# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=260&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 261 --- ## [What percentage of self-described atheists are Trump supporters, as opposed to the general population?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-self-described-atheists-are-trump-supporters-as-opposed-to-the-general-population/1021479)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-self-described-atheists-are-trump-supporters-as-opposed-to-the-general-population/1021479 "2025-08-12T20:15:47Z")
Just the facts to the best of your knowledge-no opinions as to why or why not. Thank you. --- ## [What would you do if you had centuries or millennia of life to accomplish it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-centuries-or-millennia-of-life-to-accomplish-it/1021900)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-centuries-or-millennia-of-life-to-accomplish-it/1021900 "2025-08-12T19:52:33Z")
I’d like to be able to make almost anything by hand that people could. I’d like to be able to knap flint knives and axes, start a fire with nothing but a hand spindle, tan animal hides and furs, make and hunt with a bow … --- ## [What to do with Thai chilies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-thai-chilies/1021948)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-thai-chilies/1021948 "2025-08-12T19:32:02Z")
Last weekend I wanted to make my own drunken noodles, and while I was at the Asian market procuring ingredients I picked up a package of Thai chilies (also known as bird’s eye chilies or chile padi). The store did not h… --- ## [Homeopathic "remedy" recalled for having an actual active ingredient](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-remedy-recalled-for-having-an-actual-active-ingredient/1021862)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-remedy-recalled-for-having-an-actual-active-ingredient/1021862 "2025-08-12T17:31:04Z")
The definition of the word “ironic” has always eluded me, is this an example of irony? The homeopathic cold remedy Zicam has been recalled for having an actual active ingredient! Zicam recall I’ve been wondering how a… --- ## [The US Presidents, their Libraries and Museums, or important sites — have you been? ‘Who’ have you visited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-presidents-their-libraries-and-museums-or-important-sites-have-you-been-who-have-you-visited/1021937)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-presidents-their-libraries-and-museums-or-important-sites-have-you-been-who-have-you-visited/1021937 "2025-08-12T17:29:41Z")
This is not really for opinionated commentary on any given presidents. Some who we know, unfortunately, clearly are ‘target-rich environments’. Let’s keep that in other threads or in The Pit. So… US NARA operates the P… --- ## [Chicken egg to duck egg conversion question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-to-duck-egg-conversion-question/1021818)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-to-duck-egg-conversion-question/1021818 "2025-08-12T16:59:10Z")
Recently, someone gave me a dozen duck eggs, and I had never seen or eaten them before. Instead of using them for breakfast, I decided to put some of them into my low-carb rustic bread recipe. This recipe, which I have m… --- ## [Eyes of Wakanda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-wakanda/1021831)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-wakanda/1021831 "2025-08-12T16:41:29Z")
I enjoyed this more than I expected. It’s an Anthology of stories about agents of Wakanda having adventures through history. Did anyone else see it? --- ## [Severe flooding in Mexico City causes airport to close](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-flooding-in-mexico-city-causes-airport-to-close/1021928)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-flooding-in-mexico-city-causes-airport-to-close/1021928 "2025-08-12T16:25:15Z")
Last night, my sister @EllieNeo was supposed to catch a flight home from Mexico City, and left six hours early. It wasn’t enough to get her there on time, because the city was suffering severe flooding, and many roads w… --- ## [What is this carnival attraction called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-carnival-attraction-called/1021658)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-carnival-attraction-called/1021658 "2025-08-12T16:24:20Z")
Imagine a central axis that contains the machinery that powers the ride. A number of spokes (say, four for the purpose of this thread) emanate out from the central axis. At then end of each spoke is another central axis … --- ## [Monge's Theorem and the Euler Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monges-theorem-and-the-euler-line/1021707)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monges-theorem-and-the-euler-line/1021707 "2025-08-12T12:35:24Z")
Monge’s Theorem states that, when you graph the external tangent line linking three circles in a plane…none of which are inside each other…the intersection points of the tangents lie in a straight line. Monge’s theorem … --- ## [Can you demand to be charged with a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-demand-to-be-charged-with-a-crime/1021817)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-demand-to-be-charged-with-a-crime/1021817 "2025-08-12T10:34:15Z")
I was reading an article about Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was fired last week by Trump, because Trump claims the jobs report data she provided were “rigged to make him look b… --- ## [The Open Letter to "Pause All AI Development"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-open-letter-to-pause-all-ai-development/981862)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-open-letter-to-pause-all-ai-development/981862 "2025-08-12T09:58:54Z")
A bunch of IT industry fat-cats, techno-luminaries, and BTW Elon Musk, have released an open letter calling for an immediate moratorium on further AI development: I’m not sure yet what to think. Are they spooked? Have… --- ## [Latitude calculation problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latitude-calculation-problem/264393)
**Author:** [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latitude-calculation-problem/264393 "2025-08-12T09:29:42Z")
I have the latitude and longitude of a point, say N 40 00 00, W 75 00 00. I want to find the latitude (with great precision!) of a point exactly 10 statute miles due south (so my second point is on the same meridian as … --- ## [So I learnt Conway’s “doomsday algorithm”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-learnt-conway-s-doomsday-algorithm/1021959)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-learnt-conway-s-doomsday-algorithm/1021959 "2025-08-12T09:08:04Z")
I’ve always had a nerdy interest in all things calendar and timekeeping, so I made an effort these days to memorise the “doomsday algorithm”, which is a method developed by mathematician John Conway to compute the day of… --- ## [Please recommend a free app for guided mediation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-free-app-for-guided-mediation/1021927)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-free-app-for-guided-mediation/1021927 "2025-08-12T04:52:07Z")
I am just starting out and would like to try some basic mediation. Not for any particular reason, just general well being and learning methods to enhance my calm. I have very little experience and less knowledge. So f… --- ## [Aint it a Pip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-a-pip/1021897)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-a-pip/1021897 "2025-08-12T03:29:43Z")
I just used the word epiphany, in a post. As: “Ain’t it just an epiphany?” Got me wondering. Is that where pip comes from? I know it can mean a just hatched bird. Or a seed. But before that? @Johanna ? You around? --- ## [Any Doper Jeweler/ artisans in the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-jeweler-artisans-in-the-house/1021569)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-jeweler-artisans-in-the-house/1021569 "2025-08-11T23:19:50Z")
So. The Marketplace seems very much geared towards selling not buying. Mods, if this is not appropriate please do direct me accordingly ? I’ve got an idea for a silver bracelet that will be the band for an Art Deco era … --- ## [Logarithmic Tables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logarithmic-tables/793079)
**Author:** [@abashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abashed)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logarithmic-tables/793079 "2025-08-11T21:46:18Z")
How are logarithmic tables calculated? (Dumbed down plz). --- ## [Movies where a singer sings - let me explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-a-singer-sings-let-me-explain/1021852)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-a-singer-sings-let-me-explain/1021852 "2025-08-11T20:16:03Z")
In Rio Bravo, there’s a point in the movie where Dean Martin gets to sing. Same for Ricky Nelson in Wackiest Ship in the Army. The songs have nothing to do with the story, they’re just scenes to provide the singers an op… --- ## [Riding the waves on a floating bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-the-waves-on-a-floating-bridge/1021369)
**Author:** [@Hapy-Mizri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapy-Mizri)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-the-waves-on-a-floating-bridge/1021369 "2025-08-11T19:03:42Z")
Look at this video of cars on a waving bridge. Would you use more gas driving uphill on one of the waves? --- ## [Meteor Showers! - I've seen it raining fire in the sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-showers-ive-seen-it-raining-fire-in-the-sky/1005480)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-showers-ive-seen-it-raining-fire-in-the-sky/1005480 "2025-08-11T18:57:49Z")
The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend, without the moon up during the best viewing. I have a pretty good night sky at my house, so I don’t have to make a trip to see it. I’ll be dragging my seven-year-old out to t… --- ## [Bands with slightly different names depending on where on the planet you are standing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-slightly-different-names-depending-on-where-on-the-planet-you-are-standing/1021635)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-slightly-different-names-depending-on-where-on-the-planet-you-are-standing/1021635 "2025-08-11T18:37:41Z")
So we’re driving up the NJ Turnpike, as one does sometimes. A song by the band I’ve always known as “Cream” comes on. I ask my Dearly Beloved™ if she’s ever heard of another name for this band. She glanced at me with c… --- ## [Why doesn't my dog bark at a horse and buggy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921 "2025-08-11T18:32:51Z")
I leave in a very rural area, adjacent to a relatively large concentration of Amish. Hence, a horse and buggy passing by on the road out front (or back) of my house is a not infrequent occurrance, happening several times… --- ## [Ok, another 401k vs IRA vs 403b thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-another-401k-vs-ira-vs-403b-thread/1021923)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-another-401k-vs-ira-vs-403b-thread/1021923 "2025-08-11T17:01:54Z")
I’ve been reading about the merits of IRA vs 403b for a while and still cannot make sense of it. My situation: currently age 37, have a Fidelity 401k from a previous employer, and have recently begun work for a universi… --- ## [Spawn of the Space Race -- Superpets in the DCU and MCU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spawn-of-the-space-race-superpets-in-the-dcu-and-mcu/1021720)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spawn-of-the-space-race-superpets-in-the-dcu-and-mcu/1021720 "2025-08-11T16:14:01Z")
Now that Krypto the Super Dog has finally appeared in James Gunn’s 2025 Superman, we have finally recognized a character older than me in the DC Cinematic Universe. Krypto sort of joins Cosmo the Space Dog from the Marve… --- ## [Return On Investment (ROI) Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-on-investment-roi-question/1021895)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-on-investment-roi-question/1021895 "2025-08-11T16:11:49Z")
There’s a new Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers being built in our area, I don’t know if it purchased the land on which it sits, but the construction is pretty significant. Notwithstanding the cost of the land (ownership … --- ## [Bass lines on Boston tracks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-lines-on-boston-tracks/1021549)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-lines-on-boston-tracks/1021549 "2025-08-11T15:53:13Z")
I happen to have been listening to a few Boston tracks recently, and I’m wondering if the bass lines were usually played by a real bass guitar or on a keyboard? There are a few very busy parts often involving rapid doub… --- ## [The positive case for Trump 2.0 (from a liberal who hates him)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-positive-case-for-trump-2-0-from-a-liberal-who-hates-him/1009788)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-positive-case-for-trump-2-0-from-a-liberal-who-hates-him/1009788 "2025-08-11T15:47:07Z")
First, to be clear, it totally sucks that Harris lost. Her winning would have been a much better outcome than anything I will present below. That said, the situation is not as grim as it may first appear. The reason is … --- ## [Animals and pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-and-pain/806668)
**Author:** [@Smudge777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smudge777)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-and-pain/806668 "2025-08-11T14:43:04Z")
What is pain? And can animals feel it? Growing up, I was taught that “scientists agree that animals can’t feel pain like humans, because our brains are unique”. Since then, I’ve heard an ever-growing list of animals wh… --- ## [TIL that low dose aspirin doesn’t dissolve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-that-low-dose-aspirin-doesn-t-dissolve/1021920)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-that-low-dose-aspirin-doesn-t-dissolve/1021920 "2025-08-11T13:56:43Z")
Like many dopers, I take a daily low dose of aspirin. Today, I took it with a few other pills just like I always do but then went and laid down for a nap. Two hours later, I was sitting up in bed and I felt something rol… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=259&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=261&state=tracking)