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Here is how I set up ubuntu 18 in virtualbox on osx 10.12.6 macOS Sierra to try out GPT-2. First of all, install virtualbox. My version is 6.0.8 r130520. Then download ubuntu (My version is 18.04.2 desktop version). Then install it with 30 Gb disk space and 4096 Mb ram. (you will need 22 Gb disk space at least). You may notice that the virtual screen is very small, and there seems to be no way to enlarge the resolution. If this happens to you, just endure the installation process until it’s done, then shutdown the VM. Then right click on your VM, Settings » Display » Screen » Graphics Controller = VBoxSVGA. Next time you turn on the VM, you could simply resize the window to change the virtual screen size. You can also scale the window (same resolution but looks bigger), this may happen when you have a huge monitor with super high resolution. ...

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One big table to look up EC2 instance cpu, mem and cost attributes. Very handy! https://www.ec2instances.info/

So we keep doing ad-targeting and spending tons of money on campaigns, but where are we going with this? No one seems to care about the effectiveness of these ads, or if the algorithms really know which ads to serve. The ads industry is a giant industry following its own set of rules making loads of money. No one is to blame I guess. But if the goal is simply to make the metrics and KPIs look good, I think that kind of spending is missing the point. It also contradicts to how engineers try to optimize the speed/performance of everything to save cost. On one hand arguing over tiny little things over CPU cycles and memory usage to save infra cost, on the other hand spending crazy loads of money on ads. I don’t have a solution to all these. I guess I am just ranting. ...

ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToHack/comments/bwn8sc/search_google_like_a_pro/

Surf and turf or surf ’n’ turf is a main course combining seafood and red meat. Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_and_turf

1. The single most important thing is non-judgmental validation. Seek someone else’s thoughts and opinions without judging them. You don’t have to agree with everyone. The point is have the curiosity to understand what they mean, want, dream of, etc. 2. Suspend your ego. Focus on them. Don’t try to correct others. Don’t try to come up with something to show you can do better. You don’t want to create a fight-or-flight response. ...

This happened to me when doing a git pull from a coffee shop. ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Operation timed out fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. The reason is because port 22 is blocked at the coffee shop wifi router. Turns out github allows https to do git operations. git config --local -e Change (or comment it out using #) ...

Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing Ref: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm

Finally, we are onto something useful now. This service creates image classifier without writing any code. That’s the right direction. Next step is to combine these classifiers to form a final classifier. https://www.seeme.ai/ https://www.zerotosingularity.com/blog/seeme-intro/