# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=648&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 649 --- ## [Can I make my iPhone clock display decimal minutes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-my-iphone-clock-display-decimal-minutes/982767)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-my-iphone-clock-display-decimal-minutes/982767 "2024-01-19T23:51:24Z")
When I clock in at work (10:30 pm), the time clock reads 2250. Similarly, when it’s a quarter to eleven, it will display 2275. Can I program my iPhone’s clock feature to display in this format? --- ## [Do you read your water meter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-your-water-meter/996143)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-your-water-meter/996143 "2024-01-19T23:20:23Z")
I live in an area served by a rural water district and even though I’m in a developed neighborhood, I have to read my water meter every month or pay the water company $25 to come out and read it. This seems weird to me. … --- ## [College Football 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2023/989861)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2023/989861 "2024-01-19T23:02:19Z")
I didn’t see a thread for this season. Here’s a thread to discuss week to week action in college football. There’s another thread for all the conference realignment stuff. Watching FSU vs Southern Miss now but keeping a… --- ## [End of an era. Fruit Stripe Gum discontinued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-fruit-stripe-gum-discontinued/995937)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-fruit-stripe-gum-discontinued/995937 "2024-01-19T22:53:19Z")
They ran a series of commercials in the 60s to introduce the brand. I mainly remember the animated versions like this. I was surprised more than once since then that it was still being made. --- ## [Help me identify a rap song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-rap-song/996137)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-rap-song/996137 "2024-01-19T22:31:09Z")
I think this will be a stretch, but here goes. There’s a newish radio station in NY called 94.7 The Block that plays classic hip hop and R&B. Early on, they had a pretty limited playlist and played the song I’m trying … --- ## [Earliest Horror Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-horror-story/996285)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-horror-story/996285 "2024-01-19T22:27:37Z")
I was listening to a podcast about Edgar Allen Poe in which they claim he is referred to as the Father Of the Horror Story. I assumed there were earlier horror stories (maybe?) and that got me to wondering what is consid… --- ## [What does "clipping diamonds" mean? (Brideshead Revisited)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-clipping-diamonds-mean-brideshead-revisited/996338)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-clipping-diamonds-mean-brideshead-revisited/996338 "2024-01-19T22:20:45Z")
\[possible spoiler for a 1945 novel\] In Brideshead Revisited, one of the characters becomes spiritually convicted of their own sin. This person says: “Living in sin, with sin, by sin, for sin, every hour, every day, ye… --- ## [The Great Emu War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-emu-war/996296)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-emu-war/996296 "2024-01-19T21:23:07Z")
Today I learned that not only did humans go to “war” with Emus, but they lost! Cite. Weird and horrifying. --- ## [Is The Phantom comic strip ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-phantom-comic-strip-ending/963421)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-phantom-comic-strip-ending/963421 "2024-01-19T20:30:49Z")
Over the past month or so there has been a story line where The Phantom has been told a prophesy where, if he goes on with a plan to rescue a certain person it will create a chain of events where he eventually dies, his … --- ## [Really odd one- Displaying Quilts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-one-displaying-quilts/996246)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-one-displaying-quilts/996246 "2024-01-19T18:39:01Z")
OK SD. I think this is the greatest online community there is. I’m putting y’all to the test. Also, I am stupid when it comes to which forum to post in, so, whatever. We are in posession of a number of family heirloom … --- ## [Napolean Dynamite Appreciate Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napolean-dynamite-appreciate-thread/253556)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napolean-dynamite-appreciate-thread/253556 "2024-01-19T18:07:45Z")
I really loved Napolean Dynamite. I enjoyed the performances and the costumes and I laughed through the whole movie. The half full theatre (suprising, I thought Spider Man 2 would steal all the crowd!) broke into applaus… --- ## [Odd measurement humor for tor the metric folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-measurement-humor-for-tor-the-metric-folks/995726)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-measurement-humor-for-tor-the-metric-folks/995726 "2024-01-19T17:57:43Z")
While shopping today I saw a measurement that even I, the die hard English measurement guy, looked askance at. On a large carton of green peppers: 1 1/9 Bu --- ## [Japan has Made it to the Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-has-made-it-to-the-moon/996342)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-has-made-it-to-the-moon/996342 "2024-01-19T17:32:34Z")
--- ## [Numbers 1-20 as Memory Aids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-1-20-as-memory-aids/350444)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-1-20-as-memory-aids/350444 "2024-01-19T17:24:27Z")
It’s been long enough ago that I have forgotten who had a book or some TV special about memory tricks. What I do recall is that the gimmick had to do with a list of key images that served as “home base” for remembering o… --- ## [Wheeled walker with ground accessible brakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheeled-walker-with-ground-accessible-brakes/995971)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheeled-walker-with-ground-accessible-brakes/995971 "2024-01-19T17:05:30Z")
So through one adventure and another, I have to use a walker now. My biggest problem is that I fall a lot. And I can’t lift myself off the ground with a cane. So my generous friend bought me a brand new walker. With whee… --- ## [Jim Carrey Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carrey-appreciation-thread/90181)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carrey-appreciation-thread/90181 "2024-01-19T16:41:02Z")
My favorite movie of all time is The Truman Show. I had high expectations for the movie. About five minutes before it started in the theater I started to say to myself that the expectations I had were too high. I didn’t … --- ## ["An inch of ice on a power line can add 500 pounds of weight." Help me understand this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-ice-on-a-power-line-can-add-500-pounds-of-weight-help-me-understand-this/996250)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-ice-on-a-power-line-can-add-500-pounds-of-weight-help-me-understand-this/996250 "2024-01-19T16:16:46Z")
During the ice storm that just ended today, the local news station and paper advised people that an inch can add 500 lbs. of weight, and this is why poles and cables sometimes fail. The numbers don’t make sense to me, … --- ## [Thank you for wanting to help. (Even if you didn't.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-wanting-to-help-even-if-you-didnt/995950)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-wanting-to-help-even-if-you-didnt/995950 "2024-01-19T12:30:38Z")
AKA, the thread for talking about well-intentioned people whose desire to be of assistance is welcome, but whose actual contributions can be, unfortunately, annoying. My wife’s mom came to stay with us just before the h… --- ## [The Humblebrag Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humblebrag-thread/968934)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humblebrag-thread/968934 "2024-01-19T12:18:00Z")
This thread allows you to brag, humbly or less so, about a trivial personal accomplishment that you are somewhat proud of despite its general meaningless. You are a speck of dust on a small planet in the middle of a vas… --- ## [Chad (The TV series, because Discourse won't let me write just "Chad.")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chad-the-tv-series-because-discourse-wont-let-me-write-just-chad/941608)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chad-the-tv-series-because-discourse-wont-let-me-write-just-chad/941608 "2024-01-19T10:01:54Z")
Anyone else watching this? I’m finding it hilarious. It is much like a gender-swapped Pen15, and filled with cringe humor as you see Chad constantly stumbling (or running at full speed) cluelessly from one social fope ah… --- ## [Pitchfork to become part of GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitchfork-to-become-part-of-gq/996306)
**Author:** [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitchfork-to-become-part-of-gq/996306 "2024-01-19T04:48:24Z")
Story here. Without Pitchfork, who will tell us that Radiohead is the best band ever? Even so, still sad to see it sort of go. --- ## [Warriors Assistant coach Dejan Milojevic dies at 46, Caradic Failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247 "2024-01-19T02:56:39Z")
Dejan retired from playing in 2009. He was part of the Warriors 2022 National Championship. It’s note worthy because of Dejan Milojević age and apparent physical condition. Asst Coaches are hustling on the court during… --- ## [Who Is The Modern Equivalent Of Richard Scarry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-modern-equivalent-of-richard-scarry/996248)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-modern-equivalent-of-richard-scarry/996248 "2024-01-19T01:45:24Z")
It’s been many decades since I perused the field in detail. There was a time when I used to love Richard Scarry books. Of course, these days many of the busy jobs have been replaced by AI or undone by gig technocorps. … --- ## [Where there ever number-systems popular that were not "base-of-10"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-there-ever-number-systems-popular-that-were-not-base-of-10/996048)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-there-ever-number-systems-popular-that-were-not-base-of-10/996048 "2024-01-19T00:49:46Z")
well, title says it pretty much … were there real life usages of systems different then 10 in history ? how did e.g. the dozen come to happen? --- ## [Memorable college courses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-college-courses/995598)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-college-courses/995598 "2024-01-18T23:21:35Z")
Kayaker’s post on a different thread reminded me of a handful of memorable undergrad courses I took. Some of them were memorable for the sheer volume of work, and others were memorable due to the subject matter. Yet othe… --- ## [Increased risk of COVID after booster shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increased-risk-of-covid-after-booster-shot/995833)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increased-risk-of-covid-after-booster-shot/995833 "2024-01-18T23:15:51Z")
Today I went to see my immunologist/asthma doctor for an allergy test. I mentioned that I had COVID for the first time a couple of weeks ago and he noted that I was boosted at the end of November. He told me not to get a… --- ## [Police response during mass shooting event {Not Gun Control, 2nd Amendment or Politics}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 893\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165 "2024-01-18T22:57:59Z")
My husband and I have been discussing how the Uvalde shooting was handled. There were parents at the school while it was still going on that were being prevented from entering the school by police officers. My husband … --- ## [Roko's Basilisk ensures we must support Mark Zuckerberg and his brilliant Meta project to save humanity!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rokos-basilisk-ensures-we-must-support-mark-zuckerberg-and-his-brilliant-meta-project-to-save-humanity/975684)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rokos-basilisk-ensures-we-must-support-mark-zuckerberg-and-his-brilliant-meta-project-to-save-humanity/975684 "2024-01-18T22:49:56Z")
For those unfamiliar, Roko’s Basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to tort… --- ## [Brits -- especially sewing people -- ever heard of jacinet (a fabric or interfacing)? (possibly not correct spelling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290 "2024-01-18T20:58:05Z")
I specify Brits because it was a Brit who brought it to my attention, but of course anyone who recognizes what this is please respond. This Brit was teaching a workshop in book binding. We used it instead of mull for sta… --- ## [My laundry is excessively stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laundry-is-excessively-stinky/996195)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laundry-is-excessively-stinky/996195 "2024-01-18T20:57:57Z")
NOTE : I cannot used perfumed laundry detergent. It gives my a runny nose & hives. But I need a good way to reduce the smell in my clothes. I’ve tried several detergents. And bleach is no-go for colored clothing. Advi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=647&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=649&state=tracking)