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  "title": "Are TimeTicks correct in the CSV-files?",
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  "post_date": "2013-07-02T22:43:02.797Z",
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  "content": "<p>Can you validate, please, that the TimeTicks are correct in the CSV-format?</p>\r\n<p>It looks like they were rounded:</p>\r\n<p>H1_CSV\\Tagged_Training_04_13_1334300401\\TimeTicks1.csv:</p>\r\n<p>1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09</p>\r\n<p>. . .</p>",
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      "postDate": "07/02/2013 22:43:02",
      "content": "<p>Can you validate, please, that the TimeTicks are correct in the CSV-format?</p>\r\n<p>It looks like they were rounded:</p>\r\n<p>H1_CSV\\Tagged_Training_04_13_1334300401\\TimeTicks1.csv:</p>\r\n<p>1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09<br>\r\n1.3343e&#43;09</p>\r\n<p>. . .</p>",
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      "postDate": "07/02/2013 23:26:27",
      "content": "<p>Good catch. We'll run the conversion again minus the scientific notation. &nbsp;I'll post in this thread once the files are updated. In the meantime, you may want to give this alternative method a try:</p>\r\n<p>https://www.kaggle.com/c/belkin-energy-disaggregation-competition/forums/t/4992/starter-code-for-mat-file-conversion-in-python</p>",
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      "id": "26817",
      "postDate": "07/08/2013 20:50:14",
      "content": "<p>We have re-uploaded the files with higher precision. Please let us know if there are any other issues.</p>",
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      "id": "26841",
      "postDate": "07/09/2013 05:18:15",
      "content": "<p>the h4_csv.zip seems to be corrupt. 9.20 7zip couldnt open it and neither could the default windows 7 file system. I downloaded it twice to make sure it wasn't a corrupt file transfer or disk problem.</p>",
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      "id": "26843",
      "postDate": "07/09/2013 05:45:15",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for pointing that out, and extremely sorry about that. There was an issue with the file upload. We'll re-upload the file.</p>",
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      "id": "26895",
      "postDate": "07/09/2013 18:01:52",
      "content": "<p>Uploaded!</p>",
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      "id": "26914",
      "postDate": "07/10/2013 02:03:35",
      "content": "<p>works good! thanks!</p>",
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      "author_name": "wcukierski",
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      "post_date": "07/02/2013 23:26:27",
      "content": "<p>Good catch. We'll run the conversion again minus the scientific notation. &nbsp;I'll post in this thread once the files are updated. In the meantime, you may want to give this alternative method a try:</p>\r\n<p>https://www.kaggle.com/c/belkin-energy-disaggregation-competition/forums/t/4992/starter-code-for-mat-file-conversion-in-python</p>",
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      "author_name": "anirudhranganath",
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      "post_date": "07/08/2013 20:50:14",
      "content": "<p>We have re-uploaded the files with higher precision. Please let us know if there are any other issues.</p>",
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      "id": 26841,
      "author_name": "jscheibel",
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      "post_date": "07/09/2013 05:18:15",
      "content": "<p>the h4_csv.zip seems to be corrupt. 9.20 7zip couldnt open it and neither could the default windows 7 file system. I downloaded it twice to make sure it wasn't a corrupt file transfer or disk problem.</p>",
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      "author_name": "anirudhranganath",
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      "post_date": "07/09/2013 05:45:15",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for pointing that out, and extremely sorry about that. There was an issue with the file upload. We'll re-upload the file.</p>",
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      "id": 26895,
      "author_name": "anirudhranganath",
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      "post_date": "07/09/2013 18:01:52",
      "content": "<p>Uploaded!</p>",
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      "id": 26914,
      "author_name": "jscheibel",
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      "post_date": "07/10/2013 02:03:35",
      "content": "<p>works good! thanks!</p>",
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