American HOAs simply have too much power. In Canada HOAs exist, but their ability to levy fines or put liens on property is much more limited[1] and usually requires actual damage. This effectively eliminates a lot of the ridiculous rules about the size of someone's shed or the species or grass because there's no real way to enforce them.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/legaladviceofftopic/comments/acd767...

Reminds me of the pictures[1] of Stephen Hawking on Epsten's island. Depressing stuff.

[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking/113...

Fine, where's the slop then? I expected hundreds of scammy apps to show up imitating larger competitors to get a few bucks, but those aren't happening either. At least not any more than before AI.

> It raises a really interesting question which is how do people like him climb so high up the ladder?

I think ladder climbing is its own skill only loosely correlated with intelligence.

Also the weird YouTube Playable Games thing that shows up every few weeks.