One take I saw on it was that he has no case because the local authority were not responsible for the harm caused to him, such as it is.
Sure, he feels aggrieved because of the local authority's refusal to accede to his demands to search the landfill, but that's secondary. Had he never pursued it they would not have had to say no.
In his shoes, I'd be sick to my stomach every single day, but I might have given up sooner nonetheless. I'm pretty sure that due to sheer bloodymindedness he's now in deep with various financial backers who were hoping for a return when he succeeded... and now he owes them money.
Basically, if this doesn't stop him, I'm not sure he'll ever stop trying.
Even if he found the hard drive is there any chance it would still be functional? I can’t see it surviving the crusher let alone 13 years in a landfill site
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brsrklf@jlai.lu · 18 pts · 1y
That guy again.
There's probably a movie to make with this shit.
kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 1y
I think last time this came up someone posted this awesome video on landfills. Paying it forward.
The Hidden Engineering of Landfills
just_another_person@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Man, that's gotta just ruin a person. Or turn them into a hoarder.
futatorius@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I feel for him, immensely.
But you can't sue local authorities for refusing access to a hazardous landfill site lol
palordrolap@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
One take I saw on it was that he has no case because the local authority were not responsible for the harm caused to him, such as it is.
Sure, he feels aggrieved because of the local authority's refusal to accede to his demands to search the landfill, but that's secondary. Had he never pursued it they would not have had to say no.
In his shoes, I'd be sick to my stomach every single day, but I might have given up sooner nonetheless. I'm pretty sure that due to sheer bloodymindedness he's now in deep with various financial backers who were hoping for a return when he succeeded... and now he owes them money.
Basically, if this doesn't stop him, I'm not sure he'll ever stop trying.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Even if he found the hard drive is there any chance it would still be functional? I can’t see it surviving the crusher let alone 13 years in a landfill site