# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=390&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 391 --- ## [Interesting experience with history in windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-experience-with-history-in-windows/1013185)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-experience-with-history-in-windows/1013185 "2025-01-20T23:47:43Z")
I tell this story mainly in case you have a similar problem. I was playing the Times Spelling Bee earlier today. You are given seven letters and have to make as many words as you can using only those letters (one lette… --- ## [Buying a house in the current and upcoming market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-house-in-the-current-and-upcoming-market/1013058)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-house-in-the-current-and-upcoming-market/1013058 "2025-01-20T23:13:45Z")
I (tl;dr, need-to-know) have or will soon have a pretty solid nest egg available. I have a relative here which is also a realtor who said she’ll help me find something. But I’m not sure if I should sit on my stash unti… --- ## [2024 SDMB Photo of the Year poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589 "2025-01-20T21:25:23Z")
This thread is to determine the 2024 SDMB Photo of the Year. These photos are the winners of our 2024 monthly contests (there are more than 12 entries on account of ties). Please vote for your 3 favorite photos, using w… --- ## [OkGo has a new video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-has-a-new-video/1013043)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-has-a-new-video/1013043 "2025-01-20T21:06:24Z")
It doesn’t look like it’s a “one take” but a decent song. --- ## [How to keep the YouTube timeline available at all times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-the-youtube-timeline-available-at-all-times/1013171)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-the-youtube-timeline-available-at-all-times/1013171 "2025-01-20T19:36:06Z")
I mostly use YT for work. I’d like to keep the timeline visible at all times so I don’t have to stop the video to mark the time and write my notes. I can’t find anything useful online. I can leave the cursor on the tim… --- ## [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9998\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2025-01-20T19:23:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) - #10006 by JohnT. Previous discussions: A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfr… --- ## [Eisenhower's 1950s Deportation Program (Ignorance Fought)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eisenhowers-1950s-deportation-program-ignorance-fought/1013158)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eisenhowers-1950s-deportation-program-ignorance-fought/1013158 "2025-01-20T18:27:19Z")
NOTE: I’m not justifying, normalizing, or endorsing trump’s mass deportation plans. But I didn’t know about this thing the article talks about. I was only a toddler at the time . And it was the era of rounding up black p… --- ## [Mike Johnson finding pushback from some conservatives on proxy voting for new moms in Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-johnson-finding-pushback-from-some-conservatives-on-proxy-voting-for-new-moms-in-congress/1013123)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-johnson-finding-pushback-from-some-conservatives-on-proxy-voting-for-new-moms-in-congress/1013123 "2025-01-20T18:26:53Z")
There are some members of Congress who are tired of being told they can’t vote by proxy when they’re very pregnant or have recently given birth. Some of them are Republicans, and they’re fighting back against Mike Johnso… --- ## [Is there any benefit to employing someone who's in National Guard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-benefit-to-employing-someone-whos-in-national-guard/1012869)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-benefit-to-employing-someone-whos-in-national-guard/1012869 "2025-01-20T18:08:25Z")
When I think of all the instances of states employing NG–distributing food, border patrol, riots, fires, etc. why would any employer hire them, knowing they would have to pay them without them doing their job for extend… --- ## [Youtube requiring sign-in to watch videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-requiring-sign-in-to-watch-videos/1013131)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-requiring-sign-in-to-watch-videos/1013131 "2025-01-20T18:01:06Z")
As the title says, this is something that has just started happening to me. Is anyone else experiencing this? --- ## [What's the deal with Trump's Inaguration Committee's inability to secure "A" list talent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192 "2025-01-20T17:36:05Z")
I am more than a bit surprised by the difficulty them seem to be having in securing any A list talent. I did not vote for Trump, but the reality is that he’s now the POTUS and you’d think there be some non-country, non-r… --- ## [(Old) Halfway through the month - Midway in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910 "2025-01-20T16:21:18Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 4c/39f with a predicted high of 5c/40f, and cloudy. Weather app says “Someone obviously fucking pissed off Mother Nature. It was probably that fucking dickweed, Father Time.” Yes, it’… --- ## [English-language books in Cyrillic script?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-books-in-cyrillic-script/595397)
**Author:** [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-books-in-cyrillic-script/595397 "2025-01-20T16:03:40Z")
Someone tell me if this is a stupid idea. Anyway, Cyrillic script has always mystified me by looking enough like Latin script that I feel I should be able to read it, yet on closer inspection turning out to be completel… --- ## [Fuck Trump and his followers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-trump-and-his-followers/1009749)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-trump-and-his-followers/1009749 "2025-01-20T16:03:37Z")
Fuck all you supposed “fence sitters” who were capable of ignoring the nasty and illegal crap he has done and has promised to do…but had no problem finding nits to pick to make it look like both sides were equally bad i… --- ## [So my shoulder is a mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048 "2025-01-20T15:49:26Z")
I have been dealing with shoulder pain for more than 6 months now. It started out similar to the frozen shoulder on the other side that I had back in 2019 that almost entire resolved after a cortisone shot and a couple o… --- ## [Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-the-law-of-the-land/1013093)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-the-law-of-the-land/1013093 "2025-01-20T14:13:30Z")
Three days before leaving office, President Biden announced that the Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land, about five years after it was ratified by the mandatory three-quarters of states - but after a long peri… --- ## [Recommendations for dentists outside the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-dentists-outside-the-usa/828344)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-dentists-outside-the-usa/828344 "2019-01-24T20:40:36Z")
I live in the New York area. And I have dental issues. I’m going to need extensive work. It’s not going to be pleasant, and it’s not going to be cheap. I’m considering going abroad to get the work done to keep my costs… --- ## [Are there things that have been discussed to death that we should not debate anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649 "2025-01-20T13:29:31Z")
Inspired by this blog post I read ( Discourses We Can Stop Having, Ranked | Defector), do you think there are certain topics or discussions so played out, so thoroughly analyzed, that any further discussions are pointles… --- ## [So I'm Getting 1600 Square Feet... Way too long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-1600-square-feet-way-too-long/1012660)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-1600-square-feet-way-too-long/1012660 "2025-01-20T06:59:13Z")
Our house has an in-law apartment in the basement. When we moved in I freshened it up with a new kitchen and a few other upgrades. I replaced the wood fireplace with a gas insert. There’s a wet bar in the living area and… --- ## [Jeff Beck's guitar collection goes on sale next week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-becks-guitar-collection-goes-on-sale-next-week/1013122)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-becks-guitar-collection-goes-on-sale-next-week/1013122 "2025-01-20T03:54:16Z")
Wow, what a monumental collection of axes. They go on sale January 22nd. Get your bids in soon! Link to Christie’s auction website – it has a virtual tour and a link to watch the auction live on youtube. You can view t… --- ## [Ammunition stores in SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-stores-in-socal/1013125)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-stores-in-socal/1013125 "2025-01-19T22:35:59Z")
BBC had some reporters with rather inside access to the burned ruins of California (one guy said he also reported for Fox) then they went to another reporter who was amidst smokey ruins and basically rummaging through am… --- ## [Can you name this 1970s-1980s-ish British smut film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-1970s-1980s-ish-british-smut-film/1013019)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-1970s-1980s-ish-british-smut-film/1013019 "2025-01-19T22:24:49Z")
Lately a memory from back in my childhood has been sneaking into my consciousness. For context, my parents kind of only haphazardly monitored what I watched, and I saw my share (and your share and his share and her share… --- ## [Please stop using the phrase "In this economy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-the-phrase-in-this-economy/1013020)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-the-phrase-in-this-economy/1013020 "2025-01-19T21:53:24Z")
I am really getting infuriated with this. Economies are not binary. They are not simply “good” or “bad.” Competent viewers of society should understand that in “this economy”, 2025, probably most of the people in the … --- ## [Plasma TV exploded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-exploded/1013117)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-exploded/1013117 "2025-01-19T21:40:32Z")
So I’m watching TV yesterday on my old LG plasma TV (60PN5300 if it matters), and suddenly there’s a loud BANG and the TV is now completely dead. No power light. I guess a transformer in the TV exploded? Does that make s… --- ## [Disposable Stadium Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposable-stadium-syndrome/1005613)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposable-stadium-syndrome/1005613 "2025-01-19T18:02:22Z")
…strikes again, after claiming stadiums in Atlanta and Arlington, this time in Cleveland, maybe: Digging deeper, the replacement for old Municipal Stadium was simply plopped onto the original footprint of MS, with lit… --- ## [Questions about the end of 'Half Life 2' (spoilers for a 20 year old video game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-end-of-half-life-2-spoilers-for-a-20-year-old-video-game/1013011)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-end-of-half-life-2-spoilers-for-a-20-year-old-video-game/1013011 "2025-01-19T16:46:19Z")
So I picked up ‘Half Life 2’ on sale for a buck over the holidays, and just finished it last night. I was never much of a gamer until just a few years ago-- that is, I was an arcade rat in the 80s, but totally missed th… --- ## [What happened to Mike Malloy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mike-malloy/16276)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mike-malloy/16276 "2025-01-19T15:44:00Z")
He WAS a radio host on WLS-AM 8900. Now, he’s not listed anywhere on their site. Geesh! You stop listening for a couple days and everything goes haywire. Well, either you’re closing your eyes to a situation you do not … --- ## [Educational game modelling early 20th Century alliances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104 "2025-01-19T00:07:06Z")
Back in 1979 in middle school, my history class did an activity where the class divided into teams, each representing a fictional nation with a certain amount of military power (army/navy). The teams could form alliances… --- ## [My Hypothesis: The Democrats are now the more conservative party than the GOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hypothesis-the-democrats-are-now-the-more-conservative-party-than-the-gop/1012834)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hypothesis-the-democrats-are-now-the-more-conservative-party-than-the-gop/1012834 "2025-01-18T23:06:39Z")
Am I right? And does it even matter? I have been thinking about what the two parties now stand for, and what the candidates talked about during the campaigns: Kamala Harris - Her policies would run up far less debt th… --- ## [Windows 11 Location](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-location/1013079)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-location/1013079 "2025-01-18T22:49:12Z")
A few days ago my W11 decided that I had moved to New Zealand and adjusted the time accordingly. I reset it manually and reset it to automatic. Today, it did the same thing again. Does anyone have any idea what’s going … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=389&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=391&state=tracking)