1. Adopt Namespace Segmentation

• Organize Resources: Use namespaces to logically separate different environments (e.g., development, testing, production) and teams within your Kubernetes cluster.
• Resource Quotas: Apply resource quotas to namespaces to prevent any single team or application from consuming excessive resources.
• Access Control: Implement role-based access control (RBAC) within namespaces to restrict permissions and improve security.

1. Implement Resource Requests and Limits

• Set Requests and Limits: Define resource requests and limits for each container to ensure fair allocation of CPU and memory. Requests guarantee resources for containers, while limits cap the maximum usage.
• Monitor Resource Usage: Use tools like Prometheus to monitor resource usage and adjust requests and limits based on real usage patterns.

1. Utilize Auto-scaling

• Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA): Configure HPA to automatically adjust the number of pod replicas based on CPU utilization or other custom metrics.
• Cluster Autoscaler: Enable the Cluster Autoscaler to automatically adjust the size of your cluster by adding or removing nodes based on the workload demand.
• Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA): Use VPA to automatically adjust resource requests and limits of your containers based on observed usage.

1. Secure Your Cluster

• Enable RBAC: Implement RBAC to control access to the Kubernetes API based on user roles.
• Network Policies: Define network policies to control traffic between pods, preventing unauthorized access.
• Secrets Management: Use Kubernetes Secrets to manage sensitive information such as passwords, tokens, and keys securely.

1. Implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipelines

• Automate Deployments: Use CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Argo CD to automate the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Rolling Updates: Configure rolling updates to gradually replace instances of your application with new versions, ensuring zero downtime.
• Blue-Green Deployments: Implement blue-green deployments to deploy new versions alongside existing ones and switch traffic once the new version is verified.

1. Optimize Resource Usage

• Resource Monitoring: Continuously monitor resource usage with tools like Prometheus and Grafana to identify underutilized resources.
• Node Affinity and Anti-affinity: Use node affinity and anti-affinity rules to control pod placement and improve resource utilization across nodes.
• Spot Instances: Consider using spot instances for non-critical workloads to reduce costs.

1. Implement Robust Logging and Monitoring

• Centralized Logging: Use centralized logging solutions like Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK stack) to collect and analyze logs from all pods.
• Monitoring and Alerts: Implement comprehensive monitoring with Prometheus and set up alerts for critical metrics to proactively manage issues.
• Health Checks: Configure liveness and readiness probes to automatically restart unhealthy pods and ensure services are available.

1. Regularly Update and Patch Kubernetes

• Stay Updated: Regularly update Kubernetes and its components to the latest stable versions to benefit from new features, performance improvements, and security patches.
• Automate Patching: Use tools like kubeadm or managed Kubernetes services (e.g., GKE, EKS, AKS) that offer automated patching and updates.

1. Design for Fault Tolerance

• Pod Replication: Deploy multiple replicas of your pods across different nodes to ensure high availability.
• Distribute Across Zones: If using a cloud provider, deploy your nodes across multiple availability zones to protect against zone-specific failures.
• Backup and Recovery: Implement regular backups of your Kubernetes configurations and persistent volumes, and test recovery procedures.

1. Use Kubernetes Native Tools and Services

• ConfigMaps and Secrets: Manage application configurations and secrets using ConfigMaps and Secrets, respectively.
• Ingress Controllers: Use Ingress controllers to manage external access to your services, providing load balancing, SSL termination, and name-based virtual hosting.
• Service Mesh: Consider implementing a service mesh like Istio to manage and secure service-to-service communication, providing features like traffic management, observability, and security.

• Extruded Sheets
• Pellets
• Acrylic Beads
• Others

• Automotive
• Construction
• Electronics
• Signs & Displays
• Others

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa

• Product popularity and adoption based on various country-level dynamics
• Regional presence and product development for leading market participants
• Market forecasts and trend analysis based on ongoing investments and economic growth in key countries
• Competitive landscape based on revenue, product offerings, years of presence, number of employees and market concentration, among others
• Various industry models such as SWOT analysis, Pestle Analysis, Porter’s Five Force model, Value Chain Analysis pertaining to Polymethyl Methacrylate market
• Analysis of the key factors driving and restraining the growth of the global, regional and country-level markets from 2020-2030

STORY

GAMEPLAY - KEVALIN, "EDGE OF CORRUPTION"

• Rapid Combat - When using Transference, Kevalin dashes forward from the Warframe for a short distance. If he impacts with a surface during this dash, Kevalin causes an explosion of Void spikes around himself, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

• Tainted Shield - Using the Void Mode input causes Kevalin to create an impenatrable shield of Void spikes around himself. Every time the shield takes damage, it consumes a small amount of energy, and will disappear when the energy runs out.

• Tainted Step - Using the Void Sling input causes Kevalin to blink in the targeted direction. Upon exiting the blink, nearby enemies receive a small amount of Puncture damage, and are slightly slowed down for 2 seconds. Holding the input gradually increases Tainted Step's range, while also allowing better aiming for your desired location.

• Tainted Spike - Using the Void Beam input causes Kevalin to launch out a set of Void spikes towards the targeted location. Unlike the Tenno's Void Beam, Kevalin's primary attack has a slow rate of fire, but grants greatly increased damage in return. Because of his corruption, Kevalin is unable to make use of AMPs.

• Pure Release - Using the Void Blast input causes Kevalin to release a blast of pure Void energy in a small area in front of himself. Holding down the input allows for continuous damage, at the cost of rapidly draining his energy. Pure Release can still be used when energy is depleted, but will begin to cost 1 health per second to use.

GAMEPLAY - MONDAR

• Passive - Negative Status Effects affect Mondar 50% less (Reduced slow from cold, lower damage from bleed, faster recovery from knockdown, etc.).

• Ability 1 - Summon the Void Angels' claws to burst from the ground. Press the ability button again while the claws are active to cause them to rapidly close in on the center. Hold down the ability button in either state to get a better indication of the claws' damage area.

• Ability 2 - Transfigure your corrupted body, and wreak havoc with an exalted Void shotgun from Mondar's arms. Headshot kills have a chance to cause the enemy to explode, dealing Void damage in a small radius.

• Ability 3 - Sacrifice a small protion of health to cover yourself in tainted Void spikes. Upon activation, incoming damage is absorbed, and once the invulnerability phase ends, any incoming damage is reflected back at the attacker, with the previously absorbed damage being added on top of the enemy's dealt damage.

• Ability 4 - Summons an entity corrupted by the Void, which grants different effects depending on the abilities that were active when it was summoned:

DETAILS AND REFERENCES

• The name Kevalin is a name of Sanskrit origin, and means "Seeker of the absolute." As his character's entire purpose is to seek out his old partner and Warframe, i felt like the name was appropriate.
• The name Mondar is an altered version of Moander, the god of rot, corruption and decay from Forgotten Realms. I was hoping to use a real god or deity for his namesake, but ended up going with this after i couldn't find anything.

• Employ mission-ready forces for a vast array of space, air, and ground operations.
• Empower the battle group as a weapon system through robust training, resources, and leadership.
• Engage with allied units, partners, and joint components to deter adversaries.
• Execute mission through clear guidance and intent to subordinate forces.

• We derive our lore and structure from the UEE Navy
• We mirror our uniforms based on those most similarly available to the UEE Navy
• We utilize a rank structure based on the UEE Navy
• We organize some events around role-played scenarios
  
• We loosely take real-world military tactics and modify them for Star Citizen gameplay (formation flying, CQB tactics, etc)
  
• We utilize brevity codes and callsigns
  
• We are a meritocracy who considers skill, leadership, activity, and contribution when selecting individuals for promotion or positions.
  
• We maintain a military hierarchy for decision making and organization, however, we consider all feedback as long as it aligns with our organization's vision.
  
• We do not utilize military customs/courtesies (No sirs/ma’ams, saluting, etc)
  
• We do not haze recruits or utilize stereotypical “boot camp” practices
  
• We do not pigeonhole individuals into specific gameplay loops (anyone can fight on the ground or in a ship)
  

• Augmentation
• Reduction
• Post-traumatic
• Reconstructive
• Revision
• Filler
• Others (Ethnic Rhinoplasty, Refinement Rhinoplasty)

• Open Rhinoplasty
• Closed Rhinoplasty

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa

• Product popularity and adoption based on various country-level dynamics
• Regional presence and product development for leading market participants
• Market forecasts and trend analysis based on ongoing investments and economic growth in key countries
• Competitive landscape based on revenue, product offerings, years of presence, number of employees and market concentration, among others
• Various industry models such as SWOT analysis, Pestle Analysis, Porter’s Five Force model, Value Chain Analysis pertaining to Rhinoplasty market
• Analysis of the key factors driving and restraining the growth of the global, regional and country-level markets from 2020-2030

1. API Server
2. Vendor Dashboards
3. Customer Ordering App (web-based for now)

• Architecture: Should I use an umbrella project with one API server and two separate web views for the vendor dashboard and ordering app?
• Channels and Pub/Sub: How should I define the channels and Pub/Sub mechanism in the API server and consume it from the other two applications?
• LiveView vs. JS Framework: Is LiveView suitable for this use case, or should I consider a JS framework like Svelte/SvelteKit for the front-end?

• 28.57% of the groups reached Ultima.
• 57.14% of the groups were stuck at Titan.
• 11.43% of the groups were stuck at either Garuda or Ifrit.
• 2.86% of the groups managed to clear the raid.

“Last year, economic losses from natural catastrophes reached USD 280 billion, meaning that 62% of the global losses were uninsured….the insured losses surpassed USD 100 billion for the fourth consecutive year….annual insured losses will grow by 5–7% over the long term…today’s insured losses could double in 10 years….There were 142 insured-loss inducing catastrophes in 2023, a new record. Most were of medium severity, which we define as events resulting in losses of USD 1–5 billion….Over the last 30 years, we estimate that natural catastrophe insured losses have grown by 3 percentage points more annually than the global economy (in inflation adjusted terms)...”

“Europe has seen devastating floods following record rainfall, droughts of magnitudes not experienced in hundreds of years, continuing sea level rise, and increasing lake and sea temperatures….permanent water stress already affects 30% of people in southern Europe….since 2018, more than half of Europe has been impacted by extreme drought conditions….Climate change is expected to increase mercury bioaccumulation in the marine food chain due to rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification and permafrost thawing….Depression, anxiety and PTSD may persist for years after a flooding event….Under the changing climate, northern Europe is becoming wetter in general, but drier in summer. Southern Europe is becoming drier, especially in winter. For central-eastern and western Europe, the trend is less clear…” -selections from the report

“The last two years saw major migration and displacement events that have caused great hardship and trauma, as well as loss of life….There have also been large-scale displacements triggered by climate- and weather-related disasters in many parts of the world in 2022 and 2023, including in Pakistan, the Philippines, China, India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Colombia….disinformation tactics are increasingly being used by nefarious actors with negative impacts on public, political and social media discourse on migration….Forced displacement is the highest on record in the modern era…overconsumption and overproduction linked to unsustainable economic growth, resource depletion and biodiversity collapse, as well as ongoing climate change (including global heating) are continuing to grip the world….the risk of further conflict has not been higher in decades, as military spending reached a new record high of USD 2,240 billion in 2022…” -excerpts from the introduction

“Conflict and violence triggered 13.5 million movements, the highest figure for the past 15 years….Disasters and conflict are presented as different triggers, but their impacts can overlap, often leading to repeated and/ or protracted displacement….Drought triggered 331,000 displacements in Somalia….Floods triggered 550,000 displacements in Ethiopia….Conflict and violence triggered 3.8 million displacements in DRC in 2023, a slight fall from the record four million in 2022, but still the second-highest figure globally after Sudan….nearly two-thirds of the internal displacements recorded in 2023 originated from Khartoum state. More than 39 per cent of the state's inhabitants were forced to flee, leaving entire neighbourhoods empty….Criminal and communal violence triggered nearly three-quarters of Nigeria's 291,000 conflict displacements….” -selections from the spotlight on sub-Saharan Africa

“If governments are continually unable to solve regional issues, the people will be at the whim of any terror group that has a basic organization. It serves these groups’ interests to promote insecurity where they can and create security where they want. A “hearts and minds” campaign in the Sahel could lead to long-term and locally supported insurgencies in a land that is currently rife with civil strife.” -from the article

• Damage 60 70

• Damage 45 60

• Recoil 28 20
• Fire rate 320 475

• Damage 60 80

• Recoil: horizontal recoil reduced by 80%
• Capacity: Extra mags increased 8 9

• Damage: 125 128

• Damage: 140 175

• Damage: 50 60
• Recoil: 20 10
• Bug fix: Receives full ammo back on resupply.

• Unchanged

• Unchanged

• Unchanged

• Heavy stagger added back.
• Projectile velocity reduced 25%
• Projectile drop increased 25%

• Capacity: 13 16

• Ergonomics: Improved to match other Breaker variants.
• Capacity: 26 30
• Recoil 45 28

• Unchanged

• Damage: 420 550
• AOE: increased to original value.

• Unchanged

• Damage: 420 650
• AOE: Restored to post AOE nerf value but before the shrapnel was removed.

• Unchanged

• Unchanged

• Scope: Changed to Sickle/Liberator scope
• Damage 350 400

• Unchanged

• Unchanged

• Rework: 3 tiers of charge up.
• Tier 1: Trigger pull 200 damage 80 fire rate. (no splash)
• Tier 2: Trigger hold 1.25 second 300 damage.(small splash)
• Tier 3: Trigger hold 1.75 seconds 400 damage. (large AOE splash like currently)

• Ergonomics: Improved by 25%

• Capacity: reserve mags 2 3
• Reload: able to reload while moving.
• Damage: 80 90

• Rework: Backpack fed weapon. Does not require reload.
• Capacity: Total ammo 225 250
• Damage: 102 128

• Damage: +10%

• Projectile: Hitbox size increased by 25%, projectile has priority on weak spots.

• Projectile: Hitbox size increased by 25%, projectile has priority on weak spots.
• AH studios makes a daily sacrifice to the machine god to appease it and fix the SPEAR lock.

• Rework: Hp increased 100 400
• Rework: Appear in higher frequency alongside Devastators at higher difficulties.
• Rework: Accuracy improved

Measures, as deterministic and effective as possible, to re-peg DUSD and re-collateralize the dToken system with healthy loans sold against crypto, without permanent expropriation

TL;DR

Goals

• Achieve the peg as deterministically and effectively as possible.
• Enable fair market price leverage trades on crypto, which is necessary for re-collateralizing the system.
• Repay those who supported the system.
• Enable projects to execute their mission and work with real liquidity.

Problem Statement

Proposed Solution

1. Locking all liquidity away and releasing it successively as needed

• The defined percentage* of DUSD are locked/removed from each owning addresses and are in equal parts allocated in 50 tranches (1-50). Those are freed/returned to the owning addresses based on predefined factors.
• The defined percentage* of dTokens and relevant LP tokens are locked/removed from each owning addresses and are in equal parts allocated in 50 tranches (51-100). Those are freed/returned to the owning addresses based on predefined factors.
• Locked LP tokens do not receive rewards, those are used to reward new liquidity providers. Exiting at peg is reward enough for those currently invested, no need to make it more expensive.
• As liquidity is then minimal, ongoing measures will buy the DUSD up immediately and incentivize the creation of backed DUSD loans sold against crypto. Those are the backbone of the peg, they are the priority of the proposed measures. All other decisions are secondary and all rely on reaching this.

2. Releasing Tranches

• Tranches with the same number are released together, this means all DUSD tranches are released first, all dToken and LP tranches are released later.
• The following system health conditions for releasing tranches are checked on oracle blocks to avoid high computational load:

3. Measures to be Eliminated

• All additional pool swap fees are lifted, allowing for healthy leverage trades on DFI that can later support the DUSD peg. This part is crucial for a healthy restart. A collateralization ratio makes no difference if the DUSD are not sold against DFI as those need to be bought back when the dynamic interest rises due to a discount to support a peg.
• Reward allocations to DUSD bonds are removed; those will be redirected to the community fund until we find a better use for them. All existing DUSD bonds are released, and the freed-up DUSD are counted to the DUSD that may be locked in the tranches together with all other DUSD.
• All negative interest mechanisms are lifted. DUSD loops are unwound, and the freed-up DUSD are counted to the DUSD that may be locked in the tranches together with all other DUSD.

4. Measures to be Retained

• The futureswap mechanism will be retained. It is advised to analyze the futureswap behavior while we are at peg over an extended period. If the futureswap creates unnecessarily high amounts of algo tokens even when at peg, the following adjustment is suggested: making the futureswap spread variable and increasing it if an asset shows higher implied volatility over two consecutive futureswap blocks. This way, the chain gains a bigger trade advantage for stocks that tend to surpass the current 5% limit more often. This will burn more tokens and mint less.
• The buy and burn bot will be retained.
• The rebalancing of the community fund will be retained.
• Dynamic interests will be retained.

5. Introduction of a new dToken-system-wide fee that consistently burns DUSD and dTokens

• A dToken-system-base-fee is implemented on DVM and DMC. This fee applies to all dToken and DUSD transfers from account to account and pool swaps on the DVM side and all token transactions on the DMC side. The fee is initially set to 10 basis points (0.1%). This fee is necessary to account for rising stock prices and reduce the algo ratio.

Percentage Locked

Further Details

• Loans are all paid back before the dTokens and DUSD are locked in tranches. If insufficient assets are available on the address, they are purchased on the market via the cheapest route.
• Relevant pools are emptied before the dTokens and DUSD are locked in tranches. Trading counterparts are credited to the owning addresses.

Requirements

Measure Until Implementation and Proposal Kill Switch

Further Food for Thought

Optional

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15. What are their primary business goals?
    
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27. What motivates them (e.g., financial success, personal growth, helping others)?
    
28. What are their biggest fears and pain points?
    
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30. Purchasing Behavior
    
31. What types of products or services do they purchase for their business?
    
32. What factors influence their purchasing decisions (e.g., price, quality, brand reputation)?
    
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42. What events or conferences do they attend?
    
43. Feedback and Pain Points
    
44. What feedback have they given about similar products or services?
    
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• Science: my forte is mostly in human biology but I'm also quite fond of tech and gadgets even if I don't understand them
  
• Books: I love fantasy and made a commitment to myself a few years ago to avoid anything with sad endings (the depression and anxiety have enough fodder on their own, thank you) so I've also been consuming a lot of gay romance
  
• TV/Movies: I'm actually really bad at this. I tend to watch the same things over and over as background noise while I game rather than consume new media. So... If you like watching the great British bake off for the hundredth time...
  

• Science: my forte is mostly in human biology but I'm also quite fond of tech and gadgets even if I don't understand them
  
• Books: I love fantasy and made a commitment to myself a few years ago to avoid anything with sad endings (the depression and anxiety have enough fodder on their own, thank you) so I've also been consuming a lot of gay romance
  
• TV/Movies: I'm actually really bad at this. I tend to watch the same things over and over as background noise while I game rather than consume new media. So... If you like watching the great British bake off for the hundredth time...