{
  "id": 316362,
  "title": "👝 I've looked at all images so you don't have to",
  "url": "/competitions/h-and-m-personalized-fashion-recommendations/discussion/316362",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-04-01T14:02:54.660368600Z",
  "votes": 52,
  "comment_count": 12,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Besides the fact that this competition got me a serious urge of shopping …</p>\n<p>I have looked through the images so that I could get a bit more familiar with them before doing any sort of preprocessing/ using them within the pipeline.</p>\n<p>Here is a summary:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p><strong>Clean</strong>: The vast majority of the images are very clean, with the items being <em>clearly displayed</em> over a white or light grey-ish background.<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/pYMaGOi.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Folder structure</strong>: The image folder (from 010 to 095) <em>do not appear to be structured in any particular manner</em>. The articles seem to shuffle across the folders in a chaotic manner - they are not grouped on age, season, color or type. The number of images within a folder varies too.</p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Complex omogenous examples</strong>: The images vary quite a lot and across multiple criterias: there is apparel starting at newborn age right to maturity for all genres. There are also accessories like jewelry, watches, headphones, umbrellas, water bottles etc.<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/TljOEgE.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Different sizes</strong>: The image sizes differ from one image to another.<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/7hR6XwQ.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Bundles</strong>: Some of the articles are <em>grouped</em> (I guess this is how they are sold on the website).<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/RNc771E.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Close up shots</strong>: There are quite a few photos that are made very upclose and differ from the other \"wide shot\" pics. Sometimes it can get quite hard to identify what type of product is within the picture (thankfully we also have the descriptions within <code>articles.csv</code>)<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/C6OmHo5.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Unclear Images</strong>: Following the same pattern as the previous point, I have come across these 2 images that I had no clue what they were just by looking at them. It turns out that:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>picture on the <em>left</em>: <code>article_id 567424015</code>, it's a Menswear Jersey Sweater</li>\n<li>picture on the <em>right</em>: <code>article_id 689899001</code>, it's a Ladieswear Top<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/2z4FCXN.png\"></li></ul></li>\n<li><p>This is a bonus really, but there are also seasonal items here:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>👻 Halloween<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/Rr0xCrc.png\"></li>\n<li>🎄 Christmas<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/jzKYFp8.png\"></li></ul></li>\n</ul>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1742144",
      "postDate": "04/01/2022 14:02:54",
      "content": "<p>Besides the fact that this competition got me a serious urge of shopping …</p>\n<p>I have looked through the images so that I could get a bit more familiar with them before doing any sort of preprocessing/ using them within the pipeline.</p>\n<p>Here is a summary:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p><strong>Clean</strong>: The vast majority of the images are very clean, with the items being <em>clearly displayed</em> over a white or light grey-ish background.<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/pYMaGOi.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Folder structure</strong>: The image folder (from 010 to 095) <em>do not appear to be structured in any particular manner</em>. The articles seem to shuffle across the folders in a chaotic manner - they are not grouped on age, season, color or type. The number of images within a folder varies too.</p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Complex omogenous examples</strong>: The images vary quite a lot and across multiple criterias: there is apparel starting at newborn age right to maturity for all genres. There are also accessories like jewelry, watches, headphones, umbrellas, water bottles etc.<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/TljOEgE.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Different sizes</strong>: The image sizes differ from one image to another.<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/7hR6XwQ.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Bundles</strong>: Some of the articles are <em>grouped</em> (I guess this is how they are sold on the website).<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/RNc771E.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Close up shots</strong>: There are quite a few photos that are made very upclose and differ from the other \"wide shot\" pics. Sometimes it can get quite hard to identify what type of product is within the picture (thankfully we also have the descriptions within <code>articles.csv</code>)<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/C6OmHo5.png\"></p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Unclear Images</strong>: Following the same pattern as the previous point, I have come across these 2 images that I had no clue what they were just by looking at them. It turns out that:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>picture on the <em>left</em>: <code>article_id 567424015</code>, it's a Menswear Jersey Sweater</li>\n<li>picture on the <em>right</em>: <code>article_id 689899001</code>, it's a Ladieswear Top<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/2z4FCXN.png\"></li></ul></li>\n<li><p>This is a bonus really, but there are also seasonal items here:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>👻 Halloween<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/Rr0xCrc.png\"></li>\n<li>🎄 Christmas<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/jzKYFp8.png\"></li></ul></li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Besides the fact that this competition got me a serious urge of shopping ...\n\nI have looked through the images so that I could get a bit more familiar with them before doing any sort of preprocessing/ using them within the pipeline.\n\nHere is a summary:\n\n* **Clean**: The vast majority of the images are very clean, with the items being *clearly displayed* over a white or light grey-ish background.\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/pYMaGOi.png\">\n\n* **Folder structure**: The image folder (from 010 to 095) *do not appear to be structured in any particular manner*. The articles seem to shuffle across the folders in a chaotic manner - they are not grouped on age, season, color or type. The number of images within a folder varies too.\n\n* **Complex omogenous examples**: The images vary quite a lot and across multiple criterias: there is apparel starting at newborn age right to maturity for all genres. There are also accessories like jewelry, watches, headphones, umbrellas, water bottles etc.\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/TljOEgE.png\">\n\n* **Different sizes**: The image sizes differ from one image to another.\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/7hR6XwQ.png\">\n\n* **Bundles**: Some of the articles are *grouped* (I guess this is how they are sold on the website).\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/RNc771E.png\">\n\n* **Close up shots**: There are quite a few photos that are made very upclose and differ from the other \"wide shot\" pics. Sometimes it can get quite hard to identify what type of product is within the picture (thankfully we also have the descriptions within `articles.csv`)\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/C6OmHo5.png\">\n\n* **Unclear Images**: Following the same pattern as the previous point, I have come across these 2 images that I had no clue what they were just by looking at them. It turns out that:\n  * picture on the *left*: `article_id 567424015`, it's a Menswear Jersey Sweater\n  * picture on the *right*: `article_id 689899001`, it's a Ladieswear Top\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/2z4FCXN.png\">\n\n* This is a bonus really, but there are also seasonal items here:\n  * 👻 Halloween\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/Rr0xCrc.png\">\n  * 🎄 Christmas\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/jzKYFp8.png\">",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1742523",
      "postDate": "04/02/2022 00:53:50",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing! All images are nicely arranged and I enjoyed seeing them.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing! All images are nicely arranged and I enjoyed seeing them.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1742585",
      "postDate": "04/02/2022 04:50:49",
      "content": "<p>Well done! I think that it will be safe to exclude seasonal items for recommendation purposes.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Well done! I think that it will be safe to exclude seasonal items for recommendation purposes.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1742740",
      "postDate": "04/02/2022 08:31:48",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing! <br>\nHalloween may be important in this competition</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing! \nHalloween may be important in this competition",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1742798",
      "postDate": "04/02/2022 09:44:37",
      "content": "<p>Well done. Thanks </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Well done. Thanks",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1742834",
      "postDate": "04/02/2022 10:28:44",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing! This is indeed helpful to me.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing! This is indeed helpful to me.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1743133",
      "postDate": "04/02/2022 16:44:26",
      "content": "<p>Hi, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/andradaolteanu\" target=\"_blank\">@andradaolteanu</a>,<br>\nThanks for sharing! All images are nicely grouped and Look pretty good.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, @andradaolteanu,\nThanks for sharing! All images are nicely grouped and Look pretty good.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1743530",
      "postDate": "04/03/2022 04:19:26",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the info.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the info.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1746428",
      "postDate": "04/05/2022 18:51:43",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/andradaolteanu\" target=\"_blank\">@andradaolteanu</a>, Thanks for sharing!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @andradaolteanu, Thanks for sharing!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1746649",
      "postDate": "04/06/2022 01:26:26",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing them </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing them",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1746712",
      "postDate": "04/06/2022 02:59:25",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1762895",
      "postDate": "04/21/2022 04:16:36",
      "content": "<p>Useful information</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Useful information",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1766148",
      "postDate": "04/24/2022 08:38:59",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing !</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing !",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1742523,
      "author_name": "negoto",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/02/2022 00:53:50",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing! All images are nicely arranged and I enjoyed seeing them.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1742585,
      "author_name": "sargisiskandaryan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/02/2022 04:50:49",
      "content": "<p>Well done! I think that it will be safe to exclude seasonal items for recommendation purposes.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1742740,
      "author_name": "deepkun1995",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/02/2022 08:31:48",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing! <br>\nHalloween may be important in this competition</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1742798,
      "author_name": "ishanmehta115",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/02/2022 09:44:37",
      "content": "<p>Well done. Thanks </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1742834,
      "author_name": "elnic212",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/02/2022 10:28:44",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing! This is indeed helpful to me.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1743133,
      "author_name": "rsiva1104",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/02/2022 16:44:26",
      "content": "<p>Hi, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/andradaolteanu\" target=\"_blank\">@andradaolteanu</a>,<br>\nThanks for sharing! All images are nicely grouped and Look pretty good.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1743530,
      "author_name": "ajamitjain",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/03/2022 04:19:26",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the info.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1746428,
      "author_name": "alerosso",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/05/2022 18:51:43",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/andradaolteanu\" target=\"_blank\">@andradaolteanu</a>, Thanks for sharing!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1746649,
      "author_name": "smitkadvani0507",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/06/2022 01:26:26",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing them </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1746712,
      "author_name": "maxpham12",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/06/2022 02:59:25",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1762895,
      "author_name": "yukinoshitayukino311",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/21/2022 04:16:36",
      "content": "<p>Useful information</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1766148,
      "author_name": "allengmail",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/24/2022 08:38:59",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing !</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1742144": "Besides the fact that this competition got me a serious urge of shopping ...\n\nI have looked through the images so that I could get a bit more familiar with them before doing any sort of preprocessing/ using them within the pipeline.\n\nHere is a summary:\n\n* **Clean**: The vast majority of the images are very clean, with the items being *clearly displayed* over a white or light grey-ish background.\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/pYMaGOi.png\">\n\n* **Folder structure**: The image folder (from 010 to 095) *do not appear to be structured in any particular manner*. The articles seem to shuffle across the folders in a chaotic manner - they are not grouped on age, season, color or type. The number of images within a folder varies too.\n\n* **Complex omogenous examples**: The images vary quite a lot and across multiple criterias: there is apparel starting at newborn age right to maturity for all genres. There are also accessories like jewelry, watches, headphones, umbrellas, water bottles etc.\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/TljOEgE.png\">\n\n* **Different sizes**: The image sizes differ from one image to another.\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/7hR6XwQ.png\">\n\n* **Bundles**: Some of the articles are *grouped* (I guess this is how they are sold on the website).\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/RNc771E.png\">\n\n* **Close up shots**: There are quite a few photos that are made very upclose and differ from the other \"wide shot\" pics. Sometimes it can get quite hard to identify what type of product is within the picture (thankfully we also have the descriptions within `articles.csv`)\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/C6OmHo5.png\">\n\n* **Unclear Images**: Following the same pattern as the previous point, I have come across these 2 images that I had no clue what they were just by looking at them. It turns out that:\n  * picture on the *left*: `article_id 567424015`, it's a Menswear Jersey Sweater\n  * picture on the *right*: `article_id 689899001`, it's a Ladieswear Top\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/2z4FCXN.png\">\n\n* This is a bonus really, but there are also seasonal items here:\n  * 👻 Halloween\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/Rr0xCrc.png\">\n  * 🎄 Christmas\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/jzKYFp8.png\">",
    "1742523": "Thanks for sharing! All images are nicely arranged and I enjoyed seeing them.",
    "1742585": "Well done! I think that it will be safe to exclude seasonal items for recommendation purposes.",
    "1742740": "Thanks for sharing! \nHalloween may be important in this competition",
    "1742798": "Well done. Thanks",
    "1742834": "Thanks for sharing! This is indeed helpful to me.",
    "1743133": "Hi, @andradaolteanu,\nThanks for sharing! All images are nicely grouped and Look pretty good.",
    "1743530": "Thanks for the info.",
    "1746428": "Hi @andradaolteanu, Thanks for sharing!",
    "1746649": "Thanks for sharing them",
    "1746712": "Thanks for sharing!",
    "1762895": "Useful information",
    "1766148": "Thanks for sharing !"
  },
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}