# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=826&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 827 --- ## [Best way to test my intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-test-my-intelligence/983466)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-test-my-intelligence/983466 "2023-05-20T01:19:41Z")
I’ve always heard that IQ tests are pretty meaningless in determining a person’s smarts. Is there a better and more comprehensive test? --- ## [Please help an absolute beginner: What do I need to start 3D printing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-an-absolute-beginner-what-do-i-need-to-start-3d-printing/984180)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-an-absolute-beginner-what-do-i-need-to-start-3d-printing/984180 "2023-05-20T00:17:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from \[Roman\] Dodecahedrons: When I wrote in the above mentioned thread that I was thinking of making Roman type dodecahedrons with the lost-wax casting method the first two answers mentioned 3D… --- ## [Are there no safety packaging requirements for bug killer spray?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-no-safety-packaging-requirements-for-bug-killer-spray/984093)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-no-safety-packaging-requirements-for-bug-killer-spray/984093 "2023-05-19T23:48:30Z")
I picked up a bottle of Raid Ant & Roach spray from the grocery store. I brought it home and noticed I simply had to press the button and it sprayed right out. There was no packaging to remove, no pin to pull out, no p… --- ## [Willow -- the series {Starts November 30th 2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-the-series-starts-november-30th-2022/971373)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-the-series-starts-november-30th-2022/971373 "2023-05-19T23:26:29Z")
A new trailer for the Willow streaming series has dropped. It is a sequel to the movie of the same name. Frankly my memory of the movie is hazy – I do have some fond memories but how much of that is nostalgia I cannot sa… --- ## [CPAP users, tell me some stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpap-users-tell-me-some-stories/975105)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpap-users-tell-me-some-stories/975105 "2023-05-19T21:28:55Z")
I know we’ve had CPAP threads before but I’d like to hear any updates or new tips. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea about 15 years ago but I could never adapt to the CPAP. I think it was 50% discomfort and 50% wonky set… --- ## [Question for car detailers (or enthusiasts) (Also, this is a long shot...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-car-detailers-or-enthusiasts-also-this-is-a-long-shot/983165)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-car-detailers-or-enthusiasts-also-this-is-a-long-shot/983165 "2023-05-19T17:50:51Z")
I recently purchased a used car (2016) with leather seats. The car has a pleasant smell that is best described as “soapy.” I have had the car for a month and I expect that the interior smell will dissipate at some point … --- ## [Weird Tech Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tech-story/984275)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tech-story/984275 "2023-05-19T17:47:33Z")
Our print server services the six color copiers scattered throughout our district, so replacing toner and, occasionally, a full toner waste receptacle is a common chore. This morning, however, I got a ticket from one of… --- ## [Charged for lack of valid license](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charged-for-lack-of-valid-license/970137)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charged-for-lack-of-valid-license/970137 "2023-05-19T17:42:51Z")
I know there are many jurisdictions in which one can be charged and convicted for drunk/impaired driving if they’re intoxicated and the sole occupant of a parked vehicle, on the theory that they have control of it, even … --- ## [Why is it in movies when someone wants to disappear they take their SIM card out of their phone and break it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-in-movies-when-someone-wants-to-disappear-they-take-their-sim-card-out-of-their-phone-and-break-it/984112)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-in-movies-when-someone-wants-to-disappear-they-take-their-sim-card-out-of-their-phone-and-break-it/984112 "2023-05-19T17:31:32Z")
I see it happen in spy thrillers or crime shows, but basically a person on the run calls someone (usually a cop or government agent), says something to them, then after the call takes the sim card out of their phone and … --- ## [What's the status of nanotechnology today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-nanotechnology-today/984127)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-nanotechnology-today/984127 "2023-05-19T17:22:07Z")
Maybe 10 years ago or so, nanotech was a hot topic in science fiction, and even some legitimate science (Feynman’s ‘room at the bottom lecture’ being often quoted). Want a particular molecule? Just have the assemblers … --- ## [40 of the Worst album Covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-the-worst-album-covers/984125)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-the-worst-album-covers/984125 "2023-05-19T17:11:05Z")
You may have a couple of these on your shelf. :smile: No genre is spared. Rock, Metal, Rap, Gospel, Pop. Adele even made the list . I feel bad for the musicians. Graphic artists and the record label are usually respons… --- ## [Anyone ever made a collection of very short plot summaries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-made-a-collection-of-very-short-plot-summaries/984003)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-made-a-collection-of-very-short-plot-summaries/984003 "2023-05-19T15:55:12Z")
You know the old chestnut, some guy comes up to a successful novelist and says “I’ve got a great idea for a plot, I’ll tell it to you, you write it and we split the proceeds” The point of this is to show the obliviousne… --- ## [Playing MP3 playlist from my phone to a restaurant's sound system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-mp3-playlist-from-my-phone-to-a-restaurants-sound-system/983860)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-mp3-playlist-from-my-phone-to-a-restaurants-sound-system/983860 "2023-05-19T15:37:38Z")
This Saturday I am going to a birthday party at a restaurant and I have been tasked with creating a music playlist. I was told that the manager said that I could just plug my phone into their sound system and…and that’s … --- ## [What is the best way to irrevocably destroy floppy disks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-irrevocably-destroy-floppy-disks/979997)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-irrevocably-destroy-floppy-disks/979997 "2023-05-19T15:08:44Z")
I have about 50 to 100 old floppy disks that belonged to a relative who died in 2005. I have reason to believe that there may be sensitive data on the disks that I do not wish to possess and do not wish for anyone to po… --- ## [Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119 "2023-05-19T14:40:54Z")
Not sure which forum this goes in, but I figure Politics is as good as any. Carlson’s last day was Friday, so no two weeks’ notice. Somehow I doubt the parting was a completely mutual agreement. --- ## [If it's Biden vs Trump, who will be the VP candidates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-biden-vs-trump-who-will-be-the-vp-candidates/983125)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-biden-vs-trump-who-will-be-the-vp-candidates/983125 "2023-05-19T14:18:08Z")
At this moment, it appears a good possibility that it will be Trump vs. Biden in the 2024 election And there are now two threads (DeSantis and Carlson) in which at least part of the discussion concerns Trump’s choice as… --- ## [Is Florida facing a labor crisis right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-florida-facing-a-labor-crisis-right-now/983967)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-florida-facing-a-labor-crisis-right-now/983967 "2023-05-19T14:10:54Z")
Florida recently passed a rather strict immigration law. And because of this law they got pased a few days ago, houses aren’t being built, Fields aren’t being worked, and hotel rooms aren’t being cleaned. I’ve been seei… --- ## [2022 US West wildfire thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-west-wildfire-thread/958246)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-west-wildfire-thread/958246 "2023-05-19T13:36:37Z")
Believe it or not, we’ve got one already. 1500 acres at last report, near Big Sur, California. 5% containment. --- ## [Taboo on PowerPoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-on-powerpoint/984204)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-on-powerpoint/984204 "2023-05-19T12:41:17Z")
I have a PowerPoint file I’d like to use for Taboo. The file has 258 slides: the first is the title slide and the second has the game instructions. (I think the number is irrelevant, as I hope to continue adding slides.)… --- ## [Allied force vs whatever Russia is doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allied-force-vs-whatever-russia-is-doing/984188)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allied-force-vs-whatever-russia-is-doing/984188 "2023-05-19T11:53:48Z")
Politics aside, from a strictly military point of view I have absolutely no idea what Russia is doing in the war, since it seems like it’s constantly doing things against it’s own interests. Since I’m from Serbia, I can… --- ## [Mass immigration to NY City--why is it the only city which is required to house all of themigrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-immigration-to-ny-city-why-is-it-the-only-city-which-is-required-to-house-all-of-themigrants/984233)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-immigration-to-ny-city-why-is-it-the-only-city-which-is-required-to-house-all-of-themigrants/984233 "2023-05-19T11:30:15Z")
There is a paywalled article in today’s NY Times about the massive increase in migrants crossing the southern border and then heading to New York. It contains a surprising statement: I’m wondering: 1.Why so many cour… --- ## [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 9997\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2023-05-19T03:19:48Z")
On the theory that some enablers of Trump, and Trump himself, may be experiencing some events and occurrences that might, quite understandably, elicit a Nelson Muntz-‘haha’ or two… …as for example, the compilations of T… --- ## [New Canadian Passport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-passport/984043)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-passport/984043 "2023-05-19T02:30:57Z")
Canada recently redesigned its passport and some people are upset since they allegedly replaced images of things deemed of national importance (Vimy Ridge, Terry Fox, The Bluenose) with “post national” images of animals … --- ## [How would a villain takeover of the US work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-villain-takeover-of-the-us-work/984045)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-villain-takeover-of-the-us-work/984045 "2023-05-19T01:03:58Z")
In the comic Old Man Logan the villains team up to defeat all the heroes and divide the US between Red Skull, Abomination, Magneto and Dr. Doom. Other than the central goal of defeating the heroes how would the actual t… --- ## [The Last Good Band You Found Out About](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768 "2023-05-18T23:40:53Z")
Not being a Swiftie nor up-to-date on very new music, I had never heard of The Nationals until reading about how much some people like them. They’re not bad, kind of remind me of a few bands I liked quite a lot \[mumblem… --- ## [The Durham indictments prosecuting fake Trump 'collusion'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-durham-indictments-prosecuting-fake-trump-collusion/951215)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 541\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-durham-indictments-prosecuting-fake-trump-collusion/951215 "2023-05-18T22:40:26Z")
This week the Durham investigation into the roots of the Russia/Trump collusion story laid down a second indictment, this time against a lawyer for Perkins-Coie, the law firm that represented Hillary Clinton. Remember t… --- ## [Birdwatchers - What did I just see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdwatchers-what-did-i-just-see/984237)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdwatchers-what-did-i-just-see/984237 "2023-05-18T22:22:38Z")
Sorry, no photo. A bird I have never seen around here before just landed on my front walk to peck at some bird seed. If I had to pick it out of a line-up for the bird cops, I’d finger the Black-Vented Oriole. Bright yel… --- ## [Do many Jews regard the commemorative events (Passover, Purim, etc.) as real historical events?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-jews-regard-the-commemorative-events-passover-purim-etc-as-real-historical-events/983918)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-jews-regard-the-commemorative-events-passover-purim-etc-as-real-historical-events/983918 "2023-05-18T21:25:04Z")
This could go in either FQ or IMHO. I realize that Jews are highly diverse and the answer will invariably be “it depends,” of course. But when Jews celebrate Passover, Purim, etc., do they regard the Exodus of Israelite… --- ## [Hit rock songs with a repeated verse only (no chorus, no bridge)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-rock-songs-with-a-repeated-verse-only-no-chorus-no-bridge/984036)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-rock-songs-with-a-repeated-verse-only-no-chorus-no-bridge/984036 "2023-05-18T21:01:00Z")
Most songs in rock music (and its various subgenres) follow a verse–chorus structure, characterized by the alternation of two sections with distinct melodies (and often also distinct rhythms, dynamics, etc.). Many such … --- ## [News item: Sheriff in Oklahoma laments that he can't lynch Black people or kill journalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-item-sheriff-in-oklahoma-laments-that-he-cant-lynch-black-people-or-kill-journalists/982834)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-item-sheriff-in-oklahoma-laments-that-he-cant-lynch-black-people-or-kill-journalists/982834 "2023-05-18T20:28:39Z")
I’ve seen the story in a few places; here’s a link to The Hill: Backstory is that a journalist left a recording device running after a meeting of the country commissioners, hoping to record a violation of the open me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=825&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=827&state=watching)