# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=54&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 55 --- ## [Can trackers be attached to a device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503 "2026-07-23T01:22:49Z")
I have a problem. My, wife, whose memory is failing, repeatedly lays her e-reader down in some random place, piles papers on top and then cannot find it. Sometimes it takes me an hour to locate it. So I thought of atta… --- ## [Literally, seriously so ok, really and truly \[found bin full of spice jars and shakers in pantry\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-seriously-so-ok-really-and-truly-found-bin-full-of-spice-jars-and-shakers-in-pantry/1031847)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-seriously-so-ok-really-and-truly-found-bin-full-of-spice-jars-and-shakers-in-pantry/1031847 "2026-07-22T22:22:44Z")
I wandered into the pantry to count my protein drinks. I noticed a clear bin that’s new. Full of small spice jars and shakers. I pull it down one shelf to look-see. I counted 9 little jars of cinnamon. Varying levels. … --- ## [Toy Story 5: Rise of the LLMs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-5-rise-of-the-llms/1024790)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-5-rise-of-the-llms/1024790 "2026-07-22T21:45:10Z")
Toy Story is on tap for summer, 2026, and it looks like the main cast will all be back! Logline: Bonnie is going to get a new toy called Lily Pad, a touchpad ‘friend’ who will try to separate her from her other toys. #Me… --- ## [Avatar is basically Aliens but from the perspective of the Aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-is-basically-aliens-but-from-the-perspective-of-the-aliens/1031714)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-is-basically-aliens-but-from-the-perspective-of-the-aliens/1031714 "2026-07-22T21:34:24Z")
I watched Avatar Fire and Ice (or whatever it’s called) and I finally figured out what always sort of put me off about the series. It’s basically the Aliens series but through the eyes of the Xenomorphs. The main diffe… --- ## [Firehouse Subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-subs/1027532)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-subs/1027532 "2026-07-22T19:07:00Z")
The following is a letter I have tried to sent to Firehouse Subs headquarters but I don’t know if I succeeded as companies do not make it easy to sent them letters- Today, February 9, 2026, I stopped at the local Fireho… --- ## [Tell me about your Ambien (and other sleep aids) experiences...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ambien-and-other-sleep-aids-experiences/534795)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ambien-and-other-sleep-aids-experiences/534795 "2026-07-22T18:36:14Z")
My wife has a prety tough time sleeping at night, and not much of the normal stuff seems to be working. She takes Melatonin as it is, and she is worried that is going to stop helping as she is up to taking 10mg or more … --- ## [Are prediction markets inherently, fatally corrupt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-prediction-markets-inherently-fatally-corrupt/1031828)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-prediction-markets-inherently-fatally-corrupt/1031828 "2026-07-22T17:58:00Z")
“Prediction markets” (Kalshi, etc) being a euphemism for “online casino”. In their advertising “trade” is a euphemism for “bet”. It seems to me that any gambling forum that allows bets on activities where the outcome i… --- ## [What's the most impressive thing 1,000 random people could build in 20 years, trapped in a terrarium with raw elements and a library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-impressive-thing-1-000-random-people-could-build-in-20-years-trapped-in-a-terrarium-with-raw-elements-and-a-library/1031417)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-impressive-thing-1-000-random-people-could-build-in-20-years-trapped-in-a-terrarium-with-raw-elements-and-a-library/1031417 "2026-07-22T17:53:06Z")
Imagine there’s a slightly powerful alien species — let’s call them the Dorg —who’s grown bored of their neck of the stars. One cosmic weekend, they make a wrong left turn and stumble upon Earth. Looks like it would make… --- ## [Reccomend a puzzle game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-a-puzzle-game/920831)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-a-puzzle-game/920831 "2026-07-22T15:42:12Z")
Anybody got any reccomendations for a good PC puzzle game? My PC is pretty old, I think it ran Elder Scrolls: Oblivion OK but I wouls not want to test it with anything that requires more processing than that, so no “The … --- ## [Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, age 82, arrested on suspicion of DUI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-age-82-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui/965322)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-age-82-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui/965322 "2026-07-22T11:57:11Z")
I realize this is a personal issue, but that’s awfully old for that kind of thing. It also makes me wonder if perhaps he has early dementia, and is drinking to cope with it? --- ## [How seriously should I take this warning about defrosting vacuum-sealed fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-should-i-take-this-warning-about-defrosting-vacuum-sealed-fish/1031827)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-should-i-take-this-warning-about-defrosting-vacuum-sealed-fish/1031827 "2026-07-22T00:57:13Z")
So, I often get videos from this food scientist in my YouTube feed. She seems like she really knows her stuff, and I like how she makes no-nonsense videos that cut through all the BS and myths of food quality and safety. … --- ## [Yeah! Josh Gates finds a 74 year old plane wreck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831 "2026-07-21T22:46:05Z")
At least he was the host on the episode filmed for this season’s “Expedition Unknown”. --- ## [Time machine, tool making question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-tool-making-question/1031735)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-tool-making-question/1031735 "2026-07-21T21:07:42Z")
Over in the 1000 random people thread, @mixdenny posted So, easier hypothetical, suppose you were sent back in a time machine to 10,000 years ago here on earth, how long would it take you to make a: Crescent wrench H… --- ## [The California Economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-economy/1031790)
**Author:** [@threeorangept2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorangept2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-economy/1031790 "2026-07-21T17:30:50Z")
I have in recent months heard the claim that California has the fourth (sometimes third) largest economy in the world. Presumably one and two would be the rest of the USA and China. This would mean, however, that Califor… --- ## [Chiropteran Invasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropteran-invasion/1031681)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropteran-invasion/1031681 "2026-07-21T17:20:12Z")
This morning around 4:30 AM I started hearing a soft bumping sound coming from outside my bedroom. Looking out the window, many, many small bats were flying onto the house then flying away. I went outside to investigate,… --- ## [What's a boy like Jeff Bezos to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-boy-like-jeff-bezos-to-do/1031746)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-boy-like-jeff-bezos-to-do/1031746 "2026-07-21T16:41:39Z")
Suppose that Jeff Bezos is visited by three ghosts and wakes with an epiphany. He has long been aware that his lower-level employees are not paid enough. Many qualify for government assistance and some are even homeles… --- ## [Which mobile service provider did you end up choosing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mobile-service-provider-did-you-end-up-choosing/1031793)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mobile-service-provider-did-you-end-up-choosing/1031793 "2026-07-21T16:40:10Z")
I’ve been on Spectrum Mobile for a while and I’m paying $50 a month for one line with unlimited data. Based on TV ads I’ve seen, I think I can probably get a better deal from someone else. If you changed your service pro… --- ## [How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499 "2026-07-21T16:39:08Z")
You’re trying to post a YouTube video, but you get a popup saying “You can’t embed media items in a post.” Here’s how to avoid that. There are a couple of minor variations. I haven’t written my post yet Write your pos… --- ## [Speed of light / reflection question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-reflection-question/1031814)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-reflection-question/1031814 "2026-07-21T15:39:26Z")
In this video, a camera that can take a trillion frames per second captures a photon entering the frame (headed for an apple). The technician explains that you can see the photon(s) coming by the reflection on the table… --- ## [Do you check out of hotels or just leave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-check-out-of-hotels-or-just-leave/1031678)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-check-out-of-hotels-or-just-leave/1031678 "2026-07-21T15:22:16Z")
I always just leave. If I had needed a receipt for business purposes and one hadn’t been slipped under the door, I would have gone through the formal process but other than that I don’t really see the purpose. --- ## [Broadcast sports virtual ads aren't "targeted" yet, are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-sports-virtual-ads-arent-targeted-yet-are-they/1031810)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-sports-virtual-ads-arent-targeted-yet-are-they/1031810 "2026-07-21T12:54:28Z")
Because I source industrial manufacturing parts on-line all day at work my ad feed while browsing are never ending ads for stuff I purchase. Even at home they’ve found a way to link to my work browsing history and fill a… --- ## [Non-political, pure-sports discussion about how women compete against trans athletes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-pure-sports-discussion-about-how-women-compete-against-trans-athletes/1029893)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-pure-sports-discussion-about-how-women-compete-against-trans-athletes/1029893 "2026-07-21T12:23:24Z")
There is another re-hash of the MtF transgender athletes in women’s sports thread going on in Politics. I wanted to try a non-political thread, one purely about sports and leaving politics out of it. If cis-women are co… --- ## [Which is more secure to log into an online account: simple password, or "secure" code emailed to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-secure-to-log-into-an-online-account-simple-password-or-secure-code-emailed-to-me/1031612)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-secure-to-log-into-an-online-account-simple-password-or-secure-code-emailed-to-me/1031612 "2026-07-21T12:07:27Z")
My account for Slate Auto does not have a password; I type in my email address that they have on file for me and they email me a one-time secure code (or I could have set it up with my phone number to receive a text of t… --- ## [North African merguez sausages)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-african-merguez-sausages/1013265)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-african-merguez-sausages/1013265 "2026-07-21T02:36:39Z")
I’ve told this before, but… Back in the late-'80s, Trader Joe’s sold North African merguez sausage. I think those were the spiciest sausages I’ve ever eaten. Naturally, they were discontinued. After moving up here, a… --- ## [Trifle possibilities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trifle-possibilities/1031325)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trifle-possibilities/1031325 "2026-07-21T02:33:21Z")
I have been unexpectedly turned into the host of a 4th of July party, which is fine but a bit short notice as I tend to start the menu planning / shopping / sous-chef prep a week or two in advance, and yet here we are, o… --- ## [Trump compared to Roman Emperor Commodus (180–192 CE) or other megalomaniacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-roman-emperor-commodus-180-192-ce-or-other-megalomaniacs/1030881)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-roman-emperor-commodus-180-192-ce-or-other-megalomaniacs/1030881 "2026-07-21T02:07:31Z")
One of my favorite YouTube programs is “Tasting History” with Max Miller. His most recent show was about the last meal of Emperor Commodus. You may remember this emperor from the first Gladiator movie. He was played b… --- ## [Cute cookie icon only appears on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-cookie-icon-only-appears-on-sdmb/1031822)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-cookie-icon-only-appears-on-sdmb/1031822 "2026-07-21T00:47:07Z")
This morning I open up the SDMB and there’s a brand new cute cookie icon. It looks like a chocolate chip cookie with a big bite taken out of it. I clicked on it and it gave me a pop-up menu for cookie preferences, comput… --- ## [Door to door solicitors and door knock patterns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-to-door-solicitors-and-door-knock-patterns/1031447)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-to-door-solicitors-and-door-knock-patterns/1031447 "2026-07-20T23:18:44Z")
I live in a split foyer house, and it’s getting harder to walk up and down the stairs. So it’s annoying to answer a knock on the door only to find out it’s someone trying to sell me something I don’t need (car warranty, … --- ## [Please show me "a small limestone house", like the one the Angstroms bought in Rabbit Is Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-show-me-a-small-limestone-house-like-the-one-the-angstroms-bought-in-rabbit-is-rich/1031740)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-show-me-a-small-limestone-house-like-the-one-the-angstroms-bought-in-rabbit-is-rich/1031740 "2026-07-20T22:36:57Z")
Partway through Rabbit Is Rich, Harry and Janice buy a small two-story stone house with two bedrooms, presumably a servants’ house left over from the time when the entire neighborhood belonged to a single grand country e… --- ## [B&H Photo and Shabbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-h-photo-and-shabbat/1030999)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-h-photo-and-shabbat/1030999 "2026-07-20T20:32:51Z")
For those not familiar, B&H is the preeminent photographic equipment source. They have a huge store in New York City but do most of their business through their web site. I don’t know if they are Jewish owned but they h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=53&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=55&state=muted)