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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by janee on Sunday October 06, 2019 @12:46AM (#21169870)
Digging holes. It'll depend where you do it but I think most regulative entities don't have explicit regulations on size or direction of excavations.

Same would probably go for heaping all that earth on a mound, I doubt a lot of places will have explicit building regulations on an earth mound

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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by kens on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:27AM (#21169995)
Digging holes can be very dangerous. Here's the OSHA guide, explaining various legal requirements: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha2226.pdf
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by adrianN on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:17AM (#21169968)
As far as I know, moving more than three cubic meters of soil requires a permit in Germany. Once you go too deep you also require a permit from the local mining authority. Not to mention the Balrogs you might wake.
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by caseysoftware on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:52AM (#21170078)
Do the Balrogs issue permits to wake them? How do you prove you submitted the permit - and got approval - before you wake them? Sounds like you're playing with fire.
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by z3phyr on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:14AM (#21170169)
You do not directly get a permit from the Balrogs. Contact your local evil Maia authority.
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by schoen on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:25AM (#21170195)
It's best to make sure you have a servant of the Secret Fire with you at all times.
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by dfcowell on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:00AM (#21169915)
You might be surprised. There are many municipal regulations around the location and size of excavations, even on privately-owned land. Primarily to avoid damaging any pre-existing underground infrastructure.
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by FroshKiller on Sunday October 06, 2019 @04:09AM (#21170536)
Most of the ground on this planet isn’t municipal.
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by Rarok on Sunday October 06, 2019 @06:12AM (#21171027)
Diggning a hole is: tons of paperwork, why are you doing, risks, licences for every machine you are going to use, studie that probes that you aren't going to damage any underground tube, cable or even if you are going to affect to the natural water-flow. Then you also need to explain how you are going to close the hole...
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Re:Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated? by derrida on Sunday October 06, 2019 @06:34AM (#21171116)
Yeah, I occasionally work in construction. In .au you have to have a Civil Engineer on site for anything like 2meters or more deep and so on, council approval, engineers reports, water course layouts, surveyors, soil experts, excavators required skilled labor (in the sense proof of competency & licenses) I don't know what OP is getting at.
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