cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2911046

Do you know if the IRM-RMI (meteo.be) have a public API to provide forecast data ?

I seen that some open source application provide data from meteo-france for France which provides much more accurate forecast locally than the global worldwide models. It would be nice to be able to submit a PR with focus on Belgium.

Since cheques have been eliminated, Belgian government agencies (e.g. tax offices) often require people to supply a bank account number to receive money (e.g. tax refunds). Taxpayers apparently cannot get a tax refund without submitting a bank account number. So the question is, since paying tax in an obligation, does that make banking a right in Belgium?

If so, the next question is: are banks allowed to deny consumers? I ask, because some Belgian banks deny service to people in some situations. Specifically:

• some banks refuse to open accounts for Americans (e.g. Rabobank) because they do not have an info sharing agreement with the US.
• some banks refuse online service to those without an Apple iPhone or Android smartphone (and the OS must also be recent). Counter service may be viable but those customers will pay high fees. Aion is like this and perhaps Hello Bank. What's to stop all banks from forcing customers to patronize Google or Apple?
• some banks lock your acco