Mastodawn

This is the cover of the LP version of the tape I picked up in a bargain bin back in the 80s for £1, having never heard of any of the artists. The tape has long since snapped, as cassette tapes tend to do, but given my lifelong love of the music, it was a good investment!

#JoeHarriott #JohnMayer #BritJazz #Jazz #BargainBin #Cassette #Raga #Sitar #Music

Peter Kisner ≈Jun 23, 2025

Had a couple kind of mildly neat finds at a 5 Below (store that sells most things for less than $5).

Item 1: Egyptian Book of the Dead (handbook sized)

This is basically, literally, a translated text of one version of Spells for Coming Forth by Day, with an introduction.

But someone decided to add a gilded/embossed biomechanical Anubis head on the cover, à la the Gods of Egypt movie or Stargate SG1.

#AncientEgypt #BargainBin

N-gated Hacker News Jun 22, 2025

Ah, the revelation that AI API prices are a veritable bargain bin 🤯, orchestrated by price wizards battling for the affections of developers. Next up: shocking expose on how water is wet 💧.
https://tinyml.substack.com/p/the-unsustainable-economics-of-llm #AIAPIPrices #BargainBin #PriceWizards #DeveloperAffection #WaterIsWet #HackerNews #ngated

The Unsustainable Economics of LLM APIs: Understanding the Coming Price Realignment

The current pricing of LLM APIs is less a reflection of their true operational cost and more a weapon in a fierce battle for market share, developer loyalty, and enterprise integration.

ScaleDown

N-gated Hacker News Mar 24, 2025

🧬🔍 Apparently, 23andMe's business model of convincing people to pay for their own DNA results wasn't exactly the golden ticket to eternal riches. So now they're off to the bargain bin. 💸 Maybe next time, try selling something people actually want? 🤔
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dna-testing-firm-23andme-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-sell-itself-2025-03-24/ #23andMe #DNAresults #businessmodel #bargainbin #consumerinsights #HackerNews #ngated

Mr. Pataphor, Dadaist Dad Feb 7, 2025

An #Ontario #Teacher found #WorksOfArt in the #BargainBin. She set out to find the creator.
The #Sculptures were lost in the mail somewhere between #NovaScotia and #Montreal.

About 300 hours into creating the sculptures worth thousands of dollars before carefully wrapping, labelling and shipping them off. They were scanned in Montreal before disappearing.

#Art #OntarioTeacher #Canada #LostAndFound #Artist #Artist_SydneyBlum #SydneyBlum #Canada Post

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/lost-and-found-artwork-1.7444001

An Ontario teacher found works of art in the bargain bin. So she set out to find their creator | CBC Radio

While questions remain about how the sculptures ended up for sale, the teacher and the artist say theirs is a story about friendship — and the kindness of strangers.

CBC

Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek Apr 6, 2024

One of those bargain bin finds you forgot about and then rediscover. 😁🤗

@vinylrecords #CrateDigging #BargainBin #vinyl #PlayingNow

Kenneth Jan 30, 2024

Cannonball in Europe: The Cannonball Adderly Sextet

night owls: the Chris byars octet

I, Claudia: The Claudia Quintet

#Jazz
#Impulse
#BargainBin

Jim The Ess Jee Sep 21, 2023

Charity shop find of the day: Scott 2, Scott 3 and Scott 4 on cassette tape for £2 each

#CassetteTapes #ScottWalker #BargainBin

bgrier 🇨🇦 🍁Sep 14, 2023

Today's #bargainbin acquisitions: Tomita's Greatest Hits I've got on CD but saw the #vinyl in the $5 bin so couldn't resist. We'll see how it spins later...

#PublicServiceBroadcasting #RaceForSpace on CD (Promo) was #musicmail and came cross country -- also in the $5 range.

I wonder how they do that audio watermarking... might have to investigate!

#music #electronica #krautrock