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hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

yes, you own the improvements, but the point of stipulating you as a TENANT is to permit the county to make and enforce rules, since your improvement is ultimately on their land. not much to argue here, counties have been making and enforcing rules for centuries, there is no loophole to exploit

this is why, for example, foreclosure evictions often involve the sheriff's office - the county is protecting their own property rights. also, mineral rights, right to dispose of hazardous waste, etc etc

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

ever heard of astroturfing? after working on a listings site, i automatically assume 80% of ratings and reviews and astroturfed

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

they don't "own" the property and the word "owner" does not appear on anyone's deed (don't believe me? go read your own)

you are a tenant on the land, and your deed says this. the county is the owner.

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

and in any case you are not even legally a owner

you are a TENANT.

before downvoting me, go and look at your deed. find the term "owner" anywhere on it.

yes folks, the county has permitted you to enter into an agreement to make improvements on the land and resell that right to others. the county "owns" the land. most first-time home buyers are surprised to find out that they actually are only considered tenants

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

There is no legitimate justification to infringe on a contract between a willing buyer and a willing seller

this was a common refrain of slave holders - it was a pure market mechanism, the buyer and seller agreed on a price, why does the govt care?

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

ever had a neighbor who suddenly decides to stop caring for their property? when you live eighteen inches away from them, it matters. this is the allure of an HOA for some - it enforces minimal standards. you are of course free to not live there if you think its too uptight

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

thats irrelevant. ultimately, you chose to buy the property, and your name is at the bottom of the contract that says "i hereby agree to follow the rules of the HOA"

check it, i am certain you signed something like this

hell0_th3r3on DIY B&B

don't be so sure. in los gatos a woman tried to turn her lovingly restored victorian into a bed & breakfast and vigilant neighbors shut it down. people who are paying $1 mln and up to live in a neighborhood will know what is happening and will vigorously defend their zoning

hell0_th3r3on Apple is back on EPEAT

geez apple, get it together. i was mildly impressed by tim cook when he took over, but now i'm getting the impression that he is apple's steve ballmer. this was a ridiculous and trivially preventable gaff.

hell0_th3r3on Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them

the phone is the last device i trust to be secure

i never log in to my bank, broker, or anything else i deem worthy of security from my phone. i never used any of the apps from the banks or the brokers, which is good, because many of them were eventually found to have numerous obvious security flaws

maybe one day the phone will be the default trusted access portal, but thats a long way off, and i am waiting for all of you to help expose the flaws with your own personal data before i take the plunge

hell0_th3r3on Vim Creep

well instead of getting upset, emacs users can fix their own problems if they so wish

hell0_th3r3on Gccgo in GCC 4.7.1

you seem to be presenting a false dichotomy. can't go be a success in some place in between c and python?

my haskell is faster than python and more expressive. therefore you should stop using python immediately, right? of course not, because anyone using the shooutout to make sweeping generalizations has of course read the massive disclaimer warning against that...

hell0_th3r3on WSJ: Amazon Testing Smartphone

i'm more pessimistic. i'm expecting something along the lines of a smaller kindle fire....useless unless you are getting amazon e-content.

hell0_th3r3on Getting Started with Android Development

thanks! i'm starting to venture into android development now and getting some quick terse advice from an expert is helpful

hell0_th3r3on City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products

https://www.google.com/search?q=what%20happens%20to%20e-wast...

numerous resources for your reading pleasure

hell0_th3r3on City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products

no one in govt will care if they have apple computers or not...they all have something far more valuable than any toy a techie will have on their desk - A PENSION.

california is riddled with civil servants making six figures in retirement, i can assure you that they rationally understand that this is far preferrable to having last month's computer on their desk

hell0_th3r3on City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products

agreed. e-waste is a massive problem that most techies would rather ignore. most of our toxic electronic waste ends up in the third world, poisoning environments.

hell0_th3r3on City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products

i think more realistically, they are abandoning govt procurement as a business decision. for apple, i think this is smart, it allows them to avoid all of the bureaucracy of selling to govt agencies and better focus on consumers.

i don't buy any of the "IT lifecycle" arguments wrt apple equipment here either. for a massive govt contract like the state of california, the vendor is almost certainly required to replace any faulty equipment upon request...from the govt's perspective, reliability is simply a cost issue for the vendor themselves, not the buyer/govt

hell0_th3r3on City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products

there are numerous laws in place at local and state levels that prohibit purchasing electronics that do not meet this certification. the state of california is also governed by such rules (and will also have to stop purchasing apple equipment), as are parts of the federal govt

so apple basically just took itself out of govt procurement