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**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-evs-have-solar-panels-too/843621 "2023-01-30T01:02:41Z")
I’ve been shopping for a new car lately and looking at electric vehicles, so I’ve been thinking a lot about batteries and recharging options and stuff like that. And I have a question: Why don’t electric vehicles also … --- ## [Is there any way to 'shuffle' a collection of .jpgs or other images?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-shuffle-a-collection-of-jpgs-or-other-images/978978)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-shuffle-a-collection-of-jpgs-or-other-images/978978 "2023-01-29T23:29:26Z")
The question is pretty much there in the topic - whether I’m talking about a slideshow or manually advancing through them, is there any way to show a collection of photos in random order? Preferably so that it can repea… --- ## […Slept Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slept-here/978953)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slept-here/978953 "2023-01-29T22:57:07Z")
My wife and I just came back from a two week driving trip through Portugal. We played it by ear and only booked our lodging the morning of each place we visited using the abundance of AmEx points we have acquired over th… --- ## [How to make sourdough more sour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-sourdough-more-sour/979005)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-sourdough-more-sour/979005 "2023-01-29T02:05:59Z")
How to make sourdough more sour: --- ## [The wife is a heck of a guesser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wife-is-a-heck-of-a-guesser/978966)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wife-is-a-heck-of-a-guesser/978966 "2023-01-29T20:08:41Z")
See how cleverly I tied in with the “the wife vs my wife” thread? Anyhoo, I ordered a rear wiper arm assembly from eBay a few days ago. I came downstairs this morning and my wife asks, “Did you order a wiper blade?” “Ye… --- ## [US Secret Service report on Mass Attacks in Public Spaces 2016-2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-secret-service-report-on-mass-attacks-in-public-spaces-2016-2020/978846)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-secret-service-report-on-mass-attacks-in-public-spaces-2016-2020/978846 "2023-01-29T20:05:58Z")
This is a study of 180 mass attackers over this 5-year period. I think it’s supposed to include every mass attacker who attacked and harmed at least three other people, with any kind of weapon. Here is the NPR story, and… --- ## [Tip for cleanup on Foreman grill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-for-cleanup-on-foreman-grill/978954)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-for-cleanup-on-foreman-grill/978954 "2023-01-29T18:26:37Z")
I tried a tip that went a long way towards cleaning my old George Foreman grill: fold a sheet of lightly oiled aluminum foil on the top and bottom of the cooking surfaces. It conducts heat flawlessly, and all I have to i… --- ## [Slug Signorino is still working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-signorino-is-still-working/978973)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-signorino-is-still-working/978973 "2023-01-29T17:48:40Z")
I’m several days behind in reading The Indianapolis Star, so I just now saw their article about Slug Signorino on P. 1H on 1/19/2023. He works in his studio in LaPorte, Indiana. His website is signorinostudio.com where y… --- ## [Booster shot today; exhausted by 8:30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booster-shot-today-exhausted-by-8-30/978932)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booster-shot-today-exhausted-by-8-30/978932 "2023-01-29T17:37:18Z")
I’m making some supper and then to bed. --- ## [Can you refuse to fill in a W9?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-refuse-to-fill-in-a-w9/978941)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-refuse-to-fill-in-a-w9/978941 "2023-01-29T15:37:58Z")
So this happened to someone I know… They were hired at a startup, as a permanent employee. Startups being startups (and this being a pretty disorganized one even by standup standards) the founder was not organized enoug… --- ## [Has anyone here used one of those Navage sinus cleaning machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-used-one-of-those-navage-sinus-cleaning-machines/953070)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-used-one-of-those-navage-sinus-cleaning-machines/953070 "2023-01-29T15:24:52Z")
I’ve laughed at the ads I’ve seen on TV, because they show all these people with goofy grins on their faces while the machine is jammed up their nose. But as a sufferer of what I like to call CPP (chronic persistent phle… --- ## [Colorado baker sued again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-baker-sued-again/819732)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-baker-sued-again/819732 "2023-01-29T14:02:47Z")
Do the comments of the regulatory body forever taint it so that it is vulnerable against accusations of religious antipathy? Is this case different because there is no sacrament involved? Does it matter that the bake… --- ## [Sad, sorry journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863 "2023-01-29T11:59:36Z")
Today‘s Washington Post had a story headlined, “FBI shuts down ransomware gang that targeted schools and hospitals” Three people whom the Post seems to want us to believe are technical reporting powerhouses covered this… --- ## [Monthly photo competition #2 - Jan 2023 - "Skies"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679 "2023-01-29T11:13:55Z")
This is the monthly thread for January 2023. The topic this month is “Skies”. Please note: The general rules for the competition are here . One entry per person per month. To make the photos easier to review (and to … --- ## [Linguistics term for blurring words/sounds together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-term-for-blurring-words-sounds-together/978949)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-term-for-blurring-words-sounds-together/978949 "2023-01-29T10:46:32Z")
When you sing the alphabet song, there comes a point when you hit “h, i, j, k, elemenohpee”. I wouldn’t quite call it a contraction since there aren’t any sounds being dropped. I’m struggling to come up with a better Eng… --- ## [The Nose Knows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nose-knows/978885)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nose-knows/978885 "2023-01-29T06:20:08Z")
I got a brand new pair of beautiful driving gloves on line. Soft as butter and tightly fitting, I feel like Danica Patrick behind the wheel. There are those who say I drive like her, too, but I digress. So, you can im… --- ## [Wow this is fu\*\*ed :A Canadian woman with disabilities is pursuing medically assisted death after failing to secure affordable housing Canadian dopers is there more to this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-is-fu-ed-a-canadian-woman-with-disabilities-is-pursuing-medically-assisted-death-after-failing-to-secure-affordable-housing-canadian-dopers-is-there-more-to-this/963870)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-is-fu-ed-a-canadian-woman-with-disabilities-is-pursuing-medically-assisted-death-after-failing-to-secure-affordable-housing-canadian-dopers-is-there-more-to-this/963870 "2023-01-28T23:05:08Z")
Now I’ve always thought that the Canadian government did more for its citizens but I don’t think the right to die law was meant for this s the housing situation that fucked for someone like her? Or is there more not bei… --- ## [Pinning Cecil's Columns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinning-cecils-columns/978926)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinning-cecils-columns/978926 "2023-01-28T22:22:35Z")
Continuing the discussion from Straight Dope 1/27/2023: Could artificial intelligence replace journalists?: Would it be easier for you guys to just have a dedicated topic titled “Read Cecil’s Latest Column Here!” and ju… --- ## [Crazy coincidences (Cafe Society Style)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-coincidences-cafe-society-style/978887)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-coincidences-cafe-society-style/978887 "2023-01-28T20:36:30Z")
Was watching a Cheers ep last night…Sam’s Goddaughter appears with a note from her father (The deceased Coach’s brother) “Dear Sam, take care of my daughter. If you let anything happen to her, I’ll go into a shed and blo… --- ## [Forensic cause of death question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forensic-cause-of-death-question/978687)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forensic-cause-of-death-question/978687 "2023-01-28T18:55:14Z")
Just curious about delayed cause of death identification, specifically alcohol. I just saw a news report about a guy found in his car under a bridge a month after he’d gone missing. Apparently, he’d crashed into a ditc… --- ## [What are some popular music songs, not jazz or classical, that has baritone sax part or solo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-popular-music-songs-not-jazz-or-classical-that-has-baritone-sax-part-or-solo/978762)
**Author:** [@Ang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ang)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-popular-music-songs-not-jazz-or-classical-that-has-baritone-sax-part-or-solo/978762 "2023-01-28T16:15:37Z")
I am very familiar with baritone sax parts in jazz and classical music. I enjoy the bari sax in other kinds of music, but I can’t think of titles and bands that use it. I could use some help in expanding my repertoire.… --- ## [Is there a clear difference in speed between a motorcycle and car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-clear-difference-in-speed-between-a-motorcycle-and-car/977613)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-clear-difference-in-speed-between-a-motorcycle-and-car/977613 "2023-01-28T15:17:47Z")
Chases between a car and motorcycle often occur in tv and movies. Does either vehicle have a clear advantage? Specifically between stock vehicles on a highway. For example, John is driving a 2022 Mustang GT. The Ford … --- ## [Underground nuclear weapons (not for testing; as offensive weapons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-nuclear-weapons-not-for-testing-as-offensive-weapons/978705)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-nuclear-weapons-not-for-testing-as-offensive-weapons/978705 "2023-01-28T15:12:21Z")
There were some post-WWII plans to bury atomic weapons in Germany, to be detonated by timer or remote control in the event of a Soviet invasion. This would mess up the Soviet plans by contaminating large areas and genera… --- ## [Why round tea bags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-round-tea-bags/978143)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-round-tea-bags/978143 "2023-01-28T14:47:31Z")
Almost every tea product I know of uses square tea bags. Except Tetleys. Tetley teabags are round. Wouldn’t that mean wastage in the teabag fabric? Square teabag, little wastage. Cut on the square, nothing in-betwee… --- ## [Another Mass Killing in California: 7 Dead in Half Moon Bay (South of San Francisco) Jan. 23, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-killing-in-california-7-dead-in-half-moon-bay-south-of-san-francisco-jan-23-2023/978702)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-killing-in-california-7-dead-in-half-moon-bay-south-of-san-francisco-jan-23-2023/978702 "2023-01-28T14:41:09Z")
They were Chinese farm workers, killed by a 67 year old Chinese male. --- ## [Is a shooting star a symbol for something ephemeral in the English language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-shooting-star-a-symbol-for-something-ephemeral-in-the-english-language/978925)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-shooting-star-a-symbol-for-something-ephemeral-in-the-english-language/978925 "2023-01-28T14:18:57Z")
For the first time in ages I am about to work for Berlin’s Film Festival, the Berlinale, again. That is the reason I have put this thread in Cafe Society and tagged it “movies”, but if the mods want to move it to Factual… --- ## [Do Europeans use 1.000 to express "one thousand" rather than 1,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-europeans-use-1-000-to-express-one-thousand-rather-than-1-000/978884)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-europeans-use-1-000-to-express-one-thousand-rather-than-1-000/978884 "2023-01-28T14:14:53Z")
I have noticed that some Europeans would report numbers as 4.500 to represent “four thousand five hundred”, 1.000 to express “one thousand,” rather than using commas. Is this typical in Europe? --- ## [Are eyes naturally open or closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eyes-naturally-open-or-closed/978908)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eyes-naturally-open-or-closed/978908 "2023-01-28T14:10:57Z")
Do we use muscles to close our eyes, e.g. to blink, to sleep, to keep out foreign objects, or do we use them to open our eyes, as it seems when we wake up? That is, are they naturally closed so that they have to be musc… --- ## [Earth's core spinning more slowly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-core-spinning-more-slowly/978879)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-core-spinning-more-slowly/978879 "2023-01-28T12:47:29Z")
I’m surprised that nobody’s posted about the recent news that the Earth’s core may be spinning more slowly: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00167-1 I’m posting this in IMHO because I’ve read that there’s no … --- ## [Is Diurex Ultimate and Doans the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diurex-ultimate-and-doans-the-same/978907)
**Author:** [@Jaw52284](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaw52284)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diurex-ultimate-and-doans-the-same/978907 "2023-01-28T12:14:39Z")
Is Diurex Ultimate the same as Doans? Diurex Ultimate contains magnesium salicylate. Doans contains magnesium salicylate tetrahydrate. If they are the same, does that mean Doans are also effective as water pills? Or is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=909&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=911&state=watching)