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How to make it work:

1. Create a separate directory and download all these files into the same directory.

2. Download from http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist the following 4 files:

- train-images-idx3-ubyte.gz

- train-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz

- t10k-images-idx3-ubyte.gz

- t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz

3. Unzip these 4 files by executing:

- gunzip train-images-id