# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=955&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 956 --- ## [I sure hope CairoCarol is OK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sure-hope-cairocarol-is-ok/975721)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sure-hope-cairocarol-is-ok/975721 "2022-12-03T20:55:39Z")
Doesn’t she live on the Big Island of Hawaii? Mauna Loa, not surprisingly, erupted yesterday. It wasn’t a surprise, because they’d had dozens of small earthquakes in the area in recent days. --- ## [Is it normal for heart rate to increase at the same level of exertion over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-heart-rate-to-increase-at-the-same-level-of-exertion-over-time/975985)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-heart-rate-to-increase-at-the-same-level-of-exertion-over-time/975985 "2022-12-03T20:51:23Z")
I’ve been using a smartwatch with heart rate monitoring for a while as well as cardio equipment with built in heart rate monitors. Something I’ve noticed is that for the same level of exertion, my heart rate is significa… --- ## [Question about Alfred Hitchcock episode dialog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alfred-hitchcock-episode-dialog/975982)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alfred-hitchcock-episode-dialog/975982 "2022-12-03T20:30:49Z")
I had occasion to watch “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” S2E36, “Father and Son” last night and missed the last line. From my TV guide app: “Sam Saunders (Charles Davis) is caught between a father who refuses to give him any… --- ## [Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Trailer #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-3-trailer-1/975926)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-3-trailer-1/975926 "2022-12-03T20:25:57Z")
This looks pretty good! --- ## [Were pre-modern doctors any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pre-modern-doctors-any-good/975580)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pre-modern-doctors-any-good/975580 "2022-12-03T20:18:41Z")
When reading about the history of medicine, one often comes across old theories of anatomy and the origin of diseases which sound hair-curlingly wrong by modern standards but were apparently believed for a long time, suc… --- ## [Battle of New Orleans -- British winning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-new-orleans-british-winning/975958)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-new-orleans-british-winning/975958 "2022-12-03T19:57:03Z")
In 1814, we took a little trip … er… there was a bit of a bruhaha down around NOLA. In school, I was taught that since the battle took place after the Treaty of Ghent, it didn’t count except to make Americans feel better… --- ## [2 Questions regarding the story of Jason and the Argonauts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-questions-regarding-the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts/975972)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-questions-regarding-the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts/975972 "2022-12-03T18:06:06Z")
I’m looking for any verification of there being an acient bridge over the river Anauros that Jason crossed with Hera on his back.1. Was there any bridge over the river Anauros prior to Jason carrying Hera over the river… --- ## [Cody's Lab Video on Polar Lunar Craters and Science (Artemis)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codys-lab-video-on-polar-lunar-craters-and-science-artemis/975914)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codys-lab-video-on-polar-lunar-craters-and-science-artemis/975914 "2022-12-03T16:21:52Z")
A lot of people are asking why we’re bothering to go back to the Moon. The answer so far is that we are going to look for water, at first. There are permanently-shadowed craters that capture water molecules that are … --- ## [Exiting your car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exiting-your-car/975448)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exiting-your-car/975448 "2022-12-03T15:47:36Z")
Mundane, but I thought I would informally poll you guys. When I go somewhere in my car, and I arrive, I get out and head off to where I am going. Same with leaving - get in, take off. My wife is the opposite. When we s… --- ## [ChatGPT, a non-evil chatbot (so far)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-a-non-evil-chatbot-so-far/975929)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-a-non-evil-chatbot-so-far/975929 "2022-12-03T15:26:24Z")
OpenAI released a new chatbot called ChatGPT yesterday, and it’s impressing a lot of people with its advances over previous chatbots. There are already examples of it finding tricky bugs in code, designing living rooms, … --- ## [Questions about Covid brain fog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-covid-brain-fog/975862)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-covid-brain-fog/975862 "2022-12-03T15:17:55Z")
Does “Covid brain fog” happen even in mild or almost-no-symptom cases? When it happens is it typically permanent or the patient recovers full brain function within months? Is it severe enough that you lose common sense… --- ## [Shameless Plug: Daughter's Podcast Named One of the Best](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-plug-daughters-podcast-named-one-of-the-best/975897)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-plug-daughters-podcast-named-one-of-the-best/975897 "2022-12-03T14:02:22Z")
Cannes I Kick It is hosted by her and 3 friends. --- ## [Is it Legal? Elon Musk ultimatum. Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-elon-musk-ultimatum-do-extremely-hardcore-work-or-get-out/975040)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-elon-musk-ultimatum-do-extremely-hardcore-work-or-get-out/975040 "2022-12-03T13:38:20Z")
Can Musk or any boss make this demand? Work 12 hour days (long hours) or get out? The performance standards are off the chart. Exceptional performance? So, I’m exhausted working 72 hour weeks and my new code has a coupl… --- ## [Save Los Espookys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-los-espookys/973642)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-los-espookys/973642 "2022-12-03T05:53:37Z")
Los Espookys is a show on HBO. Perhaps you heard it was a sort of comedic Mission Impossible of the Paranormal, watched it once and were disappointed because you thought the stunts, set up by the Espooky team for hire to… --- ## [Lets Do Another "What If the USA Stayed Neutral in WW2"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-what-if-the-usa-stayed-neutral-in-ww2/969000)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-what-if-the-usa-stayed-neutral-in-ww2/969000 "2022-12-03T03:48:24Z")
Cause you all are smart and Im looking for a couple of answers that you don’t normally see in this scenario The setup: For the US to stay neutral we need an altogether different mindset from the Govt. at that point in h… --- ## [So long and thanks for all the rants! (November mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-rants-november-mini-rants/974116)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-rants-november-mini-rants/974116 "2022-12-03T02:26:00Z")
Yes, it’s still a little early in my time zone. Oh well. No, you’re not getting rid of me that easily. :wink: My junior cat, as dearly as I love him, has a couple of really obnoxious habits. He likes to walk from the h… --- ## [Why would TV mute inoffensive dialog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-tv-mute-inoffensive-dialog/975832)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-tv-mute-inoffensive-dialog/975832 "2022-12-03T02:22:27Z")
I’m watching “Caddyshack” on AMC, a movie that I’m very familiar with, and I’ve noticed that they have muted some dialog but haven’t shortened the movie. For instance, when Judge Smails is golfing, he asks Danny about Ty… --- ## [Lions try a walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878 "2022-12-03T02:01:36Z")
New footage reveals how 5 lions escaped their Sydney zoo enclosure | CNN Travel daddy lion and 4 cubs left their enclosure during a roar and snore sleep over at the zoo. --- ## [Dozens injured in Waukesha, WI at Christmas parade: Nov 2021 \[update: 6 dead, over 40 injured\]\[update: trial\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-injured-in-waukesha-wi-at-christmas-parade-nov-2021-update-6-dead-over-40-injured-update-trial/954746)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-injured-in-waukesha-wi-at-christmas-parade-nov-2021-update-6-dead-over-40-injured-update-trial/954746 "2022-12-03T00:03:02Z")
I’m hoping that this was the result of a medical incident, but I strongly suspect that it was not. At least 30 are known to be injured; no reports of fatalities yet. --- ## [How did the phrase "double-dollar" arise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-phrase-double-dollar-arise/975901)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-phrase-double-dollar-arise/975901 "2022-12-02T23:29:27Z")
It sounds like something that originated in gambling parlance, now mostly used for things like lottery tickets or scratch-offs. By extension it’s used for things like 2-for-1 sales or matching-fund charities. But I don’t… --- ## [Old Geezers: Did you go through a "I don't want to retire" phase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-did-you-go-through-a-i-dont-want-to-retire-phase/918107)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-did-you-go-through-a-i-dont-want-to-retire-phase/918107 "2022-12-02T22:41:35Z")
So my employer made me self quarantine for 10 days (I’m not sick). Been sit’n at the house going absolutely stir crazy. I’m actually jonesing to get back to work now. It’s left me thinking at 50 years old: I don’t want… --- ## [Unexpected IRS letter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-irs-letter/975602)
**Author:** [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-irs-letter/975602 "2022-12-02T22:20:35Z")
Hi all. It’s… uh, been a while. How’s it going? (Mods, move this where appropriate. It’s been so long that last time I was here the forum was called General Questions - I don’t know if this one has a factual answer, so … --- ## [U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades, study says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-gun-death-rates-hit-highest-levels-in-decades-study-says/975863)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-gun-death-rates-hit-highest-levels-in-decades-study-says/975863 "2022-12-02T21:17:58Z")
Yes, I know gun threads have been done to death on this message board. I am adding this because it is a new, and comprehensive data point (see article below). The U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in … --- ## [Just testing out polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-out-polls/975423)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-out-polls/975423 "2022-12-02T21:13:22Z")
poll --- ## [Christine McVie has died (of Fleetwood Mac) \[30 Nov 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-mcvie-has-died-of-fleetwood-mac-30-nov-2022/975820)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-mcvie-has-died-of-fleetwood-mac-30-nov-2022/975820 "2022-12-02T21:12:05Z")
I am seeing reports online that Christine McVie (of Fleetwood Mac) has died, at age 79. :cry: --- ## [Alternate NATO alphabet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-nato-alphabet/975636)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-nato-alphabet/975636 "2022-12-02T20:46:35Z")
I was at the airport the other day, and there was a tram to take passengers from one terminal to the next. At each spot, a recorded voice would say “Next stop A gates, A as in Alpha”. And so on, with “B as in Bravo”, “… --- ## [Is it more environmentally friendly to put food scraps down the garbage disposal or to put them in the kitchen trash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-environmentally-friendly-to-put-food-scraps-down-the-garbage-disposal-or-to-put-them-in-the-kitchen-trash/975828)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-environmentally-friendly-to-put-food-scraps-down-the-garbage-disposal-or-to-put-them-in-the-kitchen-trash/975828 "2022-12-02T19:33:26Z")
I’m in California if it matters. Please keep discussions about composting or other methods out of this thread --- ## [My Android Clock Alarm doesn't play through bluetooth. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-android-clock-alarm-doesnt-play-through-bluetooth-why/975841)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-android-clock-alarm-doesnt-play-through-bluetooth-why/975841 "2022-12-02T19:17:56Z")
I just tested this again to confirm. Set timer to 45 seconds. It paused my bluetooth music (earbuds) and the alarm sounded through the phone speaker. I could barely hear the muffled alarm. Only because I was listening fo… --- ## [Why is the audio quality of my own voice in a recorded Zoom video (MP4) worse than other participants' audio quality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-audio-quality-of-my-own-voice-in-a-recorded-zoom-video-mp4-worse-than-other-participants-audio-quality/975827)
**Author:** [@TheUser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUser)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-audio-quality-of-my-own-voice-in-a-recorded-zoom-video-mp4-worse-than-other-participants-audio-quality/975827 "2022-12-02T18:48:29Z")
There’s a mystery that’s been puzzling me for a few months now. When I participate in Zoom calls, I record the call into an MP4 video file for later playback. During the live session, the people on the other side assure… --- ## [Quick DVD player question--need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-dvd-player-question-need-answer-fast/975894)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-dvd-player-question-need-answer-fast/975894 "2022-12-02T18:23:14Z")
It was fine Monday. Had a hard time loading Wednesday, then kept listing the disc as “incorrect disc”. Now, it cannot read the disc at all. Canned air to clear the dust does not help. I am correct in assuming that I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=954&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=956&state=tracking)