# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=261&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 262 --- ## [At what point in the evolution of Homo as a species could there have been a recognition moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-in-the-evolution-of-homo-as-a-species-could-there-have-been-a-recognition-moment/1021914)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-in-the-evolution-of-homo-as-a-species-could-there-have-been-a-recognition-moment/1021914 "2025-08-14T01:51:49Z")
Just saw a short clip of this wonderful BBC series, New Scientist. The discovery of a skull dating back roughly 300,000 years. A big leap from the 200,000 year benchmark that apparently was “the oldest” previously found… --- ## [What is this called? \[functional garment\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-called-functional-garment/1021973)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-called-functional-garment/1021973 "2025-08-13T21:38:33Z")
The item I’m wanting to search for, but lack a name, is a vest like garment worn by people handling heavy or awkward equipment. Kind of like a flag bearer kit, but for a tool. I want to make one for myself for when I us… --- ## [Yet another SF Short Story ID thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-sf-short-story-id-thread/760965)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-sf-short-story-id-thread/760965 "2025-08-13T20:25:45Z")
I invoke the famed SF SS identification powers of the SDMB, does anybody remember a story where a lone astronaut lands in a planet where the plants emit some kind of allucinatory effect that makes him see them as women? … --- ## [What do you call the kind of cable that connects your router to a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-kind-of-cable-that-connects-your-router-to-a-computer/1021918)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-kind-of-cable-that-connects-your-router-to-a-computer/1021918 "2025-08-13T18:54:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Home networking problem (and solutions): This has bugged me for a very long time… (first world problems, I know)… what do you actually call those networking cables that connect a router to… --- ## [Why do I do this to myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-do-this-to-myself/1021721)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-do-this-to-myself/1021721 "2025-08-13T18:35:10Z")
So I’m on the bus and I do a sudoku puzzle. I finish in eleven minutes and four seconds. I notice to myself that for me, this is a very good score. Better than usual, not my nine minute best, but an above average perf… --- ## [Made-up Animals in African Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-animals-in-african-movies/1021936)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-animals-in-african-movies/1021936 "2025-08-13T17:57:04Z")
I’m not talking here about misplaced animals or animal noises, like the use of the Australian Kookaburra for “monkey” noises in the jungle, or the call of the American Loon to indicate wilderness (especially, for some re… --- ## [Questions about Work From Home Jobs (Medical Recovery)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-work-from-home-jobs-medical-recovery/1021997)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-work-from-home-jobs-medical-recovery/1021997 "2025-08-13T17:42:55Z")
Even though I’m in decent health, I’ve been wondering about my future (career wise) since I may need some medical procedures done in the future (not right away) However, since my current job title (shift lead manager) d… --- ## [In the world of professional baking, white sandwich bread is…?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-professional-baking-white-sandwich-bread-is/1021949)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-professional-baking-white-sandwich-bread-is/1021949 "2025-08-13T16:57:12Z")
The typical white, sliced sandwich bread that is ubiquitous in American homes and has been since … decades before I was born anyway. Symbolically, it’s a metaphor for the plainness and lack of imagination (and abundant s… --- ## [Looking for a picture of Mick Jagger with a candle on his head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-picture-of-mick-jagger-with-a-candle-on-his-head/1021974)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-picture-of-mick-jagger-with-a-candle-on-his-head/1021974 "2025-08-13T14:49:26Z")
When I was a kid in the seventies, two of my older cousins often visited me and my sister. We had a guest room we also used to play in a lot, and my cousins had hung up some posters by rock and pop stars on the wall. One… --- ## [Arrows across America, early navigational aids for aviation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrows-across-america-early-navigational-aids-for-aviation/717781)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrows-across-america-early-navigational-aids-for-aviation/717781 "2025-08-13T14:26:04Z")
I see quite a few threads on aircraft here. Thought you’d find this piece of forgotten history interesting. I’ve read about the early aviators and dead reckoning. Using a compass, natural landscape features, roads and… --- ## [Freedom of information Act Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-information-act-question/1021990)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-information-act-question/1021990 "2025-08-13T13:28:08Z")
While I believe that this question has a factual answer, it may also require a legal opinion. If its more suited to IMHO, please move it. Sorry, its long but I think it needs to be I work for a county as a police traini… --- ## [Rebo's Feuds can now be found in the Thread Games forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebos-feuds-can-now-be-found-in-the-thread-games-forum/822278)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebos-feuds-can-now-be-found-in-the-thread-games-forum/822278 "2025-08-13T12:57:32Z")
For those of you who have enjoyed and missed the Feuds of the past (which could previously be found in this forum), Dolores Reborn has begun running them again. They can now be found over in Thread Games. The plan is for… --- ## [Why do I feel a strong urge to turn on the lights when sundown is still nearly two hours away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-a-strong-urge-to-turn-on-the-lights-when-sundown-is-still-nearly-two-hours-away/1021396)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-a-strong-urge-to-turn-on-the-lights-when-sundown-is-still-nearly-two-hours-away/1021396 "2025-08-13T12:02:27Z")
Where we live the sun currently doesn’t set until about 8:40. But sure enough, at around 5:30 or 6:00 my wife and I both feel that we must turn on the lights, because it somehow just seems darker, like the shades of nig… --- ## [We watched "Some Like It Hot" last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-watched-some-like-it-hot-last-night/1021953)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-watched-some-like-it-hot-last-night/1021953 "2025-08-13T03:07:07Z")
Neither of us had ever seen it. We’re in our mid-60s. Expected there to be enough cringey moments that we might not make it through the first 20 minutes. We were wrong. Good script, well played. The cross-dressing is ne… --- ## [Kayak camping or who owns these islands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayak-camping-or-who-owns-these-islands/1021882)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayak-camping-or-who-owns-these-islands/1021882 "2025-08-13T02:24:46Z")
I was playing around on Google Maps and noticed something I was unaware of, that there is a string of islands starting in Alaska and swooping over to Russia. How far could I legally go if I loaded up a kayak in Alaska an… --- ## [Evil? Who me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-who-me/1021995)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-who-me/1021995 "2025-08-13T01:20:52Z")
As death always looms large around me. And the numerous threads here About evil, sinful, pornographic Demons. I’ve decided this, (if I believed in Woo), is the way I wanna go in the afterlife. It seems they get away w… --- ## [Helicopter airlines: what was the point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-airlines-what-was-the-point/1021945)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-airlines-what-was-the-point/1021945 "2025-08-13T00:25:40Z")
About 1968, a heliport opened next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Eleven nonstop S-61s each weekday to SFO, scheduled 7 minutes; if you were connecting to a flight east the helicopter fare was $3.75. Qu… --- ## [Should I try drinking Yaupon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-try-drinking-yaupon/1021631)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-try-drinking-yaupon/1021631 "2025-08-12T23:33:40Z")
I’d never heard of this drink before now, but tariffs may make coffee more expensive. Should I give it a shot? What’s the taste? --- ## [Trying to find a romance novel I read years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-romance-novel-i-read-years-ago/1021939)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-romance-novel-i-read-years-ago/1021939 "2025-08-12T23:00:11Z")
Author may have been LaVyrle Spencer though I haven’t been able to find anything in her bibliography that matches. It’s set in a motel in the 1930s (I think), along US Route 66, in Arizona or New Mexico. The female prot… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=260&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=262&state=watching)