{
  "id": 183386,
  "title": "How to extend kaggle TPU usage time?",
  "url": "/competitions/osic-pulmonary-fibrosis-progression/discussion/183386",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-09-16T13:15:08.885445400Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Since kaggle allows only 30 hours for TPU usage, a single a session is limited to 3 hours. However, I would need more computation time. Is there any way I can do this?<br>\nIs it possible to access the kaggle datasets on google colab (since there is no such time limitation there) and if so, how can I do it?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "1013023",
      "postDate": "09/16/2020 13:15:08",
      "content": "<p>Since kaggle allows only 30 hours for TPU usage, a single a session is limited to 3 hours. However, I would need more computation time. Is there any way I can do this?<br>\nIs it possible to access the kaggle datasets on google colab (since there is no such time limitation there) and if so, how can I do it?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Since kaggle allows only 30 hours for TPU usage, a single a session is limited to 3 hours. However, I would need more computation time. Is there any way I can do this?\nIs it possible to access the kaggle datasets on google colab (since there is no such time limitation there) and if so, how can I do it?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1013454",
      "postDate": "09/16/2020 17:44:16",
      "content": "<p>Hi Pete! Glad that you've enjoyed using TPUs so far. You have a couple of options available to you:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you're interested in unlimited access to TPUs, you can access them on Google Cloud (<a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/tpu)\" target=\"_blank\">https://cloud.google.com/tpu)</a>. This is a paid service, and therefore offers maximum flexibility. </li>\n<li>If you're interested in using an alternative service like Colab Pro, I would recommend checking out our Kaggle API <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/docs/api\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/docs/api</a>. It allows you to download datasets and take actions on competitions.</li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Pete! Glad that you've enjoyed using TPUs so far. You have a couple of options available to you:\n- If you're interested in unlimited access to TPUs, you can access them on Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/tpu). This is a paid service, and therefore offers maximum flexibility. \n- If you're interested in using an alternative service like Colab Pro, I would recommend checking out our Kaggle API https://www.kaggle.com/docs/api. It allows you to download datasets and take actions on competitions.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1013603",
      "postDate": "09/16/2020 19:59:12",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, i will check them.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you, i will check them.",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1013454,
      "author_name": "devvret",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/16/2020 17:44:16",
      "content": "<p>Hi Pete! Glad that you've enjoyed using TPUs so far. You have a couple of options available to you:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you're interested in unlimited access to TPUs, you can access them on Google Cloud (<a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/tpu)\" target=\"_blank\">https://cloud.google.com/tpu)</a>. This is a paid service, and therefore offers maximum flexibility. </li>\n<li>If you're interested in using an alternative service like Colab Pro, I would recommend checking out our Kaggle API <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/docs/api\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/docs/api</a>. It allows you to download datasets and take actions on competitions.</li>\n</ul>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1013603,
      "author_name": "petejones",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/16/2020 19:59:12",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, i will check them.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "1013023": "Since kaggle allows only 30 hours for TPU usage, a single a session is limited to 3 hours. However, I would need more computation time. Is there any way I can do this?\nIs it possible to access the kaggle datasets on google colab (since there is no such time limitation there) and if so, how can I do it?",
    "1013454": "Hi Pete! Glad that you've enjoyed using TPUs so far. You have a couple of options available to you:\n- If you're interested in unlimited access to TPUs, you can access them on Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/tpu). This is a paid service, and therefore offers maximum flexibility. \n- If you're interested in using an alternative service like Colab Pro, I would recommend checking out our Kaggle API https://www.kaggle.com/docs/api. It allows you to download datasets and take actions on competitions.",
    "1013603": "Thank you, i will check them."
  },
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