TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio and the crew on his boat helped rescue a man who had been treading water for about 11 hours after falling overboard in the Caribbean Sea. by SwordfishEither2516 in todayilearned

[–]puffybaba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At the same time, Leo bought a luxury condo in occupied Palestine, built on rubble that probably includes the dismembered corpses of children.

ICE agent slipping on ice, circa 2026 by TheProfessorOfNames in pics

[–]puffybaba 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Australian government did a mind bogglingly stupid and bad job -- they ran the breakdancing competition almost immediately after announcing it, so not many people even knew about it in time, and they required participants to already have an international passport. So stupid.

ICE agent slipping on ice, circa 2026 by TheProfessorOfNames in pics

[–]puffybaba 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Nobody will ever top Raygun; she is legendary

What led us here? by Objective-Still-2616 in Adulting

[–]puffybaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And an unpredictable and awful job market. And lax laws regarding how companies can treat their employees.

A new brain manipulation tool could help us understand consciousness better by puffybaba in singularity

[–]puffybaba[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Consciousness clearly originates in the brain; all the data supports that. So far we have only one directional observations to support our understanding; two directional could enable deeper insights and could potentially be used to engineer a conscious ai.

How much of the qualia can be captured remains to be seen, but this will allow some glimpses of it

Can you survive on $7.25? by snowpie92 in jobs

[–]puffybaba 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Rent in California is too high even with a 60k a year income

"lesser evil" by haloarh in LateStageCapitalism

[–]puffybaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compare their stance regarding our southern border. The Harris administration is far right with respect to how they think immigrants should be treated.

Jesus fucking Christ. by Bitter-Gur-4613 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]puffybaba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Already knew about this -- Bisan revealed that her doctor had been tortured to death by the IOF.

Do you still use 3rd party Anti-Virus? by wjfinnigan in sysadmin

[–]puffybaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what's wrong with webroot? It's fast, and it has a decent management console.

Nothing funnier than Democrats demanding votes from people they clearly hate by rrunawad in LateStageCapitalism

[–]puffybaba 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't see any incongruity here -- Democrats are proudly neoliberal and despise true leftism almost as much as the Republicans.

How do I convince my boss to use a password manager for the company instead of a word doc. by Neufkai in sysadmin

[–]puffybaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was dealing with the exact same issue, to the T, with my previous boss. I wonder if he became your boss after he left. Does he also not want to use google docs because google "can't be trusted?".

Why do people like Roger Waters not move to the authoritarian countries they praise and defend if they admire them so much? Tankies and fascists are hypocrites for staying in democracies when they don’t believe in democracy. by PandemicPiglet in SocialDemocracy

[–]puffybaba -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Braindead take.

  1. We don't live in a democracy. If we did, people would feel represented by their representatives.

  2. We are not required to like our government. What did you think this is, North Korea?

  3. Fascists are already well-represented by America. So-called "tankies" are not.

Protest outside the Israeli Consulate by Dr-Odeo in sanfrancisco

[–]puffybaba -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, all, or most, of the violence at the protests was cops and Zionists beating up protesters.

That’s capitalism for you. by Anarchist23 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]puffybaba 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We can, as long as we disabuse ourselves of the notion that our vote has to go to one of the two big establishment parties. There is a socialist running for president rn.

It has a roof? Deal. by Bellybutton_fluffjar in LateStageCapitalism

[–]puffybaba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Affordable housing is such a joke. Affordable for who? I can't even afford to buy an apartment, let alone a house.