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  "id": 1019,
  "title": "Training Data Issue",
  "url": "/competitions/AlgorithmicTradingChallenge/discussion/1019",
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  "post_date": "2011-11-08T18:43:57.497Z",
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  "content": "<p>Is anyone having trouble handling the training file?&nbsp; It seems that in both the .zip and .7z versions the extracted .CSV file is fine until line 116,730 (row_id 116,729) -- then that line breaks early and there is a gap of 212,781,182 or so empty lines --\r\n then presumably it gets back on track.</p>\r\n<p>So there are 477,123 rows of data in 213,258,306 lines?&nbsp; I'm a bit new to this so perhaps I'm missing something in how the file is structured or the lines are terminated -- but before I go crazy I just wanted to see if anyone else is having the same phenomenon.</p>",
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      "postDate": "11/08/2011 18:43:57",
      "content": "<p>Is anyone having trouble handling the training file?&nbsp; It seems that in both the .zip and .7z versions the extracted .CSV file is fine until line 116,730 (row_id 116,729) -- then that line breaks early and there is a gap of 212,781,182 or so empty lines --\r\n then presumably it gets back on track.</p>\r\n<p>So there are 477,123 rows of data in 213,258,306 lines?&nbsp; I'm a bit new to this so perhaps I'm missing something in how the file is structured or the lines are terminated -- but before I go crazy I just wanted to see if anyone else is having the same phenomenon.</p>",
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      "postDate": "11/08/2011 19:01:59",
      "content": "<p>[quote=lucetelo;6411]</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;-- but before I go crazy I just wanted to see if anyone else is having the same phenomenon.</p>\r\n<p>[/quote]</p>\r\n<p>You're right. It appears there's a problem with the training file. I've pulled it from the data page until we can get it fixed.</p>",
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      "postDate": "11/09/2011 00:52:50",
      "content": "<p>Has the training data been updated from lucetelo's comment?<br>\r\nI see linear and naive CSV files, but these are just example files?</p>",
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      "author_name": "jeffmoser",
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      "post_date": "11/08/2011 19:01:59",
      "content": "<p>[quote=lucetelo;6411]</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;-- but before I go crazy I just wanted to see if anyone else is having the same phenomenon.</p>\r\n<p>[/quote]</p>\r\n<p>You're right. It appears there's a problem with the training file. I've pulled it from the data page until we can get it fixed.</p>",
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      "author_name": "leazar",
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      "post_date": "11/09/2011 00:52:50",
      "content": "<p>Has the training data been updated from lucetelo's comment?<br>\r\nI see linear and naive CSV files, but these are just example files?</p>",
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