• Sc00ter@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    My buddy once had an epic hydroponic set up going in his garage. One day the garage door went up for some reason. Guess someone saw it and called the cops. They went full on raid of his garage only to find some of the best fucking vegetables in the city. He said they were actually visibly upset that he only had veggies

        • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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          10 days ago

          There might also be a followup examination with a thermal camera of the property, which with a server farm, would also show significantly elevated temperatures.

          This is why most of us in the USA live in constant fear that our hobbies of basement aluminum smelting operations will land us on the wrong side of the law enforcement.

        • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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          10 days ago

          Not even a power bill. They have been known to sign warrants for nothing more than an off the shelf infrared scanner/heat scanner showing increased heat from a specific unit in a building compared to the surrounding ones.

          Like your house nice and toasty in the winter? That’s a no-knock-raid.