{
  "id": 16865,
  "title": "Where are the 66,772 instances?",
  "url": "/competitions/dato-native/discussion/16865",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2015-10-06T17:29:47.800Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 7,
  "views": 1007,
  "content": "<p>Hi, </p>\n\n<p>this is my first time participating in a competition and I am quite confused on what are the files I am supposed to test. The folder 5, that as far as I understood contains the files I am supposed to predict, only contains 1,236 text files. Even when adding up the total txt files of all folders (0,1,..,5) doesn't even come close to a total of 66,772. </p>\n\n<p>What am I supposed to submit? Should I only make changes on the text files &quot;sampleSubmission_v2.csv&quot;, that are also found in folder 5, since no submission can be made without containing at least 66,772 predictions?</p>\n\n<p>Thanks in advance,</p>\n\n<p>Peter </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "95285",
      "postDate": "10/06/2015 17:29:47",
      "content": "<p>Hi, </p>\n\n<p>this is my first time participating in a competition and I am quite confused on what are the files I am supposed to test. The folder 5, that as far as I understood contains the files I am supposed to predict, only contains 1,236 text files. Even when adding up the total txt files of all folders (0,1,..,5) doesn't even come close to a total of 66,772. </p>\n\n<p>What am I supposed to submit? Should I only make changes on the text files &quot;sampleSubmission_v2.csv&quot;, that are also found in folder 5, since no submission can be made without containing at least 66,772 predictions?</p>\n\n<p>Thanks in advance,</p>\n\n<p>Peter </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, \r\n\r\nthis is my first time participating in a competition and I am quite confused on what are the files I am supposed to test. The folder 5, that as far as I understood contains the files I am supposed to predict, only contains 1,236 text files. Even when adding up the total txt files of all folders (0,1,..,5) doesn't even come close to a total of 66,772. \r\n\r\nWhat am I supposed to submit? Should I only make changes on the text files \"sampleSubmission_v2.csv\", that are also found in folder 5, since no submission can be made without containing at least 66,772 predictions?\r\n\r\nThanks in advance,\r\n\r\nPeter",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "95288",
      "postDate": "10/06/2015 17:49:03",
      "content": "<p>First of all, <strong><em>please upload the sample submission NOW!</em></strong>, or you will not be able to enter the competition.</p>\n\n<p>Second, something is wrong with your download and/or uncompress method, there is hundreds of thousand files in here. Make sure your file sizes match with Kaggle and do some md5 checks to confirm.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "First of all, ***please upload the sample submission NOW!***, or you will not be able to enter the competition.\r\n\r\nSecond, something is wrong with your download and/or uncompress method, there is hundreds of thousand files in here. Make sure your file sizes match with Kaggle and do some md5 checks to confirm.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "95294",
      "postDate": "10/06/2015 18:07:33",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the tip with the uncompress methods, it seems that the standard Windows zip incorrectly unpacks the compressed files. But using winrar produced a larger amount of text files. I'll look farther into that.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the tip with the uncompress methods, it seems that the standard Windows zip incorrectly unpacks the compressed files. But using winrar produced a larger amount of text files. I'll look farther into that.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "95298",
      "postDate": "10/06/2015 19:32:54",
      "content": "<p>7zip can also work - but yeah, get any submission at all in now so that they let you in.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "7zip can also work - but yeah, get any submission at all in now so that they let you in.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "95608",
      "postDate": "10/09/2015 19:08:41",
      "content": "<p>Just a note: if you have this problem make sure to use a different tool such as 7zip on ALL of the folders, it is not just a problem with folder 5.   I had been playing around with just a fraction of the files this whole time. :P</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Just a note: if you have this problem make sure to use a different tool such as 7zip on ALL of the folders, it is not just a problem with folder 5.   I had been playing around with just a fraction of the files this whole time. :P",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "95609",
      "postDate": "10/09/2015 19:14:07",
      "content": "<p>When using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing &quot;Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required&quot;.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "When using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing \"Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required\".",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "95644",
      "postDate": "10/10/2015 01:15:06",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Srikanth Iyer;95609]</p>\n\n<p>When using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing &quot;Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required&quot;.</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>Yep, see this thread: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/dato-native/forums/t/16729/malware-in-data-potentially-damaged-computer\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/dato-native/forums/t/16729/malware-in-data-potentially-damaged-computer</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[quote=Srikanth Iyer;95609]\r\n\r\nWhen using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing \"Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required\".\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\nYep, see this thread: https://www.kaggle.com/c/dato-native/forums/t/16729/malware-in-data-potentially-damaged-computer",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "96035",
      "postDate": "10/13/2015 21:13:20",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the link. I did read it earlier, that is when I realized that, its not  my machine's fault.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the link. I did read it earlier, that is when I realized that, its not  my machine's fault.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 95288,
      "author_name": "carloshuertas",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/06/2015 17:49:03",
      "content": "<p>First of all, <strong><em>please upload the sample submission NOW!</em></strong>, or you will not be able to enter the competition.</p>\n\n<p>Second, something is wrong with your download and/or uncompress method, there is hundreds of thousand files in here. Make sure your file sizes match with Kaggle and do some md5 checks to confirm.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 95294,
      "author_name": "tonyromarock",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/06/2015 18:07:33",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the tip with the uncompress methods, it seems that the standard Windows zip incorrectly unpacks the compressed files. But using winrar produced a larger amount of text files. I'll look farther into that.</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": 95298,
      "author_name": "omgponies",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/06/2015 19:32:54",
      "content": "<p>7zip can also work - but yeah, get any submission at all in now so that they let you in.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 95608,
      "author_name": "pandora",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/09/2015 19:08:41",
      "content": "<p>Just a note: if you have this problem make sure to use a different tool such as 7zip on ALL of the folders, it is not just a problem with folder 5.   I had been playing around with just a fraction of the files this whole time. :P</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 95609,
      "author_name": "srikiyer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/09/2015 19:14:07",
      "content": "<p>When using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing &quot;Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required&quot;.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 95644,
      "author_name": "firefly2442",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/10/2015 01:15:06",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Srikanth Iyer;95609]</p>\n\n<p>When using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing &quot;Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required&quot;.</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>Yep, see this thread: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/dato-native/forums/t/16729/malware-in-data-potentially-damaged-computer\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/dato-native/forums/t/16729/malware-in-data-potentially-damaged-computer</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 96035,
      "author_name": "srikiyer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/13/2015 21:13:20",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the link. I did read it earlier, that is when I realized that, its not  my machine's fault.</p>",
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    "95285": "Hi, \r\n\r\nthis is my first time participating in a competition and I am quite confused on what are the files I am supposed to test. The folder 5, that as far as I understood contains the files I am supposed to predict, only contains 1,236 text files. Even when adding up the total txt files of all folders (0,1,..,5) doesn't even come close to a total of 66,772. \r\n\r\nWhat am I supposed to submit? Should I only make changes on the text files \"sampleSubmission_v2.csv\", that are also found in folder 5, since no submission can be made without containing at least 66,772 predictions?\r\n\r\nThanks in advance,\r\n\r\nPeter",
    "95288": "First of all, ***please upload the sample submission NOW!***, or you will not be able to enter the competition.\r\n\r\nSecond, something is wrong with your download and/or uncompress method, there is hundreds of thousand files in here. Make sure your file sizes match with Kaggle and do some md5 checks to confirm.",
    "95294": "Thanks for the tip with the uncompress methods, it seems that the standard Windows zip incorrectly unpacks the compressed files. But using winrar produced a larger amount of text files. I'll look farther into that.",
    "95298": "7zip can also work - but yeah, get any submission at all in now so that they let you in.",
    "95608": "Just a note: if you have this problem make sure to use a different tool such as 7zip on ALL of the folders, it is not just a problem with folder 5.   I had been playing around with just a fraction of the files this whole time. :P",
    "95609": "When using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing \"Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required\".",
    "95644": "[quote=Srikanth Iyer;95609]\r\n\r\nWhen using 7zip to uncompress the files I did notice that my windows security was deleting some of the files with a prompt showing \"Detected threats are being cleaned, no action required\".\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\nYep, see this thread: https://www.kaggle.com/c/dato-native/forums/t/16729/malware-in-data-potentially-damaged-computer",
    "96035": "Thanks for the link. I did read it earlier, that is when I realized that, its not  my machine's fault."
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