# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=921 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 922 --- ## [A sad day - did Johnny Cash really record this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-day-did-johnny-cash-really-record-this/299752)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-day-did-johnny-cash-really-record-this/299752 "2023-01-13T18:24:27Z")
I was just downloading some Johnny Cash mp3’s, and to my horror, I ran across this tune called “Ship Those Niggers Back.” I downloaded it, hoping against hope that it would turn out to be an ironic comment against raci… --- ## [I enjoyed "In a Lonely Place", No Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoyed-in-a-lonely-place-no-spoilers/978068)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoyed-in-a-lonely-place-no-spoilers/978068 "2023-01-13T18:17:44Z")
In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir that stars Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. Grahame, who was ending her marriage to the film’s director Nicholas Ray during filming, is amazing. It’s an interesting story with a p… --- ## [2023 NFL Draft - The Chicago Bears are on the clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-nfl-draft-the-chicago-bears-are-on-the-clock/977907)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-nfl-draft-the-chicago-bears-are-on-the-clock/977907 "2023-01-13T17:14:39Z")
The WAY too early NFL Draft thread for 2023. In an absolutely heroic showing, the Bears have won the 2023 draft. 2023 Draft Order Chicago Bears, 3-14 Houston Texans, 3-13-1 Arizona Cardinals, 4-13 Indianapolis Colts, … --- ## [Are very gifted kids still sent to university very young? Is it a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-very-gifted-kids-still-sent-to-university-very-young-is-it-a-good-idea/978107)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-very-gifted-kids-still-sent-to-university-very-young-is-it-a-good-idea/978107 "2023-01-13T16:35:22Z")
So just watching a YouTube video (another numberphile one) about the Australian maths prodigy Terrance Tao. He went to university in 1989 at the age of 14. Is that still something that happens? Is it a good idea? In the… --- ## [Songs that should never be covered/played by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-covered-played-by-someone-else/977552)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-covered-played-by-someone-else/977552 "2023-01-13T16:09:27Z")
The other side of “Wow, that’s a great cover of that song!” A common thread that I’ve realized is that if the song has biographical or personal opinions in it, it likely should never be played or sung by someone else. Y… --- ## [Universal Genetic Health?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-genetic-health/977959)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-genetic-health/977959 "2023-01-13T14:49:35Z")
I’m not sure how to title this one and also not to immediately poison the well by mentioning the word eugencics. Basically the scenario is that by some FutureTech means it becomes feasible for everyone to have entirely … --- ## [Surface brightness of LEDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surface-brightness-of-leds/978009)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surface-brightness-of-leds/978009 "2023-01-13T14:38:10Z")
I just bought a projector fog light. The thing is amazingly bright, but what’s really incredible is: all that brightness is generated by a tiny SMT LED, maybe 4mm x 2mm. The LED is way too bright to look at (even without… --- ## [Logic behind elevator (lift) control in office building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logic-behind-elevator-lift-control-in-office-building/978093)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logic-behind-elevator-lift-control-in-office-building/978093 "2023-01-13T14:37:09Z")
Hi there, I work in a newish office building, where you type in your destination floor (“17”) on a totem on the ground floor and the system assigns you a lift (elevator) → (“A”) that will take you to your desired floor.… --- ## ["Three Pines" on Amazon Prime -- based on Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache Novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-pines-on-amazon-prime-based-on-louise-pennys-inspector-gamache-novels/976534)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-pines-on-amazon-prime-based-on-louise-pennys-inspector-gamache-novels/976534 "2023-01-13T14:26:45Z")
My wife and I noticed this series showing up on Prime about 2 weeks ago. We were looking forward to seeing Gamache and the crew from Three Pines come to life. In short, I am disappointed. While I think Molina is a dec… --- ## [I'm an idiot, or bugs you've created](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-idiot-or-bugs-youve-created/977995)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-idiot-or-bugs-youve-created/977995 "2023-01-13T13:37:29Z")
I made some changes to a script filtering a 29 million row file of summary statistics for genetic variants to remove all variants close to one of a few hundred known variants. The changes required replacing a for loop w… --- ## [Window replacement vs fireplace insert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-replacement-vs-fireplace-insert/977968)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-replacement-vs-fireplace-insert/977968 "2023-01-13T12:37:17Z")
We bought our house in 2018. It was built in 1973 and (as far as I can tell), it still had its original windows. It seems that they are in fact double-glazed, but have lost their insulating properties. In the cold weathe… --- ## [Just lost my job. Any advice welcome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-lost-my-job-any-advice-welcome/975100)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-lost-my-job-any-advice-welcome/975100 "2023-01-13T08:52:53Z")
Worked at this company for nearly 12 years. Was told less than an hour ago that the job is over. Now I’m thrust into the unfamiliar world of unemployment and trying to find health insurance. Any advice? I’m in Texas, fo… --- ## [Ever watched a comedy that had no laughs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-watched-a-comedy-that-had-no-laughs/976094)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-watched-a-comedy-that-had-no-laughs/976094 "2023-01-13T04:39:22Z")
So a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I ran across the movie "Drinking Buddies’ from 2013 on Netflix. It’s billed as a comedy/drama/romance, and has the cast to make that work. Olivia Wilde, Ron Livingston, Anna Kendri… --- ## [Declaration of Independence - Other Drafts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declaration-of-independence-other-drafts/978041)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declaration-of-independence-other-drafts/978041 "2023-01-13T03:11:09Z")
Are there any original drafts or notes that were used during the writing of the Declaration of Independence? Seems there MUST have been at least a 1st Draft and Final Draft or other writings or meeting notes about it? S… --- ## [Other ways to show 3-D movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-show-3-d-movies/246185)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-show-3-d-movies/246185 "2023-01-13T01:34:13Z")
In this article http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_369.html Cecil mentions different color lenses. Other ways have been introduced (tho they still rely on showing each eye slightly different images) One is to use … --- ## [Workplace rant: I spend a lot more time doing unnecessary "admin" work vs. 25 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-rant-i-spend-a-lot-more-time-doing-unnecessary-admin-work-vs-25-years-ago/978007)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-rant-i-spend-a-lot-more-time-doing-unnecessary-admin-work-vs-25-years-ago/978007 "2023-01-13T01:23:48Z")
I’m an engineer. I’m supposed to do technical work. But I also have to do “admin work,” i.e. busywork/paperwork that has nothing to do with the technical work I am supposed to be doing. When I first started back in the … --- ## [Rescue dog ran away, back 11 days later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-dog-ran-away-back-11-days-later/977650)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-dog-ran-away-back-11-days-later/977650 "2023-01-13T00:59:31Z")
Our little rescue, Lucas, ran away the day after we got him (slipped his collar) and came back that night. He’s definitely spooky and scared, but sweet and gentle. That was 6 weeks ago. Christmas eve morning he bolted… --- ## [How many passengers really survived the Mayflower voyage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-passengers-really-survived-the-mayflower-voyage/978067)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-passengers-really-survived-the-mayflower-voyage/978067 "2023-01-13T00:49:34Z")
How many passengers really survived the Mayflower voyage ? I’ve seen anywhere from 47 to 53. Does anyone really know? Why the discrepancies ? --- ## [Wall Street Journal Op-Ed from their Editorial Board: Defense Is Now a Republican Target](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-street-journal-op-ed-from-their-editorial-board-defense-is-now-a-republican-target/977923)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-street-journal-op-ed-from-their-editorial-board-defense-is-now-a-republican-target/977923 "2023-01-12T23:42:33Z")
Article linked below. Once again the famously conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board is not pleased with the current republican leadership in the House of Representatives. For discussion is this something to … --- ## ["Like" in typed communication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-in-typed-communication/977952)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-in-typed-communication/977952 "2023-01-12T22:58:19Z")
I found myself inserting “like” into a text I was sending, not because it was necessary but because I could not imagine it without it. Here’s what I wrote: “I played like six Boggle games in a row.” If I wrote “I play… --- ## [What would life be like if the precipitation ratio were swapped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-life-be-like-if-the-precipitation-ratio-were-swapped/978100)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-life-be-like-if-the-precipitation-ratio-were-swapped/978100 "2023-01-12T22:09:28Z")
How would life have evolved differently on a much wetter planet, one where for a given area, the amount of time spent raining and not raining was flipped? Also, what conditions would give rise to such a planet? --- ## [Characteristics of AI-generated images - is forensic analysis possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characteristics-of-ai-generated-images-is-forensic-analysis-possible/977946)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characteristics-of-ai-generated-images-is-forensic-analysis-possible/977946 "2023-01-12T21:58:13Z")
Not sure if this verges into Cafe Society territory, but looking for some factual-ish answers, so here goes - A friend came across a maybe slightly risqué image of a young woman with blue hair wearing a tank top. To me,… --- ## [Pitting AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ak84/972007)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ak84/972007 "2023-01-12T21:49:30Z")
I couldn’t find another pit thread for him, so… fuck this guy. He spends the beginning of the Ukraine/Russia thread insisting Russia will sail to an easy victory, poo-pooing Ukraine’s chances to resist. Okay, that’s not … --- ## [1999 Jeep Cherokee electrical issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1999-jeep-cherokee-electrical-issue/941784)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1999-jeep-cherokee-electrical-issue/941784 "2023-01-12T21:44:32Z")
My 1999 Jeep Cherokee (bought new) has electrical issues. A few years ago, I thought maybe things just ‘stopped working’ after years of virtual non-use. Here’s a list of things that are happening: The directional ind… --- ## [AK84 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ak84-has-been-banned/978133)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ak84-has-been-banned/978133 "2023-01-12T21:30:02Z")
For a continued pattern of personal insults and refusing to abide by SDMB rules, AK84 has been banned. Links to warnings: Personal Insults: Are cities in Europe cold and dark due to lack of Russian gas? - #13 Personal… --- ## [What is this pungent Indian spice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-pungent-indian-spice/514274)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-pungent-indian-spice/514274 "2023-01-12T20:53:52Z")
I would like a lot of Indian foods, if it wasn’t for this spice. It is present in most vegetarian Indian dishes I try, like samosas. It’s definately not curry. I use curry alone at home to mix with my basmati rice and le… --- ## [Tool to programmatically add bookmarks to PDF file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-to-programmatically-add-bookmarks-to-pdf-file/978071)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-to-programmatically-add-bookmarks-to-pdf-file/978071 "2023-01-12T20:20:17Z")
I have a PDF file. I have a text file that lists titles and page numbers in the file. Is there any program that can edit the file and insert these as bookmarks? I can do it manually in FoxIt but there are over 400 entrie… --- ## [What do these eight words and/or phrases have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922 "2023-01-12T19:39:20Z")
Come up with eight words and/or phrases that have something in common. The next poster guesses what they have in common, and posts eight other words and/or phrases that have something in common. I’ll start: Asian Flu… --- ## [Vicious Canadians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicious-canadians/977887)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicious-canadians/977887 "2023-01-12T19:35:13Z")
I came across this article, about the ruthlessness of Canadians toward the Germans in the First World War. In one particularly cruel episode, Canadians even exploited the trust of Germans who had apparently become accu… --- ## [Are shorts appropriate for grownups of a certain age? How about cargo shorts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-shorts-appropriate-for-grownups-of-a-certain-age-how-about-cargo-shorts/970334)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-shorts-appropriate-for-grownups-of-a-certain-age-how-about-cargo-shorts/970334 "2023-01-12T19:22:24Z")
Mrs. solost and I have been watching Love on Netflix (the Judd Apatow series, not the porny movie of the same name also on Netflix). It’s about some 30ish characters in the LA area and their relationships. On one episode… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=920) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=922)