# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=842&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 843 --- ## [Is there one best way to use a lawn string trimmer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-one-best-way-to-use-a-lawn-string-trimmer/983288)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-one-best-way-to-use-a-lawn-string-trimmer/983288 "2023-04-28T22:38:30Z")
I feel like such an idiot that I never know exactly what is the “best” way to use a string trimmer to edge my lawn. I know pros have different equipment and do it all the time, but I see them just walk in one direction … --- ## [In Cultures Where Families Strongly Push For Achievement, What Happens If You Don't ... Achieve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cultures-where-families-strongly-push-for-achievement-what-happens-if-you-dont-achieve/983062)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cultures-where-families-strongly-push-for-achievement-what-happens-if-you-dont-achieve/983062 "2023-04-28T22:17:45Z")
This thread is based on what I’ve learned about Nigerian culture from watching Bob Hearts Abishola. DISCLAIMER THE FIRST: Yes, I know that BHA is fiction, and that Nigeria’s cultural quirks are played for laughs, but I’m… --- ## [Question for you electrician types on rewiring chandelier sockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-you-electrician-types-on-rewiring-chandelier-sockets/983322)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-you-electrician-types-on-rewiring-chandelier-sockets/983322 "2023-04-28T21:50:57Z")
Today I set about replacing a bunch of chandelier sockets that have gone out. Many of them were straightforward, but some are giving me a puzzle. For those, the socket fried out and disintegrated the ends of the wires, … --- ## [The things we are doing with AI are beginning to frighten me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-are-doing-with-ai-are-beginning-to-frighten-me/983286)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-are-doing-with-ai-are-beginning-to-frighten-me/983286 "2023-04-28T21:39:51Z")
If AI ever actually becomes sentient and turns against humanity-- this is where it starts. --- ## [Do You Think Attachment Distributions Have Changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-attachment-distributions-have-changed/983301)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-attachment-distributions-have-changed/983301 "2023-04-28T21:18:33Z")
You’ll be shocked… shocked… to learn once again I quote an Atlantic article. But it claims “attachment styles”, if you buy the pop psychology, have changed among generations and no doubt due to social media, Covid and r… --- ## [What defines "grip"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defines-grip/983244)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defines-grip/983244 "2023-04-28T20:59:33Z")
What is the physical mechanism by which we grab hold of things? Can one improve upon their grip? Is the mechanism fundamentally different when you’re grabbing something to prevent yourself from falling, as opposed to pre… --- ## [What is meant by information in the context of QM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-information-in-the-context-of-qm/983199)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-information-in-the-context-of-qm/983199 "2023-04-28T20:37:57Z")
Specifically, why would we expect it to be conserved? --- ## [What's the oldest piece of media you engage with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-piece-of-media-you-engage-with/983224)
**Author:** [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-piece-of-media-you-engage-with/983224 "2023-04-28T18:49:02Z")
What’s the oldest piece of art, writing, film, music etc. that you actually view/read/listen to and enjoy on at least a semi-regular basis? Not just the oldest thing you’ve seen or read, but the oldest that’s a real part… --- ## [How long does a DNA match take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-a-dna-match-take/983202)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-a-dna-match-take/983202 "2023-04-28T18:25:11Z")
A criminal leaves a trace of their DNA at a crime scene. A suspect has been found, and a DNA sample taken. How long does it take to test, and declare a match or no match? I’m talking about the actual lab procedure. I … --- ## [Helping My Elderly Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-my-elderly-dad/983294)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-my-elderly-dad/983294 "2023-04-28T17:10:11Z")
Mods, if I’ve put this in the wrong forum, I apologize for making more work for you. If you’ve read the MMP over the last couple of weeks, you’ll know that things have been going up and down with my Dad, both physically… --- ## [Most 'Historic' Alps Pass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-historic-alps-pass/981884)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-historic-alps-pass/981884 "2023-04-28T16:28:06Z")
I am looking into going to the Alps soon with the kids. I would like to do a hike across a pass that was used regularly 500+ years ago by Venetian Merchants, 1000+ years ago by barbarian sacking hordes, 2000+ years ago … --- ## [Oohgha Chaka, oohgha oohgha...(song filler in thingys)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685 "2023-04-28T15:38:49Z")
‘Hooked on a Feeling’ by the Blue Swede. I had never heard this. I walked in the store with Ivy and it was on the radio they were playing. I thought I was gonna have a seizure. I have laughed so much over this, Ivy t… --- ## [Facebook won't load Feed--suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-wont-load-feed-suggestions/983311)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-wont-load-feed-suggestions/983311 "2023-04-28T14:08:38Z")
Android phone, Chrome. There are two Facebook accounts that we access on this phone. We don’t use the Facebook app. Both accounts are configured the same. One continues to load fine. For two days, the other loads only 0-… --- ## [Why is Kamala Harris seen as unelectable as POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-kamala-harris-seen-as-unelectable-as-potus/983216)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-kamala-harris-seen-as-unelectable-as-potus/983216 "2023-04-28T13:57:01Z")
In this thread “If it’s Biden vs Trump, who will be the VP candidates?” (If it's Biden vs Trump, who will be the VP candidates? - #35 by Jackmannii) PastTense says that Kamala Harris is “unelectable as President in 2028”… --- ## [Tell me you're a man without telling me you're a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635 "2023-04-28T13:36:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Tell me you're a woman: Let’s flip it: Tell me you’re a man without telling me you’re a man. My stuffy nose is a horrible affliction and I’m Dieeeeeinggggg and so cold I have a habit of … --- ## [January 6th insurgent shoots at cops, lives through it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-insurgent-shoots-at-cops-lives-through-it/982988)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-insurgent-shoots-at-cops-lives-through-it/982988 "2023-04-28T12:46:50Z")
Press release doesn’t even specify if he was arrested on the scene or not. Probably, I guess. But kinda surprised the cops didn’t put 17,893 rounds into the house. About an hour later, at approximately 9:38 p.m., Mr. P… --- ## [How are movie armorers allowed to convert semi-auto guns to full auto without running afoul of the ATF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movie-armorers-allowed-to-convert-semi-auto-guns-to-full-auto-without-running-afoul-of-the-atf/983235)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movie-armorers-allowed-to-convert-semi-auto-guns-to-full-auto-without-running-afoul-of-the-atf/983235 "2023-04-28T12:24:44Z")
Is it literally because they’re blank firing they can “legally” convert a semi-auto gun to full auto for filming purposes? Mainly because I’m reading about how most MP5s you see in movies were civilian sold MP5s with ex… --- ## [Celebrities named in class action are the latest looped into meteoric FTX fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-named-in-class-action-are-the-latest-looped-into-meteoric-ftx-fall/975234)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-named-in-class-action-are-the-latest-looped-into-meteoric-ftx-fall/975234 "2023-04-28T05:58:51Z")
Can celebrities who publicly endorsed FTX now be successfully sued? In the linked article it states that suing them is being justified since they played the role of “brand ambassador” of the now failed product. Can th… --- ## [Is alcohol taxonomy finite? (or, explain alcohol to me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-taxonomy-finite-or-explain-alcohol-to-me/983172)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-taxonomy-finite-or-explain-alcohol-to-me/983172 "2023-04-28T01:49:45Z")
Normally I don’t give two thoughts about alcohol (not a drinker) but I was watching a show about the history of Smirnoff & Maker’s Mark in America, and I had this thought. There are all sorts of types of alcohol and fro… --- ## [Misunderstandings based on your own perceptions. Long and rambling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstandings-based-on-your-own-perceptions-long-and-rambling/983063)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstandings-based-on-your-own-perceptions-long-and-rambling/983063 "2023-04-28T01:24:05Z")
I hope I can make this make sense. My whole life is full of misunderstandings, hurt feelings, ruminations and self-imposed isolation because interactions are too stressful. Something dawned on me yesterday and hit me lik… --- ## [Don't let the gates of hell open into your home!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777 "2023-04-28T00:38:22Z")
Disney is coming for your children, says Jamie Gooch. “Do not watch this film,” she warned, “Everybody thinks it’s fake and innocent, but they could be casting any type of spell that they want to, anything could be comi… --- ## [Don Lemon out at CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121 "2023-04-28T00:03:40Z")
Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon…who’s next? Not a good day to be a news anchor. --- ## [Alfred Hitchcock The Birds question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfred-hitchcock-the-birds-question/982976)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfred-hitchcock-the-birds-question/982976 "2023-04-27T22:42:52Z")
I’ll admit right off the bat that I’m not a huge Hitchcock fan. I don’t dislike his films, they just seem clunky and over-rated. I just I just don’t understand his film-making style. Anyway, my question is about his fil… --- ## [Fox News/Dominion case has been settled - breaking news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-dominion-case-has-been-settled-breaking-news/982866)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-dominion-case-has-been-settled-breaking-news/982866 "2023-04-27T22:41:49Z")
Watching it on CNN. No details on terms, not clear how final such terms might be. --- ## [Jerry Springer dead at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-springer-dead-at-79/983275)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-springer-dead-at-79/983275 "2023-04-27T22:23:01Z")
The former mayor of Cincinnati and schlock talk show host is gone. --- ## [Please help me pick out a costume for the Special Olympics dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-pick-out-a-costume-for-the-special-olympics-dance/983225)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-pick-out-a-costume-for-the-special-olympics-dance/983225 "2023-04-27T20:33:28Z")
I volunteer for Oklahoma’s statewide Special Olympics every year. On the second day of the event, there’s a BIG dance held on a high school football field. There will be thousands of participants there. I like to dres… --- ## [Snippets of books you remember reading, but don't remember the name of the book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snippets-of-books-you-remember-reading-but-dont-remember-the-name-of-the-book/982246)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snippets-of-books-you-remember-reading-but-dont-remember-the-name-of-the-book/982246 "2023-04-27T20:14:04Z")
This isn’t really intended to be a “Identify this book” thread, although it could be. It’s more of an exercise in futility, that we’ve read so many books, we don’t always drop anchor on any one of the in particular. They… --- ## [Favorite cookbooks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cookbooks/983219)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cookbooks/983219 "2023-04-27T19:31:57Z")
Before I moved I had two or three shelves of cookbooks. I thinned them out when I moved and still have a lot. But some I could not do without, If you like cookbooks, and could only have, say, ten, which would they be?… --- ## [No lie is too stupid or outrageous (Trump on abortion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-lie-is-too-stupid-or-outrageous-trump-on-abortion/983183)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-lie-is-too-stupid-or-outrageous-trump-on-abortion/983183 "2023-04-27T19:29:06Z")
Talking about PAB making the assertion that abortion lovers are so enthusiastic that babies are born, and then murdered. It’s just one more deranged thing this asshole says that would sink any other candidate for any off… --- ## [How to copy a large number of files without corrupted files derailing process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-copy-a-large-number-of-files-without-corrupted-files-derailing-process/983167)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-copy-a-large-number-of-files-without-corrupted-files-derailing-process/983167 "2023-04-27T19:03:56Z")
I’m retiring very soon! And one of the few remaining tasks is to copy all of my work computer files to a shared networked location (already designated). The trouble is, in the past whenever I have tried to do this by sel… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=841&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=843&state=tracking)