# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=398 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 399 --- ## [Do singers know when they shouldn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-singers-know-when-they-shouldnt/1012502)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-singers-know-when-they-shouldnt/1012502 "2025-01-07T02:58:54Z")
In a brief aside in the latest MMP thread I mentioned about how we had gone to a concert with primarily music by Gershwin and Ellington, and how the opera singer they brought in was the wrong choice of voice for that sor… --- ## [How do I check if I have NET 6.0 on my PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-i-have-net-6-0-on-my-pc/1012630)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-i-have-net-6-0-on-my-pc/1012630 "2025-01-07T02:03:58Z")
I want to install something, and it needs to know if I have NET 6.0. I’m nervous about changing anything critical. One website suggested I open something called the Registry Editor, but that sounds like something I shoul… --- ## [The Las Vegas - Tesla truck suicide bomber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-las-vegas-tesla-truck-suicide-bomber/1012601)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-las-vegas-tesla-truck-suicide-bomber/1012601 "2025-01-07T01:42:07Z")
Don’t know what board to put this on, but it’s a political manifesto that I’m linking, so stuck it on the P&E board. Mods, please move if needed. I just read this Livelsberger guy’s manifesto, and it’s very disturbing.… --- ## [Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in vegas, one dead \[2025-01-01\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertruck-explodes-outside-trump-hotel-in-vegas-one-dead-2025-01-01/1012464)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertruck-explodes-outside-trump-hotel-in-vegas-one-dead-2025-01-01/1012464 "2025-01-07T01:10:39Z")
1 Dead After a Cybertruck Explodes Outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/car-fire-trump-hotel-las-vegas.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.l04.lEUo.kRRdcFok2lwE Not a lot of in… --- ## [EV Certification thread {EV=electoral vote}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-certification-thread-ev-electoral-vote/1012633)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-certification-thread-ev-electoral-vote/1012633 "2025-01-06T23:48:14Z")
I thought I’d start one just in case. I expect it will be very boring considering Vice-President Harris has released a video saying she will not commit an insurrection to overthrow the election. John Adams, Thomas Jeff… --- ## [Facebook Messaging Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messaging-glitch/1012603)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messaging-glitch/1012603 "2025-01-06T23:31:35Z")
For the past 2-3 years a close friend has been sending me private messages via Facebook. The messages are nearly always text with an attached link to someone else’s post on FB, or to a reel video. This has worked flawl… --- ## [Influencers and responsibility for the crimes, sins and misdemeanours of their sponsors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influencers-and-responsibility-for-the-crimes-sins-and-misdemeanours-of-their-sponsors/1012658)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influencers-and-responsibility-for-the-crimes-sins-and-misdemeanours-of-their-sponsors/1012658 "2025-01-06T21:54:05Z")
Last few weeks there has been the latest in a long series of scandals where yet another sponsor of creators on video platforms has turned out to be doing something really scammy. This time, it’s PayPal’s Honey app/brows… --- ## [OpenAI fires Sam Altman (and others leave also)(and now rehired)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/openai-fires-sam-altman-and-others-leave-also-and-now-rehired/993324)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/openai-fires-sam-altman-and-others-leave-also-and-now-rehired/993324 "2025-01-06T20:52:09Z")
seems like a landmark moment in AI-history … my guess is he will have set up another billion dollar company before any of us receive their paycheck :wink: will update with breaking news … --- ## [Humorous Allusions to Actors' Previous Roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191 "2025-01-06T20:34:21Z")
On Frasier, Laurie Metcalf as a frustrated “Nanny G” asks the titular character if he has “any idea what it’s like to play the same character for 20 years,” an allusion to Kelsey Grammar’s role on Cheers! On The Beverly… --- ## [Singing to a Dead Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-to-a-dead-lover/1010623)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-to-a-dead-lover/1010623 "2025-01-06T20:23:24Z")
After I suggested Stephen Foster’s Beautiful Dreamer as one reminding me of a movie (Mighty Joe Young, in this case. What? You think I’d pick Jezebel or The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?) I looked it up, and found this on… --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-16/1011755)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-16/1011755 "2025-01-06T20:11:05Z")
The Bills served notice that they are now the undisputed Super Bowl favorites by winning at Detroit 48-42. Buffalo became just the second team in NFL history to score 40+ points and allow 40+ points in consecutive games… --- ## [Is there a way to preserve donut shop donuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-preserve-donut-shop-donuts/1012642)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-preserve-donut-shop-donuts/1012642 "2025-01-06T19:57:58Z")
My wife and I have little self-control when we go to the local donut shop, which thankfully isn’t very often. But when we do go, we usually get a dozen various types of donuts, fritters, long Johns, etc. This is more t… --- ## [New PC build: AMD 9800X3D?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-build-amd-9800x3d/1012608)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-build-amd-9800x3d/1012608 "2025-01-06T19:37:05Z")
I have built many PCs and I am pretty good at it (not the best but good). I am about to build myself a new PC (Windows) but I am a little confused this time around. The “hot” chip now is the AMD 9800X3D for gamers (and… --- ## [Recommend a durable, hard-shelled glasses case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-durable-hard-shelled-glasses-case/1012634)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-durable-hard-shelled-glasses-case/1012634 "2025-01-06T19:21:00Z")
For my reading glasses, I need a case that is hard-shelled and closes firmly, so that the glasses won’t get crushed or fall out when the case is in my backpack. The case that came with the glasses lasted about six years… --- ## [SDMB rules 9/12/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rules-9-12-2023/990013)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rules-9-12-2023/990013 "2025-01-06T18:47:53Z")
SDMB rules have been further reorganized. A draft restatement is provided below for comment. Please note: We have attempted to eliminate redundancy and consolidate all rules on one topic in the same place. Rules are o… --- ## [How dangerous are sprouting potatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-are-sprouting-potatoes/1012144)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-are-sprouting-potatoes/1012144 "2025-01-06T18:36:26Z")
I read both that you can break off the sprouts and peel, and that they will be fine, and also to be cautious and discard. We won 10 kg (22 lbs) and don’t use them that quickly. Normally, I only buy enough for what I’m p… --- ## [Do you open both eyes on waking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-both-eyes-on-waking/995605)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-both-eyes-on-waking/995605 "2025-01-06T17:57:50Z")
Question brought on by my reading this article: Tame toxic stress with '5 resets' in 2024 : Shots - Health News : NPR but it’s not about any of the main sense of the article. It’s about the following, from the second se… --- ## [How prepared is Texas collectively and individually for this kind of blizzard scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prepared-is-texas-collectively-and-individually-for-this-kind-of-blizzard-scenario/933074)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prepared-is-texas-collectively-and-individually-for-this-kind-of-blizzard-scenario/933074 "2025-01-06T16:43:44Z")
Yeah theres a lot of people in Texas and I understand that people are different, but viewing Tiktok videos about people surviving in Texas I’m surprised a lot of people in Texas have fireplaces. Since the average temps i… --- ## [New Prime series Secret Level](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-prime-series-secret-level/1011283)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-prime-series-secret-level/1011283 "2025-01-06T16:27:17Z")
A new animated series is starting on Amazon Prime in December 10th. The show is called Secret Level. It has a basis in popular video games and is from the people behind LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS. The trailer lo… --- ## [Convincing a website I'm on a computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convincing-a-website-im-on-a-computer/1012517)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convincing-a-website-im-on-a-computer/1012517 "2025-01-06T16:05:16Z")
I’m finally getting an iPad. I’ll use it mostly for music (using an app that will show chords and lyrics). I’ve played with iPads before and one thing that always irks me is that it presents as an iOS or mobile device,… --- ## [(Old) An Air of Finality in the last 2024 MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-an-air-of-finality-in-the-last-2024-mmp/1012335)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 428\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-an-air-of-finality-in-the-last-2024-mmp/1012335 "2025-01-06T14:38:51Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 6c/44f with a predicted high of 9c/48f, and mostly cloudy. Weather app declares it to be “Cloudy, fucking bullshit!” We’re just a couple of days away from the start of a new year. I d… --- ## [Do I have a right to be a little annoyed with this Dunkin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-right-to-be-a-little-annoyed-with-this-dunkin/1012404)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-right-to-be-a-little-annoyed-with-this-dunkin/1012404 "2025-01-06T11:15:00Z")
So there is a Dunkin Donuts (I know they dropped the Donuts but I am old) I go to a lot. It’s on my walking route so several times a week I stop there for some coffee or a snack. I have been doing this for years and whil… --- ## [How do you actually 'get' medications from a compounding pharmacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-actually-get-medications-from-a-compounding-pharmacy/1012600)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-actually-get-medications-from-a-compounding-pharmacy/1012600 "2025-01-06T11:08:24Z")
So I have some health conditions and my dad has some conditions too. There are some potential treatments that require mixtures from a compounding pharmacy. If a person wanted to try those treatments, how exactly would t… --- ## [Government shutdown December 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-december-2024-edition/1011844)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-december-2024-edition/1011844 "2025-01-06T05:40:57Z")
The current federal budget will expire at midnight on Friday. In yet another replay of every budget bill this session, Speaker Johnson had to cut a deal that would allow Congress to kick the can down the road a few mont… --- ## [Porch Pirates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porch-pirates/1011661)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porch-pirates/1011661 "2025-01-06T04:02:50Z")
This is just hypothetical, m’kay? Nu, so imagine you have a porch pirate problem. Items left at your doorstep by Amazon drivers magically disappear. So, I’m wondering what is the best breed/type of bee, hornet, or wasp … --- ## [Just curious: why did I lose my Charter Member status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-did-i-lose-my-charter-member-status/1012577)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-why-did-i-lose-my-charter-member-status/1012577 "2025-01-06T02:53:37Z")
Not looking to change anything, just curious. I believe I paid for my subscription for all the years I was notified. Did I miss something? --- ## [Pocket veto question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-veto-question/1012199)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-veto-question/1012199 "2025-01-06T00:08:03Z")
I am well aware that I know so little of the subject that I may sound like an idiot even asking. So it’s my understanding that if a bill is put on the president’s desk he has 10 days to sign or to veto. If he doesn’t si… --- ## [Stray Cat In Basement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-in-basement/1012444)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-in-basement/1012444 "2025-01-05T22:57:58Z")
I spent my New Year’s Eve day trying to come up with a way to coax a stray cat out of my basement. I discovered it on my way to work as I was checking my cellar door which apparently had blown open. Someone in the neigh… --- ## [There is no dark side in the moon. Matter of fact, it's all dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-dark-side-in-the-moon-matter-of-fact-its-all-dark/1012586)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-dark-side-in-the-moon-matter-of-fact-its-all-dark/1012586 "2025-01-05T22:42:51Z")
Woke up this morning with the wonderful lyrics from “Eclipse” in my head. It’s hard to explain how they make me feel. They encompass everything, yet still make me feel desolate? And then the heartbeat with that mystical … --- ## [FYI: Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 is currently happening (benefitting the Prevent Cancer Foundation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-awesome-games-done-quick-2025-is-currently-happening-benefitting-the-prevent-cancer-foundation/1012597)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-awesome-games-done-quick-2025-is-currently-happening-benefitting-the-prevent-cancer-foundation/1012597 "2025-01-05T22:31:42Z")
Awesome Games Done Quick is a Twitch stream of people speed running various games. It is done to support The Prevent Cancer Foundation [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=397) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=399)