# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=530 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 531 --- ## [New Rock Music That's Good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rock-music-thats-good/1002000)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rock-music-thats-good/1002000 "2024-07-02T07:14:16Z")
I have been through some stuff recently and shifted a lot of life gears and I have done so musically too, away from a lot of heavier music. The last time I was really digging a rock act was 2018-ish when I was really int… --- ## [Turn On (1969 comedy series that totally flopped)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-on-1969-comedy-series-that-totally-flopped/1003377)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-on-1969-comedy-series-that-totally-flopped/1003377 "2024-07-02T07:09:02Z")
I had long heard of this competitor to “Laugh-In” that only lasted one episode (for the stations whose directors didn’t stage-hook it before it ended) and that TPTB would always ensure that none of the episodes would eve… --- ## [Puzzle from today's Futility Closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-from-todays-futility-closet/1003597)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-from-todays-futility-closet/1003597 "2024-07-02T05:05:41Z")
An interesting puzzle at the Futility Closet page today. It first appeared in 1967 in Eureka the Cambridge math journal. No answer was ever published. I am guessing the answer is none (if they don’t have to all arrive to… --- ## [Did Tump just defame Judge Merchan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tump-just-defame-judge-merchan/1002295)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tump-just-defame-judge-merchan/1002295 "2024-07-02T03:13:46Z")
I’m sure most of us just saw Trump’s post-verdict statement. Trump asserted, in no uncertain terms, that the trial (the hush money trial)was rigged, and the judge is corrupt. Could Merchan file a defamation suit? Is he … --- ## [King of the Hill opening credits: what's the meaning of the trash bag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-opening-credits-whats-the-meaning-of-the-trash-bag/1003479)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-opening-credits-whats-the-meaning-of-the-trash-bag/1003479 "2024-07-02T03:13:30Z")
The opening credits to the animated tv series King of the Hill. We see Hank standing with his friends, drinking a beer, while his family members do various activities around him. This includes Peggy bringing out an old … --- ## [Layman questions about CTE (brain injuries)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/layman-questions-about-cte-brain-injuries/829776)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/layman-questions-about-cte-brain-injuries/829776 "2024-07-02T00:59:10Z")
AIUI, CTE is basically “injury-caused Alzheimer’s”? How many subconcussive impacts does it generally take to cause CTE? Just a few, or hundreds? Is CTE something that, once “triggered,” begins cascading and increa… --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.02 "Rhaenyra The Cruel" 6/23/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-02-rhaenyra-the-cruel-6-23-24-open-spoilers/1003252)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-02-rhaenyra-the-cruel-6-23-24-open-spoilers/1003252 "2024-07-02T00:13:17Z")
Everything shown on screen is valid for discussion without spoiler boxes. If you’re going to reveal future events based on any other material please spoiler box it. Season 2 Episode 1: A Son for a Son --- ## [Pitting SayTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-saytwo/924070)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-saytwo/924070 "2024-07-01T22:16:10Z")
I can’t really post any transgressions as I’ve had him on ignore for a very long time now, but any regular in The Quarantine Zone knows what I’m talking about. I started ignoring him in the early days when he claimed tha… --- ## [But Bernie, Bernie Still](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-bernie-bernie-still/1003248)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-bernie-bernie-still/1003248 "2024-07-01T21:34:31Z")
Bernie Sanders, by all accounts a reasonable man. I myself find it difficult to argue with the things he says. But what has he done? Seriously, what legislation exists today that wouldn’t if not for Bernie? --- ## [Harry Potter question that I'm sure has been asked and answered. Spoilers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-question-that-im-sure-has-been-asked-and-answered-spoilers/741481)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-question-that-im-sure-has-been-asked-and-answered-spoilers/741481 "2024-07-01T21:22:17Z")
I’ve been watching the movies in the two day marathon that ABC Family (or Freeform as they keep telling me it’s being called now). It’s been a few years since I’ve read the books and now I’m wondering some things. Volde… --- ## [Any of our British Dopers Listen to News on the BBC During the 1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-our-british-dopers-listen-to-news-on-the-bbc-during-the-1960s/1003493)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-our-british-dopers-listen-to-news-on-the-bbc-during-the-1960s/1003493 "2024-07-01T21:06:12Z")
…particularly the late ‘60s (and early’70s). You may recall, the USA was involved in a bit of unpleasantness in Southeast Asia at the time, and a vocal portion of the day’s young people were a tad upset about it (especi… --- ## [Why is scaffolding so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scaffolding-so-expensive/1003464)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scaffolding-so-expensive/1003464 "2024-07-01T21:00:25Z")
I’m planning to get the exterior of my house painted. I got several estimates; the best (both in cost and in professionalism) was about $13,000. That’s fine and in line with what I was expecting. They said they would giv… --- ## [Muting the mics at the presidential debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muting-the-mics-at-the-presidential-debate/1003340)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muting-the-mics-at-the-presidential-debate/1003340 "2024-07-01T20:56:30Z")
Will they mute the mic at the end of the alotted time or when the candidate finishes speaking? --- ## ["Viager" – property acquisition in France using annuity arrangement – would you do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viager-property-acquisition-in-france-using-annuity-arrangement-would-you-do-this/1003488)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viager-property-acquisition-in-france-using-annuity-arrangement-would-you-do-this/1003488 "2024-07-01T20:55:43Z")
My wife and I are approaching the end of our working years, and are looking at buying an apartment in France for at least the first few years of retirement. We’ve encountered a purchase option that, as far as we know, ha… --- ## [Effect of recent SCOTUS immunity ruling on voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-recent-scotus-immunity-ruling-on-voters/1003588)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-recent-scotus-immunity-ruling-on-voters/1003588 "2024-07-01T20:50:06Z")
How do you think the recent SCOTUS ruling, that the President cannot be held accountable for any official acts, will effect Trump voters and/or Biden voters and/or fence-sitters? Will the Trump voters turn out in greate… --- ## [Who would you think are nicer people, Jeep owners or Subaru owners? (in FB Groups)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-think-are-nicer-people-jeep-owners-or-subaru-owners-in-fb-groups/1001640)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-think-are-nicer-people-jeep-owners-or-subaru-owners-in-fb-groups/1001640 "2024-07-01T20:49:26Z")
I bought a Subaru Outback 4 months ago. Before that I had a Jeep for 10 years. On FB groups the Jeep people were very helpful. They were great places to interact. Lots of helpful people, and great places to share info. … --- ## [Electoral Votes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes/1003580)
**Author:** [@jdtopgun71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdtopgun71)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes/1003580 "2024-07-01T20:32:37Z")
Can someone help me here? Is it possible for Democrats to change their support at the convention and nominate another candidate? Didn’t that happen when Rutherford B Hayes was elected or was it another President around… --- ## [Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024 Netflix series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender-2024-netflix-series/992895)
**Author:** [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender-2024-netflix-series/992895 "2024-07-01T20:19:03Z")
The first season is eight episodes and premieres on Netflix Thursday February 22nd 2024. Avatar: The Last Airbender This was only barely on my radar, but it looks legit! The characters look great, the bending looks gr… --- ## [Women's Gymnastics. Run up to the Olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-gymnastics-run-up-to-the-olympics/1002423)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-gymnastics-run-up-to-the-olympics/1002423 "2024-07-01T20:12:51Z")
I watched tonight for lack of a better viewing choice. Am I crazy are the Women older? More mature? One was very young but she moved up from juniors just recently. She did very well. 2nd all around. Simone Biles was 1… --- ## [What’s the best way for a layman to tell when a judicial decision is political and results oriented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-way-for-a-layman-to-tell-when-a-judicial-decision-is-political-and-results-oriented/1003595)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-way-for-a-layman-to-tell-when-a-judicial-decision-is-political-and-results-oriented/1003595 "2024-07-01T19:43:11Z")
Asked for reasons. It just seems to me that a lot of the time, we non-lawyers are reduced to “well, I disagree with the results” when it comes to decisions like this, and I can’t help but think that can’t be all there is… --- ## [Why a $3300 limit on donations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-3300-limit-on-donations/1003535)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-3300-limit-on-donations/1003535 "2024-07-01T19:06:20Z")
The Federal Election Commission bumped up the limit for individual donations to candidates from $2900 to $3300 in February 2023. Anybody know why these non-round numbers are used for limits? Other limits (here’s a handy… --- ## [Could someone with a 300 IQ and no knowledge of chess beat a chess grandmaster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-with-a-300-iq-and-no-knowledge-of-chess-beat-a-chess-grandmaster/1003343)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-with-a-300-iq-and-no-knowledge-of-chess-beat-a-chess-grandmaster/1003343 "2024-07-01T18:49:25Z")
A chess neophyte with a stratospheric IQ yet no knowledge of chess squares off against an international grandmaster (who himself is no slouch in the IQ department.) Just before the game commences, the basic rules of ches… --- ## [Games which actually play like the fake mobile ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054 "2024-07-01T18:05:54Z")
I hate the practice of using fake ads (with completely different gameplay) to sell mobile games. To that end, I’m starting a list of games which feature the actual gameplay shown in the ads. I use android so my links w… --- ## [Does anyone have access to archives for the Boston newspapers ca. 1974?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-access-to-archives-for-the-boston-newspapers-ca-1974/1003564)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-access-to-archives-for-the-boston-newspapers-ca-1974/1003564 "2024-07-01T17:50:28Z")
It will soon be the 50th of my college graduation. For several years, two of my friends and roomies have mentioned that a picture of them appeared in a newspaper article about nude beaches on Cape Cod. They were at the… --- ## [Tennessee's New Pron law--How does it affect me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessees-new-pron-law-how-does-it-affect-me/1003371)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessees-new-pron-law-how-does-it-affect-me/1003371 "2024-07-01T17:30:40Z")
Tennessee has a new law restricting online pron. Only sites with age verification are allowed. Will I be penalized (no pun intended) if I view such a site? Will the site’s owner? If the site is based out-of-State, is… --- ## [(Old) Highlight of the day - Dyeing in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-highlight-of-the-day-dyeing-in-the-mmp/1003263)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-highlight-of-the-day-dyeing-in-the-mmp/1003263 "2024-07-01T16:15:20Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 20c/68f with a predicted high of 25c/78f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “A fucking optimist would say it’s partly sunny outside. Fuck that optimist”. Fair enough, it’s overcast b… --- ## [Actors from outside the Southeastern U.S., or even the country doing Southern accents--do they usually do it well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-from-outside-the-southeastern-u-s-or-even-the-country-doing-southern-accents-do-they-usually-do-it-well/914563)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-from-outside-the-southeastern-u-s-or-even-the-country-doing-southern-accents-do-they-usually-do-it-well/914563 "2024-07-01T15:18:06Z")
At the moment we’re watching Devil’s Advocate starring Canadian Keanu Reeves and South African-born Charlize Theron, and recently we binged through True Blood, starring among others England-born Stephen Moyer and New Ze… --- ## [Leaving a dog in a car with the AC on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-a-dog-in-a-car-with-the-ac-on/1002956)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-a-dog-in-a-car-with-the-ac-on/1002956 "2024-07-01T14:26:56Z")
I don’t make a regular practice of this, but I have run in places on hot days, and left the car running with the parking brake on, and all, so I could leave the AC running, because my dog was in the car. I’ve never left … --- ## [AI chip architecture: any biomimetic work in progress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-chip-architecture-any-biomimetic-work-in-progress/1002010)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-chip-architecture-any-biomimetic-work-in-progress/1002010 "2024-07-01T14:09:11Z")
Current the AI boom is powered by GPU chips but there are efficiency logjams having them transfer information between themselves in bigger arrays. There are multiple plays trying to develop new architectures for AI chip… --- ## [Do "cool" names for military weapons really make a difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cool-names-for-military-weapons-really-make-a-difference/983887)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cool-names-for-military-weapons-really-make-a-difference/983887 "2024-07-01T13:36:22Z")
I assume it’s for intimidation or morale, but is naming your missiles “Storm Shadow”, for example, really needed or helpful? Or is it one of those nebulous “couldn’t hurt” traditions? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=529) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=531)