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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • For LLMs it entirely depends on what size models you want to use and how fast you want it to run. Since there’s diminishing returns to increasing model sizes, i.e. a 14B model isn’t twice as good as a 7B model, the best bang for the buck will be achieved with the smallest model you think has acceptable quality. And if you think generation speeds of around 1 token/second are acceptable, you’ll probably get more value for money using partial offloading.

    If your answer is “I don’t know what models I want to run” then a second-hand RTX3090 is probably your best bet. If you want to run larger models, building a rig with multiple (used) RTX3090 is probably still the cheapest way to do it.







  • Do you mean that you want to build the docker image on one computer, export it to a different computer where it’s going to run, and there shouldn’t be any traces of the build process on the first computer? Perhaps it’s possible with the –output option… Otherwise you could write a small script which combines the commands for docker build, export to file, delete local image, and clean up the system.









  • I had some contact with battle.net support when an Overwatch ban wave hit many, though apparently not all, Linux users. I filed a ban appeal, where I also mentioned that Blizzard has stated that compatibility layers (e.g. Wine/Proton) does not violate their ToS, and that Blizzard has previously reverted accidental bans of Linux users. The support tech replied that they had checked the system and that our accounts were sanctioned correctly.

    I contacted them again, explaining that Wine can look like a cheat to an automatic system, but does not provide the player with any kind of advantage in the game, and reminded them that this has happened before and that it has affected a large number of Linux users. I also asked them to escalate the issue to the people working with the anti-cheat engine. Their reply was along the lines of “I understand that this is frustrating for you, but I double checked and the bans were correct”.

    At the same time I was talking to other Linux users who had the same thing happen to their account, and they all got similar responses from Blizzard’s support. It looked like the replies were written by humans, but they were not helpful in any way.

    2 or 3 days later we all got an email from Blizzard with an apology and our accounts were reinstated. So somehow this issue probably made its way to people who actually work with the anti-cheat, and have the power to do anything about incorrect bans. But I seriously doubt the people answering my emails did anything at all.




  • The ghost being fed on requires you to kill certain mobs that contain its soul, you need to kill as many of them as possible before the timer runs out, the red timer bar will fill with a yellow tint as you do so. I haven’t been able to complete this one yet.

    I think it requires the highlighted mobs to be close to the ghost when you kill them, but it feels like way too few of the special mobs spawn so you usually have no chance of keeping up with the timer… I’ve only managed to finish it once, when playing with a friend… When playing alone there’s just too many regular mobs spawning, and as a ranged rogue I can’t hug the ghost and tank everything. Though most of the time when playing with multiple friends they just ignore the mastery objective and kill everything as soon as it spawns :/