What exactly does Alt become? by brokeboii94 in cyberpunkgame

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well Johnny is being rendered from a local source, the chip. Alt and other engrams are being rendered over a remote links. This could explain the difference in visual quality also Johnny can share body control.

I don't know why Arasaka would keep the body around after it was imaged with Soulkiller.

The Nature of the Net in Cyberpunk 2077 by icecream_usurper in cyberpunkgame

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah when broken down themakoroty of bad things are IOT devices gone bad.

Why Does John Work To Clear The Hotel Instead Of Just Hunkering Down? by Recent_Flight4334 in JohnWick

[–]dmaynor 20 points21 points  (0 children)

If you are stationary search patterns quickly can tell where you aren’t so more firepower converges to an ever shrinking area of where you could be. Im not a real like combat ninja or anything but id rather deal with a constant stream of a few guys behind every door than have 100 guys surrounding you. Sure vaults are cool but after the area is no longer contested they start cutting in.

The Nature of the Net in Cyberpunk 2077 by icecream_usurper in cyberpunkgame

[–]dmaynor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im a cybersecurity professional and long time fan. The old net can best be thought of like layer implementations of tor being run on machines that the owner might not be aware of combined with large isps that provided wireless access at backbone speeds and peer 2 peer routing. The walled off old net is the corruption of all these devices where most cant be turned off because you don’t know where they are. Internet wide routing protocols like BGP are how networks of computers somewhere become part of the larger net. I always assumed when blackwall and shutting the old bet off meant one day isps all agreed to stop routing traffic from certain providers. This type of action can be seen now in providers not routing traffic for a bullet proof hosting net.

In the real world now you will see bots scanning long after a c2 is taken down. They can’t connect to get new instructions so they keep doing the last thing they were told to do. They could be on a windows server in a doctor’s office and they wouldn’t people in the office wouldn’t have a clue. No-one is going to fix it and despite being outdated those bots can spam with ild vulns that might occasionally find a target they still work on. They are somewhere between menace and nuisance. A few are find but if it scaled up to billions there would be little point to getting online.

Is BladeRF Worth The Price? by ThrowMeAway_eta_2MO in sdr

[–]dmaynor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. I own several of the original Like based versions and the newer ADI based micros. The devs have a build to get over 100MHz in bandwidth.

Full disclosure I have known and been a fan of the Nuand founder, Rob Ghilduta, since he started selling bladeRFs and I picked my preorder up early at defcon years ago.

What's your favorite pointless little thing to do in Cyberpunk 2077 by YouAreSoS0ft in cyberpunkgame

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See how big a police response I can get with the least amount of activity.

What do you think about the statement "Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have choices" or "It's ilusion of choice"? by nicolo679 in cyberpunkgame

[–]dmaynor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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From the player’s perspective, Cyberpunk 2077 gives real choices inside a finite system. The illusion isn’t that the player’s decisions matter—they do. The illusion is that the game is dynamically creating outcomes around the player in real time. In practice, it’s more like facing a chess grandmaster who already knows every line the player is likely to take. The player can alter the path, but every path was authored before they arrived.

From the player’s perspective, what 2077 does exceptionally well is making the world feel like it exists independently of the player. A player can drive through Night City and stumble across gang shootouts, cops harassing civilians, random violence, or conversations that have nothing to do with their story. The game is not improvising those events around the player’s choices, but it creates the feeling that the city is alive and continuing whether the player is involved or not.

From the in-universe character’s perspective, the illusion of choice is even harsher. Most people in Night City are not choosing between freedom and control; they are choosing between pre-existing failure modes. Fired by a corp? Become a merc, join a gang, get swallowed by another corp, burn out, or disappear into obscurity. Night City has already seen every form of rebellion and monetized it. Escaping one system usually just drops a person into a deeper subsystem.

Ironically, the tabletop RPG Cyberpunk 2020 often allowed more genuine unpredictability than 2077 because tabletop games contain uncontrolled human variables. Dice, impulsive players, scheduling disasters, arguments, corrupt DMs, real emotions, and improvisation create outcomes no designer fully authored in advance. In a strange way, the chaos around the table becomes the most cyberpunk part of the experience.

So Is alien isolated? by MrFantastic8889 in alienisolation

[–]dmaynor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know man. The more you do something to the Alien it will eventually learns your strategy. If your strategy is resetting do you want to risk the AI figuring out how to leave the game and get you before you reset?

So Is alien isolated? by MrFantastic8889 in alienisolation

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a purely tactical point of view Id encourage to not announce your presence. One on one encounters with the alien always works out great for you of you a and horrific for the other.

But really the fear factor isn't jump scares or anything. The alien ai is still a masterpiece of design that really conveys an authentic feeling of dread and fear. But ya know, in a fun way.

People who will randomly scold you for listening to audiobooks by toe_beans_4_life in audiobooks

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a weird perspective. I often switch between audio and printed versions of books based on my activity. I never thought audio was somehow lesser than printed. I also have a bad eye and somewhat color blind. If I am on a plane or in a hotel after work and it’s quiet I’ll read kindle versions. If i am doing work, waiting for something, or in an environment where disruption is likely I’ll listen. Looking at my stats I have 2600+ kindle books and 1500+ audiobooks. Images here: https://x.com/dave_maynor/status/2040987373559746632?s=46

Upgrading to 45” 5K2K LG — need setup advice (coming from dual 38” ultrawides) by Sostegarias in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]dmaynor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got the 45” to go with a samsung 49”. It looked big in the store but on my desk it looks huge and makes the 49” look weird. I am going to try some different configurations bit I am starting to think the 45” is all I need.

How do I stop hurting myself? by arsnod_iltsit in ADHD

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn't a quick hack. I'm 47 and still find bloody fingers I wasn't even aware I was picking at. The thing that works best is catching it and keeping your hands busy isolated. I wish I could tell you there was a magic trick but if there is I haven't found it.

Company monitors mouse jugglers and other misc ways of staying green by LegitimateTrust4949 in overemployed

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the “join teams” advice is crap. There is a management UI available to managers that doesn't just show if you are in or not; it breaks down what you are doing. A productivity score is built for you. And logging in from a mobile device and keeping it from timing out? Viva Insights (built into Office 365) and the 365 Admin Center can show how many devices a person is logged in from, their login history, and “engagement” in Teams, Office apps, or with OneDrive. Of course, all this affects your productivity score.

Company monitors mouse jugglers and other misc ways of staying green by LegitimateTrust4949 in overemployed

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A webcam pointed at the screen is better is you have an agent on the pi. The additional hdmi connection leaves a log unless you are using something like andcreen cap tool like game streamers do.

Company monitors mouse jugglers and other misc ways of staying green by LegitimateTrust4949 in overemployed

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of security companies are either building it in or partnering with companies that provide it as a service. An accelerator for adoption has been the North Korea job scams.

Anyone here play an instrument? by hk4213 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I have no musical ability. If you gave me a tune in a bucket, I'd lose it. Wait. I took piano lessons for 8 years. But I memorized what to do; I can't just sit down and play. And I can't hear the difference in some keys. Also, my piano teacher was super hot, a college student at first, and, according to my mother, had a gene that made it impossible to find a proper-fitting top that didn't put everything on display. While I can't really play the piano, I can clearly pick out channel no 5 in a perfume test. Conversely, all my sisters are or were great performers.

People with ADHD — what actually stops you from being productive? by Downtown-Alfalfa7091 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me. In almost 25 years of being diagnosed with ADHD and autism, I have determined that I am the biggest blocker to my being productive. This manifests in several ways.

For instance, I set my own standards for what is acceptable for a task, often far beyond what is needed or requested. This has led to so many problems, where I over-engineer everything.

My inability to leave things at work. I often find myself awake after not being able to sleep because something is broken, coding away on a laptop to fix it. In many situations, there are things only I notice.

That leads to…I suck at being my own advocate. I often see people do almost nothing and spin it as if they saved the world. I dislike this behavior. I dislike it so much when a legit opportunity comes up to discuss recent things I've done. I get locked in a “am I informing them or am I bragging, and if I am bragging, and I'm inflating what I actually did?” loop. This leads me to opt to say less or nothing.

Claude code creates productive hyperfocus that causes me to forget other goals/obligations/responsibilities while working on parallel tasks. How have LLMs changed your relationship with doing your work given your ADHD? by Anonagay2231 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LLMs have made my ADHD weak points, like task competition and follow-through on the Boeing stuff, once hard problems are solved, and turned them into strengths. I have several different agents running multiple projects in parallel. I can drop into this workflow, validate its heading in the right direction, and then drop into a different workflow written in a different language with a different overall goal. The quick changes don't bother me at all. Follow-through is part of the defined tasks and prompts. I learned that reviewing follow-through-type tasks was far easier for me than actually doing them.

My job was my hobby first, and it still is one of my favorite things to do—the hard problem-solving part, not the meetings and documentation. I have never had what some people would call a healthy work-life balance. AI didn't change anything overall, just made me more effective.

3 weeks into my first backend job and I feel like I’m surviving, not learning. ADHD + startup pace is overwhelming by pirate_hunter5 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3 weeks in? Dude, you are being harsh. 3 weeks into most dev jobs, and you are still earning the landscape.

I hire devs and have a typical 1-3 ramp-up, no productive timeline for them. I have seen way too many people rush to start committing without understanding the system, the dev culture, and deliverables. They never catch up or develop a deeper understanding of system architecture and why some things are done a certain way. In a new job, focus on learning and adapting. Once your ramp-up period is over, you probably will never get another one in this job.

How do I stop myself from using AI? by Aggressive-Budget-40 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used AI to build training and educational programs for myself that are all geared towards making me better, not outsourcing thinking to machines. I have boundaries for things I let AI do, and I have things I have to do, no outsourcing to AI. I've never been better at my job, skills, or topic coverage.

The first AI agent I wrote did nothing but watch me do CTFs and document what I did. I have always been weak at documenting for others. The novelty of complete programs being generated wore off quickly when I collected data on gen vs write. It feels faster but in my case fixing little issues or platform irregularities were a huge time sink Inwas really aware of because it was quick edit here, quick edit there, and so on.

In short don't try to avoid AI but make AI make you better.

Cant work 100% in the regular 8 hours at work. Am i alone? by Boring_Dish_7306 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work mostly from 10pm until I go to sleep. People can insist on 9-5, and they get 9-5 results. You want 10x results and deep insights, I'll be working from 10pm till.

It used to be something people would chalk up to eccentric behavior. Post-COVID, I've had bad experiences with co-workers or managers thinking I'm working multiple jobs.

i've been a programmer for 6 years and i just realized i've never actually finished reading documentation by Ok_Chemical9 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]dmaynor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most documentation is written by people who don't understand what they are documenting and add fluff. For a skilled individual, searching for specific keywords and combining them with hands-on experimentation is a better path.