Posts tagged python

You plug in a shiny new RTX 5090, install PyTorch, run torch.cuda.is_available(), get True, and then your training script crashes with a cryptic CUDA error. The problem: PyTorch’s CUDA availability check only verifies that a CUDA driver exists. It says nothing about whether the installed PyTorch binary actually ships kernels for your GPU’s architecture.

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def is_letter(character):
    return character in 
        'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'

I noticed this function would loop from a-Z so we should speed that up using a set!