# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=741&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 742 --- ## [Saw Mark Zuckerberg today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-mark-zuckerberg-today/989901)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-mark-zuckerberg-today/989901 "2023-09-14T22:04:51Z")
We went to the Ikea in East Palo Alto, and afterwards went to Palo Alto for lunch. Mr. brown remembered that the Zuckerbergs lived in an area near the freeway, so we turned off into that neighborhood, saying, hey, maybe… --- ## [Regional Differences in Laptop Specs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-differences-in-laptop-specs/990081)
**Author:** [@InnerCircle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InnerCircle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-differences-in-laptop-specs/990081 "2023-09-14T22:02:10Z")
Why do some laptop specifications, even within the same model, vary between different regions? For example, MSI sells its CreatorPro Z16P series with an i7 processor and 32 GB of memory in Canada, but with an i9 process… --- ## [Were the 1990’s a “golden age” of hope and optimism? Or only for a certain demographic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-1990-s-a-golden-age-of-hope-and-optimism-or-only-for-a-certain-demographic/989902)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-1990-s-a-golden-age-of-hope-and-optimism-or-only-for-a-certain-demographic/989902 "2023-09-14T21:46:03Z")
This is something that I read all the time on Reddit: memories of the 1990’s being full of wonder and hope and the sense of things getting better. Common examples include the early days of the internet, the recent fall o… --- ## [Puzzle game: “There is only one solution” claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-game-there-is-only-one-solution-claim/990073)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-game-there-is-only-one-solution-claim/990073 "2023-09-14T20:55:11Z")
I recently picked up this entertaining puzzle game - fitting 12 pieces into a 11x5 grid. The clearest picture is lower down the page, at Step 3 on the ‘How to play’ tab. My first question relates to the claim, “There is… --- ## [Why build downsloping driveways to below grade garages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-build-downsloping-driveways-to-below-grade-garages/978608)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-build-downsloping-driveways-to-below-grade-garages/978608 "2023-09-14T20:54:28Z")
When not necessitated by topography. Our neighborhood is all split-levels, ranches, and 2-stories built in the late 50s and early 60s. Ours is a split, with a level drive to a garage at grade level. (Actually, slightl… --- ## [Suddenly Seymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-seymore/990009)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-seymore/990009 "2023-09-14T19:49:35Z")
This song makes me think of the Dope. It could easily be Suddenly Cecil You are my friend. You do condescend, occasionally but it’s usually good natured. I feel safe here. Don’t need no makeup, no need to pretend… Y… --- ## [Are Your Cats Named for Famous People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-cats-named-for-famous-people/989857)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-cats-named-for-famous-people/989857 "2023-09-14T19:22:06Z")
I recently adopted a black cat who came from the rescue with the name Freddie Mercury. I liked the name enough to keep it, though I generally just call him Merc or The Merc. Do you have a cat or cats named for notable … --- ## [What kind of merchandise is kept locked up around the stores where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-merchandise-is-kept-locked-up-around-the-stores-where-you-live/989732)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-merchandise-is-kept-locked-up-around-the-stores-where-you-live/989732 "2023-09-14T19:04:05Z")
There’s several threads about shoplifting and how bad things are or aren’t getting in San Francisco / the west coast. I thought it would be interesting to have a thread about what kind of items the stores where you live… --- ## [Looking for a trauma literature review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-trauma-literature-review/990100)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-trauma-literature-review/990100 "2023-09-14T16:39:50Z")
No idea if anyone can help me with this, but I’m looking for a comprehensive review of the literature on interventions for PTSD as well as research-based evaluations of core concepts in emerging trauma therapy. This is … --- ## [Have you ever lived in a loft? Did you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lived-in-a-loft-did-you-like-it/990019)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lived-in-a-loft-did-you-like-it/990019 "2023-09-14T16:35:24Z")
Loft apartments were quite common in television and film in the 1990s/2000s. I definitely wanted to live in one. At least I’ve been lucky enough to experience urban living in high rise apartments for the last 12 years. H… --- ## [When is it time to let your pet go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395 "2023-09-14T16:05:25Z")
My dog Cramer he is a 12.5 yr old German shorthaired pointer who has been diagnosed with a cobblestone type adenocarcinoma in his rectum, colon area. Because of his age it was decided not to go in and remove the tumor vi… --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK ONE man leaves!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-one-man-leaves/989707)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-one-man-leaves/989707 "2023-09-14T16:01:32Z")
Welp it’s been another long offseason, and we’re finally here with some real life NFL football games. My favorite offseason stories: Aaron Rodgers moving on from the Packers is now with the J-E-T-S JETSJETSJETS, and … --- ## [Atlantic Hurricane Lee (Sep 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074 "2023-09-14T15:56:20Z")
Hi Folks - Right now Hurricane Lee is about 750 miles due east of my house, well out to sea. It’s a lovely day here and there’s no enhanced surf. Yet. Nor will ours get very exciting I don’t think. The current hurrican… --- ## [Climate Change Wars: Water - Egypt and Ethiopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685 "2023-09-14T15:20:01Z")
Egypt is concerned over a dam being built on the Nile by Ethiopia which may reduce their water supply. Negotiations are ongoing. So no matter if the dam came on line at all or not there will be water shortages and sign… --- ## [Anybody playing "Stray"? (Cat game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353 "2023-09-14T14:19:50Z")
I’m not a huge gamer but this game looks too interesting to pass up. Is anyone playing? --- ## [Do any of you use a clamp-on computer mouse platform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-use-a-clamp-on-computer-mouse-platform/990058)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-use-a-clamp-on-computer-mouse-platform/990058 "2023-09-14T13:44:47Z")
I am having some issues with pain in my neck and I think part of it stems from my mouse setup. The mouse is high relative to the chair. I need to bring it down. I was looking at some mouse platforms like this and there’… --- ## [Meeting one of JFK's Secret Service agents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745 "2023-09-14T13:35:33Z")
On June 23, I had the chance to meet retired U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Paul Landis. He spoke at a northeast Ohio courthouse and was introduced by a judge who knows him and is personally interested in President J… --- ## [Lifeguards of no lifeguards on public beaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifeguards-of-no-lifeguards-on-public-beaches/989846)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifeguards-of-no-lifeguards-on-public-beaches/989846 "2023-09-14T12:09:57Z")
Here in Chicago, a group of people used to meet regularly to swim in Lake Michigan in an area not open for swimming. The city shut the meetups down, citing a lack of lifeguards. Just to the east in the Indiana Dunes, t… --- ## [What cities would be good for web-swinging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-would-be-good-for-web-swinging/989836)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-would-be-good-for-web-swinging/989836 "2023-09-14T05:38:52Z")
Obviously New York , but do most major cities have enough tall buildings to let a Friendly Neighborhood hero get around? --- ## [Weird, strange coincidences that sound like fiction but happened in sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-strange-coincidences-that-sound-like-fiction-but-happened-in-sport/987228)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-strange-coincidences-that-sound-like-fiction-but-happened-in-sport/987228 "2023-09-14T03:35:59Z")
24 years ago today the Yankees had a special day for Yogi Berra. After 14 years of feuding with George Steinbrenner he came back to Yankee Stadium for the first time. As part of the celebration Don Larsen threw out the f… --- ## [3 drink minimum at a club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-drink-minimum-at-a-club/989908)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-drink-minimum-at-a-club/989908 "2023-09-14T03:19:47Z")
I’m watching a movie and to get in a club the hostess says, “It’s a 3 drink minimum, baby”. I have never been to a club that required a minimum. Do you just pay the equivalent of 3 drinks and walk in or do they actually… --- ## [Police Body Cams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955 "2023-09-14T03:19:03Z")
There are a few recent news stories regarding police officers being charged with murder after their accounts, or their departments’ accounts, of events were contradicted by body cam video. I can’t understand how this ca… --- ## [The Philppines produce the most plastic trash in the ocean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philppines-produce-the-most-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean/989850)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philppines-produce-the-most-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean/989850 "2023-09-14T02:57:08Z")
According to the studies I found online, the Philippines generate the most plastic trash that makes it to the oceans. They don’t produce the most plastic waste, that distinction belongs to the US. But we manage our waste… --- ## [The many, many examples of GOP compassion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582 "2023-09-14T01:54:32Z")
Listen, the GOP does not get a fair shake on this board, and frankly it’s getting a little tiresome. Sure, we disagree on many policies (e.g., should citizens die for lack of basic medical care), but Republicans are not… --- ## [Question re: “I Am a Strange Loop”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-i-am-a-strange-loop/990044)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-i-am-a-strange-loop/990044 "2023-09-14T01:33:30Z")
In one chapter of I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas R. Hofstadter illustrates Gödel’s incompleteness theorem via an elaborate metaphor involving two fictional stage plays: “Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica” and “The Posh Shop Pi… --- ## [Oil Changes and Timing Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-changes-and-timing-issues/990071)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-changes-and-timing-issues/990071 "2023-09-14T01:30:32Z")
My son does no maintenance on his car despite everyone telling him too. He went over a year without an oil change and the car had no oil in it when I checked it and I threw in over 5 quarts (out of 6) of 5w-30 synthoil.… --- ## [Is phelyphrine a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-phelyphrine-a-scam/646356)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-phelyphrine-a-scam/646356 "2023-09-14T01:14:35Z")
I tried some, having been a bit careless as to which sudafed I was buying, and it just gave me a headache. No decongestant value like you get with psuedphedrine at all. Now I look it up on the internet and it appears tha… --- ## [Our son might never realize his dream of becoming a private pilot. Looking for advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-son-might-never-realize-his-dream-of-becoming-a-private-pilot-looking-for-advice/989949)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-son-might-never-realize-his-dream-of-becoming-a-private-pilot-looking-for-advice/989949 "2023-09-14T00:32:10Z")
Our son “Michael” is now 20. He’s a real good kid. Never gets in trouble. Doesn’t drink or smoke. Excellent student. He’s now in his third year of college, majoring in computer engineering. Michael started taking flying… --- ## [Imaginary world? in one's head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-world-in-ones-head/990014)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-world-in-ones-head/990014 "2023-09-13T21:26:00Z")
I don’t know if this is the place, but I have a question about a mental thing that I have never ever read anything about … maladaptive daydreaming is as close as I could get… It’s nothing ‘bad’…it’s life-long alternate… --- ## [Black Mirror Season 6. June 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522 "2023-09-13T21:08:56Z")
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