# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=921&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 922 --- ## [My story: a very frank and personal introduction \[long\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-a-very-frank-and-personal-introduction-long/978102)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-a-very-frank-and-personal-introduction-long/978102 "2023-01-14T15:47:21Z")
I keep meaning to out myself and tell my story here. I’ve just been waiting for the right time. The reason I think it’s worth telling here, on the SDMB, is just how damned often somebody’s started a thread or posted a … --- ## [I donated $50 to Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-donated-50-to-wikipedia/978196)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-donated-50-to-wikipedia/978196 "2023-01-14T15:32:20Z")
Wiki lets someone follow links and investigate sources as far as you want. I like SD for the same reason. I would donate to SD if I knew how. I hope SD also get some $$ from advertising. --- ## [Does China Have a Monopoly on "Rare Earth" Elements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-china-have-a-monopoly-on-rare-earth-elements/516541)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-china-have-a-monopoly-on-rare-earth-elements/516541 "2023-01-14T15:18:05Z")
I was reasing an investment report, that was talking about the commercial importance of the “rare earth” elements (lanthanum,hafnium,etc.)-which are used to make high power magnets optical components, etc. It seems that … --- ## [Oy! Would you look at that hole! \[Movie ID\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-would-you-look-at-that-hole-movie-id/978202)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-would-you-look-at-that-hole-movie-id/978202 "2023-01-14T14:43:59Z")
A character in a movie gets shot. As he dies (I think) he says ‘Oy! Would you look at that hole!’ What’s this from? --- ## [Which ST:TOS episodes have aged most poorly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-st-tos-episodes-have-aged-most-poorly/977282)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-st-tos-episodes-have-aged-most-poorly/977282 "2023-01-14T14:23:04Z")
I recently decided to binge the entire run of all Star Trek shows in roughly chronological order. I guess I didn’t realize how long it’s been since I’ve seen some episodes from the original series, and had plain forgotte… --- ## [Scarlet Adventuress--Pulp Magazine--Info?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101 "2023-01-14T13:02:17Z")
Wiki & Google have basically failed me. The SDMB is my next step. Scarlet Adventuress was a Pulp Magazine, with a female protagonist. It was published at least by 1935, or earlier. Later, it may have been re-titled Mo… --- ## [Who wrote lyrics for Canon in D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-lyrics-for-canon-in-d/376958)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-lyrics-for-canon-in-d/376958 "2023-01-14T11:20:31Z")
…and where can I find a recording or sheet music? In 1991 or so, I did this piece with a girls’ choir, and it was absolutely gorgeous, but my Google-fu is weak today. It was four or maybe even six part harmony, and some… --- ## [It's 5F outside. Please share your best stew and soup recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-5f-outside-please-share-your-best-stew-and-soup-recipes/977014)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-5f-outside-please-share-your-best-stew-and-soup-recipes/977014 "2023-01-14T06:54:17Z")
It’s so cold. :cold\_face: I’m wearing two pairs of socks inside the house. I need HOT food. Please share your best Stew and Soup recipes. I like a good ham and bean soup. potato soup, Corn Chowder. Hot food is so good… --- ## [Can anyone stand Joe Scarborough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-stand-joe-scarborough/977976)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-stand-joe-scarborough/977976 "2023-01-14T04:47:54Z")
Putting this is Cafe Society, though mods may disagree, because it’s his on-air personality more than his politics I have an issue with. The guy is so abrasive, so obnoxious, so egocentric, so disagreeable that when I f… --- ## [How do you make this thing everybody makes: Garlic and Oil Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-this-thing-everybody-makes-garlic-and-oil-pasta/978066)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-this-thing-everybody-makes-garlic-and-oil-pasta/978066 "2023-01-14T02:44:55Z")
Or Aglio e Olio. I like mine very simple. A lot of garlic. Like, a whole bunch more than I’ve seen other people use. I slice them thin but not paper thin, not thick either. Medium thin. A quarter cup or so of olive oil … --- ## [Is "lookism" the last acceptable prejudice in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lookism-the-last-acceptable-prejudice-in-movies/977005)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lookism-the-last-acceptable-prejudice-in-movies/977005 "2023-01-14T01:22:20Z")
We watched “The People you Hate at Weddings” last night, a silly but mildly amusing movie. It prominently featured gay and interracial relationships. But no one was obese or unattractive - and one character commented o… --- ## [Anyone else work in a "ghost town"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-work-in-a-ghost-town/978130)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-work-in-a-ghost-town/978130 "2023-01-13T23:05:39Z")
I’ve been working in the office for the past few months. This morning it just struck me how weird it is to inhabit a space that was designed for so many more people than use it. I counted - we have 25 offices and 31 cu… --- ## [Robbie Bachman, drummer for BTO, dies at 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-bachman-drummer-for-bto-dies-at-69/978174)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-bachman-drummer-for-bto-dies-at-69/978174 "2023-01-13T22:49:17Z")
I’m more familiar with his brother Randy, the lead guitarist, but BTO was a staple of my youth. I never saw them in concert but listened to them for the past few decades. I’ve always liked their sound. --- ## [How does the US government track classified documents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-us-government-track-classified-documents/978184)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-us-government-track-classified-documents/978184 "2023-01-13T22:48:06Z")
President Biden and former President Trump both appear to have left office with a substantial quantity of classified documents in their possession. According to this timeline, in Trump’s case, it took about four months … --- ## [Question for and/or about hard core Xmas lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-and-or-about-hard-core-xmas-lovers/977852)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-and-or-about-hard-core-xmas-lovers/977852 "2023-01-13T22:38:03Z")
I’m not talking about the average westerner who thinks that the lights in the neighbourhood are pretty or that the family get togethers decorating the tree are fun; I’m talking about people who actually and passionately … --- ## [New Cecil Columns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-columns/978183)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-columns/978183 "2023-01-13T21:52:40Z")
Is there any way to subscribe or otherwise get an email when Cecil posts a new column in that forum? I don’t want to miss them when they come out. --- ## [The coming debt ceiling fight and why didn't the Dems avoid it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coming-debt-ceiling-fight-and-why-didnt-the-dems-avoid-it/978187)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coming-debt-ceiling-fight-and-why-didnt-the-dems-avoid-it/978187 "2023-01-13T20:03:15Z")
Yellen has said that, starting January 19, she will have to take special measures to continue paying interest and principal on US debt. She says that might last until June or July. The current House seems pretty disorg… --- ## [Appalling news article: 8 teen girls charged with 2nd-degree murder in swarming death of man in Toronto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-news-article-8-teen-girls-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder-in-swarming-death-of-man-in-toronto/976870)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-news-article-8-teen-girls-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder-in-swarming-death-of-man-in-toronto/976870 "2023-01-13T19:10:31Z")
I get it, murders happen, but this just stuns me. In Toronto late Saturday/early Sunday, three 13 yr old girls, three 14 yr old girls, and two 16 girls, swarmed and killed a 59 yr old man in downtown Toronto. Apparently… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=920&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=922&state=muted)