The blacked out Epstein docs are readable online - Straight Dope
If you go on reddit, it’s quite abuzz with the epstein-files and there are now quite a lot of sources where you can download 900 or so pages un-blacked-out.
Dungeon Crawler Carl? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
They’re really pushing me to read some novel series called “Dungeon Crawler Carlâ€, claiming it’s the funniest, best fantasy they’ve read ever.
Stopwatches count in centiseconds? - Straight Dope
Have I been misguided all my life, or do stopwatches actually count in centiseconds, and not milliseconds, as I’ve been led to believe? The conventional stopwatch that I use is in the format of MM:SS:(CC). Since there are only two digits in the last section, the watch is counting in 1/100th of a second, which is a centisecond by definition.
What are your top three episodes of the Twilight Zone?
The classic one, I mean, not any of the three (yes, three by now) reboots. Mine would have to be The Shelter The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Shadow Play But there are a ton I could sub in. I could easily make a top ten or even top 20 of this… I won’t ask that of you, though, only the top three will do.
Tsunami Warning for Japan, July 30 2025 - Straight Dope
Japan has issued a tsunami warning, with waves expected to reach up to 3 meters (about 10 feet) with the first waves at 10:30 (maybe). News: About 30 minutes ago, the warning system went off, and we received warning al…
Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential ... - Straight Dope
The progressive card game company is paying new voters who come up with plans and disparage Donald Trump online. The company behind the game Cards Against Humanity is aiming to one-up Elon Musk with its plan to pay blue-leaning swing-state residents who make voting plans and agree to publicly condemn Donald Trump.
TV theme song questions - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Ever wondered exactly what was being said in the theme songs of your favorite shows? I know that today we can look up the answers online but that wasn’t true back when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s. Please chime in with your “what were they saying?†theme songs. Here’s one that’s always confused me: In the Diff’rent Strokes theme song is it “they got nothing but their genes ...
Have we reached the peak of media compression technology or is it still ...
I’m not sure if this is a factual question or not. But my impression is 25 years ago, the MP3 was the best compressed form for audio. It is about 90% smaller than a lossless, non-compressed file. I don’t know much about audio files at this point, but looking online .ogg files are more popular now and are smaller, but I’m not sure how much smaller. With video for example, I have ripped ...