Researcher: Putting a $200K GPU Server Purchase Order in a Paper Envelope
HildeKuehne · x · 2026-10-23
Computer vision researcher Hilde Kuehne clarified that her institution doesn't send documents by fax — internal paperwork moves via classic brown manila envelopes (hauspost). Her punchline: "You'll never understand how it feels to put a procurement order for a 200K GPU server into an envelope." A funny glimpse into how academic AI labs still handle hardware procurement on paper.
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