MK Ultra on its own could count for several.

Was the experiment where they released some “harmless pathogen” (assuming your immune system is all good!) in major cities to see how they spread, resulting in some deaths/complications part of MK Ultra? Can’t remember if it was under that project or part of a different one leading up to it.

The Iran/contras were CIA.

Oh also the Iranian revolution, or at least the instability that led to it.

Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden both started as CIA assets that got tired of being used.

A lot of attempts on Fidel Castro’s life.

That’s off the top of my head. There’s also a bunch of fuckery in central and south America, though if I had to guess, I would guess that there has been fuckery in every single country on this planet, including countries some would have called allies. Iirc they targeted some Canadian cities for that “release the pathogen” experiment, too.

I think they are asking if the CIA was the one that did them rather than just suggesting that for the list. I don’t think that was the CIA but another government agency (or maybe even just doctor(s), though even then, the study was approved and funded).

Do you know the reverse grip trick that lets you use rightie scissors with your left hand anyways?

It’s mostly useful for small cuts because it’s also awkward, but it will cut instead of bend.

It works because your thumb and fingers apply sideways force that pushes the cutting blades together if the scissors match the hand or apart if they don’t, but reversing the grip (as in having the blades on your palm side instead of pointing away from you) reverses the forces they apply.

Ironically, LLMs are pretty good for helping optimize non-LLM workflows. Brainstorming a list of things that already exist is something they do well. And even if they hallucinate some entries, just move on to the next one. And having them help with one time setup or debugging specific issues is way more efficient than having a workflow that involves them regularly.

Unless the next frame is her intently trying to use the scissors while the paper just bends parallel to the blades instead of cutting.

Yeah, I gotta say that while shit is looking pretty bad on the corporate producer side of things, this society/system has bred a ton of entitled consumers that think their desires are important to anyone that can make or do things.

Even if you’re paying someone for something, that doesn’t mean you can dictate what they do or how they do it. Or even that they need to offer you what they willingly offer others. There’s some people where no amount of money would make dealing with them worthwhile, let alone what they are willing to pay for special treatment.

But with FOSS, there isn’t even the incentive of money greasing the interaction. It’s just pure entitlement. No one owes you anything just because you’re interested in their project or skills.

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not but IMO the whole concept of “support the visibility of opinions you don’t like” was doomed from the start because you can’t force people to play along with an alternate vote meaning (and the version this is an alternate to also wasn’t the intention behind the voting system, so there already was a drive to use votes as support of the idea rather than the discussion).

Also, if posts make it to all, then there will be voters who don’t even realize the community wants votes to work differently, even if they care about what the community wants.

I mean if you want to make obnoxious messages that invoke images of Facebook Karens that think clapping to emphasize words helps their point (to the point they add clapping emojis to text… Holy fuck I can’t emphasize enough how 👏 utterly 👏 braindead 👏 that clapping looks to me), this tree emoji looks kinda like a bush, at least on my device: 🌳

Now show me Alien if it had been released in 1999 instead.

Aborts after 5 seconds, realizing the entertainment value will be pretty much entirely laughing at the ridiculous things it got wrong which is already old

And electrically, if they are able to drive speakers, that same signal can drive headphones. It just needs the port.

Tbh I’m surprised they still supported it on the pixel 10.

You mean stay in the bank and take hostages?

Go to the roof of a skyscraper and throw it all over the side towards the busiest street.

Someone must have clicked a link and it wasn’t a training email. Then entered their information.

Ged’s gonna be pissed!

Lol at that age I remember my daughter thinking Mario Kart was like a movie where you picked your character and their vehicle, then watched them race (because auto steer and accelerate were on, which is good enough to finish middle of the pack, at least for 50cc).

These days she spends most of her gaming time on Minecraft.

Try turning the lights out and vacuuming using only that light. Probably doesn’t make much of a difference on carpet, though.

The dangly parts aren’t that far back.

Yeah, and that’s probably more likely, since this isn’t likely going to be making a big impact either way.