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firesteelrain··on USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
They could host a Webservice like a Google map I suppose but can’t give away the raw data
firesteelrain··on The $8 Linux Computer (2022)
It was always misleading to say it was just $5 because you need power supply, flash card, case etc

This includes all of that

firesteelrain··on The $8 Linux Computer (2022)
Complete starter kit for $90 here

https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w.html?cid=usd&s...

firesteelrain··on Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (2017)
Scarcity leads to innovation? Sort of like evolutionary pressure makes species evolve?
firesteelrain··on No AI, 52 min. Build all Linux Files utils in C by Hand [video]
I only watched the first few minutes and thought no way touch is that simple! It isn’t. Because most of these utilities have a lot of scar tissue handling years of various edge cases and conditions. Something to be said for software engineering. If you try to build for all the edge conditions then getting a somewhat working example out would take too long

I did appreciate the ways he used the man pages to build out the tools.

Actual touch.c source: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/touch...

firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
That ship sailed in the 80s. Thats how old the community is
firesteelrain··on Casio Watches of the 1980s
We used the calculator back in the 80s

If you think about it instead of pulling out your phone to calculate something back then you could use this

firesteelrain··on StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
It was r/AdviceAnimals two years ago

There was a major left / liberal takeover of most of the subs when Trump was being re elected

firesteelrain··on StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
It wants you to have a conservative viewpoint. But it doesn't ban you if you join like say r/AdviceAnimals which 2 years ago many subreddits were taken over when Trump was running for office again. r/AdviceAnimals and others were banning those that were members of r/conservative.

Reddit took action in March 5, 2026 to stop that practice.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1rllqrw/ban_bot_po...

There is a policy of ideological gatekeeping by certain Moderators.

firesteelrain··on StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
It’s censorship
firesteelrain··on StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
I had the same thought it’s a great example of why StackOverflow does work in this case.
firesteelrain··on StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
I was banned from subreddits for belonging to r/conservative. Mods wanted me to disavow that subreddit to atone for the sin of belonging to that subreddit.
firesteelrain··on Radio-tagged Monarch butterflies
What happens when a bird or predator eats the Monarch? Are these tags safe for animal consumption?
firesteelrain··on Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
I restored them and made them fat again in FireFox. It was getting too thin and hard to find
firesteelrain··on Listen and read USA nuclear forces Emergency Action Messages, heard on 11175 kHz
Typical for shortwave to write it like this
firesteelrain··on German court calls Google aerial imagery 'spying'
Why Google? There are many mapping services
firesteelrain··on Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you bought
Call of duty black ops at least recently has all chat at the end of the game. I think that’s the game trying to remember. Been maybe a year since I played latest CoD on XBox
firesteelrain··on The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
It’s hard to find any really good site for these numbers because it is highly politicized. Looking at this, assuming it’s correct, paints a different picture:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-where-emissions-are-...

“Over the past decade, the fastest growth has come from rapidly industrializing economies.”

It seems that countries have to evolve through this stage before things get better.

“Meanwhile, several advanced economies have moved in the opposite direction. Countries like the UK, Germany, and Japan have significantly reduced their carbon output, largely by phasing out coal and expanding renewable energy.”

firesteelrain··on Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas
Largest dolomite rock ever found maybe ??
firesteelrain··on Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas
Or ‘Da Bears’ trope from the SNL Skit
firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
State of Florida requires a list of bids to be posted and before a Board meeting. The motions on whom was selected is required to be documented in the meeting minutes.

Yes, per Fl Statute 720 any quotes/bids for contracts exceeding 10% of the budget requires competitive bids but doesn’t set a number like 3. Two is practical minimum.

But competitive bids for attorneys, architects, CPAs, community association managers, or sole source vendors where there is only one in the area that does the work etc are not required. Like say a business that is the only one in the area that does aquatic maintenance on ponds.

Anything else in here is just anecdotal

firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
Competitive bids are only required if it exceeds 10% of budget in Florida. You still have to get quotes ahead of making a budget or it makes no sense. For example, you can’t go for a high bidder just-because. It has to be in budget. Then, people have to be elected to serve and usually it’s 1-2 year terms. If someone doesn’t like how the HOA is run then they can always try to run against the current Board members running for re election.
firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
Where I live, it’s all within walking distance for the HOA to include a gym. You can also vote in the clubhouse

If it had a convenience store nearby, it would be like a little village

firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
HOAs have direct control over spending and don’t need to meet the same bidding standards.
firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
Our neighborhood actually saves the County money for property they don’t have to maintain (drainage/swales/mowing/etc) and provides community things like tennis courts, basketball courts, pools, playgrounds etc that the County doesn’t have to provide or maintain. It’s also cheaper for the HOA to do it
firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
Yea understood it’s possible it went to your folks and they ignored it. Hard to say. Sorry for your loss!
firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
This is not possible and maybe mixing terms. HOA has to disclose an existing violation as part of the estoppel process. Estoppel is just a disclosure certificate not a legal hold
firesteelrain··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
This article slightly mixes condo and HOAs. HOAs are covered under 720 and it does not have the same rules (which are less stringent) than condo’s

Condo rules are much stricter than HOAs

State of Florida also puts caps on fines - the max is $100/day or $1000 for a single violation. But that’s after a period to cure and then due process meetings (made up of homeowners not board members) who may waive or not fine at all or defer.

A homeowner can also fix the problem and later have the same problem again but not be fined if they fix in time.

The foreclosures are for extreme cases and a lot of HOA attorney shops don’t charge a retainer but will tack on fees that are paid back to the HOA attorney and association.

To get to that point takes a long time

firesteelrain··on HashiCorp archives the Boundary open source repo
I recall talking to a HashiCorp rep about Boundary and the ability to find a place for it. Still seems kind of niche. I guess it never really found its place as a CE version.
firesteelrain··on The RAM shortage is bringing back DDR4
… and cooling
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