# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=939 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 940 --- ## [Computer analysis on board games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-analysis-on-board-games/975490)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-analysis-on-board-games/975490 "2022-11-25T23:46:16Z")
Besides chess, have there been any interesting results when doing computer analysis on board games? I’m thinking games that weren’t solved before, so that one player could force a win or a draw. And especially if it has … --- ## [Naked on your own property?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-on-your-own-property/975102)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-on-your-own-property/975102 "2022-11-25T21:12:35Z")
The advice column in today’s paper had a question about people who wanted to use their backyard hot tub naked, including walking naked to and from the tub. And it sounds as though they live in a suburban area, with hous… --- ## [Thank you is fine. I don't need anything more elaborate than that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-is-fine-i-dont-need-anything-more-elaborate-than-that/975036)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-is-fine-i-dont-need-anything-more-elaborate-than-that/975036 "2022-11-25T19:51:36Z")
I spend my days helping people, and I have noticed that some people want to use expressions that I consider unwelcome or inappropriate. Such as: Have a blessed day I appreciate you There’s probably more, but I can’t r… --- ## [What is the time expectation for seeing moderator instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453 "2022-11-25T19:31:12Z")
I’ve just been warned. I’d been participating in a discussion for several hours in this thread. I’ve been coming and going from the discussion throughout the day. I’m not a quick writer, and I try to double-check thi… --- ## [Never wrote a book before...I just kind of picked at it for a couple years...no clue about what to do next...advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-wrote-a-book-before-i-just-kind-of-picked-at-it-for-a-couple-years-no-clue-about-what-to-do-next-advice/975462)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-wrote-a-book-before-i-just-kind-of-picked-at-it-for-a-couple-years-no-clue-about-what-to-do-next-advice/975462 "2022-11-25T19:15:40Z")
I know there are some authors on here. I have seen their posts and bought a few books. I have never written before, know of no one of my friends, family or acquaintances that has and I am clueless. Since I retired, I … --- ## [What if earth had developed in such a way that crude oil was unavailable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-earth-had-developed-in-such-a-way-that-crude-oil-was-unavailable/975401)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-earth-had-developed-in-such-a-way-that-crude-oil-was-unavailable/975401 "2022-11-25T18:17:41Z")
How different would things be? Say, maybe plate tectonics pushed it too deep, or whatever? It got me to wondering how that energy-dense fuel affected human achievement and development, in general, but also in space fligh… --- ## ["In the land of Mars, where the ladies smoke cigars..".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-land-of-mars-where-the-ladies-smoke-cigars/552700)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-land-of-mars-where-the-ladies-smoke-cigars/552700 "2022-11-25T17:32:29Z")
What’s the origin of this playground rhyme / song? It’s set to the archetypal “snake charmer” music, the words I remember were: In the land of Mars, Where the ladies smoke cigars, Every puff they take Is enough to k… --- ## [Messing around with Senate Coalition Game Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messing-around-with-senate-coalition-game-theory/975461)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messing-around-with-senate-coalition-game-theory/975461 "2022-11-25T16:34:37Z")
So I have an amateur interest in Game Theory (I’ve taken a course and read some books), and I like messing around with different examples. One that occurred to me is how much power particular coalitions (including coali… --- ## [What was this execution device called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-execution-device-called/975421)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-execution-device-called/975421 "2022-11-25T16:19:39Z")
At 18:30 of this episode of the ridiculously absurd show Speed Racer Spridle (WTF kind of name is that?) is in peril of getting cut in half by some execution device. I seem to recall seeing such a device in a museum once… --- ## [How to get rid of an old piano?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-an-old-piano/967159)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-an-old-piano/967159 "2022-11-25T16:16:53Z")
I’m in the process of downsizing from a house to an apartment. Also apparently I’m beginning to have arthritis. For these two reasons I have decided to get rid of my piano. I understand that almost no one is interested… --- ## [Sanjay Pasari- What would you prefer Novel or Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanjay-pasari-what-would-you-prefer-novel-or-movie/975518)
**Author:** [@sanjaypasari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sanjaypasari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanjay-pasari-what-would-you-prefer-novel-or-movie/975518 "2022-11-25T15:30:05Z")
What would you like to do reading a novel or watching a movie of a novel? I personally like to read novel than watch a movie of that novel. I think movie made from a novel is worse than the novel. What do you guys think… --- ## [Would I be in trouble for cable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-be-in-trouble-for-cable/975361)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-be-in-trouble-for-cable/975361 "2022-11-25T12:12:22Z")
The woman who’d lived across from me had internet on her tv. I had lost my internet and still owe the company some money. She let me use her wifi so I could watch things. All I watched was local news and youtube. She … --- ## [Would you vote for Liz Cheney for president in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-liz-cheney-for-president-in-2024/966918)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-liz-cheney-for-president-in-2024/966918 "2022-11-25T11:12:28Z")
Seriously. Without any hesitation, I would. If she was running in the local primary for Republican Presidential Nominee I would register as a Republican and cast my vote for her. If she made it to the General Election, … --- ## [What are some good business-beginner jobs for someone with an MBA to apply for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-business-beginner-jobs-for-someone-with-an-mba-to-apply-for/975357)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-business-beginner-jobs-for-someone-with-an-mba-to-apply-for/975357 "2022-11-25T06:48:28Z")
I’m unemployed but will have my MBA about half a year from now. I have no business experience to speak of - never worked that stuff before. My entire 12-year career up to this point was spent working at a university. Wh… --- ## [Why quit Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-quit-twitter/975148)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-quit-twitter/975148 "2022-11-25T05:36:15Z")
Just because your new boss ask you to work harder? Isn’t that what bosses do? Why not just say sure and then work the same and if they didn’t like it they could fire you? I’m not getting this mass exodus from Twitter … --- ## [All in the Family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family/975399)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family/975399 "2022-11-25T04:59:11Z")
Much is made about how groundbreaking All in the Family was a half century ago. Controversial, but arguably necessary for society to see bigotry portrayed in that manner at the time. I assume most here had at least one … --- ## [What's the Worst Thing You Ever Ate at a Restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-you-ever-ate-at-a-restaurant/974287)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-you-ever-ate-at-a-restaurant/974287 "2022-11-25T04:55:49Z")
I mean worst tasting. I’ve eaten restaurant food that had me throwing up afterwards, but didn’t taste so bad on the way in. There was a chicken soup in a little Montana hole in the wall place that I have remembered for… --- ## [Question about a concrete basement floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-concrete-basement-floor/975457)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-concrete-basement-floor/975457 "2022-11-25T03:45:58Z")
I’m at my parents’ house for the holiday week and noticed the concrete basement floor around one of the Lally columns looks like this. Actually, all of the Lally columns show that irregular discoloration around the base … --- ## [Anybody looking forward to X4:Foundations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-looking-forward-to-x4-foundations/825234)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-looking-forward-to-x4-foundations/825234 "2022-11-25T00:41:45Z")
I am. I love the X series(all Except the miserable rip off X:Afterbirth) It becomes available on Friday and that is almost here. :slight\_smile: Only 10+ years after the last decent game, X3 for the wait. The major pr… --- ## [Prime Meridian and International Date Line - coincidience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-meridian-and-international-date-line-coincidience/975029)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-meridian-and-international-date-line-coincidience/975029 "2022-11-24T22:48:36Z")
From what I’ve read, the Prime Meridian was set in Greenwich because that’s where the Royal Observatory sat. However, 180 degrees longitude from there - more or less - is the International Date Line, and that happens to… --- ## [Slumberland (no spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slumberland-no-spoilers-in-op/975470)
**Author:** [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slumberland-no-spoilers-in-op/975470 "2022-11-24T22:11:23Z")
Anyone catch Slumberland on Netflix yet? My kids (17 and 33) and I (old as the hills) all loved it. It was cute and fun and silly. Jason Mamoa certainly had a good time with it. I loved the actor who played Nemo. She wil… --- ## [Steve Earle just notified me the revolution has started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-earle-just-notified-me-the-revolution-has-started/971621)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-earle-just-notified-me-the-revolution-has-started/971621 "2022-11-24T22:02:20Z")
I’m sitting here on the couch and suddenly Steve Earle’s “The Revolution Starts Now” is playing through my soundbar. I checked this laptop and my other computer (even went into task manager) and no music player was runn… --- ## [Opinions on AARP membership please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-aarp-membership-please/975331)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-aarp-membership-please/975331 "2022-11-24T21:01:38Z")
I am in my mid-50s and have been getting AARP invitations for 5+ years and never really gave it much thought. They are running a discount now where it’s only $9 / year if you join for 5 years. It seems pretty reasonable … --- ## [Looking for both Italian Fascist and German Nazi equivalents for architecture directives in the 1930s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-both-italian-fascist-and-german-nazi-equivalents-for-architecture-directives-in-the-1930s/975442)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-both-italian-fascist-and-german-nazi-equivalents-for-architecture-directives-in-the-1930s/975442 "2022-11-24T20:18:09Z")
I’m looking for both Italian fascist and Nazi equivalents for architecture directives in the 1930s. I want to know specific laws or executive orders issued by both the Mussolini and Hitler regimes to determine the archit… --- ## [What’s the buzz on The Fabelmans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-buzz-on-the-fabelmans/975497)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-buzz-on-the-fabelmans/975497 "2022-11-24T18:23:35Z")
Looking at possible films to go see today and stumbled upon The Fabelmans. Pure Oscar bait with the November release, being a film about making films, anti-Semitism and Spielberg? Or will I actually enjoy the movie rath… --- ## [Do lizards fart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lizards-fart/975432)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lizards-fart/975432 "2022-11-24T14:55:50Z")
And do all animals with a digestive tube pass gas? --- ## [Seeking Beta Readers \[3rd book\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-beta-readers-3rd-book/975248)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-beta-readers-3rd-book/975248 "2022-11-24T14:28:14Z")
I can’t seem to stop writing books, even though the existing ones aren’t exactly selling like hotcakes or letting me quit my day job. Third book is about being in a high end rehab facility. A lot more internal monologu… --- ## [Play a harmless prank with no expense spared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-harmless-prank-with-no-expense-spared/973445)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-harmless-prank-with-no-expense-spared/973445 "2022-11-24T13:19:01Z")
If you could play a harmless joke on someone (individual or even people in general) with no limit on cost what would it be? --- ## [SDMB cited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited/974995)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited/974995 "2022-11-24T12:48:01Z")
In a footnote to Lynne Murphy’s Prodigal Tongue this post is cited (the book uses the earlier link (pre the current board), but provides enough info for a search to find). Go @BwanaBob ! --- ## [Anyone want to start an SDMB presence on a Twitter alternative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-start-an-sdmb-presence-on-a-twitter-alternative/975127)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-start-an-sdmb-presence-on-a-twitter-alternative/975127 "2022-11-24T05:13:48Z")
I tried Mastodon. It took me two days to figure out how to open an account and after that I failed to find any content. I’m dreading trying to figure it out. But this is a smart place, right? Any interest in banding tog… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=938) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=940)