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Post by tjpnz » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 12:41 PM UTC

propogandist wrote: post #243

InvertedRhodium wrote: post #127

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Here in NZ, a lot of work on your own property is legal - even some relatively complicated stuff - but the catch is that you need to find a qualified inspector to sign off on it. The reality is that unless someone knows you and your work personally (friend, relative, w/e) it can be really difficult to find an inspector who is willing to sign off on some random persons work as there is a liability component (nowhere n…

laws requiring a third party to sign off on things you can do to your own property sounds like a violation of freedoms

Post by mox1 » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 1:07 PM UTC

akiselev wrote: post #222

markkanof wrote: post #218

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There is just no way this is correct. First, most municipalities in America anyway allow a homeowner to do their own electrical work. You are required to get a permit for the work though and then have it inspected by the city inspector to verify the work was done correctly. But second and maybe more importantly how would you ever be able to get insurance on an older house. There may have been dozens of different elec…

> First, most municipalities in America anyway allow a homeowner to do their own electrical work. You are required to get a permit for the work though and then have it inspected by the city inspector to verify the work was done correctly They allow them to change sockets and light switches. Anything requiring a city inspector is literally the same thing as getting a licensed electrician. Municipalities have a lot mor…

Post by swiley » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 1:43 PM UTC

Post by TheCoelacanth » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #269

NegativeLatency wrote: post #244

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The prior owner of my house was very free with his exposed wire nuts and other sketchy wiring practices then. I’ll take some level of safety that my house won’t burn down or electrocute me over absolute freedom.

You should have a house inspected before you buy it. It's not necessary to monitor and restrict all owners to protect possible future buyers who don't want to inspect a house before buying it.

Post by nova22033 » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 3:26 PM UTC

spondyl wrote: post #113

I'd like to take this opportunity to share some relevant exercepts from In The Plex[^1] about Eric Schmidt, then-CEO of Google. > One day Denise Griffin got a call from Eric Schmidt’s assistant. “There’s this information about Eric in the indexes,” she told Griffin. “And we want it out.” In Griffin’s recollection, it dealt with donor information from a political campaign, exactly the type of public information that G…