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**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-free-e-mail-hosting-from-my-own-domain/1011454 "2024-12-20T21:26:03Z")
I’ve owned and maintained a business domain, website, and e-mail address for decades. I retired three years ago, and although I want to continue to keep the site up, I no longer use the e-mail address. It’s all hosted a… --- ## [Advanced voice mode on ChatGPT is amazing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-voice-mode-on-chatgpt-is-amazing/1007712)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-voice-mode-on-chatgpt-is-amazing/1007712 "2024-12-20T20:19:57Z")
I have been waiting impatiently for this ever since the announcement months ago and just 15 minutes ago it finally came ! I haven’t done anything special just conducted a bunch of regular conversations but it’s remarkab… --- ## [I’d like an illuminated, solar powered house number - doable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-like-an-illuminated-solar-powered-house-number-doable/1011726)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-like-an-illuminated-solar-powered-house-number-doable/1011726 "2024-12-20T20:08:16Z")
Old house, wiring is difficult to change. I’ve had delivery people tell me they couldn’t see my unilluminated house number. Is there such a thing as a solar powered house number? I’ve googled and not found anything, b… --- ## [How did my computer use my credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-my-computer-use-my-credit-card/1011902)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-my-computer-use-my-credit-card/1011902 "2024-12-20T19:05:02Z")
When my 11 year old grandson is visiting he plays Roblox and Mario Brothers on my computer. He is quite skilled and writes/edits games. He shows me how to edit the timeline and add sound, effects, etc. So every now and t… --- ## [Why are mittens still made? Are there advantages over gloves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mittens-still-made-are-there-advantages-over-gloves/1010666)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mittens-still-made-are-there-advantages-over-gloves/1010666 "2024-12-20T18:44:20Z")
I haven’t lived in an extremely cold climate since childhood. I own and use gloves. Including a nice soft calf skin pair I wear on chilly winter days. Great for driving when the steering wheel is cold. They look nice wh… --- ## [Reverse Disease Transfer Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-disease-transfer-question/684501)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-disease-transfer-question/684501 "2024-12-20T18:28:32Z")
While the white man was spreading west across North America during the 19th century it’s well documented that the Indians living on the plains were exposed to, and succumbed to, a variety of diseases passed to them from… --- ## [I wrote a clerihew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-clerihew/1011830)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-clerihew/1011830 "2024-12-20T18:17:08Z")
And I don’t think I can share it anywhere except here. “What’s a clerihew?” Donald J. Trump Said, "I’m nobody’s chump! "I didn’t get shot 'cause I turned my head, “And on election night that map was red, so red, the… --- ## [First Contact Headline News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-contact-headline-news/1011926)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-contact-headline-news/1011926 "2024-12-20T18:16:53Z")
SETI confirms arrival of extraterrestrials on planet Earth. Create headlines we’re likely to see. Here’s a few to start you off: USA Today: First Contact! Americans Ask: Will They Take Our Jobs or just Our Self-Esteem? … --- ## [Can anyone read this Japanese writing from a music video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925 "2024-12-20T17:45:18Z")
Hi People, I’d love to find what the song is in this (time stamped) video… It only appears briefly for a few seconds. (Cool or what ?!) Can anyone translate for me ? Thanks. --- ## [What distinguishes a pogrom from a race riot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-distinguishes-a-pogrom-from-a-race-riot/1010460)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-distinguishes-a-pogrom-from-a-race-riot/1010460 "2024-12-20T16:55:34Z")
Posting in the pit because this topic is somewhat political, but i prefer the more open discussion style of the pit to the narrower, more focused style of p&e. I feel like the word “pogrom” had been used a lot on this b… --- ## [WAY more than you wanted to know about Rudy Giuliani](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-rudy-giuliani/984095)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-rudy-giuliani/984095 "2024-12-20T16:53:23Z")
I was going to start this in P&E but frankly there’s zero chance it wouldn’t end up in the Pit anyway, as you will see. Also: Trigger Warning as the linked document gives details of sexual assault. Short version: Forme… --- ## [What is this metal plate on a British soldier's Revolutionary War uniform? {Ghosts-US}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-metal-plate-on-a-british-soldiers-revolutionary-war-uniform-ghosts-us/1011673)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-metal-plate-on-a-british-soldiers-revolutionary-war-uniform-ghosts-us/1011673 "2024-12-20T16:51:09Z")
DISCLAIMER: There may, of course, be multiple historical inacurracies in the Costume Department of a network sitcom, so let’s not quibble about that. Assuming that British soldiers really did dress like this, then what… --- ## [Why are police breaking up Amazon strikes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-breaking-up-amazon-strikes/1011899)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-breaking-up-amazon-strikes/1011899 "2024-12-20T15:28:42Z")
At the picket line in Queens, New York, police arrested and released Anthony Rosario, a Teamsters organizer, and Jogernsyn Cardenas, one of the striking workers, and then threatened mass arrests before breaking the li… --- ## [Signature foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-foods/1011815)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-foods/1011815 "2024-12-20T15:21:29Z")
I heard a food critic say recently that if you want to try a great example of any signature food item associated with a geographic area, DON’T go to the city/area that’s known for it. He claimed there’s a tendency to get… --- ## [I love Fleetwood Mac but I would not call them “classic rock.” (Spin-off discussion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fleetwood-mac-but-i-would-not-call-them-classic-rock-spin-off-discussion/1005236)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fleetwood-mac-but-i-would-not-call-them-classic-rock-spin-off-discussion/1005236 "2024-12-20T15:14:57Z")
I LOVE Fleetwood Mac but I would not call them “classic rock.” They are in the rock genre to be sure but I would say they are, by FAR, the best pop-rock band ever. Bar none. But not classic rock. ETA: Beatles are clo… --- ## [Songs that would have been as big a hit if sung by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-would-have-been-as-big-a-hit-if-sung-by-someone-else/973906)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-would-have-been-as-big-a-hit-if-sung-by-someone-else/973906 "2024-12-20T15:08:44Z")
Have you ever listened to a song and thought, “This would have been great if (fill in the blank) had sung it!”? This thought came to me on the way to work today while I was listening to Elton John belting out “I’m Still… --- ## [The Godfather Trilogy: An American Tragedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather-trilogy-an-american-tragedy/1007177)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather-trilogy-an-american-tragedy/1007177 "2024-12-20T15:08:09Z")
Is the saga a demonstration of the failure of Michael to achieve the American dream of escaping the responsibilities of protecting his family? When I watched it I felt it was more a corruption of the American dream --- ## [Dash Cam Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dash-cam-question/1011691)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dash-cam-question/1011691 "2024-12-20T14:48:22Z")
Do windshield-mounted dash cams all require a cord run up or around the windshield from a power source to function? --- ## [Piano-Bass-Drums Trios in Rock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piano-bass-drums-trios-in-rock/1008233)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piano-bass-drums-trios-in-rock/1008233 "2024-12-20T14:38:05Z")
The piano-bass-drums trio is one of the classic formats in jazz, and (almost ?) all jazz pianists have played in one at some point : Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Horace Silver, Lennie Tristano, Brad Mehldau,… --- ## [I pit the "infinite" monkeys study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573 "2024-12-20T14:37:18Z")
Ok it take a LOT to irritate me at this exact point in history that is not related to a certain orange felonious fascist. But this managed it: I can only assume the authors of this paper are just trolling. Of course a … --- ## [Why is 'God' such a great song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-such-a-great-song/1009480)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-such-a-great-song/1009480 "2024-12-20T14:35:23Z")
By John Lennon I am a music theory illiterate. Possibly due to my hearing disability I can’t pick up key signatures and their changes. Same with time changes. But the music in God stands out (to me) as so beautiful …… --- ## [Humor/satire of the 1950s and 1960s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-satire-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/1009348)
**Author:** [@ggf.nyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ggf.nyc)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-satire-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/1009348 "2024-12-20T14:29:44Z")
I’m hoping to get some suggestions of humorists and satirists from the '50s and '60s (and I’ll even take the '70s!). I recently finished Peter Devries’s “Without a Stitch in Time,” which left me wanting more. I’m a big f… --- ## [Color blind with eyes closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-blind-with-eyes-closed/1011851)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-blind-with-eyes-closed/1011851 "2024-12-20T13:33:04Z")
I was rubbing my closed eyes, noting the random colors that it induced. I wondered if a color blind person might see the colors they are otherwise blind to when doing this. Is the pressure of rubbing the eyes triggering… --- ## [Is the DMV / traffic department / transport office / etc. a universally horrible experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dmv-traffic-department-transport-office-etc-a-universally-horrible-experience/1011753)
**Author:** [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dmv-traffic-department-transport-office-etc-a-universally-horrible-experience/1011753 "2024-12-20T13:02:15Z")
Inspired by a four-hour odyssey to renew my driver’s license this morning… The place you have to go to to register your car or get your driver’s license, whatever you call it. Is it a terrible bureaucratic experience ev… --- ## [If you like Pina Coladas, stay the hell out of Fiji](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-pina-coladas-stay-the-hell-out-of-fiji/1011712)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-pina-coladas-stay-the-hell-out-of-fiji/1011712 "2024-12-20T09:13:52Z")
At the same hospital, a guy who got pneumonia getting caught in the rain and two cases of intimate sand abrasion from the dunes by the cape. --- ## [Fuck Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235 "2024-12-20T07:30:18Z")
I should feel ashamed of being angry and contemptuous of people who eagerly build homes on beaches and then lose everything in the inevitable flooding, but I do not. Guess what, assholes. Global climate change is going … --- ## [Token chinese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635 "2024-12-20T02:50:37Z")
Today, the chinese have taken over Hollywood. Any chinese produced movie MUST have at least one chinese actor (good or bad). The chinese market is too big to deny. Is Hollywood taken over by stronger forces, or what say … --- ## [How to Dress for Teams Interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dress-for-teams-interview/1011686)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dress-for-teams-interview/1011686 "2024-12-19T23:26:36Z")
How should I dress for an interview over Teams (with camera on). I assume dress shirt and tie. Is a jacket necessary? This is an IT position but not in a managerial role, per se. However, the role would liaison with mana… --- ## [Why does Kroger have so many aliases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kroger-have-so-many-aliases/943995)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kroger-have-so-many-aliases/943995 "2024-12-19T23:11:17Z")
In my area (Wisconsin), Kroger is called Pick 'n Save. In other places, it’s called Pay Less Super Market, Fry’s Food Store, among other names. Why do they do this, exactly? It seems very meaningless to have 15-20 names … --- ## [Most U.S Straight Dope Readers Can Get Free $125 (in reality, $5)--Equifax Data Breach Settlement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-u-s-straight-dope-readers-can-get-free-125-in-reality-5-equifax-data-breach-settlement/837591)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-u-s-straight-dope-readers-can-get-free-125-in-reality-5-equifax-data-breach-settlement/837591 "2024-12-19T22:45:12Z")
So your alternatives are: Free $125 (no documentation needed) or Free credit monitoring (no documentation needed) or Substantially more if you document your costs/losses To see if you are covered: https://eligibil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=410&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=412&state=watching)