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Re:PyTorch 2.0 Release on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:11AM (#35181440)
What size of ViT? I’ve tried it with both a unet and an LM and didn’t see any benefit with the default args (and got a CUDA error after 30 mins of processing trying to compile an AR generation routine with all optimization turned on).
Re:Ask HN: Why it is hard for US to move to metric system? on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:08AM (#34355629)
Only down to -40
When we started ten years ago we agreed all future money would be shared, and require discussion before spending on something big (but with an assumption of fair dealing).

We originally had a weekly allowance - booze money - when we weren’t making much for meals out/seeing friends but in the last couple years just use the joint credit card for that stuff since relative to our other expenditures it’s nothing.

Now we reinvest all my RSUs in trackers, and have a monthly spending goal that’s 20% less than our combined salaries that lets us save money for vacations and house stuff without hitting investments. Bonuses and stuff like we treat as “fuck it” money.

My hobbies are way more expensive than hers, so we do have discussions about stuff quite often, but it’s never been a problem - usually I just have to wait until a big enough bonus comes along if it’s something dumb like my project car.

Maybe it helps that when we started I was making 4x less than her and am now making 4x more.

Remembering “none of these cares about you enough to laugh at you”.
Re:Myths about cooking steak that need to go away (2013) on Saturday January 22, 2022 @06:52PM (#30042110)
Yep yep yep. And I’ll also echo don’t use much smoke - I went way overboard with some mesquite to see what it would be like, and it was fine but definitely detracted. A light smoke then a char is chef’s kiss though.
Re:Poll: Why are you staying at your job? on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:04PM (#29939594)
Immigration
Work visas :D
A small team of us self poached - we worked on a project that got killed by politics, so made a pitch to transfer a different group that we respected a bit more. Won’t say it’s perfect, but it is better.