title: What is this thing 7 date: 2021-01-22 09:42:13 description: For the identification of mysterious objects tags:
What is this thing 是 reddit 上的一个社区（community），上面时不时会有人发一些没见过的玩意来提问。
一起来看看吧！
<!-- more -->Q: Solid metal "kiss" that was in our bag of candy cane kisses. Is it part of the machinery?
在我的拐棍糖 Kisses里面发现了固体金属的「kiss」，这是机器的一部分吗？
A: Definitely not a part of the machine. Since it is the same size and shape, I would say it's a QA "guage" to help operators verify shape and portion size at a glance.
绝对不是机器的一部分，因为它和糖果的尺寸和形状都是一样的，所以我认为这是一种质量保证测量仪，帮助操作人员一眼就能确认形状和分量大小。
Q: My security camera caught this individual with a large device, possibly scanning for something? The individual noticed the camera and changed their mind it seems, but what have they got and what are they doing?
我的监控摄像头拍到这个人用一个大设备，可能在扫描什么东西？这个人注意到了监控摄像头，似乎改变了主意，但是他们拿着什么东西在做什么？
A: this person is probably a carthieve scanning for keyless car keys. never leave them near windows and doors.
这个人可能是一个正在扫描无钥匙车钥匙的窃贼。不要把它们放在窗户和门附近。
（译者注：回答附上了一篇新闻，新闻里边有视频，搬运过来了。）
<iframe src="//player.bilibili.com/player.html?aid=288783688&bvid=BV1ef4y1k7LD&cid=285693389&page=1" scrolling="no" border="0" frameborder="no" framespacing="0" allowfullscreen="true"> </iframe>Q: Purple packets found on rural property in Victoria, Australia.
在澳大利亚维多利亚州乡下发现的紫色包裹。
A: Dye powder packets tied to the under side of rams to mark which sheep have been inseminated.
将染色粉包绑在公羊的下侧，以标记哪些羊已经人工授精。
A: Yes. The term is "raddle". Pigment was applied to the wool of the ram's breastbone to leave colour on the rump of ewes he'd tupped. More recently, you can buy coloured wax crayons the size of a very thick mobile phone to do the same job. Held in place with a harness which the ram wears during breeding season.
是的。这个术语叫做「raddle（译者注：大家用这个词去谷歌搜索一下就有图片了，还蛮可爱的）」。颜料被涂在公羊胸骨的羊毛上，在他抓过的母羊的臀部上留下颜色。最近，你还可以买到像很厚的手机一样大小的彩色蜡笔来做同样的工作。用公羊在繁殖季节佩戴的挽具固定。
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/ko3h2c/purple_packets_found_on_rural_property_in/
Q: My neighbor (who has recently installed an amazon doorbell camera, which is weird for the netherlands) has just put this on his roof. It seems to be aimed directly at my female housemate’s bedroom window and she is concerned it’s another camera.
我的邻居（他最近安装了一个亚马逊的门铃摄像头，这对荷兰来说很奇怪）刚刚把它放在了他的屋顶上。它似乎直接对准了我的女室友的卧室窗户，她担心这是另一个摄像头。
A: You could just straight up ask him. If he gives you some excuse and it disappears you know it wasn’t there for any good reason. If he gives you a reasonable sounding explanation like it’s for satellite internet or weather tracking you can show an interest in it and find out what make/model it is.
你可以直接问他。如果他随便编了个借口，然后这玩意消失了，你就知道那不是什么好接口。如果他给你一个听起来合理的解释，比如这是卫星互联网或天气跟踪，你可以表现出兴趣，找出它是什么牌子/型号。
（译者注：回答的大部分老哥都在出主意说怎么去问邻居，翻了好久才发现一个靠谱的回答，放在下面吧。）
Q: Kind of looks like one of these
有点像这个：
译者注：这玩意叫Trimble R2 Integrated GNSS System，具体用法如下：
Q: These have been in our kitchen drawer for ages, but we havent figured out what they are used for. Any ideas?
这些已经在我们的厨房抽屉中放了很长时间了，但是我们还没有弄清楚它们的用途。 有任何想法吗？
A: Green one opens bananas.
绿色的那个是用来剥香蕉的。
A: You use the blue one to Peel oranges. We have one ourselves
你用蓝色的那个去削橘子皮。我们自己也有一个。
Q: Bullet type thing found in back seat of car after finding hole in window.
车窗上多了个洞后在后座发现的子弹状的东西。
A: Ya,thats a bullet
没错，这就是子弹。
Q: 1.5 inches long, hard and glossy. Found 5 feet below the bottom of a Virginia river
1.5 英寸长，坚硬光滑。发现于弗吉尼亚河底下 5 英尺处。
A: Fossil snail casting would be my vote.
我站化石蜗牛。
https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/Turritella-Casts-SS2737298.html