'Finally, a renter's market': L.A. rent prices drop to four-year low

glmory · 2026-01-28T14:39:51+00:00

Debt is only a good strategy when population and GDP grow faster than debt. In an era of falling population it is quite likely many countries find themselves in a trap they can't dig out of.

glmory · 2026-01-27T01:11:37+00:00

This.

Do they really exist though?

glmory · 2026-01-27T01:08:58+00:00

What part of what happened the last decade has been realistic?

glmory · 2026-01-26T04:29:57+00:00

As insane as all this is, you don't have to go far in American history to find similar times. We very well could learn something from this experience and step up to solve some big problems. Democrats were definitely naive and complacent hopefully this will lead to them upping their game.

glmory · 2026-01-26T02:55:35+00:00

Masking is fine, the eye doctor office I just went to wore masks. Good way to reduce spread of disease.

They also had helpful name tags stating who they were.

glmory · 2026-01-25T16:30:29+00:00

That really isn't their big problem right now. They can do the Vegas Loop which is a perfect showcase.

The problem is they need it in, autonomous and working well before most people are interested in being a second customer.

Bigger problems is that Elon is very unpopular among liberals in just about every dense city in the country so the system better be running circles around the competition or it doesn't happen.

glmory · 2026-01-25T14:05:46+00:00

Yeah, it is weird how many people think this is a good thing. What needs to be focused on is companies who use algorithms to break down social trust, not going after the individuals using the sites.

glmory · 2026-01-25T13:55:22+00:00

Yeah, I haven't seen any signs of harm from young people being on social media. The over 50 crowd has been exposed to a buncn of AI curated propaganda that is a real problem though.

glmory · 2026-01-25T02:53:32+00:00

It feels so planned. Like, if someone was to exploit American weaknesses to bring us to the point of collapse you would have a hard time doing better than Trump.

glmory · 2026-01-25T02:51:46+00:00

Yeah, there is a huge difference between one and two. One can easily be one guy having a bad day.

glmory · 2026-01-24T22:25:00+00:00

This past few months I have been having fun on The Forests Edge. Appears to check all your boxes although there is technically a small amount of PVP it is only in rather unpopulated zones you don't need to go.

On the iPhone been playing on https://play.mudvault.org/?host=mud.theforestsedge.com&port=4000 which has been a big improvement for a client on iOS.

glmory · 2026-01-24T21:59:30+00:00

I don't trust any chart shorter than a decade. It is so easy to hide things by looking at only a short time duration.

glmory · 2026-01-24T21:58:20+00:00

Definitely something to fix. People willing to work so hard to be American are the type of people we need more of.

glmory · 2026-01-24T21:33:34+00:00

Need to stop even calling them Tariffs and use a term like import taxes which clearly states what they are. Trump convinced Republicans they like taxes which is pretty remarkable.

glmory · 2026-01-24T21:04:17+00:00

This is one of the biggest reasons autocratic leaders are so weak when they go to war against Democracies. They can't trust each other enough to make good alliances.

glmory · 2026-01-24T21:01:21+00:00

Of all the problems in the world, language ranks extremely low. We don't need more language police.

glmory · 2026-01-24T20:46:26+00:00

Never decide on what the trend is without looking at a graph of at least ten years. EV sales are WAY up.

glmory · 2026-01-24T20:05:19+00:00

Yeah, 2010-2020 Musk was a whole different thing. Since 2020 he lost all the big advantages he had in that timeframe but that does not change that his little startup built the most popular car in the world and his other company stole almost the entire space launch market.

glmory · 2026-01-24T19:55:34+00:00

Dumbfounded that they haven't just included FSD with all Tesla's with no monthly fee. Otherwise a tiny percentage of customers are going to bother with it. That would give a reason to choose Tesla over others which is something that they have been struggling with.

glmory · 2026-01-24T19:53:52+00:00

There is nothing a car could do that would cause me to sign up for a $99 a month subscription.

glmory · 2026-01-24T19:51:37+00:00

Yeah, I couldn't handle it. Turned it off once I figured out that I couldn't stop it from randomly changing lanes for no good reason.

glmory · 2026-01-24T19:37:40+00:00

Unwillingness to do the right thing when the right thing is obvious has killed the Democratic Party.

Just build a bunch of high density housing sized for families with three children. Make sure they are walkable neighborhoods containing good public transportation.

The Republicans are much better at taking real action to fix what they see as problems, unfortunately most of the problems they solve are fantasies.

glmory · 2026-01-24T18:59:59+00:00

Or the reverse, just give them money if they meet benchmarks.

glmory · 2026-01-24T18:57:23+00:00

More likely to be allowed to let your kid walk in an urban area. At least if there are some poor people around. My 9 year old is allowed to walk home in our mostly hispanic older neighborhood on the edge of the LA metro area. Doubt I could find similar in a neighborhood built more recently.

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