# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=63&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 64 --- ## [Delicious in Dungeon / Dungeon Meshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delicious-in-dungeon-dungeon-meshi/998903)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delicious-in-dungeon-dungeon-meshi/998903 "2026-07-04T22:57:10Z")
This is mentioned in two different threads, I thought there might be enough interest for a dedicated thread. (Actually, doing a search I see it has actually been mentioned in a third thread) I’ve already read the complet… --- ## [Are there any known non-rotating black holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-known-non-rotating-black-holes/1031392)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-known-non-rotating-black-holes/1031392 "2026-07-04T22:50:08Z")
I was reading an interesting article on photon spheres… And there was a mention of non-rotating black holes. A first thought is that conservation of angular momentum would prevent them. Googling around a bit I found th… --- ## [The end of IMDB "I Need to Know"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-imdb-i-need-to-know/1031134)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-imdb-i-need-to-know/1031134 "2026-07-04T22:26:26Z")
In 2017 IMDB pulled the plug on its message boards. One of the most useful ones was “I Need to Know,” where you could post a fragmentary memory of a movie or TV program, and the experts could usually identify it pretty … --- ## [President Trump made a large amount in crypto!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-made-a-large-amount-in-crypto/1031339)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-made-a-large-amount-in-crypto/1031339 "2026-07-04T22:25:57Z")
President Donald Trump made more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency ventures, while the vast majority of regular buyers lost hundreds of millions of dollars ! Will Congress look into this ? I doubt this happens very oft… --- ## [Etan Patz. Conviction based solely on confession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etan-patz-conviction-based-solely-on-confession/623090)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etan-patz-conviction-based-solely-on-confession/623090 "2026-07-04T16:25:51Z")
This is actually a general question, not necessarily about this particular case. The currently reported facts: Someone confessed to kidnapping and killing Etan Patz. There is no physical evidence. There are no witnes… --- ## [UK/Scotland trip - what should I not miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-scotland-trip-what-should-i-not-miss/1026213)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-scotland-trip-what-should-i-not-miss/1026213 "2026-07-04T14:58:16Z")
Title says it all. We are planning a trip to the UK next fall. I’m looking for the best things to see and do in Scotland. Ireland too. --- ## [The Trump administration and AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-and-ai/1031388)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-and-ai/1031388 "2026-07-04T14:53:59Z")
Has there been any good investigative reports on the use of AI in the Trump administration? I’ve heard talk of the over use of AI to perform audits that they use to cut budgets. The current beagle killer heading the VA i… --- ## [How important is glucose flattening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-glucose-flattening/988660)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-glucose-flattening/988660 "2026-07-04T14:27:13Z")
I’ve been hearing a lot about glucose flattening from friends. It’s basically using hacks to keep your blood glucose spike as low as possible after you eat a meal. The purported benefits are fewer cravings and less hunge… --- ## [Dissenting SCOTUS votes on birthright citizenship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissenting-scotus-votes-on-birthright-citizenship/1031300)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissenting-scotus-votes-on-birthright-citizenship/1031300 "2026-07-04T13:46:49Z")
What was the rationale for the dissenting votes? --- ## [Curses to the melon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curses-to-the-melon/1031232)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curses-to-the-melon/1031232 "2026-07-04T13:45:37Z")
I love me some watermelon. My son found a guy with a load of yellow meated watermelon. Cheap. Chilled it. After lunch we put it on the picnic table. Bring out the salt box and paper plates. Son-of-a-wrek pulled out h… --- ## [Delivery price difference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-price-difference/1031334)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-price-difference/1031334 "2026-07-04T05:55:07Z")
I notice when I use a delivery service for food or groceries, the price I pay through them is not the same price as in store/restaurant. So a $4 burger at McD will cost me $5 through DoorDash/Uber/x, so who gets the extr… --- ## [Apple iPhone issues: difficulty replying to thread, cannot load cursor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-iphone-issues-difficulty-replying-to-thread-cannot-load-cursor/1031385)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-iphone-issues-difficulty-replying-to-thread-cannot-load-cursor/1031385 "2026-07-04T04:30:17Z")
Has anyone else been experiencing this? Frequently in recent days / weeks, when I go to reply to a thread, the reply form loads but I cannot tap into it to load my cursor and start typing. It’s like tapping onto a brick … --- ## [My answer. Once and only once and hopefully last word on it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answer-once-and-only-once-and-hopefully-last-word-on-it/1031393)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answer-once-and-only-once-and-hopefully-last-word-on-it/1031393 "2026-07-04T02:56:03Z")
I know what I did in that pit thread. (I will explain further about that)You can call it “mild” til doomsday. But it’s not. It hurt me deeply that folks who have no knowledge of me, who have never asked me a question or … --- ## [INSTACART QUESTION. - pls advise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instacart-question-pls-advise/1031389)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instacart-question-pls-advise/1031389 "2026-07-04T01:56:22Z")
I hope this is the right forum, if not pls move it. I am fairly new to instacart, ordered a few times with no problem. I placed an order this morning, it’s over 2 hrs. overdue. I understand things go wrong, supposedl… --- ## [What sort of warship is this? (1963 pic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-warship-is-this-1963-pic/1031372)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-warship-is-this-1963-pic/1031372 "2026-07-04T01:39:55Z")
Is it called a cruiser? Are those Terriers? What other armament does it have? --- ## [To what extent can science be repressed once discovered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-science-be-repressed-once-discovered/1030652)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-science-be-repressed-once-discovered/1030652 "2026-07-04T00:42:30Z")
I see this all the time in discussions over alternative energy and AI: the idea that scientists or corporations can completely suppress, or control the rate of, scientific progress. This has always struck me as odd, beca… --- ## [Tibetan man self-immolates at the United Nations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibetan-man-self-immolates-at-the-united-nations/1031398)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibetan-man-self-immolates-at-the-united-nations/1031398 "2026-07-04T00:26:12Z")
Tibetan man self-immolates at the United Nations. --- ## [On the three-letter codes that identify the countries participating in the World Cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-three-letter-codes-that-identify-the-countries-participating-in-the-world-cup/1030898)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-three-letter-codes-that-identify-the-countries-participating-in-the-world-cup/1030898 "2026-07-03T20:43:27Z")
They seem to be pretty straightforward and utilitarian: Mexico is MEX, Scotland is SCO, Haiti is HAI, etc. The ones that aren’t the first three letters of the country’s name also make sense: USA for United States of Amer… --- ## [How did the US telegraph system work during Civil War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-us-telegraph-system-work-during-civil-war/1031311)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-us-telegraph-system-work-during-civil-war/1031311 "2026-07-03T16:08:56Z")
Bruce Catton says “On December 24 \[1864\] Sherman sent Lincoln a whimsical telegram, offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.” Had North and South agreed to keep the nationwide system working, or what? H… --- ## [Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unexpectedly resigns {2023-02-15}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-unexpectedly-resigns-2023-02-15/979819)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-unexpectedly-resigns-2023-02-15/979819 "2026-07-03T04:22:42Z")
Breaking and very surprising news: Nicola Sturgeon, who has been First Minister of Scotland’s devolved parliament for 8 years, has announced this morning that she will be resigning. The press conference is at 11am UK tim… --- ## [Living on noodles, pork and onions, what else do I need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-noodles-pork-and-onions-what-else-do-i-need/1031307)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-noodles-pork-and-onions-what-else-do-i-need/1031307 "2026-07-03T03:52:02Z")
I’m eating a bowl of the wife’s Thai rice noodles with cut up pork and whole onions. It’s such a delicious combination I wonder how complete it is as a diet? --- ## [Selling my car: Craigslist, FB Marketplace experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-my-car-craigslist-fb-marketplace-experiences/1031004)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-my-car-craigslist-fb-marketplace-experiences/1031004 "2026-07-03T02:24:15Z")
Have you sold your car? What sites / methods worked well for you? This car is my wife’s POS 2012 Nissan Leaf, 52,500 miles and only 45-50 miles on a full charge, so it’s really nothing. Not fancy. I say POS because I’ve… --- ## [Horse racing odds Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-odds-q/1031273)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-odds-q/1031273 "2026-07-03T02:13:48Z")
For those of you who spend time at the track, I am curious, what kind of mathematical model, let us say even crude model, do you use to sit and work out the probability of any possible result in a given upcoming race? We… --- ## [How striking would our moon be to a seasoned space traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-striking-would-our-moon-be-to-a-seasoned-space-traveler/1031297)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-striking-would-our-moon-be-to-a-seasoned-space-traveler/1031297 "2026-07-03T01:34:42Z")
Moons are apparently No Big Deal, going by just our solar system. Jupiter and Saturn alone have more than eighty each according to the last mention of it I saw. But those are BIG planets and the moons are relatively in… --- ## [Spineless, gutless Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-republicans/1015402)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-republicans/1015402 "2026-07-03T00:44:48Z")
The Republicans, I feel, don’t get nearly enough vitriol for the way they’ve not only fallen in line behind their emperor, but also for how they’ve been enthusiastically polishing his knob every chance they get. He could… --- ## [Flying cars ... finally here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853 "2026-07-03T00:10:35Z")
OK, everyone who’s been waiting for flying cars, your wait is over: Well, almost over. That just a prototype, so it may take a while to get it into production. But it flies, and looks like a car, well, one that’s a ma… --- ## [I never see used Hummers on the road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-see-used-hummers-on-the-road/1031346)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-see-used-hummers-on-the-road/1031346 "2026-07-02T22:46:22Z")
They were everywhere two decades ago. I get people have moved on to SUVs. But even before gas prices spiked, I can’t remember the last time I saw one. It’s not like people suddenly became way nicer and are planning to… --- ## [AI off-handedly referenced me in a response](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-off-handedly-referenced-me-in-a-response/1031363)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-off-handedly-referenced-me-in-a-response/1031363 "2026-07-02T19:27:47Z")
I was asking about lyrics to the song “Ventura Highway” and ai gave me this: I’m sure it’s not that unique, but strange (to me) it kind of personalized that answer. --- ## [When you are stuck in a room that won't move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-stuck-in-a-room-that-wont-move/1031173)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-stuck-in-a-room-that-wont-move/1031173 "2026-07-02T18:32:02Z")
I just spent an hour and a half in an elevator near the third floor of a building after almost everyone had gone home. My personal phone was down two floors charging up, there was nobody to hear the alarm bell and the re… --- ## [What is the ideal fission reactor for energy production?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-fission-reactor-for-energy-production/1031319)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-fission-reactor-for-energy-production/1031319 "2026-07-02T16:51:28Z")
I understand that PWR type reactors are ubiquitous because they are submarine reactors at a fundamental level. Shippingport was derived from submarine PWRs in 1957. However, there is another more simple type of fission r… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=62&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=64&state=muted)