# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=868&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 869 --- ## [Seeing yourself in random Youtubes or Streetview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546 "2023-03-26T18:46:02Z")
Have you ever seen yourself in Youtube videos, where you wouldn’t have expected it? Do you see a Google car go by and start looking for yourself on Streetview? I saw myself twice on Streetview - both times walking alon… --- ## [Gordon E. Moore of Moore's Law died at 94. 2023-03-24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gordon-e-moore-of-moores-law-died-at-94-2023-03-24/981644)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gordon-e-moore-of-moores-law-died-at-94-2023-03-24/981644 "2023-03-26T18:22:30Z")
He co-founded Intel and was the chairman for a time. In 1965, in what became known as Moore’s Law, he predicted that the number of transistors that could be placed on a silicon chip would double at regular intervals fo… --- ## [Internet Archive has been sued and lost the their case about "lending" ebooks for free download](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-archive-has-been-sued-and-lost-the-their-case-about-lending-ebooks-for-free-download/981655)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-archive-has-been-sued-and-lost-the-their-case-about-lending-ebooks-for-free-download/981655 "2023-03-26T17:23:50Z")
Not Mundane or Pointless. The first round of lawsuits and inevitable appeals has gone the four publishers who filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Internet Archive. A non-profit organization whose site, archive.org is home … --- ## [A Hentai Clip I Must Share](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hentai-clip-i-must-share/981603)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hentai-clip-i-must-share/981603 "2023-03-26T14:20:13Z")
\[Album\] Hentai Clip I’m wearing the tie and the hen tie clip to an… --- ## [When is making a remake justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-making-a-remake-justified/981591)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-making-a-remake-justified/981591 "2023-03-26T14:18:40Z")
I think this is going to be a very YMMV post, so I will start with the disclaimer: by “justified”, I mean one’s subjective opinion. It’s a free country and anyone can make a remake if they want; I’m merely looking for pe… --- ## [Depression Cooking Recipe - Mock Oyster Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-cooking-recipe-mock-oyster-casserole/981586)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-cooking-recipe-mock-oyster-casserole/981586 "2023-03-26T14:01:52Z")
I am baffled, I was discussing what to do with 2 sleeves of stale saltines, and I remembered seeing a depression era recipe where one took saltines and egg and milk, and baked them \[I think with chopped cabbage\] into a c… --- ## [Pressure cooking in the garage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-cooking-in-the-garage/981647)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-cooking-in-the-garage/981647 "2023-03-26T12:48:32Z")
I have a gigantic pressure cooker that I use maybe a couple times per year. It takes up way to much space in the kitchen so I store it in the garage. That got me thinking - is there any danger (beyond that of pressure … --- ## [Six Stone Chess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-stone-chess/980347)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-stone-chess/980347 "2023-03-26T09:24:00Z")
I recently learned this game. The Chinese name is 六子棋 (liu-zi-qi) which is, unfortunately, also the Chinese name for Connect6. I couldn’t find any online rules, so here’s my translation of the rules that came with the ap… --- ## [2023 SDMB Lurkers Roll Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-lurkers-roll-call/978252)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-lurkers-roll-call/978252 "2023-03-26T04:44:30Z")
To all us quiet audience members who are here to mostly read, here’s a spot to say hello. I’ve been here since 2006, bookmark set to “Latest Posts,” visit daily. From the Edmonton, Alberta area, and I’m thankful for al… --- ## [Great singer + great band that didn't work out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-singer-great-band-that-didnt-work-out/981134)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-singer-great-band-that-didnt-work-out/981134 "2023-03-26T04:13:07Z")
I’m listening to Free’s “Fire And Water” and thought of Paul Rodgers strange and short stint with Queen as successor to Freddie Mercury. He was the wrong choice, he’s a blues singer while Freddie worked much more operati… --- ## [Turn off "battery full" notification on Samsung Note 9 with android 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-battery-full-notification-on-samsung-note-9-with-android-10/970128)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-battery-full-notification-on-samsung-note-9-with-android-10/970128 "2023-03-26T02:57:27Z")
I have a Samsung Note 9 running android 10. Whenever the charging reaches 100%, the locked phone will beep and light up, showing the lock screen. It stays lit, and occasionally beeps until I unplug the phone or unlock … --- ## [Of Special Relativity, Time dilation and Clocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-special-relativity-time-dilation-and-clocks/981600)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-special-relativity-time-dilation-and-clocks/981600 "2023-03-26T01:31:12Z")
I was listening to a podcast (Ask a Spaceman), and he was going on about how clocks register time more slowly when traveling faster than the “stationary” clock on earth. Brittanica.com says this: “The clock paradox effe… --- ## ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604 "2023-03-25T23:59:27Z")
Guess a five-letter word in six tries. Letters in your guess are colored yellow if they’re in the word, green if they’re in the right place in the word, and gray if they’re not in the word. There’s only one puzzle per da… --- ## [Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil dies at 72](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-stuntwoman-kitty-oneil-dies-at-72/824059)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-stuntwoman-kitty-oneil-dies-at-72/824059 "2023-03-25T22:49:54Z")
Does anyone here remember the 1970s TV series “That’s Incredible”? She appears on it regularly, and never considered herself disabled. Her career as a stuntwoman was short, but wowzers, what a career it was. In time, … --- ## [Anyone taken a Viking cruise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-taken-a-viking-cruise/981465)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-taken-a-viking-cruise/981465 "2023-03-25T22:46:01Z")
Specifically one of the river tours? My husband and I have been looking at them and we like not only the itineraries of a few, but also the smaller group size and the sound of the planned tours etc. Any insight? --- ## [Richard III: Died for the want of a horse, found under a car park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-iii-died-for-the-want-of-a-horse-found-under-a-car-park/649299)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-iii-died-for-the-want-of-a-horse-found-under-a-car-park/649299 "2023-03-25T22:44:54Z")
I really thought this was an incredible long shot, but apparently the DNA tests are in, and the skeleton found underneath the Leicester car park are indeed Richard III. The Richard III \[del\]apologists\[/del\] historians a… --- ## [Walter Cole (Darcelle XV) worlds oldest working drag queen died yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-cole-darcelle-xv-worlds-oldest-working-drag-queen-died-yesterday/981651)
**Author:** [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-cole-darcelle-xv-worlds-oldest-working-drag-queen-died-yesterday/981651 "2023-03-25T22:32:58Z")
NPR story here. He, or she, (didn’t care what pronoun you used) was 92. Over 20 years ago one of our friends wanted to go see the show at Darcelles for her (our friend’s) 50th birthday. none of us had ever been so didn… --- ## [Pros and Cons of ethanol-free gas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-ethanol-free-gas/981504)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-ethanol-free-gas/981504 "2023-03-25T21:36:08Z")
My understanding is that ethanol-added gas reduces emissions and also power. And since corn is cheaper than oil, that 10% ethanol gas is also cheaper. So a few questions Does ethanol gas reduce emissions significantly?… --- ## [French word "shampooing"; I'm confused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-word-shampooing-im-confused/981598)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-word-shampooing-im-confused/981598 "2023-03-25T20:07:51Z")
My knowledge of French is limited to what I read on packages, road signs, and the occasional useful tidbits like bon mot or hors d’oeuvre. I’ve noticed that all the shampoo products I see have their French version of the… --- ## [An all-shortie All-Star team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-all-shortie-all-star-team/981573)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-all-shortie-all-star-team/981573 "2023-03-25T19:17:21Z")
I’m trying to assemble the best team of all short players, but I’m a few positions, uh, short (and I’m overloaded with players who play, uh, short). Help me fill in the blanks. I’m trying to find the BEST players under s… --- ## [An All-Tallie All-Star team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-all-tallie-all-star-team/981640)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-all-tallie-all-star-team/981640 "2023-03-25T19:13:25Z")
OK, this is more challenging than the All-Shorties team, although we have five positions that can be instantly filled in. The other four positions, though, are tough, because we haven’t had many super-tall infielders (ou… --- ## [Real glass eyeglasses for worse than 20/200 vision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-glass-eyeglasses-for-worse-than-20-200-vision/981466)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-glass-eyeglasses-for-worse-than-20-200-vision/981466 "2023-03-25T18:19:25Z")
How thick would bifocal eyeglasses made of actual glass need to be for a patient who’s both nearsighted and farsighted with vision between 20/200 and 20/220? --- ## [Is a "pop" when you move your shoulder normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pop-when-you-move-your-shoulder-normal/981597)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pop-when-you-move-your-shoulder-normal/981597 "2023-03-25T16:45:21Z")
Of course you are not my physician and I’ll bring it up at my next physical… I’ve noticed in the last 6mos or so that my right shoulder “pops” frequently when I move it and especially at the gym when lifting weights. Th… --- ## [Blue tooth turntable audio starts and stops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-tooth-turntable-audio-starts-and-stops/981648)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-tooth-turntable-audio-starts-and-stops/981648 "2023-03-25T16:41:05Z")
My turntable has a bluetooth connection that I use with a Polk Soundbar. It worked for a while then was stored for a few months. Just hooked it up and it plays for about 6 seconds then silent for 6 then plays again. Repe… --- ## [The Inflation Reduction Act has Passed (08-12-22)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inflation-reduction-act-has-passed-08-12-22/969226)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inflation-reduction-act-has-passed-08-12-22/969226 "2023-03-25T16:39:31Z")
With Harris casting the tie-breaker, the Senate just passed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which includes the first significant climate change regulation. As well as quite a bit of Biden’s domestic agenda. This … --- ## [Hosting Recommendation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-recommendation/981601)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-recommendation/981601 "2023-03-25T16:21:17Z")
I own a domain name. It’s hosted by Go Daddy. Now I want to set up a couple email addresses. This email is the extent of what I need. Go Daddy seems like it’s oriented toward businesses with web sites. I’m concerned I’… --- ## [Freestone mangoes. Anybody working on this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075 "2023-03-25T16:04:24Z")
I love peaches. Especially freestone peaches, because I get ALL of that sweet, sweet flesh, and I never have to fret about how much I’m wasting when I throw away the stone. Cling peaches are good too, but I’m only willin… --- ## [Biden approving massive Alaskan drilling project. Betrayal or just sound politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-approving-massive-alaskan-drilling-project-betrayal-or-just-sound-politics/981490)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-approving-massive-alaskan-drilling-project-betrayal-or-just-sound-politics/981490 "2023-03-25T14:36:36Z")
The Biden administration has approved the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska despite a campaign pledge to allow no new permits on federal lands. I’ll admit I didn’t know anything about this during the lengt… --- ## [What song or songs do you want played at your funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-or-songs-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/954993)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-or-songs-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/954993 "2023-03-25T12:16:58Z")
(there have been other threads on this but the most recent I see is 12 years old) A little morbid, I know, but we ain’t getting any younger. :slight\_smile: I’ll go with Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in your Heart”. … --- ## [Indonesia proposes moving capital from Jakarta to a new city in the Borneo jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indonesia-proposes-moving-capital-from-jakarta-to-a-new-city-in-the-borneo-jungle/981341)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indonesia-proposes-moving-capital-from-jakarta-to-a-new-city-in-the-borneo-jungle/981341 "2023-03-25T12:07:28Z")
This story, another version of which appeared in my local newspaper today, was of interest to me because my niece spent the summer of 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia as an exchange student. Anyway, they’re planning to move t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=867&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=869&state=tracking)