# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=514 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 515 --- ## [Breaking news - huge outage/interruption created by Crowdstrike problem (July 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-huge-outage-interruption-created-by-crowdstrike-problem-july-2024/1004454)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-huge-outage-interruption-created-by-crowdstrike-problem-july-2024/1004454 "2024-07-25T17:28:11Z")
Sys admins all over the world are having (or are about to have) a very bad Friday and a very long weekend. The short (preliminary) version is that it looks like Crowdstrike (whose software is supposed to detect and … --- ## [The Watergate's been bugged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watergates-been-bugged/1004772)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watergates-been-bugged/1004772 "2024-07-25T17:19:46Z")
https://wapo.st/4cSkAvD It’s not showing up as a OneBox in the preview for some reason. But it’s a gift link to a WaPo article titled “Maggots, crickets released at Watergate Hotel in protest of Netanyahu visit”. --- ## [Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 9998\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2024-07-25T15:05:38Z")
I suspect many dopers are interested in lots of far-flung concepts and disciplines beyond what the daily grind demands. As an hommage to liberal arts education and pop culture and that spirit of lifelong learning, give … --- ## [I bought some guanciale. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-guanciale-now-what/1004385)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-guanciale-now-what/1004385 "2024-07-25T13:18:09Z")
We went to Eataly several days ago for a pizza lunch, and at their market I bought a few shrink-wrapped slices of guanciale (Italian hog jowl bacon). I know folks use it for pasta sauces, but I’ve never before cooked wi… --- ## [Showers with half a door... why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showers-with-half-a-door-why/1004733)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showers-with-half-a-door-why/1004733 "2024-07-25T13:11:05Z")
This was our shower in the Henri hotel in Vienna: This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this, but I wonder what the thinking is? Especially with the hand-held shower head, every time w… --- ## [Moissanite and carborundum--what's the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moissanite-and-carborundum-whats-the-difference/143428)
**Author:** [@don\_willard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_willard)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moissanite-and-carborundum-whats-the-difference/143428 "2024-07-25T06:11:06Z")
Is the crystal structure of diamond, ie., the tetrahedron with a atom at each point of the tetrahedron found in silicon carbide and if so, does each tetrahedron have two carbon atoms and two silicon atoms, for instance, … --- ## [John Mayall Dead at 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mayall-dead-at-90/1004719)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mayall-dead-at-90/1004719 "2024-07-25T05:58:18Z")
John Mayall, founder and constant member of The Bluesbreakers and mentor to numerous rock and blues legends, is dead: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/23/john-mayall-blues-dead/ Stranger --- ## [Emotional dysregulation - unable to control vs unwilling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-dysregulation-unable-to-control-vs-unwilling/1004319)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-dysregulation-unable-to-control-vs-unwilling/1004319 "2024-07-25T02:52:18Z")
When mental health professionals describe/diagnose emotional dysregulation, how do they distinguish between people who are incapable of regulating their emotions, as opposed to people who have not been taught to/do not t… --- ## [Can anyone explain to me the different kinds of scientific papers and what they mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-to-me-the-different-kinds-of-scientific-papers-and-what-they-mean/1004524)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-to-me-the-different-kinds-of-scientific-papers-and-what-they-mean/1004524 "2024-07-25T02:17:08Z")
I’m seeing contradictory info online. Also I’m not talking about areas of research, more the scope of papers. Examples would be like Papers that conduct original research papers that try to replicate previous researc… --- ## [MS File Explorer: Way to resize the font display?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-file-explorer-way-to-resize-the-font-display/998771)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-file-explorer-way-to-resize-the-font-display/998771 "2024-07-25T02:05:17Z")
I’ve got a new monitor at work, and the font for File Explorer is very small. I have to squint. Is there a way to embiggen it? --- ## [Walk Me Through Buying an Amazon Fire tablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-buying-an-amazon-fire-tablet/1004705)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-buying-an-amazon-fire-tablet/1004705 "2024-07-25T01:06:24Z")
I am online now. I do not want to screw this up. I need to purchase a 10’’ Amazon Fire tablet (and an Otterbox case). My wife wants the sort that takes a telephone SIM card and connects to the Intertube much as a teleph… --- ## [Instead of Kamala Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-kamala-harris/1004728)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-kamala-harris/1004728 "2024-07-24T23:41:34Z")
…who would you rather see run for President? I would vote for Ed Rendell in a heartbeat. Ed Rendell - Wikipedia Successful Philadelphia Mayor, successful Pennsylvania Governor. I certainly remember no downside to his… --- ## [CBS Poll from Sunday on Kamala Harris & NPR poll July 22, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-poll-from-sunday-on-kamala-harris-npr-poll-july-22-2024/1004702)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-poll-from-sunday-on-kamala-harris-npr-poll-july-22-2024/1004702 "2024-07-24T23:23:07Z")
Just released. Note this was before Biden’s withdrawal. Then, today, this was released: --- ## [Things famous actors do today that they never did before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-famous-actors-do-today-that-they-never-did-before/854935)
**Author:** [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-famous-actors-do-today-that-they-never-did-before/854935 "2024-07-24T22:56:24Z")
Bad thread title. I suspect this has been discussed before, but yikes, how do you search for it? Maybe y’all can help. But I digress. Lately, I’ve been a little surprised by two developments engaged in by famous acto… --- ## [Kamala Harris - born 1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-born-1964/1004645)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-born-1964/1004645 "2024-07-24T22:26:17Z")
Kamala Harris, if elected, will be the first president who is younger than me, and I am going to start collecting Social Security later this year. I remember when Barrack Obama was elected. He is slightly older than me.… --- ## [What did communists in the West think about the fact that communist states like the Soviet Union or Cuba held people prisoners and didn’t let them leave the country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-communists-in-the-west-think-about-the-fact-that-communist-states-like-the-soviet-union-or-cuba-held-people-prisoners-and-didn-t-let-them-leave-the-country/1002280)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-communists-in-the-west-think-about-the-fact-that-communist-states-like-the-soviet-union-or-cuba-held-people-prisoners-and-didn-t-let-them-leave-the-country/1002280 "2024-07-24T22:04:56Z")
I’m curious about people in the West who were communists before the fall of the Soviet Union. It was clear that communist states like the Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea, East Germany were essentially keeping their popu… --- ## [Fuck BlackLivesMatter.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-blacklivesmatter-com/1004713)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-blacklivesmatter-com/1004713 "2024-07-24T21:07:26Z")
Guess what? BLM’s “official” website has just decided they want to repeat the nonsense talking points you only see from MAGA, and claim people didn’t vote for Harris, and created discord. They demand an informal phone ca… --- ## [Amazon Vine Program. (Free products in exchange for honest reviews.) Is anyone in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-vine-program-free-products-in-exchange-for-honest-reviews-is-anyone-in-it/1004731)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-vine-program-free-products-in-exchange-for-honest-reviews-is-anyone-in-it/1004731 "2024-07-24T20:37:05Z")
The last few times I reviews purchases on Amazon, I’ve been invited to join the Amazon Vine Program. What is Amazon Vine? Amazon Vine is an invitation-only program which selects the most insightful reviewers in the Ama… --- ## [John Steinbeck on Human Nature, Vices, and Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-steinbeck-on-human-nature-vices-and-love/1004627)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-steinbeck-on-human-nature-vices-and-love/1004627 "2024-07-24T20:30:39Z")
Re-reading East of Eden recently and an oft-quoted section stood out at me and has been pestering my brain the last few days. The quote in question: In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of f… --- ## [Have you been on a diet that worked for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-on-a-diet-that-worked-for-you/917622)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-on-a-diet-that-worked-for-you/917622 "2024-07-24T19:56:02Z")
Most women and more men are concerned about their weight, and diets are probably more popular than ever before. Many work in the short term. I’m curious about any successes you’ve had keeping off the pounds or eating m… --- ## [2023-24 Ski and Snowboard Thread - Moguls and Sitzmarks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-24-ski-and-snowboard-thread-moguls-and-sitzmarks/991363)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-24-ski-and-snowboard-thread-moguls-and-sitzmarks/991363 "2024-07-24T19:03:54Z")
First snow is being reported in a bunch of places, it’s time to think snow. We bought Indy Passes again this year, and today they announced 50 new resorts but only a few are really of interest to us. We also bought a fe… --- ## [For MST3K fans: Use of short films in PBS program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mst3k-fans-use-of-short-films-in-pbs-program/1004718)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mst3k-fans-use-of-short-films-in-pbs-program/1004718 "2024-07-24T17:48:20Z")
Watching this documentary about stewardesses and to portray gender roles in the 1950s, they’re showing clips from “A Date With Your Family” and “The Home Economics Story” (alas without the bots or Joel or Mike). --- ## [Pharmaceutical drug rep collectibles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmaceutical-drug-rep-collectibles/1004518)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmaceutical-drug-rep-collectibles/1004518 "2024-07-24T17:19:15Z")
Hopefully some of the medical people here will have some insight on this. Apparently (I don’t know about it first hand) drug company salesmen travel from doctor’s office to doctor’s office trying to convince doctors to p… --- ## [Death comes for us all eventually. Last original member of the Four Tops passes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-comes-for-us-all-eventually-last-original-member-of-the-four-tops-passes/1004737)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-comes-for-us-all-eventually-last-original-member-of-the-four-tops-passes/1004737 "2024-07-24T17:13:10Z")
There is only one original Temptation left, Otis Williams. He is 82. --- ## [Are men who talk about their large shoe sizes in public just trying to talk about their penises?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-who-talk-about-their-large-shoe-sizes-in-public-just-trying-to-talk-about-their-penises/1004480)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-who-talk-about-their-large-shoe-sizes-in-public-just-trying-to-talk-about-their-penises/1004480 "2024-07-24T17:12:03Z")
Weird premise, but I’ve seen it enough I think it may be the case. Inspired by a dude at work who randomly brought up his “big” size 10 feet in front of a female coworker and made a big deal about how hard it is to find… --- ## [Car problem: heater core](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-problem-heater-core/1003995)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-problem-heater-core/1003995 "2024-07-24T16:46:45Z")
A few years ago my Jeep Wrangler heating was luke warm during the winter. I poked around under the hood, and replaced the thermostat since it was easy to do, but no joy. I just put up with shivering, but then one day th… --- ## [Finial, aglet and grommet conversation split from the Trolls R Us Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finial-aglet-and-grommet-conversation-split-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1004534)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finial-aglet-and-grommet-conversation-split-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1004534 "2024-07-24T16:35:39Z")
The other day I was blocking on the decorative piece on top of a post or flagpole. So I googled “decorative piece on top post or flagpole” and hit enter. Yes, finial is the word. It happens disturbingly often lately. Th… --- ## [Great Debates and the NY Times puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-debates-and-the-ny-times-puzzle/1004527)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-debates-and-the-ny-times-puzzle/1004527 "2024-07-24T16:23:54Z")
I know others here do the NY Times puzzle. I just want to say that participating in GD for all these years made today’s puzzle a piece of cake. I’m just filling in the long clues. --- ## [Explain why people keep diaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-people-keep-diaries/1004618)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-people-keep-diaries/1004618 "2024-07-24T16:04:09Z")
I was reading a work of history and it mentioned a 18th century man who keep a voluminous diary, which was one source of material for the work. Which made me wonder why he did so. I’ll admit I have never had any urge to… --- ## [Rotator Cuff Injury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotator-cuff-injury/1004686)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotator-cuff-injury/1004686 "2024-07-24T14:49:45Z")
This past February I slipped on a patch of ice and fell, my left hand side took the brunt of the fall. I never bruised (probably because I was wearing a heavy winter jacket and snow pants). My shoulder was a bit sore as … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=513) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=515)