Fun with AliExpress
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I wouldn't put too much effort into it - in my experience, Chinese electronics have the same shelf life as cheesecake ...
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It depends on the vendor honestly. Makerfabs makes quality kit. So does Espressif.
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It depends on the vendor honestly. Makerfabs makes quality kit. So does Espressif.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
The vendor of the electronics or the vendor of the cheesecake?
cheers Chris Maunder
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The vendor of the electronics or the vendor of the cheesecake?
cheers Chris Maunder
Cheesecake? :confused: The electronics definitely.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Cheesecake? :confused: The electronics definitely.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
Griff posted "in my experience, Chinese electronics have the same shelf life as cheesecake ..." and you said "It depends on the vendor honestly" and then I was thinking about cheesecake and relative shelf life. Because I'm hungry and would kill for a decent cheesecake about now. But it would really depend on the vendor...
cheers Chris Maunder
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Griff posted "in my experience, Chinese electronics have the same shelf life as cheesecake ..." and you said "It depends on the vendor honestly" and then I was thinking about cheesecake and relative shelf life. Because I'm hungry and would kill for a decent cheesecake about now. But it would really depend on the vendor...
cheers Chris Maunder
Hahaha, I missed it. I'm really distracted. Talking to an old friend on the phone.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Griff posted "in my experience, Chinese electronics have the same shelf life as cheesecake ..." and you said "It depends on the vendor honestly" and then I was thinking about cheesecake and relative shelf life. Because I'm hungry and would kill for a decent cheesecake about now. But it would really depend on the vendor...
cheers Chris Maunder
Oh yeah ... a good cheesecake is a thing of rare beauty.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Hahaha, I missed it. I'm really distracted. Talking to an old friend on the phone.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
Against my (better) judgement I cannot help to chime in. There was a time when war ravaged country recovered, with US help, and started competing with cheap and shoddy products. "They " soon realized that shoddy products where not selling and made a real cool stuff - likes cameras...and cars...boom boxes... Most businessmen are "smarter then an average bear " to realize that quality sells in the long run, they pay very little attention to narrow-minded opinions about "cheesecakes"- they will figure it out sooner or later. On more serious note I often wonder if the "problem" with electronic is "intellectual property" or US inability to actually manage the production - technologically and financially... I guess I just keep wondering and buy what I need from whomever is selling it... Yes - solid state electronic has a shelf life.... psst wanna buy a bridge ? cheap...
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Against my (better) judgement I cannot help to chime in. There was a time when war ravaged country recovered, with US help, and started competing with cheap and shoddy products. "They " soon realized that shoddy products where not selling and made a real cool stuff - likes cameras...and cars...boom boxes... Most businessmen are "smarter then an average bear " to realize that quality sells in the long run, they pay very little attention to narrow-minded opinions about "cheesecakes"- they will figure it out sooner or later. On more serious note I often wonder if the "problem" with electronic is "intellectual property" or US inability to actually manage the production - technologically and financially... I guess I just keep wondering and buy what I need from whomever is selling it... Yes - solid state electronic has a shelf life.... psst wanna buy a bridge ? cheap...
I think there's been a misunderstanding. As I said to Griff originally, it all depends on the vendor. AliExpress however, does no quality checking. They are just a clearinghouse for retailing stuff from China. The vendors, well it depends. There are a lot of vendors who make knockoff gear. A lot of them sell on AliExpress. But, there are good vendors out of China as I said, like Espressif, Makerfabs, and if I'm being generous, Lilygo. So it just depends, pretty much like anywhere else, but for volume - China produces a LOT of stuff.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Against my (better) judgement I cannot help to chime in. There was a time when war ravaged country recovered, with US help, and started competing with cheap and shoddy products. "They " soon realized that shoddy products where not selling and made a real cool stuff - likes cameras...and cars...boom boxes... Most businessmen are "smarter then an average bear " to realize that quality sells in the long run, they pay very little attention to narrow-minded opinions about "cheesecakes"- they will figure it out sooner or later. On more serious note I often wonder if the "problem" with electronic is "intellectual property" or US inability to actually manage the production - technologically and financially... I guess I just keep wondering and buy what I need from whomever is selling it... Yes - solid state electronic has a shelf life.... psst wanna buy a bridge ? cheap...
jana_hus wrote:
wanna buy a bridge ?
I have that album ;-)
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jana_hus wrote:
wanna buy a bridge ?
I have that album ;-)
Where is that confounded bridge!? "The Crunge" Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy. 1973
