Hi everyone, I recently got a 2024 Leaf S after my 2023 model got totalled. The range on the 2023 was 165mi but after about 15 months, it had 147mi on a full charge. Because of the accident (where the other driver who caused it lied to insurance and there was no footage to prove it wasn’t my fault), I bought the Viofo A229 Plus 2CH. I’ve been reading up on the install and I see that to use the parking function, I would need to have the camera hardwired, use OBII, or use a separate battery pack. I was wondering if anyone has tried either of these methods for your dash cam in a Leaf, how it has affected your car battery/range, and if you would recommend it?
The external battery sounded the most attractive to me initially because I don’t trust myself to hardwire anything, but I live in Vegas and read that these things can explode if it gets too hot. I’m looking to solve problems, not create more!
After watching some YouTube videos on the installation, I’m leaning paying to get the dash cams professionally installed and hardwired but I’m just concerned about the battery/range because I don’t want to cause it to drop much more than I already know it will. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hey Everyone! I'm making this post to seek some advice on breaking into energy trading (electricity or other commodities) as a quant traderesearcher and which firms to look at that focus on energy-related commodities.
For my background:

1. Graduating soon from a good university in SoCal with a 3.87/4.00 GPA and CompSci + Stats
2. 2.5 YOE (1 year as software and data engineer and 1.5 years as an MLE at an Energy company, did predictive models on load and climate data)
3. Did quite a lot of ML research and different applications, getting some publications soon (hopefully)
4. Recently got an internship offer at a Natural Gas Hedge Fund in Houston, although I'm still interviewing some other firms for full-time

Mainly, I'd love to chat with people who work in this space to see what skills are needed, how to break in, or to connect if you're also in Houston. Please DM me if you're open to connecting and looking forward to it!

Hello,
For context, way-back I was enrolled as an audio engineering major in college. While involved in that program, I had full access to the college's mic closet, from lav's to ribbons, sm57's to Neumann's. That was back in 2019; since then, COVID hit, I dropped out, and I started working a blue collar job. I have some experience, but not a ton.
Since Steve Albini's passing, I've been going back and rewatching his Electrical Audio tutorials, his interviews, and have been getting the itch to start recording again. I reached out to a friend and offered to record his punk band for free, just to get back into it. I plan on doing it mostly with the 3 SM57's and an AKG C214 I have on-hand into a Tascam Model 12. I'll make it work. It's pretty low-pressure, they are aware of my situation, and I'm looking forward to getting creative in the mix with what little I'm working with.
Eventually, I'd like to get a collection of mics and DI's to use in the context of recording a band. I'd like to put together a buy-list of mics with a variety of different of pick-up patterns. But, I'm poor. I have a full time job, bills to pay, and groceries to buy.
So, do y'all have any budget recommendations for DIY engineers that are just starting out? SM57/58's are a must, but what about budget ribbons/ condensers? I'm not a professional, I'm not too concerned with having the best quality gear. Just need cheap and dirty solutions.
So yeah, thank you. RIP Steve Albini.

I am currently researching expected costs for auto insurance, as I am hoping to buy a car in the next 6-8 months or so. I have discovered a number of issues with getting a reasonable estimate of what a policy might cost me. One, I don't have a specific make/model/year of car in mind right now. Two, I did not have a driver's license for over ten years, but have recently gotten a new license. At the time my old license lapsed I owed back excise taxes. Those were paid off, but when the RMV informed me I would have to go through the entire permitting/road test rigamarole again I decided not to bother and simply had no valid license for quite a while. This spring I felt that needed to change, so i went through the whole process and got a new license. I'm not entirely certain how a person's driving record is impacted by such a lengthy time without a valid license. I never drove illegally.
So, I have a license once more, and of course it would be very nice to try and get a car. I am trying to budget for this and work out ahead of actual purchase just how much I can likely expect to pay for everything from RMV fees to sales tax to insurance. Trying to get an actual quote has been difficult, and the rates absolutely floored me. Since I haven't owned a car in over 15 years I haven't needed auto insurance. Sites that claim to provide free quotes for multiple companies at once utterly fail to give me any quotes at all, and instead redirect me to only one or two major carrier sites (Progressive and Geico). I am trying to figure out why the few quotes I've managed to get are nearly double what internet searches state typical average rates are for full coverage? I'm over 50 years old. Paying $3,400+ per year for car insurance seems completely ludicrous. I am aware that there are multiple factors considered when buying insurance but I was never expecting to needing to anticipate having to pay well over $200 a month. Am I better off trying to go through an actual insurance agent to try and get better pricing? I'm looking at getting an older model used car that would require full coverage due to financing. I can't afford to be paying in excess of $500/month for both car payments and insurance. I live in a state where it's illegal for credit score to be used to determine coverage pricing, so that isn't a factor. From what I've read, average insurance costs for an entire year are what I'm being quoted for for a mere six months.

I'll keep this short. I was a well-qualified recipient of a voucher from my state for an e-bike. The approved retailer I used offered the make and model e-bike I researched and wanted. Went down to the store locally and they had it in stock. Great. They tell me it'll be ~~ $200 out of pocket to cover the difference between the voucher value, and full value of the bike. Initially I'm thinking THAT does not sound right, but maybe I misunderstood something. I basically won out a lottery for one of these voucher and waited so long that I may as well scruff together the couple hundred bucks.
They verify my voucher to make sure it's legit (takes a couple days.) Everything comes back great. Problem is, I come in the day I'm supposed to sign the paperwork and guess what... the floor model is marked down... EVEN MORE than what I thought was the original discrepancy between sticker price and the quoted price.
I immediately bring this to their attention and they spew some bullshit about protecting their investment and they can't reduce the price everytime the manufacturer does blah blah blah. I think on it a bit. and honestly at this point I just want the bike. Time is running out on the redemption deadline and I was lucky to have found a retailer with the exact bike model I wanted and even in the color I wanted. I went through with it.
Fast forward 6 months, and I stumble upon a post in my state's sub where another user has a very similar experience from the exact retailer. He made his admission in the thread as the topic of convo was a local news site applauding THIS RETAILER as having redeemed far and away the most vouchers from this program. In fact they serviced the MAJORITY of all vouchers in the state at their single location.
To put things in to context: there was only about a $200 difference between the voucher and final price on my end. However, there was about a $350 difference between MSRP and the voucher- meaning if the voucher were a (gift card, for instance,) the difference would have been about $550 for the bike.
Upon further review, the voucher clearly states the going price is the official real-time MSRP. The shop knew, or should have known this. Their deliberate actions suggest this was done intentionally and in concert amongst the employees.
I'm going to report this to the state one way or another. How can I put myself in a better situation and negotiate a whistleblower reward?

Hi, sorry if this is a frequently asked question, but I have a few specifics that I felt it would be better to make a post about it than piece all the information separately.
Right now I'm creating maps, segmenting them into a3 size and getting them printed professionally. But the cost is high enough that I've been considering making a TV case to sit a TV into on my table and display maps there.
Things that I want in a vtt for this are:
The ability to support maps from wonder draft and dungeon draft which I use (I believe this is the case with Foundry).
The ability to use physical models but perhaps have an invisible or hidden marker I can move on my laptop to show line of sight etc for the models.
Do not want clutter on the screen, only the map if possible. If I can have the information on my screen and just display the map on the TV that would be helpful, but not necessary.
Will be rolling dice, casting spells etc. in person, pretty much all of the standard physical D&D things.
The ability to maneuver the map for larger maps as the PCs move about on them (assume this is fairly standard).
Using Improved Initiative for running combats, so don't need it in a vtt. Using One note for DM note taking, so don't need that either.
Will pretty much be running full homebrew games, not modules.
I know most of these are probably standard in a lot of vtts, but it's hard to tell for sure about some of them, so I thought I'd ask. If not, are there any other vtts you might recommend? Foundry is the one that strikes my fancy the most though, so would prefer it even if I have to mess around in the backend for it to work.
Besides that, I mostly run these sessions from a mid tier laptop that's a few years old at this stage. Is Forge a good option and worth the money do you think? I was looking at the game master tier.
Thanks for your help.

This is the part I'm referring to.
Willing to send over some coffee your way if that sweetens the deal at all.
I got a really good deal on a Tilta Cage Bmpcc4k/6k from Keh. It fits my 6k perfectly like it said it would in the description but it came with some misc parts missing. A had a couple of 1/4 20 screws laying around and was able to replace those myself but the bracket/ washer that braces the camera from shifting from side to side was also missing and I've not had any luck replacing it. The manual only has a vague illustration of the shape because it's such a misc part and I was able to find a pic of the part on a separate posting but dont think that will be enough to be able to build 3D print model.
I contacted customer service and they offered me a full refund but feels like this is the perfect situation to use my friends 3D printer.

CoCube Early Release v4 is now live.

Overall Progress

The system is coming together—it is possible to create and share simple cubes, embed them in other cubes, and edit cubes collaboratively. However, a number of issues are still preventing CoCube from being as easy to use and intuitive as it could be. This means you should continue to expect the Early Release warning that any cubes you create may become unusable until I can get all of the underlying systems working cohesively.

Node and Cell Evaluation Model

I have been focusing on making sure the node/cell evaluation model is working in a way that is both user-friendly and not going to be full of surprises when building more complex components. This is tricky for a number of reasons. For example - node definitions must be able to be stored in the Map literal type, meaning the Map literal can store expressions directly. This opens the question as to whether or not expressions stored in Maps of regular cells should be evaluated by default. After moving the evaluation model over to an eval by default approach I found that it is often useful to store definitions for Nodes/Cubes in cells. Using the eval by default model meant the user would have to wrap these definitions in a quote function to prevent early evaluation. So, I removed the eval by default functionality on all but the Children cell. That said, if you would like a Map where the indexed expressions are evaluated, you can wrap the Map in the EvalContainer function.

Document Model, References, and Collaboration

With the current implementation only data which is stored in non-ephemeral nodes is shared between users. This allows for local data to be referenced through functions, and for users to be able to interact with cubes using e.g. their own text cursors. The problem is that all data for a given cube must be stored in top-level cells. If you are creating a text document then there must be a cell per text edit box. This is cumbersome to set up and does not make it easy to create dynamic nested collaborative components.

Type System

I'd really like to have a type system supporting algebraic data types, but implementing this would complicate the real-time collaboration system as types would need to be defined, stored, edited, and checked both at runtime and when merging collaborative updates. So for now I am pushing this down the line. This means that for now it is cumbersome to manually edit cells like DisplayMode, Color, and EventHandler, as these cells expect the data they contain to be in a specific format. Earlier in CoCubes development, I solved this by creating additional literal types, but I didn't particularly appreciate how this forced me to create lots of specialized functions to deal with those types. By having all cells use the same set of basic literals (Bool, Number, Text, Map, Array), I only need functions that operate on those literals - and the user can be creative in generating the data they need.

Event System

The event system is working, but the options given to the user need to be clearer. Some events create persistent changes to a document, and some do not. Some events cause multiple evaluations, some do not. It will take some work to bring the current set of changes a user can make down to only a few options.

Rendering System

I will likely need to adjust the rendering system to allow for laying out components depth first or breadth first based on how a node is defined. Otherwise, the current implementation causes all nodes to be drawn depth-first, which causes issues with menu and grid rendering when a single row needs to expand over other rows.

User Experience

There are still some sharp edges, but they are being systematically worked out. Notably, the Reactivity panel has been difficult to get right, mostly due to the above-mentioned issue with the rendering system.

Updates and not affecting existing work

Before releasing a stable version of CoCube I will need to ensure that updates made to the client will never cause breakages in existing cubes.
Overall, I am still very excited about where CoCube is headed. The goal is to build a tool that makes creating and sharing collaborative software easy. Using it for simpler tasks like creating interactive diagrams and charts should also be a perfect fit.
Most recent updates.

• The 'Children' cell is now evaluated using EvalContainer automatically.
• Better error messages when logging in.
• Fixed issue with expr edit staying open when navigating nodes.
• Reactivity panel formatting.
• Fixed bumpy rendering for rounded rectangles.
• Updated the Nodes and Cells panels display formatting.
• V1 blog implementation.

Hey pixel community, what's up.
Are you tired of breaking the rules utilizing the unlimited backup feature from pixel 1-5? Try this instead.
So I was playing around this week and after a few posts, comments, threads, and just about every article online/Reddit - I started my own experiments and found some cool things.
The pixel 1 unlimited storage extends to pictures, videos, screenshots (and anything downloaded directly through your PX1 smartphone), these same rules apply to the PX2/3/4/5 although compressed to 12MP.
So I found out if you'd upload/post/message a folder (.zip for example) you could then download the albums from chrome, discord, etc, and anywhere else you accept the files on your actual PX1-5 device.
Meaning there's several tens of ways to get the unlimited backup quality from other devices without needing to break rules and use synchthings/Magisk spoof BS..
You say "okay, so remind me why wouldn't we break rules?" Because with this information you can actually achieve most things you're aiming to do... Sure you will have to carry your PX1-5 or wait until you get back home (unless you have someone at Homebase who can download from PX1-5 for you while traveling)
and you'll say, but what about my DSLR camera? 99% is good but it's not 100% there... Haha, nah, I got you covered brohams. Absolutely shocked too.
Was playing on my Sony a5100 camera from 2014 (that was gifted to me last year) and while testing out the remote shooting, NFC, QR, Wifi photo transfer functions on the Imagine edge play memories app, I found something really really neat.
You can actually show the device with accurate lens/mp quality info, etc, including date, time + location (which I didn't enable while testing and taking screenshots earlier, but it does work, and does not count towards you storage) .... this is huge! I guess where you're not uploading it directly to the cloud (which my camera does support, but rather you are Pseudo-uploading via download function through your smartphone it counts as a typical download link that you'd otherwise click)
This means I can now use my old Sony camera with HDMI/portable monitor (and I'm assuming any other brand with these transfer features mentioned above) weather it's for landscape videography , livestreaming, or whatever... and not only can I have unlimited run time/pics (at full quality which in my case is 24MP since it's old camera) but this now means my actual camera rig backup is extremely convenient......
You could fill up a massive SD card with RAW/4K/8K files and then just seemlessly transfer them. shocking. Right? I mean 4k-8k uploads always troublesome, but no longer. Incredible.
You can even hook up a drive if it's bigger than 32/64/128gb model. it worked just fine and then it'll just backup as normal when the transfer is complete. amazing. Seriously.
Absolutely huge because now you don't need to buy cloud storage, and super cool because device info, date, time location stuff is all saved. Which is the real point of a direct upload to cloud, no missing info, no missing quality. Just pure convenience....
Although my a5100 is wonderful (even in today's day and age) I'll be updating to the newest 2025 Sony model next year (which is like... more than double maybe close to triple the resolution and specs, meaning I'll then be saving even more storage) ... Absolutely fantastic stuff.
If you're following along this means my yearly cloud membership (which would usually be otherwise necessary) those annual savings alone will now allow me to write off a brand new Pixel phone and brand new camera after enough time has passed (seriously. amazing.)
Please if anyone has a Wi-Fi camera from the past 10 years or so that has a compatible smartphone app with any other brand (that's not Somy) ... Please please please test out if this works the same with other with other brands and applications then post your result below (and/or other upload methods that don't require PX1-5 device modification) so we can REALLY help other people in the community.
Keep in mind I'm specifically talking the cameras unique wiifi ssid/QR code/NFC functions - I AM NOT talking about Bluetooth, direct wifi transfer, direct cloud, or USB cable.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day and that this can bring you joy like it does for me - actually life changing in my situation and guess what, I'm not actively breaking any rules and trying to weasel my way around the system with synchthings and magisk BS. To the detractors who said I was silly and that I should give up or just break rules.... you can eat my dust haters!!! Proof

**What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.**

Work - coding; Gaming - Call of Duty / Cyberpunk / Alan Wake 2

**What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?**

$2,500 would be my maximum

**When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.**

Planning on going to a Microcenter on Tuesday (two days)

**What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc\)**

Tower, have everything else.

**Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?**

San Francisco, CA and will be purchasing at a Microcenter

**If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.**

None

**Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?**

Would be interested in doing it down the line

**Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)**

I have a Samsung 57" Odyssey Neo G9 and would like a graphics card that would take full advantage of the monitor

**Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?**

Would like the smallest case possible

**Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?**

Would need a copy of Windows 11 Pro

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So I've been looking through various artists who create L2D art to try and find a particular style. Main goal is finding a more animalistic/primal character that is still recognisably human.
For example if the Vtubecharacter is a dragon they'd have a tail, horns, scales on the face & neck, scaled arms & clawed hands, etc but still be overall human. However most artist I've found so far go for either 'Human with one or two animal traits' or 'Full Furry' with not much in between, with Buffpup being the main 'big' VTuber I've seen that has more then one trait in her models
Does anyone know any artists who create the type of style I'm trying to find?

This is the story of Gavicus XXIX, the leader of the Aurean Dominate at the beginning of my book series. The Aurean Dominate is a declining empire centered around the Planet Aurea and a few pieces of the surrounding worlds. Despite this, the Aurean Dominate still remains one of the four great powers in the South Nebula, competing with the Haxamanian Empire over its southern and eastern worlds. The north is dominated by the Ishga Empire and the west is controlled by the mysterious and brand-new Tatiians. Minor powers include the Kingdom of Arturia, the Aztlanian Empire, the numerous Atlantean states, and the Kingdom of Vigam. Was Gavicus XXIX a good ruler in your opinion? Why or why not?
INFO ABOUT GAVICUS XXIX:
Gavicus XXIX was a Guant born somewhere in Occidens on Aurea 65 years before the end of Book 1. Not much is known about his early life, but it is known that Gavicus XXIX's birth name was Galerius Decimus Tranio and that he spent most of his young adulthood serving in the army during the war against Beyin Epivoulos and his criminal empire. He eventually became a Senator representing an area of rural Occidens, and after a few terms in the Aurean Senate, was chosen to become the Consigliere of Dominus Theodosius IV after the former Consigliere was ousted in the aftermath of the Great Nicopolitan Scandal. His tenure as Consigliere was short, however, as Theodosius IV died of the Blood Bleaching less than a year later. Galerius ascended the throne in Theodosius's place, and took the name Gavicus XXIX upon doing so. He was 47 years old at the time.
Gavicus inherited a bureaucracy that had just been stripped of the vast majority of its talent, as many of the best officials that had served under Theodosius had been implicated in the Great Nicopolitan Scandal and thus were barred from future office. Syagrios Komnenos, the Exarch of Tifinagh under Theodosius who had helped defeat Majorian IX when he tried to use Tifinagh as a base to usurp the throne, was replaced by Marcus Septimius Massgaba. Massgaba was an incompetent wealthy landowner who had bought his way into the Aurean Senate and would go on to spend his tenure as Exarch raising taxes like a maniac, triggering several small revolts, needlessly prolonging the war with the Haxamanians through his impatience and battlefield incompetence, and dying pathetically in the Battle of Tasfahn. Nassenia Montana, the highly capable Magistra Milita that had served under Theodosius IV was replaced by Gaius Caesonius Theodosius (no relation to Theodosius IV), a somewhat competent general who would go on to serve Gavicus well in the wars in Amorica but utterly fail him in the Battle of Tasfahn. For his Consigliere (2nd-in-command/heir in case of his resignation or death), Gavicus chose Tiverios Theodosiopoulos, the most capable of Theodosius IV's sons, who by this time was serving in the army and Senate as a Legate (Senator in command of a legion). As Gavicus was often away on campaign, Tiverios would go on to amass plenty of political clout and power for himself, as he is who Gavicus always left in charge of governance while out of the capital.
Almost immediately after ascending the throne, Gavicus was forced to deal with a crisis. In Lapum, a working-class satellite city of Aurea's largest city Nicopolis, an ethnic Tangolian civilian named Arslan Yi'it was murdered by Aurean legionaries stationed in the city, causing four days of ethnic violence and chaos known as the Lapum Riots. Large portions of the city were burned and looted. Gavicus personally led a legion into the city to quell the uprising, doing so with only 50 civilian deaths and a few hundred injuries, but this did little to quell the underlying ethnic tensions in the city and elsewhere in Aurea. Despite Gavicus's best attempts to invest in Lapum in the years following the violence, much of Lapum's terrified, ethnically Aurean and Centralian upper and middle class fled the city for Nicopolis and elsewhere, resulting in the beginnings of the urban decay the city is known for today.
Additionally and most importantly, Gavicus had inherited the war with the Haxamanian Empire that had cost the Aureans almost all of their territories on the Planet Awal. Only Tifinagh's islands and a small scrap of the mainland Theodosius IV reconquered just before his death remained under Aurean control. Immediately after dealing with the Lapum Riots, Gavicus traveled to Tifinagh, hoping to cement his legitimacy by reconquering the rest of Tifinagh. Due to the Haxamanians' attention largely being focused elsewhere, Gavicus and Massgaba managed to get significantly further than Theodosius IV did, marching east along mainland Tifinagh's northern coast to little resistance. A small Haxamanian force that tried to stop them outside the city of Dymox was easily defeated, and they took Chera, one of the largest cities on Tifinagh's mainland, with no resistance. However, the city had been emptied by the Haxamanians of its food, its civilians, its water, and its supplies. Immediately knowing this was a trap, Gavicus sent for reinforcements, naval resupply, and a fleet from Carthadasta, Tifinagh's capital. Too impatient to wait for supplies, Massgaba disobeyed Gavicus's orders to stay put and led small bands of cavalry to plunder what they could from the local countryside.
While on one of these raids, they clashed with a small band of Imazi cavalry, previously Aurean subjects who'd switched sides to the Haxamanians after the latter captured their land. The Aureans were victorious and managed to capture some, learning from them that the Haxamanians were amassing a massive army nearby, led personally by the Haxamanian Shahanshah (King of Kings) Bahram VII and his Spahbed (top general) Bacha Hilazai. Only a day later, a Haxamanian fleet appeared from the northwest and parked itself in Chera Bay, blocking reinforcements from reaching the city. However, just as according to Gavicus's plan, the Aurean fleet arrived soon after and defeated it, allowing the simultaneously arriving food and supplies to enter the city. Having lost their advantage in a siege, the Haxamanians instead opted to meet the Aureans in open battle, choosing a nearby site at the edge of the Imazi Desert. Gaius Caesonius Theodosius, who had arrived with the reinforcements, along with Gavicus and Massgaba, led the Aureans to a resounding victory, killing or capturing half the Haxamanian force and routing the rest. The victory at the Battle of the Imazi Desert allowed the Aureans to march much further into mainland Tifinagh, recapturing essentially the entire western half of the Exarchate. Meanwhile, Bahram and Bacha retreated to the fortified port of Vasanos to lick their wounds and await reinforcements. Hoping to return to governance, Gavicus left the situation on Awal to Gaius Caesonius Theodosius and Massgaba for the time being and returned to Aurea proper.
In his early reign, Gavicus focused primarily on strengthening trade relations with the Ishgas, but was soon forced to shift his attention elsewhere. 4 years into his reign, the galactic warlord Tate released a magical cataclysm known as the Iteru Genocide on Iteru, a moon of the Planet Awal with close relations to the Aurean Dominate, as it was a former Aurean possession. With Iteru's Pharaoh Nuterhek, a close personal friend of Gavicus, begging him for help, Gavicus provided what rice and wheat the Aurean Dominate could spare to help with the associated famine. While it wasn't enough to save Iteru, the food aid bought many of Iteru's people the time they needed to flee the doomed moon. Despite the Aurean Dominate's extremely isolationist policies for the past few centuries, Gavicus made an agreement with Nuterhek to resettle some Iteru refugees on Aurea, angering many hardliners in the Aurean Senate. The decision was only able to pass the Aurean Senate when Gavicus agreed to cap the total number of migrants at 60,000 and restrict Iteru settlement to the cities of Astras and Olinthaseia. Most consequential of these arrivals was Taftenkhamun, Nuterhek's 10-year-old son and heir to Iteru's throne, whom Gavicus agreed with Nuterhek to adopt as a son. Despite Gavicus's efforts, however, the Iteru Genocide killed or forced into exile all sentient life on Iteru, taking the life of his friend Nuterhek as well, who chose to die with his people rather than flee to Aurea. Gavicus would live with the guilt of not doing more to help Iteru for the rest of his life.
Gavicus would raise Taftenkhamun, much better known by his Aurean name of Taftus, as the son he never had. He allowed Taftus to live with him in the Palace of the Domini, continued his education, and did his best to balance spending time with him and showing him love and affection with the duties of being the Aurean Dominus. Despite Gavicus trying to push Taftus into going into politics like he did, Taftus was far more interested in the military, and enlisted in the Aurean legions at 17, as soon as he became of age.
After a year of scheming to turn the tide of the war, Bahram sent Bacha undercover to the rebellious Aurean Province of Tangolia, tasked with fomenting a rebellion so they could use the province as a springboard to attack Aurea proper. Many Tangolians, particularly the Otrar and Gazan Tangolians, both felt mistreatment under Aurean rule and had more in common culturally with the Haxamanians than the Aureans, and many flocked to join the revolt, which quickly took control of the north and center of the province. Qajeer, the Tangolian Khan loyal to the Aureans, fought off several attempts by the rebels to capture Tengribalik, the Tangolian Capital. However, once the Haxamanians arrived, led by Bacha Hilazai, their combined strength was too much for Qajeer to deal with and he was forced to abandon the city to the rebels and Haxamanians, fleeing to Tangolia's eastern seaboard, an area much more loyal to the Aureans. With Gaius Caesonius Theodosius tied down in Tifinagh and not trusting Massgaba to defend the Exarchate on his own, Gavicus was forced to rely on what was left of Qajeer's force, border guard units, and regional commanders to stop the ensuing Haxamanian-Tangolian invasion of Argentolia, the Aurean heartland. The border guard units proved to be little more than a speed bump for the combined Haxamanian-Tangolian force, which easily broke through the border wall and crossed the Hsia River, invading Argentolia. As most of eastern Argentolia's regional commanders with any actual talent had been implicated in the Great Nicopolitan Scandal under Gavicus's predecessor and thus were no longer in command, almost all of them were fairly new recruits with little experience leading troops, resulting in disaster after disaster. Daion was the first city to fall to the Haxamanian-Tangolian force, which then followed that up by defeating an Aurean field army near Cannoria. Within three months, both Cannoria and Ferum, the latter being one of the largest and most important cities in the Aurean Dominate, would be in enemy hands. Over the following six months, poorly led field army after poorly led field army would fall to the invaders, with the major cities of Eresus, Cercapese, Ager Capulum, and Sacrini all falling within the next year. For the first time since the Aurean Dominate's founding, the capital of Astras was within striking distance.
Under immense pressure from the Aurean Senate and general public, Gavicus finally recalled Gaius Caesonius Theodosius from Tifinagh after Sacrini fell, as the enemy was nearing Astras, thought for millennia to be untouchable. By the time Gaius Caesonius Theodosius had arrived, the Haxamanian-Tangolian force had seized Artegion, on the doorstep of Astras, and with it, a fleet. With the combined arms of their massive land force and this fleet, the Haxamanian-Tangolian force laid siege to Astras, with Gaius Caesonius Theodosius and Gavicus leading the defense of the city. The city's massive, three-layered walls, combined with its easily defensible location on the sea with only a few land entrances, allowed the Aureans to repel the invaders, marking a turning point in the war. While the Haxamanians under Bacha Hilazai simply sailed back to Awal, the Tangolians, with no such option and trapped thousands of miles deep in Aurean territory, would be dealt with piecemeal over the next three years. Around the same time, Qajeer had managed to reverse his fortunes in Tangolia and recapture Tengribalik and much of the province's center.
By year 6 of Gavicus's reign, the situation with the Tangolians was under enough control for Gavicus to return his military attention to Awal. While Gaius Caesonius Theodosius and Gavicus had been busy fighting off Bacha Hilazai and the Tangolians, Massgaba had lost some ground to Bahram VII in Tifinagh, having been pushed back to the city of Thubiscurum. Taking advantage of low Haxamanian morale after the failed Siege of Astras, the Aureans were able to push the Haxamanians out of Tifinagh entirely when Gavicus and Gaius Caesonius Theodosius returned, restoring the Aurean Exarchate of Tifinagh to full Aurean control for the first time in decades. Other lost Aurean Exarchates in the area - Kilikia, Meroe, Adua, and the Imazi Tribal Lands - were restored to Aurean hands over the next six years, putting the Haxamanians decisively on the back foot. During this time, Bacha Hilazai was killed at the Battle of Taoudenni, greatly weakening the Haxamanians and lowering their morale.
Relations with the Kingdom of Arturia were fraught, with conflict erupting 7 years into Gavicus's reign over the Aurean Exarchate of Amorica, an isolated Aurean territory on the Planet Arturia that the Kingdom of Arturia continued to claim. Paradoxically, these tensions began when Arturia's king, King Arturius, traveled to Aurea to meet with Gavicus to negotiate an end to their millennia-long conflict. While Gavicus was personally in favor of a deal, King Arturius refused to relinquish his claim on Amorica, leading to the Aurean Senate rejecting the deal and forcing Gavicus to continue the conflict. Additionally angering the Aurean Senate, Gavicus made the mistake of insisting that he meet with Arturius in Astras rather than on Arturia. Despite Gavicus's attempt to pitch it as a beginning of the end of Aurea's centuries of isolationism that even many Aureans were starting to regard as self destructive, this was seen as a bridge too far for most. During the failed negotiations, Gavicus briefly met Pompeia, a young disciple of King Arturius who would become of note much later. In order to make up his lost standing in the Aurean Senate, Gavicus was forced to escalate the situation in Arturia immediately after the negotiations broke down, distracting King Arturius with a vacation in Astras while he ordered a massive invasion force to land in Amorica and seize as much Arturian land as possible.
Exceeding even Gavicus's expectations, this force managed to break through the Arturian Alps and put Caerbannog, the Kingdom of Arturia's capital, under siege. Upon his return, however, Arturius managed to break the siege despite being taken completely by surprise, and defeated the Aureans in several battles, pushing them all the way back into Amorica. Eventually, Arturius, livid at Gavicus's betrayal, managed to invade into Amorica itself and fought the Aureans, led personally by Gavicus as he had traveled there by this point, to a stalemate at the Battle of Caerwent. While Gavicus still had enough resources to continue prosecuting the war, he felt that this particular episode proved there was no reason to continue the constant skirmishes with Arturia, and accepted an offer to negotiate peace terms with Arturius again, this time in Amorica.
The ensuing peace deal returned Aurea's and Arturia's borders to status quo antebellum, although Arturius was not happy about Aurea retaining Amorica. However, Aurea had to bite the bullet and recognize the Kingdom of Arturia's independence and normalize relations, as all of Aurea's previous Domini had refused to do this despite it having been fait accompli for millennia at this point. Aurea had previously seen the entire Kingdom of Arturia as little more than a rogue province that had somehow managed to slip from its control long ago. Aurea paid Arturia a hefty war indemnity, but this was paltry compared to the money that new trade relations between Arturia and Aurea brought in for both nations. Although recognizing Arturia's independence was not popular on Aurea at first, Gavicus was able to sell it based on the fact that he had retained Amorica, held the peace negotiations off-planet this time, and most importantly because of all the money that new trade relations with Arturia brought in, as Arturia sat along a key trade route linking Aurea more closely with the wealthy and technologically advanced Ishgas far beyond. This allowed Gavicus to hold lavish games, as well as expand Aurea's existing food dole for the poor to include protoceratops and psittacosaurus meat in addition to wheat, olive oil, rice, pork, and chicken. His popularity spiked, and in the tenth year of his reign, he would go on to sail to reelection against Qajeer Khan, winning 55% of the vote nationwide.
In the ninth year of Gavicus's reign, the last holdouts of the Tangolian revolt had been put down by Qajeer. Qajeer had his uncle Jamukha, who had led the revolt, strangled for doing so. However, Qajeer had his own reasons for helping crush the revolt instead of participating in it himself. While he secretly loathed the Aureans and the way they treated his people, Qajeer instead chose to bide his time, gaining the Aureans' trust and building a robust local power base while he waited for his own opening to revolt. For the entire rest of his life, Gavicus would be none the wiser. Qajeer would eventually revolt under Gavicus's successor, resulting in a multi-year civil war that would leave the already exhausted Aurean Dominate open to the machinations of Tate soon after.
Gavicus tried his best to manage the Blood Bleaching pandemic that circulated on Aurea during the first few years of his reign, but little could be done to spare Aurea from the destruction of that disease, and like most of the rest of the galaxy, Aurea lost a substantial chunk of its population. Thanks largely to Gavicus's enforcement of strict social distancing throughout its duration, however, the Blood Bleaching killed far less of the population on Aurea than it did on the hardest-hit worlds of Arturia and Iteru, each of which lost half or more of their pre-pandemic populations. In total, it is estimated around 10-15% of the Aurean Dominate's pre-pandemic population was killed by the Blood Bleaching, compared to around 50% on Arturia and a whopping 70% on Iteru. Even Aurea's relatively small loss was not without its consequences, however, as this caused a decline in tax revenue for years and a noticeable strain on the military's recruitment pool.
In the first four years after his reelection, Gaius Caesonius Theodosius managed to reconquer all of the lost Exarchates on Awal the Haxamanians had taken from the Aureans during Theodosius IV's reign. Nova Aurea, Caria, and finally Carmania were all finally returned to the Aurean Dominate after decades of Haxamanian occupation, and Gavicus's popularity soared as a result.
Despite having recognized Arturia's independence earlier, 14 years into Gavicus's reign, tensions flared up with Arturia again Amorica again. An Arturian garrison had left a border fort in the Arturian Alps briefly undefended, and a small Aurean force seized it without orders, prompting a small-scale war between Aurea and Arturia. This conflict was over in about two months, with the Kingdom of Arturia suing for peace after the Aureans seized a few more border forts and badly defeated an Arturian field army at the Battle of Allt-Gollau. At the negotiating table, Gavicus agreed to return the border between the Aurean Exarchate of Amorica and the Kingdom of Arturia to status quo antebellum in exchange for the freeing of 500 Aurean hostages Arturia took during the fighting and the Aureans who seized the initial border fort without orders were put on trial. Most notable about this conflict was the brilliance of an Aurean cavalry commander named Gorgo Gualtera at the Battle of Allt-Gollau, resulting in her catching Gavicus's eye. Gavicus promoted her to Exarch of Amorica, giving her full military and civilian control of the territory. Unbeknownst to Gavicus or anyone else, however, Gorgo was both the daughter of the dead Aurean crimelord Beyin Epivoulos (the crimelord whose forces Gavicus had fought in his youth), as well as a deep cover agent for Tate (the architect of the Iteru Genocide and many other atrocities across the galaxy).
The next year, the Haxamanian Empire was engulfed in a civil war, and Gavicus saw the perfect opportunity to strike at the Haxamanian Capital while the area was engulfed in turmoil, finally ending the decades-long war or maybe even conquering the Haxamanians completely in the process. However, things did not at all go according to plan, and all the armies he brought with him got destroyed by the forces of Rukhsana I Shahanzai, a disaffected member of the Haxamanian royal family who had escaped from prison, gotten an army together, annihilated the Aureans in the disastrous Battle of Tasfahn, and took the Haxamanian throne for herself. Several Aurean generals and other military leaders, including Massgaba, were killed, and Gavicus barely escaped the battle with his life. The Aureans had no forces left on Awal after this to protect their holdings there. On the other hand, Taftus, who was also present during the campaign, became a national hero when he used his tactical prowess to save the troops under his command from annihilation by a Haxamanian ambush deep in the mountains.
In the aftermath, Gavicus was forced to enter into peace negotiations. At first, Rukhsana demanded the Aureans cede all their lands on Awal to the Haxamanians, which Gavicus flatly refused (The Exarchate of Tifinagh on Awal was one of Aurea's most valuable regions and ceding it to the Haxamanians would have meant an end to the grain dole and mass starvation across Aurea). Eventually, a deal was reached in which the Aureans would cede all their lands on Awal except the Exarchate of Tifinagh to the Haxamanians, and the Aureans would have to pay a huge war indemnity to the Haxamanians as well. The Aurean Exarchates of Nova Aurea, Kilikia, Meroe, Adua, the Imazi Tribal Lands, Carmania, and Caria were all permanently handed over to the Haxamanians, essentially rendering all of Gavicus's reconquests except those in Tifinagh moot. This was formalized in the humiliating Treaty of Mingora, which Gavicus was forced to sign.
Gavicus's popularity took a nosedive in the aftermath of this event, and he dedicated the rest of his reign to domestic policy, commissioning public works projects, throwing lavish games, and beginning by far his most important legacy: he decided that to keep up with the rest of the galaxy, Aurea needed to end its isolationism and industrialize along the Ishga model. He decided that Aurea's largest city, Nicopolis, would be a good place to test industrialization, and he hired Ishga scientists, architects, engineers, and developers to transform Nicopolis into a modern city. While Gavicus's popularity would never recover to the heights it was at after his victory over the Arturians, this was enough to keep him from being assassinated (at least for a while).
For the rest of Gavicus's life, Taftus would alternate between his extremely promising military career and a middling-to-poor one as an elected politician, helping Gavicus with some of his later projects such as industrialization but turning out to be too scandal-ridden and debauched to be the protege Gavicus wanted. For all his military talent, Taftus had a reputation for extreme abrasiveness and anger issues, and it seemed every other week there was another rumor going around about Taftus having massive orgies involving female politicians and/or prostitutes. While Gavicus would never fully disown Taftus, he had largely abandoned him as a protege by the end of his reign, assigning him military command of the backwater province of Tiorangi where he didn't have to pay much attention to him. The year before Gavicus died, he made Gorgo Gualtera his Magister Equitum, supreme commander of all cavalry forces in the Aurean Dominate after the previous officeholder died suddenly of a stroke. While Gavicus had no way of knowing this at the time, this decision would eventually result in both his own death and Aurea being pulled into the galaxy's broader confrontation with Tate years later that would result in the bloodiest war in galactic history.
Towards the end of his life, Gavicus befriended Pompeia, a young woman of mixed Aurean and Tangolian heritage who had spent much of her life on the Planet Arturia before returning to Aurea by accident. She rose to superstardom as a gladiator, having trained in magic under King Arturius, utilizing magic in combat in ways that hadn't been seen in millennia. He was both shocked and intrigued by Pomepeia's friendship and past brief romantic involvement with Rukhsana I Shahanzai of the Haxamanian Empire. Gavicus saw great potential in Pompeia and reinstated her Aurean citizenship, even allowing her to serve as his Consigliere after Tiverios was indicted on corruption charges. However, there was some tension between the two, as Pompeia was from Lapum, had witnessed the Lapum Riots as a child, and was critical of Gavicus's failure to address the longstanding discrimination against Tangolians that led to them. Less than a year later, Gavicus was assassinated under mysterious circumstances (it would later be discovered that Gorgo Gualtera arranged his murder and covered it up so well that no one even suspected her until she would eventually reveal her true intentions years later), and Pompeia ascended the throne as the first female Dominus (Domina) in history. Gavicus's body was cremated after his death and his urn was placed in the Mausoleum of the Domini in Astras. Decades of constant conflict with the Haxamanians, both under Gavicus and his predecessor Theodosius IV, as well as civil conflict, multiple Tangolian revolts, the Hoc Nostrum conflict, and the Amorican Wars with Arturia would leave Pompeia with an exhausted Aurean Dominate, bereft of manpower, resources, money, and talent that would be completely unprepared to deal with Tate and his machinations only a few years after Gavicus's death.

Hi guys, lately I've been toying with the idea of starting a company to do freelancing web development/design work and web hosting for local businesses. I am confident that my technicals skills and experience are good enough that I can offer value to potential clients if I price my services right. However, I've never actually freelanced before (I have ~ 5 years experience programming professionally in corporate/SaaS data analysis and devOps settings), so I was hoping to see if anyone one this sub might be willing to share some relevant experiences and tips.
I live in a rural area with a ski/tourism industry people use for marketing, so my general idea is that I want my "company" to be able to build "custom" (which can mean a lot of different things) websites for small businesses in my area and beyond with Tailwind and my favorite CMS. I've even gotten as far as designing a logo. I get kind of apprehensive with some of the next steps in figuring stuff out.
For context, I am currently employed at my family's small IT firm (full situation is long story). I've been doing backend/db work and overhauling various web properties. Importantly, the projects I've been working on recently have been internal, so my (recent) portfolio is basically just app/sites me or my family own. I feel a little weird about that. But anyway, I do have a lot of flexibility (almost too much so) and spare cycles depending on the week... I want to be able to pick up more work in a controlled manner when I want.
One big issue for for me is that I have no clue how to price my services hourly. When I take my meds and I know what I need/want to do, I can be very efficient. But I tend to be a very non-linear person in terms of productivity and creativity, so I think pricing and estimating times will be tough for me (especially since I've never delivered in this context). Any tips on handling this area? It seems like making some choices here might be important in terms of defining my whole business model.
I also don't know how much design work I am trying to do (I'm not really trained classically in that area), but I do see investing in my design skills as worthwhile given that I tend to be a non-linear person anyway. I guess I sort of want to put myself in a position where non-linear creativity is understood and valued instead of punished.
Any tips on preventing scope creep (or at least accounting for it in how you plan projects)? I think this will be important for me.
Are there any other potential pitfalls or traps I should be aware of as a freelancer with adhd?
For those who have done a lot of freelancing work, do you find it more or less "accommodating" (not the right word but I can't think of anything better) of your working style with ADHD than a straight corporate job? It seems like freelancing could be good for my lifestyle, but how do you guys set boundaries?
I have heard of people running "full-service web agencies" and then going back to solo freelance dev work because they like it more, so I was wondering if anyone here had any thoughts about comparing those two work situations from an ADHD perspective. I think I could be cooking with gas if I were working with a frontend person faster than me lol.
Are there any resources for new freelancers/contractors that I should check out?
Anyway, sorry for the wall of text and asking so many questions, but I appreciate any advice here anyone can offer... between ADHD and vision issues, I don't really want to go back to a corporate/office job if I can figure out other options! Thanks y'all!

HELP - Random question/request
Has anyone got a Mobula 8 Walksnail (UART based with ELRS V3 out the box?)
My friend needs a full CLI dump, they have lost the onscreen OSD after adjusting some bits on the goggles and the OSD tab (This should not of in theory lost the drones OSD in the goggles)
If you can provide any of the below this would be a big help, checking the HappyModel page i can only find a CLI dump for the older SPI based Mobula 8.

• CLI Dump of the Mobula 8 ELRS V3 (UART/Walksnail version)
  
• Backup of your Mobula 8 ELRS V3 (UART/Walksnail version)
  
• Screen shots of the configuration/OSD/Ports page (All pages if possible ignoreing the rates/pids etc)
  

Any help would be amazing :(
Just trying to help my friend with his first step into digital.

I have a 10Gbps fiber connection, and the fiber modem exposes a 10gbps RJ45 port. That port is connected to a cat5 wire running in the walls, going to a socket in my office. Despite the inadequate cable I achieve 5gbps consistently, I forced the NIC to run at 5Gbps. All the other ports from the modem are 1Gbps, and I have a second socket in the office, so link aggregation is a possibility.
Now, I would like to share this (at least the 5gbps) with my son whose PC is next to mine. I would also like to share it with my Chromebox for work. On top of that I have a bunch of local devices for which speed doesn’t matter. They are currently all connected to a Unifi switch that is full.
In total I have 9 1Gbps devices, and 4 that could benefit from 5gbps. All devices consume RJ45 so I would need transceivers if I go the fiber router path.
What router model would you choose ?