{
  "id": 20998,
  "title": "Is anyone else using R?",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-hotel-recommendations/discussion/20998",
  "author_name": "AboudAkhdir",
  "post_date": "2016-05-16T15:39:38.520000",
  "votes": 0,
  "comment_count": 16,
  "views": 1793,
  "content": "<p>I skimmed the forum quickly and realized that people are using Python to work with the dataset, is anyone else out there using R?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 121392,
      "postDate": "2016-05-26T02:47:04.820Z",
      "content": "<p>@ FengLi Amazon AWS is free for a trial for one year. You need to add your card information to get this active for you.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "@ FengLi Amazon AWS is free for a trial for one year. You need to add your card information to get this active for you."
    },
    {
      "id": 121383,
      "postDate": "2016-05-26T01:29:07.297Z",
      "content": "<p>@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? "
    },
    {
      "id": 121382,
      "postDate": "2016-05-26T01:28:52.983Z",
      "content": "<p>@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? "
    },
    {
      "id": 121238,
      "postDate": "2016-05-25T04:58:04.707Z",
      "content": "<p>Hello all, there is an error in one of the srch_ci (2161-10-00)</p>\n\n<p>test_recom[312921,] id date_time site_name posa_continent user_location_country user_location_region 312920 2015-09-27 12:17:51 13 1 46 244 user_location_city orig_destination_distance user_id is_mobile is_package channel srch_ci 33092 NA 1041293 0 0 10 2161-10-00 srch_co srch_adults_cnt srch_children_cnt srch_rm_cnt srch_destination_id 2016-01-22 2 0 1 6387 srch_destination_type_id hotel_continent hotel_country hotel_market 1 6 170 1894</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello all, there is an error in one of the srch_ci (2161-10-00)\r\n\r\ntest_recom[312921,] id date_time site_name posa_continent user_location_country user_location_region 312920 2015-09-27 12:17:51 13 1 46 244 user_location_city orig_destination_distance user_id is_mobile is_package channel srch_ci 33092 NA 1041293 0 0 10 2161-10-00 srch_co srch_adults_cnt srch_children_cnt srch_rm_cnt srch_destination_id 2016-01-22 2 0 1 6387 srch_destination_type_id hotel_continent hotel_country hotel_market 1 6 170 1894"
    },
    {
      "id": 121237,
      "postDate": "2016-05-25T04:57:48.223Z",
      "content": "<p>Yes, I am using RStudio.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, I am using RStudio."
    },
    {
      "id": 120936,
      "postDate": "2016-05-21T20:09:29.613Z",
      "content": "<p>I am using only R.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am using only R."
    },
    {
      "id": 120889,
      "postDate": "2016-05-21T12:15:28.103Z",
      "content": "<p>Me too, on Amazon AWS - otherwise too slow :(</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Me too, on Amazon AWS - otherwise too slow :("
    },
    {
      "id": 120857,
      "postDate": "2016-05-21T01:56:57.663Z",
      "content": "<p>I do all the modeling in R, using data.table and dplyr mostly.  e1071 naiveBayes flies.  xgboost can be gnarly.  For some of the scoring, particularly the final test set computations, I code up my models in perl.  Building models and tuning in R has been do-able, using data folds.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I do all the modeling in R, using data.table and dplyr mostly.  e1071 naiveBayes flies.  xgboost can be gnarly.  For some of the scoring, particularly the final test set computations, I code up my models in perl.  Building models and tuning in R has been do-able, using data folds."
    },
    {
      "id": 120792,
      "postDate": "2016-05-20T15:16:14.857Z",
      "content": "<p>I am also</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am also"
    },
    {
      "id": 120519,
      "postDate": "2016-05-18T20:18:27.390Z",
      "content": "<p>me too</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "me too\r\n"
    },
    {
      "id": 120429,
      "postDate": "2016-05-18T06:13:50.187Z",
      "content": "<p>I'm using R too</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm using R too"
    },
    {
      "id": 120422,
      "postDate": "2016-05-18T03:55:15.377Z",
      "content": "<p>yes, i am using</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "yes, i am using\r\n"
    },
    {
      "id": 120415,
      "postDate": "2016-05-18T02:15:11.833Z",
      "content": "<p>I am also using R, though very slowly for this competition.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am also using R, though very slowly for this competition."
    },
    {
      "id": 120384,
      "postDate": "2016-05-17T22:06:50.207Z",
      "content": "<p>Yep. Im using Python for data preparation and R for the main calculations.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yep. Im using Python for data preparation and R for the main calculations."
    },
    {
      "id": 120364,
      "postDate": "2016-05-17T19:37:06.707Z",
      "content": "<p>I'm using R exclusively.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm using R exclusively.\r\n"
    },
    {
      "id": 120233,
      "postDate": "2016-05-16T15:39:38.520Z",
      "content": "<p>I skimmed the forum quickly and realized that people are using Python to work with the dataset, is anyone else out there using R?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I skimmed the forum quickly and realized that people are using Python to work with the dataset, is anyone else out there using R?"
    },
    {
      "id": 120954,
      "postDate": "2016-05-22T07:21:01.063Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "isDeleted": true
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 121392,
      "author_name": "Parmod Kumar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-26T02:47:04.820000",
      "content": "<p>@ FengLi Amazon AWS is free for a trial for one year. You need to add your card information to get this active for you.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 121383,
      "author_name": "FengLi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-26T01:29:07.297000",
      "content": "<p>@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 121382,
      "author_name": "FengLi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-26T01:28:52.983000",
      "content": "<p>@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 121238,
      "author_name": "Parmod Kumar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-25T04:58:04.707000",
      "content": "<p>Hello all, there is an error in one of the srch_ci (2161-10-00)</p>\n\n<p>test_recom[312921,] id date_time site_name posa_continent user_location_country user_location_region 312920 2015-09-27 12:17:51 13 1 46 244 user_location_city orig_destination_distance user_id is_mobile is_package channel srch_ci 33092 NA 1041293 0 0 10 2161-10-00 srch_co srch_adults_cnt srch_children_cnt srch_rm_cnt srch_destination_id 2016-01-22 2 0 1 6387 srch_destination_type_id hotel_continent hotel_country hotel_market 1 6 170 1894</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 121237,
      "author_name": "Parmod Kumar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-25T04:57:48.223000",
      "content": "<p>Yes, I am using RStudio.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120936,
      "author_name": "Massimiliano",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-21T20:09:29.613000",
      "content": "<p>I am using only R.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120889,
      "author_name": "Artyom",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-21T12:15:28.103000",
      "content": "<p>Me too, on Amazon AWS - otherwise too slow :(</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120857,
      "author_name": "eipiplus1",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-21T01:56:57.663000",
      "content": "<p>I do all the modeling in R, using data.table and dplyr mostly.  e1071 naiveBayes flies.  xgboost can be gnarly.  For some of the scoring, particularly the final test set computations, I code up my models in perl.  Building models and tuning in R has been do-able, using data folds.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120792,
      "author_name": "Darragh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-20T15:16:14.857000",
      "content": "<p>I am also</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120519,
      "author_name": "Margie",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-18T20:18:27.390000",
      "content": "<p>me too</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120429,
      "author_name": "yoonespi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-18T06:13:50.187000",
      "content": "<p>I'm using R too</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120422,
      "author_name": "ShivOnkar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-18T03:55:15.377000",
      "content": "<p>yes, i am using</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120415,
      "author_name": "JeffH",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-18T02:15:11.833000",
      "content": "<p>I am also using R, though very slowly for this competition.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120384,
      "author_name": "Alexander Makeev",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-17T22:06:50.207000",
      "content": "<p>Yep. Im using Python for data preparation and R for the main calculations.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120364,
      "author_name": "dtoker",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-17T19:37:06.707000",
      "content": "<p>I'm using R exclusively.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120954,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2016-05-22T07:21:01.063000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "121392": "@ FengLi Amazon AWS is free for a trial for one year. You need to add your card information to get this active for you.",
    "121383": "@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? ",
    "121382": "@ Artyom  I'm novice. Is Amazon AWS free? ",
    "121238": "Hello all, there is an error in one of the srch_ci (2161-10-00)\r\n\r\ntest_recom[312921,] id date_time site_name posa_continent user_location_country user_location_region 312920 2015-09-27 12:17:51 13 1 46 244 user_location_city orig_destination_distance user_id is_mobile is_package channel srch_ci 33092 NA 1041293 0 0 10 2161-10-00 srch_co srch_adults_cnt srch_children_cnt srch_rm_cnt srch_destination_id 2016-01-22 2 0 1 6387 srch_destination_type_id hotel_continent hotel_country hotel_market 1 6 170 1894",
    "121237": "Yes, I am using RStudio.",
    "120936": "I am using only R.",
    "120889": "Me too, on Amazon AWS - otherwise too slow :(",
    "120857": "I do all the modeling in R, using data.table and dplyr mostly.  e1071 naiveBayes flies.  xgboost can be gnarly.  For some of the scoring, particularly the final test set computations, I code up my models in perl.  Building models and tuning in R has been do-able, using data folds.",
    "120792": "I am also",
    "120519": "me too\r\n",
    "120429": "I'm using R too",
    "120422": "yes, i am using\r\n",
    "120415": "I am also using R, though very slowly for this competition.",
    "120384": "Yep. Im using Python for data preparation and R for the main calculations.",
    "120364": "I'm using R exclusively.\r\n",
    "120233": "I skimmed the forum quickly and realized that people are using Python to work with the dataset, is anyone else out there using R?",
    "120954": ""
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