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I've been using Colab for over a year now. I train deep learning models on NLP and medical imaging datasets. It's a great tool and it lets you focus on the cod
by ccarpenterg 7y ago
I've been using Colab for over a year now. I train deep learning models on NLP and medical imaging datasets.
It's a great tool and it lets you focus on the code and the models, instead of the hardware and OS. But $9.99/month is a little expensive for my taste.
You can't customize it and if they change something you have to install software by hand sometimes. It should be $1.99/month, that's the kind of price I'd pay for this basic cloud computing service.
edit: I use Colab to play with ML models. I really don't think it's possible, for instance, to train a model on Imagenet using Colab. So Colab is similar to the microwave, if you want to cook a serious recipe you should use a real kitchen.
- bhl 7y agoCurious to how you've been training with Colab. I tried running 50 epochs on a UNet3D model, each taking about 20 minutes to run; it was a pain in the ass because the session kept disconnecting.
- mistrial9 7y agoin medical research you are saying $10 / month is too much.. this might be a study in consumer psychology! Here in California, biotech secretaries drive a mercedes...
- eru 7y agoA big Mercedes, but share three people to a bedroom.
- vicmiclovich 7y agodo you do this training for work or personal gain? (Usually if it is a company, they would be perfectly fine expensifying this as a business cost)
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- lewis1028282 7y agoI mean when modern GPUs are $1000 I'm curious how you think $9.99 is too much.