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But that's not the point, obviously. Sometimes, being slow is a feature. Besides, a 4090 costs more than a small car.

cheeze 3y ago
$1600 is more than a car? I feel like you can't even find driveable cars that will last 100 miles at that price point anymore.
- omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
  You probably can, but it'll take some time. The supply of reasonable reliable $500-$1000 beaters is a lot less than it used to be.
- Sharlin 3y ago
  hyperbole /hʌɪˈpəːbəli/ noun exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
filterfiber 3y ago
> But that's not the point, obviously. If you want to say the zero2-w is what's making it then sure. > Besides, a 4090 costs more than a car. They only cost ~0.70USD for 1 hr. In fact you could put this on an A100 for 1$/hr. Renting would make the most sense for this type of thing.
- omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
  It depends on what you're using the images for. If there's a human in the loop, 100 images/s is likey too much volume, especially if prompt engineering is needed. At the same time, 2 images/hr is way too slow.
  - filterfiber 3y ago
    I mean, if you need a human in the loop to verify the image quality then you HAVE to pre-compute the images. > 100 images/s is likey too much volume You can always generate less
  - Sharlin 3y ago
    The whole point was that you’d be getting ramdom puctures just-in-time, at a leisurely rate suitable for background image rotation, without other interaction.
- Sharlin 3y ago
  I think you’re just missing the point, which most certainly isn’t buying compute to generate zillions of images ahead-of-time and then replaying them at a rate of one every half hour or whatever. Anyone can do this. The idea of having a tiny instance of SD crammed on a tiny computer taking its time to compute the images just-in-time (so you don’t even in theory don’t know what you’re going to get next) is simply much more fun and original, never mind way more aligned with the hacker ethos.

$1600 is more than a car? I feel like you can't even find driveable cars that will last 100 miles at that price point anymore.

omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
You probably can, but it'll take some time. The supply of reasonable reliable $500-$1000 beaters is a lot less than it used to be.
Sharlin 3y ago
hyperbole /hʌɪˈpəːbəli/ noun exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

filterfiber 3y ago

> But that's not the point, obviously. If you want to say the zero2-w is what's making it then sure. > Besides, a 4090 costs more than a car. They only cost ~0.70USD for 1 hr. In fact you could put this on an A100 for 1$/hr. Renting would make the most sense for this type of thing.

omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
It depends on what you're using the images for. If there's a human in the loop, 100 images/s is likey too much volume, especially if prompt engineering is needed. At the same time, 2 images/hr is way too slow.
- filterfiber 3y ago
  I mean, if you need a human in the loop to verify the image quality then you HAVE to pre-compute the images. > 100 images/s is likey too much volume You can always generate less
- Sharlin 3y ago
  The whole point was that you’d be getting ramdom puctures just-in-time, at a leisurely rate suitable for background image rotation, without other interaction.
Sharlin 3y ago
I think you’re just missing the point, which most certainly isn’t buying compute to generate zillions of images ahead-of-time and then replaying them at a rate of one every half hour or whatever. Anyone can do this. The idea of having a tiny instance of SD crammed on a tiny computer taking its time to compute the images just-in-time (so you don’t even in theory don’t know what you’re going to get next) is simply much more fun and original, never mind way more aligned with the hacker ethos.