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  "id": 38807,
  "title": "High quality jpg images are now available",
  "url": "/competitions/carvana-image-masking-challenge/discussion/38807",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2017-08-31T13:20:45.654154100Z",
  "votes": 24,
  "comment_count": 12,
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  "content": "<p>Carvana has provided higher-quality (in the jpg sense of the word) images, now available in the competition data section (train_hq.zip and test_hq.zip).</p>",
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    {
      "id": "217634",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:20:45",
      "content": "<p>Carvana has provided higher-quality (in the jpg sense of the word) images, now available in the competition data section (train_hq.zip and test_hq.zip).</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Carvana has provided higher-quality (in the jpg sense of the word) images, now available in the competition data section (train_hq.zip and test_hq.zip).",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217636",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:28:25",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for not ignoring the community! Good job.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for not ignoring the community! Good job.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217638",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:33:31",
      "content": "<p>Looks like next step is higher-quality  Leaderboard</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Looks like next step is higher-quality  Leaderboard",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217640",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:38:52",
      "content": "<p>Will LB score be based on test_hq or the lower quality images ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Will LB score be based on test_hq or the lower quality images ?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217642",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:42:19",
      "content": "<p>The LB score is based on the annotated masks.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The LB score is based on the annotated masks.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217643",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:42:25",
      "content": "<p>There is no way to separate</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There is no way to separate",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217646",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 13:47:37",
      "content": "<p>Let's hope this is the first of two good news for today!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Let's hope this is the first of two good news for today!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217666",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 15:02:01",
      "content": "<p>That's great news! Thanks William. What's the resolution of the new images? I haven't had a chance to download them yet. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That's great news! Thanks William. What's the resolution of the new images? I haven't had a chance to download them yet.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217668",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 15:06:20",
      "content": "<p>Resolution is the same</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Resolution is the same",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217669",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 15:08:50",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>What's the resolution of the new images?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>These new images are the same resolution, but much higher quality (85 instead of 55) to eliminate the JPG artifacts we were seeing. They are a drop-in replacement for the original images.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "&gt; What's the resolution of the new images?\n\nThese new images are the same resolution, but much higher quality (85 instead of 55) to eliminate the JPG artifacts we were seeing. They are a drop-in replacement for the original images.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217686",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 16:00:19",
      "content": "<p>Thanks, that's good to know and it simplifies our (modeling) lives considerably.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, that's good to know and it simplifies our (modeling) lives considerably.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "217708",
      "postDate": "08/31/2017 17:42:00",
      "content": "<p>that's great, same resolution, compatible with the code we were working on. Thanks!</p>\n\n<p>It would be great to have the LB scoring more detailed  to check how much it enhanced the results :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "that's great, same resolution, compatible with the code we were working on. Thanks!\n\nIt would be great to have the LB scoring more detailed  to check how much it enhanced the results :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "221381",
      "postDate": "09/15/2017 02:59:14",
      "content": "<p>Is it possible to pin this thread to the top of the discussion board? So that no one will miss this announcement :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Is it possible to pin this thread to the top of the discussion board? So that no one will miss this announcement :)",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
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      "id": 217636,
      "author_name": "killthekitten",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2017 13:28:25",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for not ignoring the community! Good job.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 217638,
      "author_name": "venheads",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2017 13:33:31",
      "content": "<p>Looks like next step is higher-quality  Leaderboard</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 217646,
          "author_name": "dvdbos",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2017 13:47:37",
          "content": "<p>Let's hope this is the first of two good news for today!</p>",
          "votes": null,
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        }
      ]
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      "id": 217640,
      "author_name": "friedeks",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2017 13:38:52",
      "content": "<p>Will LB score be based on test_hq or the lower quality images ?</p>",
      "votes": null,
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        {
          "id": 217642,
          "author_name": "gaborfodor",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2017 13:42:19",
          "content": "<p>The LB score is based on the annotated masks.</p>",
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        {
          "id": 217643,
          "author_name": "venheads",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2017 13:42:25",
          "content": "<p>There is no way to separate</p>",
          "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 217666,
      "author_name": "tunguz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2017 15:02:01",
      "content": "<p>That's great news! Thanks William. What's the resolution of the new images? I haven't had a chance to download them yet. </p>",
      "votes": null,
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        {
          "id": 217668,
          "author_name": "wcukierski",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2017 15:06:20",
          "content": "<p>Resolution is the same</p>",
          "votes": null,
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        },
        {
          "id": 217669,
          "author_name": "brianshaler",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2017 15:08:50",
          "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>What's the resolution of the new images?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>These new images are the same resolution, but much higher quality (85 instead of 55) to eliminate the JPG artifacts we were seeing. They are a drop-in replacement for the original images.</p>",
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        {
          "id": 217686,
          "author_name": "tunguz",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2017 16:00:19",
          "content": "<p>Thanks, that's good to know and it simplifies our (modeling) lives considerably.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 217708,
      "author_name": "cjansen",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2017 17:42:00",
      "content": "<p>that's great, same resolution, compatible with the code we were working on. Thanks!</p>\n\n<p>It would be great to have the LB scoring more detailed  to check how much it enhanced the results :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
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    {
      "id": 221381,
      "author_name": "alberthkcheng",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/15/2017 02:59:14",
      "content": "<p>Is it possible to pin this thread to the top of the discussion board? So that no one will miss this announcement :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
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    "217634": "Carvana has provided higher-quality (in the jpg sense of the word) images, now available in the competition data section (train_hq.zip and test_hq.zip).",
    "217636": "Thank you for not ignoring the community! Good job.",
    "217638": "Looks like next step is higher-quality  Leaderboard",
    "217640": "Will LB score be based on test_hq or the lower quality images ?",
    "217642": "The LB score is based on the annotated masks.",
    "217643": "There is no way to separate",
    "217646": "Let's hope this is the first of two good news for today!",
    "217666": "That's great news! Thanks William. What's the resolution of the new images? I haven't had a chance to download them yet.",
    "217668": "Resolution is the same",
    "217669": "&gt; What's the resolution of the new images?\n\nThese new images are the same resolution, but much higher quality (85 instead of 55) to eliminate the JPG artifacts we were seeing. They are a drop-in replacement for the original images.",
    "217686": "Thanks, that's good to know and it simplifies our (modeling) lives considerably.",
    "217708": "that's great, same resolution, compatible with the code we were working on. Thanks!\n\nIt would be great to have the LB scoring more detailed  to check how much it enhanced the results :)",
    "221381": "Is it possible to pin this thread to the top of the discussion board? So that no one will miss this announcement :)"
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