# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=380 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 381 --- ## [Trump's "The forgotten men and women will no longer be forgotten"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-the-forgotten-men-and-women-will-no-longer-be-forgotten/1013697)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-the-forgotten-men-and-women-will-no-longer-be-forgotten/1013697 "2025-02-01T23:02:20Z")
The US Mint announced a new bronze “medal” today with Trump’s countenance and a quote from Trump: “THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AGAIN” embossed. I don’t know if the Mint director is a… --- ## [Should there be a new word/ name for mobile phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-new-word-name-for-mobile-phones/1013384)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-new-word-name-for-mobile-phones/1013384 "2025-02-01T22:49:24Z")
Since calling people is about 17th on the list of things people seem to do with them. Pocket comps, just plain comps? --- ## [Cosmic Microwave Background q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmic-microwave-background-q/1013633)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmic-microwave-background-q/1013633 "2025-02-01T22:32:36Z")
What distinguishes the CMB as primordial, rather than just the background temperature of intergalactic gas and dust? --- ## [Ctl-B in Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctl-b-in-facebook/1013717)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctl-b-in-facebook/1013717 "2025-02-01T22:06:51Z")
In Firefox Ctl-B is the default key to open the Fireox Bookmark panel. Facebook has now overridden that so it now opens a dialog where you can give feedback to Fadebook. Is there some way to change it back on my PC? --- ## [Was Valley Forge unusually cold when Washington was there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-valley-forge-unusually-cold-when-washington-was-there/1013257)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-valley-forge-unusually-cold-when-washington-was-there/1013257 "2025-02-01T21:41:17Z")
American school kids are often taught (or at least I was) that the American army’s time at Valley Forge was a cold and brutal period. Was it an unusually frigid winter, or has this been somewhat exaggerated? --- ## [Could Congress unilaterally change Puerto Rico's status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-unilaterally-change-puerto-ricos-status/1013595)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-unilaterally-change-puerto-ricos-status/1013595 "2025-02-01T21:37:21Z")
Could Congress unilaterally change the status of Puerto Rico? I can’t think of anything in the US Constitution that would prevent Congress from putting it under direct rule or even forcing it’s independence like Malaysia… --- ## [Different layout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530 "2025-02-01T21:28:50Z")
Have I missed an announcement? Tracking and reply look different, numbers of posts listed is smaller. --- ## [Best #1 Song of the Year: 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2024/1012001)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2024/1012001 "2025-02-01T21:15:25Z")
It’s time again for that annual tradition, in which I ask the increasingly aging population of the website to rate their favorite song out of those that made #1 on the Hot 100 this year. This year we had 18 songs make #… --- ## [Request for The Powers That Be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-the-powers-that-be/1012595)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-the-powers-that-be/1012595 "2025-02-01T21:11:50Z")
Please consider (I assume it’s possible) turning off Discourse’s post auto-moderations. Notably the restriction on post length, and the “complete sentence” one. I understand that this “feature” is designed to make post… --- ## [What is it with gross FB Reels lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624 "2025-02-01T21:11:42Z")
I haven’t looked at FB for a while, other than looking up a recipe site or yoga site, but now every day I seem to see reels of demented looking women with boobs the size of weather balloons, in t-shirts or bras, jumping… --- ## [My equilibrium has gotten out of whack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-equilibrium-has-gotten-out-of-whack/1013648)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-equilibrium-has-gotten-out-of-whack/1013648 "2025-02-01T18:29:39Z")
It started yesterday. When I woke up I had a very slight feeling of dizziness that immediately went away. But about 10 minutes later, after leaning my head back as I swallowed my pill and then leaning forward again, I … --- ## [It's not a law! (rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-law-rant/1013561)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-law-rant/1013561 "2025-02-01T17:58:27Z")
There was kind of an issue at work today because of the freezing of federal grants. We had people calling to ask if the “new law” would affect their grant. I didn’t say anything but wanted to scream, “It’s not a law!” a… --- ## [Cat up our tree (need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-up-our-tree-need-answer-kinda-fast/1013620)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-up-our-tree-need-answer-kinda-fast/1013620 "2025-02-01T17:56:55Z")
So our dog chased a cat up a 30’ tall maple tree. Currently, it’s at the VERY TOP of the tree swinging on a spindly branch apparently for dear life. The dog is back inside and the cat keeps looking fearfully at the groun… --- ## [Aetna vs. United Healthcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aetna-vs-united-healthcare/1013665)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aetna-vs-united-healthcare/1013665 "2025-02-01T17:27:20Z")
Just wondering if you had to choose between Aetna or United Healthcare, which would you choose? Could one be better, and if so, how? Is one harder to deal with than the other? --- ## [Cast a movie with actors of yesteryear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457 "2025-02-01T16:23:49Z")
You have been give all of the money and resources to make a big-budget movie. The only limitation is, you must cast it with at least three actors who are no longer with us, and therefore you also have been given a handy … --- ## [Summer Homes - however you care to define them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-homes-however-you-care-to-define-them/1013435)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-homes-however-you-care-to-define-them/1013435 "2025-02-01T15:05:12Z")
In the thread about How many houses have you lived in, I noticed a number of people talked about summer homes. And I was immediately interested. Tell us about them. Long term, short term, with relatives, whatever. Obvio… --- ## [How fervently did the British government, Margaret Thatcher in particular, oppress the Welsh language in the 1980s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fervently-did-the-british-government-margaret-thatcher-in-particular-oppress-the-welsh-language-in-the-1980s/1013308)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fervently-did-the-british-government-margaret-thatcher-in-particular-oppress-the-welsh-language-in-the-1980s/1013308 "2025-02-01T14:59:02Z")
I learned via watching Welcome to Wrexham that the English suppressed the Welsh language because reasons, probably principally because suppressing language is a tool of governments to oppress minority groups. In or aroun… --- ## [Mouse problem, adding extra letters quickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-problem-adding-extra-letters-quickly/1013468)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-problem-adding-extra-letters-quickly/1013468 "2025-02-01T14:20:11Z")
My mouse started behaving erratically. When i write on my virtual keyboard, it has starting adding extrra letters (as you could see when i wrote extra). It double clicks my letters very frequently, which seems really str… --- ## [Why no great contemporary blues singers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-great-contemporary-blues-singers/773659)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-great-contemporary-blues-singers/773659 "2025-02-01T14:10:00Z")
When I was a teenager in 60s England I was a huge fan of the blues singers, just as the Stones were. Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker (whom I actually met when he came to England), Slim Harpo, Jimmy Reed et al… --- ## [Ronald Reagan's last interview - Larry King - January 1991](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagans-last-interview-larry-king-january-1991/794174)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagans-last-interview-larry-king-january-1991/794174 "2025-02-01T12:14:59Z")
I thought this was an interesting watch. You could tell age was taking it’s toll, but he comes across sharper than my mother who is 63. He doesn’t seem like he was deep in the grips of Alzheimer’s yet. --- ## [Why is Rwanda supporting an insurgency in Democratic Republic of Congo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rwanda-supporting-an-insurgency-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/1013701)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rwanda-supporting-an-insurgency-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/1013701 "2025-02-01T12:10:57Z")
Or is it? Could someone help me come up to speed on this? Is it a continuation of the Second Congo War? (Putting this in IMHO because I doubt answers will be strictly factual, but I’m not trying to start a debate.) --- ## [Top Gun stars 4 decades later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-stars-4-decades-later/1013373)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-stars-4-decades-later/1013373 "2025-02-01T11:20:52Z")
What do people think about the photo comparisons? There are even more to be found on Google, some where Kelly McGillis looks ok for her age, others where she doesn’t. And is Tom Cruise a real life Dorian Gray? https://… --- ## [Do light waves exhibit interference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-light-waves-exhibit-interference/1013656)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-light-waves-exhibit-interference/1013656 "2025-02-01T00:45:35Z")
You throw a rock into a lake, and it causes ripples. Throw another one into the ripples and that creates ripples, that change as they hit each other. Sound blocking headphones create sound waves that cancel out the sou… --- ## [R.I.P. Marianne Faithfull](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639 "2025-02-01T00:06:49Z")
The great Marianne Faithfull has passed away, peacefully, at the age of 78. I’m too young to have been familiar with her in her Swinging London heyday, but I felel in love with the Blazing Away live album. And “The Ball… --- ## [Can someone explain the hype around China's deepseek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-hype-around-chinas-deepseek/1013498)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-hype-around-chinas-deepseek/1013498 "2025-01-31T23:37:48Z")
So my understanding is DeepSeek is comparable to maybe OpenAIs o1. Does it have reasoning skills or is it more like GPT-4? My understanding is they trained it with far less money, less computation and less hardware than… --- ## [Severance based hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-based-hypothetical/1013351)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-based-hypothetical/1013351 "2025-01-31T22:47:32Z")
Rewatching Severance S1 and imagining what the experience would be like, (For those not familiar with the show a fictional procedure is available where one can separate their brain so their work life and home life minds … --- ## [What programming language should I learn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-should-i-learn/661651)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-should-i-learn/661651 "2025-01-31T22:16:47Z")
I want to get back into programming and so what language would you recommend for 2013. Assume I have a working knowledge of ANSI-C, Pascal and JavaScript. I’m looking to do is just get acclimated with something not 15 … --- ## [Fireworks Mayhem 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2024/1003322)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2024/1003322 "2025-01-31T21:44:04Z")
It’s that time of year again. Over the next couple of weeks several good United States citizens will lose a limb and some a life in the search for the Big Bang. Homes will burn to the ground. Wildfires will erupt. Cars w… --- ## [Aircraft and Radar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-and-radar/1013663)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-and-radar/1013663 "2025-01-31T21:41:57Z")
In view of the recent tragedy at Reagan National, I’d like to understand with factual responses: a) Do commercial aircraft use their radar all the time, or only certain times? And, I believe I once heard it is not used … --- ## [Unread posts not showing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unread-posts-not-showing/1013688)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unread-posts-not-showing/1013688 "2025-01-31T19:50:42Z")
Now all of a sudden, I click on topics. It only shows me the most recent posts, tracked or not. I have to go to the bottom and click 15 unread to show the ones with blue numbers ( new posts). After I read it, I must go… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=381)