{
  "id": 333206,
  "title": "GPU/TPU Guzzling competition is back",
  "url": "/competitions/hubmap-organ-segmentation/discussion/333206",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-06-25T10:21:54.405324600Z",
  "votes": 8,
  "comment_count": 9,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi Kagglers,</p>\n<p>We have the famous competition back in Kaggle which makes us run out of GPU/TPU hours :D. <br>\nI know as I am almost at 50% utilization of my this week's quota of GPU.<br>\nAny suggestions to cut down on GPU/TPU hours, I do not have any subscription to paid cloud services. mostly access free tools for data science.</p>\n<p>Thanks and Regards,<br>\nOld Monk</p>",
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    {
      "id": "1832720",
      "postDate": "06/25/2022 10:21:54",
      "content": "<p>Hi Kagglers,</p>\n<p>We have the famous competition back in Kaggle which makes us run out of GPU/TPU hours :D. <br>\nI know as I am almost at 50% utilization of my this week's quota of GPU.<br>\nAny suggestions to cut down on GPU/TPU hours, I do not have any subscription to paid cloud services. mostly access free tools for data science.</p>\n<p>Thanks and Regards,<br>\nOld Monk</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Kagglers,\n\nWe have the famous competition back in Kaggle which makes us run out of GPU/TPU hours :D. \nI know as I am almost at 50% utilization of my this week's quota of GPU.\nAny suggestions to cut down on GPU/TPU hours, I do not have any subscription to paid cloud services. mostly access free tools for data science.\n\nThanks and Regards,\nOld Monk",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1833555",
      "postDate": "06/26/2022 06:00:40",
      "content": "<p>Yes, same here. Its so frustrating even for tabular competitions taking lot of time to run. I have heard people even complained about paid colab is not of much help. The best bet would be custom built desktop/laptop with atleast 32gb RAM and powerful GPUs.Just my 2 cents ,experts can chime in here..</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, same here. Its so frustrating even for tabular competitions taking lot of time to run. I have heard people even complained about paid colab is not of much help. The best bet would be custom built desktop/laptop with atleast 32gb RAM and powerful GPUs.Just my 2 cents ,experts can chime in here..",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1863012",
      "postDate": "07/20/2022 05:31:52",
      "content": "<p>We have some respite as Kaggle has give schedule notebook option now <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cid007\" target=\"_blank\">@cid007</a>, you might like to check that out :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We have some respite as Kaggle has give schedule notebook option now @cid007, you might like to check that out :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1863064",
      "postDate": "07/20/2022 06:22:29",
      "content": "<p>participate in kaggle notebook or community competition. if you win you would have USD $5000, which you can buy a GPU or rent cloud GPU</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "participate in kaggle notebook or community competition. if you win you would have USD $5000, which you can buy a GPU or rent cloud GPU",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1863132",
      "postDate": "07/20/2022 07:04:03",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the info.. will check it out for sure.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the info.. will check it out for sure.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1863144",
      "postDate": "07/20/2022 07:09:44",
      "content": "<p>Yes thats right but I am not that much an expert to win prices. For now I am just exploring out and learning from you guys. I am a fast learner but its very difficult to find time with a full time job. Winning is not just about money but sense of achievement bit money also helps. Will be there one day.🤞</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes thats right but I am not that much an expert to win prices. For now I am just exploring out and learning from you guys. I am a fast learner but its very difficult to find time with a full time job. Winning is not just about money but sense of achievement bit money also helps. Will be there one day.🤞",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1863252",
      "postDate": "07/20/2022 08:38:29",
      "content": "<p>My notebooks are mostly disk io limited. <br>\nI am already using zarr files, but gpu usage is around 30%…</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "My notebooks are mostly disk io limited. \nI am already using zarr files, but gpu usage is around 30%...",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1864498",
      "postDate": "07/21/2022 04:57:28",
      "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/hengck23\" target=\"_blank\">@hengck23</a> for the guidance and encouragement. All the best <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cid007\" target=\"_blank\">@cid007</a> !</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks @hengck23 for the guidance and encouragement. All the best @cid007 !",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1864499",
      "postDate": "07/21/2022 04:58:19",
      "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/theudas\" target=\"_blank\">@theudas</a> for your inputs, this helps!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks @theudas for your inputs, this helps!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1864849",
      "postDate": "07/21/2022 10:34:54",
      "content": "<p>Doesn't the rules of the competition say it's a \"Code Competition\"?</p>\n<p>Runtime is limited to 9 hours of Kaggle GPU, so why would this require an external GPU?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Doesn't the rules of the competition say it's a \"Code Competition\"?\n\nRuntime is limited to 9 hours of Kaggle GPU, so why would this require an external GPU?",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1833555,
      "author_name": "cid007",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/26/2022 06:00:40",
      "content": "<p>Yes, same here. Its so frustrating even for tabular competitions taking lot of time to run. I have heard people even complained about paid colab is not of much help. The best bet would be custom built desktop/laptop with atleast 32gb RAM and powerful GPUs.Just my 2 cents ,experts can chime in here..</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1863012,
          "author_name": "saurabhbagchi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/20/2022 05:31:52",
          "content": "<p>We have some respite as Kaggle has give schedule notebook option now <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cid007\" target=\"_blank\">@cid007</a>, you might like to check that out :)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1863132,
          "author_name": "cid007",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/20/2022 07:04:03",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for the info.. will check it out for sure.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1863064,
      "author_name": "hengck23",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/20/2022 06:22:29",
      "content": "<p>participate in kaggle notebook or community competition. if you win you would have USD $5000, which you can buy a GPU or rent cloud GPU</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1863144,
          "author_name": "cid007",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/20/2022 07:09:44",
          "content": "<p>Yes thats right but I am not that much an expert to win prices. For now I am just exploring out and learning from you guys. I am a fast learner but its very difficult to find time with a full time job. Winning is not just about money but sense of achievement bit money also helps. Will be there one day.🤞</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1864498,
          "author_name": "saurabhbagchi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/21/2022 04:57:28",
          "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/hengck23\" target=\"_blank\">@hengck23</a> for the guidance and encouragement. All the best <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cid007\" target=\"_blank\">@cid007</a> !</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1863252,
      "author_name": "theudas",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/20/2022 08:38:29",
      "content": "<p>My notebooks are mostly disk io limited. <br>\nI am already using zarr files, but gpu usage is around 30%…</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1864499,
          "author_name": "saurabhbagchi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/21/2022 04:58:19",
          "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/theudas\" target=\"_blank\">@theudas</a> for your inputs, this helps!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1864849,
      "author_name": "lmosser",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/21/2022 10:34:54",
      "content": "<p>Doesn't the rules of the competition say it's a \"Code Competition\"?</p>\n<p>Runtime is limited to 9 hours of Kaggle GPU, so why would this require an external GPU?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
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    "1832720": "Hi Kagglers,\n\nWe have the famous competition back in Kaggle which makes us run out of GPU/TPU hours :D. \nI know as I am almost at 50% utilization of my this week's quota of GPU.\nAny suggestions to cut down on GPU/TPU hours, I do not have any subscription to paid cloud services. mostly access free tools for data science.\n\nThanks and Regards,\nOld Monk",
    "1833555": "Yes, same here. Its so frustrating even for tabular competitions taking lot of time to run. I have heard people even complained about paid colab is not of much help. The best bet would be custom built desktop/laptop with atleast 32gb RAM and powerful GPUs.Just my 2 cents ,experts can chime in here..",
    "1863012": "We have some respite as Kaggle has give schedule notebook option now @cid007, you might like to check that out :)",
    "1863064": "participate in kaggle notebook or community competition. if you win you would have USD $5000, which you can buy a GPU or rent cloud GPU",
    "1863132": "Thanks for the info.. will check it out for sure.",
    "1863144": "Yes thats right but I am not that much an expert to win prices. For now I am just exploring out and learning from you guys. I am a fast learner but its very difficult to find time with a full time job. Winning is not just about money but sense of achievement bit money also helps. Will be there one day.🤞",
    "1863252": "My notebooks are mostly disk io limited. \nI am already using zarr files, but gpu usage is around 30%...",
    "1864498": "Thanks @hengck23 for the guidance and encouragement. All the best @cid007 !",
    "1864499": "Thanks @theudas for your inputs, this helps!",
    "1864849": "Doesn't the rules of the competition say it's a \"Code Competition\"?\n\nRuntime is limited to 9 hours of Kaggle GPU, so why would this require an external GPU?"
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