Auto locksmith franchise

Hello Defi Folks!
Today, I want to dive into the incredible work of the sicarios over at Redacted Cartel, one of the most impressive teams in DeFi for nearly 2.5 years. They've built multiple businesses driving real yield to rlBTRFLY holders.
Let's explore how their efforts, alongside collaborations with Aura Finance and Hyperlock Fi, are shaping the DeFi yields.
First things first, What is Aura Finance?
Aura Finance is a cutting-edge DeFi protocol built on Balancer. Its primary goal is to enhance yield and governance for BAL stakers and liquidity providers. Aura allows users to convert BAL into auraBAL, which can then be staked for additional rewards. This model maximizes returns while empowering users with governance capabilities through a DAO structure​.
Aura Finance - Finbold
Core Features of Aura Finance:
- Yield Optimization: Aura offers boosted yield farming opportunities, providing higher returns on Balancer liquidity pools.
- Governance: Operates under a decentralized autonomous organization -DAO- model, where AURA token holders can vote on key decisions affecting the platform.
- Security: The protocol is fortified by multiple audits from top security firms like Halborn, Peckshield, and Code4rena​.
Check in here the audits.
Why Aura Finance is Important?
Aura Finance enhances liquidity and yield optimization within DeFi, promotes decentralized governance, and ensures secure and efficient farming solutions.
What is Redacted Cartel?
Redacted Cartel is a protocol focused on meta-governance and yield generation. It leverages veTokenomics to maximize yield and governance influence across various DeFi protocols. Redacted Cartel has launched multiple businesses that drive real yield to rlBTRFLY holders​.
Core Projects by Redacted Cartel:
- Hidden Hand: A top marketplace for vote incentives, facilitating over $33 million in volume.
- Pirex: Provides auto-compounding liquid wrappers on yield-generating assets.
- pxETH: Pegged 1-1 to ETH, with staking options for high APR.
- Dinero: An upcoming permissionless stablecoin backed by Ethereum blockspace​.
Why Redacted Cartel is Important?
Redacted Cartel’s innovations in meta-governance and yield generation make it a pivotal player in DeFi, driving significant value to its token holders.
What is Hyperlock Fi?
Hyperlock Fi is an emerging DeFi protocol and a franchise of Aura DAO. It focuses on providing yield and liquidity solutions, enhancing the Aura DAO ecosystem​​.
Core Features of Hyperlock Fi:
- Franchise Model: Operates as an extension of Aura DAO, enhancing its ecosystem.
- Yield and Liquidity Solutions: Provides advanced tools for yield optimization and liquidity management.
- Community and Governance: Emphasizes decentralized governance and community-driven development.
Why Hyperlock Fi is Important?
Hyperlock Fi contributes to expanding the utility and reach of Aura DAO, providing innovative solutions for the DeFi space.
Recent Developments and Collaborations:
- Redacted Cartel’s Achievements:
Over the past 2.5 years, Redacted Cartel has built multiple businesses driving real yield to rlBTRFLY holders. Key projects include Hidden Hand, Pirex, and pxETH, each contributing significantly to the DeFi ecosystem.
Collaborative Efforts Between Aura Finance and Redacted Cartel:
- Hidden Hand Integration: vlAURA holders benefit from the top marketplace for vote incentives.
- Pirex and pxETH: Enhancing yield opportunities through auto-compounding liquid wrappers and high APR staking options.
- Collaborative Pools: Aura Finance’s pxETH-WETH pool on Ethereum offers an impressive 31% APR, and Hyperlock Fi’s pxETH-WETH pool provides a great way to stack Blast Gold​​.
Detailed Analysis of Key Projects:
Hidden Hand:
- Functionality: Marketplace for vote incentives.
- Achievements: Over $33 million in volume.
- Importance: Enhances governance participation and efficiency.
Pirex:
- Functionality: Auto-compounding liquid wrappers on yield-generating assets.
- Achievements: Generates fees and optimizes yield.
- Importance: Provides efficient yield farming solutions.
pxETH:
- Functionality: Pegged to ETH with staking options.
- Achievements: High APR through apxETH staking.
- Importance: Offers stable and high-yield options for investors.
Dinero:
- Functionality: Upcoming permissionless stablecoin.
- Importance: Enhances stability and liquidity in the DeFi ecosystem.
Benefits and Impact on Defi Users:

• Enhanced Yield Opportunities.
  
• Higher APRs through collaborative pools and advanced yield farming tools.
  
• Improved Governance Participation.
  
• Increased influence on protocol decisions through vote incentives and veToken models.
  
• Security and Reliability.
  
• Robust security measures through multiple audits and bug bounty programs.
  

Conclusion:
Aura Finance, Redacted Cartel, and Hyperlock Fi are super important for the DeFi ecosystem, offering innovative solutions for yield optimization, governance, and liquidity management.
Also, anticipation of upcoming projects and further collaborations are encouraging users to engage with these protocols for enhanced benefits.
Engage with the Protocols:

• Aura Finance’s pxETH-WETH pool
  
• Hyperlock Fi’s pxETH-WETH pool
  

Fallen Tree Games introduces an unique twist to the open-world sandbox category with The precinct giving players the role of a police officer.
The games unique camera viewpoint pays tribute to early Grand Theft Auto days offering engaging gameplay features like helicopter pursuits and cover-based combat.
As larger franchises like Watch Dogs and Saints Row take a step back indie studios like Fallen Tree Games continue to boost the genre with creative titles such as The Precinct.

Might be interesting to see if any spark any memories. Some franchises for me I adored growing up (military game heavy). Numbered these but not in any particular order

1. Delta Force & Joint Ops games
   
2. Rainbow Six (Rogue Spear etc)
   
3. Socom
   
4. Metal Gear Solid
   
5. Battlefield Bad Company
   
6. Full Spectrum Warrior
   
7. Splinter Cell
   
8. Max Payne
   
9. Conflict games (Desert storm etc)
   
10. The Suffering
    
11. The Darkness
    
12. Auto Modellista
    
13. Tokyo Xtreme Racer
    
14. Extreme sport games in general. (Matt Hoffman/Dave Mirra BMX, THPS, SSX, Coolboarders, MX Unleashed, Downhill Domination)
    
15. Midnight Club
    
16. Riddick escape from butcher bay
    
17. Jet Set Radio
    
18. Silent Hill
    
19. Destruction Derby
    
20. Lemmings
    

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Red Sox (23-24) @ Rays (25-23)

First Pitch: 6:50 PM at Tropicana Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Red Sox	Tanner Houck (3-5, 2.17 ERA)	NESN	WEEI, WCCM (ES)
Rays	Taj Bradley (1-1, 2.45 ERA)	BSSUN	WDAE, WQBN/1300 (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	2
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1

Box Score

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Díaz, Y	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259
RF	Lowe, J	3	0	1	0	0	1	.244
3B	Paredes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.303
2B	Lowe, B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167
DH	Aranda	2	0	0	0	1	0	.190
CF	DeLuca	3	0	0	0	0	3	.261
LF	Palacios, R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.258
SS	Caballero	3	0	1	0	0	0	.257
C	Rortvedt	3	0	0	0	0	0	.277

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bradley, T	7.0	6	5	5	0	10	92-65	4.00
Lovelady	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	6.75
Ramírez, E	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15-9	4.20

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Duran, Ja	4	1	1	0	0	1	.270
RF	Abreu, W	4	1	1	1	0	1	.269
LF	O'Neill	4	0	0	0	0	1	.255
3B	Devers	4	1	1	2	0	1	.284
DH	Wong	4	0	1	0	0	1	.350
1B	Smith, Do	4	0	1	0	0	2	.189
2B	Hamilton, D	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
C	McGuire	3	0	0	0	0	1	.234
SS	Rafaela	3	1	1	2	0	1	.195

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Houck	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	94-68	1.94
Slaten	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	22-16	3.12

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T4	Wilyer Abreu doubles (12) on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Lowe. Jarren Duran scores.	0-1
T4	Rafael Devers homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Wilyer Abreu scores.	0-3
T5	Ceddanne Rafaela homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. David Hamilton scores.	0-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Tanner Houck against the Rays	0:09
Taj Bradley against the Red Sox	0:09
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:07
Bullpen availability for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:07
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:07
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:11
Bench availability for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:07
Fielding alignment for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:11
Starting lineups for Red Sox at Rays - May 20, 2024	0:09
Rafael Devers: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Visualizing Rafael Devers' swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Ceddanne Rafaela: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11
A deep dive into Ceddanne Rafaela's home run	0:11
Breaking down Taj Bradley's pitches	0:04
Taj Bradley's outing against the Red Sox	0:23
Breaking down Tanner Houck's pitches	0:04
Tanner Houck's outing against the Rays	0:22
Brandon Lowe makes a nice play after a deflection	0:25
Cedanne Rafaela's shift violation	0:29
Wilyer Abreu's outfield assist	0:28
Jarren Duran's eighth triple of the season	0:20
Wilyer Abreu's RBI double	0:25
Devers sets franchise consecutive game HR record	0:29
Field View: Rafael Devers' home run	0:38
Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run homer (5)	0:25
Brandon Lowe's smooth backhanded play	0:26
Richie Palacios' sliding catch	0:16
Taj Bradley's 10-strikeout performance	1:24
Justin Slaten seals the win	0:08

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Houck (4-5, 1.94 ERA)	Bradley, T (1-2, 4.00 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	72°F, Dome	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Edwin Moscoso	Vic Carapazza	Adam Hamari	Brian Walsh

Game ended at 9:00 PM.
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First Pitch: 6:50 PM at Tropicana Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Red Sox	Tanner Houck (3-5, 2.17 ERA)	NESN	WEEI, WCCM (ES)
Rays	Taj Bradley (1-1, 2.45 ERA)	BSSUN	WDAE, WQBN/1300 (ES)

Game Preview
Reddit Stream for this post

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	2
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1

Box Score

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Díaz, Y	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259
RF	Lowe, J	3	0	1	0	0	1	.244
3B	Paredes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.303
2B	Lowe, B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167
DH	Aranda	2	0	0	0	1	0	.190
CF	DeLuca	3	0	0	0	0	3	.261
LF	Palacios, R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.258
SS	Caballero	3	0	1	0	0	0	.257
C	Rortvedt	3	0	0	0	0	0	.277

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bradley, T	7.0	6	5	5	0	10	92-65	4.00
Lovelady	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	6.75
Ramírez, E	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15-9	4.20

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Duran, Ja	4	1	1	0	0	1	.270
RF	Abreu, W	4	1	1	1	0	1	.269
LF	O'Neill	4	0	0	0	0	1	.255
3B	Devers	4	1	1	2	0	1	.284
DH	Wong	4	0	1	0	0	1	.350
1B	Smith, Do	4	0	1	0	0	2	.189
2B	Hamilton, D	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
C	McGuire	3	0	0	0	0	1	.234
SS	Rafaela	3	1	1	2	0	1	.195

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Houck	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	94-68	1.94
Slaten	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	22-16	3.12

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T4	Wilyer Abreu doubles (12) on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Lowe. Jarren Duran scores.	0-1
T4	Rafael Devers homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Wilyer Abreu scores.	0-3
T5	Ceddanne Rafaela homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. David Hamilton scores.	0-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Tanner Houck against the Rays	0:09
Taj Bradley against the Red Sox	0:09
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:07
Bullpen availability for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:07
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:07
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:11
Bench availability for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:07
Fielding alignment for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:11
Starting lineups for Red Sox at Rays - May 20, 2024	0:09
Rafael Devers: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Visualizing Rafael Devers' swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Ceddanne Rafaela: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11
A deep dive into Ceddanne Rafaela's home run	0:11
Breaking down Taj Bradley's pitches	0:04
Taj Bradley's outing against the Red Sox	0:23
Breaking down Tanner Houck's pitches	0:04
Tanner Houck's outing against the Rays	0:22
Brandon Lowe makes a nice play after a deflection	0:25
Cedanne Rafaela's shift violation	0:29
Wilyer Abreu's outfield assist	0:28
Jarren Duran's eighth triple of the season	0:20
Wilyer Abreu's RBI double	0:25
Devers sets franchise consecutive game HR record	0:29
Field View: Rafael Devers' home run	0:38
Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run homer (5)	0:25
Brandon Lowe's smooth backhanded play	0:26
Richie Palacios' sliding catch	0:16
Taj Bradley's 10-strikeout performance	1:24

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Houck (4-5, 1.94 ERA)	Bradley, T (1-2, 4.00 ERA)

Game ended at 8:59 PM.

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Red Sox (23-24) @ Rays (25-23)

First Pitch: 6:50 PM at Tropicana Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Red Sox	Tanner Houck (3-5, 2.17 ERA)	NESN	WEEI, WCCM (ES)
Rays	Taj Bradley (1-1, 2.45 ERA)	BSSUN	WDAE, WQBN/1300 (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	2
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1

Box Score

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Díaz, Y	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259
RF	Lowe, J	3	0	1	0	0	1	.244
3B	Paredes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.303
2B	Lowe, B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167
DH	Aranda	2	0	0	0	1	0	.190
CF	DeLuca	3	0	0	0	0	3	.261
LF	Palacios, R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.258
SS	Caballero	3	0	1	0	0	0	.257
C	Rortvedt	3	0	0	0	0	0	.277

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bradley, T	7.0	6	5	5	0	10	92-65	4.00
Lovelady	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	6.75
Ramírez, E	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15-9	4.20

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Duran, Ja	4	1	1	0	0	1	.270
RF	Abreu, W	4	1	1	1	0	1	.269
LF	O'Neill	4	0	0	0	0	1	.255
3B	Devers	4	1	1	2	0	1	.284
DH	Wong	4	0	1	0	0	1	.350
1B	Smith, Do	4	0	1	0	0	2	.189
2B	Hamilton, D	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
C	McGuire	3	0	0	0	0	1	.234
SS	Rafaela	3	1	1	2	0	1	.195

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Houck	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	94-68	1.94
Slaten	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	22-16	3.12

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T4	Wilyer Abreu doubles (12) on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Lowe. Jarren Duran scores.	0-1
T4	Rafael Devers homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Wilyer Abreu scores.	0-3
T5	Ceddanne Rafaela homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. David Hamilton scores.	0-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Tanner Houck against the Rays	0:09
Taj Bradley against the Red Sox	0:09
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:07
Bullpen availability for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:07
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:07
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, May 20 vs Red Sox	0:11
Bench availability for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:07
Fielding alignment for Boston, May 20 vs Rays	0:11
Starting lineups for Red Sox at Rays - May 20, 2024	0:09
Rafael Devers: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Visualizing Rafael Devers' swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Ceddanne Rafaela: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11
A deep dive into Ceddanne Rafaela's home run	0:11
Breaking down Taj Bradley's pitches	0:04
Taj Bradley's outing against the Red Sox	0:23
Breaking down Tanner Houck's pitches	0:04
Tanner Houck's outing against the Rays	0:22
Brandon Lowe makes a nice play after a deflection	0:25
Cedanne Rafaela's shift violation	0:29
Wilyer Abreu's outfield assist	0:28
Jarren Duran's eighth triple of the season	0:20
Wilyer Abreu's RBI double	0:25
Devers sets franchise consecutive game HR record	0:29
Field View: Rafael Devers' home run	0:38
Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run homer (5)	0:25
Brandon Lowe's smooth backhanded play	0:26
Richie Palacios' sliding catch	0:16
Taj Bradley's 10-strikeout performance	1:24

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Houck (4-5, 1.94 ERA)	Bradley, T (1-2, 4.00 ERA)

Game ended at 8:59 PM.
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Currently an estimator at a shop and have some questions to owner and operators. I have around three years of experience working around technicians and mechanical experience of my own working on my cars. From what I've seen there is lots of opportunities to grow within the industry as there are more cars on the road than ever.
Questions.

1. Is it worth it opening a small auto body shop? If so what did you risk and how did you get started?
   
2. Is it better to purchase a franchise or own an independent shop?
   
3. What criteria makes a good location?
   

4 Do I need licenses?
Thank you in advance.

Grand Theft Auto 5, in my opinion, has to be the best game in the franchise so far. I like that the map is large, but not outrageously large, I like the character, I like basically everything. I think that it's actually good that there isn't the whole strenght gaining, weight gaining stuff that San Andreas had. The most important thing that I liked about it is that we can play as the 3 main characters, which, in a weird way makes the trio more likeable. The only thing I dislike about it is that because I view Franklin as the main character the mission should include him more, though I'm pretty sure Michael is the main character.

Prefacing the whole thing once again by saying that I'm a long time Homeworld fan, from the original all the way to here, playing hundreds of hours of the series. After the demo I felt so passionately about it that I made this post.
I've just finished the campaign, and I'm happy to say that, Homeworld 3 was a blast. The gameplay was fun, graphics looked beautiful, story was shorter than I hoped and didn't quite have the same impact as the final few missions of HW1/2 (too easy on medium), but I enjoyed it none the less.
The changes they made based on the demo feedback really did hit the spot, and addressed a few of my concerns. It's not a perfect game, and BBI sound committed to making improvements, so I'm really excited about the future. The story leaves things pretty open ended, with an obvious continuation, but we'll see!
I don't envy the task that BBI had here. HW1 is nostalgic not just because of how good it was, but because it was a genre-bending experience like no one had scene before, and the story was incredible, I will never forget the feeling/moment of returning to Kharak to see it burning, or when you arrive at Hiigara in the final mission. HW2 took the game to a whole new level in so many ways, and was memorable not for it's story, but the evolution of it's gameplay. HW3 feels like a fresh start, and I am truly hoping that this is just the beginning of a new era for this franchise, considering what they could do NOW with a Homeworld 4 (or expansion to HW3) gets me reaaaaaally excited.
A few thoughts after playing the game, and seeing some of the reviews:

• I stand by my point from my 'open letter' about this game being a reboot. However, when considering that this is the first game in the franchise in 20 years, and they essentially had to start from scratch with an entirely new game engine and assets and everything, then yeah I'm pretty impressed that the game is as good as it is.
  • My demo feedback about how disappointing it was that ship subsystems were dropped, I take that back. While yeah it is still disappointing, the game had to launch SOME TIME, and you can't stuff every single feature you want into it. Sacrifices had to be made, in order to get this game out there.
• Some people say that it's been simplified way too much, again, I think this comes down to having to make sacrifices in order to get the game out there.
• The mission structures in the game feel a little simple when compared to HW2, but again that could be because of the above.
• The whole game looks beautiful, but the cool things I love to watch are the little things, like how ship engines look now, or how Ion Cannon frigate beams look when they fire now.
• Skirmish does feel more fast paced than before.
• The ship population caps in HW3 were more than I expected. 8 Battlecruisers?! That was great. Completely different from my demo experience where I felt like WarGames fleets were too small.
• The way that ships automatically sorted themselves into smaller mixed fleets based on my formation selection was really cool to see.
• Moving away from 'squads' to individual strikecraft, was something I wasn't happy about in the demo, but in the full game it felt fine, I didn't even notice. Mostly because BBI implemented two cool things, 1) Bulk order production for ships, and 2) Ships auto-sorting into smaller fleets as mentioned above.
• Unit abilities feel better. They aren't as overpowered, and have real trade offs. They can be forgotten about in the heat of battle, but in the campaign I remembered them enough to use them sometimes. I.e using the cloak on bombers to run surprise attacks, or using ion cannon overcharge to focus fire larger ships.
• The 'custom' controls were a god send. I chose a mix of both types and customised other hotkeys to make a control scheme that was perfect for me.
• The free movement command feels better than it did in the demo, however, it still is nowhere near as tight as it was in previous entries. 'Shift' for vertical adjustment was great, now please bring back the whole 'highlighting the relative position vertical lines on the movement disc when you hover over them'. I can't get my movement commands precise enough because I can't tell when I'm ordering my units to move to a point of interest or not, on the movement disc.
• Campaign didn't feel long enough :( which is usually a sign that I'm having fun :)

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my time in the game. I will definitely be jumping straight back in for another run in the campaign at the highest difficulty, and play some War Games. I can't wait to see where the franchise goes from here.
Any questions, shoot, I'll try to answer!

That’s it. That’s the post.
This troglodyte designed stupid monkey in every game I’ve played, all the way from MHFU, to 4U, to World and Rise is hot, steaming trash. He is, in every game except Rise, an insta-lock hitstun, non-stop, spastic, moronic excuse for an enemy with the most idiotic bounce mechanic I have ever see for how fast he is. I’m probably just unlucky but this abomination to the series turns every single time I try to hit his legs and my weapon bounces off of his arms, to which I then get half my health deleted by an attack that is faster than Dan Schneider huffing a child star’s toe pics.
It never stops moving. Each attack does AT LEAST 1/3 of your health, if not outright deletes 2/3 of it, most of them auto-lock on or are instant(like that stupid arm dash) and change direction mid-animation, and although he got smaller in every game after FU, they still screw it up by making him just small enough and spastic enough while being big to hit you from absurdly small windows of opportunity.
Not even mentioning his stupid jump and ball attack. In every game this is in it’s the worst thing to deal with except for World’s belly flop of death.
He isn’t fun. He isn’t enjoyable. He isn’t even cool. He’s a stupid, charmless monkey that is literally just another lame DBZ reference because the Japanese love to masturbate to their big 4 anime franchises.
Then in Rise he’s just a joke. Not even rebalanced to be fun— just an absurdly easy joke. He’s always a joke but in Rise it’s an unfunny rape of him. They didn’t even try making him interesting instead of just “Oh, he’s spamming the sweep again. Guess I’ll just hit one attack at a let as he passes by.”
And for some reason the main sub jerks this guy off and says their typical “DURR WELL I AKCHUALLY ONLY CART ONCE EVERY FIGHT AGAINST HIM BECAUSE I LIKE TO PRETEND THAT I’M GETTING PEGGED BY RAJANG BECAUSE I’M A ZOOPHILE” crap when you criticize any of their favorite monsters.
Oh, and in Iceborne; a DLC where pretty much every monster has some new B.S. to deal with but at least can be played around— Rajang is ONLY B.S..
Screw Rajang. It is the least fun, most unreasonable monster to fight in the series. Whoever designed him to be this consistently enraging deserves to be curbstomped into the concrete to the point where the sounds are so graphically loud and explosive that Japan thinks they’re being nuked again.
Screw. Rajang. Worst monster in the entire series. Even worse than Hyper-Hip-Check-of-Death Plesioth in MH1 and MHFU, because at least it has only one absurd, stupidly designed attack you have to worry about.
Edit: Because some of you can't read; It isn't a "I can't beat Rajang" situation. I always do. That doesn't change the fact that he is the worst monster in the series, just like we all have THAT monster we hate more than anything else and groan when you have to fight it.

Hi there, have a 2010 Mercedes and the key died. Replaced the batteries in the key but still didn’t work. Got an auto locksmith to come out and reprogram a new key but that key doesn’t work either. He said the car battery was faulty so I got RACV to come out and they said the battery was fine. Got the auto locksmith back out and he reprogrammed the key again same issue doesn’t work. He now says the car has a faulty fuel pump. Up until yesterday the car has never had any mechanical issues and has been regularly serviced. Last major service only 3 months ago. I know the car has an immobiliser so wonder if it’s a programming issue and this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing? Do I get the car towed to a mechanic or get a different auto locksmith out? Thanks

So, for context, my 2013 Altima has about 220k miles on it, all from me over the last 5-6 years. It's been a really good car, and this is really the only problem I've ever encountered with it. About 8 months ago, my key fob died, so I went and got a new battery for it. I have the correct battery, and it's installed correctly into the fob, but after I did that the key fob quit working. Wasn't a big issue for me, since I don't mind just using the key in the back of the fob for everything, but two days ago I woke up for work and the car wouldn't start, almost like the battery was dead. I jumped the car off, and went to AutoZone to have them check the battery, and they said it and the alternator were both performing just fine. That's when I noticed my key fob was now working again to lock the doors and everything. Took the car home, didn't have any more trouble until the next morning, when it wouldn't start again unless I jumped it.
It doesn't seem like the battery is dead to me, as all my interior lights and dash come on really bright, no dimming and no flickering. I've checked all the fuses, and they all look good also, and because the key fob is now working, I'm wondering if it has something to do with that, however I would also like to note that it doesn't state "incorrect key ID" on the dash, so I'm not certain.
Last night I unhooked the negative terminal from my battery, so that if there was a parasitic wire draining it, it wouldn't be able to affect it, and this morning I still had the same issue, car refused to start without a jump.
I've also tried some things with the key fob I've seen online, like holding the fob up to the push to start button for a few seconds before attempting to start it, starting it by pushing the start button in with the fob, starting the car but not the motor and then using the physical key to lock and unlock the driver's side door, holding the lock button on the fob while trying to start the car, leaving the key fob in the car while the negative terminal is reconnected. None of these have worked.
Tomorrow, I'm going to go buy a new battery for the car and see if that helps. I know AutoZone said it was fine, but I want to start with the cheapest solutions first and work my way up. If that doesn't work, I'm guessing I'm going to have to contact a locksmith to see what they can find out, but I've got another vehicle for work and I'd like to try and figure this out since I know it's a common problem with altimas, and it'd be nice to have a solution for others that may not be as lucky as me. Any advice is welcome, thank you in advance!

I’ve played at least a little bit of every PMD game (defeated Rayquaza in Rescue Team, cleared Amp Plains in Explorers, saved Dunsparce in Gates, went off to save Pancham and Shelmet in Super, and have over 100 hours on RTDX), so I understand the mechanics of each fairly well. But I’m here to say that the remake is miles better than the original. Here’s my list of reasons:

Art Style: I like the sprites of the original game. It’s got its charm. But the remake’s watercolour art with the locations and the dungeons is incredible to look at. It’s refined.
Move Experience: Kind of a controversial take, but I’ve always preferred move experience over using Ginseng. The game rewards you for repeatedly using the same move, and this works wonders for room-coverage moves.
Gulpin and Linked Moves: Not only is linking free, but using up the PP of a linked move doesn’t delink the whole set. I’ve always hated that in the original.
Recruits: Enemy Pokémon have a chance to join you even if you don’t own the camp they can stay at. This increases their usefulness in the early game. They also gain XP when not in a dungeon, further increasing their usefulness.
Rare Qualities: Gummis were a hassle to manage in the first two games. With RQs, you simply need to complete a few missions and get them as a reward. Plus, RQs affect your whole team, not just a single Pokémon.
Auto Mode: A much-needed feature in the franchise. This shortens your stays in dungeons by a lot, and it even heads straight for rooms instead of mindlessly walking through corridors.
Portraits and Dialogue: Everyone is a lot more expressive, not constantly using the normal portrait. Some lines of dialogue have also been altered to be better, at least in my opinion.
Partner: Your partner doesn’t revert to a simple NPC in the postgame. He/She will greet you every morning and follow you around in the town. Also, being able to talk to them like in previous instalments was something that should’ve been in the original.
Evolution: Gone are the evolution items, which are replace with Evolution Crystals, an easy-to-find item. And you’re no longer required to bring that specific Pokémon to Luminous Cave; you just pull them up from a menu. Speaking of…
The Scarves: Number one reason why I don’t evolve myself or my partner.
Boss Rematches: Boss Pokémon joining your team is automatic now, instead of a 50/50.
Held Items: The selection is much better than the original. I personally constantly use the Efficient Bandana and the Munch Belt.

I went on quite a rant back there. Let me know your thoughts.