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[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Preacher: Can you read, my son?

Bubbles: Well that depends; can you go fuck yourself?

source

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

He's not our guy, buddy!

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

OSS’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual, 1944 (declassified)

Good memory, it was the precursor to the CIA.

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

OSS's Simple Sabotage Field Manual, 1944

There's a link at the top for the full pdf. And do note, OSS is Office of Special Services, the WWII precursor to the CIA - not Open Source Software lol.

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 108 points 11 months ago

Subterfuge at work, a fun subject to study.

Some of my favorites from a declassified WWII "simple productivity sabotage" manual:

  • Insist on doing everything through "channels." Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.

  • Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your "points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences.

  • When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committee as large as possible — never less than five.

  • Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.

  • Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

  • Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.

  • Advocate "caution." Be "reasonable" and urge your fellow-conferees to be "reasonable"and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.

When I first saw these I was like goddamn, psyops got to my executive director!

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I read about some smart tvs computing a hash of what's on screen to phone home about, in attempt with figuring out what content a user is watching when that content is 3rd party controlled.

We need some privacy laws up in this mother fucker.

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

No I hate MS. I won't ever forget the pain that was developing edge cases around Internet Explorer (fuck IE 6, that shit was the worst).

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

stupid clear background thing

In web design that's called a modal.

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Fucking gyrenes, where'd all my crayons go?!

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

TempleOS has entered the chat.

[-] AssPennies@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They're things on the road that take you to your abode.

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