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I lost a whole package of stuff, despite 5 others showing up the same day. Most of the refunds were granted, one was not (it’s still in customs, they say). Re-ordered a bit, spending too much, as usual.
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Jel Shaker posted:N100 arrived today and so far so good, it switches on and is updating windows without issue It's probably a good idea to wipe and reinstall windows on AliExpress PCs before using them. A while back a brand called ace magician was preinstalling malware on specific models of their mini PCs.
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# ? Apr 22, 2024 22:30 |
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one day I’ll get the thermometer I ordered in 2014 and you’ll all be sorry
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 01:18 |
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This $4 piece of plastic is great and lets you attach your joy cons to your Switch in portraite mode. It's a knockoff of the Flip Grip, which is normally $15. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mN9snx8 It's nice for pinball games and vertical shooters.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 03:26 |
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wa27 posted:This $4 piece of plastic is great and lets you attach your joy cons to your Switch in portraite mode. It's a knockoff of the Flip Grip, which is normally $15. The new nintendo wang.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 03:50 |
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Rexxed posted:The new nintendo wang. nintendong
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 04:17 |
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Sega does whatdc3k posted:nintendong
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 05:29 |
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Honestly the discount is not big enough for me to get that instead of the original article. https://www.fangamer.com/products/flip-grip
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 12:39 |
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wa27 posted:This $4 piece of plastic is great and lets you attach your joy cons to your Switch in portraite mode. It's a knockoff of the Flip Grip, which is normally $15.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 13:07 |
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You should buy the original because Jeremy Parish is a cool guy.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 13:42 |
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As a proud owner of an original flipgrip, I think it's worth noting that it doesn't fit the OLED switches and they warn you against trying. I'm going to pick up one of those ali ones since I did upgrade to an OLED.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 15:03 |
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Manky posted:As a proud owner of an original flipgrip, I think it's worth noting that it doesn't fit the OLED switches and they warn you against trying. I'm going to pick up one of those ali ones since I did upgrade to an OLED. I should say I'm using an OG switch with the Ali one and it fits snugly and locks in. I'm guessing it's an exact clone of the official one, but the Ali seller just doesn't have any problem advertising it as compatible with both. From googling it sounds like a lot of people use the official one as well with the OLED. Or maybe the clone has been tweaked to fix whatever the issue with OLEDs is. For $4.50 it's probably worth trying.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 15:27 |
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Remember when we discovered Ali was selling counterfeit U.S. postage? I wonder if they're getting high on their own supply: The package made it here okay, but weirdly it was registered twice in Informed Delivery--one of the tracking numbers had my ZIP plus another three digits appended to it. Got my hopes up that I could be getting !two! Ali packages today, though.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 18:54 |
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An extra three digits is weird, I'd expect four for the ZIP+4 number.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 19:34 |
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Whose idea was it to trade mark "Advatage" with the missing N?
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 20:45 |
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kare posted:Whose idea was it to trade mark "Advatage" with the missing N? Someone keen on not losing their advatage by dropping a letter, duh. It’s way faster now.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 21:10 |
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Echophonic posted:An extra three digits is weird, I'd expect four for the ZIP+4 number. I bet it has a leading zero.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 21:37 |
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Received my mini PC today. It's pretty cool. I don't have time to mess with it this week but my first impressions are: - It did come with an EU power supply as advertised, but it's 110-240v so it should work fine with any cheap EU-US plug adapter. - It has zero USB-C ports, which is utterly bizarre to me. Who wants 3 HDMI, 2 ethernet and zero USB-C? Not totally unacceptable, but I think worth pointing out. - It really is tiny. I was imagining the size of those old Intel NUCs but it's I think only about 60% of that volume.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 23:26 |
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Guy Axlerod posted:I bet it has a leading zero. e: And I misspoke: they were prepended to the tracking number. Hirayuki fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Apr 24, 2024 |
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Troubadour posted:Received my mini PC today. It's pretty cool. I don't have time to mess with it this week but my first impressions are: it’s amazing so far, i’ve plugged in some external storage and installed teamviewer, plex / jellyfin and tailscale to connect to Lunasea app on my phone and that’s it, a complete media server accessible from anywhere online
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 08:23 |
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All this Switch talk has reminded me: Can anyone recommend a nice, classy gadget pouch / case to hold a Switch joy-con grip, and associated cables, dongles for our Switch? There's just a bunch of clutter on a book shelf at the moment And a similar question for some travel storage for a load of USB cables, chargers and probably 4 reasonably bulky travel adapters? My solution for that at the moment is a lovely molle pouch with cables inside a bigger pouch where the adapters sit. It's not very "grown up" looking There's a load of stuff in Amazon, but it'll be drop shipped and marked up anyways, and I've gotten a good steer in here many a time
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 11:37 |
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Amphigory posted:All this Switch talk has reminded me: Samsonite briefcase??
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 15:26 |
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Amphigory posted:I've gotten a good steer in here many a time Well this is certainly a new euphemism 🤔
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 16:06 |
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Amphigory posted:All this Switch talk has reminded me: I am a huge case guy. I have cases for most of my devices and handhelds. If you're looking for quality, I'd look up "Waterfield Designs" for adult-themed (but expensive) Switch cases. I bought a "CitySlicker" for my 3DS years ago and it is the best case I have. I want to say that I've mentioned it in another thread, but was dismissed because of the price. It's a good case...but it really is even more expensive now. Although, since we're in the Ali thread you could probably go for something like a "GPS" case or some kind of camera case. Not much that's classy.
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 16:41 |
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Literally A Person posted:Samsonite briefcase?? that’s what I kept my Super Nintendo in when I wanted to bring it to a friends house as a kid
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 18:05 |
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minivanmegafun posted:that’s what I kept my Super Nintendo in when I wanted to bring it to a friends house as a kid youth and wisdom, a powerful combination
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 18:40 |
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Amphigory posted:All this Switch talk has reminded me: Try Etsy; my partner got me a sweet BoTW korok one from a seller in Uruguay a year or two ago (which they got copyright struck for, but there were plenty of other good options).
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El Diablo Bob O posted:I am a huge case guy. I have cases for most of my devices and handhelds. Ethics_Gradient posted:Try Etsy; my partner got me a sweet BoTW korok one from a seller in Uruguay a year or two ago (which they got copyright struck for, but there were plenty of other good options). Thank you both, that will definitely give me some pointers
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 11:20 |
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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:Well this is certainly a new euphemism 🤔 Just wait until you here the opposite term (A bum steer)
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 11:21 |
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Hirayuki posted:The additional three digits weren't anything like my +4, and were right before my ZIP in the tracking number, not after it. Like I said, . Almost every mailbox has a unique number: it's your ZIP+4 with a three digit number. You can figure it out if you decode the little orange trinary barcode on your mail. Maybe it's that?
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 16:30 |
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I am finally setting up my firebat n100 box this weekend. Does anybody know if I need to change those bios settings and what I need to change it too? I remember hearing that most n100 boxes come underclocked, but I can't find good documentation. Only random dumb youtube videos.
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 18:44 |
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went looking for an adult-themed switch case on ali and all i got was anime titties
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 18:46 |
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VictualSquid posted:I am finally setting up my firebat n100 box this weekend. Does anybody know if I need to change those bios settings and what I need to change it too? I remember hearing that most n100 boxes come underclocked, but I can't find good documentation. Only random dumb youtube videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQB1ElwoXA he calls it a T Bao but it’s the same thing, bios setting and change the ram to 4200 which he does in the video
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 18:46 |
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TrashMammal posted:went looking for an adult-themed switch case on ali and all i got was anime titties That’s what adults want, duh. Try “absolutely totally normal person” as a qualifier instead.
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 19:53 |
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This is the cheap Switch case I use to carry to retro handheld.
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 20:20 |
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Got my Pocket 386 today, it's pretty nice for what it is, decent keyboard, lots of ports, nice enough screen and they preinstalled a few games and for some reason Windows 95 with a few MIDI files to play. It is comical they call it "pocket" though given it's still pretty large (just small for a laptop), but I was expecting that since one of the photos on the aliexpress showed it in jeans with enormously wide pockets and it still stuck out.
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just think of all the money you’d save on catering
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# ? Apr 29, 2024 00:05 |
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Another "hmm..." thing I got recently was this "Launcher" that is sold as a 22LR pen gun. Thankfully, it seems like it does not actually take .22LR cartridges!
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Didn’t these show up in convenience stores holding little roses or something as well? A time-honored…container solution.
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