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twoday posted:this appears to be a replica of baroque 7 stringed viola, and costs $1800 It is the wisest choice for playing and collecting.
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echinopsis posted:I've been looking for a mini blower for a while. Those cans are good but they don't last me years, I have lots of use cases for them. You don't already have a hair dryer around the house? I think you can find one locally at a thrift shop for less than that blower costs. Edit: That hand pump is a better idea, probably. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Oct 25, 2022 |
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Hirayuki posted:I was browsing around and buying stuff off my wish list for the 11.11 sale when I ran into this, which is inexplicably not played up or indeed mentioned in its listing at all, and which I love to absolute pieces ( Are those LEGO-compatible? They have the Winniebago from Space Balls... https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003192613257.html
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flavor.flv posted:Does anybody have a line on some silicone replacement lids for glass containers? These things: I wouldn't put anything I bought on Ali anywhere near food I'm going to eat or feed to someone I cared about.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Geez guys if you want to live dangerously cheap sunglasses are not the way to go. I don't know if you are seriously looking for an answer on "how can these things be this cheap direct from China" or if you're just making a light-hearted post about things that go on the body and we would prefer not to be toxic/dangerous. I think it's the latter, but just in case it's the former: The shop you'd usually get these from are paying approximately the same price as you are on Aliexpress (plus bulk discounts). Then they add on their overhead (real estate, sales salaries, marketing, management, QA, legal, 10% profit margin...) and you get that 4x to 10x increase. The problem for you as a consumer is, you really want that QA and legal to do their work, to avoid getting malfunctioning or dangerous products, but you don't want to pay the rest of the overhead. Hence we sit here, taking chances on Aliexpress.
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bar88537 posted:Back to Temu, they have windows error playing cards. Those make so little sense. The error codes are HTTP codes - the things a web server would return to a browser when something is wrong. But they've dressed them up in Windows XP (?) error dialogs. And then tacked on playing card values because they seem to expect people to want to use weird cards to play poker? Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Nov 28, 2022 |
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MarxCarl posted:Original artist on the CUM shirt looks to be K Thor Jenson Yeesh, that is hosed up. I wish I still worked in a place where A) I could get away with edgy jokes on a shirt B) anyone would get the reference (In case anyone doesn’t know Anthony is a pervert, here is a well formulated case against his works. https://www.filfre.net/2019/12/companions-of-xanth-preceded-by-the-worrisome-case-of-piers-anthony/) Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Jan 1, 2023 |
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I'm amazed that people ever buy things off Aliexpress that either: 1. Plug into anything expensive (including the wall) 2. Touch the skin directly 3. Is consumed
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Alucard posted:You could make the same argument for Amazon stuff since a good chunk of it is the same poo poo as on AE. I'd probably amend the plug into the wall thing with a limit on how much wattage gotta through it, or an mAh limit. I don't shop on Amazon either, by virtue of not being in a country where Amazon is worth a drat, but I guess Amazon is not only non-name junk brands or fakes, like AliE is? Of course, any reseller can let dangerous products through from time to time. A friend of mine recently had the misfortune of forgetting to wash some new sheets before first use, and her daughter came out in a pretty severe allergic rash that required treatment with heavy steroids. I don't think she bought them off Ali or Amazon but at a brick&mortar store. Anyway, that's the reason I don't buy my Teeth Cleansing Whitening Mousse or Scrotum Smoothing Cream online.
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Jelly posted:Depends what your definition of cheap is. I just bought this 2-pack with zero research and I'm pretty happy with them so far. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072WHQFJ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 No no, see, that is a tactical flashlight. What he needs is a strategic one. One that can light up a city on a neighboring continent.
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So in November I ordered the Space Balls Winnebago from https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003192613257.html I knew it would be a rip-off of someone's labor of love off Rebrickable, and it turns out it's this: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-37608/MOMAtteo79/spaceballs-eagle-5/#details Went and bought the original PDF as well, because of course. Finally was bored enough to assemble it with the 4-year-old yesterday because she was home with a cold and the weather was crap. Review * Quality of parts: Good. Some feel a bit tight, but nothing unmanageable. Don't think I could distinguish these from genuine Lego bricks in a blind test. * Quality of instructions: Decent. It's the original PDF, with serial numbers filed off. They added a page at the beginning about a substituted part. The wing assemblies are a bit over-complicated. Can't blame the Chinese for that. No problem completing the build. Definitely needs supervision from someone 10+. * Missing parts: No bricks missing. Stickers for I<3URANUS bumper sticker and EAGLE 5 plates not included (which notably is not mentioned on the shop page). Images for those stickers ALSO not included. Minifigs not included (they were not in the store pic so was not expecting any). Two printed slopes (instrument panel) replaced with blank grey and white slopes. I think I have some of those at my mom's house... The substituted part is this one:  I mean, that's a bullshit part to use in a build so I don't blame the Ali sellers. That's about the only effort they put into this business though. * Price: A little cheaper than going on Bricklink. Like, 15%. Saves the effort of visiting multiple stores. None of them has more than 90% of the parts currently. Overall: The feeling of buying a cheaper, Chinese rip-off version of a quality toy. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Jan 19, 2023 |
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flashy_mcflash posted:It's definitely on and vibrating, and I used a solution of iso alcohol and warm water. I left it in the stove half an hour and nothing is noticeably cleaner. It's this user error or is my stuff just too dirty? I have a lower-end ultrasonic cleaner of a pretty small size, that I got used from a friend. It's sold at a brick-and-mortar store so I think it's the real deal, but low-cost. If I plop a dirty coin in there with some dishwasher detergent, I can see the grime come off and the water gets muddy in like 10 seconds. It doesn't work all that well for "complex" shapes like inside tubes, but for jewelry it's fine. So try replacing the alcohol with Dawn or whatever - depending on what the dirt is, it might not be very soluble in alcohol.
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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:Ok here’s one I think might actually be a really good buy (if you don’t have big feet): US $24.00 30％ Off | New Vanmie Winter Men Boots 2023 Men's Spring Boots Ankle Boots for Men Fashion Caterpillar Shoes Ankle Male Booties You need a bigger size than Euro 46? Are you the Hulk? CaptainSarcastic posted:If you don't use them as boots, maybe. Those remind me of a pair of I think Timberland boots I had where I discovered the stitching on the sole was purely decorative and they were somehow even less waterproof than they looked like they should be. If you're just getting them for fashion and wearing like normal footwear they might be okay, at least for a while. Or, hell, maybe they're great and I'm just overly cynical. I think it's the expected norm for footwear these days, that the sole stitches are decorative. I think they've done glued-only soles for decades now. Unless you're buying custom hand made luxury footwear, at least. I could be wrong but that's been my impression. Edit: Also lol at thinking you're looking at pictures of the actual boot you'll receive. :-D The color variants also feature different variants of hooks, and not just different color hooks either, so I think it's the usual Ali lottery as to what it will actually look like. The little tab on the back of the shoe (the one you pull on when putting it on) is different across colors, as well. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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Looks like just what I need, so it's great to have your review of it. Love that it has a Lotus Hole that can be connected with a Fancy Wire. "TF card", though? It doesn't actually work with a modern micro-SD card? (Or do the Chinese simply refer to SD cards as the older TF name? Not that I'd ever use it.
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flavor.flv posted:I'm surprised this is the first time you're encountering that, every cheap Chinese card reader has used "TF card" to mean microSD since they were invented Let's say I recently discovered Aliexpress. Anyway, they have an optical-output model, I think I'll change my mind to that, even though it has the stupid knob and no NFC. Surely all-digital is the way to go! https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004707358620.html
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Let's say I recently discovered Aliexpress. Bought this one. Will review, whenever.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:e: Nothing to do with Ali Express but I also inherited a pair of sugar scissors, which are great for halving medicine tablets: I'm here on behalf of your friendly neighbourhood pharmacist to say: Don't do this. Buy the appropriate dosage. Hirayuki posted:
Hint: If it doesn't touch your skull bone, it's not using bone conduction. That's just a small, flat, bluetooth speaker. Aliexpress sellers make up whatever word salad they think will sell units - and of course, they're not wrong because if you put that thing against your temple, you'll indeed be hearing with bone conduction! (Also through your outer ears.) Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Mar 15, 2023 |
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Subjunctive posted:Man if that works on carrots I might have to buy one. Fuckin’ hate dicing carrots. I hate that, too, so I solved it by never dicing carrots.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Anyway, they have an optical-output model, I think I'll change my mind to that, even though it has the stupid knob and no NFC. Surely all-digital is the way to go!  This arrived in the mail yesterday. Cables are included: * USB-A to USB-C for power (power adaptor not included) * RCA cable for coaxial S/PDIF * Aux cable (stereo mini-plug (TRS)) * S/PDIF fiber optical cable About all I can say about it is that it works. I get sound into my AVR and it doesn't seem to add any noise - one win for S/PDIF coaxial. Didn't test the optical or aux, and I never intend to. Will not use the SD card reader. The big stupid knob raises or lowers the volume if you hold it for half a second, which is reflected in the volume on your phone, as is expected with bluetooth devices. So, volume is more conveniently handled on the transmitting phone. This one will go inside my entertainment center so I plan to promptly forget about the knob. I have not done any critical listening yet but I assume this uses some fairly lovely bluetooth profile which hifi nerds would scoff at. Whatever, I'm over 40 so I don't exactly have golden ears anymore.
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coldpudding posted:I have become a big fan of these automatic belts https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...1200004682958_1 I had a similar belt that I bought in South East Asia. Big ol' BMW logo. Adjusts in very small steps without holes. Cost nearly nothing, laster me about 2 years before it the fake leather wore down. Loved it, I wish they sold them locally! If you see it flaking, of a "coating" coming off, that's because it's not real leather. Despite what the ad says. I don't believe they put any plastic coatings on real leather, rather just impregnation with oils or waxes. Fake leather is generally some textile coated in rubber/plastic coating, though. The real cheap stuff can even be backed by cardboard.
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freelop posted:Robert Cop 2 is a side scrolling shooter https://tackleford.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Cop
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Yeesh. Nothing that goes on the skin, nothing that plugs into the wall, nothing that touches food. Next rule for AliExpress: Nothing that is designed to go in the mouth of children.
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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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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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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004815653595.html I gotta get me one of these magnetic phone belt clips. Look how cool these guys are! Edit: I'm actually there shopping for one of these, to stealthily fit an AirTag on my bike. Already got one of the wife's by hiding it in a disused old front light. (Connected to her apple ID, of course. Privacy first! But not for bike thieves.) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004578508339.html 
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yoloer420 posted:It's very easy to detect them if you're looking for it specifically. But most people stealing bikes probably aren't. There are apps available to detect them, yes. But you don't get an accurate-enough reading to tell if it's coming from this bike or from a different one within bluetooth range. They'd have to first steal it, take it some ways away and then check the app for trackers. Then spend several minutes searching for it, including some disassembly of the bike. Then, I guess, worst case, they find my tracker and discard it. Then, they have to re-assemble the bike... At least slows them down somewhat. Of course, I'm still out one bike, but it's almost worth the $25 to inconvenience them. The local bike thief is kind of an idiot, though. He puts stolen bikes in his own yard and sells them from there on Marketplace. Gets caught ever so often but still seems be on the street most of the time. Bike theft is not prison-time worthy here. I doubt he knows how to work a tracker scanning app, and I suspect the same goes for most of the druggies. At least I know look in his yard, first, even if the tracker doesn't work... Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 12:35 on May 9, 2023 |
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Dammit, I'm looking for a slide hammer for using once and then never again. I figured Aliexpress would have the perfect hunk of junk at a lower price than my local hardware chain. And of course, there's one, at $10. Except you click through, and the shipping is $50. Well, off to the hardware store I go, I guess...
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Yes. In all parts of the world except the English on Chinese shopping sites.
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St_Ides posted:I bought some very grown-up and professional socks. Link? (Can we make it probatable to post good stuff without links, or something?
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Anyone find a decent fiberoptic “inspection camera” with a bluetooth, Wi-Fi or lightning connection? Even USB-C might work for me. I have this thing I got off Wish.com years ago which still works but it’s micro-USB and I’m about to no longer have a compatible phone/tablet. It had lousy focus anyway. Looking for something very flexible to around fairly tight bends.
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mobby_6kl posted:I don't know if there are any with wifi/bt - you have to have the cable anyway so they usually plug into a phone or come with their own display. I've had one like this for years that has : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005210439430.html and tehre are some with lightning or usb-c: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005411414338.html Thanks for the advice on specific devices! Looks like about the same device as I already have, but with different connectors. Very cool!
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DrBouvenstein posted:Ha, wow, I've never seen a "flip-up" USB/MicroUSB convertible plug before: Same weird flip-convert connector on my previous endoscope. It worked twice, then it broke down and now only works as a Micro-USB. Which is why I need a new one... The old micro-USB tablet is giving up the ghost. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jun 20, 2023 |
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