# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=372 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 373 --- ## [Coriolis effect and location inside a spinning object](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coriolis-effect-and-location-inside-a-spinning-object/1013792)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coriolis-effect-and-location-inside-a-spinning-object/1013792 "2025-02-15T12:29:35Z")
In several of the Expanse books, the authors contend that the Coriolis effect is greater closer to the axis. For example in Nemesis Game: Bistro Rzhavchina was high up toward the center of spin. Coriolis here start… --- ## [North Korea is back open for tourists-Would you go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240 "2025-02-15T10:52:25Z")
Interestingly, there have been no Chinese tourists as of yet, only Russians. I personally would never go, and I’ve heard too many horror stories in the media and it sounds like such a grim place. --- ## [What can you tell me about hologram fans and the pictures they create](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-hologram-fans-and-the-pictures-they-create/1014337)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-hologram-fans-and-the-pictures-they-create/1014337 "2025-02-15T05:46:07Z")
I’ve seen videos of them creating beautiful creatures, famous people and even Christmas trees. Do they work? Are there drawbacks? Tell me the good and the bad, please. --- ## [Question about Southern Cuisine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-southern-cuisine/1013899)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-southern-cuisine/1013899 "2025-02-15T02:32:21Z")
I just saw Chef Gordon Ramsay making Mac and Cheese in a New Orleans restaurant. Looked to me like the “macaroni” was spaghetti or linguine, not the stuff you’d get from Kraft or Annie’s. Is this common down South? --- ## [Bad bad bad Becks kissing booth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-becks-kissing-booth/1014327)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-becks-kissing-booth/1014327 "2025-02-15T02:10:57Z")
So…how’s your Cupids bow ? You know that indentation under your nose above your lip. When its right its adorable. If its not there, its forgotten. Mine was never a thing, to my dismay. Then I had a car wreck. I had … --- ## [Tour de France 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454 "2025-02-14T22:39:39Z")
This Saturday marks the beginning of this year’s edition of the big bicycle race in France. I haven’t been following racing as closely this year as I have in the past several since GCN+ shuttered their streaming service,… --- ## [Catholic Priests Molesting Children: Was This Always Known About?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-priests-molesting-children-was-this-always-known-about/975380)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-priests-molesting-children-was-this-always-known-about/975380 "2025-02-14T22:04:10Z")
I watched a TV series that took place, in part, c. 1928 in New Orleans. There’s a scene where two Catholic priests are murdered violently, and a witness says something to the effect that the townsfolk are just going to c… --- ## [How would this headline make you feel: "Trump proposes fixing social security by investing trust fund in $Trump coin?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-headline-make-you-feel-trump-proposes-fixing-social-security-by-investing-trust-fund-in-trump-coin/1013137)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-headline-make-you-feel-trump-proposes-fixing-social-security-by-investing-trust-fund-in-trump-coin/1013137 "2025-02-14T22:01:19Z")
He already declared he is considering creating a US strategic reserve of bitcoin and other crypto currencies. Where would he get the money for this? Selling bonds? --- ## [We ran out of heating oil while it was 18 degrees, but I learned some useful stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ran-out-of-heating-oil-while-it-was-18-degrees-but-i-learned-some-useful-stuff/1014052)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ran-out-of-heating-oil-while-it-was-18-degrees-but-i-learned-some-useful-stuff/1014052 "2025-02-14T21:40:29Z")
For about 25 years we’ve had a maintenance plan where our heating oil supplier’s “model” would estimate when it was time to refill. I’m not sure how that all worked, but we never ran out, so there’s that. One day, howev… --- ## [Is this real? Musk in the oval office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-musk-in-the-oval-office/1014202)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-musk-in-the-oval-office/1014202 "2025-02-14T20:27:48Z")
Is this real? AI? WTAF is going on in America? https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1inaszr/musk\_crashes\_trumps\_interview\_and\_goes\_on\_an\_info/ --- ## [Dry cat food for weight gain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cat-food-for-weight-gain/1014294)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cat-food-for-weight-gain/1014294 "2025-02-14T19:04:24Z")
Our (almost) 12-year-old female cat, Goo, weighs like 9 ½ pounds. Her thyroid T4 levels are on the high side of normal, and we’re taking her in for another blood draw in a month. She is active and happy, but we want he… --- ## [Shogun on FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shogun-on-fx/998188)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shogun-on-fx/998188 "2025-02-14T17:26:15Z")
So FX is coming out today with a huge budget adaptation of “Shogun,” the James Clavell novel, last adapted in 1980. “Shogun” is absolutely my favorite book of all time and it’s not close. I’m not saying it’s the GREATE… --- ## [Guess the event from the date and place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741 "2025-02-14T16:23:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Anyone remember a Trivia game: Guess the event from the date and place?: The rules are simple. I name a date and an approximate location, you guess what famous event occurred there and the… --- ## [Acupuncture for lower back pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-for-lower-back-pain/1013690)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-for-lower-back-pain/1013690 "2025-02-14T15:32:21Z")
I’m not a believer in woo of any kind, and particularly not a believer in non-western medicine, but I’m desperate. A friend has urged me to try acupuncture to relieve the constant ache in my lower back after as little a… --- ## [South Africa cuts off trade with the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-cuts-off-trade-with-the-us/1014292)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-cuts-off-trade-with-the-us/1014292 "2025-02-14T06:26:04Z")
Is this true? I’ve only seen it in one news source, the Maravi Post, a news outlet in Malawi, not South Africa. Paging @MrDibble and @scudsucker --- ## [Programming languages you learned or once used, but are now rarely encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-languages-you-learned-or-once-used-but-are-now-rarely-encountered/1013640)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-languages-you-learned-or-once-used-but-are-now-rarely-encountered/1013640 "2025-02-14T04:20:22Z")
There was a thread on this topic back in 2010 (link), but it only garnered four replies. So I decided to start a new one. Back in college (late 1980s) I had to learn Fortran 77, Pascal, and C as part of the EE curriculu… --- ## ["Have you fallen in the last 3 months?" How do athletes answer that question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-fallen-in-the-last-3-months-how-do-athletes-answer-that-question/1014200)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-fallen-in-the-last-3-months-how-do-athletes-answer-that-question/1014200 "2025-02-14T03:10:11Z")
It occurs to me that recently whenever I’ve been to the doctor’s office, they’ve asked me if I’ve fallen in the last 3 months. How do athletes, like basketball and football players, answer this question? --- ## [Health Tracker Suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-tracker-suggestions/1013926)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-tracker-suggestions/1013926 "2025-02-14T01:19:49Z")
My Fitbit is dying after years of loyal, reliable service. I would automatically buy a new Fitbit except for one thing. Fitbit moved all of their health dashboard services to a mobile app and removed it from the web. … --- ## [New Superbowl ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-superbowl-ads/1014153)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-superbowl-ads/1014153 "2025-02-14T01:12:56Z")
This year the crop was okay. The big winner to us were the sloths for Bud Light. My wife cracked up over the sloth grocery cashier. The Stich ad was cute, and the Harrison F–d :grinning: commercial was really well don… --- ## [Costco Hearing Aid Tests: What are the "U" lines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-hearing-aid-tests-what-are-the-u-lines/1014284)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-hearing-aid-tests-what-are-the-u-lines/1014284 "2025-02-14T00:46:33Z")
A few years ago, I took a hearing test from Costco to see if I needed hearing aids: The top lines are clear enough (level of hearing loss, by left/right ear, through air o… --- ## [When is the earliest date military technology transfer by time travel should work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-earliest-date-military-technology-transfer-by-time-travel-should-work/1014080)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-earliest-date-military-technology-transfer-by-time-travel-should-work/1014080 "2025-02-14T00:33:04Z")
So one of the (IMO rather silly) counterfactuals that comes up is the “what if a time travelling SEAL team fought a roman legion” or “what if a F-16 travelled back to WW2”? My take is it would change very little, some pe… --- ## [Is there an alternative to truthfinder to do background checks that charges per check instead of per month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-alternative-to-truthfinder-to-do-background-checks-that-charges-per-check-instead-of-per-month/1014289)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-alternative-to-truthfinder-to-do-background-checks-that-charges-per-check-instead-of-per-month/1014289 "2025-02-14T00:03:43Z")
Truthfinder is a good website to do background checks, but they charge a flat fee a month and you get unlimited checks with that. Is there a website that has the same information, but maybe only charges $1 or $2 per che… --- ## [My Time Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279 "2025-02-13T21:21:27Z")
Choose: Go back in historic times as you are? Or… Go back to a younger you, as you were then? Decisions, decisions… --- ## [First Canadian passport application: checking with guarantor/references?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-canadian-passport-application-checking-with-guarantor-references/1014150)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-canadian-passport-application-checking-with-guarantor-references/1014150 "2025-02-13T18:39:15Z")
I just applied for my first Canadian passport last week, and the tracking number is now showing in the system. Having been a U.S. citizen only until less than 2 weeks ago, the whole concept of needing a guarantor and ref… --- ## [Bingo - there was a farmer…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bingo-there-was-a-farmer/1014259)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bingo-there-was-a-farmer/1014259 "2025-02-13T16:16:25Z")
There was a farmer had a dog, And Bingo was his name-o. B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O And Bingo was his name-o. Was the dog’s name Bingo? Or the was it the farmer’s name? Hmmm… --- ## [Best Way to Use Madras Curry Powder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-use-madras-curry-powder/1014266)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-use-madras-curry-powder/1014266 "2025-02-13T15:59:39Z")
I got a jar of “Madras Curry Powder” for Xmas and have finally started using it. My current technique is to heat up a few tablespoons of olive oil and cook a big heaping spoonful of powder in that for a minute or two be… --- ## [Who were some early "famous" people (not kings or queens, etc)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-some-early-famous-people-not-kings-or-queens-etc/1014054)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-some-early-famous-people-not-kings-or-queens-etc/1014054 "2025-02-13T13:23:25Z")
How widely would early troubadours, for instance, have been popular? I’m sure locally known singers or lute players existed but who was known across England, or France or whatever? Did people travel to hear Socrates spea… --- ## [How does Trump today compare with Putin's ascendancy? How will the US tomorrow resemble Russia today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-trump-today-compare-with-putins-ascendancy-how-will-the-us-tomorrow-resemble-russia-today/1014233)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-trump-today-compare-with-putins-ascendancy-how-will-the-us-tomorrow-resemble-russia-today/1014233 "2025-02-13T12:50:27Z")
This is inspired by a comment in one of the many other threads suggesting that America appears on a path which could result in America being ruled by an autocrat and oligarchs a la Russia under Putin. I was surprised th… --- ## [Why is the car sales profession so sleazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-car-sales-profession-so-sleazy/1013958)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-car-sales-profession-so-sleazy/1013958 "2025-02-13T03:52:03Z")
What is unique about car sales that seems to create a breeding ground for pathogens? It’s not that cars are one of the most expensive things you’ll ever buy, because real estate is not this sleazy. It’s not that people… --- ## [Trump's funeral playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-funeral-playlist/1013319)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-funeral-playlist/1013319 "2025-02-13T03:02:09Z")
Love him or hate him, he’s not going to be around forever. What music should be played at his funeral? Thank You Very Much Get Happy The latter is more for the mourners celebrants audience attendees, but Trump undoub… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=371) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=373)