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runchild posted:Yes I know 2 days is very short and that tracking numbers aren't reliable. It's the listing and seller completely disappearing that concerns me. AliExpress holds your funds in escrow until you confirm delivery
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okay so i figured out there's a hook side on the opposite side underneath a flap so you can put away the hood of the jacket. i did find one that i may go back to later.. but had no idea it was called hook and patch.
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Strong Sauce posted:okay so i figured out there's a hook side on the opposite side underneath a flap so you can put away the hood of the jacket. You can also just buy hook-and-loop tape (Velcro branded or generic) in various colors at any Walmart or sewing supply store. So you could either stick a plain piece on that spot, or get creative with iron-on decals to make a custom patch of your own.
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Bought some socks a couple of years ago off Amazon and they've only recently started to wear thin, but the shop is long gone. Found the same ones on Aliexpress for half the price. They arrived in a week or so and they feel like good quality. Colours are bright, and the whole lot washed fine without all the colours merging together. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001605009987.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32817775124.html
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Just realized my NUC, that I'm using as an HTPC, is 10 years old this year. Might be time for a replacement. I'm looking for something low-power, for streaming media from Jellyfin and running emulators + Steam Link. The i3 NUC was surprisingly able to go as modern as emulating GameCube stuff, albeit with some slowdowns even when running simple games like Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door. What I've gathered from this thread is that N100 is a good low-power-envelope CPU right now, is that still correct? Does anyone know of any options better/cheaper than this one? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005999590603.html And, given that the cheapest RAM+SSD add-on (8 GB + 128GB) is the same price as getting just the 8GB SoDIMM locally, would I still be stupid if I bought that? You know, going by the rule "don't buy storage media on AliExpress".
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Just realized my NUC, that I'm using as an HTPC, is 10 years old this year. Might be time for a replacement. The Beelink Mini S12 pro with an N100 is $185 and includes 16 GB ram and 500 GB SSD, ram is upgradable according to the pictures https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805953370044.html from what I understand GMKtec is the original hardware manufacturer for a lot of those style mini pcs here is a GMKtec n100 system for $111 with no ram or ssd https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805975269990.html or here for $121 from allegedly GMKtec themselves - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806433384918.html edit - the one you posted is fanless, i dont think the ones i linked are, if that matters Samuel L. ACKSYN fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Apr 11, 2024 |
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Apr 11, 2024 13:17
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I was planning to save for a console, but wow if that doesn't look like a much better alternative. I'd actually trust a small industrial kind of setup like this a lot more than a storage device, the fact that it self-selects for a much more knowledgeable customer and has a relatively very low sales volume means the setup cost to get counterfeit stuff up and running doesn't have nearly as good of a payoff as selling 5 digits of orders for fake drives
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Just realized my NUC, that I'm using as an HTPC, is 10 years old this year. Might be time for a replacement. There are a few fanless options but they tend to be quite a bit more expensive. The fans on these are stopped or extremely quiet at idle power so it's not a big deal. The N95 is basically the same more or less, if you want to play some games, the N97 is significantly better (but still not for latest AAA obviously) but there aren't many of those. I've had one SSD fail in my Chinese tablet a few years ago but everything else has been ok. For an HTPC without critical documents on it I think it's worth to just get the bundle and yolo it.
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Apr 11, 2024 13:57
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I have one of the Trycoo brand (N100, 16GB, and a 512GB SSD) as my living room machine, and it is awesome. It's not fanless, but the fan is very quiet.
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Apr 11, 2024 15:03
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I thought I would have a stab at ordering something from Ali, really just out of curiosity. I ordered a pack of tarot cards and some iron-on patches for my daughter last week. What I just received was a pack of regular playing cards, some felt Christmas decorations, a 1798 "US Trade Dollar" and a pair of "Prada Sunglasses". Is this a typical experience? I feel like this is some kind of test. It sure felt like what I'd ordered until I opened it.
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Beezle posted:I thought I would have a stab at ordering something from Ali, really just out of curiosity. I ordered a pack of tarot cards and some iron-on patches for my daughter last week. No, are you sure that wasn't from your Secret Santa or something?
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:The Beelink Mini S12 pro with an N100 is $185 and includes 16 GB ram and 500 GB SSD, ram is upgradable according to the pictures Thanks for these! The last one's a 404 but the others seem equivalent/cheaper. I don't think fanless is necessarily a great idea. It should live longer with a fan. mobby_6kl posted:I bought the cheapest one I could find and it still seems to be this one, probably around $120 w/o tax for 8/256GB, which is fine for an HTPC imo: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005234838380.html Unfortunately that seller won't ship that item to where I'm at (Sweden) for some reason. They do offer to ship the 16GB version though?! 
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Hello aliexpress thread. Are there any decent recommendations for waterguns and/or foam dart type guns? There's talks of an upcoming office event and I thought I would stock up on the latest geneva convention defying foam ordinance. I'm pretty handy if there's anything that needs some tinkering to give it more power.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Unfortunately that seller won't ship that item to where I'm at (Sweden) for some reason. They do offer to ship the 16GB version though?! I just got home and looked up the actual one I bought, it was this one, it's a bit more expensive now: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005234874016.html And... it's actually the same, they won't ship the 8gb version but 16gb has free shipping 
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general chaos posted:Hello aliexpress thread. Are there any decent recommendations for waterguns and/or foam dart type guns? There's talks of an upcoming office event and I thought I would stock up on the latest geneva convention defying foam ordinance. I'm pretty handy if there's anything that needs some tinkering to give it more power. I find toys like that are usually better purchased locally. All of the bubble guns I looked at were more than $30 and usually pretty bad. Found something great in my local dollar store for a lot less
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Thanks for these! The last one's a 404 but the others seem equivalent/cheaper. I don't think fanless is necessarily a great idea. It should live longer with a fan. That usually means it's out of stock
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Just realized my NUC, that I'm using as an HTPC, is 10 years old this year. Might be time for a replacement. Since you kept the last one so long I’d personally go for the N200 which is newer and not much more expensive. 
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The N200 isn't newer. It's the same chip with a bit higher turbo clock and a couple more GPU cores. If you don't care about GPU performance, like for a server for example, I'd just get the N100 and save a couple of bucks. If you wanna use it as an actual PC and maybe do some light gaming the N200 might be worth it.
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Shai-Hulud posted:The N200 isn't newer. It's the same chip with a bit higher turbo clock and a couple more GPU cores. If you don't care about GPU performance, like for a server for example, I'd just get the N100 and save a couple of bucks. If you wanna use it as an actual PC and maybe do some light gaming the N200 might be worth it. Oh the ali listings have the n200 as 13th gen and the 100 as 12th gen.
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MarcusSA posted:Oh the ali listings have the n200 as 13th gen and the 100 as 12th gen.  It's a bit faster but not buy a lot, IMO the N97 makes more sense as it boosts the graphics significantly. The N300/305 is 8 core instead but is usually to expensive to be worthwhile as you get into i3 territory.
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https://i.imgur.com/68PKi64.mp4 https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805051858703.html https://video.aliexpress-media.com/play/u/ae_sg_item/2215277214812/p/1/e/6/t/10301/1100152033707.mp4 Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Apr 11, 2024 |
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Do any of those nucs have a sata interface? I’ve got an ancient Turion powered HP ProLiat MicroServer and it would be great if I could just a nuc in the 5.25” optical bay and hook its SATA backplane up to it.
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Unperson_47 posted:https://i.imgur.com/68PKi64.mp4 holy crap the crawler excavator is only 24 usd?
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I'm lost about something camera/monitor/automotiveish. What would be the most reliable sources for rear and side view cameras and a monitor to connect them too?
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MarcusSA posted:Since you kept the last one so long I’d personally go for the N200 which is newer and not much more expensive. I think I see what you mean -- if I wasn't gaming on it at all, I'd go with the N95, and if I wanted slightly better gaming performance, say playing modern games on it, I should go with something with more GPU shading/compute units and/or higher clocked, like N97 or N200. Thing is, the N100 really seems to hit a sweet spot of cost/performance for me. N200 is almost $100 more (that's a 50% premium), and I can't really find any N97 options in stock. Also, I really like the 6W power envelope of the N100. Edit: I popped off an order for the Firebat T8 with 16GB. Finger crossed for the great Ali lottery. Maybe I'll get Prada sunglasses instead? Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Apr 12, 2024 |
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Yeah basically, the N97/N200 are still no graphical powerhouse but would let you play more emulated/older games. It'd be easily worth $20 or something but as you say, anything other than N100 is pretty difficult to find at reasonable prices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EvsGAM1n4s&t=286s Power-wise they're probably very similar. The N100 will go way over 6W under full load too, like 12-13W, but playing movies is basically idle power.
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It appears one entire package full of stuff I ordered did not appear with the rest. I hope it turns up, getting a ton of refunds won’t be fun.
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On Friday I received my hotplate I ordered during the last sale, it's got to be a record at 10 days from order: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006053783156.html It might be actually even faster becaue I got a notification on Thursday I think. Crazy.   Seems like there's a relatively small heating element in the middle, but it does spread out evenly pretty quickly. It might be about 5-10 degrees C off at the top end, but I haven't really calibrated the camera for emissivity so who knows. Not difficult to compensate for it anway.
IMO worth it over the smaller one like (like https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006380068665.html) and it's a good price which goes up quickly for larger ones.
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mobby_6kl posted:On Friday I received my hotplate I ordered during the last sale, it's got to be a record at 10 days from order: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006053783156.html Ha, I literally got one on Friday! I've done some test PCBs and once you know the real temps (its about 10-20 off from my readings with a temp probe) it works well enough for me to recommend it to a mate.
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mobby_6kl posted:IMO worth it over the smaller one like (like https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006380068665.html) and it's a good price which goes up quickly for larger ones. I ordered this exact thing a few days ago! Hopefully it won't be too terrible, but for $20 I'm not too optimistic.
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Anyone hosed with car stereos? I got an ATOTO deck for my old CRV but my dad's '11 Silverado just has an aux port and no Bluetooth. Pointless to bother with Android auto or anything for him but a unit with Bluetooth and built in storage or a port for a card or flash drive would be great to provide him with some music. A remote for volume/song skip that could attach to the wheel would be great as well as it doesn't have those either.
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You can also like get a jvc with Bluetooth for like $70 and have it in 2 days and not dick around with mystery meat radio. But the for 10-15 bucks they'll probably work okay.
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Beezle posted:I thought I would have a stab at ordering something from Ali, really just out of curiosity. I ordered a pack of tarot cards and some iron-on patches for my daughter last week. No, I've never had anything that bad. Do double check the listing though. Sometimes a listing will have a bunch of options and the cheapest ones are dumb trap options just there to trip up the search results if people sort by by lowest to highest price. So it's possible a listing could have both legit decks of tarot cards and one pack of the cheapest possible playing cards. Things I've had go wrong were more like: Once I ordered cloth headphone covers because the fake leather on my headphones was cracking. I got one. One ear cover. I expected a pair! But when I checked the listing sure enough they were sold as singles in that listing, lol. I've bought a lot of $3 necklaces, and sometimes the chain/cord is unexpectedly child-sized, despite not being sold as children's jewellery. So I have a weird bracelet until I replace the cord. Just because I'm buying a necklace with a dragon on it doesn't mean I'm a child.  Fabric items that claim to be "wool" but are clearly synthetic when you receive them. This might be a translation problem rather than deliberate fraud? Synthetic wool and animal hair wool not having separate words, maybe? Often if you look in the "specifications" tab it will say the material. If you search for wool gloves this is one of the options: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006146308408.html Looks like wool. But the specifications tab says acrylic.  In the same vein sometimes they have impossible items.  This probably not simultaneously sheep, mink, and cashmere (goat) hair. It's just lovely SEO. (the specifications tab says cashmere)
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e: In general don't buy animal products if it would bother you if the item was actually made from a different species than advertised. Like cat or dog.
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 There's another sale going on Not sure if it's as big as the anniversary one but there are some pretty significant discounts. There's the N100 mini PC for $100  (that's with tax, I paid like $130 for the 8/256gb  )https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005234838380.html The portable monitor I had in my cart is also like $15 off. Dia de Pikachutos posted:I ordered this exact thing a few days ago! Hopefully it won't be too terrible, but for $20 I'm not too optimistic. The one I got maxes out at 260 indicated and doesn't really reflow the regular leaded solder (63/37). Not sure if it's even supposed to reflow this (as opposed to the lower temp paste you'd normally use), though the various reflow profiles seem to suggest that 210-230c should work with Sn63Pb37.
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One more way to get burned on AliExpress: Buy what you want, then two days later there's a sale. Congratulations on the feeling of being ripped off!
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I have an 8th gen Dell as my htpc, but video playback can be a bit laggy sometimes. Outputting to a 4k TV, these n100 boxes can't really be better can they?
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:... Hippie Hedgehog posted:One more way to get burned on AliExpress: Buy what you want, then two days later there's a sale. Congratulations on the feeling of being ripped off!  Did yours get shipped already? You might be able to cancel the order if not. codo27 posted:I have an 8th gen Dell as my htpc, but video playback can be a bit laggy sometimes. Outputting to a 4k TV, these n100 boxes can't really be better can they? 
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mobby_6kl posted:
Really solid deal for the 16gb / 512 model for $100. I just ordered one.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:One more way to get burned on AliExpress: Buy what you want, then two days later there's a sale. Congratulations on the feeling of being ripped off!
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