{
  "id": 670639,
  "title": "so all the data was just approximation?",
  "url": "/competitions/csiro-biomass/discussion/670639",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-01-28T23:50:01.128446400Z",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Time is up and I think it is finally the time to discuss the question I wanted to ask 2 months ago</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F18473244%2Fd0640591373f51c84910741ae73d7c5a%2FScreenshot%202026-01-29%20024420.png?generation=1769643876241296&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>If I did understand this  point correctly in the paper the values we see for  the 3 main values are just an approximation based on a ratio in a 30g sample right?</p>\n<p>Then how are we expected to accurately predict  the biomass when the values themselves are a an approximation with a big  place for variability and error in the ground truth itself</p>\n<p>unless I didn't understand this point clearly?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "3398277",
      "postDate": "01/28/2026 23:50:01",
      "content": "<p>Time is up and I think it is finally the time to discuss the question I wanted to ask 2 months ago</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F18473244%2Fd0640591373f51c84910741ae73d7c5a%2FScreenshot%202026-01-29%20024420.png?generation=1769643876241296&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>If I did understand this  point correctly in the paper the values we see for  the 3 main values are just an approximation based on a ratio in a 30g sample right?</p>\n<p>Then how are we expected to accurately predict  the biomass when the values themselves are a an approximation with a big  place for variability and error in the ground truth itself</p>\n<p>unless I didn't understand this point clearly?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Time is up and I think it is finally the time to discuss the question I wanted to ask 2 months ago\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F18473244%2Fd0640591373f51c84910741ae73d7c5a%2FScreenshot%202026-01-29%20024420.png?generation=1769643876241296&alt=media)\n\n\nIf I did understand this  point correctly in the paper the values we see for  the 3 main values are just an approximation based on a ratio in a 30g sample right?\n\n\nThen how are we expected to accurately predict  the biomass when the values themselves are a an approximation with a big  place for variability and error in the ground truth itself\n\n\nunless I didn't understand this point clearly?",
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    {
      "id": "3398284",
      "postDate": "01/29/2026 00:06:33",
      "content": "<p>just saw the private leaderboard💔</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "just saw the private leaderboard💔",
      "votes": null
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3398284,
      "author_name": "tahaalshatiri",
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      "post_date": "01/29/2026 00:06:33",
      "content": "<p>just saw the private leaderboard💔</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    }
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    "3398277": "Time is up and I think it is finally the time to discuss the question I wanted to ask 2 months ago\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F18473244%2Fd0640591373f51c84910741ae73d7c5a%2FScreenshot%202026-01-29%20024420.png?generation=1769643876241296&alt=media)\n\n\nIf I did understand this  point correctly in the paper the values we see for  the 3 main values are just an approximation based on a ratio in a 30g sample right?\n\n\nThen how are we expected to accurately predict  the biomass when the values themselves are a an approximation with a big  place for variability and error in the ground truth itself\n\n\nunless I didn't understand this point clearly?",
    "3398284": "just saw the private leaderboard💔"
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