CSUA has a free-for-all "cluster" accessible to Berkeley affiliates (including alums) which has 8x P100s. On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM Miguel Vargas via sudo-discuss < sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote:

I have a private cloud of Orange PI 5s, each with 16GB of RAM. By using techniques like model pruning, quantization, knowledge distillation with smaller batches, layer-wise training, and using techniques like gradient accumulation, it is possible to effectively train a smaller model while leveraging the knowledge from the larger model, even with limited memory available. On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM Miguel Vargas &lt;unroar(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

you can download an entire AI using ollama script that can run on a regular decent computer! *curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh <https://ollama.com/install.sh> | shollama pull deepseek-r1:1.5b* On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM Cere Misc via sudo-discuss < sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote:

believes the earth is flat) to support the reality of a round earth? <think> Okay, so I need to figure out how to convince someone who thinks the Earth is flat, sometimes called a "flat earther," to believe it's actually round. That sounds like a tough one because flat Earthers often argue against things that are commonly accepted as happening on a spherical planet. First, maybe I should think about what makes something round versus flat. If we can present multiple arguments from different angles that support the round Earth, it could make their flatness argument weaker. For example, how do satellites stay in orbit if they're going around a sphere? Maybe bring up historical events or natural phenomena that only happen on a spherical surface, like ships disappearing under the horizon from a distance. That's something people often confuse with flat Earthers because it seems too strange. Also, comparing it to something like satellites orbiting the Earth, which is clearly spherical, could help. Satellites are in constant motion around our home planet, so that supports a round Earth. I should also consider how more modern technology shows the Earth's curvature, making their flatness argument less convincing. And maybe highlight that even scientists have theories about dark matter and dark energy affecting gravity locally, supporting a spherical universe. Overall, by presenting multiple lines of evidence and explaining why flat Earthers don't account for these observations, I can make their case stronger. </think> To convince someone who believes the Earth is flat (a "flat earther") to adopt a spherical perspective, you can present multiple lines of evidence that support a round Earth. Here are several arguments: 1. **Satellites in Orbit**: Satellites are always in motion around our home planet and require precise orbital calculations. Their movement is consistent with being on the surface of a sphere. 2. **Historical Natural Phenomena**: Many natural phenomena appear odd when viewed from a flat perspective, such as ships disappearing under the horizon (horizon effect) or the disappearance of objects at sea. 3. **Geocentric Systems**: Ancient astronomy, like the Ptolemaic system, used flat Earth models to explain celestial movements, which were later corrected with spherical geology. 4. **Dark Matter and Dark Energy**: The evidence supporting dark matter (proportional to visible mass) and dark energy (causing cosmic expansion) suggests a large, spherical mass distribution that doesn't appear round from our perspective. By explaining how flat Earthers overlook these points and present alternative theories for the same phenomena, you can counter their claims. total duration: 25.696303869s load duration: 29.367582ms prompt eval count: 1957 token(s) prompt eval duration: 430ms prompt eval rate: 4551.16 tokens/s eval count: 501 token(s) eval duration: 25.104s eval rate: 19.96 tokens/s On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM Cere Misc &lt;cere.misc(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

I wish I was that cool. But no. On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 4:59 PM Ethan Hu &lt;ethanhu(a)berkeley.edu&gt; wrote: