# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=433&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 434 --- ## [Search Box: @Name Filter and Autocomplete Inoperative When \[in this topic\] Selected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-box-name-filter-and-autocomplete-inoperative-when-in-this-topic-selected/1010398)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-box-name-filter-and-autocomplete-inoperative-when-in-this-topic-selected/1010398 "2024-11-18T15:37:19Z")
HI folks - This is a long-standing defect, like from when we first switched to Discourse. I’m finally getting around to beefing about it. Repro: On any topic page, click the magnifying glass then begin by entering @ in… --- ## [Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson fights Friday night!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth-mike-tyson-fights-friday-night/1010144)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth-mike-tyson-fights-friday-night/1010144 "2024-11-18T14:34:58Z")
Mike Tyson fights Friday night. Who else will be watching? Mike Tyson is 58. Jake Paul is 27. Their fight is in Arlington TX. Will you watch? What do you expect? I rememb… --- ## [Purple skin anime character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-skin-anime-character/1010349)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-skin-anime-character/1010349 "2024-11-18T14:12:54Z")
I saw a reddish purple skinned anime character recently and now it’s driving me crazy trying to think of who it was. It’s definitely anime style, probably scifi like Voltron or Macross. I thought briefly I might be mist… --- ## [iPhone and pictures: how to send pic as file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-and-pictures-how-to-send-pic-as-file/1010392)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-and-pictures-how-to-send-pic-as-file/1010392 "2024-11-18T14:09:30Z")
When I take a picture on my iPhone and forward it to my desktop by e-mail, the pic is reproduced in the body of the e-mail. It doesn’t go as a file and I can’t figure out how to save it as a file on my desktop. What am … --- ## [Changing the arrangement of the numbers on a laptop with a number pad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-arrangement-of-the-numbers-on-a-laptop-with-a-number-pad/1010376)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-arrangement-of-the-numbers-on-a-laptop-with-a-number-pad/1010376 "2024-11-18T08:53:23Z")
Hi, everyone. I have a laptop with a ‘full’ keyboard that includes a number pad. I already know how to switch the keyboard layout - I use Dvorak exclusively. What I want to know is - is there a way to change the layou… --- ## [Are we doing a Secret Santa this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/1010219)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/1010219 "2024-11-18T08:21:04Z")
I’m not volunteering to organize it, mind you. Just curious, because last year I missed the deadline to sign up. --- ## [Grey Cup ending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grey-cup-ending/1010382)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grey-cup-ending/1010382 "2024-11-18T03:02:53Z")
It was 10-10 at the half and is now 41-16 Argonauts with, I think, three interceptions leading to TDs in the 4th quarter. Now exactly 1:58 left. 1:41. 1:35. 1:18. 1:12. 1:02, first and goal for the Bombers. :53. … --- ## [How do I become a freemason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-freemason/1010218)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-freemason/1010218 "2024-11-18T05:14:41Z")
I don’t know whether this is the right forum to put this question, but I guess it is not suited for FQ, so here I start. All my life (literally: I was born in Spain) I have heard about those freemasons, or masons for sh… --- ## [Ok I give up. How do you ignore an entire subforum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-how-do-you-ignore-an-entire-subforum/1010381)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-how-do-you-ignore-an-entire-subforum/1010381 "2024-11-18T02:15:05Z")
Seen some people saying they have been ignoring the Politics subforum, but I cannot find that option anywhere. There is an option to “edit categories navigation”, but clicking or unclicking each subforum doesn’t seem to… --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720 "2024-11-18T01:09:00Z")
The Lions have left no doubt that right now they are the best team in the NFC as they dominated the Packers in Green Bay. The Saints are making a case for the worst team in the league by losing their 7th straight, this t… --- ## [How is Trump's health and energy compared to the average 78-year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trumps-health-and-energy-compared-to-the-average-78-year-old/1008645)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trumps-health-and-energy-compared-to-the-average-78-year-old/1008645 "2024-11-18T00:10:04Z")
(Non-political thread - trying to keep politics out of this) I know we have quite a few Dopers here who are 78 years old, or are older than Trump himself. Whatever you may think of the guy, he seems to be indefatigable… --- ## [A benefit for Holocaust survivors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-benefit-for-holocaust-survivors/1010305)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-benefit-for-holocaust-survivors/1010305 "2024-11-17T22:48:24Z")
Strange topic, I know, but I wasn’t sure how to word it. My parents just discovered that, as Holocaust survivors, they are entitled to free in-home care for the rest of their lives, as much as they need, paid for by the… --- ## [Windows encryted files sent to IOS device](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-encryted-files-sent-to-ios-device/1010367)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-encryted-files-sent-to-ios-device/1010367 "2024-11-17T21:26:24Z")
I used the built-in encryption capability on my Windows 10 laptop to lock down some folders and individual files. Today I emailed myself one of those files and found I was able to view it on my phone. No encryption, didn… --- ## [Re-Posted Bill Maher makes a good point. LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332 "2024-11-17T21:11:32Z")
Mr Maher points out, in his monologue, that the Left is shooting itself in the foot, ignoring the public’s feelings, including the minorities they are allegedly defending. He goes on to point out that the Red Hats “do n… --- ## [Who was better looking, Paul Newman or Robert Redford?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315 "2024-11-17T12:17:32Z")
I’m watching “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and I asked my wife who was the better looking of Newman and Redford. She was non-committal and asked me what I thought. I’m not generally a good judge of men’s attractiv… --- ## [14\_New\_Vertix\_Gereration scam (Whatsapp)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-new-vertix-gereration-scam-whatsapp/1010197)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-new-vertix-gereration-scam-whatsapp/1010197 "2024-11-17T07:39:06Z")
For godsakes. Whatsap spammers have me on their list, somehow. My typical resolution is to be extremely abusive and insulting to these people, which normally gets me banned and so no longer get spam. Which from my poi… --- ## [Inflating car tires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflating-car-tires/1010014)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflating-car-tires/1010014 "2024-11-17T04:58:14Z")
My husband and I have an ongoing dispute about putting air in car tires. I insist on having him do it, being more than a little afraid of having a tire explode at me (happened to me with a bike tire I was inflating in my… --- ## [PPP version of income, GDP, etc.: - To adjust or not to adjust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppp-version-of-income-gdp-etc-to-adjust-or-not-to-adjust/1010298)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppp-version-of-income-gdp-etc-to-adjust-or-not-to-adjust/1010298 "2024-11-17T04:30:04Z")
In the 20th century, a country’s GDP or other stat (e.g. median wage) was calculated in the local currency and converted to U.S. Dollars at the currency exchange rate at the time of list compilation. (I think.) Nowaday… --- ## [What is the most severe, irrevocable change you plan to make in your life in the next four years due to politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-severe-irrevocable-change-you-plan-to-make-in-your-life-in-the-next-four-years-due-to-politics/1009973)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-severe-irrevocable-change-you-plan-to-make-in-your-life-in-the-next-four-years-due-to-politics/1009973 "2024-11-17T04:08:13Z")
I’ve asked on this topic before, but this seemed to be a good time to revive it. As I’ve mentioned before, in 2020, an acquaintance shut down his thriving small business and moved literally across the country because he… --- ## [Android Phone Help Needed! Trying to save pictures to my computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-help-needed-trying-to-save-pictures-to-my-computer/1010339)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-help-needed-trying-to-save-pictures-to-my-computer/1010339 "2024-11-17T03:01:21Z")
I have a Motorola Moto G Play. Needs replacing, got a problem… But I want to save the 900 photos to my computer before shit-canning it. I messed around with it and saved them all in a folder, hook it up with the cord to… --- ## [Sometimes a banana is just a banana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-a-banana-is-just-a-banana/1010240)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-a-banana-is-just-a-banana/1010240 "2024-11-17T02:31:54Z")
I was looking for more info on a brand of bananas I wasn’t familiar with\* and found their website. The header image for their page is an apparently naked woman who seems to be very excited to be caressing some large b… --- ## [Premier12 baseball tournament - United States has advanced to Super Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premier12-baseball-tournament-united-states-has-advanced-to-super-round/1010346)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premier12-baseball-tournament-united-states-has-advanced-to-super-round/1010346 "2024-11-17T01:41:11Z")
Rather small and niche tournament, but figured I’d start a thread anyway: The United States and Venezuela just advanced out of Group A (which was held in Mexico) and are headed to Tokyo for the Super Round, which will d… --- ## [What piano piece is this? Mozart most likely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piano-piece-is-this-mozart-most-likely/1010028)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piano-piece-is-this-mozart-most-likely/1010028 "2024-11-17T00:52:22Z")
Shazam has not helped my daughter and she wants me to seek out the piano sheet music for this piece, which is probably public domain. The video suggests Mozart, so I would think it is rather simple to identify, but we ca… --- ## [Thursday night football on Prime. The sound keeps cutting off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thursday-night-football-on-prime-the-sound-keeps-cutting-off/1010271)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thursday-night-football-on-prime-the-sound-keeps-cutting-off/1010271 "2024-11-16T21:37:13Z")
At any given time I use maybe 20% of my Internet bandwidth. So I know it’s not a me problem. But the sound keeps cutting off intermittently for a couple of seconds at a time. It’s extremely annoying. Anybody found a so… --- ## ["Hide my profile" option will be disabled Sunday, 7/14/2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/1004071)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/1004071 "2024-11-16T21:06:10Z")
“HIDE MY PROFILE” OPTION WILL BE DISABLED SUNDAY 7/14/2024 We’re going to disable the “Hide My Profile” option on Sunday, 7/14/2024, at roughly 8pm CDT. After this time, you will no longer be able to hide your profile a… --- ## [Bill Maher has a damn good point. Video link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-has-a-damn-good-point-video-link/1010327)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-has-a-damn-good-point-video-link/1010327 "2024-11-16T20:08:57Z")
This needed to be said. REALITY CHECK FOR THE LEFT. Tough love, for the Left. --- ## [Canned Pork with Juices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228 "2024-11-16T16:44:00Z")
I am going through the pantry. I have a 600-gram can of pork with juices. I recall using a similar can for some project last year. It was nice, shredded pork. What ought I to do with it? I am thinking of adding barbeque … --- ## [The Maori haka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maori-haka/1010286)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maori-haka/1010286 "2024-11-16T11:45:06Z")
I don’t know what it is about this primal ritual that fascinates me. It’s ferocious and energetic, and must have scared the shit out of enemies in the past. Recently, one erupted in the New Zealand parliament in protest … --- ## [Please help identify a game from 1970s or so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-a-game-from-1970s-or-so/1010318)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-a-game-from-1970s-or-so/1010318 "2024-11-16T08:07:26Z")
Back in the 1970s, I purchased a travel game which was fairly interesting to me at the time. I remember a lot about the game, but not the name of it. I tried searching and even using AI to ID it. No joy. Here’s what I re… --- ## [America in the next 50 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-in-the-next-50-years/125213)
**Author:** [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-in-the-next-50-years/125213 "2024-11-16T03:35:40Z")
What will the united states be like you think, in the next 50 years? will her world position have changed? Economic domination more intense? Population increased by immigrants and Spanish overtaking English as the prima… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=432&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=434&state=tracking)