Fwiw I am still using miniforge for my env management but use pip for torch and many other packages now (in the conda env), and it works fine in my cases.
@rasbt
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PyTorch pip installation works seamlessly with CUDA on macOS Linux
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Whoa! But that being said, I've been using `pip install torch` for 1-2 years now and it's fine on macOS and Linux. The wheels come with CUDA and cuDNN, so it should not require any additional setup steps afaik.
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Textbook Writers and Data Labelers: 2025 Professional Convergence
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So, in 2025, textbook writers are basically synonymous with data labelers?
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LLM Focus Over Data Cleaning and PDF Text Extraction
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Hi there. This is definitely an interesting topic but not covered as the focus is more on the LLM itself rather than data cleaning etc. But I remember from my grad school days that there are several Python libraries that allow you to extract text from PDFs etc.
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Appreciation for Detailed Attention Mechanism Explanation Chapter
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Thanks! I'm glad to hear the step-by-step process of building up the attention mechanism is useful! I remember this chapter almost hit the page limit, and I had to do a bit of convincing to avoid shortening it. Happy to know it's helpful!
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Recommendation of Deep Learning for Coders Book
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Can confirm, I have a copy of Deep Learning for Coders on my shelf and it's great!
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BitNet Repository Reference for Implementation Examples
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Ternary LLM and BERT Training: Starting with TernaryBERT Paper
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I have never trained a ternary LLM or BERT language model. Looks like there are only few publicly available repos out there. I would maybe start with the "TernaryBERT: Distillation-aware Ultra-low Bit BERT" paper and go from there
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PhD adviser styles: hands-on versus hands-off supervision approaches
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These are all valid points, but yeah, your mileage may vary based on your PhD adviser. Some are very hands-on and prescribe very specific projects to work on (it's often limited by research grants), others are more hands-off and you come up with a topic that is in line with the
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Working on tokenizer and embedding layer extensions for future release
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Not yet. I started working on it (extending the tokenizer and modifying the embedding layers) but got busy with some other things… I plan to revisit that though during the winter holidays and will probably have something to share then!