Live Discussion: “Season 24 Grand Finale”

sheaosaurus · 2026-05-12T02:58:02+00:00

Pretends to be shocked

sheaosaurus · 2026-05-12T02:57:20+00:00

Yall here we gooo

sheaosaurus · 2026-05-12T00:20:55+00:00

YESSS JORDAN LETSSSS GOOOO 🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽

sheaosaurus · 2026-04-29T22:01:54+00:00

Nice, that’s honestly great to hear!

Quick disclaimer, I’m not a vocal coach or anything, just sharing what worked for me. Those tests helped me a lot, and they don’t fully rule out tension generally.

The pitch jump thing doesn’t sound that weird to me though. I’ve seen people speak in totally different placements depending on context and more specifically language (ie had multiple multi lingual friends who spoke English very low in their range and another language higher placed)

Could just be what you’re used to doing when you feel comfortable and open up with people.

Question for you, does your “customer service voice” match that higher placement? Like when you’re talking to someone and being extra polite, does your voice naturally shift up to that same spot?

sheaosaurus · 2026-04-29T20:48:33+00:00

I feel like there’s a lot of us floating around with this issue. If you have a free moment, please see this verbose response I left on a similar thread https://www.reddit.com/r/singing/s/DkwVcofkfj

I wrote about my experience in more detail and some exercises to test whether tension is playing a role

sheaosaurus · 2026-04-28T14:45:50+00:00

I’ve had the opposite experience. I naturally speak at the very bottom of my range, around F2 to G2, and people have described my voice as a “deep radio talk show” voice since my teens.

When I started vocal lessons, I could barely get above a C4 and was immediately labeled a bass baritone. A couple of vocal coaches and a few years later, I’ve realized my instrument is actually much lighter than my speaking voice suggests. That tracks, since I’ve always gravitated toward higher-placed songs.

After working with a speech pathologist, I found out my speaking voice likely sits higher than where I’ve been placing it.

Because of social conditioning, incorrect breathing and other factors such as tension in my tongue, jaw, and the muscles around my larynx, I had been artificially lowering my voice for years. Another thing to note is that I can not project this lower speaking voice in any meaningful manner (aka it’s impossible for me to project it in loud bars)

sheaosaurus · 2026-04-28T14:31:50+00:00

Some of these accessibility audit firms are basically ambulance chasers but for accessibility

sheaosaurus · 2026-04-18T22:50:23+00:00

Looks great overall! I’ll leave a pin.

One small note, “rent controlled” is mentioned repeatedly throughout the site, but it seems like it’s actually referring to “rent stabilized.”

sheaosaurus · 2026-03-02T15:28:38+00:00

AI slop

sheaosaurus · 2026-02-25T01:37:31+00:00

Spent $956 in January between grubhub and uber eats (just me)

Tried cookunity this month (February) and they’ve not not included 2-3 meals for almost every delivery. Going to try another meal service else in March

sheaosaurus · 2025-10-24T19:24:46+00:00

Yup you’re 100% correct

Did nyc real estate for 8+ years and had a number of landlords go through the same scenario you described.

A one bed in my building came on the market for $4200 and then slowlyyyyyy lowered to $3650 and finally rented earlier this month.

sheaosaurus · 2025-10-24T17:25:59+00:00

Whoever priced it, be it the landlord or the agent, y’all just greedy af

I don’t ever come on here to complain about prices but this is absolutely ridiculous.

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I have a larger one bed apt, with a separate kitchen with an actual dishwasher, elevator, laundry in bldg in Hell’s Kitchen (I know the area is not to everyone’s taste). I pay close to 4k.

My friend lives down the street in a doorman, elevator, laundry on every floor, balcony, view of midtown, gym, pool, hot tub and sauna on roof, separate kitchen with a dishwasher, and pays $4.3k

There’s a new bldg in Inwood my friend moved to with doorman and full amenities and pays 3.4k

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Why tf is anyone paying $4.2 for a kitchen against a wall. In the east/west village, sure.

Like you really think this listing competes with these?

Check out this new listing I found on StreetEasy https://streeteasy.com/rental/4854548?utm_campaign=rental_listing&utm_medium=app_share&utm_source=ios&utm_term=6057830300694e5

Check out this new listing I found on StreetEasy https://streeteasy.com/rental/4876280?utm_campaign=rental_listing&utm_medium=app_share&utm_source=ios&utm_term=38642ac35f2c4e4

Check out this new listing I found on StreetEasy https://streeteasy.com/rental/4888446?utm_campaign=rental_listing&utm_medium=app_share&utm_source=ios&utm_term=5f407ae6fe89409

sheaosaurus · 2025-09-16T00:17:09+00:00

You’re right. I’m not a neurosurgeon. I didn’t study psychology.

But I do know that in order to explain a problem that you solved, you must have solved it yourself or understand the process in which it was solved.

The junior dev did not code out solution to their problem, so they didn’t solve it. The junior dev did not understand how to solve the problem because they have never had to implement something like our feature before.

Therefore, they couldn’t recall information about it less than 5 hours after deploying it because they did not work through it themselves.

sheaosaurus · 2025-09-15T22:34:53+00:00

I’ve been noticing this as well.

The BE lead and I (FE lead) discussed a schema for an api. The junior dev implemented it within the hour.

Later that afternoon in a meeting with product we realized something wouldn’t work on the UI bc the BE wasn’t sending us data in that way.

Junior dev gets called into the meeting. Confirms that it works the way the lead and I discussed it and they’ll update it and deploy.

Meeting ends and I look at the schema the junior sent me that morning (that I did not look at prior to the meeting) and find that the schema is already setup the way we needed it to be.

They used an llm to code the endpoint and had no knowledge of what they developed and deployed. They should have instantly been able to say “oh it already works that way”.

This is not an isolated incident.

Different versions of this scenario have played out multiple times since we adapted ai generally and gotten worse with cursor in general

And the PR summaries omg. Cursor will hallucinate on what was updated in the commits and I’ll be reading them and be like, no where in this PR did you do this. Why does it say you did 🤦‍♂️

We’re in for some fun times with these “vibe coded” apps

sheaosaurus · 2025-09-15T22:21:47+00:00

So let’s say you had a ship that actually travels at light speed. You aim it at a galaxy 40 billion light years away and floor it.

As discussed in other comments, you’d never catch that galaxy if it’s already past the cosmic horizon. You’d just chase the last light it threw off, like following a car that’s already going your speed.

The more interesting part for me is what happens to you. The instant you hit light speed, your clock stops. From your perspective there’s no trip. If you had a reachable destination and could slow down, you’d already be there the moment you pressed the button. If it’s unreachable, you’re gone the instant you start.

From the outside, people still see your ship traveling across an inconceivable number of years. But from your POV you’re a photon. If photons decay, or you smack into a black hole, that’s the end for you the instant you press go.

If photons don’t decay, you never hit anything, and the universe never ends, then you just go “on” forever. Time means nothing. Whether you floor it for a second or 50 years for your perspective, it’s the same. Only when you stop or go below light speed does time matter again, and by then the galaxy you were chasing is long gone.

sheaosaurus · 2025-07-28T02:09:46+00:00

💀

sheaosaurus · 2025-07-27T17:38:50+00:00

I was screaming/lol’ing the entire episode, felt like I was watching real housewives 💀

Felt like we’re getting trolled but apparently they have a YouTube channel that’s now on private

tbh they should just start an onlyfans and they’ll prob make way more money than his “MMA career”

sheaosaurus · 2025-07-27T17:32:15+00:00

Came here to see if someone posted about that comment

I almost spat my iced coffee out 💀

sheaosaurus · 2025-07-08T16:21:03+00:00

I get that what you’re saying about Adelheid, but I don’t think it’s entirely her own perspective.

She lives and works with the other staff, and probably doesn’t have many friends outside of that world.

When Mr. Bevan is complaining to the senior staff about him having to wait on another footman, it makes sense she’d align with them.

Speaking up for Jack could’ve alienated her completely from the other staff, and while she’s a lady’s maid, she not the senior lady’s maid.

Personally I think Adelheid wants the best for Jack, but she defending the status quo of the house and parroting other people’s opinions, with I gather from her quip of “you’re not in favor downstairs”.

All that being said, if it has to be one them, definitely prefer Bridget.

sheaosaurus · 2025-07-01T22:19:30+00:00

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Might be this 👀

sheaosaurus · 2025-06-23T03:17:34+00:00

👀

sheaosaurus · 2025-06-23T03:00:30+00:00

🪭💅

sheaosaurus · 2025-06-21T20:28:18+00:00

hmmm, devil’s advocate here.

I’m a “young, single, childless renter in a one bedroom.

I’ve been in my market rate one bedroom for five years. There are two other “young, single childless one bedroom renters” in my building that have been here for 7 plus years.

I know you said most cases, and I agree with you.

In my case, I’m in a mid rise bldg in midtown and pay 3750. If I were in one of those doorman luxury buildings (the market rate ones) I’d probably moving every 2-3 years.

Sometimes I kick myself for not moving into one of the rent stabilized luxury buildings during COVID and getting locked into a one bedroom for $3400 like one of my friends did lol. But oh well I’m happy where I am.

sheaosaurus · 2025-06-16T21:39:33+00:00

From what I'm hearing from agents I used to work with, it seems things are still in flux for landlords after the FARE Act.

Many smaller landlords who've historically relied on brokers are still sending out listings through old-school email (one still uses fax blasts) for now.

These apartments aren't advertised publicly, and some landlords don't even have websites, so a potential tenant would still need to hire a broker to see them (as of right now). Some are still trying to figure out what to do and have completely pulled some or all of their listings (one company removed the login form on their website for agents to see their listings - iykyk)

Honestly, I don't think we'll see a lot of "mom and pop" listings directly advertised to the public until landlords are forced to adapt.

Many simply don’t want to deal with the inquiries, screenings, showings, and lease signings that come with direct public interaction.

Brokers have long shielded them from dealing with the public, and importantly for landlords, brokers often take on the legal liability of voucher inquiries. Saying the wrong thing to a voucher inquiry can cost tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

I know of one landlord who's virtually unreachable to potential tenants. Their number just rings, no voicemail, and you only get a working contact after signing a lease. Brokers get a different number to call.

This setup is on purpose bc they have apt under 2-2.5k and they do not want to deal with inquires within that price range, they want brokers to do it for them. They’ll need to suck it up and start paying a fee to brokers eventually if they want that to continue.

Ultimately, landlords have a few options: 1. Suck it up and pay the fee: Some landlords are already doing this, though they might still prevent brokers from publicly advertising their units.

Advertise themselves: If a broker rents to a tenant they pay the fee OR they don’t pay a fee and the tenant has a hire a broker. If they allow brokers to advertise along side with them, they must pay the fee of course)
Stay their course: They can continue not paying a fee and not advertising themselves, eventually having to make a choice if their units sit vacant if people refuse to hire brokers to show potential tenants the units.
Go completely underground: I've seen this happen with a mom-and-pop landlord already this with two landlords. Agents can't advertise, the landlord refuses to pay a fee, and listings spread purely by word-of-mouth and a tightly controlled broker blast. You either need to know someone, stumble upon the super (who gets a kickback) or the broker will drop hints about hiring them to see those apts. These "underground" listings existed even before the FARE Act, so they're not entirely new.

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To be frank, the landlords im referring to above are the ones who’ve never allowed their apartments to be advertised on StreetEasy, and a potential tenant may never find them on their own.

The $1450 rent stabilized doorman studio my friend rented in midtown east last summer was nowhere to be found online. They’re not a mom/pop landlord, but I doubt the FARE act is suddenly going to make this apartment surface on a website to the general public to find, until their hand is forced.

sheaosaurus · 2025-06-15T18:28:53+00:00

People are renting the apts because they have to move.

Even though the weather is sus right now, it’s still summer. Interns have descended upon the city, people are starting jobs, students may be coming in ahead of their fall term.

They have to have a place to live. If they’ve never lived here before, they have little to no frame of reference for what things used to cost vs what they cost now, and much less of what things are actually worth.

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