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by sanxiyn 2385 days ago
$10k/day is just for file transfer, not for GPU.
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klingonopera 2385 days ago
Ok, ok, let me see if I now got this right: The AI needs a VM (because users rarely have 12GB GPUs at home), and this VM then downloads about 6GB from GitHub each time a user opens up a new session instead of sourcing that from a locally cached copy?

EDIT: Almost, the VM runs on Colab, which only works with Google, and Google's charging for the upload to Colab? ...more like collaborator, amirite? dodges rotten eggs

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andrekorol 2385 days ago
Yeah, now you almost got it right! Colab is a service provided by Google.

The funny thing is the high egress fees Google charges for transferring data between two of its services (GCS -> Colab).

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klingonopera 2385 days ago
Funny, cheap and cheerful, little hidden costs in the fine-print. Oh my Google, how could we ever be mad at you? opens a can of laughter
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