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  "id": 20545,
  "title": "Is there a flaw with this approach",
  "url": "/competitions/draper-satellite-image-chronology/discussion/20545",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-04-29T17:37:54.420Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 759,
  "content": "<p>Lets assume 5 recos were  performed on five different days. \nIf we are able to recognize the time of the day via shadows (camera settings,image brightness ) etc then we know the day a  picture was taken in each set. </p>\n\n<p>Now there are 5! combinations for ordering these days. We can then  manually browse pics and look at set which dictates the order. </p>\n\n<p>If there are more than five recos and images are jumbled up then the manual process of ordering may become a bit more complex.</p>\n\n<p>Problem solved!</p>",
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    {
      "id": "117569",
      "postDate": "04/29/2016 17:37:54",
      "content": "<p>Lets assume 5 recos were  performed on five different days. \nIf we are able to recognize the time of the day via shadows (camera settings,image brightness ) etc then we know the day a  picture was taken in each set. </p>\n\n<p>Now there are 5! combinations for ordering these days. We can then  manually browse pics and look at set which dictates the order. </p>\n\n<p>If there are more than five recos and images are jumbled up then the manual process of ordering may become a bit more complex.</p>\n\n<p>Problem solved!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Lets assume 5 recos were  performed on five different days. \r\nIf we are able to recognize the time of the day via shadows (camera settings,image brightness ) etc then we know the day a  picture was taken in each set. \r\n\r\n\r\nNow there are 5! combinations for ordering these days. We can then  manually browse pics and look at set which dictates the order. \r\n\r\nIf there are more than five recos and images are jumbled up then the manual process of ordering may become a bit more complex.\r\n\r\nProblem solved!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "117573",
      "postDate": "04/29/2016 17:58:08",
      "content": "<p>I think ordering these photos would be non-trivial even for a human being. Note that the photos are taken at different time of the day.</p>\n\n<p>If you can establish a certain procedure to follow to determine the order of the photos, then yes, problem solved. However that seems to be very difficult. I doubt that human eyes would have a better chance catching the pattern than algorithms.</p>\n\n<p>Nevertheless I look forward to the imaginative solutions for this task. (I know there will be!)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think ordering these photos would be non-trivial even for a human being. Note that the photos are taken at different time of the day.\r\n\r\nIf you can establish a certain procedure to follow to determine the order of the photos, then yes, problem solved. However that seems to be very difficult. I doubt that human eyes would have a better chance catching the pattern than algorithms.\r\n\r\nNevertheless I look forward to the imaginative solutions for this task. (I know there will be!)",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 117573,
      "author_name": "dichotomy42",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/29/2016 17:58:08",
      "content": "<p>I think ordering these photos would be non-trivial even for a human being. Note that the photos are taken at different time of the day.</p>\n\n<p>If you can establish a certain procedure to follow to determine the order of the photos, then yes, problem solved. However that seems to be very difficult. I doubt that human eyes would have a better chance catching the pattern than algorithms.</p>\n\n<p>Nevertheless I look forward to the imaginative solutions for this task. (I know there will be!)</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    }
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    "117569": "Lets assume 5 recos were  performed on five different days. \r\nIf we are able to recognize the time of the day via shadows (camera settings,image brightness ) etc then we know the day a  picture was taken in each set. \r\n\r\n\r\nNow there are 5! combinations for ordering these days. We can then  manually browse pics and look at set which dictates the order. \r\n\r\nIf there are more than five recos and images are jumbled up then the manual process of ordering may become a bit more complex.\r\n\r\nProblem solved!",
    "117573": "I think ordering these photos would be non-trivial even for a human being. Note that the photos are taken at different time of the day.\r\n\r\nIf you can establish a certain procedure to follow to determine the order of the photos, then yes, problem solved. However that seems to be very difficult. I doubt that human eyes would have a better chance catching the pattern than algorithms.\r\n\r\nNevertheless I look forward to the imaginative solutions for this task. (I know there will be!)"
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}