Practical
Practical Tips for Finetuning LLMs Using LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation)
Low-rank adaptation (LoRA) is among the most widely used and effective techniques for efficiently training custom LLMs. For those interested in open-source LLMs, it’s an essential technique worth familiarizing oneself with. Last month, I shared an article with several LoRA experiments, based on the open-source Lit-GPT repository that I co-maintain with my colleagues at Lightning …
A practical relational query compiler in 500 lines of code
Imp needed a relational database that is simple enough to experiment with but fast enough to power real applications. Relational databases are usually complicated beasts. Even SQLite, a relatively lightweight database, is 116,000 lines of code. Its btree implementation alone is almost 10,000 lines, and the core of the query plan interpreter is another 7000 …
Numerical Python in Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Practical Guide to Astrophysical Problem Solving
Wolfram Schmidt is Head of IT and senior researcher at the Hamburg Observatory. He holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Physics and an M.Phil. in Astrophysics and received his Dr. rer. nat. from the Technical University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching. He completed his Habilitation with a thesis on the numerical modeling …
Technology Breakthrough Enables Practical Semiconductor Spintronics
Experimental setup similar to the one the researchers have used. Credit: Thor Balkhed It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to process information in quantum computers. It has long been the goal of scientists to be able to use spin-based quantum information technology at room temperature. …
TVs of CES 2020: Impressive and expensive, less practical than ever
LG’s rollable OLED can disappear into that cabinet when you turn it off. It will cost around $60,000. Sarah Tew/CNET This story is part of CES 2020, our complete coverage of the showroom floor and the hottest new tech gadgets around. CES 2020 is a lot of things: Bright. Huge. Gaudy. Futuristic. Crammed to the …
6 Practical Healthy Recipe Ideas for Weight Loss
Out of convenience, most of us just munch on fast food products and forget how to be healthy. Some say that healthy recipe ideas are far-fetched because it can be costly and hard to maintain just like our weight. However, all you have to do is read along and be resourceful in following these 6 …
Democrats take a look at a practical health care approach
LAS VEGAS — Democratic voters appear to be reassessing their approach to health care, a pragmatic shift on their party’s top 2020 issue. “Medicare for All” remains hugely popular, but majorities say they’d prefer building on “Obamacare” to expand coverage instead of a new government program that replaces America’s mix of private and public insurance. …
Easy and Practical Tips to Improve Your Health and Beauty
There are a lot of tips that will help you stay beautiful and healthy. However, people are still having problems with staying healthy and beautiful simply because they are overwhelmed with information. This article will be showing you a few simple tips that will surely improve your looks and your health. In fact, they are …
