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Whisper Model 8-bit Loading: Memory-Efficient Inference

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08 December 2022 17h29

Like all the models on the transformers models, all Whisper checkpoints can be loaded in a memory-efficient way! With load_in_8bit=True you can load the model with 8-bit precision. P.S. You can load a Whisper-large model < 6.6 gig VRAM

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Whisper Model Long Transcription Using Transformers Pipeline

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08 December 2022 17h29

Use any Whisper model on the hub for long transcription using the transformers pipeline! Just add chunk_length_s parameter to the pipeline and it'll slide through the audio to create a transcription.

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Predictions now continue running after closing browser tab

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08 December 2022 3h43

A little fix for you power users: when you run a model through the website and close the tab, it no longer stops the prediction. Now you can spin off a bunch of long-running predictions, go get coffee, then come back to your dashboard later to see them finished.

New Database Trends: TigerBeetle, Redpanda, DuckDB Dominate

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08 December 2022 1h46

haha your “new DBs” are all like 4-5 years old… the hot stuff now is tigerbeetle redpanda and duckdb basically if your database doesnt have a animal name you are ngmi

Oracle’s Enduring Lessons: Decades of Tech Business Wisdom

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08 December 2022 1h01

Softwar is a fascinating book. everybody rags on Oracle as a law firm that happens to have a database but there are tons of decades-old lessons to learn from one of the most enduring tech companies of all time https://
share.transistor.fm/s/9313da64 also this

React Suspense adoption phase and developer experience

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07 December 2022 23h05

its just a phase, they just need to spend 2 years in suspense waiting for react suspense like i did to grow out of it

Airyte Launches Bring Your Own Infrastructure for Enterprise Customers

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07 December 2022 20h27

at the @airbytehq conf today (
https://
hopin.com/events/movedata) we have @davin_chia breaking down how we moved towards a CP/DP offering, and giving it a great new name: "Bring Your Own Infrastructure" every cloud infra saas has to eventually do this for the enterprise $

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Perplexity AI Launch: Ad-Free Question Answering Tool

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07 December 2022 19h08

Start “asking” without distracting ads at http://
perplexity.ai. No sign-up or login required. No personal information is collected.

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Grace Hopper’s COBOL: pioneering free software in 1960

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07 December 2022 18h18

#otd in 1960 Grace Hopper launched her programming language COBOL, one of the world’s first pieces of free software – and one that’s still used in many banking & payroll systems.