{
  "id": 28291,
  "title": "Rules clarification on outside data",
  "url": "/competitions/dstl-satellite-imagery-feature-detection/discussion/28291",
  "author_name": "UtahBrian",
  "post_date": "2017-01-31T02:49:20.258000",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 50,
  "content": "<p>Is it allowed to use outside data to train a model? Suppose I have a set of 1000 photographs of building roofs I want to use to start building a building recognizer. Only then do I use the provided data. Is that a rules violation?</p>\n\n<p>What if I just use geometry facts I know from daily experience about how roads are laid out but that don't come from from the data set? It that a violation?</p>",
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      "content": "<p>Is it allowed to use outside data to train a model? Suppose I have a set of 1000 photographs of building roofs I want to use to start building a building recognizer. Only then do I use the provided data. Is that a rules violation?</p>\n\n<p>What if I just use geometry facts I know from daily experience about how roads are laid out but that don't come from from the data set? It that a violation?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Is it allowed to use outside data to train a model? Suppose I have a set of 1000 photographs of building roofs I want to use to start building a building recognizer. Only then do I use the provided data. Is that a rules violation?\r\n\r\nWhat if I just use geometry facts I know from daily experience about how roads are laid out but that don't come from from the data set? It that a violation?",
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    "158977": "Is it allowed to use outside data to train a model? Suppose I have a set of 1000 photographs of building roofs I want to use to start building a building recognizer. Only then do I use the provided data. Is that a rules violation?\r\n\r\nWhat if I just use geometry facts I know from daily experience about how roads are laid out but that don't come from from the data set? It that a violation?"
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