Hi,

I have a friend who is looking to run a few simulations he has implemented in python and needs around 256GB of ram. He is estimating it will take a couple of hours, but he is studying economics so take that with a grain of salt 🤣

For this instance, I recommended GCP, but I felt a bit dirty doing that. So, I was wondering if any of you have a buttload of memory he can burrow? Generally, would you lend your RAM for a short amount of time to a stranger over the internet? (assuming internet acccess is limited to a signle ssh port, other necessary safeguards are in place)

  • Railcar8095@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Tell your friend to open source the algorithm… Somebody will surely point at a easy optimization. 100 others will just shit on your friend

  • cevn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Needing that much RAM is usually a red flag that the algo is not optimized.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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      24 days ago

      Researchers always make some of the worst coders unfortunately.

      Scientists, pair up with an engineer to implement your code. You’ll thank yourself later.