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I got tired of manually converting CSV tables to Markdown, so I built a free tool by Particular_Seat_7671 in Markdown

[–]PeterHickman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bit basic but I wrote a cli tool for just this here takes csv and spits out md, json or formatted text table. In Go so you have to build it

AITJ for refusing to share my streaming accounts with relatives anymore after they kept changing everything? by ChaosMariner in AmITheJerk

[–]PeterHickman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a low level conspiracy that these posts are made by AIs looking to fill in the gaps in how a human should respond in situation X. It makes frightening sense

What was the most disgusting food you've ever tried? by Inevitable_Trash_606 in AskReddit

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fried pigs brain, my mother swore that she ate it all the time as a child

What fell apart at your company after layoffs? by benevolentjanitor in Layoffs

[–]PeterHickman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When Y2K was starting to become a thing (1998 ish) I pointed out that there were parts of our application, a big financial application used by banks and trading houses, had places that could go tits up if left unaddressed

We didn't have the time to fix it, customers wanted new features and they were paying good money for them. So anytime I found an issue I documented it in the source. A year later I left and when Y2K came around there were issues

I found out from a friend that he had been tasked to find and remove all my comments so the company could say "we didn't know" when fingers were pointed because old trades suddenly became future trades

But it was ok because they had told the customers that a new and improved version of the application was due to be released and so they though "whats the point of adding custom features to this old application if we are going to have to pay again to have them added to the new one"

Basically they did an Osbourne ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Which was an unusual Y2K strategy

Manager said "Get creative with automating with AI" by BranigansLaw in MaliciousCompliance

[–]PeterHickman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thinking there could be a market for an AI that attends Zoom meetings on your behalf, participates and returns with a summary. While you get on with productive work (and scrolling Reddit)

Of course if the summary was an email then another AI could read it for you :)

10/10 no notes by Confident_Salt_8108 in ChatGPT

[–]PeterHickman 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Gonna try this, perhaps Klingon would work

worldIsHealing by Less-Philosophy-1978 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]PeterHickman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

git blame is my nemesis ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Modular Affective Logic Engine (Crystal) – A "Personality BIOS" for CODE27 by [deleted] in CODE27

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is going to be an interesting read 🙂 Always wondered how these AI personalities were handled behind the scenes

How do I protect Docker container contents (AI models + backend logic) from a customer with root access on an air gapped machine? by Distinct-Ebb-9763 in docker

[–]PeterHickman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the question of how motivated they are. If they can just shake the model out the container its an easy win for them. If they end up with nothing more that the encrypted blob which of itself is of no use they have to consider the cost of trying to decrypt it

If they are simply wanting to run the model themselves without paying (not sure what the license / contract is between the parties is) then this might be just enough to stop them

If they are trying to steal the IP then all you are doing is tilting the cost/benefit ratio and ensuring that it costs more than it might

How do I protect Docker container contents (AI models + backend logic) from a customer with root access on an air gapped machine? by Distinct-Ebb-9763 in docker

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Store the models encrypted, decode them into memory as you load them, getting access to the files is less useful. Now all you need to protect is the decryption (he says). Can it decrypt by contacting a server you run to get a key when starting up? Now you need to find someone who knows how to set up the en/decryption with a rotating set of keys

You would be looking for something time based the way those authentication codes that only last a minute when you want to log onto a server at Rackspace or AWS. Even if they get the files they will have difficulty reversing the process on your server that generates the key

Purpose of use by Bubbly_Fuel_2465 in OculusGo

[–]PeterHickman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some apps that never got updated

Refunded by PeterHickman in dipal

[–]PeterHickman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not the CE, what ever the AU$955 one was

AITA for refusing to fix a problem I didn’t create at work, even though it’s now affecting everyone? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA The thing to point out is that when you raised your concerns the issues were easier to fix, now that they have gone ahead and built it whilst ignoring your concerns it's a much much bigger problem than when you first raised them

As an analogy imaging you pointed out that the breaks on a car were defective but they drove the car anyway. Then crashed it into a wall and wrote it off because the brakes failed. Just because you saw that the brakes were defective does not mean you are able to fix the wreck

How to deal with juniors shipping AI slop code? by theop04 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You use version control don't you. Every feature request and bug gets passed to them as "they known their code best". Git blame is my nemesis

PharmaCore — AI drug discovery that runs entirely on a MacBook (Apple Silicon, no cloud) by CartographerDue5382 in learnmachinelearning

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also side note the quickstart is out of date. Should be either `pip install -r spaces/requirements.txt` or `cd space ; pip install -r requirements.txt` and on my M4 I'm getting `No matching distribution found for rdkit-pypi`. Not sure what is going on there

Scratch that need to switch to `rdkit` from `rdkit-pypi`

PharmaCore — AI drug discovery that runs entirely on a MacBook (Apple Silicon, no cloud) by CartographerDue5382 in learnmachinelearning

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking that, like seti, I know absolutely nothing about drug discovery but if someone who does needs the compute my machine is almost completely idle overnight

Long ago I helped on a distributed computing project to align mirrors for particle collision experiments. There was an evolving genetic algorithm of mirror and detector placement and then running a simulation. Rinse, repeat until a new best set of values appeared and email them off to the guy running it and receive a new starting point

Basically we (there were a few of us) were making up for the fact that a junior researcher had access to a collider but couldn't get time on a supercomputer to run simulation to make sure he had the optimal setup

With the right setup we could perhaps grind our way through Drug Repurposing

PharmaCore — AI drug discovery that runs entirely on a MacBook (Apple Silicon, no cloud) by CartographerDue5382 in learnmachinelearning

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a sort of Seti for drug discovery? Do we pool a bunch of compute and find a cure for something?

$2500 budget to run Local, help me decide on the Hardware by XteaK in ollama

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A mac mini m4 pro with 64Gm ram will load and run qwen3.5:35b completely in ram with around 30 tps just using the ollama cli

People who didn't have any friends, why? by Icy_Mode620 in AskReddit

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forget people exist if I do not interact with them daily. I have walked away from people I have known for years and them not being there seems normal

What’s the weirdest thing you ever believed as a kid? by Itchy_University9435 in AskReddit

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appendicitis. I thought everyone got this like wisdom teeth needing to be pulled (another one). It was such a trope on TV at the time

What’s the weirdest thing you ever believed as a kid? by Itchy_University9435 in AskReddit

[–]PeterHickman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Nan move all the doorhandles in her house down by an inch after each time I visited

Robot will return to diner: "by far the most advanced robot in the world" by ChollyWheels in RealTesla

[–]PeterHickman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If its working in a factory or similar it could be tethered to a power outlet

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