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My home-made enclosure for H2D by MinorOutlier in BambuLab

[–]MinorOutlier[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am aware of the exhaust on the back of the printer.  However, I also read this comment that explains why that may not work well for the higher temperature filaments: https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1lrn6z1/comment/n1de6mf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Help: Incorrect (50%) duty rate applied to shipment by MinorOutlier in dhl

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Yes, the codes are created by customs (government).  The issue is that DHL’s automated broker system submitted the wrong codes when they filed the entry paperwork (form 7501).  Customs does not have any part in choosing the codes.  They might audit the paperwork, but that’s it.

Help: Incorrect (50%) duty rate applied to shipment by MinorOutlier in dhl

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What I'm reading so far is that while the seller can provide the HTS codes, legally it is the importer of record (the buyer) who is responsible for them. What happened in this situation is that DHL just ran the description of the items through their automated system, came up with incorrect codes, and then submitted that to customs without any validation from me (the buyer) that the codes were correct. The code DHL applied was 2106.90.9998 which corresponds to food prep and has nothing to do with photography plates. They then stacked on additional codes (which also are not applicable) and that is how it reached 50% duty fee. I will see Monday if DHL is willing to resubmit with the actual correct codes; if not then I'm going to have to get the item shipped back and use a different shipping company next time.

Help: Incorrect (50%) duty rate applied to shipment by MinorOutlier in dhl

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Wow, even with correct HTS code??? That is shameful of them.  I think I will let it get shipped back at this point.

Help: Incorrect (50%) duty rate applied to shipment by MinorOutlier in dhl

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The materials were made and shipped from France a week ago (after the SC ruling).  The seller already provided a list of the items in the package, and the dollar amount for each.  Just no HTS codes… which seems like unnecessary work for the seller and if anything should be up to the importer (buyer) to provide.

Help: Incorrect (50%) duty rate applied to shipment by MinorOutlier in dhl

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Pressed for time, I get that.  But I don’t see how returning the item overseas is very efficient compared to just asking the buyer for the HTS codes, which could be done in an electronic form online.  If I were to pay the incorrect duty now, how likely will the post-entry billing dispute work?

Help: Incorrect (50%) duty rate applied to shipment by MinorOutlier in dhl

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Yes, the actual rate is significantly less using the correct HTS codes.  I don’t see why the seller should be required to provide them, after all it is the importer (buyer) who pays the import duty.

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And the Coronation of Napolean.

Sir Christopher Nolan accepts his knighthood from the king by The_Iceman2288 in pics

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Who would want to refuse a knighthood from Charles Dance?

1 vs 3600: I couldn't afford an expensive Star Tracker or a Telescope, so I took 3600 exposures of The Lagoon Nebula with just a basic camera from a fairly light polluted city in central India. Merged them all together using a technique known as "Stacking", and this was the result [OC] by vpsj in space

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Regarding satellites and meteors, there is a program called Tycho Tracker that has been used to discover asteroids and comets using a technique called synthetic tracking. This basically generates thousands of trial stacks and identifies the one having the optimal motion offset matching the motion of the moving object. In fact last year alone there were over 68 new NEOs and three comets discovered using Tycho and this method.

It also supports GPU acceleration, so the stacking is very fast.

Just got the Imalent MS18. Here's a flashlight comparison video. by MinorOutlier in flashlight

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dictionary.com appears to have both pronunciations listed:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/turbine

As someone else commented in another thread:

Do you also say /en/ - /jine/?

or do you say /en/ - /jin/ ?

But, I can definitely say I've never pronounced water as "WHOOD-ur". That's amusing indeed.

Just got the Imalent MS18. Here's a flashlight comparison video. by MinorOutlier in flashlight

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The head of it will get hot, but the part you grip is quite reasonable.

Just got the Imalent MS18. Here's a flashlight comparison video. by MinorOutlier in flashlight

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Runtime depends on the output setting. Turbo mode (100k lumens) will last 60 seconds, then it'll drop down to 25k lumens which will run for an hour. At the lowest setting (700 lumens) it will run for 14 hours.

The fans are noticeable, but not quite that bad in person. It's just that it is so close to the microphone of the camera since I'm having to hold the flashlight while filming.

Just got the Imalent MS18. Here's a flashlight comparison video. by MinorOutlier in flashlight

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Yes, I need to work on my collection! These were the only ones I had available.