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  • Download ML thing.
    make new venv.
    pip install -r requirements.txt.
    pip can’t find the right versions.
    pip install --update pip.
    pip still can’t find the right versions.
    install conda.
    conda breaks for some reason.
    fix conda.
    install with conda.
    pytorch won’t compile with CUDA support.
    install 2,000,000GB of nvidia crap from conda.
    pytorch still won’t compile.
    install older version of gcc with conda.
    pytorch still won’t compile.
    reinstall the entire operating system with debian 11.
    apt can’t find shitlib-1.
    install shitlib-2.
    it’s not compatible with shitlib-1.
    compile it from source.
    automake breaks.
    install debian 10.
    It actually works.
    “Join our discord to get the model”.
    give up.



  • I hate reddit. But it feels like the library of Alexandria burning down (yea I know). All those google search results and educational subreddits that are shutting down forever, and because they are too small reddit won’t force open them again.
    A lot are in the pushshift archive, but that cuts of at 2022. Also, it doesn’t include a lot of the smaller subreddits.
    I have had my PC running 24/7 with multiple VPNs to avoid rate limits downloading as much as I can before the API dies, but with some blackouts moving forward a day I have already missed a few.
    Like many others, I would often add “reddit” to the end of my searches to get better results, half the websites on web searches now are either AI generated, copies or are completely AD ridden websites that ask you to turn off your AD blocker.