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Show HN: How I topped the HuggingFace open LLM leaderboard on two gaming GPUs
ML, Biotech, Hardware, and Coordination Problems. Sometimes I write about hard problems and how to solve them.
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I got an Nvidia GH200 server for €7.5k on Reddit and converted it to a desktop
ML, Biotech, Hardware, and Coordination Problems. Sometimes I write about hard problems and how to solve them.
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LLM Neuroanatomy II: Modern LLM Hacking and Hints of a Universal Language?
In Part 1, I described how duplicating a block of seven middle layers in Qwen2-72B — no weight changes, no training — produced the #1 model on the HuggingFace Open LLM Leaderboard. The method, which I called RYS (Repeat Your Self), was discovered using nothing but hard math probes and EQ-Bench on a pair of RTX 4090s.