# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=688&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 689 --- ## [Replacing a linux install with windows 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-a-linux-install-with-windows-10/993582)
**Author:** [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-a-linux-install-with-windows-10/993582 "2023-11-24T20:10:00Z")
Hi folks, I’m trying to totally erase an existing ubuntu installation to put windows 10 instead. Windows 10 was the original OS, then my partner fully installed ubuntu over it a couple years ago. Now she wants windows… --- ## [I hate my IPhone, suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-iphone-suggestions/993473)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-iphone-suggestions/993473 "2023-11-24T19:34:18Z")
The recent forced “upgrade” put me over the edge of tolerance. Now I am actively searching for ways to not carry a mini-computer in my pocket, but I am at a loss. Things I use my phone for: Tracking my mileage on my ho… --- ## [Why do ETFs sometimes, but only occasionally, have quoted prices down to the hundredth of a cent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-etfs-sometimes-but-only-occasionally-have-quoted-prices-down-to-the-hundredth-of-a-cent/993558)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-etfs-sometimes-but-only-occasionally-have-quoted-prices-down-to-the-hundredth-of-a-cent/993558 "2023-11-24T19:21:04Z")
I’m pretty sure I know why it can happen - stocks are traded in lots of 100, and the price for the trade wasn’t an even dollar amount. But if that can happen, why doesn’t it happen in 99% of situations, and instead in o… --- ## [Recommend a few cheeses for a party cheese tray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-few-cheeses-for-a-party-cheese-tray/993445)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-few-cheeses-for-a-party-cheese-tray/993445 "2023-11-24T16:42:35Z")
As much as I love my cheese, there are so many types I have never tried. I suppose brie and gruyere are can’t-miss, no? Aside from those I need a couple more options to go with some fancy-ish crackers. So, go on now, c… --- ## [Tips to be a nonconfrontational poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-to-be-a-nonconfrontational-poster/993198)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-to-be-a-nonconfrontational-poster/993198 "2023-11-24T16:32:58Z")
My tips: Say what you think without implying what other posters’ thoughts are. They can speak for themselves without you telling us what they really mean. When another poster asks what you mean, answer them directl… --- ## [Short question about a certain type of rifle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-question-about-a-certain-type-of-rifle/993571)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-question-about-a-certain-type-of-rifle/993571 "2023-11-24T15:53:33Z")
Yes, yes, odd title, but here’s what the issue is. I have a dog named Mauser. He was named for another dog, also a dachshund, in a thriller novel. I looked it up and the Mauser rifle is supposed to be German manufactu… --- ## [Dissociative peas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539 "2023-11-24T14:56:22Z")
Yummy! I worried and was pained to know Mid-dau went out on a limb and cooked Split pea soup yesterday. She assured me it would be great. Yeah, no. Not convinced. I have problems with cauliflower and broccoli. This sou… --- ## [What happens if everyone goes when the light changes to green?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-everyone-goes-when-the-light-changes-to-green/993274)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-everyone-goes-when-the-light-changes-to-green/993274 "2023-11-24T14:23:50Z")
If everyone accelerated at the same rate when a stop light turns green, what would the result be? I know it won’t happen in the real world but in fantasy land, it seems that traffic jams would be a lot less frequent. --- ## [Those poor, mistreated NFL owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540)
**Author:** [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540 "2023-11-24T13:33:35Z")
Colts owner Jim Irsay talks about his DUI arrest in 2014. The money quote is “I am prejudiced against because I’m a rich, white billionaire” --- ## [They Say the South is friendly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-say-the-south-is-friendly/993572)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-say-the-south-is-friendly/993572 "2023-11-24T13:18:39Z")
And “southern hospitality” is a supposed byword. But look at these maps from Atlas Obscura. Lots of red in the red states, Hmmm --- ## [Good News, Everybody! My Package Was Stolen! It May Be The Last Straw! (LONG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everybody-my-package-was-stolen-it-may-be-the-last-straw-long/993467)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everybody-my-package-was-stolen-it-may-be-the-last-straw-long/993467 "2023-11-24T12:08:38Z")
I moved into my own apartment over twenty years ago. At first, there was a 24 hour Kwik E Mart, a large grocery store and the grocery store had a branch of my bank in it. Then, a few years later the bank branch closed. T… --- ## [Expressions I hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620 "2023-11-24T11:11:12Z")
So I’m new here. I guess this is the area for pointless stuff so here is a REALLY pointless mundane thing that bugs me …at the supermarket they usually be have these grab and go bins with cold cuts and cheeses in zipper… --- ## [Sex and the City on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708 "2023-11-24T10:50:45Z")
Zach Weinersmith (author of webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) and his wife Kelly (biologist at Rice University) have written a book called A City on Mars. The New York Times published an opinion piece based on … --- ## [Proposed Republican Cabinet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-republican-cabinet/992124)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-republican-cabinet/992124 "2023-11-24T09:33:51Z")
I got a sneak preview of the proposed Republican Cabinet under a future Trump administration… President: Donald Trump Vice- President: Donald Trump Attorney General: Rudy Guilani Secretary of Defense: Ivanka Trump D… --- ## [More problems with word daily (French)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-problems-with-word-daily-french/993581)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-problems-with-word-daily-french/993581 "2023-11-24T09:01:00Z")
Today’s word daily is the word “malheurusement” which they define as “unfortunately” and pronounce a la francais. Seems to me (I used to speak a pretty coherent French, not so much for the past 40 years) that word trans… --- ## [Is there still good and bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-still-good-and-bad/990513)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-still-good-and-bad/990513 "2023-11-24T08:10:17Z")
Do we as a society still understand and accept that there is a demarcation, a defined line between good and bad, or do we all separately define good and bad based on what we individually believe? --- ## [Who are the femme fatales in this image?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-femme-fatales-in-this-image/993565)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-femme-fatales-in-this-image/993565 "2023-11-24T03:41:15Z")
On the left I think is Lauren Bacall, but who are the other two? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GzS51WWtEvg&pp=ygUPTGEgbm9pciBhbWJpZW50 / --- ## [Thanksgiving Television Episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344 "2023-11-24T03:40:29Z")
I’m going to watch Brooklyn 99’s Thanksgiving episodes this week. What other shows have Thanksgiving episodes you would recommend? --- ## [Why all the coverage of OpenAI's management shenanigans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-coverage-of-openais-management-shenanigans/993563)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-coverage-of-openais-management-shenanigans/993563 "2023-11-24T03:12:33Z")
So I’m pretty bemused but the intense coverage about the goings on at OpenAI both in the technology press and the mainstream press (I was getting push notifications about it on the BBC app FFS!) I’ve been working in tec… --- ## [Dolly Parton-- Rockstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-rockstar/993500)
**Author:** [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-rockstar/993500 "2023-11-24T01:23:00Z")
Apparently, Dolly Parton has released a album of Rock Music-- a bunch of covers (often with one or more of the original performers helping out) and some new songs. I heard about this on NPR the other day, and have now l… --- ## [Why isn't 2024 more like 1968?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-2024-more-like-1968/992642)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-2024-more-like-1968/992642 "2023-11-24T01:05:03Z")
For those too young to recall: in 1968 Lyndon Johnson was the incumbent, but his popularity was dragged down by our involvement in Vietnam. He was challenged in the primaries by Sen. Eugene McCarthy, who did surprisingl… --- ## [What are the best arguments against the idea that objective morality doesn’t exist because it can’t be measured scientifically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-arguments-against-the-idea-that-objective-morality-doesn-t-exist-because-it-can-t-be-measured-scientifically/993218)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-arguments-against-the-idea-that-objective-morality-doesn-t-exist-because-it-can-t-be-measured-scientifically/993218 "2023-11-24T00:43:47Z")
The most common argument against the existence of objective morality and moral facts besides moral differences between societies is that they aren’t tangible objects found in the universe and can’t be measured scientific… --- ## [It's 2 am. What good "could" happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499 "2023-11-24T00:15:09Z")
You know you always hear nothing good happens after 2am. Surely something good happened a couple of times. (Maybe Publishers Clearinghouse has a night shift) --- ## [Avalon Hill - Anyone Play These?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avalon-hill-anyone-play-these/87075)
**Author:** [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avalon-hill-anyone-play-these/87075 "2023-11-23T23:38:12Z")
I used to play Avalon Hill Wargames for a short stretch about twenty years ago. I realy got into a game based on Stalingrad. I recall there were dozens of these board games around? Do folks still play these or have they … --- ## [2023 Dutch Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-dutch-elections/993560)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-dutch-elections/993560 "2023-11-23T21:22:39Z")
According to exit polls, far-right populist Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) is set to win the most seats in the Dutch parliamentary election. PVV is projected to win 35 out of 150 seats, 10 seats ahead of the next la… --- ## [Six word stories: Trump Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-trump-edition/973304)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-trump-edition/973304 "2023-11-23T20:53:51Z")
The goal of this thread is to tell a story about the Trump Presidency using six words. A few examples are given. Inspired by this thread: Stories In Six Words Good President? Or best president ever? Circus Peanut tu… --- ## [How do jurors on long trials pay their bills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-jurors-on-long-trials-pay-their-bills/985068)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-jurors-on-long-trials-pay-their-bills/985068 "2023-11-23T20:26:39Z")
I started my first experience with jury duty this morning. We are only expected to be available for this week, so no big deal. It began with the judge offering to hear from anyone to whom this may cause undue hardship. … --- ## [Why the hate for the Game of Thrones finale? (spoilers within)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-the-game-of-thrones-finale-spoilers-within/854540)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-the-game-of-thrones-finale-spoilers-within/854540 "2023-11-23T20:10:41Z")
I just wrapped up one of my quarantine projects, which was to finally watch Game of Thrones. It was good! Not great, but pretty darn good. I knew that the final season (and the series finale) was pretty heavily panned … --- ## [Dopers--Is your electricty dirty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-is-your-electricty-dirty/993568)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-is-your-electricty-dirty/993568 "2023-11-23T19:58:12Z")
I just deleted a piece of spam from something called Killerwatzz, that claims your electrify is dirty, and for a fee, they will clean it for you. I swear to OG God of Cavemen, this takes the cake for goofy spam! --- ## [Network bandwidth vs. latency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/network-bandwidth-vs-latency/993566)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/network-bandwidth-vs-latency/993566 "2023-11-23T18:42:30Z")
I ran across an ad for a device (maybe includes software) that claims to reduce latency so you can play music with other people in real time over the Internet. https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/realtime-audio-buying-gui… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=687&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=689&state=tracking)