Most awesome site ever created.

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There's something wrong with the cartesian equation for scarabaeus [1].

I think it should be:

(x^2+y^2) * (x^2+y^2+bx)^2 - a^2 (x^2-y^2)^2 = 0

Also the plot images seem inverted (reflected) along y axis. See plot of the above function in desmos [2].

1. https://www.2dcurves.com/sextic/sexticsc.html

2. https://www.desmos.com/calculator/esrche1qtv

See also https://mathcurve.com/courbes2d/scarabee/scarabee.shtml

I am not a lawyer. But I think cases need to work their way up to SC. Before today's ruling a Federal Trade Court ruled the tariffs illegal [1]. And later, a Federal Appeals Court did the same [2]

The process takes time.

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/court-strikes-down-trump-rec...

2. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/trump-trade-tariffs-appeals-...

I know how that works but the speed and process should reflect the severity of the issue.

Illegally taxing billions from we the people? Should be addressed immediately.

And they have done that before….

There are faster paths to the Supreme court, but it takes Congress, the President or multiple states to do so, generally.

SCOTUS can do so if they wish.

"The ruling was silent on whether tariffs that have been paid under the higher rates will need to be refunded." - from CNBC

This is why I mentioned "litigation" in my comment, i.e. you probably would need to separately sue the government if you want to refund the tariffs.

That's not how it works.

There is a normal process in place for importers/brokers to request refunds if a specific tariff was overpaid or a tariff was ruled to be illegal.

But if you imported through DHL and you were not the broker, that is more complicated, you might need to ask DHL for it, and they might not want to do it for you (as they don't have a standard process in place).

Drawback claims (assuming this is the correct thing to use) are quite difficult to do. Requires a customs broker. You used to be able to file them manually as a normal person but they ended that when the first 25% tariffs on China went into play. You need to be a customs broker to get access to the software you need to file the claim...

I spent a bit of time attempting to find a broker [1] to handle this for our project (since we had a large amount of eligible refunds due to importing then sending out of country after QA) but in the long run gave up...which is what they hope for.

Keeping an eye on all this to see how it plays out.

[1] Not only did I look for a broker but I debated becoming one myself due to this.

I would love for a self-service broker to materialize.

i.e. Where you upload your paperwork, fill in and certify the forms online, make a payment, and the broker just feeds all that through. You do the work, they're just your gateway to the system.

I've used courier's internal brokers (like DHL/UPS offer, at their ripoff rate), professional private brokers, etc. and seen all of them make stupid mistakes costing me money/time (eg. including the shipping cost in value for duties, transposing the wrong currency at face value, etc). I could do a better job myself, and frankly with a decent portal it would take me less time. Heck I bet I could build a fairly automated system that is more efficient (higher-margin) and accurate.

Here in Canada there's new legislation that even if you use a third party broker, you still need to post a security or bond with CBSA (see CARM) maintained on an annual basis. It boggles my mind they made the infrastructure to deal with money from all the individual buyers, but not a self-service portal to deal with the forms. Self-clearing here still entails a physical visit to a CBSA office.

You assume that the executive branch would willingly follow the court decision. I think it's naive (doubly so for the current administration) and it's more likely that the tariffs will be re-introduced under a different sauce and that refund requests will not be processed using some flimsy excuses.

From Sofia to the West of Turkey should be relatively easy. After that, travel through Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan will get hairy.

You'd be surprised at how cheap, relatively safe and reliable bus services are in those regions.

Source: me and my wife traveled extensively by public transport in, well, at least Pakistan. The other countries are indeed sort-of hairy, but mostly for job-clearance-related reasons.

10s of thousands of religious pilgrims travel by bus between Pakistan and Iran every year. You can just avoid Afghanistan.

Generally the border between Paxistan and India cannot be crossed though. I believe Attari/Wagah is the only place, and it was closed too last I heard.

Indeed, it has been closed since the aerial clashes last year. But we can hope for peace, and with it cross border tourism.

Can locals still cross at Kasur/Ganda Singh Wala like before 1971?

To my knowledge, no. In the recent past, either you could cross via the the Wagah-Attari border crossing or get on the Thar Express train [1], which connects Karachi with Jodhpur via the Zero Point crossing. But the Thar Express has been closed since 2019.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thar_Express

They should avoid Pakistan if they can, not Afghanistan. It’s in relative peace while the border region of Iran/Pakistan see regular fighting between Pakistani forces and Baluch separatists[1].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army

There were some bad roads in the Balkans as well.

A few more:

Jeff Dean doesn't use a compiler; he just glares at his source code until it executes.

Jeff Dean once optimized a sleep(10) call to return in 5 seconds.

Jeff Dean’s keyboard doesn’t have a Backspace key; he simply doesn't make mistakes.

/end. There's no need to get up. I will see myself out.

I just wanted to point out that Boom Aerospace is now mainly focused on delivering a Gas Turbine for power generation [1].

In an interview with CNBC Mr. Scholl talked about this pivot [2].

1. https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-... 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELl2uUAfGBw

I apologize if this is common knowledge. Modern C++ coding agents need to have a deep semantic understanding of the external libraries and header files. A simple RAG on the code base is not enough. For example, GitHub Copilot for VS Code and Visual Studio uses IDE language services like IntelliSense. To that extent, using a proper C++ IDE rather than a plain editor will improve the quality of suggested code. For example, if you're using VS Code, make sure the C/C++ Extension Pack is installed.

What is the halation like artifact around the edges called? This makes the picture so unappealing to me. I'm so glad the modern digital cameras don't have this problem. I hope I'm explaining the issue well. I wish I could post a frame grab here.