# Getting started: Basic MLP example (my draft)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/getting-started-basic-mlp-example-my-draft/1171>\
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**Created:** [March 18, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/getting-started-basic-mlp-example-my-draft/1171 "2017-03-18T18:08:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![drscotthawley](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/drscotthawley/32/118_2.png) [@drscotthawley](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/drscotthawley)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/getting-started-basic-mlp-example-my-draft/1171/6 "2017-03-19T23:21:24Z")

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Wait, just saw this post: [DataLoader gives double instead of float?](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/dataloader-gives-double-instead-of-float/717/3), did what it said. I’m now up & running!

Thanks @apaszke!

Now I can get on to trying to actually solve the intended problem itself. So far this simple network does not learn well!

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