{
  "id": 65918,
  "title": "RMSE logs or not logs?",
  "url": "/competitions/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/discussion/65918",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-09-16T05:11:47.533328200Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi, The competition RMSE is the sum of squares of differences between predicted revenue and log(actual revenue)? Should they both be logs? Or both not? Deciding what RMSE to use should be up to the team entering the competition.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "388009",
      "postDate": "09/16/2018 05:11:47",
      "content": "<p>Hi, The competition RMSE is the sum of squares of differences between predicted revenue and log(actual revenue)? Should they both be logs? Or both not? Deciding what RMSE to use should be up to the team entering the competition.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, The competition RMSE is the sum of squares of differences between predicted revenue and log(actual revenue)? Should they both be logs? Or both not? Deciding what RMSE to use should be up to the team entering the competition.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "388134",
      "postDate": "09/16/2018 11:44:04",
      "content": "<p>Don't forget the root...</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Don't forget the root...",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "388601",
      "postDate": "09/17/2018 08:49:12",
      "content": "<p>It doesn't make any difference if you take the square root or not</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It doesn't make any difference if you take the square root or not",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "389549",
      "postDate": "09/18/2018 22:14:42",
      "content": "<p>I agree it is a typo or error in the description; perhaps they will fix it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I agree it is a typo or error in the description; perhaps they will fix it.",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 388134,
      "author_name": "georgem",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/16/2018 11:44:04",
      "content": "<p>Don't forget the root...</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 388601,
          "author_name": "ingridbaade",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "09/17/2018 08:49:12",
          "content": "<p>It doesn't make any difference if you take the square root or not</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 389549,
      "author_name": "eafpres",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/18/2018 22:14:42",
      "content": "<p>I agree it is a typo or error in the description; perhaps they will fix it.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "388009": "Hi, The competition RMSE is the sum of squares of differences between predicted revenue and log(actual revenue)? Should they both be logs? Or both not? Deciding what RMSE to use should be up to the team entering the competition.",
    "388134": "Don't forget the root...",
    "388601": "It doesn't make any difference if you take the square root or not",
    "389549": "I agree it is a typo or error in the description; perhaps they will fix it."
  },
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}