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Is a generic AliExpress whetstone good enough for most home chefs? I don't know, probably. But if I'm going to spend $40, I would rather do it on a high quality Japanese unit than something I can get for $20 on AliExpress. On Amazon they're priced and presented as alike, and that's a problem.
Realistically, that $20 difference pays for the product being in a warehouse near you, rather than a warehouse 5000 miles away.
AI gone wrong or marketing stunt? Probably the former. But the thing doesn't look half bad one the pictures. Looks like something you might get from IKEA under one of their "slightly better quality" lines (which at least in the EU are pretty good choice if you don't want to spend too much on furniture but also feel that the main line lines from IKEA are a bit to cheap in quality).
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Wal-Mart and Target are the 'curated' everything stores. My biggest disappointment with them is that they never have what I want. I think I'm OK with Amazon being Aliexpress for the US market. Sometimes I want to get random crap from the depths of Shenzhen, and Amazon is that. What is unfortunate is that they can't get "real" brands to sell there, because of their counterfeiting issue. The "mistake" Amazon made (that…
> Wal-Mart and Target are the 'curated' everything stores. Are you talking in-store or online? If I go to walmart.com or target.com and search for "usb cable", I don't see a dozen cables that fit 95% of use cases like in the store. Walmart shows thousands of results, the vast majority of which are marketplace sellers selling through walmart.com. Target has "only" 753 results, 600+ of which I find are not actually sol…
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I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.
Wal-Mart and Target are the 'curated' everything stores. My biggest disappointment with them is that they never have what I want. I think I'm OK with Amazon being Aliexpress for the US market. Sometimes I want to get random crap from the depths of Shenzhen, and Amazon is that. What is unfortunate is that they can't get "real" brands to sell there, because of their counterfeiting issue. The "mistake" Amazon made (that…
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Did you actually try that search? I typed in exactly what you said and got exactly those results. No uBlock Origin either.
No, I didn't try it first. I just made it up as an example of something that I had failed at in the past, on the basis that this kind of technical specificity has generally lead to daunting results in the past. Finding specific things has generally been a frustrating mess for me on Amazon. But I did try it just now: I searched for "ring terminals 12 #10" and got a long list of stuff that is actually worth considering…
That gets a much better result.
"Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Security" https://dwheeler.com/secure-class/presentations/AI-ML-Securi...
... as a nice example of why you should usually have humans review what AI systems do :-).
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Colour?! I’ve never had an issue of my kindle with colour! It’s only black and white! How can Amazon screw up a black and white conversion?
Maybe I'm wrong. I kind of just abduced it because it was the only plausible reason I could think of. My kindle only supports black and white. And I figure newer models might have colour support?