# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=373&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 374 --- ## [Searching for a Remote Job Later In Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-remote-job-later-in-life/1014282)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-remote-job-later-in-life/1014282 "2025-02-16T17:34:17Z")
Hi. I don’t normally post in FQ (and I’m a little nervous). I’m around 60 and I need to find a remote job. My driving skills aren’t the best so I need it to be remote. I’ve gone the LinkedIn / CareerBuilder / Monster… --- ## [TV switches on by itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-switches-on-by-itself/1014213)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-switches-on-by-itself/1014213 "2025-02-16T16:26:22Z")
This afternoon, I was at my desk working. Suddenly sound from the other room. Then Trump’s and Musk’s voices. It was the unwelcome live broadcast from the Oval Office that is elsewhere a topic of discussion tonight. Tha… --- ## [A lesson for oppressed minorities: don't leave your memorials in the hands of any government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesson-for-oppressed-minorities-dont-leave-your-memorials-in-the-hands-of-any-government/1014362)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesson-for-oppressed-minorities-dont-leave-your-memorials-in-the-hands-of-any-government/1014362 "2025-02-16T15:49:16Z")
Now the Stonewall website has removed all reference to Transgender, and is removing Queer. I don’t know what the National Park Service is doing to the physical memorial, but I can only suppose that it will follow suit, o… --- ## [2^256 possibilities is impossible to calculate but we can calculate prime numbers to 2^136,279,841 -1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-256-possibilities-is-impossible-to-calculate-but-we-can-calculate-prime-numbers-to-2-136-279-841-1/1014348)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-256-possibilities-is-impossible-to-calculate-but-we-can-calculate-prime-numbers-to-2-136-279-841-1/1014348 "2025-02-16T15:31:45Z")
I was watching a video by the excellent YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown and they claimed calculating all possibilities of 2^256 would take many, many, many times the age of the universe even with many galaxies filled with co… --- ## [Musk & Vance Tags were added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vance-tags-were-added/1014029)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vance-tags-were-added/1014029 "2025-02-16T15:00:07Z")
I ask because I would like to mute threads about him (along with Trump and P&E) for a day or two each week to help maintain my sanity. I assume this is something the mods have to do. --- ## [Migrating Thunderbird email from one Windows environment to another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrating-thunderbird-email-from-one-windows-environment-to-another/1014363)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrating-thunderbird-email-from-one-windows-environment-to-another/1014363 "2025-02-16T07:28:03Z")
I’m shifting allthegood’s computing environment from a Windows 7 virtual machine to a Windows 10 setup. Her email is handled by Thunderbird. She’s not in love with it but she likes that it grabs email from several diff… --- ## [Who's Got it Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-got-it-now/1002199)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-got-it-now/1002199 "2025-02-16T07:13:58Z")
Started feeling shitty mid day Sunday. Was in bed by 7pm. Spent all day in bed Monday. Today I’d say I’m slightly better; can catch up on emails. My only symptom is the fever and the chills, aches, etc that go along with… --- ## [What the heck is an "escape room"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-an-escape-room/1014038)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-an-escape-room/1014038 "2025-02-16T05:03:06Z")
I came across this term and Googled it: But that isn’t everything I need to know. Dopers, help me out. Obviously, I’m completely stuck in fuddy-duddy land. Have you escaped to one of these? --- ## [Manufacturer Of The Jytmus Steel Tongue Drum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturer-of-the-jytmus-steel-tongue-drum/1014369)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturer-of-the-jytmus-steel-tongue-drum/1014369 "2025-02-16T04:01:05Z")
I bought my beloved a Jytmus and gave it to her for Valentine’s day. I bought the Jytmus at Goodwill. I knew before buying that the box contained only the actual drum. It was missing the drum bag, music book, drum mallet… --- ## [How old is gold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-gold/1014105)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-gold/1014105 "2025-02-16T01:10:00Z")
I get that gold on the molecular level is older than the earth, but how long has it been since gold in say a random gold ring for sale at a mall jewelry shop been since it was mined? Is it possible or probable part of it… --- ## [Why do things sound different in extremely cold weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-things-sound-different-in-extremely-cold-weather/1014130)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-things-sound-different-in-extremely-cold-weather/1014130 "2025-02-16T00:04:21Z")
It’s been a while since I was outdoors at temperatures well below zero (like -10F, -20F). But my recollection was that things sounded “different” on those occasions, as if there were an exceptional level of clarity. In… --- ## [Proverbs meaning the opposite in English or other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proverbs-meaning-the-opposite-in-english-or-other-languages/1014027)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proverbs-meaning-the-opposite-in-english-or-other-languages/1014027 "2025-02-15T23:26:01Z")
In my native German, there are the proverbs “Gegensätze ziehen sich an” which directly translates to “Opposites attract”, and “Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern”, which means something like “Same and same like to socia… --- ## [Pitting Uzi's useless claim about the SDMB being an echo chamber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060 "2025-02-15T17:47:33Z")
Sure, mainly lefties here, with (for the most part) concurring viewpoints, but how freaking worthless as fuck is it to whine about this place being an echo chamber when just about every single freaking media outlet, whet… --- ## [Rare amethyst type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-amethyst-type/1014081)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-amethyst-type/1014081 "2025-02-15T16:29:59Z")
I was watching a video about gemstones and one of the ones listed was a giant amethyst cathedral geode. They said it was a rare type, and I thought they called it “frogs eye” but I can’t find anything if I search for tha… --- ## [Another law question based on Law & Order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-law-question-based-on-law-order/1014291)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-law-question-based-on-law-order/1014291 "2025-02-15T15:28:25Z")
In the episode “Darwinian” a woman strikes a man with her car, trapping him on the hood; she returns home, and leaves him to die in her garage (crying for help until he perishes). At trial, herclawyer produces evidence t… --- ## [Take my breath away \[inhaling cold air\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-my-breath-away-inhaling-cold-air/1014338)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-my-breath-away-inhaling-cold-air/1014338 "2025-02-15T14:20:42Z")
Recently my part of the country had a sharp cold spell and with a very windy night. At one point a gust of wind occurred at the same time I was inhaling. It seemed for a few seconds that I could not breathe in. Was this … --- ## [Super Bowl LIX - Game Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lix-game-day/1014098)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lix-game-day/1014098 "2025-02-15T14:04:41Z")
Today’s the big day. Time to get your licks in. Starting a new omnibus thread for pre-game discussion, predictions, commercials, and of course the game itself. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles Time: Sunday, 6:… --- ## [What's with "Consensus Culture" at the office leading to nothing getting done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-consensus-culture-at-the-office-leading-to-nothing-getting-done/1013807)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-consensus-culture-at-the-office-leading-to-nothing-getting-done/1013807 "2025-02-15T13:21:18Z")
The break room fridge at my work broke. Since it wasn’t provided by the job rather by an employee our job as no reason to replace it. The moment it happened an employee went around asking if we should take up money and … --- ## [I know perfectly well I can’t ban anyone from my thread. Good thing I didn’t say that then](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-perfectly-well-i-can-t-ban-anyone-from-my-thread-good-thing-i-didn-t-say-that-then/1014215)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-perfectly-well-i-can-t-ban-anyone-from-my-thread-good-thing-i-didn-t-say-that-then/1014215 "2025-02-15T13:02:31Z")
I know perfectly well I can’t ban anyone from my thread. Good thing I didn’t say that then. I implicitly welcome all visitors to my threads, but withdrew it for an individual. For what that’s worth, my words are merely—… --- ## [Coriolis effect and location inside a spinning object](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coriolis-effect-and-location-inside-a-spinning-object/1013792)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coriolis-effect-and-location-inside-a-spinning-object/1013792 "2025-02-15T12:29:35Z")
In several of the Expanse books, the authors contend that the Coriolis effect is greater closer to the axis. For example in Nemesis Game: Bistro Rzhavchina was high up toward the center of spin. Coriolis here start… --- ## [North Korea is back open for tourists-Would you go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240 "2025-02-15T10:52:25Z")
Interestingly, there have been no Chinese tourists as of yet, only Russians. I personally would never go, and I’ve heard too many horror stories in the media and it sounds like such a grim place. --- ## [What can you tell me about hologram fans and the pictures they create](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-hologram-fans-and-the-pictures-they-create/1014337)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-hologram-fans-and-the-pictures-they-create/1014337 "2025-02-15T05:46:07Z")
I’ve seen videos of them creating beautiful creatures, famous people and even Christmas trees. Do they work? Are there drawbacks? Tell me the good and the bad, please. --- ## [Question about Southern Cuisine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-southern-cuisine/1013899)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-southern-cuisine/1013899 "2025-02-15T02:32:21Z")
I just saw Chef Gordon Ramsay making Mac and Cheese in a New Orleans restaurant. Looked to me like the “macaroni” was spaghetti or linguine, not the stuff you’d get from Kraft or Annie’s. Is this common down South? --- ## [Bad bad bad Becks kissing booth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-becks-kissing-booth/1014327)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-becks-kissing-booth/1014327 "2025-02-15T02:10:57Z")
So…how’s your Cupids bow ? You know that indentation under your nose above your lip. When its right its adorable. If its not there, its forgotten. Mine was never a thing, to my dismay. Then I had a car wreck. I had … --- ## [Tour de France 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454 "2025-02-14T22:39:39Z")
This Saturday marks the beginning of this year’s edition of the big bicycle race in France. I haven’t been following racing as closely this year as I have in the past several since GCN+ shuttered their streaming service,… --- ## [Catholic Priests Molesting Children: Was This Always Known About?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-priests-molesting-children-was-this-always-known-about/975380)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-priests-molesting-children-was-this-always-known-about/975380 "2025-02-14T22:04:10Z")
I watched a TV series that took place, in part, c. 1928 in New Orleans. There’s a scene where two Catholic priests are murdered violently, and a witness says something to the effect that the townsfolk are just going to c… --- ## [How would this headline make you feel: "Trump proposes fixing social security by investing trust fund in $Trump coin?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-headline-make-you-feel-trump-proposes-fixing-social-security-by-investing-trust-fund-in-trump-coin/1013137)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-headline-make-you-feel-trump-proposes-fixing-social-security-by-investing-trust-fund-in-trump-coin/1013137 "2025-02-14T22:01:19Z")
He already declared he is considering creating a US strategic reserve of bitcoin and other crypto currencies. Where would he get the money for this? Selling bonds? --- ## [We ran out of heating oil while it was 18 degrees, but I learned some useful stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ran-out-of-heating-oil-while-it-was-18-degrees-but-i-learned-some-useful-stuff/1014052)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ran-out-of-heating-oil-while-it-was-18-degrees-but-i-learned-some-useful-stuff/1014052 "2025-02-14T21:40:29Z")
For about 25 years we’ve had a maintenance plan where our heating oil supplier’s “model” would estimate when it was time to refill. I’m not sure how that all worked, but we never ran out, so there’s that. One day, howev… --- ## [Is this real? Musk in the oval office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-musk-in-the-oval-office/1014202)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-musk-in-the-oval-office/1014202 "2025-02-14T20:27:48Z")
Is this real? AI? WTAF is going on in America? https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1inaszr/musk\_crashes\_trumps\_interview\_and\_goes\_on\_an\_info/ --- ## [Dry cat food for weight gain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cat-food-for-weight-gain/1014294)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cat-food-for-weight-gain/1014294 "2025-02-14T19:04:24Z")
Our (almost) 12-year-old female cat, Goo, weighs like 9 ½ pounds. Her thyroid T4 levels are on the high side of normal, and we’re taking her in for another blood draw in a month. She is active and happy, but we want he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=372&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=374&state=tracking)