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DOES NOT COMPUTE, EVER - Let's build the unknown computer!

Oh god, it's happening again. I'm delving into the weird, wild and wacky world of the endless ocean that is Aliexpress. And for no apparent reason I suddenly have the hankering to build a computer with budget bits from companies with names probably made up on the spot. So exactly how cheap and unknown can we go to build something equal or better than what I currently have? Is it even possible?  Let's find out!

Importing a car into China can be a taxing affair

So you've seen the car of your dreams and scratched together enough coin to make it yours. Only it's not available locally - so what's a car fan to do? Get it imported in of course! Want! ...Unless you leave in China in which case it's actually less painful to shoot yourself in the testicles with a staple gun as this unfortunate car fantatic found out the hard way...