# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=729&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 730 --- ## [Measuring Our Lives on an SF Timescale: What's Already Happened in SF? What's Coming Up Soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-our-lives-on-an-sf-timescale-whats-already-happened-in-sf-whats-coming-up-soon/558040)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-our-lives-on-an-sf-timescale-whats-already-happened-in-sf-whats-coming-up-soon/558040 "2023-09-30T21:08:40Z")
A couple months back, it hit me that my son, now 3, could live to see the year 2100. Or even 2101, as in “In A.D. 2101, War Was Beginning.” That made me think of SF landmarks that have already happened: 2001, of “A Spa… --- ## [Is there a way to "lock" the desktop on android? (answered)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-desktop-on-android-answered/990927)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-desktop-on-android-answered/990927 "2023-09-30T20:55:09Z")
By that i mean to prevent someone from moving or removing icons on your Android desktop? Reason i ask is not because i have fingery children, but because i have a 77 year old slightly demented mother who regularly moves … --- ## [Honeybadger warning over global warming disinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeybadger-warning-over-global-warming-disinformation/990881)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeybadger-warning-over-global-warming-disinformation/990881 "2023-09-30T20:13:07Z")
In honeybadgers pit thread, he received a warning for posting climate change disinformation, a banned topic. https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/583 It doesn’t sit well with me though, as he was… --- ## [Which one do you like better? Beamng or GTA V](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-do-you-like-better-beamng-or-gta-v/990911)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-do-you-like-better-beamng-or-gta-v/990911 "2023-09-30T20:09:47Z")
Personally, I like Beamng better because its not as age restricted as GTA V and is not as violent. What about you? --- ## [Sexiest scientist alive!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-scientist-alive/990839)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-scientist-alive/990839 "2023-09-30T15:46:39Z")
Just got done watching a TBBT ep. where Amy and Bernadette are arguing over the merits of showing off their respective beauty for a magazine…and the counter-argument is no men were selected. You won’t see Neil Degrasse … --- ## [Poll - Do women like it when men "finish" in their mouth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-women-like-it-when-men-finish-in-their-mouth/193180)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-women-like-it-when-men-finish-in-their-mouth/193180 "2023-09-30T15:06:41Z")
Subj, self-explan.:o --- ## [Explain the Taylor Swift concert ticket brouhaha to me please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-brouhaha-to-me-please/975156)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-brouhaha-to-me-please/975156 "2023-09-30T12:43:59Z")
I’ve been seeing reports in the news that people around the country are besides themselves with anger because they can’t buy tickets to concerts by pop star Taylor Swift set to take place in 2023. Firstly, why not? Sell… --- ## [Super Mario movie, in theatres holiday 2022 \[upd: April 7, 2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-mario-movie-in-theatres-holiday-2022-upd-april-7-2023/951233)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-mario-movie-in-theatres-holiday-2022-upd-april-7-2023/951233 "2023-09-30T03:36:19Z")
Nintendo is making an animated Mario movie with Illumination (the Minions studio), and they announced the voice cast today. So think in your head who you’d cast, and then check the real cast below. --- ## [Is $70,000/year in Cupertino enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-70-000-year-in-cupertino-enough/990820)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-70-000-year-in-cupertino-enough/990820 "2023-09-30T03:27:31Z")
Just got offered a job in Cupertino. The salary range was $70-85k but the offer was at the bottom - $70k. Having never lived in the Bay Area before, is this enough to live on as a single person (and still be able to sav… --- ## [Sir Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-michael-gambon-dumbledore-in-the-later-harry-potter-films-has-died/990825)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-michael-gambon-dumbledore-in-the-later-harry-potter-films-has-died/990825 "2023-09-30T02:28:11Z")
May he rest in peace - a very talented actor and, by the sounds of it, a very fun guy: --- ## [BEHOLD! The Power Of CHEESE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-power-of-cheese/990896)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-power-of-cheese/990896 "2023-09-30T02:24:13Z")
Lots and lots of Government Cheese. The mighty legions of Government Cheese. --- ## [Girlfriend is getting impatient with my long stay in Asia for medical treatment; need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-getting-impatient-with-my-long-stay-in-asia-for-medical-treatment-need-advice/982613)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-getting-impatient-with-my-long-stay-in-asia-for-medical-treatment-need-advice/982613 "2023-09-30T02:14:33Z")
I lost my job a few months ago and have been spending time abroad in Taiwan since. My girlfriend (who lives in Texas) has been okay until now, but her patience is getting frayed. The first few months were spent doing on… --- ## [Have any experiments been done with AI to put cyclical theories of history to the test? What if any were the results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-experiments-been-done-with-ai-to-put-cyclical-theories-of-history-to-the-test-what-if-any-were-the-results/990848)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-experiments-been-done-with-ai-to-put-cyclical-theories-of-history-to-the-test-what-if-any-were-the-results/990848 "2023-09-30T01:20:24Z")
Have any experiments been done with AI to put cyclical theories of history to the test? What if any were the results ? --- ## [On a scale of 1 to Tom Petty, just how petty are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-of-1-to-tom-petty-just-how-petty-are-you/990782)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-of-1-to-tom-petty-just-how-petty-are-you/990782 "2023-09-29T21:39:05Z")
This survey ranks States for their pettiness. It’s obviously a highly academic and well-designed scientific study. People admit to lots of petty behaviours in relationships, while driving, at work, in friendships, on t… --- ## [Chess players, how do you deal with a computer being better than any human will ever be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-how-do-you-deal-with-a-computer-being-better-than-any-human-will-ever-be/787464)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-how-do-you-deal-with-a-computer-being-better-than-any-human-will-ever-be/787464 "2023-09-29T21:12:07Z")
So, it’s official. Computers are better than humans at Go - AlphaGo has beaten the top pro decisively and the pros generally agree that AlphaGo is significantly better than the top pros. Chess has been in that unenviabl… --- ## [Secure Hardware by Checks & Balances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secure-hardware-by-checks-balances/990798)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secure-hardware-by-checks-balances/990798 "2023-09-29T21:02:47Z")
This recent article about backdoors in hardware made me recall a thought that I’d had once for building a secure voting machine. In it, you do something like having a see-through touch panel built by vendor A, and all it… --- ## [My latest single, "Energize", has just been released!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-single-energize-has-just-been-released/990686)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-single-energize-has-just-been-released/990686 "2023-09-29T18:19:54Z")
Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you know about my latest single, “Energize”. It was just released on Friday, Sept. 22. You can find it on YouTube at this link - https://youtu.be/QRfGQTW8IZg?si=wP1v2d82NY02rXhv . Have a… --- ## [Help me find this duet 80s song I heard on Spotify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-duet-80s-song-i-heard-on-spotify/990873)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-duet-80s-song-i-heard-on-spotify/990873 "2023-09-29T17:56:39Z")
There’s a song I heard on Spotify back when I was 15, it was a 80s song, I remember hearing the lyrics ‘‘and I ain’t pretending’’ and it had the word ‘‘love’’ on the title and it wasn’t on the beginning on the title, I h… --- ## [Check my math?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-my-math/990840)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-my-math/990840 "2023-09-29T17:39:12Z")
I’m watching Tugboat Annie. A character has a homework problem: If a fish weighs 10 pounds, and its body weighs twice as much as its head, and its head weighs wtice as much as its tail, how much would its tail weigh? … --- ## [Auguries of Sweltering (monthly mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auguries-of-sweltering-monthly-mini-rants/987909)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auguries-of-sweltering-monthly-mini-rants/987909 "2023-09-29T17:01:15Z")
Hi all - Starting the new month off right here. It’s before sunrise on August 1st down here in South Florida. It’s 80F/27C already and the dewpoint is 77, which makes the relative humidity 91%. And there’s rain & light… --- ## [R.I.P. Brooks Robinson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-brooks-robinson/990752)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-brooks-robinson/990752 "2023-09-29T14:53:35Z")
Brooks Robinson has died at the age of 86: He was one of the greatest defensive players ever at any position. He was a decent hitter, too. He won an MVP award in 1964, and was on two World Series champion teams. Good… --- ## [Ken Paxton, Texas AG, facing impeachment from fellow Republicans (is impeached on May 27, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-paxton-texas-ag-facing-impeachment-from-fellow-republicans-is-impeached-on-may-27-2023/984608)
**Author:** [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-paxton-texas-ag-facing-impeachment-from-fellow-republicans-is-impeached-on-may-27-2023/984608 "2023-09-29T14:19:37Z")
The five-member GOP-led investigative committee met Wednesday to discuss the allegations of wrongdoing against Paxton, a fellow Republican and the state’s top lawyer A timeline of his many, many legal troubles going… --- ## [Some new scripted-type shows are starting up -- where are they coming from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-new-scripted-type-shows-are-starting-up-where-are-they-coming-from/990754)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-new-scripted-type-shows-are-starting-up-where-are-they-coming-from/990754 "2023-09-29T13:15:20Z")
So last night there was the premiere of Irrational, which seems to be a typical ‘amateur with a special skill helps the police’ type scripted show. And I’ve also seen commercials for another new show starting later this… --- ## [Could DNA testing verify that someone was a time traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-dna-testing-verify-that-someone-was-a-time-traveler/990736)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-dna-testing-verify-that-someone-was-a-time-traveler/990736 "2023-09-29T12:43:18Z")
If someone says they traveled through time to the present day, from the past or future, could DNA testing be used to verify their claims? Would there be something about their DNA itself which would indicate that the numb… --- ## [Can I get a group together to pick a brand-new MLB HoF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-group-together-to-pick-a-brand-new-mlb-hof/989346)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-group-together-to-pick-a-brand-new-mlb-hof/989346 "2023-09-29T12:40:27Z")
If you consider yourself a reasonable and knowledgeable student of the game, you’re eligible to help me select a Hall of Fame from scratch. I have a series of questions, the answers to which grow increasingly complicated… --- ## [How to pronounce \[ɣ\] voiced velar fricative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-voiced-velar-fricative/990804)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-voiced-velar-fricative/990804 "2023-09-29T11:50:33Z")
Is it like a sound between \[g\] and \[h\]? I’m having a hard time pronouncing it. --- ## [Did "trump" really mean "fart" in British slang, pre-Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-mean-fart-in-british-slang-pre-trump/990672)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-mean-fart-in-british-slang-pre-trump/990672 "2023-09-29T11:17:57Z")
Someone with an OED of Slang, if there is one, could probably answer this one, or some Brit with a long memory could take a shot at it, but I was told that the word “trump” (noun and verb) was used in British slang as a … --- ## [What does "simplicity" mean here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-simplicity-mean-here/990773)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-simplicity-mean-here/990773 "2023-09-29T08:22:15Z")
I just read this article today: It claims that “it’s simplicity has only created barriers”. Does this mean “the language being phonetic” has created barriers or what? --- ## [Double hip replacement!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-hip-replacement/979804)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-hip-replacement/979804 "2023-09-29T07:46:48Z")
I finally had my consultation with the recommended orthopedic surgeon and will be given a surgery date after an internal medicine appointment. Early spring is likely. Double anterior hip arthroplasty. I was waiting a … --- ## [Vials labeled "smallpox" and "vaccinia" found in a freezer in a lab near Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vials-labeled-smallpox-and-vaccinia-found-in-a-freezer-in-a-lab-near-philadelphia/954542)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vials-labeled-smallpox-and-vaccinia-found-in-a-freezer-in-a-lab-near-philadelphia/954542 "2023-09-29T04:34:42Z")
It happened at a Merck facility, which was placed on lockdown until authorities deemed it not dangerous. I have never believed that the virus only existed in two high-security labs, and this incident in 2014 proved ot… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=728&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=730&state=muted)