{
  "id": 55822,
  "title": "LB with more digits?",
  "url": "/competitions/avito-demand-prediction/discussion/55822",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-05-02T07:06:05.046316400Z",
  "votes": 15,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Based on my twisted math, the max useful resolution could be around 7 decimal places.</p>\n\n<p>The current 3 digits... are... well.... reaching the end of its usefulness already.... </p>\n\n<p>Can we get 5 and still hide 2 to avoid massive probing?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "321929",
      "postDate": "05/02/2018 07:06:05",
      "content": "<p>Based on my twisted math, the max useful resolution could be around 7 decimal places.</p>\n\n<p>The current 3 digits... are... well.... reaching the end of its usefulness already.... </p>\n\n<p>Can we get 5 and still hide 2 to avoid massive probing?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Based on my twisted math, the max useful resolution could be around 7 decimal places.\n\nThe current 3 digits... are... well.... reaching the end of its usefulness already.... \n\nCan we get 5 and still hide 2 to avoid massive probing?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "321961",
      "postDate": "05/02/2018 08:00:04",
      "content": "<p>I always like more digits. The Mercari competition has five digits!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I always like more digits. The Mercari competition has five digits!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322167",
      "postDate": "05/02/2018 13:54:09",
      "content": "<p>It seems that the default setting for digits is 3. We always need 1 or 2 more digits to get the usefulness of lb.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It seems that the default setting for digits is 3. We always need 1 or 2 more digits to get the usefulness of lb.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322407",
      "postDate": "05/02/2018 22:00:46",
      "content": "<p>I second this. Four or five digits would be really useful. I don't see much LB probing going on here. There effectively only one digit that is currently useful. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I second this. Four or five digits would be really useful. I don't see much LB probing going on here. There effectively only one digit that is currently useful.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322422",
      "postDate": "05/02/2018 22:34:35",
      "content": "<p>I've gone ahead and increased the resolution to 4 decimal places. Thanks for flagging this!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I've gone ahead and increased the resolution to 4 decimal places. Thanks for flagging this!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322429",
      "postDate": "05/02/2018 22:51:22",
      "content": "<p>Great, thanks! Any chance it would be possible to retroactively change the number of digits for kernel submissions as well?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great, thanks! Any chance it would be possible to retroactively change the number of digits for kernel submissions as well?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322595",
      "postDate": "05/03/2018 08:57:00",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the increased resolution :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the increased resolution :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322827",
      "postDate": "05/03/2018 18:21:03",
      "content": "<p>Looks like that would be more involved. I'll flag it as a bug in our system, though.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Looks like that would be more involved. I'll flag it as a bug in our system, though.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "322866",
      "postDate": "05/03/2018 20:10:09",
      "content": "<p>Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks!",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 321961,
      "author_name": "peterhurford",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/02/2018 08:00:04",
      "content": "<p>I always like more digits. The Mercari competition has five digits!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 322167,
      "author_name": "cczaixian",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/02/2018 13:54:09",
      "content": "<p>It seems that the default setting for digits is 3. We always need 1 or 2 more digits to get the usefulness of lb.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 322407,
      "author_name": "tunguz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/02/2018 22:00:46",
      "content": "<p>I second this. Four or five digits would be really useful. I don't see much LB probing going on here. There effectively only one digit that is currently useful. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 322422,
      "author_name": "sohier",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/02/2018 22:34:35",
      "content": "<p>I've gone ahead and increased the resolution to 4 decimal places. Thanks for flagging this!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 322429,
          "author_name": "tunguz",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/02/2018 22:51:22",
          "content": "<p>Great, thanks! Any chance it would be possible to retroactively change the number of digits for kernel submissions as well?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 322827,
          "author_name": "sohier",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/03/2018 18:21:03",
          "content": "<p>Looks like that would be more involved. I'll flag it as a bug in our system, though.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 322866,
          "author_name": "tunguz",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/03/2018 20:10:09",
          "content": "<p>Thanks!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 322595,
      "author_name": "netzkontrast",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/03/2018 08:57:00",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the increased resolution :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "321929": "Based on my twisted math, the max useful resolution could be around 7 decimal places.\n\nThe current 3 digits... are... well.... reaching the end of its usefulness already.... \n\nCan we get 5 and still hide 2 to avoid massive probing?",
    "321961": "I always like more digits. The Mercari competition has five digits!",
    "322167": "It seems that the default setting for digits is 3. We always need 1 or 2 more digits to get the usefulness of lb.",
    "322407": "I second this. Four or five digits would be really useful. I don't see much LB probing going on here. There effectively only one digit that is currently useful.",
    "322422": "I've gone ahead and increased the resolution to 4 decimal places. Thanks for flagging this!",
    "322429": "Great, thanks! Any chance it would be possible to retroactively change the number of digits for kernel submissions as well?",
    "322595": "Thanks for the increased resolution :)",
    "322827": "Looks like that would be more involved. I'll flag it as a bug in our system, though.",
    "322866": "Thanks!"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}