{
  "id": 20176,
  "title": "posa_continent_id != hotel_continent_id ?",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-hotel-recommendations/discussion/20176",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-04-16T17:44:43.747Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 1054,
  "content": "<p>do the two ids point to same continents? (doesn't look like it, just wanted to verify)</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "115148",
      "postDate": "04/16/2016 17:44:43",
      "content": "<p>do the two ids point to same continents? (doesn't look like it, just wanted to verify)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "do the two ids point to same continents? (doesn't look like it, just wanted to verify)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "115170",
      "postDate": "04/16/2016 20:01:41",
      "content": "<p>No, they need not be the same.</p>\n\n<p>Read the description:</p>\n\n<p><strong>site_name</strong>   ID of the Expedia point of sale (i.e. Expedia.com, Expedia.co.uk, Expedia.co.jp, ...)   </p>\n\n<p><strong>posa_continent</strong>  ID of continent associated with <strong>site_name</strong></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No, they need not be the same.\r\n\r\nRead the description:\r\n\r\n**site_name**\tID of the Expedia point of sale (i.e. Expedia.com, Expedia.co.uk, Expedia.co.jp, ...)\t\r\n\r\n**posa_continent**\tID of continent associated with **site_name**",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "116256",
      "postDate": "04/22/2016 18:02:46",
      "content": "<p>The way these continent ids are hashed is different. </p>\n\n<p>Look at Adam's explanation regarding a similar question regarding location ids:\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/expedia-hotel-recommendations/forums/t/20216/do-the-mappings-of-user-location-country-id-and-hotel-country-id-resolve\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/expedia-hotel-recommendations/forums/t/20216/do-the-mappings-of-user-location-country-id-and-hotel-country-id-resolve</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The way these continent ids are hashed is different. \r\n\r\nLook at Adam's explanation regarding a similar question regarding location ids:\r\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/expedia-hotel-recommendations/forums/t/20216/do-the-mappings-of-user-location-country-id-and-hotel-country-id-resolve",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 115170,
      "author_name": "navneethc",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/16/2016 20:01:41",
      "content": "<p>No, they need not be the same.</p>\n\n<p>Read the description:</p>\n\n<p><strong>site_name</strong>   ID of the Expedia point of sale (i.e. Expedia.com, Expedia.co.uk, Expedia.co.jp, ...)   </p>\n\n<p><strong>posa_continent</strong>  ID of continent associated with <strong>site_name</strong></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 116256,
      "author_name": "magevadi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/22/2016 18:02:46",
      "content": "<p>The way these continent ids are hashed is different. </p>\n\n<p>Look at Adam's explanation regarding a similar question regarding location ids:\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/expedia-hotel-recommendations/forums/t/20216/do-the-mappings-of-user-location-country-id-and-hotel-country-id-resolve\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/expedia-hotel-recommendations/forums/t/20216/do-the-mappings-of-user-location-country-id-and-hotel-country-id-resolve</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "115148": "do the two ids point to same continents? (doesn't look like it, just wanted to verify)",
    "115170": "No, they need not be the same.\r\n\r\nRead the description:\r\n\r\n**site_name**\tID of the Expedia point of sale (i.e. Expedia.com, Expedia.co.uk, Expedia.co.jp, ...)\t\r\n\r\n**posa_continent**\tID of continent associated with **site_name**",
    "116256": "The way these continent ids are hashed is different. \r\n\r\nLook at Adam's explanation regarding a similar question regarding location ids:\r\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/expedia-hotel-recommendations/forums/t/20216/do-the-mappings-of-user-location-country-id-and-hotel-country-id-resolve"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}