# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=399 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 400 --- ## [Help identify this prehistoric story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-prehistoric-story/1012571)
**Author:** [@CanHandleTheTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanHandleTheTruth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-prehistoric-story/1012571 "2025-01-05T22:00:05Z")
When I was a kid in the 1970’s I read a book about a stone age man who was the flint tool and weapon maker for his tribe. For some reason he and his woman were banished from the tribe and they had to survive on their own… --- ## [Are you interested in news media reporting bio info about victims?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-interested-in-news-media-reporting-bio-info-about-victims/1012499)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-interested-in-news-media-reporting-bio-info-about-victims/1012499 "2025-01-05T20:15:19Z")
On this morning’s news they were giving some mini bios about some of the people killed in the 1/1/25 New Orleans truck attack. One was an ex college athlete in his 20s, another was in town to see the game… Are you inte… --- ## [Please recommend a Diary or Journal App for Android or Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-diary-or-journal-app-for-android-or-windows/1012489)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-diary-or-journal-app-for-android-or-windows/1012489 "2025-01-05T19:38:51Z")
I used to keep a written Journal. Retrieving information required reading pages. Any recommendations for a Android or Windows App? Tags are an important feature. Search Tags for Doctors Appointments, going out to a mo… --- ## [Posting pictures in custom license thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-in-custom-license-thread/1012301)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-in-custom-license-thread/1012301 "2025-01-05T17:58:03Z")
In this thread some posters post pictures of licenses to go with what they have seen. To me that makes me uncomfortable as if violating someones privacy. At the same time, whoever chose the plate did so to display i… --- ## [English pronounciation Q: larboard/starboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-pronounciation-q-larboard-starboard/1012555)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-pronounciation-q-larboard-starboard/1012555 "2025-01-05T16:10:34Z")
This question is occasioned by my reading again Patrick O’Brian’s The Surgeon’s Mate \* where a British naval vessel, circa 1813, is wrecked on the French shore when a British naval officer, who suffers from left-right-co… --- ## [What if I buy a car that is financed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-buy-a-car-that-is-financed/1010403)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-buy-a-car-that-is-financed/1010403 "2025-01-05T10:39:46Z")
Not something I’m doing, just curious. With people looking to get out of their bad car deals, what happens if I buy a car that is financed? Do I owe anything to the finance company? Can they repo my car if the buyer d… --- ## [CNN Alternative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-alternative/1012227)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-alternative/1012227 "2025-01-05T08:50:22Z")
So I used to visit CNN periodically just to get an idea of breaking news. I’ve always found their reporting very shallow, and thus they are not worth a subscription. By way of defending this, I’ve been a subscriber to Th… --- ## [HP madness or how to confuse someone like me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-madness-or-how-to-confuse-someone-like-me/1012538)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-madness-or-how-to-confuse-someone-like-me/1012538 "2025-01-05T07:04:57Z")
I have a HP printer, error message: The print carriage cannot move. HP website wants the serial number, fair enough. Problem, I cannot find the S/N, it’s not in any of the places HP says it should be, I can find all the… --- ## [How do I effectively search this board for a topic I posted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-effectively-search-this-board-for-a-topic-i-posted/1012520)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-effectively-search-this-board-for-a-topic-i-posted/1012520 "2025-01-05T05:10:26Z")
I’m sure people have complained before about the poor search function. I’m looking for a post I’m pretty sure I created involving a solar panel build I had for my truck. The post was in the last 5 years. I can’t seem … --- ## [Best books of 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-books-of-2024/1011671)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-books-of-2024/1011671 "2025-01-05T04:57:53Z")
I know there are a couple of weeks left in the year, but we’re close enough that I have a pretty good idea of what my favorite books of the year are. I’d love to share those titles, and invite others to share their favor… --- ## [Apple TV free for days of three (January 3rd-5th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-free-for-days-of-three-january-3rd-5th/1012359)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-free-for-days-of-three-january-3rd-5th/1012359 "2025-01-05T04:07:44Z")
A chance to binge on something if you don’t already have Apple. --- ## [Writing an essay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-an-essay/1012542)
**Author:** [@Jemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jemma)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-an-essay/1012542 "2025-01-05T03:38:35Z")
I am writing an essay about the dehumanization of Jewish people during the Holocaust. Does the sentence “treated Jews like a virus that contaminated the meaning of humanity” sound weird? --- ## [Phil Collins documentary (YouTube)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-documentary-youtube/1011838)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-documentary-youtube/1011838 "2025-01-05T03:28:30Z")
If you are a fan of Phil Collins the YouTube channel Drumeo just put out a 2-hour documentary on him. It covers pretty much everything he did. The quality is excellent (surprised it is on YouTube and not PBS). Gotta s… --- ## [AC/DC's Highway to Hell. Did Bon Scott sing a racist verse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dcs-highway-to-hell-did-bon-scott-sing-a-racist-verse/705726)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dcs-highway-to-hell-did-bon-scott-sing-a-racist-verse/705726 "2025-01-05T03:21:54Z")
Every time I hear it, I swear he sings the following: Livin’ easy Lovin’ free Sees a nigger on a one way ride I looped through this verse over and over just now, and I am convinced he is not singing “Season ticket on… --- ## [Capitalism thread disappeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalism-thread-disappeared/1012534)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalism-thread-disappeared/1012534 "2025-01-05T02:27:06Z")
Did I see a thread this morning on capitalism that later disappeared? The only poster I recall from the short thread was Ulfrieda, but can’t locate the thread or their post now. Operator error–that is, me–or something el… --- ## [The Lone Ranger goes Pokeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535 "2025-01-05T00:21:09Z")
I’m watching season 5, episode 11 and the guys help a woman who has been thrown from her horse. She recovers just fine but needs to get to Fort Pikachu ! --- ## [Messages from celebrities on Cameo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-celebrities-on-cameo/994196)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-celebrities-on-cameo/994196 "2025-01-04T23:12:57Z")
There was a minor hijack in this thread. Anyone ever get a Cameo message from a celebrity? My sister did. Her then-boyfriend bought her one from Ezri Dax herself, Nicole de Boer. --- ## [Built-in Soap Holder in Shower, with Drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/built-in-soap-holder-in-shower-with-drain/1012470)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/built-in-soap-holder-in-shower-with-drain/1012470 "2025-01-04T22:13:42Z")
There’s a recess in the tiled shower wall for your soap. The floor of this recess is a special tile (or tiles) that is a grate. The grate leads into an appropriately lined shaft within the shower wall, behind the tiles… --- ## [Bomb threat in Greenville, SC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-in-greenville-sc/1012529)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-in-greenville-sc/1012529 "2025-01-04T18:08:50Z")
Yesterday Interstate 85 in South Carolina was shut down. While the local news sites were still saying that it was a hazardous chemical spill, a reporter posted on Facebook that he had information that it was a bomb threa… --- ## [How Tall was Napoleon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-was-napoleon/1012540)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-was-napoleon/1012540 "2025-01-04T16:07:22Z")
Okay, he was cartooned by the British as being very short, and his nickname was “the Little Corporal” . So, for a century or more it was assumed he was fairly short. But recently I have seen many debunking articles tha… --- ## [The rules for capitalizing (food) dishes named for their inventor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482 "2025-01-04T15:53:09Z")
Is it Oysters Rockefeller or oysters rockefeller or oysters Rockefeller? Is it Fettucine Alfredo or fettucine alfredo or fettucine Alfredo? …and so on. --- ## [When did humans like us originate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-humans-like-us-originate/1012275)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-humans-like-us-originate/1012275 "2025-01-04T13:34:24Z")
Over what span of time (because all estimates have error) did humanity as we conceive it proliferate? The answer depends upon your definitions. Match definitions to a range of estimates and we’re in FQ, not IMHO or GD. … --- ## [Moon crater question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-crater-question/1012073)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-crater-question/1012073 "2025-01-04T11:29:30Z")
I was looking at selection of close up views of craters on the moon and it struck me that the larger diameter crater were not (apparently) proportionally deep. Googling, I see I’m not the first one to make this observati… --- ## [As far as AI, is it possible that intelligence is actually much more simple than we originally thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-far-as-ai-is-it-possible-that-intelligence-is-actually-much-more-simple-than-we-originally-thought/1012130)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-far-as-ai-is-it-possible-that-intelligence-is-actually-much-more-simple-than-we-originally-thought/1012130 "2025-01-04T09:29:41Z")
Predictions a decade or so ago were that competent AI could take centuries due to how insanely complex cognition is. But we’ve gone from GPT-2 in 2019 to -o3 in 2024 which to my untrained, uneducated eye, seems to be co… --- ## [Community and Pierce Hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-and-pierce-hawthorne/1012544)
**Author:** [@Jemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jemma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-and-pierce-hawthorne/1012544 "2025-01-04T08:36:18Z")
What did everyone think of Pierce Hawthorne as the show went on? In my opinion, he started out okay but somewhat backward, but then he turned into this evil curmudgeon. Not to say I didn’t enjoy the later seasons (except… --- ## [Rate the 2024 quarterback class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-2024-quarterback-class/1000800)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-2024-quarterback-class/1000800 "2025-01-04T02:12:10Z")
Rate from 1-6 how you think the 1st round QBs will do in their career. They might be a multi-Super Bowl winner hall of famer or they might be a career backup. You decide. 1 is best, 6 is worst. The order they were picke… --- ## [Advice on home wifi sought!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-home-wifi-sought/1012423)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-home-wifi-sought/1012423 "2025-01-04T00:54:07Z")
I have working wifi at home using old Apple gear: two AirPorts and a Time Capsule (which I also use to backup my Mac). So old that the last Apple store person I spoke to didn’t even know Apple ever made wifi gear! It al… --- ## [Google madness or I'm ever more ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-madness-or-im-ever-more-ignorant/1012539)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-madness-or-im-ever-more-ignorant/1012539 "2025-01-04T00:48:57Z")
I have not been able to get into my Google account. I use my 'phone for my Google verifications. I was logged out and attempted to log in. The usual course of affairs is that a verification number gets sent to my phone… --- ## [Do you use the Honey browser extension?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-honey-browser-extension/1012506)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-honey-browser-extension/1012506 "2025-01-03T23:33:23Z")
I don’t know all of the technical details, but apparently they’ve been stealing from content creators for years. Honey was recently bought by Paypal, and now they’re being sued. LegalEagle explains it all here. --- ## [Should some "college" sports be separated from college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-some-college-sports-be-separated-from-college/1012400)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-some-college-sports-be-separated-from-college/1012400 "2025-01-03T23:07:50Z")
My basic thought is that the link between big money college sports - primarily men’s foot and basketball - and their traditional role as amateur competitions involving student athletes is becoming more and more tenuous. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=400)