# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1312 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1313 --- ## [Benefits of dynamic memory allocation in programming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-dynamic-memory-allocation-in-programming/952598)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-dynamic-memory-allocation-in-programming/952598 "2021-10-17T15:55:47Z")
I’m familiarising mywself with C, and currently I’m learning about dynamic memory allocation. So, for instance, if, for whatever reason, I need a buffer that can hold ten floating-point numbers, I can do the following: (… --- ## [Id a movie 'prop coin' from description](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-movie-prop-coin-from-description/952646)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-movie-prop-coin-from-description/952646 "2021-10-17T15:54:28Z")
Sorry, no pic at this time. I recently saw the movie Intruder in the Dust (1949) on TCM. Early in the movie, the kid (Claude Jarman Jr., from “The Yearling”) attempts to pay his host for his meal. Host (Juano Hernande… --- ## [How are American losses in modern ground conflicts so low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-american-losses-in-modern-ground-conflicts-so-low/952600)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-american-losses-in-modern-ground-conflicts-so-low/952600 "2021-10-17T15:24:43Z")
Obviously American equipment is 10 steps ahead over what Iraq or especially the Talibans had, but despite that, the losses somehow seem unnaturally low compared to other similar scenarios even when higher equipment and t… --- ## [What do I need to know about solid-state hard drives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-solid-state-hard-drives/952610)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-solid-state-hard-drives/952610 "2021-10-17T15:19:13Z")
My external hard drive failed recently, and I’d like to replace it. SSHDs are said to be more reliable than disc-based drives, so I’ve been looking at those. But even for the same size, I’m seeing a very wide range of … --- ## [Water pipe to refrigerator is hot water. Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-pipe-to-refrigerator-is-hot-water-opinions/952433)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-pipe-to-refrigerator-is-hot-water-opinions/952433 "2021-10-17T15:13:17Z")
We just bought a new refrigerator. One of the installation tasks was to run a couple of gallons of water through the water dispenser to clean it out. I noticed, and was initially alarmed, that the original builders act… --- ## [Old songs you've heard a million times but.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-songs-youve-heard-a-million-times-but/952240)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-songs-youve-heard-a-million-times-but/952240 "2021-10-17T14:17:17Z")
. . .still crank up the volume for. I nominate Hendrix’ “Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire”. That opening riff can’t be denied. --- ## ["Ethical vegetarians", will you eat lab grown meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-vegetarians-will-you-eat-lab-grown-meat/952201)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-vegetarians-will-you-eat-lab-grown-meat/952201 "2021-10-17T13:41:12Z")
There are vegetarians who are so partly or wholly because they don’t actually like the flavour or texture of meat. those are not the ones this OP is addressed at. If we assume lab grown meat successfully takes off to th… --- ## [Between writing and speaking, which language differs the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-writing-and-speaking-which-language-differs-the-most/952596)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-writing-and-speaking-which-language-differs-the-most/952596 "2021-10-17T13:10:56Z")
It takes a long time to come up with and teach the conventions for writing a language. When speaking, or talking quickly, long phrases get shortened. New things get names. People like to play with words and sound cool… --- ## [Is Russia sabotaging the ISS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-sabotaging-the-iss/949979)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-sabotaging-the-iss/949979 "2021-10-17T12:22:03Z")
Russia recently blamed a US astronaut for going crazy and making a hole in the space station (one that NASA denies), says it wants out in 2025 and now say one of the models that they build has fatigue cracks and can fail… --- ## [\*Please\* let that be a mistake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-let-that-be-a-mistake/916697)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-let-that-be-a-mistake/916697 "2021-10-17T10:48:45Z")
I’ve started a project to gather all of the photos of spiders I have taken over the last 20 years of having digital cameras, and with any luck identifying them. So tonight I find a few that I took of a spider on my front… --- ## [Favorite quotes from the movie Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-quotes-from-the-movie-network/952601)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-quotes-from-the-movie-network/952601 "2021-10-17T05:57:54Z")
I’ll start with a very simple one (it hardly qualifies as memorable), lest I step on someone’s favorite - \[TV studio background noise\] PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Howard just said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday. \[… --- ## [$100 Crocs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-crocs/951800)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-crocs/951800 "2021-10-17T01:50:04Z")
I was looking for something and came across the site StockX. Just browsing around I came upon a pair of Crocs selling for $120. Curious, I typed “crocs” into the search bar and came up with this. https://stockx.com/sear… --- ## [Athletic people & excercisers constantly getting injured (plus long term impact)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-people-excercisers-constantly-getting-injured-plus-long-term-impact/952493)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-people-excercisers-constantly-getting-injured-plus-long-term-impact/952493 "2021-10-17T01:38:55Z")
This obviously varies by person, but it seems obvious to me that people who are very active, whether in atheltics or major workout people, are injured at a much higher rate than the more sedentary people. In fact not onl… --- ## [The metric system: Make your case for it and why we should switch to it. (As if we haven't already)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-metric-system-make-your-case-for-it-and-why-we-should-switch-to-it-as-if-we-havent-already/943932)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-metric-system-make-your-case-for-it-and-why-we-should-switch-to-it-as-if-we-havent-already/943932 "2021-10-17T00:47:10Z")
Before I start here is a very informative video, complete with interview from Dr Steven Mihm of the University of Georgia. A historian specializing in standards. First off, I’d argue the American unit is m… --- ## [Lamb (Icelandic suspense movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamb-icelandic-suspense-movie/952578)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamb-icelandic-suspense-movie/952578 "2021-10-16T23:28:34Z")
Has anyone here seen it, and what did you think? --- ## [Pitting the crybabies 😭 on the Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-crybabies-on-the-supreme-court/951739)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-crybabies-on-the-supreme-court/951739 "2021-10-16T23:07:21Z")
I don’t want to hear your whining about being criticized by the media or the public. You don’t want to be “intimidated.” Well, with great power comes great responsibility, and you might get criticized - oh no!! Big fu… --- ## [An uninvited feline late night guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uninvited-feline-late-night-guest/947162)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uninvited-feline-late-night-guest/947162 "2021-10-16T22:55:10Z")
Disclaimer: I’m living alone in a subterranean apartment with the windows to the garden side about two feet above ground level. So I was sitting here in my living room on a lazy Friday night at 10 PM, watching football … --- ## [My bad bad bad story telling. Dang, kids just beg to be lied too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-story-telling-dang-kids-just-beg-to-be-lied-too/952602)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-story-telling-dang-kids-just-beg-to-be-lied-too/952602 "2021-10-16T22:37:06Z")
I woke up and hobbled down the stairs. I had cats and little boys and dogs on my heels. All hungry-ing and cranky. I commence to provide all with food. I stepped on the deck with my protein drink and a handful of Chee… --- ## [Gibson (Guitar) Icons Documentary Series. Love it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibson-guitar-icons-documentary-series-love-it/952481)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibson-guitar-icons-documentary-series-love-it/952481 "2021-10-16T22:23:15Z")
Has anyone else been watching these? GibsonTV Icons If you haven’t you’re missing out because they are amazing. The format is just perfect. Beautifully shot. No interviewer on screen, no endless archival video footag… --- ## [Pee Wee Ellis, Composer of The Chicken dies, age 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wee-ellis-composer-of-the-chicken-dies-age-80/952591)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wee-ellis-composer-of-the-chicken-dies-age-80/952591 "2021-10-16T22:06:36Z")
Just heard about this… the composer of probably my favourite tune ever The Chicken died on 30th September aged 80. I have a cd in my car which has about 9 versions of this tune !! (BTW Discourse, in what … --- ## [Last solo space flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-solo-space-flight/952415)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-solo-space-flight/952415 "2021-10-16T21:41:39Z")
A space documentary I was watching mentioned that the last solo flight by an American into “space” (in this case, “space” is defined as at least 100 km/62,5 miles above the Earth’s surface) was that of Gordon Cooper in a… --- ## [Clarence, you bad bad bad thang. How happy you made me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564 "2021-10-16T21:35:18Z")
2 days ago I was sitting on the grass watching the kids catch lightning bugs. Clarence the 'possum bobbled out from under the deck and sat right by my leg. I looked over and he wiggled his snout at me. I noticed his ea… --- ## [A Nightmare on Elm Street (orig. 1984)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-orig-1984/952549)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-orig-1984/952549 "2021-10-16T19:44:03Z")
This came on SyFy channel last night and for the first time in many years I decided to sit down and watch it. I saw it in the theater when it first came out and have seen it countless times on tv; occasionally in it’s en… --- ## [Nails in the pavement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nails-in-the-pavement/952367)
**Author:** [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nails-in-the-pavement/952367 "2021-10-16T18:45:30Z")
When I walk, I see a LOT of nails embedded in the sidewalk. In asphalt AND in concrete. They look like 8d nails or thereabouts–not roofing nails. And they’re often in the middle of the sidewalk (not precisely, but not ne… --- ## [LA Realtor Gets Naked in Property Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-realtor-gets-naked-in-property-posting/952562)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-realtor-gets-naked-in-property-posting/952562 "2021-10-16T18:42:45Z")
Hey now. Seems like this realtor is doing more to sell himself than his clients property. I know they say that sex sells but only…umm…good sex. And they gonna have to get some new lawn furniture. --- ## [The Persistance of Clowns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-persistance-of-clowns/952580)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-persistance-of-clowns/952580 "2021-10-16T17:33:38Z")
Reading a book on Roman history that mentions ancient clowns. It talks about performers from Etruria using stock characters with coloured patches, long expansive trousers, large sleeved doublets familiar to any youth an… --- ## [Can Someone Opt Out of a Voluntary HOA after signing CC&Rs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-opt-out-of-a-voluntary-hoa-after-signing-cc-rs/952435)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-opt-out-of-a-voluntary-hoa-after-signing-cc-rs/952435 "2021-10-16T16:50:40Z")
This is a quasi-legal question, so it may be moved somewhere else, but there should be a factual answer. You are not my lawyer, I am not your client, yada yada. I realize that laws vary by state, so I’m just looking for … --- ## [The Store Thief "Riddle"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-store-thief-riddle/951708)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-store-thief-riddle/951708 "2021-10-16T16:55:04Z")
This was on Facebook and the fact that two thirds of all people get it wrong really has me wondering what universe I’m living in. A thief steals a $100 bill from a cash register. He then uses the $100 bill to buy a $70… --- ## ['No one ever loved me like that'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-ever-loved-me-like-that/952529)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-ever-loved-me-like-that/952529 "2021-10-16T16:09:40Z")
A nice person tells me sweet things. I was remarking to a person (I often can talk to semi-strangers more openly than I can family and aquaintances) Her reply was, “no one ever loved me like that!” I was dumbstruck. … --- ## [How much of the U.S.S. Constitution is original material?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-u-s-s-constitution-is-original-material/952218)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-u-s-s-constitution-is-original-material/952218 "2021-10-16T12:13:35Z")
She is the world’s oldest ship of any type still afloat, but how much of that ship is still original material? I believe there is a large area in Indiana called Constitution Grove where white oak is grown for the purpos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1313)