Rent Index for Santa Monica Down 13 Percent Since Start of Pandemic – SM Mirror

 

Deflationary pressure? Maybe. I’ve been seeing it elsewhere.

Santa Monica rents have declined 3.4 percent over the past month. “This is the eighth straight month that the city has seen rent decreases after an increase in February,” the report reads.

Most rentals in SM are apartments. And most of the apartments in Santa Monica are governed by rent control. Those are price ceilings (unlike minimum wage, which is a price floor). So, what’s going on here?

Source: Rent Index for Santa Monica Down 13 Percent Since Start of Pandemic – SM Mirror

So, I ran a “Cookie Jar” this morning

Tempting fate, I know.

Definitely bad timing, but I had some time to kill. My main mobile was getting wardialed five times an hour. So I picked up.

Made it 15 minutes through the first call, when another came in. I conferenced in no. 2 and let them figure out they were in the same call center.

Then it got interesting.

I let them hash it out for another ten minutes, but I got bored and decided to wrap it up. I told the punted I had a screen full of tentacle hentai and waited for him to figure it out.

Well, he was rightly cross with me and now I’m “getting my e-mail blocked” all over the web. I have 135 compromised credentials waiting for him, so I wish “Alex” and “Justin” the best.

Scientists Have Discovered a Genuine Room-Temperature Superconductor – ExtremeTech

Today, scientists announced they’ve achieved superconducting at 59 degrees Fahrenheit/15 Celsius. While this is still a bit chilly, you can hit 59F in a well air-conditioned building. This is a genuine breakthrough, but it doesn’t immediately clear the path towards easy deployment of the technology.

Source: Scientists Have Discovered a Genuine Room-Temperature Superconductor – ExtremeTech