{
  "id": 5672,
  "title": "Unsupervised learning on test set",
  "url": "/competitions/belkin-energy-disaggregation-competition/discussion/5672",
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  "post_date": "2013-09-06T04:13:14.180Z",
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  "content": "<p>I always ask this in every competition, and I always get the same answer ('yes'... because 'no' would be unenforceable), but the rules are still silent on it, so I'll check again: Is the use of the test data for unsupervised learning/feature learning allowed or not?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "30273",
      "postDate": "09/06/2013 04:13:14",
      "content": "<p>I always ask this in every competition, and I always get the same answer ('yes'... because 'no' would be unenforceable), but the rules are still silent on it, so I'll check again: Is the use of the test data for unsupervised learning/feature learning allowed or not?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "30317",
      "postDate": "09/06/2013 14:58:39",
      "content": "<p>Yes... because 'no' would be unenforceable. ;-)</p>",
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    {
      "id": "33078",
      "postDate": "11/02/2013 00:41:23",
      "content": "<p>Would you disqualify a winning entry if the algorithm submitted at the end makes it possible to enforce a &quot;no&quot; answer?</p>",
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      "id": 30317,
      "author_name": "wcukierski",
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      "post_date": "09/06/2013 14:58:39",
      "content": "<p>Yes... because 'no' would be unenforceable. ;-)</p>",
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    {
      "id": 33078,
      "author_name": "noamtene",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "11/02/2013 00:41:23",
      "content": "<p>Would you disqualify a winning entry if the algorithm submitted at the end makes it possible to enforce a &quot;no&quot; answer?</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    }
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