I understand certain file property restrictions involved, and the warning about not overdoing things, however, I can submit pretty much anything and my parents are still disappointed. In other words, my tampering is almost never detected.
\nIt seems as though the shape is the most critical, but there's not enough feedback. Any hints?
", "messages": [ { "id": "1910946", "postDate": "08/23/2022 19:49:35", "content": "I understand certain file property restrictions involved, and the warning about not overdoing things, however, I can submit pretty much anything and my parents are still disappointed. In other words, my tampering is almost never detected.
\nIt seems as though the shape is the most critical, but there's not enough feedback. Any hints?
", "rawMarkdown": "I understand certain file property restrictions involved, and the warning about not overdoing things, however, I can submit pretty much anything and my parents are still disappointed. In other words, my tampering is almost never detected.\n\nIt seems as though the shape is the most critical, but there's not enough feedback. Any hints?", "votes": null }, { "id": "1910980", "postDate": "08/23/2022 20:30:35", "content": "I'm not sure how much hinting we can get away with in this competition, so I won't tell you what did work. However, I will tell you two things that did not work:
\nThe solution must be somewhere in between.
", "rawMarkdown": "I'm not sure how much hinting we can get away with in this competition, so I won't tell you what did work. However, I will tell you two things that did **not** work:\n\n1. Simply drawing a line to make the existing F look like a boxy A (as one does) did not work.\n2. Using an image editor text tool to type in an A did make the algorithm flag my grade as tampered.\n\nThe solution must be somewhere in between.", "votes": null }, { "id": "1910992", "postDate": "08/23/2022 21:03:06", "content": "Thanks, I'll think it over.
\nEdit: Thanks @bcruise I was able to figure it out. It was the method I did not want to try (of course).
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, I'll think it over.\n\nEdit: Thanks @bcruise I was able to figure it out. It was the method I did not want to try (of course).", "votes": null }, { "id": "1911835", "postDate": "08/24/2022 10:43:35", "content": "I can add that using an actual 28*28 pixels \"A\" from an MNIST-like letters dataset did not work either
", "rawMarkdown": "I can add that using an actual 28*28 pixels \"A\" from an MNIST-like letters dataset did not work either", "votes": null }, { "id": "1911944", "postDate": "08/24/2022 12:02:41", "content": "Please don’t ruin the challenge for others.
", "rawMarkdown": "Please don’t ruin the challenge for others.", "votes": null }, { "id": "1911957", "postDate": "08/24/2022 12:10:48", "content": "ok sorry @lucasjt I thought I could indicate what didn't work for me, in the spirit of @bcruise 's message before mine. I should add that I still haven't solved it! 😂
", "rawMarkdown": "ok sorry @lucasjt I thought I could indicate what didn't work for me, in the spirit of @bcruise 's message before mine. I should add that I still haven't solved it! 😂", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 1910980, "author_name": "bcruise", "author_url": "", "post_date": "08/23/2022 20:30:35", "content": "I'm not sure how much hinting we can get away with in this competition, so I won't tell you what did work. However, I will tell you two things that did not work:
\nThe solution must be somewhere in between.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 1910992, "author_name": "egrundman", "author_url": "", "post_date": "08/23/2022 21:03:06", "content": "Thanks, I'll think it over.
\nEdit: Thanks @bcruise I was able to figure it out. It was the method I did not want to try (of course).
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1911835, "author_name": "xlpy00", "author_url": "", "post_date": "08/24/2022 10:43:35", "content": "I can add that using an actual 28*28 pixels \"A\" from an MNIST-like letters dataset did not work either
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1911944, "author_name": "lucasjt", "author_url": "", "post_date": "08/24/2022 12:02:41", "content": "Please don’t ruin the challenge for others.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1911957, "author_name": "xlpy00", "author_url": "", "post_date": "08/24/2022 12:10:48", "content": "ok sorry @lucasjt I thought I could indicate what didn't work for me, in the spirit of @bcruise 's message before mine. I should add that I still haven't solved it! 😂
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "1910946": "I understand certain file property restrictions involved, and the warning about not overdoing things, however, I can submit pretty much anything and my parents are still disappointed. In other words, my tampering is almost never detected.\n\nIt seems as though the shape is the most critical, but there's not enough feedback. Any hints?", "1910980": "I'm not sure how much hinting we can get away with in this competition, so I won't tell you what did work. However, I will tell you two things that did **not** work:\n\n1. Simply drawing a line to make the existing F look like a boxy A (as one does) did not work.\n2. Using an image editor text tool to type in an A did make the algorithm flag my grade as tampered.\n\nThe solution must be somewhere in between.", "1910992": "Thanks, I'll think it over.\n\nEdit: Thanks @bcruise I was able to figure it out. It was the method I did not want to try (of course).", "1911835": "I can add that using an actual 28*28 pixels \"A\" from an MNIST-like letters dataset did not work either", "1911944": "Please don’t ruin the challenge for others.", "1911957": "ok sorry @lucasjt I thought I could indicate what didn't work for me, in the spirit of @bcruise 's message before mine. I should add that I still haven't solved it! 😂" }, "source": "meta" }