# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1320 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1321 --- ## [Using nitrogen to capture carbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-nitrogen-to-capture-carbon/950924)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-nitrogen-to-capture-carbon/950924 "2021-10-08T11:31:04Z")
Creating nitrogen fertilizers purely for the sake of capturing carbon in living plants, algae, bacteria etc. Is this more economically feasible than carbon scrubbing technology? --- ## [How to write an asterisk? You know, a this — \*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-an-asterisk-you-know-a-this/952093)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-an-asterisk-you-know-a-this/952093 "2021-10-08T06:37:17Z")
In a couple of recent posts like this I’ve tried using an \* for a footnote but it gets changed to a dot. How can I write an \* followed by an em dash — without it being changed into a dotted list? --- ## [Racial segregation at universities--a growing, and legitimate trend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-segregation-at-universities-a-growing-and-legitimate-trend/951334)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-segregation-at-universities-a-growing-and-legitimate-trend/951334 "2021-10-08T04:08:33Z")
Bill Maher is an astute and well-informed political comedian. He’s a liberal, but is also featured on Fox news ,because he is very opposed to the extreme left,“woke” side of the progressive movement. In this clip, he c… --- ## [Another pet loss thread - Goodbye, Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pet-loss-thread-goodbye-andy/951802)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pet-loss-thread-goodbye-andy/951802 "2021-10-08T03:42:16Z")
I got Andy on his last day at the pound. He was 2-3 years old at the time, a German Shepherd turned in with his brother (I adopted him, too). That was 11 1/2 years ago. One week ago to the day, he stopped eating. He’d b… --- ## [Jazz Jokes (Hopefully w/ Attribution)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-jokes-hopefully-w-attribution/951862)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-jokes-hopefully-w-attribution/951862 "2021-10-08T03:41:19Z")
There’s so many great ones full of wit/truth and it would be nice for all of us to have a laugh. I know many of these jazz jokes are often repeated, changed around, mis-attributed at times, but try the best you can. Eve… --- ## [First visit to New York City: rented bicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-visit-to-new-york-city-rented-bicycle/950707)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-visit-to-new-york-city-rented-bicycle/950707 "2021-10-08T02:25:19Z")
New York is a lot smaller than I thought. It looks like everything I’d want to visit is within a five-mile radius. It’s sort of a pastime of mine to make mental plans for a visit some day, and now I’m considering doing s… --- ## [How to translate this French web page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-translate-this-french-web-page/952111)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-translate-this-french-web-page/952111 "2021-10-08T02:22:19Z")
I can drop the URL into Google translate and it doesn’t seem to work. I installed a Firefox add on and nothing. Here is the page: https://www.naturabuy.fr/Pontet-FRF1-item-8393258.html --- ## [Explain the difference between a forward lateral, a shovel pass, and whatever that underhand thing is that Mahomes does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-difference-between-a-forward-lateral-a-shovel-pass-and-whatever-that-underhand-thing-is-that-mahomes-does/951878)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-difference-between-a-forward-lateral-a-shovel-pass-and-whatever-that-underhand-thing-is-that-mahomes-does/951878 "2021-10-08T02:07:28Z")
Correct me if/where I’m wrong here. A “lateral” is when the player with the ball (usually the QB) flips it to a player alongside or behind him with a sort of underhanded toss. This is legal. A “forward lateral” is the s… --- ## [Is anyone else having trouble accessing Facebook right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-facebook-right-now/951879)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-facebook-right-now/951879 "2021-10-08T01:38:14Z")
About an hour ago I noticed that Facebook was getting glitchy. I wanted to read the comments to a post, but when I clicked on the link I just got the screen full of fake blank comments like you sometimes get when they’r… --- ## [The Pandora Papers - said to be bigger than the Panama Papers - to be released Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pandora-papers-said-to-be-bigger-than-the-panama-papers-to-be-released-sunday/951799)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pandora-papers-said-to-be-bigger-than-the-panama-papers-to-be-released-sunday/951799 "2021-10-08T00:24:17Z")
The thread title is pretty much all I have, other than this Twitter link. Effectively over 11 million leaked banking and other records have been released and (it appears) analyzed, with the report (?) being released on S… --- ## [Just When I Thought I was Numb to Child Abuse Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-was-numb-to-child-abuse-stories/952006)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-was-numb-to-child-abuse-stories/952006 "2021-10-07T23:24:51Z")
I usually don’t post about child abuse stories. I find it futile and depressing, and so many stories are so much alike, just the names and circumstances change around. But this, I can’t just shrug and turn away. Britt… --- ## [Did E.T. levitate objects, besides the bikes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002 "2021-10-07T23:02:47Z")
In E.T. the Extraterrestrial did E.T. levitate any objects besides lifting the boys and their bikes? --- ## [How do land forces from various countries fight differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-land-forces-from-various-countries-fight-differently/952000)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-land-forces-from-various-countries-fight-differently/952000 "2021-10-07T21:30:49Z")
Are there any notable differences in how a platoon or company from America and for example Russia or China would fight? I suppose that the basic things like fire and maneuver, interlocking defence, usage of IFV’s, usage… --- ## [Why weren't Syrian Refugees accepted any other Islamic countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-werent-syrian-refugees-accepted-any-other-islamic-countries/951957)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-werent-syrian-refugees-accepted-any-other-islamic-countries/951957 "2021-10-07T20:11:22Z")
My heart goes out for refugees as a whole. But I had no answer to this question posed by a friend at work. He was asking why the very rich Arab Emirates, Saudi or Kuwait who are right next door did not lift a finger to… --- ## [What important business topics are not taught in business school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-important-business-topics-are-not-taught-in-business-school/952095)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-important-business-topics-are-not-taught-in-business-school/952095 "2021-10-07T20:10:58Z")
The Atlantic has an article on the tremendous waste and cost incurred by companies after consumers buy and return their Internet clothes, shoes and tchotchkes. It can cost a company $10-20 before shipping to process an … --- ## [90 Year Old Gangsta Arrested For Punching Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90-year-old-gangsta-arrested-for-punching-neighbor/952044)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90-year-old-gangsta-arrested-for-punching-neighbor/952044 "2021-10-07T19:46:25Z")
Get these violent nonagenarians off the street! Before someone stops laughing and punches them back which would probably lead to a murder charge. --- ## [Travelling internationally and coming back to U.S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelling-internationally-and-coming-back-to-u-s/950843)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelling-internationally-and-coming-back-to-u-s/950843 "2021-10-07T18:20:44Z")
As it stands right now, if you leave the country you have to have a Covid test to return to the US. I am concerned that if I travel and test positive on trying to return to the U.S. I will have no place to stay while I q… --- ## [What sort of voters do Republicans gain from COVID non intervention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-voters-do-republicans-gain-from-covid-non-intervention/951616)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-voters-do-republicans-gain-from-covid-non-intervention/951616 "2021-10-07T18:11:14Z")
This occurred to me while I was musing about how the response from states like Texas and Florida would affect their/national politics. I excluded the entrenched voters on either side. I was easily able to imagine lots of… --- ## [Remembering birthdate. Modern vs ancient humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-birthdate-modern-vs-ancient-humans/951020)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-birthdate-modern-vs-ancient-humans/951020 "2021-10-07T17:59:31Z")
It is now very easy to remember your birthdate and anticipate it and mark it. Dates and times are relevant to man. What about in ancient times. Did humans have a innate instinct about how old they were. Did they also in… --- ## [Too intelligent to be a law enforcement officer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-intelligent-to-be-a-law-enforcement-officer/951331)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-intelligent-to-be-a-law-enforcement-officer/951331 "2021-10-07T17:33:43Z")
I recently re-watched the movie “Breach”, about Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who committed espionage for the Soviet Union and Russia. Hanssen had been a Chicago police officer before joining the FBI, and there is a bri… --- ## [Pet Bed Left at My Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-bed-left-at-my-door/952086)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-bed-left-at-my-door/952086 "2021-10-07T16:35:43Z")
This is an odd thing that happened to me today. I take Rigatoni, my boxer puppy to work with me every day. On occasion, he stays home and one of the other dogs comes with me instead. I walk whichever dog I have at least … --- ## [Maine presidential election will be ranked-choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-presidential-election-will-be-ranked-choice/921248)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-presidential-election-will-be-ranked-choice/921248 "2021-10-07T14:10:28Z")
The final challenges over Maine’s ranked choice voting referendum have come to an end and the state Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the general election. This will be the first ever presidential election in whic… --- ## [What are those abacus-like things mounted around this US armored vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-abacus-like-things-mounted-around-this-us-armored-vehicle/951962)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-abacus-like-things-mounted-around-this-us-armored-vehicle/951962 "2021-10-07T13:53:47Z")
This is a pic of a U.S. armored transport vehicle now in the possession of the Taliban. What is the function of the things that look like abacuses mounted around the vehicle? Do they… --- ## [Brave (browser, MacOS) — suddenly, new 'Notification' ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-browser-macos-suddenly-new-notification-ads/952041)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-browser-macos-suddenly-new-notification-ads/952041 "2021-10-07T13:40:32Z")
I’ve been using a Chrome variant called “Brave” which lured me into adopting it because of its aggressive built-in ad-blocking. Aah, no more YouTube interruptions, banner ads, etc, yay! a) Just a couple days ago, the s… --- ## [In case anyone has been wondering \[where was Dinsdale\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-anyone-has-been-wondering-where-was-dinsdale/941856)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale1)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-anyone-has-been-wondering-where-was-dinsdale/941856 "2021-10-07T12:58:54Z")
I haven’t posted in a while. A couple of weeks ago, I lost the ability to access the boards from my pc. Changed nothing. One eve it worked, next morning it didn’t. A mod tried to help, but saw nothing in my profile. … --- ## ["Level 16"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/level-16/951924)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/level-16/951924 "2021-10-07T12:12:03Z")
Though this movie was released almost 4 years ago, I just got to see it last night. No spoilers, please, because it’s all about not knowing what is going on even when you think you do! I highly recommend it! “Level 16… --- ## [Liposuction to get rid of beer belly: quick fix or stupid idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liposuction-to-get-rid-of-beer-belly-quick-fix-or-stupid-idea/951613)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liposuction-to-get-rid-of-beer-belly-quick-fix-or-stupid-idea/951613 "2021-10-07T11:27:43Z")
This winter during the second lockdown, I gained weight due to sitting at the computer all the time working online and increased beer drinking while sitting at the computer in the evening. I’ve had a beer belly since I w… --- ## [Why did Ethereum's transition to PoS take so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-ethereums-transition-to-pos-take-so-long/952047)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-ethereums-transition-to-pos-take-so-long/952047 "2021-10-07T11:27:41Z")
They have been planning to switch to PoS but it is not yet there. Probably in 2022. But why did it take so long? --- ## [Vaccination + infection & long haul Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-infection-long-haul-covid/945552)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-infection-long-haul-covid/945552 "2021-10-07T11:22:06Z")
First a caveat, lest anyone think I’m a denier or anti-vaxxer, which I’m not I take this pandemic bloody seriously and I’m totally for masking and vaxxing. Having said that, my wife and I both are now now fully vaxxed w… --- ## [How will SCOTUS rule of gun control this time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-scotus-rule-of-gun-control-this-time/951911)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-scotus-rule-of-gun-control-this-time/951911 "2021-10-07T05:03:27Z")
The United States Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to New York Cities strict licensing of carrying a firearm outside ones home in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., vs Kevin P. Bruen,. A ruling in fa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1321)