# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=595 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 596 --- ## [How could the Pathfinder station on Amara determine information about the core of the planet? \[On Mars\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-pathfinder-station-on-amara-determine-information-about-the-core-of-the-planet-on-mars/999766)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-pathfinder-station-on-amara-determine-information-about-the-core-of-the-planet-on-mars/999766 "2024-04-03T05:15:07Z")
From the Wikipedia article on Pathfinder: Using Doppler tracking and two-way ranging, scientists added earlier measurements from the Viking landers to determine that the non-hydrostatic component of the polar moment of… --- ## [Are the people close to you changing if/why they vote for Trump and Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-people-close-to-you-changing-if-why-they-vote-for-trump-and-why/999573)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-people-close-to-you-changing-if-why-they-vote-for-trump-and-why/999573 "2024-04-03T03:53:16Z")
A couple of related polls to set the stage: poll poll poll poll Sorry for the block of polls, but they should be short. I wanted to examine the mechanisms by which individuals are confirming or changing their reasoning… --- ## [Accuracy, precision, something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-precision-something-else/999641)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-precision-something-else/999641 "2024-04-03T02:23:12Z")
I have a fever. When I take my temperature, it varies by a degree or two from reading to reading. However, it gives me the results to the nearest tenth of a degree. Does that mean it’s precise but not accurate? Looki… --- ## [Retirement question. How does one retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956 "2024-04-03T01:52:08Z")
Without making this post too long, I don’t know how to go about retirement. I was always told that I would never be able to retire, so not to worry about it. I did go through a meeting with a Fidelity wealth guy in 200… --- ## [Money for peace - proposal for peace in the Middle East](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-for-peace-proposal-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/999638)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-for-peace-proposal-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/999638 "2024-04-03T00:30:11Z")
This all obviously couldn’t even start until the current war ends, but let’s assume (and hope) that it ends soon. Let’s pay for peace. For a nice round number, let’s assume there are ten million Israelis and five millio… --- ## [Snow and Watertown, NY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-watertown-ny/999713)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-watertown-ny/999713 "2024-04-03T00:27:37Z")
We’re debating to go to Watertown, NY or Bellevue, OH (near Sandusky) for the solar eclipse. Both are on or very near the centerline of the path of totality. The extended forecast shows Watertown should be clear on Monda… --- ## [How do you feel about President Harris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-president-harris/999577)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-president-harris/999577 "2024-04-03T00:22:32Z")
Considering Biden’s age, I feel there is a good chance if he wins in 2024 that we will have President Harris before 2028. Let’s say that happens, how would you all feel about it? I know there is a lot of hate on her bu… --- ## [Getting through a tough period of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-a-tough-period-of-life/999693)
**Author:** [@wolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-a-tough-period-of-life/999693 "2024-04-02T23:11:25Z")
Hi,my parents divorced 3 years ago and I haven’t learned nothing useful from them.Back than I was at a naval college and I wanted to graduate but I didn’t have any skills to promote the 2nd year because I had no idea wha… --- ## [How long are we going to 'tolerate' intolerance, esp Islamic fundamentalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-we-going-to-tolerate-intolerance-esp-islamic-fundamentalism/999407)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-we-going-to-tolerate-intolerance-esp-islamic-fundamentalism/999407 "2024-04-02T21:43:24Z")
I have in mind this article (oddly titled in the link) about stoning women to death: Taliban leader says women will be stoned to death in public I’m starting this in the pit already, because I am going to express some … --- ## [What are these welts (?) on my arm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-welts-on-my-arm/981872)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-welts-on-my-arm/981872 "2024-04-02T20:47:08Z")
For a couple of years now, these purple blotches have appeared occasionally on my forearms. They last maybe a week and slowly fade away. After a few weeks a new set will appear. Very rarely, just twice, they will bleed. … --- ## [Botticelli March 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124 "2024-04-02T20:47:06Z")
Getting an early start on the next month, but welcome to the March 2024 Botticelli thread! Here’s last month’s thread, which contains an excellent summary of the rules, written by @De\_La\_Rue, that I am shamelessly plagar… --- ## [Greetings from the Amazon Fresh Supermarket!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-amazon-fresh-supermarket/977281)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-amazon-fresh-supermarket/977281 "2024-04-02T19:35:07Z")
Yesterday the wife and I made our first visit to the Amazon Fresh store for the first time. Looks like they only have a few stores in the DC metro area, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, and one outside Philadelphia right n… --- ## [Since we've likely turned into a group of listers (no not a medical thread, but wash your hands anyway)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-weve-likely-turned-into-a-group-of-listers-no-not-a-medical-thread-but-wash-your-hands-anyway/997051)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-weve-likely-turned-into-a-group-of-listers-no-not-a-medical-thread-but-wash-your-hands-anyway/997051 "2024-04-02T19:10:38Z")
I’m starting a thread of listing things. I’ll name two things, you complete the list. Keep going any how you want\*. \*(I’ve found rules don’t work on you goofs) Noir movies Blackberries (Next poster, feel free … --- ## [How common is the term "cookie" in skiiing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-the-term-cookie-in-skiiing/616330)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-the-term-cookie-in-skiiing/616330 "2024-04-02T18:44:33Z")
Recently I looked at hotels in Breckenridge Colorado for my trip out west this early September (for hiking and acclimatization purposes, not skiing). But now, occasionally when I just surf the web there will be ads for … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2024-edition/998294)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2024-edition/998294 "2024-04-02T18:11:46Z")
March is upon us, spring is in the air… and a 15 pound schnoodle is in my lap, so forgive any typos. Someone got groomed yesterday and is still working through the trauma. So whatcha all readin? I started many book in … --- ## [What are some of your Presidential “hot takes”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-presidential-hot-takes/999738)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-presidential-hot-takes/999738 "2024-04-02T17:13:15Z")
Curious to know what hot takes or unpopular opinions folks have about US presidents (whether it be policy, measures of success or failure, election issues, who “should have won”, etc.) --- ## [Things you've seen abroad you wish were adopted world wide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-abroad-you-wish-were-adopted-world-wide/943094)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 536\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-abroad-you-wish-were-adopted-world-wide/943094 "2024-04-02T17:02:32Z")
Restaurant Food Weight - All over Europe in every restaurant any food item has a portion weight listed. So even if you don’t know what 500 G of french fries looks like, you quickly get a sense of what you’ll need for a … --- ## [How long will life on this planet be possible for in your estimation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-life-on-this-planet-be-possible-for-in-your-estimation/996808)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-life-on-this-planet-be-possible-for-in-your-estimation/996808 "2024-04-02T16:49:46Z")
How long will it be before everything just gets burnt to a frazzle? --- ## [Best (or worst) April Fool's jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-april-fools-jokes/999685)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-april-fools-jokes/999685 "2024-04-02T16:44:02Z")
In my case for a few years when we were teens I would prop a tall cup of water over my sister’s bathroom door-and each year she would forget what happened the previous year and fall for it, again. I got an Eviltron to u… --- ## [Was William Henry Johnson of the 369th infantry regiment buried with a headstone bearing the name William Henry Johnson or Henry Johnson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-william-henry-johnson-of-the-369th-infantry-regiment-buried-with-a-headstone-bearing-the-name-william-henry-johnson-or-henry-johnson/999739)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-william-henry-johnson-of-the-369th-infantry-regiment-buried-with-a-headstone-bearing-the-name-william-henry-johnson-or-henry-johnson/999739 "2024-04-02T16:28:27Z")
Was William Henry Johnson of the 369th infantry regiment buried in 1929 at Arlington National Cemetery with a headstone bearing the name ‘William Henry Johnson’ or ‘Henry Johnson’? --- ## [Huge Increase In School Absenteeism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-increase-in-school-absenteeism/999579)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-increase-in-school-absenteeism/999579 "2024-04-02T16:26:40Z")
I could not say if this article (gift link below) is accurate, but it certainly seems school absenteeism has dramatically increased since Covid. This seems like it could be or become a huge problem. --- ## ["Jugging" chickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jugging-chickens/998289)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jugging-chickens/998289 "2024-04-02T15:35:05Z")
According to a 1936 newspaper I just read folks in Texas would place a peep in a glass jug and raise them for awhile and sell them as novelties. The cops got wind of one who was 6 weeks old and barely able to fit so they… --- ## [Remember a music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-a-music-video/999656)
**Author:** [@scarz91](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarz91)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-a-music-video/999656 "2024-04-02T15:15:37Z")
Theres a music video i remember from 2006-2008 that would come on MTV. I dont rememeber if the song was english but i feel it was a different language. Literally the only thing i remember is a dude training for what seem… --- ## [Legality of spam from otherwise-legitimate businesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-spam-from-otherwise-legitimate-businesses/999677)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-spam-from-otherwise-legitimate-businesses/999677 "2024-04-02T14:34:52Z")
I frequently get a particular kind of spam on my business account, originating from service providers trying to sell me their services. Specifically, they appear to actually sign me up for an account on their system (I … --- ## [Comstock Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comstock-act/999732)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comstock-act/999732 "2024-04-02T14:04:33Z")
In this (gift link) NY Times article, the writer talks about the Comstock Act, passed in 1875. One of the provisions of that act: prohibits sending through the mail “every article, instrument, substance, drug, medicin… --- ## [Something you laughed at and felt like slime after](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-laughed-at-and-felt-like-slime-after/999406)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-laughed-at-and-felt-like-slime-after/999406 "2024-04-02T12:21:51Z")
I was watching a rerun of Soap. This was back when interracial couples were seldom shown on TV, but Soap had already shattered some norms and this was nothing new for them. Danny Dallas falls in love with a black woman … --- ## [Fake Watches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-watches/999611)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-watches/999611 "2024-04-02T12:15:11Z")
Years ago, steps from the entrance to Vatican City, I spent ten euros on a fake automatic “Rollex” (everything was spelled correctly; automatic means it had a mechanism where winding and movement replaced the need for a … --- ## [Attempted security breach at FBI field office in Atlanta (not April Fool)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-security-breach-at-fbi-field-office-in-atlanta-not-april-fool/999707)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-security-breach-at-fbi-field-office-in-atlanta-not-april-fool/999707 "2024-04-02T11:37:49Z")
Red Buick Encore attempted to follow another vehicle through the security checkpoint but was stopped by the barrier. The driver, and only occupant, taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for a mental evaluation. No word to mot… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter M and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[FINAL POLL ADDED\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-m-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999233)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-m-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999233 "2024-04-02T11:11:01Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter M. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [April Fools - 2024 version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668)
**Author:** [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668 "2024-04-02T09:09:03Z")
This showed up on Facebook. Another kind of rocket fuel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=594) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=596)