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  "id": 80132,
  "title": "Target demystified!",
  "url": "/competitions/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/80132",
  "author_name": "raddar",
  "post_date": "2019-02-11T00:18:13.341000",
  "votes": 82,
  "comment_count": 13,
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  "content": "<p>Many people have been asking, how I approach data mining tasks. It is the first time I actually share the process I usually take in datasets like these, so here you go:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/raddar/target-true-meaning-revealed/\">https://www.kaggle.com/raddar/target-true-meaning-revealed/</a></p>\n\n<p>You are welcome.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 469315,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T00:18:13.343Z",
      "content": "<p>Many people have been asking, how I approach data mining tasks. It is the first time I actually share the process I usually take in datasets like these, so here you go:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/raddar/target-true-meaning-revealed/\">https://www.kaggle.com/raddar/target-true-meaning-revealed/</a></p>\n\n<p>You are welcome.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Many people have been asking, how I approach data mining tasks. It is the first time I actually share the process I usually take in datasets like these, so here you go:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/raddar/target-true-meaning-revealed/\n\nYou are welcome.\n\n",
      "votes": 82
    },
    {
      "id": 469532,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T11:32:04.543Z",
      "content": "<p>Seems there was a hint at <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72993\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72993</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>loyalty score, which is basically a business metric that considered both future spending and retention as main components</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Future spending...</p>\n\n<p>That you find it by data analysis is awesome.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Seems there was a hint at https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72993\n\n&gt;  loyalty score, which is basically a business metric that considered both future spending and retention as main components\n\nFuture spending...\n\nThat you find it by data analysis is awesome.",
      "votes": 10,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 470448,
          "postDate": "2019-02-13T01:26:35.577Z",
          "content": "<p>Haha</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Haha",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 469318,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T00:33:12.557Z",
      "content": "<p>forgot to make it public :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "forgot to make it public :)\n",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 469316,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T00:24:30.347Z",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/raddar\">@raddar</a>, the link is dead. Is the kernel available for public? Would you mind if you can help me confirm? Thank you for your effort!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "@raddar, the link is dead. Is the kernel available for public? Would you mind if you can help me confirm? Thank you for your effort!",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 473269,
      "postDate": "2019-02-17T17:34:09.760Z",
      "content": "<p>Wow, thanks for your insights. A few features inspired by your Kernel directly shaved of 0.003 on LB for my best single model.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Wow, thanks for your insights. A few features inspired by your Kernel directly shaved of 0.003 on LB for my best single model."
    },
    {
      "id": 473183,
      "postDate": "2019-02-17T13:55:05.200Z",
      "content": "<p>Awsome job!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Awsome job!"
    },
    {
      "id": 472239,
      "postDate": "2019-02-15T15:02:42.823Z",
      "content": "<p>state_id - 9 - São Paulo. Another states not so clear.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "state_id - 9 - São Paulo. Another states not so clear."
    },
    {
      "id": 471158,
      "postDate": "2019-02-14T05:04:27.483Z",
      "content": "<p>Amazing work!, that explains a lot, thanks for sharing.</p>\n\n<p>Someone should start a business about helping companies to frame their problem before submitting to Kaggle :/ the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Amazing work!, that explains a lot, thanks for sharing.\n\nSomeone should start a business about helping companies to frame their problem before submitting to Kaggle :/ the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 471397,
          "postDate": "2019-02-14T11:49:06.683Z",
          "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Indeed, I'm not sure I want to enter, but Raddar makes it very appealing...</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "&gt; the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.\n\nIndeed, I'm not sure I want to enter, but Raddar makes it very appealing...",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 469548,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T12:23:48.947Z",
      "content": "<p>This can come from a GM's mind :) \nThanks for the share.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This can come from a GM's mind :) \nThanks for the share."
    },
    {
      "id": 469398,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T05:45:53.007Z",
      "content": "<p>Having the correct intuition about everything is one thing, but proving it amidst all the mystery is just wizardry. Congrats!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Having the correct intuition about everything is one thing, but proving it amidst all the mystery is just wizardry. Congrats!"
    },
    {
      "id": 469328,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T01:58:39.400Z",
      "content": "<p>An exquisite feat of sleuthing!  I began with the guess that this is not simulated data, looks like you've nailed it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "An exquisite feat of sleuthing!  I began with the guess that this is not simulated data, looks like you've nailed it."
    },
    {
      "id": 469635,
      "postDate": "2019-02-11T15:32:44.633Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
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    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 469532,
      "author_name": "CPMP",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T11:32:04.543000",
      "content": "<p>Seems there was a hint at <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72993\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72993</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>loyalty score, which is basically a business metric that considered both future spending and retention as main components</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Future spending...</p>\n\n<p>That you find it by data analysis is awesome.</p>",
      "votes": 10,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 470448,
          "author_name": "LongYin/杰少",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-02-13T01:26:35.577000",
          "content": "<p>Haha</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 469318,
      "author_name": "raddar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T00:33:12.557000",
      "content": "<p>forgot to make it public :)</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 469316,
      "author_name": "FP",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T00:24:30.347000",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/raddar\">@raddar</a>, the link is dead. Is the kernel available for public? Would you mind if you can help me confirm? Thank you for your effort!</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 473269,
      "author_name": "Freddie Karlbom",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-17T17:34:09.760000",
      "content": "<p>Wow, thanks for your insights. A few features inspired by your Kernel directly shaved of 0.003 on LB for my best single model.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 473183,
      "author_name": "bezul",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-17T13:55:05.200000",
      "content": "<p>Awsome job!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 472239,
      "author_name": "Leigh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-15T15:02:42.823000",
      "content": "<p>state_id - 9 - São Paulo. Another states not so clear.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 471158,
      "author_name": "NxGTR",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-14T05:04:27.483000",
      "content": "<p>Amazing work!, that explains a lot, thanks for sharing.</p>\n\n<p>Someone should start a business about helping companies to frame their problem before submitting to Kaggle :/ the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 471397,
          "author_name": "CPMP",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-02-14T11:49:06.683000",
          "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Indeed, I'm not sure I want to enter, but Raddar makes it very appealing...</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 469548,
      "author_name": "Aditya Soni",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T12:23:48.947000",
      "content": "<p>This can come from a GM's mind :) \nThanks for the share.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 469398,
      "author_name": "jayrsawal",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T05:45:53.007000",
      "content": "<p>Having the correct intuition about everything is one thing, but proving it amidst all the mystery is just wizardry. Congrats!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 469328,
      "author_name": "IridiumBlue",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T01:58:39.400000",
      "content": "<p>An exquisite feat of sleuthing!  I began with the guess that this is not simulated data, looks like you've nailed it.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 469635,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-02-11T15:32:44.633000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
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    "469315": "Many people have been asking, how I approach data mining tasks. It is the first time I actually share the process I usually take in datasets like these, so here you go:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/raddar/target-true-meaning-revealed/\n\nYou are welcome.\n\n",
    "469532": "Seems there was a hint at https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72993\n\n&gt;  loyalty score, which is basically a business metric that considered both future spending and retention as main components\n\nFuture spending...\n\nThat you find it by data analysis is awesome.",
    "469318": "forgot to make it public :)\n",
    "469316": "@raddar, the link is dead. Is the kernel available for public? Would you mind if you can help me confirm? Thank you for your effort!",
    "473269": "Wow, thanks for your insights. A few features inspired by your Kernel directly shaved of 0.003 on LB for my best single model.",
    "473183": "Awsome job!",
    "472239": "state_id - 9 - São Paulo. Another states not so clear.",
    "471158": "Amazing work!, that explains a lot, thanks for sharing.\n\nSomeone should start a business about helping companies to frame their problem before submitting to Kaggle :/ the setup in this competition is a bit too crazy for me.",
    "469548": "This can come from a GM's mind :) \nThanks for the share.",
    "469398": "Having the correct intuition about everything is one thing, but proving it amidst all the mystery is just wizardry. Congrats!",
    "469328": "An exquisite feat of sleuthing!  I began with the guess that this is not simulated data, looks like you've nailed it.",
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