# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=919&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 920 --- ## [Would A Post About A Job Opening Be Untoward (and if not, where to put it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-post-about-a-job-opening-be-untoward-and-if-not-where-to-put-it/978355)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-post-about-a-job-opening-be-untoward-and-if-not-where-to-put-it/978355 "2023-01-17T15:27:25Z")
The company I do contract work for is trying to bring on some more people. It’s WFH freelance work and I’m sure plenty of Dopers might qualify and/or be interested. Full disclosure: I would get a $300 bonus for each hire… --- ## [Was Eugene Terre'Blanche really guilty of assault and attempted murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eugene-terreblanche-really-guilty-of-assault-and-attempted-murder/977737)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eugene-terreblanche-really-guilty-of-assault-and-attempted-murder/977737 "2023-01-17T14:55:55Z")
Serious question. Obviously, the guy was a white supremacist scumbag, and him doing something like that is not impossible. But given that South African police has a reputation for being quite inept and corrupt, and with … --- ## [Libby Reviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libby-reviews/978110)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libby-reviews/978110 "2023-01-17T14:46:49Z")
I’ve been using Overdrive to listen to audio library books for quite a few years. Whenever I’ve opened the app in the last 6 months or so it “warns” me that Overdrive will be switching over to Libby in the beginning of 2… --- ## [Do buffer States actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buffer-states-actually-work/977884)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buffer-states-actually-work/977884 "2023-01-17T13:30:47Z")
Famously both China and the Soviet Union (including modern Russia) have started entire wars just to protect their “buffer States” from not being buffer States (China in the Korean War, Russia invading all sorts of Easter… --- ## [What are the furthest right digits on videotapes counting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-furthest-right-digits-on-videotapes-counting/978344)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-furthest-right-digits-on-videotapes-counting/978344 "2023-01-17T13:04:57Z")
On many videos, say of an interrogation or raw video from a television show, there’s a counter. They seem to be of the form HH:MM:SS:?? and my question is what do the ?? stand for? It’s confusing because they seem to onl… --- ## [Targeted texts wrt religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-texts-wrt-religion/973569)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-texts-wrt-religion/973569 "2023-01-17T13:03:48Z")
Help? First, a disclaimer; currently medicated (high af). Make of this what you will. Second, if this works better elsewhere, the mods know best. I give blanket authorization for the mods to do with this as they will. … --- ## ['The manager was livid': Guy takes advantage of prime rib pricing blunder,"...my question is was he being a asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-manager-was-livid-guy-takes-advantage-of-prime-rib-pricing-blunder-my-question-is-was-he-being-a-asshole/978248)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-manager-was-livid-guy-takes-advantage-of-prime-rib-pricing-blunder-my-question-is-was-he-being-a-asshole/978248 "2023-01-17T13:01:54Z")
ok, apparently this guy was buying meat at a store and noticed there was a pricing error and apparently took advantage of it via a Michigan “real” pricing law was he an asshole for doing so? --- ## [Spices & Herbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spices-herbs/978104)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spices-herbs/978104 "2023-01-17T12:17:56Z")
What’s your favorite spice and herb? Spice - Cinnamon. I love it BUT not in savory dishes, only sweets. I love cinnamon & sugar on my toast, I love cinnamon bread, rolls, donuts, etc. But I do not like Red Hots or any o… --- ## [I Pit Quay Walker of the Green Bay Packers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-quay-walker-of-the-green-bay-packers/977934)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-quay-walker-of-the-green-bay-packers/977934 "2023-01-17T08:49:37Z")
From ESPN: GREEN BAY, Wis. – For the second time this season, Green Bay Packers rookie linebacker Quay Walker has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Walker was thrown out of Sunday night’s regular-season finale… --- ## [Strange Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-days/977563)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-days/977563 "2023-01-17T07:24:27Z")
This movie is infamously hard to find because its DVD is long out of print but it is in HBO Max this month so I was able to watch it for the first time in probably 25 years. It has some pacing problems but otherwise hold… --- ## [How difficult is it to transport my Real ID status to a new state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-transport-my-real-id-status-to-a-new-state/978340)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-transport-my-real-id-status-to-a-new-state/978340 "2023-01-17T03:05:45Z")
I moved from California to Oregon about six months ago, staying with my sister and her family until the New year (I’m in an Airbnb for January). I’ve just been approved to move into my own apartment beginning next week,… --- ## [How can a company change someone's credit score?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-company-change-someones-credit-score/978328)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-company-change-someones-credit-score/978328 "2023-01-17T00:42:49Z")
I see an ad periodically that claims to raise peoples credit scores by x amount. Now it seems to me that a person’s credit rating is based on his history and that is not going to change. They don’t suddenly become more… --- ## [Help me help my mom to go cashless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-mom-to-go-cashless/976340)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-mom-to-go-cashless/976340 "2023-01-16T23:43:28Z")
My mom is a crafter, and often goes to craft shows and farmers’ markets and the like to sell her wares. She’s strictly hobby-level: In a really great year, she might bring in $2000 from sales, and this year was only $1… --- ## [Can I use a Marilith in a for-profit work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-marilith-in-a-for-profit-work/658860)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-marilith-in-a-for-profit-work/658860 "2023-01-16T23:11:38Z")
I’m thinking of trying to publish something as an eBook, more out of curiosity than any real desire to earn a profit, but I will hopefully be bringing in a few dollars. However, part of my projet features one of these s… --- ## [Spreading awareness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreading-awareness/978299)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreading-awareness/978299 "2023-01-16T22:42:13Z")
One thing I sometimes think about when people are trying to spread awareness about different illnesses and dangers, is how much good it actually does. I imagine one can only keep so many things in ones head at one time. … --- ## [RIP Gina Lollobrigida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gina-lollobrigida/978308)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gina-lollobrigida/978308 "2023-01-16T20:26:39Z")
Humphrey Bogart once said she ‘made Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple.’ No cause of death has been released, but she was 95. --- ## [Two switches, ONE light. How do I know which switch is bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-switches-one-light-how-do-i-know-which-switch-is-bad/978124)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-switches-one-light-how-do-i-know-which-switch-is-bad/978124 "2023-01-16T20:11:23Z")
In my bathroom, I have two switches at opposite ends of the bathroom that go to the main overhead light. The problem is, the switches have to be in a certain order for them to work. One switch has to be down in order fo… --- ## [Truffle Hunters Poison Each Other's Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truffle-hunters-poison-each-others-dogs/978318)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truffle-hunters-poison-each-others-dogs/978318 "2023-01-16T18:24:40Z")
Apparently a bunch of papers are doing this story right now, including: But this is not new, here is a story from a quarter-century ago saying the same thing: But I don’t understand this. If the goal is to eliminat… --- ## [I'm thinking of Grabthar's Hammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226 "2023-01-16T18:10:26Z")
What kind was it? Framing, Claw, Rock, Chipping, Sledge? I like to think it was a 24 or 32 oz Ball Peen. What do the Teeming Millions think? --- ## [Is long term weather prediction mathematically impossible ? Are there similar limits to AI and Autonomous systems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-long-term-weather-prediction-mathematically-impossible-are-there-similar-limits-to-ai-and-autonomous-systems/978037)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-long-term-weather-prediction-mathematically-impossible-are-there-similar-limits-to-ai-and-autonomous-systems/978037 "2023-01-16T17:48:03Z")
My introduction to Chaos theory started with Michael Crichton’s book “Jurassic Park” where he explained the Butterfly effect and how Non linear systems are hard to model. Understand that the book was fiction but it inspi… --- ## [Trouble loading G-Mod on Steam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-loading-g-mod-on-steam/978320)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-loading-g-mod-on-steam/978320 "2023-01-16T17:36:40Z")
We’re trying to load G-Mod on Steam on an Acer (Nitro-5) running Windows, but it never finishes loading. Instead, we get a blue screen with a white circle and two white Xs. Underneath that is the loading bar, which nev… --- ## [2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 1507\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443 "2023-01-16T17:25:56Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when we open the window to submit your prognostications. The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2022… --- ## [Please tell me about home hot water recirculating pumps (for instant hot water)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-home-hot-water-recirculating-pumps-for-instant-hot-water/978238)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-home-hot-water-recirculating-pumps-for-instant-hot-water/978238 "2023-01-16T16:53:10Z")
I hate having to wait for hot water especially because it wastes water in my ordinarily drought stricken area. This seems like a great solution. Is it? What are the pitfalls? If it matters, my house is on a raised found… --- ## [Is "cracking your fingers" a regional version of "snapping your fingers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cracking-your-fingers-a-regional-version-of-snapping-your-fingers/978291)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cracking-your-fingers-a-regional-version-of-snapping-your-fingers/978291 "2023-01-16T16:50:20Z")
I heard someone say it, but I just assumed they meant “snapping their fingers” and it’s a regional difference. --- ## [Moderation in the Cat Avatar thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-the-cat-avatar-thread/978206)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-the-cat-avatar-thread/978206 "2023-01-16T15:40:56Z")
I have a bone to pick with the moderation in the Cat Avatar thread. Did anyone seriously perceive Wolfpup’s playful joking as threadshitting??? Was it reported as threadshitting? Are cats really this thin-skinned that l… --- ## [Quick question-- what was the show about a shop that recovered cursed items?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-what-was-the-show-about-a-shop-that-recovered-cursed-items/978114)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-what-was-the-show-about-a-shop-that-recovered-cursed-items/978114 "2023-01-16T15:09:32Z")
Not Warehouse 13, it was older. and had a girl with big boobs. In a later season, they went back in time and were accused of being witches-- a real jump the shark moment for me. In my head it was paired with the show wit… --- ## [Katie Porter running for Senate in CA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-porter-running-for-senate-in-ca/977975)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-porter-running-for-senate-in-ca/977975 "2023-01-16T14:02:40Z")
Just got an email announcing her run for the Senate. Didn’t see anything online, nor heard that Dianne Feinstein was stepping down. I assume it’s for real, though I thought I would have heard either on the news or from F… --- ## [What's going on with the switch to electric everything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-switch-to-electric-everything/978168)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-switch-to-electric-everything/978168 "2023-01-16T13:54:34Z")
I hear that NY wants to ban gas home appliances including gas stoves and dryers. Recently gas stoves have been questioned about causing health problems, but I am at a loss of banning gas dryers, so I’ll make that my pos… --- ## [Housecat behavior question -- no longer using the litter box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecat-behavior-question-no-longer-using-the-litter-box/978070)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecat-behavior-question-no-longer-using-the-litter-box/978070 "2023-01-16T10:02:08Z")
We have three cats: two females that were born July 2021 and that we acquired as kittens in September 2021. Both are spayed and have had all vaccines/boosters. They were litter box trained before we got them. We also ha… --- ## [The Master (2012 film) -- Open Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-2012-film-open-spoilers/635574)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-2012-film-open-spoilers/635574 "2023-01-16T09:58:25Z")
I’m surprised there isn’t a thread on this movie yet. Anyway, the rest of the OP in the next post, to avoid hover spoilers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=918&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=920&state=muted)