khfeng

# Suppose we already have LXD, and already add the default image repo as images:
# 1. Start a new Trusty LXC container
host:~$ lxc launch images:ubuntu/trusty/amd64 cuda-trusty

# 2. Download and install CUDA on *both* host & LXC container, from https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
# Note that host and container have to have *exactly* the same driver version

# 3. Add necessary Nvidia devices to LXC container
host:~$ lxc config device add cuda-trusty nvidia0 unix-char path=/dev/nvidia0
host:~$ lxc config device add cuda-trusty nvidiactl unix-char path=/dev/nvidiactl

Mic92

let
  region = "us-east-1";
  zone = "us-east-1a";
  accessKeyId = "default";
in {
  resources.ebsVolumes.cntr-disk = {
    accessKeyId = accessKeyId;
    tags.Name = "cntr-disk";
    inherit region;
    zone = zone;

luqmaan

const fs = require("fs");

const getTimerTemplate = (platform, importType, interval) => `
[Unit]
Description=Run ${platform}-${importType} every 15 minutes
Requires=${platform}-${importType}.service

[Timer]
Unit=${platform}-${importType}.service
OnUnitInactiveSec=${interval}

danbst

# First add this module to your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
# ...
#   imports = [ /path/to/iphone.nix ];
#   iphone.enable = true;
#   iphone.user = "yourusername";
# ...
# Then rebuild system. Attach iPhone via cable, open terminal and run command `iphone`
# It will fail, but there will occure a dialog on your iPhone to "trust this computer"
# Press OK there and run `iphone` again. If it succeeds it will open a freshly mounted folder

navjack

Local GPT-J 8-Bit on WSL 2

This should would on GPUs with as little as 8GB of ram but in practice I've seen usage go up to 9-10GB

I have only personally tested this to be functional in WSL 2 and Windows 11's latest Dev preview build. Attempts to run natively in Windows didn't work but I won't stop you from trying.

I have personally backed up any possibly one day could be lost to time remote files. I could provide those if needed.

Now, why is this neat? Why is this cool?

yoavg

Some remarks on Large Language Models

Yoav Goldberg, January 2023

Audience: I assume you heard of chatGPT, maybe played with it a little, and was imressed by it (or tried very hard not to be). And that you also heard that it is "a large language model". And maybe that it "solved natural language understanding". Here is a short personal perspective of my thoughts of this (and similar) models, and where we stand with respect to language understanding.

Intro

Around 2014-2017, right within the rise of neural-network based methods for NLP, I was giving a semi-academic-semi-popsci lecture, revolving around the story that achieving perfect language modeling is equivalent to being as intelligent as a human. Somewhere around the same time I was also asked in an academic panel "what would you do if you were given infinite compute and no need to worry about labour costs" to which I cockily responded "I would train a really huge language model, just to show that it doesn't solve everything!". We

angerman

Installing NixOS on the RockPi4 (B)

The general plan is to build an sd-image-aarch64 from nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image-aarch64.nix flash it to the eMMC and have the system come up, similar to how this “just works” for raspberry-pis.

The RockPi 4 is a RockChip RK3399 based board, build by radxa with the same formfactor as a rasperry Pi. One noticable difference is that the Rock Pi’s cpu is at the bottom to better allow for the

WesThorburn

Linux: Compile C++ to WebAssembly and JavaScript using Emscripten and CMake

Download and Install Emscripten

• My preferred installation location is /home/user
• Get the latest sdk: git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git
• Enter the cloned directory: cd emsdk
• Checkout main: git checkout main
• Install the lastest sdk tools: ./emsdk install latest
• Activate the latest sdk tools: ./emsdk activate latest
• Activate path variables: source ./emsdk_env.sh

yossorion

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

hmartiro

ZeroMQ vs Redis

This document is research for the selection of a communication platform for robot-net.

Goal

The purpose of this component is to enable rapid, reliable, and elegant communication between the various nodes of the network, including controllers, sensors, and actuators (robot drivers). It will act as the core of robot-net to create a standardized infrastructure for robot control.

Requirements: