# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=125&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 126 --- ## [Please suggest an App for Windows 10/11 that's similar to Dir in a cmd window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-an-app-for-windows-10-11-thats-similar-to-dir-in-a-cmd-window/1027311)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-an-app-for-windows-10-11-thats-similar-to-dir-in-a-cmd-window/1027311 "2026-03-19T19:56:52Z")
I find Search completely unusable. i misplaced a file. I knew the filename included several words and specifically included the word Alice. I opened Explorer, entered Alice in Search. it took almost 15 minutes. … --- ## [What's with the double trigger set up on semi-auto pistols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-double-trigger-set-up-on-semi-auto-pistols/1026939)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-double-trigger-set-up-on-semi-auto-pistols/1026939 "2026-03-19T19:37:13Z")
Because of the current political climate, my wife is considering a revolver. I have hand guns but they really don’t work for her. I would just like that she felt comfortable with firearms. And have something suitable fo… --- ## [The Great Sitcom Battle, Female Characters, Round 4, The Elite Eight. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1028538)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1028538 "2026-03-19T19:14:21Z")
This is Round 4 of the Great Sitcom Battle, Female Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 4 head-to-head battles. Polls will … --- ## [Climate change tag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-tag/1028562)
**Author:** [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-tag/1028562 "2026-03-19T19:03:35Z")
Would it be possible to get a climate change tag added for discussions around the topic? I think it would be a benefit for organization and I doubt I’m the only one interested judging by the discussion in the current sp… --- ## [Firefly fans - How would you feel about a reboot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749 "2026-03-19T18:29:05Z")
I love Firefly, and it pains me greatly that it was left in a way that makes any continuation pretty nearly impossible (both in terms of narrative, and rights ownership). But I got to thinking… what about a reboot? I m… --- ## [Rock music and Rock and Roll music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-music-and-rock-and-roll-music/1021330)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-music-and-rock-and-roll-music/1021330 "2026-03-19T18:27:22Z")
In a post in another thread, somebody wrote that rock music is distinct from rock and roll music. Do you agree or disagree? If you agree that they are two distinct things, do you feel one is a subset of the other? Do y… --- ## [Proposed rule: cut-and-paste from AI must be in quote box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-rule-cut-and-paste-from-ai-must-be-in-quote-box/1028051)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-rule-cut-and-paste-from-ai-must-be-in-quote-box/1028051 "2026-03-19T17:24:19Z")
Inspired by this post: It should be against the rules to post AI crap without putting it in a quote-box. There’s enough AI crap on the internet that this board should, IMO, make this minimum effort to make it easy to i… --- ## [Speculating on how much time we really have left - a climate change thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461)
**Author:** [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461 "2026-03-19T17:13:39Z")
Break out your crystal balls everyone. Let’s do some speculating: Climate change is accelerating. All of the scientific evidence collected to date confirms this. Estimates vary, but increasingly look like we will sur… --- ## [Anyone watching Primal? {As airs on Thursday, please wait until Sunday for Open Spoilers}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206 "2026-03-19T15:49:07Z")
It’s a cartoon on Adult Swim but I am watching it on HBO Max by Genndy Tartakovsky. No dialogue (which is one of his Hallmarks) and it is the story of the adventures of a Caveman and his Dinosaur companion (no it makes n… --- ## [Consumer items you would really hate/be screwed if they discontinued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629 "2026-03-19T14:24:49Z")
For the fun, let’s leave out the serious answers…don’t say insulin or antihistamines. For me…. if Duluth Trading Company ever dropped the ball-room jean… I would have to move to a tropical island where I can just wear s… --- ## [My bad bad bad dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-dilemma/1028430)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-dilemma/1028430 "2026-03-19T14:21:14Z")
Ok. My hoodie string is crappy. Frayed, chewed, and stained. So as it’s a great hoodie with a Ladybug on it. I decide need to remedy this. I got a cute hoodie string. Tie-dye grey. Very coordinating. I jerked out the … --- ## [Writing styles and familiarity therewith](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-styles-and-familiarity-therewith/1028543)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-styles-and-familiarity-therewith/1028543 "2026-03-19T02:17:20Z")
I follow a few pages on FB that are essentially scathing of politics, and of course, especially American politics in this day and age. And a couple of them are just your garden variety parody pages, focussing on local to… --- ## [Driving Thread {Posts pulled from What were you thinking thread}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-thread-posts-pulled-from-what-were-you-thinking-thread/1028444)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-thread-posts-pulled-from-what-were-you-thinking-thread/1028444 "2026-03-19T00:23:39Z")
This long conversation got going about driving, cars and other vehicles. Open Container laws also in here. --- ## [Xi cc+ particle detection - significance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xi-cc-particle-detection-significance/1028533)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xi-cc-particle-detection-significance/1028533 "2026-03-18T22:32:09Z")
This article doesn’t paint the detection as particularly significant. Does anyone know of any way this constraints potential theories of subatomic forces? “It’s a very interesting measurement, but it’s unclear what w… --- ## [During the NCAA Tournament (aka March Madness) how do the players continue their schooling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-the-ncaa-tournament-aka-march-madness-how-do-the-players-continue-their-schooling/1028496)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-the-ncaa-tournament-aka-march-madness-how-do-the-players-continue-their-schooling/1028496 "2026-03-18T21:45:31Z")
In theory all the players in college sports are first meant to get an education and second play the sport. These days I think most know it is the reverse but, nevertheless, they are still students and still meant to tak… --- ## [What was your silliest job interview experience? What happened after that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-silliest-job-interview-experience-what-happened-after-that/1028408)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-silliest-job-interview-experience-what-happened-after-that/1028408 "2026-03-18T18:44:37Z")
Was there a particular time a company made you jump through ridiculous hoops while interviewing? Something particularly obnoxious the interviewer said or did, or some stupid process they insisted you go through? Did you… --- ## [MS Publisher no longer to be supported - suggested alternatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-publisher-no-longer-to-be-supported-suggested-alternatives/1028540)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-publisher-no-longer-to-be-supported-suggested-alternatives/1028540 "2026-03-18T18:15:58Z")
Microsoft has announced that it will no longer support MS Publisher from Oct 2026. It was always bundled with MS-office packages as a graphics / publishing tool, but will no longer be updated. I don’t use it or other a… --- ## [Sinners Seen it Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinners-seen-it-thread/1017392)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinners-seen-it-thread/1017392 "2026-03-18T13:52:03Z")
Saw this tonight and I can’t stop thinking about it. It was a really good movie. I told my wife afterwards (no horror movies for her so she sat this one out) that movie was about Music, Race and Vampires, probably in tha… --- ## [Do members of the military ask for permission to speak freely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-members-of-the-military-ask-for-permission-to-speak-freely/1028177)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-members-of-the-military-ask-for-permission-to-speak-freely/1028177 "2026-03-18T13:45:47Z")
I’ve read (I think here) that “and that’s an order” is pretty much a TV/movie trope. What about asking for permission to speak freely, is that a trope too? If not, when would it actually be said? --- ## [I Have Painted Myself into a Corner - Failing Long-Distance Relationship and Summer Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-painted-myself-into-a-corner-failing-long-distance-relationship-and-summer-vacation/1028433)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-painted-myself-into-a-corner-failing-long-distance-relationship-and-summer-vacation/1028433 "2026-03-18T13:37:28Z")
Shortly before I went to Indonesia last July I met a local woman online and we immediately hit it off. We had increasingly explicit video calls over the next week and a half and arranged to meet up while I visited her ho… --- ## [Anyone get a Treasury 310 Deposit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-treasury-310-deposit/1028398)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-treasury-310-deposit/1028398 "2026-03-18T12:52:47Z")
We did, unexpectedly and to the tune of 10k. We’re contacting our tax person to see if she has any ideas. It apparently sometimes is a scam where someone deposits the money and calls claiming to be the IRS demanding it… --- ## [7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 5364\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020 "2026-03-18T12:26:49Z")
Since the 6 Jan 2021 thread was closed at the request of the OP, I’ve been looking for a place to post about all the things that have been happening in the aftermath but only finding pieces scattered here and there, so I… --- ## [How much safer are Waymo cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-safer-are-waymo-cars/1028258)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-safer-are-waymo-cars/1028258 "2026-03-18T12:00:29Z")
Heard a statistic on the news, coming from Waymo. They said their cars have 90% fewer serious injury accidents than cars with drivers. An obvious conclusion would be that the robotic driver is an order of magnitude safer… --- ## [Question about dollar sign coding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dollar-sign-coding/1028497)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dollar-sign-coding/1028497 "2026-03-18T09:08:17Z")
A couple of times recently I have used the dollar sign in posts (I’m hesitant to do it here) and my post comes out with portions italicized and spaces and text deleted. I assume that is some handy dandy coding? How can… --- ## [In praise of Banksy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-banksy/334831)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-banksy/334831 "2026-03-18T03:18:20Z")
Yes, I’m not all that hip, and I did just come to his art through last month’s Esquire article, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been really excited about an artist, let alone a graffiti artist. Banksy’s work is jus… --- ## [The Great Sitcom Battle, Female Characters, Round 3, The Sweet Sixteen. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1028483)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1028483 "2026-03-18T01:42:57Z")
This is Round 3 of the Great Sitcom Battle, Female Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 8 head-to-head battles. Polls will … --- ## [The Pitt -- TV show (season 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275 "2026-03-18T01:16:14Z")
I’ve started watching The Pitt on Max. It’s basically Real Stories of the ER, though with fictional characters. One difference is that unlike Real Stories, the outcome is not always good. Another conceit is that each epi… --- ## [One of our generals is missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154 "2026-03-18T00:13:09Z")
Retired General William McCasland Is Missing. Some Draw Parallels to Nancy Guthrie There is more at the link. --- ## [Pondering the universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pondering-the-universe/1018251)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pondering-the-universe/1018251 "2026-03-18T00:00:57Z")
The universe either created itself, was created by something else, or has always existed. All three options are quite unbelievable. Without any apparent impetus, how does all of ‘this’ just spring into existence? Where … --- ## [Any accordion players here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-accordion-players-here/1028519)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-accordion-players-here/1028519 "2026-03-18T00:00:20Z")
I am curious as to the muscle development that was specific to your instrument? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=124&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=126&state=tracking)