I wanted to get some idea what the data was like without downloading over wifi and unzipping on a slow laptop.
\n\nWould someone who has downloaded the train data be able to post some sample pairs here? I was thinking something like getting data and images against one ad with maybe 10 of its pairs, including duplicates and non-duplicates.
", "messages": [ { "id": "119557", "postDate": "05/11/2016 11:30:12", "content": "I wanted to get some idea what the data was like without downloading over wifi and unzipping on a slow laptop.
\n\nWould someone who has downloaded the train data be able to post some sample pairs here? I was thinking something like getting data and images against one ad with maybe 10 of its pairs, including duplicates and non-duplicates.
", "rawMarkdown": "I wanted to get some idea what the data was like without downloading over wifi and unzipping on a slow laptop.\r\n\r\nWould someone who has downloaded the train data be able to post some sample pairs here? I was thinking something like getting data and images against one ad with maybe 10 of its pairs, including duplicates and non-duplicates.", "votes": null }, { "id": "119694", "postDate": "05/12/2016 09:35:53", "content": "Data dictionary here https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-duplicate-ads-detection/data
", "rawMarkdown": "Data dictionary here https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-duplicate-ads-detection/data", "votes": null }, { "id": "119736", "postDate": "05/12/2016 14:34:01", "content": "I was more interested in what matches and non-matches look like. In particular, how similar the images were, but also what languages the descriptions were in.
", "rawMarkdown": "I was more interested in what matches and non-matches look like. In particular, how similar the images were, but also what languages the descriptions were in.", "votes": null }, { "id": "119851", "postDate": "05/13/2016 06:02:08", "content": "@Alicegif all the descriptions are in Russian (I think, I don't speak Russian)
", "rawMarkdown": "Alicegif all the descriptions are in Russian (I think, I don't speak Russian)", "votes": null }, { "id": "119961", "postDate": "05/14/2016 04:19:06", "content": "From my little knowledge of foreign languages the titles and descriptions appear to be Cyrillic characters with a smattering of English words/ASCII characters. (I feel fairly confident I could identify Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Greek characters). I could always check with a coworker from a former job who is Russian.
\n\nI'm in the process of downloading all the image zip files, which I was hoping I could avoid until later. I'm trying to get an idea how similar the images are for cases when the ads are duplicate.
", "rawMarkdown": "From my little knowledge of foreign languages the titles and descriptions appear to be Cyrillic characters with a smattering of English words/ASCII characters. (I feel fairly confident I could identify Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Greek characters). I could always check with a coworker from a former job who is Russian. \r\n\r\nI'm in the process of downloading all the image zip files, which I was hoping I could avoid until later. I'm trying to get an idea how similar the images are for cases when the ads are duplicate.", "votes": null }, { "id": "119969", "postDate": "05/14/2016 06:17:55", "content": "Yes, the language is definitely Russian. This competition is hosted by Avito, a Russian e-commerce website (not to be confused with the American startup company Aviato).
", "rawMarkdown": "Yes, the language is definitely Russian. This competition is hosted by [Avito][1], a Russian e-commerce website (not to be confused with the American startup company Aviato).\r\n\r\n [1]: http://www.avito.ru", "votes": null }, { "id": "124221", "postDate": "06/16/2016 10:20:07", "content": "Alice, Kaggle allows you to create notebooks for people with slower computers. Have you tried them?
", "rawMarkdown": "Alice, Kaggle allows you to create notebooks for people with slower computers. Have you tried them?", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 119694, "author_name": "domcastro", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/12/2016 09:35:53", "content": "Data dictionary here https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-duplicate-ads-detection/data
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 119736, "author_name": "alicegif", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/12/2016 14:34:01", "content": "I was more interested in what matches and non-matches look like. In particular, how similar the images were, but also what languages the descriptions were in.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 119851, "author_name": "anokas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/13/2016 06:02:08", "content": "@Alicegif all the descriptions are in Russian (I think, I don't speak Russian)
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 119961, "author_name": "alicegif", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/14/2016 04:19:06", "content": "From my little knowledge of foreign languages the titles and descriptions appear to be Cyrillic characters with a smattering of English words/ASCII characters. (I feel fairly confident I could identify Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Greek characters). I could always check with a coworker from a former job who is Russian.
\n\nI'm in the process of downloading all the image zip files, which I was hoping I could avoid until later. I'm trying to get an idea how similar the images are for cases when the ads are duplicate.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 119969, "author_name": "davidtran", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/14/2016 06:17:55", "content": "Yes, the language is definitely Russian. This competition is hosted by Avito, a Russian e-commerce website (not to be confused with the American startup company Aviato).
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 124221, "author_name": "rpmcruz", "author_url": "", "post_date": "06/16/2016 10:20:07", "content": "Alice, Kaggle allows you to create notebooks for people with slower computers. Have you tried them?
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "119557": "I wanted to get some idea what the data was like without downloading over wifi and unzipping on a slow laptop.\r\n\r\nWould someone who has downloaded the train data be able to post some sample pairs here? I was thinking something like getting data and images against one ad with maybe 10 of its pairs, including duplicates and non-duplicates.", "119694": "Data dictionary here https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-duplicate-ads-detection/data", "119736": "I was more interested in what matches and non-matches look like. In particular, how similar the images were, but also what languages the descriptions were in.", "119851": "Alicegif all the descriptions are in Russian (I think, I don't speak Russian)", "119961": "From my little knowledge of foreign languages the titles and descriptions appear to be Cyrillic characters with a smattering of English words/ASCII characters. (I feel fairly confident I could identify Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Greek characters). I could always check with a coworker from a former job who is Russian. \r\n\r\nI'm in the process of downloading all the image zip files, which I was hoping I could avoid until later. I'm trying to get an idea how similar the images are for cases when the ads are duplicate.", "119969": "Yes, the language is definitely Russian. This competition is hosted by [Avito][1], a Russian e-commerce website (not to be confused with the American startup company Aviato).\r\n\r\n [1]: http://www.avito.ru", "124221": "Alice, Kaggle allows you to create notebooks for people with slower computers. Have you tried them?" }, "source": "meta" }