# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=539 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 540 --- ## [Help Me Resurrect a Keyboard Shortcut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-resurrect-a-keyboard-shortcut/1003035)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-resurrect-a-keyboard-shortcut/1003035 "2024-06-20T10:32:23Z")
All of a sudden this morning, my Dell laptop touchscreen decided to no longer recognize the ALT + D keyboard shortcut to jump the cursor to the address bar in the browsers. Any idea on how to fix that issue? Thanks in a… --- ## [Linked from another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-from-another-thread/1003090)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-from-another-thread/1003090 "2024-06-20T04:56:34Z")
This is a proof of concept “interim” thread for linking to posts without the thread title appearing in the backlink under the post. I envision this being a major pain in the butt to use and probably not an acceptable so… --- ## [Local doctor suspended for a month for prescribing ivermectin for Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038 "2024-06-20T03:31:18Z")
I just don’t get it. Doctors are supposed to be trained in science. --- ## [Question about Tony Fauci](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tony-fauci/981355)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tony-fauci/981355 "2024-06-20T02:07:34Z")
So, if this topic is already somewhere else, I apologize. I scanned the Quarantine Zone, and didn’t see a similar topic. I’m trying to understand one of the lies told about Fauci, namely that he helped engineer the vir… --- ## [What must a new tenant do, RE: mail delivered to the previous tenant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-must-a-new-tenant-do-re-mail-delivered-to-the-previous-tenant/989765)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-must-a-new-tenant-do-re-mail-delivered-to-the-previous-tenant/989765 "2024-06-19T23:40:23Z")
Skip to the bottom if you hate stories. I ramble at 3am. I am aware I am not supposed to open other people’s mail, albeit, it is tempting, just to discover what is important, and what isn’t. I toss anything addressed t… --- ## [IrfanView64 problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irfanview64-problem/1003077)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irfanview64-problem/1003077 "2024-06-19T23:18:54Z")
Recently when I use the line tool all I get is a dashed line. When I use a fill tool or color replacer or paint brush I get the selected color with a black grid superimposed over it. This shows up in the foreground/backg… --- ## [Of all the soldiers who survived the Civil War or WWII, what percentage of them had killed someone in battle by the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-the-soldiers-who-survived-the-civil-war-or-wwii-what-percentage-of-them-had-killed-someone-in-battle-by-the-end/1003066)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-the-soldiers-who-survived-the-civil-war-or-wwii-what-percentage-of-them-had-killed-someone-in-battle-by-the-end/1003066 "2024-06-19T21:49:40Z")
Only American soldiers in WW2; naw, heck, German soldiers in WWII also. :smile: What percentage of American soldiers who survived a) the Civil War and what percentage of American soldiers who survived b) WWII had killed… --- ## [On referencing the name of a transgender person before their transition (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-referencing-the-name-of-a-transgender-person-before-their-transition-better-explained-in-op/1002894)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-referencing-the-name-of-a-transgender-person-before-their-transition-better-explained-in-op/1002894 "2024-06-19T20:52:39Z")
DISCLAIMER: I ask this question from a genuine desire to learn, and not to bitch about “wokeness” or set up a gotcha or what have you. When you’re referring to the accomplishments/activities of a person who has transiti… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad I'm mad at somebody on the Dope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004 "2024-06-19T20:38:42Z")
Could it be you? I purchased, on some ones suggestion, can’t remember who, a box of salt. Salt flakes to be exact. You know “the perfect thing” for sliced tomatoes. To add that perfect finishing touch to a dish. A grea… --- ## [Non-citizen children adopted by citizens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-citizen-children-adopted-by-citizens/1003068)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-citizen-children-adopted-by-citizens/1003068 "2024-06-19T20:29:52Z")
The new immigration XO about to be issued by Biden, which applies to spouses of US citizens and their children made me wonder, what if the citizen spouse legally adopts their spouse’s child. Would that child then become… --- ## [How do I change my SDMB photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-sdmb-photo/1003041)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister\_lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister_lord)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-sdmb-photo/1003041 "2024-06-19T20:28:00Z")
I’ve been an SDMB member for years. It seems my account has been reset and I need to know how I can change the graphic from the uninteresting big “W”. Thanks in advance. --- ## [Jewish Opposition to Anti-Abortion Laws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-opposition-to-anti-abortion-laws/1002981)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-opposition-to-anti-abortion-laws/1002981 "2024-06-19T20:27:28Z")
Listening to local NPR this morning, I learned that there are some rabbis here in Idaho who are opposed to the local abortion laws based on freedom of religion. Their stance, as I understood it, is that not only does Jud… --- ## [Finally Civilization 7 announced what's your Wishlist to add and remove from it (first trailer included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-civilization-7-announced-whats-your-wishlist-to-add-and-remove-from-it-first-trailer-included/1002907)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-civilization-7-announced-whats-your-wishlist-to-add-and-remove-from-it-first-trailer-included/1002907 "2024-06-15T03:05:53Z")
Here is the opening trailer but the full feature announcement will be announced in August so I figured while were waiting lets say and possibly debate what should and shouldn’t be in the game First thing I want ba… --- ## [US voters: Are you afraid of the other side, and to what extent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-voters-are-you-afraid-of-the-other-side-and-to-what-extent/953659)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-voters-are-you-afraid-of-the-other-side-and-to-what-extent/953659 "2024-06-19T19:19:28Z")
When I see people wearing MAGA hats, I cringe inwardly. But when I see people with depictions of actual assault rifles on the backs of their pickup trucks, I get genuinely frightened. What’s their limit break? What’s … --- ## [Things that showed up in your house and you don't know how they got there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-showed-up-in-your-house-and-you-dont-know-how-they-got-there/1002801)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-showed-up-in-your-house-and-you-dont-know-how-they-got-there/1002801 "2024-06-19T17:10:14Z")
Today I was about to get some laundry out of the dryer when I noticed there was some money laying on it. A twenty dollar bill and a five dollar bill just laying there together. None of the clothes have pockets. Where … --- ## [First cup (sports trophy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-cup-sports-trophy/1002985)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-cup-sports-trophy/1002985 "2024-06-19T16:36:21Z")
World Cup, Stanley Cup, America’s Cup, Apple Cup, Ryder Cup… Some time way back, someone gussied up a two-handed drinking cup and made it into a sports trophy. What was that first Cup trophy? \[Since when do thread title… --- ## [A 12 outta 10 on the scale of gulliblity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983)
**Author:** [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983 "2024-06-19T16:23:01Z")
Woman reportedly scammed out of $750,000 by a fake Keanu Reeves. I just don’t get it: --- ## [How do plants get pollinators to visit more of their own species?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-plants-get-pollinators-to-visit-more-of-their-own-species/1002873)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-plants-get-pollinators-to-visit-more-of-their-own-species/1002873 "2024-06-19T13:22:05Z")
Flowering plants generally lure pollinators (hereafter ‘bees’) to perform pollination by offering them food (or sex, or physical warmth or protection or other things in some cases, but generally, food) in the form of nec… --- ## [How many cultures still regard the rising of the sun as the official start of the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cultures-still-regard-the-rising-of-the-sun-as-the-official-start-of-the-day/1003018)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cultures-still-regard-the-rising-of-the-sun-as-the-official-start-of-the-day/1003018 "2024-06-19T13:01:47Z")
Even in developed countries like the U.S. (where many but certainly not all of us Dopers live), we still say “tomorrow” when it’s 12:30 a.m. or 3 a.m. or even 4 to 4:30 a.m. and we’re technically speaking of “today” (sin… --- ## [I am fed up with my front lawn!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fed-up-with-my-front-lawn/1002944)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fed-up-with-my-front-lawn/1002944 "2024-06-19T09:35:11Z")
I had no front lawn to speak of for years because I was digging out bindweed since 2020. Actually let, me back up. Northern Colorado with heavy clay soil. No one around has a great lawn except a few with Kentucky blue… --- ## [Are you seeing better sale prices in your grocery stores lately (June 2024)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-better-sale-prices-in-your-grocery-stores-lately-june-2024/1002706)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-better-sale-prices-in-your-grocery-stores-lately-june-2024/1002706 "2024-06-19T04:38:21Z")
(Cross-posting from a P&E thread. Thinking it might get more feedback here) … Anecdotal, and hard to go into detail succinctly, but I’ll throw it out there. Around here, grocery prices are indeed going down in the sen… --- ## [9/11 Jokes that worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736 "2024-06-19T02:54:12Z")
I just watched an episode of Girls5Eva and in it, they reveal on September 10, 2001, the girl band released a song called “Quit Flyin’ Planes Straight Into My Heart” and it was…unfortunate. It got me thinking of 9/11 or… --- ## [Would submarines ever help a ship in trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-submarines-ever-help-a-ship-in-trouble/1002972)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-submarines-ever-help-a-ship-in-trouble/1002972 "2024-06-19T01:10:25Z")
Like a passenger ship or actually anything non-military that sends a distress signal? Or even one person in a lost sailboat? Have subs ever helped in a passenger ship rescue? Do they just tell someone else and let the… --- ## [Any tips about your DIY water feature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-about-your-diy-water-feature/1002986)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-about-your-diy-water-feature/1002986 "2024-06-19T01:10:24Z")
I have a bit of a slope in my backyard I would like to do something with that involves a water pump and some running water. Perhaps a small pond, but at least a miniature waterfall and bird bath opportunity. The key is… --- ## [Plant-based cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-based-cheese/1003024)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-based-cheese/1003024 "2024-06-19T01:06:00Z")
Is there plant-based cheese that’s a solid brick? All the ones I can find in the store are shreds. --- ## [Non-US Dopers: In your culture, what makes for polite conversation when you meet someone new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-in-your-culture-what-makes-for-polite-conversation-when-you-meet-someone-new/1002949)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-in-your-culture-what-makes-for-polite-conversation-when-you-meet-someone-new/1002949 "2024-06-18T23:09:19Z")
I’ve come to learn that the American habit of discussing what you do for a living is considered a bit rude in many other places. If that’s the case, then what does make for polite conversation when meeting someone new? S… --- ## [Rishi Sunak tries to lead the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rishi-sunak-tries-to-lead-the-uk/973706)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 802\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rishi-sunak-tries-to-lead-the-uk/973706 "2024-06-18T20:05:22Z")
Are the bookies giving odds on how long he’ll last? Still, first non-White PM, that’s one for the history books. --- ## [Finding someone with only the first 4 digits of their license plate number- possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-someone-with-only-the-first-4-digits-of-their-license-plate-number-possible/1003019)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-someone-with-only-the-first-4-digits-of-their-license-plate-number-possible/1003019 "2024-06-18T18:23:47Z")
8KCV (followed by 3 digits I don’t know). It was a dark-colored 2004 BMW. The guy went by “Mike”, a 60-ish skinny white man with glasses who was totally ex-hippie type material, what with his ponytail (if I remember co… --- ## [Will Trump's conviction affect the election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trumps-conviction-affect-the-election/1002304)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trumps-conviction-affect-the-election/1002304 "2024-06-18T15:44:43Z")
So I just read that his conviction and even imprisonment won’t bar him from being president again. The RNC is apparently still behind him and we know his followers won’t be swayed. So do you think his conviction will ha… --- ## [Another plumbing question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plumbing-question/1002841)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plumbing-question/1002841 "2024-06-18T14:42:21Z")
This PEX-copper coupling has a small leak. It looks like a bad solder joint to me. How can I fix this? I can re-solder it, if there is some way to disconnect the PEX. I’ve never used PEX before, and have no experience wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=538) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=540)