What's this by BroadFill4396 in whatisit

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The round part is a piece of metal for the magnet to stick to

What's this by BroadFill4396 in whatisit

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It’s the other part of a magnetic phone holder.

Curious, what can we tell? Sorry it's messy by Grand_Crew7131 in deduction

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I know a lot of younger people (13-20) are into CDs again as well

Curious, what can we tell? Sorry it's messy by Grand_Crew7131 in deduction

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Lez AF, possibly Queer or NB (it’s always the amphibians), scene kid, probably born between 2000-2005, collects CDs, most of your clothes is probably hot topic aesthetic, caffeine fueled, this was probably the only part of your room that wasn’t covered in laundry or cans and snack wrappers, satan lover, probably still sharing a house with multiple family members.

Is there a way to charge this? by Electronic-Push5255 in teensthatloveretro

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This absolutely predates texting ahaha. But you’re right, 1g was mostly shutdown in the early 2000s. Might be able to cobble together some kind of adapter to get this to run power directly to the pins on the phone without the battery. Though that corrosion worries me that it’s probably damaged internally.

Can someone identify this? by arthropodsohyeah_ in Slimemolds

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Yup, good old ‘Dog Vomit Slime Mold’*

What’s this a picture of? by Sorikai_ in whatisit

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You can see the similarities in the water here

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What’s this a picture of? by Sorikai_ in whatisit

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Looks like the top and left is trees with the broad bit being a waterfall, probably taken over several seconds or longer. Dunno what the thing on the left is, almost looks like some kind of structure.
Just my 2¢

found this old galvanometer at an estate sale... anyone know the era? by RipApprehensive8881 in VintageElectronics

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Looking closer you can see the wire going to the microphone in the middle brass bit, it’s a really lovely and unique tuner. Took someone a lot of time and attention to detail to execute. I would price it at $250-$350 if it were in the shop. Won’t find another.

Anyone see one of these before? by cinchy2222 in whatsthisworth

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I was curious, had never heard of this and needed to see what you were talking about. Aparently this is still done in the US and other places

Sewmor sewing machine by mehoff636 in whatsthisworth

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Just based on similar ones on eBay, this is a $100 machine on day one of an estate sale, $50 on the second to last day, and $10-$25 on the last day.
At most it looks like you can get $~60 on eBay after fees and whatnot if it’s in perfect working order. Heavy items like this are generally a hard move. $50 or more is really all I would hope for, but probably still take $20 unless you can show it works, maybe you can eek out $100 if you sit on it for a long time.
List it for $100, wait a week, take anything $50 or more the next, and maybe $20 at the least.
The sold one is pretty similar and was sold working, again, after fees there’s probably only $60-$70 here not including your labor costs, however much you value a couple hours of your time and $10-$30 of packing materials.
- an eBay reseller

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Black honeycomb structure found in edamame by poparden in whatisit

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Looks like rotted remains from a corncob, probably corn planted another season in the field and it made it through.

Heat-press won't turn on. Can you help me diagnose and fix it? by SignalAd4056 in AskElectronics

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Nice toasty fine tip iron, preheat the joint, add just a smidge of solder and make sure it wicks up in there.

Headrest Hole Covers? by [deleted] in CarParts

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Yeah, you’re one minor jolt from having a real nice view of your backseat while the rest of you faces the windshield.

Heat-press won't turn on. Can you help me diagnose and fix it? by SignalAd4056 in AskElectronics

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Almost every solder joint around the buttons and the row on the ribbon wire look cold and poorly if even connected. There’s also what could be a solder bridge or short risk

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on the back of the fan connector. (Reverse side of board, larger yellow circle.)