The Neverending Picture Game

microbet · October 27, 2019, 4:49am

Winner

smrk4 · October 27, 2019, 4:51am

This game is biased against people who don’t go anywhere

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 4:53am

I have never been to this place, but here goes. I think possibly someone here will get it quickly, but for others you will have to do some deduction:

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microbet · October 27, 2019, 4:57am

In Stockholm
Nobel museum

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 4:57am

Fuck me, that was quick.

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 4:57am

This game sucks.

microbet · October 27, 2019, 4:58am

Googlefu

microbet · October 27, 2019, 5:00am

Ok, bragging, but I think I got it in less than 30 seconds and I had no idea what it was before I started googling. I started with “Andre Gum” and then “Andre Guim tape dispenser” and got it from that.

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 5:02am

I was hoping the name would be illegible and people would wonder why there was some sort of autographed tape dispenser on display in a museum. There aren’t a lot of historically important tape dispensers out there.

smrk4 · October 27, 2019, 5:04am

I started with Martian meteorite but ended up with

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 5:07am

It’s a red herring: the “Martian rock” is actually just an ordinary bit of graphite like in pencil lead. The autographed tape dispenser was supposed to be the key clue.

microbet · October 27, 2019, 5:07am

So, what is this?

Looking for the whole device, not just a component.

Twist · October 27, 2019, 5:10am

I tried meteorite paperweight and immediately got distracted by the story of an elderly widow getting caught in a sting operation for trying to flog her husband’s moon dust to feed her grandkids.

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 5:11am

Well it looks like a coaxial rf cable connected to some circuit board thingy with a big processor. It’s like maybe a wifi or a radio thingy. Why is it exposed to the elements, that seems bad.

microbet · October 27, 2019, 5:14am

I’m looking for the whole device, but this deserves some credit.

There are no elements in California. (also the cover is off)

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 5:16am

It’s some receiver thingy so some rich fucker can get broadband internet from his hacienda on the beach. Also, California is home to many elements. Californium, for example.

microbet · October 27, 2019, 5:19am

If you want to get electrical engineery on this you can look at the size of the wires and the layout above the little circuit board and get some idea of what kind of current and voltage they are designed to carry.

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 5:21am

It’s an inverter?

microbet · October 27, 2019, 5:23am

Yep. Also a clue is that I took the picture. (pretty sure everyone knows I do solar) The small circuit board is part of the monitoring system and works with wifi and the coax connects to an antenna. It wasn’t working and tech support was skeptical that I had it plugged in correctly so I sent them pics from both sides, top and bottom.

Trolly · October 27, 2019, 5:26am

It’s an inverter thingy so some guy with solar panels can turn his DC solar power into AC so he can power his computer and play Call of Duty. I have narrowed down the location to: somewhere in California.