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  "id": 116950,
  "title": "Time for Kaggle to clarify",
  "url": "/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/116950",
  "author_name": "bluetrain",
  "post_date": "2019-11-12T11:37:23.661000",
  "votes": 57,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>The leak(s) has been announced and exploited since quite a few days now. Kaggle has to clarify ASAP how this will be handled in the private LB, as it has been done in other competitions.\n\"Monitor the posts in the External Data thread\" is not a satisfactory answer.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 671208,
      "postDate": "2019-11-12T11:37:23.663Z",
      "content": "<p>The leak(s) has been announced and exploited since quite a few days now. Kaggle has to clarify ASAP how this will be handled in the private LB, as it has been done in other competitions.\n\"Monitor the posts in the External Data thread\" is not a satisfactory answer.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The leak(s) has been announced and exploited since quite a few days now. Kaggle has to clarify ASAP how this will be handled in the private LB, as it has been done in other competitions.\n\"Monitor the posts in the External Data thread\" is not a satisfactory answer.",
      "votes": 57
    },
    {
      "id": 671231,
      "postDate": "2019-11-12T12:05:44.663Z",
      "content": "<p>I agree. It is an unacceptably large data leak that does not benefit the hosts of the competition.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I agree. It is an unacceptably large data leak that does not benefit the hosts of the competition.",
      "votes": 2
    },
    {
      "id": 671277,
      "postDate": "2019-11-12T13:19:50.667Z",
      "content": "<p>My frustration doesn't come from the leaks (which are a common currency in Kaggle these days) but by the fact that the cv strategy is going to shift to a traditional 1 year of training and 2 years of validation with detection of seasonality, in the middle of the competition. I guess this is part of the game...</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "My frustration doesn't come from the leaks (which are a common currency in Kaggle these days) but by the fact that the cv strategy is going to shift to a traditional 1 year of training and 2 years of validation with detection of seasonality, in the middle of the competition. I guess this is part of the game...",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 671227,
      "postDate": "2019-11-12T12:03:12.177Z",
      "content": "<ul>\n<li>1</li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "+ 1",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 671228,
          "postDate": "2019-11-12T12:03:31.287Z",
          "content": "<p>plus 1</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "plus 1"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 673346,
      "postDate": "2019-11-14T21:43:14.773Z",
      "content": "<p>Kaggle just posted about clarification\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/117357#latest-673345\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/117357#latest-673345</a>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F219502%2Fc948d44ff4bd3643240a7ebda5fccb90%2FSelection_053.png?generation=1573768334841219&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Kaggle just posted about clarification\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/117357#latest-673345\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F219502%2Fc948d44ff4bd3643240a7ebda5fccb90%2FSelection_053.png?generation=1573768334841219&amp;alt=media)\n",
      "votes": -1
    },
    {
      "id": 671419,
      "postDate": "2019-11-12T17:12:44.083Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": -4,
      "isDeleted": true,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 671432,
          "postDate": "2019-11-12T17:26:01.773Z",
          "content": "<p>I hope they'll find a better solution than this one ;)</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I hope they'll find a better solution than this one ;)",
          "votes": 3
        },
        {
          "id": 672436,
          "postDate": "2019-11-13T21:54:36.583Z",
          "content": "<p>+1</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "+1"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 671231,
      "author_name": "Carlo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-11-12T12:05:44.663000",
      "content": "<p>I agree. It is an unacceptably large data leak that does not benefit the hosts of the competition.</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 671277,
      "author_name": "eagle4",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-11-12T13:19:50.667000",
      "content": "<p>My frustration doesn't come from the leaks (which are a common currency in Kaggle these days) but by the fact that the cv strategy is going to shift to a traditional 1 year of training and 2 years of validation with detection of seasonality, in the middle of the competition. I guess this is part of the game...</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 671227,
      "author_name": "Martin Kovacevic Buvinic",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-11-12T12:03:12.177000",
      "content": "<ul>\n<li>1</li>\n</ul>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 671228,
          "author_name": "Martin Kovacevic Buvinic",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-11-12T12:03:31.287000",
          "content": "<p>plus 1</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 673346,
      "author_name": "Vishal Sharma",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-11-14T21:43:14.773000",
      "content": "<p>Kaggle just posted about clarification\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/117357#latest-673345\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/117357#latest-673345</a>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F219502%2Fc948d44ff4bd3643240a7ebda5fccb90%2FSelection_053.png?generation=1573768334841219&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "votes": -1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 671419,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-11-12T17:12:44.083000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": -4,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 671432,
          "author_name": "FabienDaniel",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-11-12T17:26:01.773000",
          "content": "<p>I hope they'll find a better solution than this one ;)</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 672436,
          "author_name": "Miyabon",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-11-13T21:54:36.583000",
          "content": "<p>+1</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "671208": "The leak(s) has been announced and exploited since quite a few days now. Kaggle has to clarify ASAP how this will be handled in the private LB, as it has been done in other competitions.\n\"Monitor the posts in the External Data thread\" is not a satisfactory answer.",
    "671231": "I agree. It is an unacceptably large data leak that does not benefit the hosts of the competition.",
    "671277": "My frustration doesn't come from the leaks (which are a common currency in Kaggle these days) but by the fact that the cv strategy is going to shift to a traditional 1 year of training and 2 years of validation with detection of seasonality, in the middle of the competition. I guess this is part of the game...",
    "671227": "+ 1",
    "673346": "Kaggle just posted about clarification\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/117357#latest-673345\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F219502%2Fc948d44ff4bd3643240a7ebda5fccb90%2FSelection_053.png?generation=1573768334841219&amp;alt=media)\n",
    "671419": ""
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}