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pigup, in Spotify Wrapped 2023 is out, what's your top artist and top song for the year?
ultranaut, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?

Ridiculous pillows/stuffed animals.

user224, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?
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Probably the best thing I got there was clone of RSP1 with selectable band pass filters for €20. 10kHz - 2GHz range with up to 10MHz of bandwidth in Zero IF mode, although it seems it’s more like 8MHz that’s actually usable. It’s not sold where I bought it anymore, but maybe you could still find it.
It’s this one: https://i.imgur.com/ic2dflg.jpg

The only problem is compatibility, and the fact that I had to install some proprietary API from SDRPlay on my laptop as a SystemD service.

QuarterSwede, (edited ) in whats your november wifi usage??
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Oct: 1.8 TB Nov: 1.8 TB Guess we’re consistent.

This is over 500/500 fiber and a family of 5. We could go up to 10Gb but we wouldn’t see more use out of even 1000/1000 so why pay more?

Max_P, in whats your november wifi usage??
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  • August: 75GB
  • September: 94GB
  • October: 88GB
  • November: 80GB
PrinceWith999Enemies, in So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who?

There’s a very good podcast called Behind the Bastards that did an extremely expansive profile on him covering (iirc) his childhood to his retirement.

captain_aggravated, in Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window.
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If I had the power to stop time, my morals would suddenly become enforced.

vivadanang,

day one: pantsed every pro-life god botherer outside of every planned parenthood, all at the same moment.

day two: watched the internet take in day one. picked charities to give stacks of drug money and swiss nazi money to.

day three: etc

MacNCheezus,
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I feel the same way. Trying to be a moral person is quite time consuming, and people seem to love short circuiting it by relying on various rules of thumb. But once you start investing those, it’s like peeling an onion, there’s always another layer to it that you haven’t considered.

When is giving money to someone in need helpful and when is it enabling their helplessness?

How can you tell the difference between someone who needs your help and someone who just wants to take you for a ride?

Don’t forget that your time is literally the most valuable thing you can choose to give someone. If you had unlimited amounts of it you’d be a billionaire. Then again, perhaps it would just end up making it worthless because you don’t need to ration it anymore.

Joker, in whats your november wifi usage??

September: 3256 GB October: 2909 GB November: 1851 GB

hdnsmbt, in Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window.

I’ve been watching more realistic super hero shows like The Boys and Invincible. The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

You know that those were still written by humans to tell a story, right? I wouldn’t derive any universal laws from them.

Bondrewd, (edited )

Kind of a misunderstanding. Its not “law” they lay down, its archetypes. If it is realistic it means more like it is more relatable.

Immortality and immense power is meant to give a sandbox view of the world with lowered consequences. Also the naive inheritor in case of Invincible.

In case of The Boys, Homelander embodies the establishment that is not only more powerful, but hailed as the hero of all mankind.

Thats lots of peoples vibes. You are not the hero in shining armor. You are an insurgent at best. You dont just get on a suit and start saving lives, but you have to go up aganist THE establishment and fucking prove yourself first. The very thing that is being actively hailed.

hdnsmbt,

I think you misunderstand my point. I’m not saying those shows lay down any laws. I’m saying you (the viewer) shouldn’t derive any universal laws from consequences or situations depicted in stories made up specifically for entertainment.

deadbeef79000, in Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window.

Ah, the Christian argument.

Me, personally? My morals are not defined by my own ability to weild power. Except maybe where the power to make someone else’s life better is morally right.

The average person is a fuckingidiot and would expertly execute the “time travel” equivalent of taking a shit with their pants on.

Mr_Blott, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?

Have you tried ordering some fuckin punctuation, mate?

Nindelofocho,

Reasonable. Have you tried ordering some friends?

tetris11,
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Possible. Have you guys tried that Mac&Cheese burger that Burger King had for a while, but then stopped for some reason?

Stern,
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Nope, but I’ve found a nice mac and cheese sandwich to be a small mac and cheese put on a chicken sandwich at KFC/Chik-Fil-A/Popeyes/Your preferred chicken hut. Add a BBQ sauce and it’s great. Super messy though.

waz,

A bit harsh, but it did make me laugh.

douglasg14b,
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Shipping’s too long.

Threeme2189,

Shipping too long

DirigibleProtein, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?

Not electronic, but engagement/wedding rings. We got titanium and tungsten carbide rings for both of us for less than $10. Your values may be different, for us it’s not about spending six months salary on a ring, it’s about having matching jewellery to show others we’re joined.

TheOctonaut, (edited )

I’ve never agreed with someone on this and yet been certain they are wearing polished coal rings before

DirigibleProtein,

No polished coal here; she got amethyst and I got sapphire.

FireTower, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?
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If you 3D print, heat inserts. You can use them to insert metal threads into a printed object with a soldering iron to allow you to use standard machine screws in projects.

workerONE, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?

You can find really good wired earbuds. One of my favorites were made by Yincrow $15-$22

Corkyskog,
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You can play Russian roulette with wireless earbuds. From $4 - $40. Price is not always indicative of quality

Pyroglyph,
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I’ve heard many people rave about the Moondrop Chu’s. Even Crinacle likes them! Also I’ve ordered myself a pair for ~£15 as an early Christmas present :)

wjrii, in What inconsequential or surprisingly good thing can I get from Aliexpress?
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Tons of good mechanical keyboard stuff on AE. Not the absolute top of the line customs boards or keycaps, but almost everything else is hiding in there somewhere.

zatanas,

I am intrigued. Any more info about what to look for on AE regarding mechanical keyboards?

wjrii,
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A pretty large portion of the kits, components, and pre-built boards are from "obscure" Chinese companies already, so much of what you'd want is just sort of... there. As a single example, get a GMK67 for $35, 70 Milky Yellow switches (if you're into linears. I am not.) for $20, and maybe a YMDK set of keycaps for $30-$50, and you've got a very presentable budget build under a hundred bucks. If you go hunting, you can probably find stuff you'd like just as much for even cheaper.

Nindelofocho,

Oh yea great place for kit boards and stuff. My first non g8mer board was a MagicForce 68 from there

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