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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
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`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name

12/9/2025, 12:25:08 PM

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LLM from scratch, part 28 – training a base model from scratch on an RTX 3090

Link: https://www.gilesthomas.com/2025/12/llm-from-scratch-28-training-a-base-model-from-scratch
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124425

Writing an LLM from scratch, part 28 -- training a base model from scratch on an RTX 3090

I felt like it should be possible to train a GPT-2 small level model on my own hardware using modern tools and open datasets from scratch. It was!

www.gilesthomas.com · Giles' Blog

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