# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=610&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 611 --- ## [2024 Oscar (96th Academy Awards) Nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545 "2024-03-14T20:55:43Z")
The 2024 Oscar nominations are out. Any comments? I have seen almost none of these. 96th Academy Awards - Wikipedia Partial list: BEST PICTURE “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Kill… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Bear Creek #2. (or 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-bear-creek-2-or-3/982995)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-bear-creek-2-or-3/982995 "2024-03-14T20:11:22Z")
No, no, no. This is not about bear poop. (Y’all nasty) Went on a sojourn with Ivy. A sad, lonely trip on a sad lonely state highway. Looking for parts for her old organ. (Musical instrument not bodily) There are many … --- ## [Trying to remember the details of a magazine postal contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-details-of-a-magazine-postal-contest/998717)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-details-of-a-magazine-postal-contest/998717 "2024-03-14T19:38:45Z")
I have the vague memory of a magazine (it might have been the popular science monthly Omni) that ran a contest in which readers were invited to creatively address a letter and mail it to the magazine via the USPS. The mo… --- ## [Republicans Sabotaged Carter's Re-election via the Iran Hostage Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-sabotaged-carters-re-election-via-the-iran-hostage-crisis/981346)
**Author:** [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-sabotaged-carters-re-election-via-the-iran-hostage-crisis/981346 "2024-03-14T19:31:07Z")
I’m going to shamelessly blow my own horn here: I Knew It!! John B. Connelly and William Casey backchannelled negotiations to keep the hostages in Iran past the 1980 election. It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the … --- ## [Is it my computer monitor or something else causing this problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-computer-monitor-or-something-else-causing-this-problem/998714)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-computer-monitor-or-something-else-causing-this-problem/998714 "2024-03-14T19:11:31Z")
This is a desktop monitor that I’ve had for at least 10 years that has developed an issue. I use it primarily for photo editing (Adobe Lightroom) and, occasionally, YouTube video watching. There are now vertical streaks… --- ## [Scientists scanning seafloor discover a Stone Age 'megastructure'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-scanning-seafloor-discover-a-stone-age-megastructure/998781)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-scanning-seafloor-discover-a-stone-age-megastructure/998781 "2024-03-14T19:07:53Z")
Interesting find. I’d like to see photos instead of a 3d model. I’m skeptical of their hunting theory. A deer will feed a lot of people. My dad kept our freezer fully stocked with venison. There’s a lot of good meat on … --- ## [What happen to Brazil and Argentina why is there so much poverty and class struggle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happen-to-brazil-and-argentina-why-is-there-so-much-poverty-and-class-struggle/997777)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happen-to-brazil-and-argentina-why-is-there-so-much-poverty-and-class-struggle/997777 "2024-03-14T18:00:34Z")
I hear there is lot of corruption in Brazil and Argentina could that be why there is a lot of poverty and social inequality. What happen to Brazil and Argentina that they not like Sweden or Denmark and other first world… --- ## [Ewerassic Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ewerassic-park/998814)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ewerassic-park/998814 "2024-03-14T17:49:30Z")
A man from Montana created hybrid sheep for hunting by illegally importing body parts from the endangered Marco Polo AKA Argali sheep from Asia, sending the tissue to a lab where it was cloned, and then breeding the re… --- ## [Why do tall people look so tall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tall-people-look-so-tall/998801)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tall-people-look-so-tall/998801 "2024-03-14T16:37:44Z")
I’m 6’1" tall so a little above average for the American male. My friend is 6’9" and therefore way above average in height. I’d guess he’s in the upper .1% but I’m too lazy to look it up. When I look up to him, it fee… --- ## [Saskatchewan is in the Brier!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saskatchewan-is-in-the-brier/998687)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saskatchewan-is-in-the-brier/998687 "2024-03-14T15:37:55Z")
The local boys are going up against Brad Gushue for Canada; down 2-1 in the 4th. Hurry! Hurry hard! --- ## [How much am I paying per kWh for electricity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-am-i-paying-per-kwh-for-electricity/998572)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-am-i-paying-per-kwh-for-electricity/998572 "2024-03-14T15:27:06Z")
How much am I paying for electricity? You’d think this would be a simple thing to know but…it isn’t. I have Googled it, I have checked with my utility website and I can say my electricity bill is nowhere NEAR the low p… --- ## [Did a young John Milton meet Shakespeare ? Is the evidence only circumstantial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-young-john-milton-meet-shakespeare-is-the-evidence-only-circumstantial/998788)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-young-john-milton-meet-shakespeare-is-the-evidence-only-circumstantial/998788 "2024-03-14T14:02:06Z")
Did a young John Milton meet Shakespeare ? Is there hard evidence for this ? Is the evidence only circumstantial? --- ## [State of the Union Address, March 7, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-address-march-7-2024/998590)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-address-march-7-2024/998590 "2024-03-14T13:12:01Z")
I’ve got CNN on, and the address is due to start in about 40 minutes. Covering Gaza protesters outside the White House. Apparently, they want to block the road, preventing Biden’s motorcade from leaving. That’s unlike… --- ## [Talk to me about loss of sense of smell/taste post-Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-loss-of-sense-of-smell-taste-post-covid/995493)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-loss-of-sense-of-smell-taste-post-covid/995493 "2024-03-14T12:50:59Z")
I’m a couple of days done with my Paxlovid rebound case of Covid. The rebound phase really punched me in the nose, so to speak. I haven’t been so badly clogged in many years. But I’m done with it, except for a bit of … --- ## [Book recommendation time again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendation-time-again/998734)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendation-time-again/998734 "2024-03-14T10:51:05Z")
Ok dopers, I am currently in a book drought. I’m all caught up on new stuff by my “regular” authors. I’ve been enjoying some historical fiction lately and would love to hear some suggestions for something in that genre. … --- ## [Pins, watchbands, games, messages. Bad bad bad Beck and her dubious multitasking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pins-watchbands-games-messages-bad-bad-bad-beck-and-her-dubious-multitasking/998770)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pins-watchbands-games-messages-bad-bad-bad-beck-and-her-dubious-multitasking/998770 "2024-03-14T07:15:04Z")
Sitting in my chair making plans to ignore any requests of my services. (Yeah? So I’m lazy …), Son-of-a-wrek comes in He has purchased a new watchband. Oh, goody. He has fat fingers. No one will help him with the pins…… --- ## [Ohio Gov. Bypasses Trump Pick For Senate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780 "2024-03-14T02:37:11Z")
A bold choice, and one that will likely see the end of his political career. But I have to respect him for it. --- ## [Ken Buck (R, Colorado) is retiring next week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768)
**Author:** [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768 "2024-03-14T02:29:48Z")
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) will retire from Congress next week, he announced Tuesday, a move that will narrow the House GOP’s razor-thin majority even further. Bu… What does this bring the margin of error to for the Repu… --- ## [Has their ever been a split off of a split off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-their-ever-been-a-split-off-of-a-split-off/998816)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-their-ever-been-a-split-off-of-a-split-off/998816 "2024-03-14T02:14:54Z")
A topic is started, and later an off-topic conversation takes place that a moderator splits off into a separate thread. Has a moderator ever created a a split off thread from an off topic conversation in a thread that … --- ## [TikTok ban. How does a divestment work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiktok-ban-how-does-a-divestment-work/998813)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiktok-ban-how-does-a-divestment-work/998813 "2024-03-13T23:47:17Z")
So the house voted today to ban TikTok. They said either divest from Bytedance or be banned from the USA. My question is does ByteDance have to agree to a divestment? Or is it all up to TikTok? --- ## [Roman Polanski Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-redux/788618)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-redux/788618 "2024-03-13T23:46:48Z")
Samantha Geimer, the victim, is pleading for the court to end the sex assault case against Roman Polanski. She is asking the judge to either sentence him to the six weeks he already served, or just dismiss it outright. … --- ## [Series I U.S. savings bonds are paying 7.12% \[update - now 6.89%\]\[Down to 5.27% Mar2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-i-u-s-savings-bonds-are-paying-7-12-update-now-6-89-down-to-5-27-mar2023/955092)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-i-u-s-savings-bonds-are-paying-7-12-update-now-6-89-down-to-5-27-mar2023/955092 "2024-03-13T23:29:14Z")
I realize that’s the result of our borderline hyperinflation, but it was quite a pleasant surprise for me. Back in my working days, I bought a bunch of them, and needed to cash one in and found this out. I really hated… --- ## [Does attorney-client privilege apply to all lawyers, or just criminal-defense ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-attorney-client-privilege-apply-to-all-lawyers-or-just-criminal-defense-ones/998469)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-attorney-client-privilege-apply-to-all-lawyers-or-just-criminal-defense-ones/998469 "2024-03-13T23:21:15Z")
Say someone consults a criminal-defense attorney and says, “I committed a murder 10 years ago,” etc. etc., there’s no doubt the lawyer would keep it confidential. But if someone consults a totally different type of lawy… --- ## [What's killing my computer's internet speed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-killing-my-computers-internet-speed/998803)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-killing-my-computers-internet-speed/998803 "2024-03-13T23:13:54Z")
Sometime yesterday my internet speed on my desktop computer dropped from its normal 200+Mb/sec down to under 100k/sec, with frequent extended periods where speed is at zero, and occasional spikes up over 150Mb/sec. Mean… --- ## [What was "A Patriot" going to be about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-patriot-going-to-be-about/998786)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-patriot-going-to-be-about/998786 "2024-03-13T21:58:13Z")
The abandoned project that would have starred Eva Green. I’ve yet to locate an actual synopsis of the story. --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter F and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP (final poll added)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-f-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998552)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-f-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998552 "2024-03-13T21:41:51Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter F. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Who knows their stuff about growing vegetables (tomatoes) in raised garden beds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-their-stuff-about-growing-vegetables-tomatoes-in-raised-garden-beds/998283)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-their-stuff-about-growing-vegetables-tomatoes-in-raised-garden-beds/998283 "2024-03-13T21:13:20Z")
This year will be my first attempt at growing tomatoes in a raised bed. Past tries, using pots or just the ground, have failed miserably. My bed is 12” high x 71” wide x 35” deep, or 17 cubic feet. I assume I’ll need a… --- ## [What methods could possibly be used to achieve time travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-methods-could-possibly-be-used-to-achieve-time-travel/996405)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-methods-could-possibly-be-used-to-achieve-time-travel/996405 "2024-03-13T18:56:53Z")
What sort of technological developments could be used to this effect? --- ## [Economic Wargames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-wargames/24483)
**Author:** [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-wargames/24483 "2024-03-13T18:01:42Z")
How many economists with PhDs does it take to do grammar school algebra? Unknown, we don’t have enough yet. Economic Wargames The following essay is about the economic system of the world today. One of … --- ## [Handling problems with Amazon returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-problems-with-amazon-returns/998673)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-problems-with-amazon-returns/998673 "2024-03-13T17:38:46Z")
In theory, Amazon’s return process is simple and straightforward: you bring the item to a Koh’s or a Whole Foods, they scan it, you get your money back when Amazon receives the item. But what if Amazon doesn’t receive t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=609&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=611&state=tracking)