# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=721 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 722 --- ## [I think I'm going to win the Powerball, please advise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-win-the-powerball-please-advise/991145)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-win-the-powerball-please-advise/991145 "2023-10-12T17:42:36Z")
So I have a good feeling about the next Powerball drawing. The jackpot currently stands at $1.4 billion. But I’m a little concerned because I’m not certain how to proceed after I’ve won. I’ve read lots of articles about… --- ## [Harpo's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harpos/204375)
**Author:** [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harpos/204375 "2023-10-12T15:55:13Z")
In one of the Tom Green shows he nearly got his ASCII Table kicked all over the floor at some redneck bar. It was called Harpo’s. Does anyone know what state this bar was in? --- ## [How safe\* are authenticator apps, are they better than other 2FA methods, and is there a better (or best) one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-are-authenticator-apps-are-they-better-than-other-2fa-methods-and-is-there-a-better-or-best-one/991417)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-are-authenticator-apps-are-they-better-than-other-2fa-methods-and-is-there-a-better-or-best-one/991417 "2023-10-12T14:29:03Z")
23&Me just notified me that they are recommending 2-factor authorization due to some kind of data breaching (based on passwords that users use on multiple sites, apparently). Fine, only they require an authentication app… --- ## [Possible sabotage to gas pipeline and telecom cable supplying Finland, Estonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-sabotage-to-gas-pipeline-and-telecom-cable-supplying-finland-estonia/991460)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-sabotage-to-gas-pipeline-and-telecom-cable-supplying-finland-estonia/991460 "2023-10-12T14:08:29Z")
According to the story, it wasn’t natural damage, but “external activity.” They stop short of calling it sabotage, but they two are in different areas and the time of the damage seems to be quite close. Could just be a g… --- ## [Long-Term Care Insurance: How do you determine what the max benefit should be while considering your assets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-care-insurance-how-do-you-determine-what-the-max-benefit-should-be-while-considering-your-assets/991377)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-care-insurance-how-do-you-determine-what-the-max-benefit-should-be-while-considering-your-assets/991377 "2023-10-12T13:51:13Z")
For Long-Term Care Insurance, how do you determine what the maximum benefit amount should be while considering your assets? I’m asking because I read an article perhaps 15 years ago which stated that if you had a net wor… --- ## [ChatGPT Hacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-hacks/979848)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-hacks/979848 "2023-10-12T13:18:43Z")
There was an article somewhere about how interfacing with AI technology would become a vaunted skill. This basically involved knowing what to precisely ask it to yield better results. The article suggested adding the p… --- ## [Video games with great stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-with-great-stories/990255)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-with-great-stories/990255 "2023-10-12T12:42:42Z")
Video game stories have come a long way since the “Defeat the villain and save the princess” days. What games would you say have great stories? I just got all 5 main endings for NieR: Automata, and WOW, what a rollercoa… --- ## [Castlevania: Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castlevania-nocturne/991455)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castlevania-nocturne/991455 "2023-10-12T11:50:24Z")
The first show was pretty good. Warren Ellis, for all of his many faults and issues, is a good writer, and the voice acting was excellent. This one…is not as good, and feels much more loosely connected to the games. I di… --- ## [Google maps sued for drowning death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720 "2023-10-12T09:28:23Z")
Folk have long joked about drivers following autonav into lakes and rivers, but this situation beggars belief. -Google Maps directed a driver across a bridge which had been collapsed for 9 years. -Google had been info… --- ## [As a kid, did you used to "call out" your friends to get them to come outside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-kid-did-you-used-to-call-out-your-friends-to-get-them-to-come-outside/594258)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-kid-did-you-used-to-call-out-your-friends-to-get-them-to-come-outside/594258 "2023-10-12T02:58:57Z")
I have no idea how widespread this was - and I’m certain it’s now gone the way of the wooly mammoth - so I’m curious. As a youngster, if I felt like hanging out with Jimmy, I’d ride my bike over to his house, stand outs… --- ## [Fighting ignorance for...50 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-for-50-years/991406)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-for-50-years/991406 "2023-10-12T01:39:53Z")
So…February of this year marked 50 years since the original Straight Dope newspaper column started. Some basic searching failed to turn up any extant threads (though I’m sure it’s just I’m lousy at searching…I’m not so … --- ## [Have you heard about the hive that had no exits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-hive-that-had-no-exits/991139)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-hive-that-had-no-exits/991139 "2023-10-12T01:37:40Z")
It’s unbelievable. . . . . . . . :smiley: --- ## [I am no longer smart enough to throw stuff away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-longer-smart-enough-to-throw-stuff-away/991026)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-longer-smart-enough-to-throw-stuff-away/991026 "2023-10-12T01:26:30Z")
I am no longer smart enough to throw stuff away. When I was a youngling, there was a trash can. You put basically everything you no longer wanted into it. Then the world got smarter. Now you had a trash can AND a recy… --- ## [Are there any good coin ID apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-coin-id-apps/991428)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-coin-id-apps/991428 "2023-10-12T01:25:21Z")
One thing I’ve done with my daughter over the years is to go through my change and try to find interesting specimens. I’m certainly not anything like a collector. I saw an add for an app where you could use the camera a… --- ## [How does a doctor's office send prescriptions to pharmacies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-doctors-office-send-prescriptions-to-pharmacies/946499)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-doctors-office-send-prescriptions-to-pharmacies/946499 "2023-10-12T01:16:52Z")
Doctor’s offices must have hundreds of pharmacies in their computer databases. How do they manage to set people up with their prescriptions? And do they have specific members of the staff who do that? How did it work in… --- ## [Thanksgiving in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-in-canada/991343)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-in-canada/991343 "2023-10-12T01:01:53Z")
In a world that is seeing such stresses and warfare, today I give thanks that my family and I live in Canada. I see my son growing up and don’t worry that he will be kidnapped or blown up. I see my colleagues at the ba… --- ## [A little twinge in the feels: on being reminded that Terry Pratchett is gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-twinge-in-the-feels-on-being-reminded-that-terry-pratchett-is-gone/840293)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-twinge-in-the-feels-on-being-reminded-that-terry-pratchett-is-gone/840293 "2023-10-12T00:37:26Z")
A couple of weeks ago, I checked out an audiobook of The Shepherd’s Crown, Terry Pratchett’s last book before his death in 2015. Fourteen or so CDs, and at the end of each CD, a pleasant female voice said “The disk is fi… --- ## [Does Putin really have cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-putin-really-have-cancer/964411)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-putin-really-have-cancer/964411 "2023-10-12T00:27:03Z")
I’m starting to see articles on non-wacky news sources saying that he does. One taped oligarch even says he has “blood cancer”. Can anyone source something dependable discussing this? --- ## [Coal baron responsible for 29 deaths: "It's a misdemeanour; I'm not a felon!" SCOTUS: "Pound sand."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-baron-responsible-for-29-deaths-its-a-misdemeanour-im-not-a-felon-scotus-pound-sand/991364)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-baron-responsible-for-29-deaths-its-a-misdemeanour-im-not-a-felon-scotus-pound-sand/991364 "2023-10-12T00:25:41Z")
SCOTUS today denied cert to a West Virginia coal baron, convicted in the deaths of 29 miners. His feelings were hurt when news media orgs referred to him as a “convicted felon.” Actually, the deaths of 29 miners was ju… --- ## [Think there's anything to this? JFK assassination witness speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-theres-anything-to-this-jfk-assassination-witness-speaks/989965)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-theres-anything-to-this-jfk-assassination-witness-speaks/989965 "2023-10-11T23:26:46Z")
Link to Seattle Times; not sure where the story originated. Okay, a Secret Service agent found a bullet in the limo, put it somewhere and it got shuffled around at Parkland. Landis theorizes the bullet struck Kennedy … --- ## [Interplanetary currency and conversion i.e. near future earth - mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interplanetary-currency-and-conversion-i-e-near-future-earth-mars/991096)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interplanetary-currency-and-conversion-i-e-near-future-earth-mars/991096 "2023-10-11T22:38:12Z")
Assuming we are able to get a somewhat self sufficient mars colony up and running but with very limited exchange of people and cargo between earth and mars and with the 2.5 year gap between reasonable launch windows. Is… --- ## [Russian Use of Nuclear Weapons and Response rgd Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-use-of-nuclear-weapons-and-response-rgd-ukraine/972339)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 466\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-use-of-nuclear-weapons-and-response-rgd-ukraine/972339 "2023-10-11T22:31:15Z")
Note to all - I’m putting this here as it’s inherently subjective (at this time) and not quite a fit for P&E. I also noted and thought about bumping “Imagine you are president and Putin nukes Kyiv” that @Hari\_Seldon sta… --- ## [Coin collectors - is this dime worth more than a dime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-collectors-is-this-dime-worth-more-than-a-dime/991418)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-collectors-is-this-dime-worth-more-than-a-dime/991418 "2023-10-11T21:46:03Z")
I found a 2017 dime, Philadelphia mint mark, in my change today…The edge is completely smooth; there’s no edge at all. Is this worth more than 10 cents?. --- ## [Trapped boring machine; personally, I wouldn't want to have it at a cocktail party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-boring-machine-personally-i-wouldnt-want-to-have-it-at-a-cocktail-party/986777)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-boring-machine-personally-i-wouldnt-want-to-have-it-at-a-cocktail-party/986777 "2023-10-11T20:27:45Z")
I saw this headline several times and finally had to click on it, just to find out what it was about: “Boring machine rescue nearly triples in price, according to new city report” It turns out that it’s a tunnel boring… --- ## [Crap foods you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097 "2023-10-11T17:50:08Z")
What cheap, unhealthy, highly processed, or otherwise crap foods do you love? For me, it’s Tina’s frozen Red Hot Beef burritos. When on sale, they can be as cheap as 2 to the dollar, and I find them comforting and deli… --- ## [Any reason not to use LaGuardia (LGA) airport to visit NYC in January?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-not-to-use-laguardia-lga-airport-to-visit-nyc-in-january/991366)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-not-to-use-laguardia-lga-airport-to-visit-nyc-in-january/991366 "2023-10-11T15:13:59Z")
I know none of the NYC airports are perfect for reaching Manhattan easily, but the fares and schedules to fly to LGA are the best I’ve seen between LGA, JFK and EWR. My hotel is at 189 Bowery NY 10002 New York. Haven’… --- ## [Home WIFI - How to extend range?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-wifi-how-to-extend-range/982514)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-wifi-how-to-extend-range/982514 "2023-10-11T15:04:43Z")
Live in a two story house. Router on 1st floor. What’s the fastest/best way to get more coverage upstairs? Thx. --- ## [Identify this movie for me, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-for-me-please/991387)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-for-me-please/991387 "2023-10-11T15:01:48Z")
Filmed in the late '40s I think. Kind of a noir-type movie. A naive “spinster” schoolteacher from San Diego (I think) is on holiday in Mexico where she meets a suave and debonair (European?) gentleman who sweeps her of… --- ## [How do I keep dirt out of my driveway drain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-dirt-out-of-my-driveway-drain/991348)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-dirt-out-of-my-driveway-drain/991348 "2023-10-11T15:01:33Z")
My driveway slopes away from the street. And I’m below my next door neighbor by a couple of feet. And I’m at the bottom of a hill, so I eventually get the rainwater from an entire block of houses When it rains, my dr… --- ## [What if Robert Kennedy hadn’t been killed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-robert-kennedy-hadn-t-been-killed/991320)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-robert-kennedy-hadn-t-been-killed/991320 "2023-10-11T13:42:14Z")
Upon the advice of a mod, I thought P&E would be the best place for this discussion. I myself wasn’t around yet when Kennedy was running, so I’ve only learned about his impact as well as the effect of his death is only … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=720) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=722)