:18Z")
Because that’s the way it is, these days. --- ## [The slow downfall of Pixar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-downfall-of-pixar/1021431)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-downfall-of-pixar/1021431 "2025-08-05T01:04:39Z")
Thought there might be a thread about this but there was not one yet. It doesn’t feel like all that long ago that Pixar had the reputation of “never having made a bad movie.” Toy Story 3 grossed well over a billion doll… --- ## [Groceries you buy often that others don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125 "2025-08-05T00:10:43Z")
Some of our regular purchases are: mint cilantro coconut milk sticky rice --- ## [Things your family does that aggravate you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-family-does-that-aggravate-you/1020747)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-family-does-that-aggravate-you/1020747 "2025-08-04T22:35:14Z")
And are too mild for the Pit. Let the rants commence. First one: when you do laundry, they leave their clothes in the washer and/or dryer for days. Then get pissed off if I move it so I can do my laundry. But that is… --- ## [Senior Dopers - do you feel like valued elders? Old and in the way? Something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-dopers-do-you-feel-like-valued-elders-old-and-in-the-way-something-else/1021218)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-dopers-do-you-feel-like-valued-elders-old-and-in-the-way-something-else/1021218 "2025-08-04T20:17:55Z")
To those of you “of a certain age” - let’s say over 60. In general, how do you feel you are viewed by those around you: family, neighbors, co-workers, whomever? And younger folk - how do you view older folk? Me, I fee… --- ## [Finding the steepness/grade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-steepness-grade/1021688)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-steepness-grade/1021688 "2025-08-04T19:46:05Z")
This is a place near me: Is there a way for me to track down what the grade is for that road? --- ## [Google Canada says firing a pregnant woman is not discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-canada-says-firing-a-pregnant-woman-is-not-discrimination/1021632)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-canada-says-firing-a-pregnant-woman-is-not-discrimination/1021632 "2025-08-04T19:03:42Z")
Interesting news item. A former Google Canada employee is suing Google Canada for wrongful dismissal in the Ontario courts, alleging that she was fired because she told her supervisor she was pregnant and applied for ma… --- ## [“The Crown” is the metonym for a kingdom; what is the metonym for a fiefdom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-is-the-metonym-for-a-kingdom-what-is-the-metonym-for-a-fiefdom/1021598)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-is-the-metonym-for-a-kingdom-what-is-the-metonym-for-a-fiefdom/1021598 "2025-08-04T18:55:04Z")
Ok, so a metonym, for those who don’t know, is when one thing serves as a representation of a much larger thing. Like “Wall Street” instead of “the financial industry,” or “the White House” instead of “the president and/… --- ## [Botticelli, July 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412)
**Author:** [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Replies:** 486\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412 "2025-08-04T18:15:10Z")
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