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I live in a large apartment complex. My apartment overlooks the swimming pool, which is normally pretty noisy as you might expect. But this summer they decided to make it even noisier and started playing music on the speakers when the pool is open. Every day, from 10 am to 10 pm, even when there's nobody at the pool. It's just a lovely top 40 radio station too so I get to hear ads every 15 minutes. I have to keep my windows shut if I don't want to hear it, which is not great in the summer. I've called management multiple times to ask them to turn it off. They claim that they can't turn it off (no reason given), but they can turn it down. Sometimes they do, and that makes it bearable, but then a day or two later it gets cranked back up to full volume. Is there anything I can do about this? I don't have the first clue about tenant rights but this seems pretty unreasonable to me.
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Jun 6, 2021 18:06
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When is your lease up
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Jun 6, 2021 18:09
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What state? Also what municipality? There may be local laws to sort this out.
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Jun 6, 2021 19:22
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Fister Roboto posted:I live in a large apartment complex. My apartment overlooks the swimming pool, which is normally pretty noisy as you might expect. But this summer they decided to make it even noisier and started playing music on the speakers when the pool is open. Every day, from 10 am to 10 pm, even when there's nobody at the pool. It's just a lovely top 40 radio station too so I get to hear ads every 15 minutes. I have to keep my windows shut if I don't want to hear it, which is not great in the summer. Put some speakers at your window tuned to the same radio station, and use an arduino or something to invert the phase, and adjust the delay so it matches the distance the pool sound has to travel. That should work as a wide-area noise-canceling field. Alternatively if you just walk around to your other neighbors and have them sign a petition I think that would get the job done, if management sees a multitude or even majority of people are annoyed. edit: third option, blast "We Did It Again - Swizz Beatz, Ja Rule, Metallica" on loop down at them, tell them you can't turn it off but you can turn it down, maybe they'll get the hint. Or all of you can go insane together from hearing multiple songs at the same time Zero VGS fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Jun 6, 2021 |
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Jun 6, 2021 20:02
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Have you written to the management company with a copy to your landlord?
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Jun 6, 2021 20:43
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Zero VGS posted:edit: third option, blast "We Did It Again - Swizz Beatz, Ja Rule, Metallica" on loop down at them, tell them you can't turn it off but you can turn it down, maybe they'll get the hint. Or all of you can go insane together from hearing multiple songs at the same time If you are going to go that route, might as well go all the way. Song for the stupid raver shithead.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oL-D675Y7M&t=566s
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Jun 7, 2021 03:17
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Perhaps it's time to make use of the pool during the day and "accidentally" bullseye the speakers with a super soaker a few times each until the problem goes away
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Jun 7, 2021 03:51
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If someone sues you, and you win, in most cases you can have the opposing party pay your attorney fees. If the State brings criminal charges against you, and you win, do you think the State should reimburse your attorney costs? This will undoubtedly result in less trials, convictions, incarceration and more plea deals. Would you support such a measure?
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Jun 7, 2021 20:51
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Starpluck posted:If someone sues you, and you win, in most cases you can have the opposing party pay your attorney fees. this is not true: the "american rule" is everyone bears their own legal costs unless there is a specific law or specific applicable contract that has fee-shifting
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Jun 7, 2021 20:57
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Starpluck posted:If someone sues you, and you win, in most cases you can have the opposing party pay your attorney fees. Ah, yet another reason to disincentive prosecuting the wealthy.
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Jun 7, 2021 21:00
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Volmarias posted:Ah, yet another reason to disincentive prosecuting the wealthy. Upside: Contingency defense agreements make the government a lot more scared to gently caress with poor people
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Jun 7, 2021 21:17
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Starpluck posted:If the State brings criminal charges against you, and you win, do you think the State should reimburse your attorney costs? This will undoubtedly result in less trials, convictions, incarceration and more plea deals. Would you support such a measure? They kinda sorta have this. It's "the right to an attorney" that the cops are always reciting on TV shows. You don't pay whether you win or lose - if you're sufficiently poor and sufficiently relaxed about who represents you.
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Jun 8, 2021 02:46
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eliminate all lawyers not employed by the state
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Jun 8, 2021 02:47
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Hello law thread! I would like to first apologize for any lawyer jokes I have ever made in the past, as I need some business advice. I have a question about derivative products and copyright/intellectual property law. Specifically, in the case of computer hardware, eg. a Raspberry Pi, do all the companies selling products that include a Raspberry Pi need to seek and receive permission through an agreement or similar in order to take it to market? Or is the combination of purchasing them from a distributor or at retail a de facto license to resell it as part of a product of your own? I ask because I’m looking at the possibility of selling networking hardware based on white box (unbranded products from an OEM) networking products such as those from PC Engines and Lanner/WhiteboxSolutions.
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Jun 8, 2021 03:29
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Kazinsal posted:Hello law thread! I would like to first apologize for any lawyer jokes I have ever made in the past, as I need some business advice. You can do anything you want with the Raspberry Pi, no permission necessary. You will have to comply with the terms of whatever software you install on it. I'm not a lawyer so I can't tell you the ins and outs of hardware generally, but there's no general "copyright" on hardware. Once you buy it you can use the physical object pretty much however you want unless the seller puts some weird restriction as a condition of sale. A Condition of Sale posted:By adding this product to your cart you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor, you are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your knowledge, information and belief this paint will not make its way into that hands of Anish Kapoor.
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Jun 8, 2021 03:46
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Quick question I hope. My ex-employer fired me a year and a half ago because I got injured at work and hired a lawyer. Anyways, fast forward to about a month ago, my settlement finally uh gets settled. Yesterday, i receive a e-mail from the boss of my part time job that my ex-employer has been calling them and e-mailing them over the past year and now in a bid to get me removed from my position, along with sending screencaps of posts I made in private facebook groups "bashing" (not really) the ex-employer. This isn't anything new, as the ex-employer did this with my last job also, who promptly told them to gently caress off. Anyways, I ask my personal injury lawyer if there's anything I can do, even send them a stern letter saying not to. He said he doesn't know much about employment law, but he feels there really isn't anything we can do if it hasn't forced me to lose a job yet except for me to stop posting about them, but he can send me the details of a employment lawyer. I told him okay and thanks for his time and I'm going to go forward not posting anything on facebook. I feel like there has to be a way for me to tell them to stop harassing my future employers though. I mean I guess its a matter of waiting until this does cost me a job of which case I can act, but i'd really like it to not get to that level. I already have a suspicion that they've harassed places I've applied too, and/or left a bad reference (which is not the case at all, I worked there for 13 years and never got written up once). I realize now that I should've hired a employment lawyer in addition to the workman comp one right when I was let go, as that may have stopped this poo poo. But I also know (and my probation history shows) that I can't keep my mouth shut and this will bite me in the rear end lol. Thanks for your help.
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Jun 8, 2021 14:51
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Empress Brosephine posted:Quick question I hope. My ex-employer fired me a year and a half ago because I got injured at work and hired a lawyer. Anyways, fast forward to about a month ago, my settlement finally uh gets settled. Yesterday, i receive a e-mail from the boss of my part time job that my ex-employer has been calling them and e-mailing them over the past year and now in a bid to get me removed from my position, along with sending screencaps of posts I made in private facebook groups "bashing" (not really) the ex-employer. This isn't anything new, as the ex-employer did this with my last job also, who promptly told them to gently caress off. talk to an employment lawyer, who may tell you that there's nothing to do legally until they actually cause you to lose a job but may be willing to, for example, send a threatening letter telling them to knock it off that they may or may not pay attention to what you can do and when is very state-specific
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Jun 8, 2021 14:55
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Sweet okay i'll do that. I don't really want to enter yet another legal battle, but I just want a nasty letter to them lol. Thanks!
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Jun 8, 2021 14:58
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A nasty letter is right up the alley of a plaintiff's side employment lawyer. You'll probably have to pay them a few hundred bucks, but it'd be worth it for the letter. Plus if it ever loses you a job (or stops you from getting a job), then your lawyer can probably use the letter in that fight.
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Jun 8, 2021 15:01
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Yeah and I have no problem paying for the letter and would probably take some kind of sick joy in it. Now, should I alert my current workmans comp lawyer that I am contacting a employment lawyer? Do they even care?
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Jun 8, 2021 15:03
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Empress Brosephine posted:Yeah and I have no problem paying for the letter and would probably take some kind of sick joy in it. Many times workmans comp lawyers also do employmen law, so it might be worth asking them, in addition to asking the personal injury lawyer. Particularly if your workmans comp claim just settled. Generally speaking they don't care, but they might roll their eyes if you end up making the new lawyer duplicate a lot of work that they've already done. Worst case you get a second referral for employment lawyers.
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Jun 8, 2021 15:06
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Thank you Arcturas, will do.
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Jun 8, 2021 15:07
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That poo poo is bonkers, around here the boss would be fired using his time on revenge instead making them more money. Unless it's a union; my friends dad broke his back for a union and they harassed the poo poo out of him for three decades until he got his settlement, but at least they hosed off after that since he was too old and busted to go back to work.
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Jun 8, 2021 15:32
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Well the boss owns the business so thats why. Also the reason why I hired a lawyer was that I caught them lieing to my doctors about work conditions in a bid for them to get me back to work sooner lol. They didn't like that.
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Jun 8, 2021 15:36
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American business tends to reward ideological purity rather than performance.
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Jun 8, 2021 16:36
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Starpluck posted:If someone sues you, and you win, in most cases you can have the opposing party pay your attorney fees. What sort of criminal charges might you mean? quote:PERMABAN 12/16/19 05:21am Starpluck We don’t threaten our goon friend posters via pms, ever. Please seek the help you need to sort out this issue.
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Jun 8, 2021 16:57
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Starpluck posted:If someone sues you, and you win, in most cases you can have the opposing party pay your attorney fees. most states have PDs which makes the question moot. Also, RIP.
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Jun 8, 2021 17:07
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euphronius posted:most states have PDs which makes the question moot. Aren't there some cases where one might have to pay a fee for a public defender depending on your financial declaration?
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Jun 8, 2021 17:53
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You sometimes have to pay court fees, which are different than fees to pay the public defender. Generally you either get a public defender for free or you have to hire your own attorney. Though I'm sure there's some weirdo state where you have to pay your public defender's fees as restitution for the crime. Probably Oklahoma.
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Jun 8, 2021 18:15
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Starpluck posted:Aren't there some cases where one might have to pay a fee for a public defender depending on your financial declaration? Hey Starpluck, you were un-perma'd by Lowtax who used the admin panel, and consequently you still have a permaban av & title which is confusing. Let an admin know if you'd like a different av (or you can buy yourself one for five bucks).
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Jun 8, 2021 18:38
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Lowtax still participates in SA, like at all? I haven't followed what's going on with Starpluck
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Jun 8, 2021 18:48
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Nonexistence posted:Lowtax still participates in SA, like at all? Nah, Lowtax hasn't had keys for like a year at this point, so it would have been some time in 2020 or earlier even.
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Jun 8, 2021 18:57
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Yeah it was in 2019 or something.
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Jun 8, 2021 19:01
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Leperflesh posted:Hey Starpluck, you were un-perma'd by Lowtax who used the admin panel, and consequently you still have a permaban av & title which is confusing. Let an admin know if you'd like a different av (or you can buy yourself one for five bucks). Yeah I would like a different avatar. I fear that my current one would make Mods more disposed to ban me for violations, and if so, permanently. Kazinsal posted:Nah, Lowtax hasn't had keys for like a year at this point, so it would have been some time in 2020 or earlier even. Unbanning me was Lowtax's final dying wish. EDIT: blah blah schizo schizo shizo ok I just chose this post because Lowtax was not given a fair shake. Admit it, everyone was too scared to suggest the posssiblity of another side arising because of the internet mob etc. Did CNN fake footage of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA? (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-footaging/) This is a matter of debate guys. We must appreciate Israel for their complexity right? Look how long that Snope article is. The article I l just inked above on whether CNN is an Israeli creation is about 10 pages long, has citations and is a matter of great debate. I think we should come back to this and explore this topic. Why is this forum something awful? It is because if someone linked you to a website titled like this, would you click on it? On a different matter, on planets we do not usually reveal what the "barbarian" race is out of genuine compassion, but once the false flag is raised to the height it is now, we are left with no choice. We generally want to wait until the planet has "matured." But guys, 20% of all Nobel Laureates are Jewish. Why am I saying this? Because if we want to eradicate antisemitism, we have to accept some harsh truths. If you are dancing around the topic out of fear of being labeled an antisemitism, you may be an antisemite. Compare the Arab population to the Jewish population. All that pooled into one race and is this is the height of their Golden Age! Starpluck fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Nov 3, 2021 |
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Jun 8, 2021 19:03
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I don't have buttons here so I can't do it, you'll need to make that request of an admin or I guess an ask/tell mod, but I think they'd be OK with doing it. I'm not saying you're definitely owed an av change, just, I asked why a permabanned poster was posting and that was the answer. e. Athanatos took care of it. 
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Jun 8, 2021 19:05
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Arcturas posted:You sometimes have to pay court fees, which are different than fees to pay the public defender. Generally you either get a public defender for free or you have to hire your own attorney. Though I'm sure there's some weirdo state where you have to pay your public defender's fees as restitution for the crime. Probably Oklahoma. $40 to ask for a PD Then when it's all over, 150 for a misdemeanor plea 250 for a felony plea 200 for a misdemeanor probation revocation hearing 300 for a felony probation revocation hearing 500 for a misdemeanor jury trial 1000 for a felony jury trial 250 for all others
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Jun 8, 2021 20:19
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Florida charges you $50 for the application to see if you qualify for a public defender.
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Jun 8, 2021 20:41
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Hmmm, reached out to a employment lawyer and they had no interest. Should I take that as a hint or try others? Sorry for dumb questions.
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Jun 8, 2021 21:11
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Do try others or ask for a referral from the disinterested one.
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Thanks I'll reach out to more
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