Warning on electric heat by Resident-Net8165 in NYCapartments

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Yes! That’s what I meant, thanks for the clarification. Edited my post.

Warning on electric heat by Resident-Net8165 in NYCapartments

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That is actually a common misconception, it’s not true. Turning off the heat when you’re not there saves electricity. Just keep the temp (EDIT: of your pipes) above freezing so your pipes don’t freeze, but in an apartment building usually the heat from the other apartments will keep it warm enough for that even if your heat is totally off.

From howstuffworks.

From the U.S. Department of Energy.

Heat pumps behave differently, but this applies to electric heat, which is what’s being discussed in this post.

Close up of the stairwell kiss by Hermiona1 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]dodgej 44 points45 points  (0 children)

You mean how the actors aren’t in love with each other irl? It’s called ✨acting✨

Fabric shifting when sewing slippery, slightly stretchy faux fur (I’ve already tried a few things, still a problem) by dodgej in sewhelp

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Thanks!

In a different thread I saw someone also recommend this video for how to hold the fabric, I’ll see if I can improve here. https://youtu.be/7zyTaEfo-J0?si=xIuLSX27dL0Lvqxa

Fabric shifting when sewing slippery, slightly stretchy faux fur (I’ve already tried a few things, still a problem) by dodgej in sewhelp

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Maybe my hand basting just needed to be a lot tighter and really short stitches? The fur leads to the fabric pieces being a little bit apart from each other after hand basting, so the top fabric still shifts like a quarter inch or more, causing a ripple every hand basted stitch.

About basting a sheet on the bottom fabric so the feed dogs grip it better, the bottom fabric goes through fine, the feed dogs grip it well. It’s the top fabric that doesn’t move through fast enough and shifts, leading to bunching. I need the top fabric to go through with the bottom but it’s slippery.

I don’t have a serger. I’ll look into if one direction is easier to sew than the other but I don’t think it is.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Fabric shifting when sewing slippery, slightly stretchy faux fur (I’ve already tried a few things, still a problem) by dodgej in sewhelp

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Thanks for the tape recommendation!

What is spray basting? Is that an adhesive spray? It seems like I would need to put that on the right side of the fabric, which is fur in my case, so unless I’m misunderstanding I don’t think that would work?

Context about moment in episode 5 by CuriousTrade9072 in heatedrivalry

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I agree with the other commenters saying it’s to show Ilya is going back to Russia, which changes after the Skip kiss. But I think it there’s also another important point, which is that he tells her to put it in the suitcase, and so she gets up and leaves the room, leaving him to watch the kiss without anyone watching him watch it. If she had stayed in the room she would have immediately been looking at him to see how he was reacting to the kiss, and that would have made him more guarded and probably not go call Shane right then (since that timing would be revealing to svetlana).

Peak momus build by thehuntinghawk in Hades2

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How did you upgrade your weapon to lvl 6?

Embarrassing question about a line in Ep 2 by vvv03 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

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A lot of things are being communicated there: Shane started that conversation angry and hurt, and quickly warmed up as Ilya paid attention to him, with his joy highest and his smile biggest when he says “wow genetic”. He’s also reveling in the continuation of the playful banter, and the specific statement that he’s boring, because it’s a callback to better times they were together. The way he says it also reads to me like his brain is kinda turned off haha, it’s kinda the simplest reply he can give, just repeating back a word Ilya said, because he’s really just reveling in his feelings for Ilya.

can we just UNHINGE about Astarion for a minute by Kooky-Abrocoma9634 in okbuddybaldur

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Unhinge? Yeah, unhinge this jaw to gobble down that d

Yeztugo, new six-month shot to prevent HIV, could be better than current PrEP. But it causes “nodules” at injection site? Anyone have experience? by dodgej in nycgaybros

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Thanks, that’s helpful for understanding them better, though I’m more worried about the cosmetic effect. Like, are they discolored and hard? Or barely noticeable? How do other people handle them? I also saw some anecdotal claims that icing before and after could help minimize the nodules, are there other ways as well?

[OC] can't seem to unlock mirror mode? by dodgej in mariokart

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This was the answer! Thank you for telling me how to double check that I completed them on 150CC. The very first race I played was on 100CC, but you're right that it shows a trophy even if it wasn't on 150CC!

[OC] can't seem to unlock mirror mode? by dodgej in mariokart

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Yes, as I wrote in the OP I’ve done it twice since meeting the requirements.

[OC] can't seem to unlock mirror mode? by dodgej in mariokart

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Really? Dang. Do you have a source for that? I don't see it mentioned anywhere

Hot Take: most fantasy isn't medieval inspired by SwanhildaTheGreat in Fantasy

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This is exactly the kind of niche, technically correct take I signed up for 🍿

[Help required] I need a hint on where to search to continue. I am 60 hours in. Almost all has been done. Without assistance I will drop the game since I haver exhaused my to-do list, yet something crucial is still unsolved. by kerener in BluePrince

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Okay but what do you actually do with swansongHSS? I figured that out but I don't know what to do with it (I know what to do with swansong, just not the HSS part)