gedaliyah

gedaliyah , 2 days ago to nostupidquestions in How is Open Source project work paid?

Some of Lemmy development is/was paid by foundation funding.

gedaliyah , 3 days ago to technology in Yelp files lawsuit against Google

Yelp is a garbage platform that abuses small businesses and manipulates reviews.

David and Goliath it ain’t.

gedaliyah , 3 days ago to til in TIL that Salvador Dali's famous painting "The Persistence of Memory" was only about the size of a sheet of office paper.

Wow, I didn’t realize that. It’s pretty surprising considering he also has some truly massive paintings. Like, reconsider your architecture if you’re planning to buy one, big.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Side Quest

Well yeah, but Goliath is the giant most people have heard of.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Side Quest

There is a cross section of Christian fundies who think that the earth was covered in giants because of David and Goliath.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Side Quest

Gosh, what a complete dummy! Other than the incisor on the left, those are obviously all just ordinary rocks! Lulz!

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Side Quest

Oh, you sweet summer child. Would that it were.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Dunking on the Insane People on NextDoor

For some reason you never see them protesting out in front of Denny’s 🤷🐖

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to world in At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

About half of Burkina Faso is outside of government control as the country has been ravaged by increasing jihadi attacks, encircling the capital. The jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have killed thousands and displaced more than 2 million people.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Dunking on the Insane People on NextDoor

I will never understand how these “gay sex is an abomination” people deal with “bacon is an abomination” in Deut. 14:3ff

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to news in Raids of Latino political, civil rights leaders' homes set up voting rights battle in TX

This state is becoming more unhinged by the day.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to til in TIL Pablo Escobar was worth 25 billion at the time he was a drug lord.

He had so much cash that he apparently had to write off 10% per year due to “spoilage,” having the physical cash rot, become waterlogged, and eaten by rats.

gedaliyah , 4 days ago to nottheonion in Bald eagle thought to be injured later deemed "too fat to fly"

Other than the word “eagle,” this headline could be about me.

gedaliyah , 5 days ago to news in Black Myth: Wukong Devs Told Streamers to Avoid Politics in Their Playthroughs. It Backfired

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gedaliyah OP , 6 days ago to news in Israel launches preemptive strikes in Lebanon as Hezbollah fires back hundreds of rockets | CNN

Hezbollah has been bombing Israel since Oct 8 in solidarity with Hamas. This is just the latest escalation.