# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1027 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1028 --- ## [Seeking a Stellarium competitor / replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-stellarium-competitor-replacement/968983)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-stellarium-competitor-replacement/968983 "2022-08-14T21:21:50Z")
I needed a map or software to identify individual stars. Someone recommended Stellarium and I’ve been using it. I specify a known star that’s near to one I need a name for. It shows me a view zoomed way out with only … --- ## [What is a reasonable number (of sexual partners)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-reasonable-number-of-sexual-partners/969083)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-reasonable-number-of-sexual-partners/969083 "2022-08-14T20:57:00Z")
A similar thread was created back in 2005, but I think times may have changed somewhat over the past 17 years. In conducting research for some other threads about the PUA movement and INCELS, I came across a number of v… --- ## [The hand that fits the disposable glove...is white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hand-that-fits-the-disposable-glove-is-white/969391)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hand-that-fits-the-disposable-glove-is-white/969391 "2022-08-14T20:49:25Z")
In the school district where I am employed there are a variety of disposable gloves of various sizes and types from a variety of different companies available for use, and in the majority of cases there is an illustrati… --- ## [What are Swedish suburbs like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625 "2022-08-14T18:54:20Z")
What are Swedish suburbs like? Do they have reputations more like the Americans or French? What’s transportation like? Do house have basement? --- ## [New Dragonlance Novel by the Original Author is out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dragonlance-novel-by-the-original-author-is-out/968978)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dragonlance-novel-by-the-original-author-is-out/968978 "2022-08-14T18:02:51Z")
I always had a fondness for Dragonlance. It was the first Fantasy series I fell in love with. I had borrowed Test of the Twins from a friend (which is actually the first book of the second Trilogy) and was hooked form th… --- ## ["The Queen of Katwe" is a must-see movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-of-katwe-is-a-must-see-movie/809522)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-of-katwe-is-a-must-see-movie/809522 "2022-08-14T16:45:30Z")
Just got back from seeing this truly excellent film. Shot on location in Uganda, it’s the story of a group of very poor children who excel at chess, one young girl in particular. Excellent acting, direction and editing, … --- ## [Immigration between Eastern Bloc countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigration-between-eastern-bloc-countries/969575)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigration-between-eastern-bloc-countries/969575 "2022-08-14T14:33:56Z")
So during the Cold War it ranged from extremely difficult to impossible for citizens of Eastern Bloc countries to emigrate to Western countries, even for family reunification. What about immigration between different Eas… --- ## [Article in New Yorker about Trump's internal war with his generals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-in-new-yorker-about-trumps-internal-war-with-his-generals/969323)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-in-new-yorker-about-trumps-internal-war-with-his-generals/969323 "2022-08-14T14:10:14Z")
Here it is. It’s by journalists Susan B. Glasser and Peter Baker. Hopefully it’s not paywalled. It’s pretty devastating. Although I do look at New Yorker online, I’m unfamiliar with these journalists. Googling shows… --- ## [Interview from the bathroom - with David Sedaris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-from-the-bathroom-with-david-sedaris/969637)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-from-the-bathroom-with-david-sedaris/969637 "2022-08-14T11:31:22Z")
A number of years ago (maybe 5-10), I remember hearing on a podcast the story of someone trying to conduct an interview late at night from their office with someone in Europe. I think they were trying to interview David … --- ## [New Ford Bronco '21 vs. New Land Rover Defender '20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ford-bronco-21-vs-new-land-rover-defender-20/916161)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ford-bronco-21-vs-new-land-rover-defender-20/916161 "2022-08-14T07:25:12Z")
My current SUV is 6 years old with about 50,000 miles. Next year, I’ll be ready for something new. I’m looking at the recently re-introduced: '21 Ford Bronco and '20 Land Rover Defender I would only consider the 4 do… --- ## [So, what were my fellow Dopers doing when they heard The News (regarding FBI Search of Mar-A-Lago)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343 "2022-08-14T03:13:06Z")
What was I doing at 6:35PM Central Time? I was channel surfing, and saw the “Breaking News” banner at the bottom of the screen on CNN, and decided to be briefly skeptical until I saw another source. MSNBC was broadcast… --- ## [What would happen if humans started having only 10% as many children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-humans-started-having-only-10-as-many-children/968477)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-humans-started-having-only-10-as-many-children/968477 "2022-08-14T03:00:29Z")
I’m not interested in the cause for the change (will of some god/sterility causing plague/alien bioengineering/rise of ‘childfree’ people/whatever) its just for some reason human births drop by 90%. What are the immedia… --- ## [How long does unopened paint last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-unopened-paint-last/969370)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-unopened-paint-last/969370 "2022-08-14T02:03:24Z")
For those of you who are handy around the house, I have a question or two about paint. About three years ago, we bought several cans of expensive paint with the intention of painting several rooms in our home. Between … --- ## [What makes you go to a social event you don’t want to go to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-go-to-a-social-event-you-don-t-want-to-go-to/969528)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-go-to-a-social-event-you-don-t-want-to-go-to/969528 "2022-08-14T01:40:10Z")
One of my managers is having a wedding ceremony and reception (although I believe the actual official thing already happened) and has invited the entire team. I like them well enough, and the feeling is apparently mutual… --- ## ["versus" movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972 "2022-08-14T01:28:43Z")
Kramer v. Kramer King Kong vs. Godzilla Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Godzilla vs. the Thing Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster Alien vs. Predator Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Ballistic: Eck… --- ## [The difficulty in waiting and seeing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381 "2022-08-14T01:12:28Z")
What brought this to my mind was my internal reaction to many of the posts that happen in every breaking news thread, either political or otherwise, where people feel compelled to post their theories about what is going … --- ## [Let's talk about retro songs from this century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-retro-songs-from-this-century/969368)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-retro-songs-from-this-century/969368 "2022-08-13T23:47:01Z")
There’s another thread about music being identified with decades, and that led me to think about the topic of musicians making songs that are intended to sound as if they are from an earlier time. What pop songs from th… --- ## [It's a Star Destroyer not a Star Destroyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-star-destroyer-not-a-star-destroyer/969494)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-star-destroyer-not-a-star-destroyer/969494 "2022-08-13T23:38:56Z")
I saw this pointed out online and it kind f blew my mind. I always assumed the name “Star Destroyer” was Imperial aggressive marketing where they give their stuff scary names (a la the Death Star) in that " Grrr this sh… --- ## [If you had $1,000,000.00 to invest…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737 "2022-08-13T22:54:09Z")
…where/in what would you do so? --- ## [Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to impeach Merrick Garland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-to-impeach-merrick-garland/969592)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-to-impeach-merrick-garland/969592 "2022-08-13T21:37:46Z")
:roll\_eyes: could you imagine the furor if the AG didn’t sign off on it? " some desk jockey signed and executed the warrant? off with the ag’s head " --- ## [Video Card market stabilizing; anything worth buying yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-market-stabilizing-anything-worth-buying-yet/963343)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-market-stabilizing-anything-worth-buying-yet/963343 "2022-08-13T20:58:38Z")
The floor fell out from beneath crypto mining when China outlawed it. Worldwide shortages from the pandemic are gradually easing. Prices have started normalizing. I’m wondering if they’ve already plateaued. I’ve been wa… --- ## [Google Sheets help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sheets-help/969569)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sheets-help/969569 "2022-08-13T19:55:27Z")
So I’ve put together a spreadsheet tracking one of my fantasy baseball leagues. (I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is yes, I’m very popular at parties.) So each week I pull in the rankings and underlying stats… --- ## [What artist would you like see as the subject of a biographical drama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-would-you-like-see-as-the-subject-of-a-biographical-drama/969305)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-would-you-like-see-as-the-subject-of-a-biographical-drama/969305 "2022-08-13T19:42:48Z")
Choose a creative artist in any field, alive or dead, to be the protagonist in a major motion picture and explain why their story should be told on the big screen. Perhaps no movie about them exists, or they are the subj… --- ## [Expansion of the universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-the-universe/969551)
**Author:** [@Lakehurst13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakehurst13)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-the-universe/969551 "2022-08-13T17:32:53Z")
Given the universe is expanding — with every galaxy flying away from every other galaxy, why do the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies find themselves on a collision course? --- ## [Flagging Thread: "You Are Not Permitted to View Requested Resource"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550 "2022-08-13T16:17:51Z")
I tried to flag a thread \[the Anne Heche thread with a suggestion to change the title to indicate she is brain dead\] and I got a message, something like: “You Are Not Permitted to View Requested Resource” then a button … --- ## [Why do Tabs on Chrome now have big drop-down previews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579 "2022-08-13T12:43:08Z")
It used to be that if I hovered over a tab on Chrome, it would give a short drop-down preview of the full name of the tab. Now it gives a much larger drop-down preview, but it’s pretty much useless, since the font is so… --- ## [Did Google have a brief hiccup around 6:35 pm (pacific time) today (Mon.)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-google-have-a-brief-hiccup-around-6-35-pm-pacific-time-today-mon/969338)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-google-have-a-brief-hiccup-around-6-35-pm-pacific-time-today-mon/969338 "2022-08-13T09:58:37Z")
For about a minute, I tried three different searches, all resulting in a page that basically said “500 error”. Never happened before, and just hoping it wasn’t The Singularity, whatever that’s supposed to be. --- ## [Looking for stories where an abandoned child's allegedly real parents come back for them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stories-where-an-abandoned-childs-allegedly-real-parents-come-back-for-them/969210)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stories-where-an-abandoned-childs-allegedly-real-parents-come-back-for-them/969210 "2022-08-13T06:34:28Z")
Full disclosure, I’m not looking for a specific story, but something I thought might be interesting after watching a chic flick with a parent returning years later. And I’m open to any type of storytelling, except video … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck is a Jewish Romanov. Possibly HR imperial Duchess Anatasia... Hard to believe, I know. But, I has the hard evidence. It's true, really. Okay, I hear the snickering. Hush!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-a-jewish-romanov-possibly-hr-imperial-duchess-anatasia-hard-to-believe-i-know-but-i-has-the-hard-evidence-its-true-really-okay-i-hear-the-snickering-hush/969186)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-a-jewish-romanov-possibly-hr-imperial-duchess-anatasia-hard-to-believe-i-know-but-i-has-the-hard-evidence-its-true-really-okay-i-hear-the-snickering-hush/969186 "2022-08-13T04:08:37Z")
My Daddy’s forbearers emigrated to America in the late 1800s. They had some strange religion no one knew how to spell, Judaism. I guess. They were from Middle Europe and southern Russia. The pograms sent them fleeing. Hi… --- ## [Neal Stephenson's "Fall" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-fall-question/969581)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-fall-question/969581 "2022-08-13T03:44:34Z")
I’m up to the part where Egdod (very awkard name IMO) is becomming conscious. And he starts to recognize, at first, a leaf, then a bunch of leaves, then snow as the season changes, etc. Then he creates, while flying ab… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1026) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1028)