[QUOTE=Prime95;534825]I also suspect they recently instituted a lifetime cap on GPU time.[/QUOTE]

Hope they didn't. FWIW, in the last couple of days, I've been receiving a couple of 10 hr sessions per night (down from 4/5 in the golden days), starting around 11PM/midnight my time. Fun thing, on the same accounts I've been squeezing the most during these months, while other and less used accounts do not succeed.

Another factual observation: brand new accounts receive an initial 10/12 hr allotment, and do not reconnect any further.

Whack-a-mole, anyone? :confused:

[QUOTE=Prime95;534825]I suspect Google keeps track of how much total GPU time your account has used. I also suspect they recently instituted a lifetime cap on GPU time.[/QUOTE]I could believe that, except I've always been launching Colab sessions near-simultaneously on both accounts (when I remember to reconnect them twice a day or so), and until now I've (almost) never been able to get connected on one but not the other. But for the last 2-3 days my first account can never get a GPU, and the second account always gets a GPU. Strange. Perhaps they're limiting it to one GPU per IP? That would make more sense.

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;534828]I could believe that, except I've always been launching Colab sessions near-simultaneously on both accounts (when I remember to reconnect them twice a day or so), and until now I've (almost) never been able to get connected on one but not the other. But for the last 2-3 days my first account can never get a GPU, and the second account always gets a GPU. Strange. Perhaps they're limiting it to one GPU per IP? That would make more sense.[/QUOTE]I'm running multiple accounts from different hosts, one account per host, behind a NAT firewall. (although there's no NAT in the IPV6 protocol) Getting multiple simultaneous Colab gpus often.

I continue to get Kaggle GPUs for 30+ hours a week
 

Am I the only one?
Could it be because I run it from my Phone?

[QUOTE=petrw1;534869]Am I the only one?
Could it be because I run it from my Phone?[/QUOTE]I have one account that is only attached to a phone that hasn't gotten much in days. The other I use a desktop with a non-"gmail" log-in (it is corporate that uses an enhanced/managed version of g-mail and g-suite), also on a phone that is attached to that same account.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;534913]I have one account that is only attached to a phone that hasn't gotten much in days.[/QUOTE]

Yup... I'm afraid it's pretty clear the "gig" is up... Only five people have had any instances in the last three days, and all but one (Wayne) lasted for only a few minutes.

Oh, well... It was fun while it lasted.

[QUOTE=chalsall;534960]Yup... I'm afraid it's pretty clear the "gig" is up... Only five people have had any instances in the last three days, and all but one (Wayne) lasted for only a few minutes.

Oh, well... It was fun while it lasted.[/QUOTE]


I've actually been reasonably successful in getting GPU's on Colab, but I've been running the tf1G script, not the gpu72 script. Usually I wait a day or two if I get the message that there are no GPU's available.

I have one exponent left unfinished from Colab situation (88.72% completed).

Is there a way to transfer this exponent to my normal crunching so as to not waste that worked percentage?

[QUOTE=bayanne;535031]I have one exponent left unfinished from Colab situation (88.72% completed).

Is there a way to transfer this exponent to my normal crunching so as to not waste that worked percentage?[/QUOTE]

Just download the checkpoint from your google drive and run it on a local instance.

[QUOTE=bayanne;535031]Is there a way to transfer this exponent to my normal crunching so as to not waste that worked percentage?[/QUOTE]

I just PM'ed you the file's contents.

If Colab is truly "over", can someone volunteer to clean up the half-done exponents? I apparently have one at 91.6%, if Chris can send the checkpoint to whoever wants to finish it for me (I care nothing for credit).