By default, the setup runs on CPU only, not GPU, as could be seen by running htop. But by the magic of PyTorch, modifying the program to run on the GPU is trivial:
cat << EOF | patch
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 104d363..20072d1 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ data_test = MNIST('./data/mnist',
 data_train_loader = DataLoader(data_train, batch_size=256, shuffle=True, num_workers=8)
 data_test_loader = DataLoader(data_test, batch_size=1024, num_workers=8)

-net = LeNet5()
+device = 'cuda'
+net = LeNet5().to(device)
 criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
 optimizer = optim.Adam(net.parameters(), lr=2e-3)

@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ def train(epoch):
     net.train()
     loss_list, batch_list = [], []
     for i, (images, labels) in enumerate(data_train_loader):
+        labels = labels.to(device)
+        images = images.to(device)
         optimizer.zero_grad()

         output = net(images)
@@ -71,6 +74,8 @@ def test():
     total_correct = 0
     avg_loss = 0.0
     for i, (images, labels) in enumerate(data_test_loader):
+        labels = labels.to(device)
+        images = images.to(device)
         output = net(images)
         avg_loss += criterion(output, labels).sum()
         pred = output.detach().max(1)[1]
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ def train_and_test(epoch):
     train(epoch)
     test()

-    dummy_input = torch.randn(1, 1, 32, 32, requires_grad=True)
+    dummy_input = torch.randn(1, 1, 32, 32, requires_grad=True).to(device)
     torch.onnx.export(net, dummy_input, "lenet.onnx")

     onnx_model = onnx.load("lenet.onnx")
EOF
and leads to a faster runtime, with less user as now we are spending more time on the GPU than CPU:
real    1m27.829s
user    4m37.266s
sys     0m27.562s
Now let's try and use the trained ONNX file for inference on some manually drawn images on GIMP:
Note that:
  • the images must be drawn with white on black. If you use black on white, it the accuracy becomes terrible. This is a good very example of brittleness in AI systems!
  • images must be converted to 32x32 for lenet.onnx, as that is what training was done on. The training step converted the 28x28 images to 32x32 as the first thing it does before training even starts
We can try the code adapted from thenewstack.io/tutorial-using-a-pre-trained-onnx-model-for-inferencing/ at lenet/infer.py:
cd lenet
cp ~/git/LeNet-5/lenet.onnx .
wget -O 9.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/Digit_9_hand_drawn_by_Ciro_Santilli_on_GIMP_with_mouse_white_on_black.png
./infer.py 9.png
and it works pretty well! The program outputs:
9
as desired.
We can also try with images directly from Extract MNIST images.
infer_mnist.py lenet.onnx mnist_png/out/testing/1/*.png
and the accuracy is great as expected.
College puffer jacket by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
E.g.: thecollegestore.co.uk/products/ladies-oxford-college-puffer-jacket?variant=40590030864549 Black with 5 rows, on left chest "colege name", logo, "Oxford", and right chest optional initials (or sometimes other identifiers/nicknames) to help distinguish from all the other people's identical clothes.
This has a whitelabel version: www.workweargiant.co.uk/product/result-urban-holkham-down-feel-jacket/, the name appears to be "Holkham Down Feel Jacket".
Circa 2020, these are likely given out by each college for free, and are widely used.
If you look 20 and wear one of those, it's almost an ID, you can get anywhere that does not require a key card, porters won't look at you twice!
Sometimes it just feels like Ubuntu devs don't actually use Ubuntu as a desktop.
Some extremely annoying problems are introduced and just never get fixed, even though they feel so obvious!
Would never happen on Mac...
TensorFlow quantum by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
Version of TensorFlow with a Cirq backend that can run in either quantum computers or classical computer simulations, with the goal of potentially speeding up deep learning applications on a quantum computer some day.
UNION (SQL) by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
Basic example tested on SQLite 3.40.1, Ubuntu 23.04:
sqlite3 :memory: 'select 1 union select 2'
output:
1
2
Two columns two rows:
sqlite3 :memory: <<EOF
select * from (values (1, 2), (2, 3))
union
select * from (values (2, 3), (3, 4))
EOF
output:
1|2
2|3
3|4
Note how duplicates are removed, to keep them we UNION ALL instead:
sqlite3 :memory: <<EOF
select * from (values (1, 2), (2, 3))
union all
select * from (values (2, 3), (3, 4))
EOF
output:
1|2
2|3
2|3
3|4

Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
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    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
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    Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
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    Figure 6.
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