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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! I feel like there’s something on there about making up the difference in cases like this? Not sure if you have to formally file for it or anything.
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I bought a knockoff competition recurve bow from Aliexpress. They sent it in two packages; the limbs went in one and the handle(riser) went in another. Where it gets weird is that even though I'm in California, the riser ended up going all the way to customs in Chicago and it's just now getting on its way back to me. But the limbs got to me in like a week? Maybe the riser qualified as some kind of imported weapon idk
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codo27 posted: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. just get a bluetooth fm transmitter for the cigarette lighter, also means you don’t have to suffer any weird software car play
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codo27 posted: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. https://a.aliexpress.com/_EuVLglp I installed one of these and it's been great
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Jel Shaker posted:just get a bluetooth fm transmitter for the cigarette lighter, also means you don’t have to suffer any weird software car play Instead you can suffer with two times the connectivity and sound quality on par with am talk radio A bluetooth to aux adapter is the way to go on the cheap
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If the car doesn't already have aux you can probably find an aftermarket adapter that plugs into the back of the stock radio to add a port
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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? I dropped my 8th gen dell optiplex down to 30 refresh rate instead of 60 and it's been great on my 4k TV. If you do other stuff with it like try to game at 60fps this may bother you but since TV/movies are below 30fps it doesn't matter for that. Also doesn't apply if for some reason you have a 120hz TV & watch content actually at that refresh rate I guess. El Fideo posted:The drama department I teach in is opening Xanadu at the end of the month, and I want to dress up for the performances. I have a black and gold velvet track suit that should do nicely, but obviously I need a tank top to go with that. Any suggestions??? Gaudy/tacky is good, but it's a high school play, so not too far outside the bounds of decency. Are you guys... doing the roller skating for a HS production? Weird choice of a show bus hustler fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Apr 15, 2024 |
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Sentient Data posted:If the car doesn't already have aux you can probably find an aftermarket adapter that plugs into the back of the stock radio to add a port I have an adapter that connects to the "multi disc CD changer" port so the track skip controls on my steering wheel work. I don't think the CD changer was still an option when my car was new, but the port was still there.
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mobby_6kl posted:
I don't even know exactly what I'll use this for, and I'll need a US adapter, but this is a killer enough deal to give it a shot. Thanks.
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There's another sale going on
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Troubadour posted:I don't even know exactly what I'll use this for, and I'll need a US adapter, but this is a killer enough deal to give it a shot. Thanks. Lmao I hit buy so fast I didn’t even realize the adapter part haha
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Is there anyway to calculate how much power I will be saving with this N100 box instead of my Dell refub OptiPlex box running 24x7 on an annual basis?
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It is absolutely possible to estimate, but you might need more hardware to get an accurate number. I just checked my power bill and it cost 8.something cents / KWh last month at the winter rate. I could look up older bills to find the rate year-round, but  The power draw for these small systems is something like 10-15W at idle (https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeServer/comments/173sygj/guess_the_power_consumption_of_intel_n100_machine/) and let's say 20w at an upper bound under load. Let's assume it is pulling 20w every hour of the day every day of the year. $.08*(20/1000w) * 24h * 365d = $14.02 for a year. I think this is a safe upper bound for just the machine. If you compare this to a machine that takes, say, 50w for the same time frame, you'd be saving about $20 per year. It really depends on the power draw of the other system. If you want an accurate measurement, you can pick up a power draw meter like in the linked reddit thread. I don't own one but Kill A Watt is mentioned regularly in reviews that measure power use. Keep in mind though that your optiplex is also probably powering hard drives with platters and that will change your calculations.
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stephenthinkpad posted:Is there anyway to calculate how much power I will be saving with this N100 box instead of my Dell refub OptiPlex box running 24x7 on an annual basis? My Optiplex is like 35W (but has a GTX 1070) The N100 is 6.5W Multiply by hours in year (8765) and it works out to about 57kWh vs 306kWh, or about $50/yr at my prices. I don't keep either running nonstop thuogh. MarcusSA posted:Lmao I hit buy so fast I didn’t even realize the adapter part haha
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Sentient Data posted:If the car doesn't already have aux you can probably find an aftermarket adapter that plugs into the back of the stock radio to add a port For a different car I got an Android head unit (not Anroid Auto, it literally just runs android so you can do whatever) and it acts as BT sink too if I don't want to play music from its storage. A decent and pretty cheap option too: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005744062871.html (not this specific one)
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This summer I’ll be drilling more holes in my car so I can install the 360 degree camera kit that came with my newest AliExpress android radio. Those radios are insane value even if they usually only last a couple years before they become obsolete. I’ve never had one stop working though.
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I brought a couple "15A" power monitoring outlets from Amazon. I don't know how much is 15A but they should be enough to calculate my closet box power consumption in real life before I buy this N100 box. Btw are the AMD mini pc more power efficient than N100 since those Zen chips are fabbed by TSMC instead of less advanced intel fab?
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you multiply the amp handling by your outlet voltage to get the max power rating, 15A * 120V is 1800 watts max, but you should ideally stay well below 1000 watts because those amp ratings are usually exaggerated and I would not trust a cheap smart plug not to melt if you pull 1800 watts through it for more than a couple minutes.
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mobby_6kl posted:Yeah this is very model specific obviously but I hacked a BT receiver (from ali of course: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001570712073.html) into my car's aux input and it's worked flawlessly for years. My phone just connects automatically and plays through the speakers. Walmart has this one for $54   https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/32...=9383&sharedid=
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Thanks for the heads up about the N100 sale. Got the 16/512 model for 120€ shipped instead of the usual 160€. About time to replace the ancient Intel NUC I've been using as a server.
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stephenthinkpad posted:I brought a couple "15A" power monitoring outlets from Amazon. I don't know how much is 15A but they should be enough to calculate my closet box power consumption in real life before I buy this N100 box. The Zen is probably going to be more efficient if you're running it at full load but if the PC is going to be idle 99% of the time, it doesn't really matter. And I doubt AMD is going to do better than like 6.5W idle. MarcusSA posted:Walmart has this one for $54 Check the specs though for a reasonable amount of RAM and non-garbage CPU. The one I got ages ago from Banggood is struggling to run the latest version Google Maps. Though otherwise it's still working fine.
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mobby_6kl posted:
Afaik the amd ones are significantly more expensive as well so it would take years to recover the extra cost.
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I ordered the cheapest airbrush I could find...for something. not sure what yet but one day I'll know
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MarcusSA posted:Afaik the amd ones are significantly more expensive as well so it would take years to recover the extra cost. I bought one of the less than $300 AMDs so I could off-load my transcoding from my day to day use machines.
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PokeJoe posted:I ordered the cheapest airbrush I could find...for something. not sure what yet but one day I'll know Sick wizard van
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I bought one of the less than $300 AMDs so I could off-load my transcoding from my day to day use machines. Yeah but these n100s are like $80-100
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big black turnout posted:Sick wizard van
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MarcusSA posted:Really solid deal for the 16gb / 512 model for $100. Yeah so did I - it was showing "1 left" when I did the checkout so I figure there's a 50/50 chance I get one. More like $200 in AUD though 
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Ok do I need a EU plug to US plug adopter to use the N100? Somebody give me an ali link
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Troubadour posted:If you want an accurate measurement, you can pick up a power draw meter like in the linked reddit thread. I don't own one but Kill A Watt is mentioned regularly in reviews that measure power use. It's also not uncommon for local libraries to have them to lend out too! 
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someone in the replies is running GTA 5 in that tiny box PC lol. never looked into these much are they actually kinda decent? 🤔 don't want a EU plug but the concept intrigues me
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PokeJoe posted:someone in the replies is running GTA 5 in that tiny box PC lol. Someone in another thread mentioned it could be powered by usb c but I didn’t check that claim
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im considering getting one as a gift for a friend who is lacking in the gaming PC department if they can play reasonably modern games at low settings and can be had for ~$150. is this a thing that exists?
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You won't need to use the eu plug, you can use any wall wart as long as the specs and pins are correct. Once you receive it you can see what the plug is supposed to spit out, DC is DC so long as you have the right number of pixies going on the right direction (my guess is a 19.5v laptop brick, but that's just purely a guess)
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You can get 2 EU-US plug adapters for $6 on Amazon, assuming the supplied adapter is normal and supports 120-240v. Or get a random universal power adapter for around $10. BTW here's a report from an author on Ars talking about his experience with these boxes. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/what-i-learned-when-i-replaced-my-cheap-pi-5-pc-with-a-no-name-amazon-mini-desktop/ Troubadour fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Apr 16, 2024 |
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PokeJoe posted:im considering getting one as a gift for a friend who is lacking in the gaming PC department if they can play reasonably modern games at low settings and can be had for ~$150. is this a thing that exists? You’d be looking at the AMD offerings which are roughly $200 ish but the problem is something like this would blow all of them out of the water 
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PokeJoe posted:where do i find that Looks like the deal just expired. https://slickdeals.net/f/17427489-c...&src=SiteSearch
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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:I feel like there’s something on there about making up the difference in cases like this? Not sure if you have to formally file for it or anything. I can't find anything like that on their web site, at least. If anyone knows, please let me know so I can save $40.
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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006663378626.html I love that you can stick an oled display panel in your 25 year old gameboy now. I think it's 640x640 internally and using a 4x integer scale with optional pixel grid effects 
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