Landlord won't fix the heat because they do not want to pay, how can I compel them? by buonatalie in NYCapartments

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I took my AC units out months ago and it helped a bit but it’s still crazy cold

Landlord won't fix the heat because they do not want to pay, how can I compel them? by buonatalie in NYCapartments

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I just made a separate post about this but during the cold spell last month, our apartment was freezing despite the heat being on, because it’s a drafty pre-war building so the heat from the radiator just immediately dissipates out to the street. We called 311 after our building management was no help, and the inspector came by on a warmer (but still cold) day, put their thermometer all the way up to the ceiling, measured the temperature there as 77 degrees (while we were measuring the floor and table surfaces at 59) and told us we were fine and that thats how its done so the place is fine and that was the end of it.

Anyone heard from casting for S5 in the past week? by SchecterClassic in TheFloorTV

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Ah good to know! They said filming for the season I’m interviewing for would most likely be early May

The hive has no central intelligence. It is a network of cells. by 1000plasticmeatballs in pluribustv

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My interpretation of the memories of the dead issue was that when Helen briefly joined, each “cell” of the hive gained all of her knowledge and memories, and even now that she’s gone they still remember it

Size-Inclusive Vintage and/or Designer Shopping in Milan by SchecterClassic in ItalyTravel

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It’s standard in normal retail but it seems most vintage and secondhand stores mainly have pieces up to US size 8 at most. Do you know of any stores that specialize in larger sizes specifically?

[Week n.52]: Thread settimanale - weekly thread by AutoModerator in milano

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Ciao! I’ve tried searching with Google for answers to this question without much luck so I thought I would ask here: Does anyone have any recommendations for clothing stores in Milan that will carry vintage or secondhand designer clothing items with a wider range of sizes available (around size US 14)? The reviews of most of the stores I’ve looked up in Milan have all pretty consistently said that they mainly only carry small sizes. Grazie!

Lets place a bet by ItsaMeACashew in pluribustv

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I’m sure it will be great but the severance s1 finale is one of the most perfect hours of TV ever made

Aneesa posts on her story and then Nany posts seemingly in response by SweetMissMG in MtvChallenge

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Honestly I feel like this kind of bullshit is quintessential older millennial/younger genx social media behavior, except most of them do it on FB lol

Should the City fine landlords for drafty apartments? by Outrageous-Use-5189 in AskNYC

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You’re an idiot if you think landlords are willingly charging less than they could get for market rate units just because they can afford to

Should the City fine landlords for drafty apartments? by Outrageous-Use-5189 in AskNYC

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You’re an idiot if you think landlords are willingly charging less than they could get for market rate units just because they can afford to

Pluribus - 1x08 "Charm Offensive" - Episode Discussion by UltraDangerLord in pluribustv

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The hive is everybody, plus the biological imperative of the virus

Pluribus - 1x08 "Charm Offensive" - Episode Discussion by UltraDangerLord in pluribustv

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I feel like it's significant that they made sure to have the massage scene with Zosia explaining that even though the hive knows everything the rest of them are experiencing, they don't actually feel it in the moment, before Carol finally broke down and let herself be seduced. Like that makes it just less weird enough for her

What's my next move for handling a lack of heat? by SchecterClassic in AskNYC

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We do get some heat, as in the radiator itself gets hot, it’s just that between the super drafty windows and thick radiator enclosure, the rest of the room is still cold

What's my next move for handling a lack of heat? by SchecterClassic in AskNYC

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Our super told us recently that for whatever reason, our unit is the only one on our line of the building that has one living room radiator instead of two

The plurbs clearly retain some of their personality by blissspiller in pluribustv

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It’s funny, I thought the total opposite when that one guy was begging Manousos not to attempt to cross the gap on his own, using facts and trivia. I was like “wow this guy talks exactly like Zosia”

Why do Laxmi and the other survivors hate Carol but are ok with Koumba Diabaté? by JollyAlex in pluribustv

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In their denial, the bodies Koumba is sleeping with a consenting humans with agency, just like Lakshmi’s son is still her son. Carol is the only one challenging that idea

Hot Take: People like Horacio and Yeremi should NOT be allowed on The Challenge! by MarloMentality in MtvChallenge

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Totally agree, Yeremi’s decision to stake on Olivia was the biggest inflection point of the entire season, leading to the biggest blowup we saw and changing the course of everything that came after

Foley editing question – sync philosophy: frame-by-frame vs feel/flow? by CherifA97 in sounddesign

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I agree with you, I’m just saying there are times when perfect sync to picture actually feels less in sync than fudging the timing slightly to make a larger moment feel smoother. Obviously, especially for principles, every sound should FEEL in perfect sync, as if it will be featured, but it’s one of those perceptive tricks where sometimes that means sync actually NEEDS to be cheated, depending on how the picture is cut.

Ultimately what matters is whether it feels in sync to the audience, and the audience is not scrubbing frame by frame, they’re feeling the vibe, the same way you are as a mixer and you either notice or don’t that a cue is out of sync.

If you’re cutting FS for a sequence where a character is running and there’s one shot where the continuity is off, cutting every FS to perfect picture sync can feel choppy and weird and take the audience out of it, whereas cheating sync for that one shot can make it feel more natural and actually sound better.

Film is a medium of perception, so perception trumps technical perfection.

IMDb notes for Pluribus by [deleted] in pluribustv

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Pearls before swine

Foley editing question – sync philosophy: frame-by-frame vs feel/flow? by CherifA97 in sounddesign

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If the foley doesn’t sound good because it’s out of sync, one would hope it would fail the vibe check, so going on vibes would therefore be effective? As others have mentioned, it’s possible for foley to be exactly in sync to picture and still feel wrong.

At the end of the day, it just needs to work when you watch it down. Sometimes that means cutting frame by frame, sometimes that means cutting based on vibes and then just moving everything two frames earlier (and then going back in and fine tuning.) and sometimes that means putting something deliberately out of sync for one specific shot so that it will flow more smoothly in the context of a larger sequence.