And now needs to be quoted for the censor troll mods.

Hmm... Probably a good topic to stay away from, but I've thought about it quite a bit.

Ma Nature has a different idea. Her focus is on stability and equilibrium, but the genes are shuffled at random. When you do the math, that means that maintaining the population equilibrium calls for each pair of parents to have four children so the two children who draw the least favorable genes can die before reproducing. Extra kids are okay--as long as most of them die. Only in weird and transient situations are species allowed to get away from those numbers, and only for brief periods. Don't forget that Ma Nature's clock is set on geological time.

But human parents don't like seeing ANY of their children die. Funny joke, but that's also a Ma Nature thing. Human children are so helpless that we have to love them that much or NONE of them would survive long enough to reproduce.

There's a joke in here somewhere, but I'm not laughing. And I bet the Funny tab is as empty as usual...

As expected all too sadly.

But you, Mr Dollar Ton, propagated the AC brain fart into visibility and propagated its trollacious Subject. Your comment also seems confusing, almost incoherent, but that's probably the natural result of responding to whatever the ACs mumbled...

The joke I was hoping for? So many possibilities. So little humor on Slashdot these years.

Hey, it's my fault, too. My unfunny thought is "Any complicated system that becomes too fixated on one dimension will implode along that dimension." I dare you to laugh at that, though it's the profit dimension that dominates and fixates Dimon and Facebook and YouTube and f[r]iends. Or maybe it's funny that they can only see the profits of the current accounting period? It's like sports where the next season wipes the slate clean and they have to start all over again trying to get an even bigger profit...

(Mostly triggered by The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher. Quite a depressing and solution-free book. Not quite finished, but I can't imagine the plot twist that would "make things all better" in the last few pages. And off to the probably empty Funny tab...)

I was going for Funny and trying to encourage Funny. *sigh*

You forgot the YOB's superpower. Can't feel shame. He's actually quite skilled at shaming cowards into kowtowing, but no counterattacks are possible because the shame just rolls off him. Or maybe it's more like dark matter passing long time ago?

While I agree with your position more than your wife's, I also think "belief" doesn't matter to him. Memory of a goldfish and he "believes" whatever he just said and then "believes" the opposite in his next sentence.

But I found your post on the search for "evil". My basic position is that Amazon is evil and Bezos wants to the the king of evil. Largely due to the customer manipulation tactics. Scientific lying guided by the most profitable applied psychologists. On that side, I'm reading The Choice Factory by Richard Shotton for marketing scumbags seeking more sales. Is it a bestseller within Amazon? Converging with several other recent books, though the most potent is The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher, where the focus is on the psychology of fostering extremism and reprogramming people for more evil behaviors... Mostly focused on Facebook and YouTube, though Amazon gets a few mentions.

At a different level, I don't think it's exactly that we are becoming too stupid to survive (per The End is Always Near by 'influencer' Dan Carlin), but more of a compression problem that is making it more and more difficult to find and recognize true information. In short, language compresses reality, and written language (especially in books) compresses language and subverts the visual cortex for huge storage capacities. Unintended consequences, anyone? And now we humans are collapsing into a fog of cute AI-enhanced cat videos? (Though yesterday's example was actually a 'cute' exercise video from a physician, the better to walk farther...)

Oh yeah, I probably should clarify YOB. Yuge Orange Buffoon. I reject the YOB's own branding. It's clear the YOB doesn't "believe" in the existence of bad publicity.

Your joke here.

But it doesn't matter. Check your EULA and MS ain't liable.

Just finished another book on cyber-crime and totally unable to conceive of trusting valuable data to any machine running any flavor of Windows.

I have data accessible via Windows machines. Therefore my data must have zero value! Problem solved.

'Nuff said. Actually too much said.

Mod parent Funny, but this discussion already has a pretty good haul of humor.

Also deserves some Funny moderation, too. At least that's how I'm interpreting the open Subject.

But in general I feel like there's nothing to do these days but laugh along the way. Doesn't seem to matter if we are heading for a cemetery or a crematorium.

I think this branch should have been FP, but at least the discussion didn't start with obvious AI slop and the AC brain fart appears to have been wafted away...

However I still dislike vacuous Subjects. This transient Subject is based on another book about international cyber-crime, this one focused on politically motivated crimes. The intersections with this story are at two loci.

The first is that I am astonished anyone would entrust any valuable information to any computer system with any flavor of Windows on it. Not just storing the data there, but even allowing access is like running through a minefield.

The second is that the generative AIs are already making things much worse, though the book basically ends before that problem became so apparent. So many ways, but I think the most important is that the GAIs can help mask language deficiencies so more wannabe bad actors can do their worst.

The book also increased my paranoia to the point where I am unwilling to ask more relevant questions in public. Lots of important questions were raised, and I can see angles for researching the answers, but would that make me a target of interest? But mostly I just can't imagine why anyone would put any valuable information within reach of Windows... (Hypothetical answer: Because the security situation in the real world is similarly bad for all of the alternatives, but the book was only focused in that direction.)

If you didn't have an interest before in eating tinamou, why would you develop one just because some company makes them big?

I mean, there's literally photographs. Here's another shot of the NACS charger. Here's one of a Tesla plugged in, to a NACS connector. Here's another.

I mean, you're asking me to not believe my own eyes.

Literally, the other drivers leaving reviews at the site disagree with you. When was the last time you were there? Here's all the reviews:

Feb 28, 2025
MKF
Tesla Model Y
NACS (Tesla) 16 Kilowatts

Dec 8, 2024
ProphetM
Tesla Model 3
NACS (Tesla)
Another great charge under the windmill at this wonderful museum!

Oct 1, 2023
SJacks
Fiat 500e 2013
We have a standard J-1772, and there was none of this plug type supplied at the ~4 charge stations (2 plugs each). Most if the plug-types were the CCS-Type 1. This station info should be updated.

Sep 9, 2023
tesla3joe
Tesla Model 3
Tesla
After hours use the service entrance. Charger is under the big windmill.

Jun 9, 2023
TessieK
Tesla Model S
This place is open and working! I called first to make sure the gate was open. Andy answered and was so sweet. He greeted us at the gate and took us to the charger.

Nov 24, 2022
rsager
Tesla Model 3
Arrived when museum was closed and the gate was locked so there was no access to the chargers. their phone message said their hours were Friday through Sunday? But that we could arrange visits to the museum on other days.

Aug 27, 2022
AmericanVanilla
Tesla Model Y
Tesla 6 Kilowatts
Maximum 24A Charger

Aug 27, 2022
blackmamba
Tesla 6 Kilowatts
We were in a pretty tricky situation in this area on the way to Vegas. Charging facilities are fairly limited in this area but this location helped close the gap to get to the closest super charger in needles. It seems that the charger can be accessed at any time of the day. The location is scenic with art installations by the host museum. Watch out for wild life. Leave a donation this service is seriously needed (and appreciated) in this area.

Mar 1, 2022
Sperry
Tesla Model 3
Great stop
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Dec 30, 2021
EVJerry
Tesla Model X
What a neat Historic Route 66 spot where my Spirit of Tesla - 2017 Tesla Model X used the service entrance to get to the windmill for a Level 2 Tesla destination charger (5 kW atv240 volts)...along with 120- volt Level 1 outlet. I will be back to visit this exquisite "Study The Past" historical site.

Dec 13, 2021
Nyroc
Chevrolet Bolt EV 2017
Tesla
Nice place to go back in history. Very enjoyable
The Tesla Destination is now housed in a shelter. I didn’t test it with my adapter but looks in great condition.

Nov 21, 2020
bee_harris
Tesla Model 3
Tesla

Apr 28, 2019
ProphetM
Tesla Model 3
Tesla 239 Volts 24 Amps 5 Kilowatts
Inaugural charge from their new Tesla Destination Charger! Output is 24 amps max (30 amp breaker).

Mar 12, 2019
ProphetM
Tesla Model 3
Wall 118 Volts 12 Amps 1 Kilowatts
Great historical museum on Route 66! Just 120v right now but 240v planned soon.

And the worst thing is not you dying, but the fact that you'll probably be killing someone else who was being a responsible driver, and possibly their entire family, in the process.