{
  "id": 448857,
  "title": "code competitions are fun (sarcasm)",
  "url": "/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/448857",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-10-21T22:13:48.844534500Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>i forgot how much \"fun\" code competitions can be - i just had 5 failed submissions in a row, and i still have no idea why!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F1753973%2F2c48d909d76d6b7e9749657e06bf0c69%2Fcrashes.png?generation=1697926188301542&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>Code ran fine locally over training data, but failed on submission over private test data. And it wasn't even out of memory - thankfully those crashes are marked differently.</p>\n<p>Eventually i reverted to last good configuration and made incremental changes from there. But lost a couple of days and experienced a lot of frustration.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2491674",
      "postDate": "10/21/2023 22:13:48",
      "content": "<p>i forgot how much \"fun\" code competitions can be - i just had 5 failed submissions in a row, and i still have no idea why!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F1753973%2F2c48d909d76d6b7e9749657e06bf0c69%2Fcrashes.png?generation=1697926188301542&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>Code ran fine locally over training data, but failed on submission over private test data. And it wasn't even out of memory - thankfully those crashes are marked differently.</p>\n<p>Eventually i reverted to last good configuration and made incremental changes from there. But lost a couple of days and experienced a lot of frustration.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "i forgot how much \"fun\" code competitions can be - i just had 5 failed submissions in a row, and i still have no idea why!\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F1753973%2F2c48d909d76d6b7e9749657e06bf0c69%2Fcrashes.png?generation=1697926188301542&alt=media)\n\nCode ran fine locally over training data, but failed on submission over private test data. And it wasn't even out of memory - thankfully those crashes are marked differently.\n\nEventually i reverted to last good configuration and made incremental changes from there. But lost a couple of days and experienced a lot of frustration.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2491681",
      "postDate": "10/21/2023 22:19:14",
      "content": "<p>I have the same experience with another code competition. I have requested improvements from Kaggle many times, but they have ignored me. Probably LB Probing is related.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have the same experience with another code competition. I have requested improvements from Kaggle many times, but they have ignored me. Probably LB Probing is related.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "2491724",
      "postDate": "10/22/2023 00:18:24",
      "content": "<p>It can be frustrating, however I think it has a purpose against LB probing. With more feedback it would be especially easy to give outputs based of private LB values.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It can be frustrating, however I think it has a purpose against LB probing. With more feedback it would be especially easy to give outputs based of private LB values.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "2491758",
      "postDate": "10/22/2023 02:43:36",
      "content": "<p>You have a mystery to solve! This is exciting! 😉</p>\n<p>On a serious note, it sucks that we don’t get more detailed error messages, but it would make it easy to probe information. It’s the first competition I’m taking part in and I was annoyed at first as well.</p>\n<p>Btw. good job with your model and good luck!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You have a mystery to solve! This is exciting! 😉\n\nOn a serious note, it sucks that we don’t get more detailed error messages, but it would make it easy to probe information. It’s the first competition I’m taking part in and I was annoyed at first as well.\n\nBtw. good job with your model and good luck!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2492886",
      "postDate": "10/23/2023 02:13:50",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>experienced a lot of frustration.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>So true! I am just one behind, with 4 consecutive failed submissions. 😬</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "> experienced a lot of frustration.\n\nSo true! I am just one behind, with 4 consecutive failed submissions. 😬",
      "votes": null
    }
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    {
      "id": 2491681,
      "author_name": "mitsuyasuhoshino",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/21/2023 22:19:14",
      "content": "<p>I have the same experience with another code competition. I have requested improvements from Kaggle many times, but they have ignored me. Probably LB Probing is related.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 2491724,
      "author_name": "cody11null",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/22/2023 00:18:24",
      "content": "<p>It can be frustrating, however I think it has a purpose against LB probing. With more feedback it would be especially easy to give outputs based of private LB values.</p>",
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      "id": 2491758,
      "author_name": "manek123",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/22/2023 02:43:36",
      "content": "<p>You have a mystery to solve! This is exciting! 😉</p>\n<p>On a serious note, it sucks that we don’t get more detailed error messages, but it would make it easy to probe information. It’s the first competition I’m taking part in and I was annoyed at first as well.</p>\n<p>Btw. good job with your model and good luck!</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": 2492886,
      "author_name": "bkowshik",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/23/2023 02:13:50",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>experienced a lot of frustration.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>So true! I am just one behind, with 4 consecutive failed submissions. 😬</p>",
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    "2491674": "i forgot how much \"fun\" code competitions can be - i just had 5 failed submissions in a row, and i still have no idea why!\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F1753973%2F2c48d909d76d6b7e9749657e06bf0c69%2Fcrashes.png?generation=1697926188301542&alt=media)\n\nCode ran fine locally over training data, but failed on submission over private test data. And it wasn't even out of memory - thankfully those crashes are marked differently.\n\nEventually i reverted to last good configuration and made incremental changes from there. But lost a couple of days and experienced a lot of frustration.",
    "2491681": "I have the same experience with another code competition. I have requested improvements from Kaggle many times, but they have ignored me. Probably LB Probing is related.",
    "2491724": "It can be frustrating, however I think it has a purpose against LB probing. With more feedback it would be especially easy to give outputs based of private LB values.",
    "2491758": "You have a mystery to solve! This is exciting! 😉\n\nOn a serious note, it sucks that we don’t get more detailed error messages, but it would make it easy to probe information. It’s the first competition I’m taking part in and I was annoyed at first as well.\n\nBtw. good job with your model and good luck!",
    "2492886": "> experienced a lot of frustration.\n\nSo true! I am just one behind, with 4 consecutive failed submissions. 😬"
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