# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=340&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 341 --- ## [100 warrior game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-warrior-game/1016457)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-warrior-game/1016457 "2025-04-08T20:36:19Z")
I have been unable to Google this game, but I am sure it is well known. Two players get 100 warriors each. For three rounds you get to choose how many warriors to use in a fight. Those warriors cannot be used for subseq… --- ## [2025 College Basketball Tournament Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-basketball-tournament-pool/1015713)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-basketball-tournament-pool/1015713 "2025-04-08T16:19:03Z")
Apologies for getting this posted a little later than normal. I usually have it up shortly after the brackets are announced on Sunday evening, but it was a busy weekend and then when I went to go find my files from last … --- ## [Please help identify the poem I read in college. Involves Kilimanjaro....I think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-poem-i-read-in-college-involves-kilimanjaro-i-think/1016793)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-poem-i-read-in-college-involves-kilimanjaro-i-think/1016793 "2025-04-08T16:04:58Z")
I was in college 1996-2002, but this was likely 1999-2002 time range. A.I. showed me three poems about Kilimanjaro and having read them, they don’t appear to be it. “On Top of Africa” by B. Tejani “Kilimanjaro” by Han… --- ## [Should kids get paid for good grades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kids-get-paid-for-good-grades/1015124)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kids-get-paid-for-good-grades/1015124 "2025-04-08T15:56:16Z")
There may already be a thread on this, but I couldn’t find it. My 11-year-old grandson attends a public middle school and currently gets paid $100 a semester if he gets all A’s. I want to encourage him to do good in sch… --- ## [Who do you think will make triple figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-make-triple-figures/1016748)
**Author:** [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-make-triple-figures/1016748 "2025-04-08T15:17:47Z")
Personally here is my predictions June Lockhart Dick Van Dyke Mel Brooks William Daniels Marion Ross Ann Blythe Fernando Montenegro Paul Dooley Robert Wagner Robert Duvall Michael Caine Jamie Farr --- ## [Yay, Susan Crawford won the state supreme court election in Wisconsin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-susan-crawford-won-the-state-supreme-court-election-in-wisconsin/1016490)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-susan-crawford-won-the-state-supreme-court-election-in-wisconsin/1016490 "2025-04-08T14:08:37Z")
She is currently at 55.5% of the vote with 70% of votes counted. The Wisconsin state supreme court will continue to have a democratic majority, which means no GOP gerrymandering. I didn’t know where else to brag. At lea… --- ## [Mobile phone question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phone-question/1016743)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phone-question/1016743 "2025-04-08T12:44:09Z")
I’ve recently bought a Nokia mobile phone. It’s simple to charge it up (e.g. the phone displays a message when the battery is full), but within a week or so the phone doesn’t receive calls and appears to need recharging… --- ## [Strange Android problem: Broswer windows load SLIGHTLY zoomed in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-android-problem-broswer-windows-load-slightly-zoomed-in/1016781)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-android-problem-broswer-windows-load-slightly-zoomed-in/1016781 "2025-04-08T11:57:26Z")
For about a month now, almost every time I load a new page, it opens just slightly zoomed in to where I have to zoom out to get the full window on my screen. For the SDMB, for example, it loads so that my avatar in the u… --- ## [Probablily calculation question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probablily-calculation-question/1016259)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probablily-calculation-question/1016259 "2025-04-08T03:08:32Z")
I have a population x and I want to select y items and The items in population x are reusable, similar to the “Birthday Paradox,” how do I calculate the expected number of unique items? --- ## [Still another question re: Capricorn One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-another-question-re-capricorn-one/1016348)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-another-question-re-capricorn-one/1016348 "2025-04-08T03:04:36Z")
I recently watched Capricorn One for about the fortieth time and something occurred to me that I hadn’t thought of before: I had believed the astronauts were going to be somehow sneaked onto the capsule after splashdown … --- ## [Do you think all emo people are depressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-all-emo-people-are-depressed/1016750)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-all-emo-people-are-depressed/1016750 "2025-04-08T02:07:42Z")
Most people think emos are depressed do you think they are why or why not? --- ## [Has anyone tried those alcohol-removed wines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-those-alcohol-removed-wines/1016424)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-those-alcohol-removed-wines/1016424 "2025-04-08T02:00:38Z")
I like to cook with wine, but don’t like to keep alcohol in the house. How about those alcohol-removed wines like I’ve been seeing lately at the market? Do they taste like wine, or are they just grape juice? Additiona… --- ## [The Wisconsin audit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wisconsin-audit/952516)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wisconsin-audit/952516 "2025-04-08T00:28:52Z")
The Republican Speaker of the Wisconsin House of Representatives has appointed a former state Supreme Court justice to run the new election audit they’ve decided needs to be done almost a year after the election. The gu… --- ## [Is Mike White’s budget for luxury vacations 100% tax deductible for the rest of his life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mike-white-s-budget-for-luxury-vacations-100-tax-deductible-for-the-rest-of-his-life/1016309)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mike-white-s-budget-for-luxury-vacations-100-tax-deductible-for-the-rest-of-his-life/1016309 "2025-04-07T23:04:20Z")
The creator and showrunner of THE WHITE LOTUS, a TV series now in its third season, set in exotic hotels all over the world, Hawai’i, Italy, and now Thailand, is sent to various potential locations, presumably funded by … --- ## [How many arms on your asterisk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-arms-on-your-asterisk/1016722)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-arms-on-your-asterisk/1016722 "2025-04-07T22:44:25Z")
I saw an AI image of an ampersand made of meat, and wanting to play with the concept tried for an asterisk made of meat. I discovered that Bing/Dall-E 3 seems to exclusively imagine an asterisk as having five points, whi… --- ## [How do people get badges to show on their profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-badges-to-show-on-their-profile/1016633)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-badges-to-show-on-their-profile/1016633 "2025-04-07T22:41:56Z")
I already got a badge but it doesn’t show on my profile why is that? --- ## [What the Hell, Jack in the Box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-jack-in-the-box/1016459)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-jack-in-the-box/1016459 "2025-04-07T21:59:15Z")
I just saw an ad for Jack in the Box on the page I use to cheat on Wordle. It’s touting a $5 Combo meal with the rubric “Entree, 2 Sides & Drink For $5”. One might find this inoffensive, but I am extremely offended by th… --- ## [Heard & McDonald Islands -- why a top level domain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-mcdonald-islands-why-a-top-level-domain/1016687)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-mcdonald-islands-why-a-top-level-domain/1016687 "2025-04-07T21:53:29Z")
Trump set tariffs on pretty much all countries (except Russia, N Korea and Cuba) but also on some non-countries. One of those non-countries was the Heard & McDonald Islands, which are inhabited by penguins but not humans… --- ## [My friend made a weird observation about license plates in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-made-a-weird-observation-about-license-plates-in-movies/166122)
**Author:** [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-made-a-weird-observation-about-license-plates-in-movies/166122 "2025-04-07T21:42:12Z")
My friend claims that he has observed the license plate initials “PCE” show up in movies unusually often; Can anyone confirm or deny this? Is he just crazy, or, indeed, are these initials used for a purpose?? --- ## [Exponent rules: what am I doing wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exponent-rules-what-am-i-doing-wrong/1016742)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exponent-rules-what-am-i-doing-wrong/1016742 "2025-04-07T21:17:36Z")
(Urgh, I am not getting markup to work, so apologies for the clumsy notation) So one of the exponent rules is for powers of a power: A^(b)^(c) = A^(b×c). Clearly this works; for example 3^9 equals 3×3×3×3×3×3×3×3×3 whic… --- ## [Is it true that the latest version of Covid will show up negative on a test strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-the-latest-version-of-covid-will-show-up-negative-on-a-test-strip/1003002)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-the-latest-version-of-covid-will-show-up-negative-on-a-test-strip/1003002 "2025-04-07T19:13:39Z")
Family member has Covid-type symptoms but has shown up negative on a test strip. Flu like symptoms but with sore throat and cold type feeling mixed in. Is this what the latest variant is like? --- ## [Mechanism of a Measles death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanism-of-a-measles-death/686908)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanism-of-a-measles-death/686908 "2025-04-07T18:35:36Z")
I’ve been tempted to ask this question for a long time - up until recently because of what I’ve read about Native-Americans/First Nations meeting up with Europeans for the first time and the rather unpleasant consequence… --- ## [German seated weddings: a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-seated-weddings-a-thing/1016552)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-seated-weddings-a-thing/1016552 "2025-04-07T16:38:44Z")
In episode 4 of the German remake of Ghosts, they host a wedding. The bride and bride walk down the aisle, pass on either side of a pair of chairs, and sit down for the ceremony. The fact that a single one of them didn’t… --- ## [So actually it's just fine to link to hate speech {This is not accurate}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-actually-its-just-fine-to-link-to-hate-speech-this-is-not-accurate/1016692)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-actually-its-just-fine-to-link-to-hate-speech-this-is-not-accurate/1016692 "2025-04-07T16:30:14Z")
After reporting a post for linking to anti-trans hate speech (aka a US government communication, but it really was that bad) in the Pit, @Miller told me that since the poster was not endorsing said hate speech, no mod ac… --- ## [Goodbyyyyyyye, Mr. Wilson! \[Dennis the Menace actor Jay North has died.\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbyyyyyyye-mr-wilson-dennis-the-menace-actor-jay-north-has-died/1016713)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbyyyyyyye-mr-wilson-dennis-the-menace-actor-jay-north-has-died/1016713 "2025-04-07T16:18:19Z")
He died at 73, of colorectal cancer. --- ## [chatGPT is a fucking liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-is-a-fucking-liar/1016559)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-is-a-fucking-liar/1016559 "2025-04-07T15:27:15Z")
Alright, it started innocently enough. I asked o3-mini to determine who’s right in a debate. It just sounded more and more wrong until I grew totally suspicious and asked the last question. It took the AI 57 seconds “thi… --- ## [Methotrexate to adaliumumab/Enbrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methotrexate-to-adaliumumab-enbrel/1016522)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methotrexate-to-adaliumumab-enbrel/1016522 "2025-04-07T14:24:20Z")
For several years I have been taking methotrexate for my arthritis. Certain numbers in my labs have started to rise and my doctor is talking about switching me to adalimumab (Humira?) or Enbrel. I have pushed off on swit… --- ## [Is the US banking system "backward"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-banking-system-backward/1016579)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-banking-system-backward/1016579 "2025-04-07T14:21:58Z")
From Debit card: PIN or no PIN? - #42 by Tripler The following was a reply to a post that described writing checks for items like PBS memberships that need the membership slip mailed back with the payment. Is it reall… --- ## [(Old) Another lost great idea in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-another-lost-great-idea-in-the-mmp/1016391)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 358\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-another-lost-great-idea-in-the-mmp/1016391 "2025-04-07T13:30:38Z")
Last night, I had an inspired idea for today’s MMP. This morning, nothing. But all the geezers here will understand. and probably the rest of you, too. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Who else doesn't use Applications or Documents folder as the OS expects you to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-doesnt-use-applications-or-documents-folder-as-the-os-expects-you-to/1016683)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-doesnt-use-applications-or-documents-folder-as-the-os-expects-you-to/1016683 "2025-04-07T06:10:13Z")
Let’s start with /Applications — I download a diskimage of a new application and mount it, and it comes with a convenient “hey just drag me into this here alias of your Applications folder and you’re all set up!” GUIfie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=339&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=341&state=tracking)