# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=450&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 451 --- ## [Car Audio Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-audio-question/1009177)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-audio-question/1009177 "2024-10-25T15:25:49Z")
I have a 2013 Chevrolet Impala which only has bluetooth for phone calls. My second installed CD player broke and I am trying to improvise a solution to listen to music until I buy a new car. The radio still works but th… --- ## [Missouri Governor rescinds 177 other Executive Orders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156 "2024-10-25T13:49:24Z")
I guess this belongs in Politics & Elections, but move it if need be. The Governor of Missouri, Mike Parson, just issued an Executive Order rescinding 177 other Executive Orders. I didn’t know that was possible, and I … --- ## [Gmail won't suggest or even show my contacts when choosing recipients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-wont-suggest-or-even-show-my-contacts-when-choosing-recipients/1009117)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-wont-suggest-or-even-show-my-contacts-when-choosing-recipients/1009117 "2024-10-25T13:09:33Z")
I’ve verified that the email and label are in my Google contacts, but typing out “John Doe” doesn’t suggest anything, even though I just looked at that name inn my contacts. I’m stumped, and what I found online wasn’t he… --- ## [Android Annoyances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-annoyances/1009129)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-annoyances/1009129 "2024-10-25T04:46:43Z")
My phone, a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE on Android 13 (most recent version Boost Mobile has put out for this phone), is driving me up the wall right now. I have two different apps, both installed from the Play Store, not doing… --- ## [Different versions of Google Maps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-versions-of-google-maps/1009166)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-versions-of-google-maps/1009166 "2024-10-25T04:44:16Z")
When I use Google Maps satellite view on my phone it is up to date as far as I can tell. But if I look at Google Maps on my computer the area near me dates from 2018 or so. I am comparing the dated satellite images on Hi… --- ## [New largest prime number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-largest-prime-number/1009144)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-largest-prime-number/1009144 "2024-10-25T02:06:45Z")
Ran across this on youtube - a new largest known prime number was recently found: 2^{136,279,841} -1 Last big number was in 2018 – long gap. Brian “Math doesn’t take a holiday” --- ## [My daughter is the last in a very long lineage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-the-last-in-a-very-long-lineage/1008790)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-the-last-in-a-very-long-lineage/1008790 "2024-10-25T02:05:50Z")
It occurred to me that ever since the LUCA , at every step along the way my ancestors have been good… or lucky. Billions of years ago, my microscopic ancestors made it past all of the dangers and evolved into higher for… --- ## [Why, 'Good Idea Fairy', must you choose to visit me at 2:30AM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-good-idea-fairy-must-you-choose-to-visit-me-at-2-30am/1008989)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-good-idea-fairy-must-you-choose-to-visit-me-at-2-30am/1008989 "2024-10-25T01:22:52Z")
Dear Good Idea Fairy, I wildly appreciate you and your service. You are my muse. You help me think ‘outside of the box’, like a cigar smokin’, pink-tutu wearin’, M60 totin’ Arnold Schwarzenegger with wings, that break… --- ## [Resources for helping elderly relatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-helping-elderly-relatives/1009157)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-helping-elderly-relatives/1009157 "2024-10-25T00:44:41Z")
My spouse’s mother is in her late 80s. His father died a few years ago, leaving her living alone in their home, which is about an hour and a half from where we live. She has an extensive family (three of my spouse’s olde… --- ## [Have hinges on broken pair of glasses ever been used as murder weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-hinges-on-broken-pair-of-glasses-ever-been-used-as-murder-weapons/1009092)
**Author:** [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-hinges-on-broken-pair-of-glasses-ever-been-used-as-murder-weapons/1009092 "2024-10-25T00:24:53Z")
I’ve only seen this in fictional settings, so sorry if this should have been in cafe society. This features in AFAIR both Hap and Leonard season 1 and Logan Lucky. Both times in a prison. There’s a scuffle between two m… --- ## [In the cheers series finale didn't it close or get torn down or something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-cheers-series-finale-didnt-it-close-or-get-torn-down-or-something/989376)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-cheers-series-finale-didnt-it-close-or-get-torn-down-or-something/989376 "2024-10-24T22:50:22Z")
If I remember the Cheers finale right the story was the city bought it and was going to redevelop the neighborhood so im lost as to why this article brings it up. --- ## [Yamato/Musashi Battleship Quesion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yamato-musashi-battleship-quesion/1009096)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yamato-musashi-battleship-quesion/1009096 "2024-10-24T21:42:38Z")
I finished an interesting book entitled “Destroyer Captain,” authors James & David Hornfischer. It follows the career of MOH recipient Capt Ernest Evans. In the section dealing with Leyte Gulf the authors state the Yamat… --- ## [Rest in Peace, Gunny Foley. Louis Gossett jr has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563 "2024-10-24T21:25:12Z")
. Yahoo! ➜ Louis Gossett Jr., ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ star who broke barriers in Hollywood, dies --- ## [Why do some websites not let you connect with a VPN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-websites-not-let-you-connect-with-a-vpn/1009110)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-websites-not-let-you-connect-with-a-vpn/1009110 "2024-10-24T21:20:57Z")
I imagine a few might have issues with legal CYA, but just some ordinary website, why stop someone using a VPN from accessing the website? Is it all about their data collection? Just the generic way websites are made? … --- ## [Anyone ever use a service cancellation app like Rocket Money or Experian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-a-service-cancellation-app-like-rocket-money-or-experian/1009113)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-a-service-cancellation-app-like-rocket-money-or-experian/1009113 "2024-10-24T20:43:47Z")
There have been a lot of commercials lately for Rocket Money which will search your “something” and cancel unwanted/unneeded services or subscriptions. I see that Experian offers a similar service. I might trust them m… --- ## [Looking for Youtube series featuring God - vague description alert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-youtube-series-featuring-god-vague-description-alert/1009162)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-youtube-series-featuring-god-vague-description-alert/1009162 "2024-10-24T20:05:28Z")
A few years back (maybe 5? 10? More?) I saw a number of videos on Youtube, which were ostensibly interviews with a basically disinterested and clueless God. As I recall God was portrayed by a relatively prolific attrac… --- ## [The war over reality / fake news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-over-reality-fake-news/1008871)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-over-reality-fake-news/1008871 "2024-10-24T19:21:31Z")
I don’t think the issue of lies, fake news and gaslighting gets taken seriously enough. Sorry if that caused some of you to spit out your beverage of choice, and I know that it was the premise of a whole movie. But what… --- ## [iPhone calling restriction - “Calling Restrictions Announcement 19.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-calling-restriction-calling-restrictions-announcement-19/1009108)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-calling-restriction-calling-restrictions-announcement-19/1009108 "2024-10-24T17:49:55Z")
I’ve been trying to call a number I have been calling weekly for the last several years. I now get a recorded message saying the the number has restrictions, specifically, “Calling Restrictions Announcement 19.” I texte… --- ## [My (deceased) father owned two properties, owed significant money to the bank on one, can they seize the other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deceased-father-owned-two-properties-owed-significant-money-to-the-bank-on-one-can-they-seize-the-other/1009074)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deceased-father-owned-two-properties-owed-significant-money-to-the-bank-on-one-can-they-seize-the-other/1009074 "2024-10-24T17:26:30Z")
My father owned two properties when he died. Property A was a crumbling wreck with three mortgages, the bank is foreclosing and probably just tearing it down and selling the plot. They’ll be taking a yuge loss. Property … --- ## [So Ollie (my cat) is acting weird…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ollie-my-cat-is-acting-weird/1008931)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ollie-my-cat-is-acting-weird/1008931 "2024-10-24T17:24:19Z")
…and I don’t know what the problem is. He’s about 5-6 years old, neutered, indoor cat. For the last few days to a week, he’s decided that he’s occupying one of the beds in the house. Not a problem, right? Well, he refu… --- ## [Counties with interesting names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counties-with-interesting-names/1009066)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counties-with-interesting-names/1009066 "2024-10-24T16:36:36Z")
Election years remind me of the picturesque names some US counties have Bucks County in Pennsylvania, carries a catchet for rusticity Yell County Arkansas, a primal frontier named with a primal scream (although named a… --- ## [The spoken sound of gunshots in English and other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spoken-sound-of-gunshots-in-english-and-other-languages/1009109)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spoken-sound-of-gunshots-in-english-and-other-languages/1009109 "2024-10-24T16:15:51Z")
In the US kids say, “Bang, bang”. I saw a French comic book once and I’m pretty sure they said, “Flan, flan”. Modern kids say,“Pew, pew” for laser sounds. --- ## [How tasty is cocaine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tasty-is-cocaine/980984)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tasty-is-cocaine/980984 "2024-10-24T14:12:29Z")
Never having been around the stuff I don’t know. I read the real story of the cocaine bear, and it said the bear’s stomach was packed with coke. I guess I imagine the stuff as being bitter, or at least something someone … --- ## [Is there an "effect" that describes an initial infuriating statement that later turns out to be logical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-effect-that-describes-an-initial-infuriating-statement-that-later-turns-out-to-be-logical/1009118)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-effect-that-describes-an-initial-infuriating-statement-that-later-turns-out-to-be-logical/1009118 "2024-10-24T14:08:48Z")
Something like the “Mandela Effect” or the “Streisand Effect”. I’m referring to headlines or initial statements that are designed to stoke outrage and are ‘one sided.’ but that when you delve into the details you find o… --- ## [When does a new day begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-new-day-begin/1009140)
**Author:** [@Chumba\_Wumba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chumba_Wumba)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-new-day-begin/1009140 "2024-10-24T13:46:09Z")
The title is the post. Did anybody anticipate the Great Depression? Sure, in retrospect it seems obvious, but hindsight is always 20/20. Weren’t there any economists, businessmen or anybody at all who saw what was coming… --- ## [The Elements of a Trump Rally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elements-of-a-trump-rally/1008601)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elements-of-a-trump-rally/1008601 "2024-10-24T13:39:04Z")
After reading this analysis in the NYT (limited gift link), deconstructing Trump’s recent rallies and themes, you’d be a fool not to vote for Trump. He may not have signed the traditional ethics papers as part of a gove… --- ## [Multiple Gmail addresses in contact list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-gmail-addresses-in-contact-list/1009063)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-gmail-addresses-in-contact-list/1009063 "2024-10-24T13:08:00Z")
I belong to an organization and often send emails to member of the board of directors. Many of these folks have both organization based as well as personal email addresses. so it’s title@orgname as well as joe@gmail.com … --- ## [Metro/subway platform screen doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metro-subway-platform-screen-doors/1008961)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metro-subway-platform-screen-doors/1008961 "2024-10-24T09:12:22Z")
Just about all new Metros/subways have “platform screen doors” - a wall along the platform with doors that line up with the transit car’s doors that open at the same time. This prevents (or at least increases the difficu… --- ## [Black Sabbath in Latin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-sabbath-in-latin/101086)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-sabbath-in-latin/101086 "2024-10-24T08:05:17Z")
Chequez vous: http://www.sabbatum.com/sound I am not familiar with any Black Sabbath songs, so this holds no irony for me. But it doesn’t sound bad at all. --- ## [Stevie Nicks on SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-on-snl/1008733)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-on-snl/1008733 "2024-10-24T06:38:19Z")
I’ll be honest, I know she’s a legend but I was wondering what she was doing on SNL. Then I heard her sing The Lighthouse and she blew me away. I checked out the actual recorded version but I prefer the SNL version. Incr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=449&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=451&state=tracking)