No, we don't have to choose batch sizes as powers of 2

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Prompted by a recent discussion on social media, I did some benchmarks and wrote down my thoughts on why it doesn't really make a difference whether we choose batch sizes as powers of 2: https://sebastianraschka.com/blog/2022/batch-size-2.html

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