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ekuNNN posted:This isn't really true, in my experience. Maybe not like specifically power units or anything but apart from that I've got a lot of stuff electrical from ali that's all worked fine. To each his own, I guess. I have fire insurance, of course, but to me the peace of mind is worth the premium of getting the equivalent genuinely-CE-certified widget from a local/regional vendor who are likely to recall dangerous products that might slip through their QA. A very small percentage of the stuff I look for on Aliexpress is AC powered these days anyway. Almost everything charges by USB...
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VictualSquid posted:200W Wireless Charger For iPhone 14 13 12 11 Pro XS Max 8 X XR Induction Fast Wireless Charging Pad For Samsung Xiaomi Huawei At what power level does it stop being a wireless charger and start being an induction cooktop?
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Just buy from the high volume sellers. It's the same white label stuff from Amazon. They are cheaper because of the inconvenience return procedure. Not always cheaper though. I find in maybe 20% of the weird stuff I cross search on amazon/ali/temu, Amazon has better price and options. Granted I haven't brought any food from ali, but if you want to insert an ali sex toy into yourself, it's fine.
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The high volume plug in usb crap is the same you’d pay 5x for on Amazon from belkin or whatever. This $2 MagSafe car mount I just got is exactly what I wanted. I don’t even know that I’ll plug it in the car but just in case, magnet strong af all I was looking for to support my 14 that keeps falling off the old name brand on road trips
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I bought a knockoff Belkin 3 in one wireless charger thats 150 bucks on Amazon for about 30 bucks. Works great worth every penny.
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stephenthinkpad posted:I can see a street sausage vendor wothout the proper license can use that suicide vest. Opening my overcoat a little to expose my sausage vest “Hey fella, I got kielbasa, I got kransky, what do you need?” “Tactical walking sticks” exist too, they seem incredibly dumb and too embarrassing to use. Other use pictured 
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There are some youtube channels I like to watch that rip apart chargers to look at the construction and evaluate the safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvuQy_J4sNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNN1j77x9M DiodeGoneWild is probably the better channel, going so far as tear down the transformer windings. The main reason a $1 phone charger will kill you is bad insulation between the primary and secondary winding of the transformer, some of them end up sending live mains voltage straight through to the usb port. That said, even inside the fake cheapo chargers the circuit isn't always horrible. They are usually only let down by a bad quality transformer. I have bought a couple of ugreen and baseus chargers from aliexpress and trust them not to burn my house down, as long as you spend $30 instead of $3 they should be ok. The challenge is avoiding the resellers selling the cheap fake crap at a huge markup to make them seem more legit... I think Amazon has that problem too.
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goatface posted:Won't that deburring tool bite right into 3d printed stuff? It works great removing brims and stuff like that
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:It works great removing brims and stuff like that And hiding crimes like elephants feet
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If you buy from actual manufacturers (like Mi, UGreen or Beseus) via their own Aliexpress stores then it will be just as safe as buying from actual retailers, even retailers in countries with actual consumer protection laws. Just beware of no-name mains stuff sold by Shop2299883776 as they will be a roll of the dice from fine to time bomb.
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I’ve decided to look for a nice kazoo to see if the bird likes the sound of it, since I can’t hit high notes when whistling but can when humming. He doesn’t get very excited about YouTube videos. Anyway, I followed a link on one of the Kazoos to some sale page and hit this:  Who doesn’t need a spare fish bludgeon around the house. loving fish-always coming to your door and talking about their god.
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It's for when you go fishing and you need to kill the fish.
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Tarkus posted:It's for when you go fishing and you need to kill the fish. Aren’t there less messy methods?
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Bored posted:Aren’t there less messy methods? It's not messy, you hit them good and hard in the brain and it usually kills them. The other alternatives, like stabbing or cutting, would probably be messier.
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Bored posted:Aren’t there less messy methods? The concept of a "clean death" is an illusion
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Bored posted:Aren’t there less messy methods? You leave the fish to flop around helplessly in the bottom of the boat. It's trying desperately to breathe yet it's drowning slowly in the clean air. The fish is making little jumps, trying to get over the side of the boat but it can't, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
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Some fish also have pointy spikes - trying to get the knife in cleanly to dispatch a wildly flailing fish can risk getting you poked. A quick bop to the brainbox either kills or stuns them, then “knife goes in, guts come out.” I’ve never seen a special bat for it though and probably wouldn’t buy one.
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As a child I went along on a fishing trip in Alaska and saw that getting a 100+ lbs halibut into the boat involved what I now know is a fish hammer. Also a pistol. I wouldn't have described it as a clean death.
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Facebook Aunt posted:If you're an adult lead exposure isn't much of a problem. It's a big problem for babies and little kids, but old farts don't have much to worry about. Lead exposure is super bad for your heart even if you are older. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29544878/
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i do not think this is a smart purchase but maybe it's a very smart purchase
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I haven't used a stamp in decades, is that a good deal compared to non counterfeit stamps?
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:I haven't used a stamp in decades, is that a good deal compared to non counterfeit stamps? That should be 63 dollars
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They have UK and canadian stamps too. beautiful.
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Made me think of some Youtuber who "bought these stamps off ebay and they turned out to be fake!" (they were UK stamps tho). Like why would anyone sell discount stamps? e: Could be just the photo but the printing on those looks like absolute rear end.
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Counterfeit government issued stamps usually fall under the same laws as counterfeit money, so don't risk touching that with a 10 foot pole
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Mods please change my username to "stamp felon"
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:I haven't used a stamp in decades, is that a good deal compared to non counterfeit stamps?
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Pure loving counterfeits. I see ads for this bullshit all the time on Facebook. It's one of the few things Facebook will pull down that I've reported. The USPS has recently taken the position of just abandoning mail that have counterfeit stamps detected. The Scott U.S. Specialized stamp catalog keeps track of the counterfeit stamps as well. https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/counterfeit-stamps The USPS doesn't sell discount Forever stamps to anyone. BTW...1st class stamps going up to 66 cents in July.
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Tunicate posted:Lead exposure is super bad for your heart even if you are older. It says right there the warning is about low level exposure. You gotta max that poo poo out. Source? I once swallowed a whole package of lead fishing weights and I turned out fine.
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Liquid Chicken posted:The USPS has recently taken the position of just abandoning mail that have counterfeit stamps detected. Shirley, that's illegal? e: Also, "approved retailers may provide small discounts"? What the gently caress? OK so the USPS can do that if they want to but it's definitely not right.
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Sentient Data posted:Counterfeit government issued stamps usually fall under the same laws as counterfeit money, so don't risk touching that with a 10 foot pole It seems like a great way to get your rear end beat by the postal cops
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mobby_6kl posted:It seems like a great way to get your rear end beat by the postal cops Too bad we just switched titles
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mobby_6kl posted:It seems like a great way to get your rear end beat by the postal cops Are USPIS Inspectors allowed to carry guns?
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quote:"Well, it's my job. And I'm pretty drat serious about it. In addition to being a postmaster, I'm a general. And we both know, it's the job of a general to, by God, get things done. So maybe you can understand why I get a little irritated when someone calls me away from my golf."
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Splode posted:In 1999 they spun off their lab equipment as a company called Agilent, which is still around, but hilariously spun off the electronics test equipment division again as a company called Keysight in 2014. Agilent still exists but I'm having a hard time working out precisely what they do now without the electronics test equipment division - something to do with medical testing, can't quite tell if it's equipment or services. Oh huh. I don't think I realized Agilent were an HP spinoff. They made microarrays for a while in the aughts, and now do DNA QC instruments that are fairly critical for genome sequencing. I hear their name come up a lot at meetings with the wet lab folks at work.
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Question about the USPS stamps, do they have any anti counterfeit built in like paper money? If not I don't see how they catch the high quality fakes?
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:Are USPIS Inspectors allowed to carry guns? I thought everyone in America carried guns, so why wouldn't they? 
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mobby_6kl posted:I thought everyone in America carried guns, so why wouldn't they? Look out he's got a franking machine! *BLAM BLAM BLAM*
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