# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=364&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 365 --- ## [Online remote work testing AI systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-remote-work-testing-ai-systems/1015021)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-remote-work-testing-ai-systems/1015021 "2025-03-02T16:00:30Z")
I received a message in my LinkedIn inviting me to apply for part time remote work evaluating how AI’s handle mathematical proofs. It’s something I could do, and might even enjoy, and the extra cash would certainly be we… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #27 – February, 2025 – “Motion” poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729 "2025-03-02T16:00:27Z")
This is the monthly thread for February, 2025. The topic this month is “Motion”, chosen by @beowulff. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussio… --- ## [Is guys that only eat chicken fingers a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guys-that-only-eat-chicken-fingers-a-thing/992382)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guys-that-only-eat-chicken-fingers-a-thing/992382 "2025-03-02T13:45:25Z")
About 10 years back my niece and her fiance’ were in town and we were to all go out for dinner. My niece let us know that we needed to choose a place that had chicken fingers on the menu because that was pretty much all … --- ## [Sandwiches nobody eats anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 401\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714 "2025-03-02T11:59:09Z")
This article was in my Yahoo news feed this morning. Coronation Chicken Olive Loaf Chow Mein Sandwich Fluffernutter Banana and Mayonnaise Finger Sandwiches Mock Ham Salad Hot Brown Liverwurst Or Braunschweiger Scotch … --- ## [Peanut roundabouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-roundabouts/1012360)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-roundabouts/1012360 "2025-03-02T11:42:42Z")
I’m trying to find where and when the first peanut roundabout was made. For those unfamiliar with them, peanut roundabouts are a two-lobed roundabout that makes a figure-8 pattern. They are not very common, but here’s a … --- ## [Rants are Read, Vileness Abrew (February mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747 "2025-03-02T04:29:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants): I’m giving a mini-rant against myself for being stupid. My wife informed me that our daughter needed a set of dry erase markers for school. I coul… --- ## [I'm very pro-vax, but just screwed myself up by getting 5 vaccine shots in six weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-pro-vax-but-just-screwed-myself-up-by-getting-5-vaccine-shots-in-six-weeks/1014930)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-pro-vax-but-just-screwed-myself-up-by-getting-5-vaccine-shots-in-six-weeks/1014930 "2025-03-02T04:13:44Z")
I lost my job earlier this month and thought, “Hmmm, might as well extract all the benefit I can out of my employer-provided health insurance before it runs out at the end of the month.” So I decided to get up to date on… --- ## [Driving In The U.S. With Foreign Plates In A Foreign Script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-u-s-with-foreign-plates-in-a-foreign-script/968977)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-u-s-with-foreign-plates-in-a-foreign-script/968977 "2025-03-02T03:18:27Z")
This Polish woman is driving across the U.S. in her camper van, the vehicle proudly displaying Polish/EU plates. Some Googling seems to reveal that it’s perfectly OK to drive a vehicle in the US with foreign plates on it… --- ## [What's going on with Skype and what are my options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-skype-and-what-are-my-options/1014957)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-skype-and-what-are-my-options/1014957 "2025-03-02T02:56:20Z")
I just received this E-mail from Skype. I ened up with a Skype telephone number because I needed, and still do, a US telephone number. This just came out of the blue and is just a touch over one month notice. So, I thi… --- ## [RIP David Johansen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-david-johansen/1014991)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-david-johansen/1014991 "2025-03-02T00:22:03Z")
RIP David Johansen. OMG… I sort-of met him. I gambled on the other side of the table from him at Foxwoods back-in-the-day. He laughed, smoked a big cigar, and he won like Crazy. When I left the table, every other ta… --- ## [The Godfather (novel) - Lucy Mancini's operation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather-novel-lucy-mancinis-operation/1014979)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather-novel-lucy-mancinis-operation/1014979 "2025-03-01T22:35:36Z")
(Perhaps this is more of a FQ question?) I was telling Inna about the above subplot to the GF novel, where… (spoiling for good taste) Inna just died laughing, and then asked me… does this sort of surgery actually exis… --- ## [What happened to B-17 'Visibility Perfect', 401st Bomb Group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-b-17-visibility-perfect-401st-bomb-group/1002117)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-b-17-visibility-perfect-401st-bomb-group/1002117 "2025-03-01T21:05:36Z")
What happened to B-17 ‘Visibility Perfect’, 401st Bomb Group? I have an idea it was a B-17E. --- ## [I've seen birds dance to music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-birds-dance-to-music/1014856)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-birds-dance-to-music/1014856 "2025-03-01T19:41:39Z")
Does any other animal do that? My cats and dogs don’t seem to even hear it --- ## [What’s it called when you watch what’s on tv when it airs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-it-called-when-you-watch-what-s-on-tv-when-it-airs/1014950)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-it-called-when-you-watch-what-s-on-tv-when-it-airs/1014950 "2025-03-01T18:51:28Z")
I know you’re thinking “live TV,” a la the Super Bowl or Academy Awards or what have you, but that’s not what I’m asking about. I mean like at the doctor’s office where you watch Family Feud or whatever while it’s on. Or… --- ## [Any Love & Rocket's fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-rockets-fans/1014902)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-rockets-fans/1014902 "2025-03-01T18:44:18Z")
Hey, I have kept up with Los Bros Hernadez for decades. Really glad to they are still at it. SPOILER ALERT: NY Times gift link to a fun update on where they (and the plotlines) are today. --- ## [CB radios today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cb-radios-today/1014857)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cb-radios-today/1014857 "2025-03-01T17:50:33Z")
CB radios were all the rage when I was a kid. My dad had one in his 1974 Toyota Hilux. and I had one in my bedroom. But now? With all of the plastic on modern car dashboards, I wouldn’t know hoe/where to mount one. --- ## [Civilization VII coming soon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-vii-coming-soon/1002593)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-vii-coming-soon/1002593 "2025-03-01T16:05:41Z")
Apparently a leaked image suggests that the next game in the Civ franchise is getting announced soon. I haven’t really dug into an official Civ since three I think but maybe this is where I jump in? I recently read Sid M… --- ## [Do lawyers have to be licensed for specialties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lawyers-have-to-be-licensed-for-specialties/1014526)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lawyers-have-to-be-licensed-for-specialties/1014526 "2025-03-01T16:04:30Z")
If I’ve spent the last 10 years writing wills, is there any legal restriction stopping me from defending someone against a murder charge tomorrow? --- ## [Your National Treasures (Do you call them that?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-treasures-do-you-call-them-that/1014829)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-treasures-do-you-call-them-that/1014829 "2025-03-01T15:14:03Z")
In another thread I recently referred to Seasick Steve as “something approaching \[a\] National Treasure (Overseas Division)”. Now, I think of the term National Treasure as essentially a British concept – but surely other … --- ## [Have you ever heard of this word before: Palaver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-this-word-before-palaver/1014845)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-this-word-before-palaver/1014845 "2025-03-01T12:53:14Z")
So, some background first. I was talking in messenger with a friend of mine who lives in the UK the other night and she used a word I had never ever heard of, read, or seen before… it was just a brand new word to me. Pal… --- ## [The New Login Page is Ugly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-login-page-is-ugly/1014953)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-login-page-is-ugly/1014953 "2025-03-01T08:54:03Z")
IMHO. Note the lack of blue background on the top bar, and that the tagline is not left-aligned with the text in the top banner. ~Max --- ## [If Trump ignores judges and Congress remains supine, should we consider the Constitution a dead letter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-ignores-judges-and-congress-remains-supine-should-we-consider-the-constitution-a-dead-letter/1014249)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-ignores-judges-and-congress-remains-supine-should-we-consider-the-constitution-a-dead-letter/1014249 "2025-03-01T07:41:43Z")
For myself, I think so. If the president just ignores the checks and balances placed on the executive by the courts, then the only remedy is impeachment. If the congress refuses to act, then what? I think this would s… --- ## [Can't Get Bluetooth to Work on My Desktop PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-bluetooth-to-work-on-my-desktop-pc/1014604)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-bluetooth-to-work-on-my-desktop-pc/1014604 "2025-03-01T03:47:53Z")
Hi. I have some questions about my computer. I have been wanting to and planning to ask about these things for a while but I keep getting too caught up in providing details so I never end up posting so please bear with m… --- ## [How did someone post this odd symbol in a comment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947 "2025-03-01T02:41:43Z")
It’s just a plain comment field, no graphics. At the end of this sentence: I grew up here 1959-1978‼️ --- ## [Making banana pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-banana-pudding/1014901)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-banana-pudding/1014901 "2025-03-01T01:06:59Z")
Banana pudding is banana slices in vanilla pudding. What would happen if after cooking the pudding, I put the mashed bananas directly into it? --- ## [Name a movie you think EVERYONE should see at least once in their life. Everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-movie-you-think-everyone-should-see-at-least-once-in-their-life-everyone/1014287)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-movie-you-think-everyone-should-see-at-least-once-in-their-life-everyone/1014287 "2025-03-01T01:00:22Z")
So, this thread by Beckdawrek gave me inspiration. This idea formed, let’s turn it specifically towards movies. Name one movie you think everyone should be required (somehow, maybe in school? Like “required reading”) at… --- ## [Do most bathtubs have anti-slip floors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-bathtubs-have-anti-slip-floors/1014499)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-bathtubs-have-anti-slip-floors/1014499 "2025-02-28T23:15:34Z")
I had to buy a cheap mat for mine (and it’s been a little wiggly). So are most bathtubs built with anti-slip bumps or ridges? Or is that rare? It would seem to be a common sense idea. --- ## [So what does the 4.5 trillion dollar house bill actually mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-the-4-5-trillion-dollar-house-bill-actually-mean/1014852)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-the-4-5-trillion-dollar-house-bill-actually-mean/1014852 "2025-02-28T22:29:12Z")
So the house passed a bill 217-215 that can cut taxes by up to 4.5 trillion and cut spending by up to 2 trillion over the next 10 years. My understanding is those numbers are dependent, so if they can only find 1 trillio… --- ## [Boeing Struggling To Produce New Air Force Ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-struggling-to-produce-new-air-force-ones/1014357)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-struggling-to-produce-new-air-force-ones/1014357 "2025-02-28T22:10:55Z")
Apparently the folks at Boeing are behind - like, REALLY behind - on delivering new Air Force Ones. The new delivery date is just “At least 2027” and some sources say they have little hope of it happening before 2029. … --- ## [Take to the streets? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-to-the-streets-how/1014436)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-to-the-streets-how/1014436 "2025-02-28T20:53:30Z")
Here in Tennessee, the majority are blind republicans–blind to everything. None of my neighbors listens to reason, or responds to appeals to facts, logic, conscience, sentiment, or even self-interest. Marsha Blackburn i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=363&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=365&state=tracking)