# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=721&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 722 --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK FIVE will get you ten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-five-will-get-you-ten/991155)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-five-will-get-you-ten/991155 "2023-10-13T03:42:28Z")
Well, things are starting to settle down in the NFL. We knew the Chiefs and Bills would be great, and they’re both 3-1, but neither has looked dominant overall (although the Bills shaming of the Dolphins was impressive).… --- ## [Walmart Restrooms are haunted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-restrooms-are-haunted/991202)
**Author:** [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-restrooms-are-haunted/991202 "2023-10-13T00:16:27Z")
So, on one of my semi-annual trips to WalMart yesterday, I needed to stop and (horrors) use the restroom on my way out because I wasn’t heading directly home. It was early in the day so the restroom wasn’t nearly as bad … --- ## [Looking for children's picture book from 1960's. Boy's artwork of altered animals that comes to life, like an 8-leg mammal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-childrens-picture-book-from-1960s-boys-artwork-of-altered-animals-that-comes-to-life-like-an-8-leg-mammal/927942)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-childrens-picture-book-from-1960s-boys-artwork-of-altered-animals-that-comes-to-life-like-an-8-leg-mammal/927942 "2023-10-13T00:06:37Z")
Looking for vintage children’s picture book, likely from the early-to-mid sixties, I borrowed from our school library in California in 1969. The plot centred around a boy, who I seem to remember was homebound possibly d… --- ## [What? No more Tacos? Are you on crack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-more-tacos-are-you-on-crack/991368)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-more-tacos-are-you-on-crack/991368 "2023-10-12T23:42:48Z")
I loves me some Taco Bell. I can safely eat a couple plain Tacos. Not the fancy stuff. Cheap. The price has increased but not enough to quell my latest fetish for them. My dialysis schedule has changed. I’ve had a miser… --- ## [Android: bypass fingerprint based on predefined places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-bypass-fingerprint-based-on-predefined-places/991456)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-bypass-fingerprint-based-on-predefined-places/991456 "2023-10-12T23:25:34Z")
Android 13 / Samsung S20 user here Is there any chance to bypass the security (fingerprint) protection on a predefined place? Context: I’d like my cel to be protected by fingerprint/passcode overall, except in my house… --- ## [Handling jerkish comments in performance review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-jerkish-comments-in-performance-review/990193)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-jerkish-comments-in-performance-review/990193 "2023-10-12T23:03:41Z")
I had my performance review a couple of days ago. It was very positive. At the end though I was given a report, which included a section where the various managers could give feedback. This was positive too, except that… --- ## [Fred the pig caught after mischief rampage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-the-pig-caught-after-mischief-rampage/991229)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-the-pig-caught-after-mischief-rampage/991229 "2023-10-12T21:57:46Z")
Fred won’t be meeting Oscar Mayer anytime soon. I bet the 8 people that caught Fred will be telling this 5 hour capture story to family & friends for decades to come. Had to be someones pet. Wild hogs are mean and dange… --- ## [Why can’t I use a thumb drive with my Chromebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-a-thumb-drive-with-my-chromebook/991480)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-a-thumb-drive-with-my-chromebook/991480 "2023-10-12T21:47:05Z")
I’m trying to save some documents to a thumb drive from my Acer Chromebook. The thumb drive shows up when I open the Files, but I can’t save a Word doc from the Chromebook drive to the thumb drive. Can’t do control copy … --- ## [Legal question re: fifth amendment rights and laws that require you to speak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-fifth-amendment-rights-and-laws-that-require-you-to-speak/991190)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-fifth-amendment-rights-and-laws-that-require-you-to-speak/991190 "2023-10-12T21:30:22Z")
Arising from this post in the pit: Short version: A mechanic working on a customer’s car in a church parking lot got arrested, more or less, for refusing to surrender his ID. He filed suit against the arresting offi… --- ## [Why is smoke odor so persistent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-smoke-odor-so-persistent/991197)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-smoke-odor-so-persistent/991197 "2023-10-12T21:27:29Z")
If you sit around a camp fire for even a few minutes your clothes are done. I just made some lox bagels and the onion odor easily washed off my hands but not the smokey smell. Doesn’t smell like fish, just smoke. And of … --- ## [Anyone else suffer from Raynaud syndrome (fingers become white & numb when cold)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-suffer-from-raynaud-syndrome-fingers-become-white-numb-when-cold/975766)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-suffer-from-raynaud-syndrome-fingers-become-white-numb-when-cold/975766 "2023-10-12T20:49:40Z")
The middle and index fingers on my left hand become white and numb when exposed to cold temperatures. And it seems to get worse each year. It doesn’t require super cold temperatures… they’ve turned white & numb when the … --- ## [Used Car Warranty: Worth the $$$?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-warranty-worth-the/987333)
**Author:** [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-warranty-worth-the/987333 "2023-07-27T17:59:39Z")
I am looking at a 2018 Mini Cooper Clubman, 26,600-or-so miles on it, for sale at a dealership. The base price is affordable. A warranty lasting 4 or 5 years, 50,000-60,000 miles adds between $3000-$4000 to the price. … --- ## [Is the Southern accent dying out among the young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-southern-accent-dying-out-among-the-young/727873)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-southern-accent-dying-out-among-the-young/727873 "2023-10-12T18:07:01Z")
I’ve noticed a lot of young Southerners sound like they are from the Northern states or even the West Coast, though most still do retain at least a little bit of the accent. Is the Southern accent destined to become ext… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=720&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=722&state=muted)