{
  "id": 94533,
  "title": "Clarification on kernels competition format",
  "url": "/competitions/imet-2019-fgvc6/discussion/94533",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-06-05T03:47:13.927745200Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p><a href=\"/maggiemd\">@maggiemd</a>\nI've spent quite some time for kernel competition format but still not sure a few things. Because one simple mistake costs me disqualified on 2nd stage, I have to be very careful and make sure everything is fine.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>I use a script version of the kernel. Is it same as a notebook version in terms of 9 hours limit? The script version displays <strong>6 hours</strong> as interaction limit and I'm not sure this number has anything to do with 9 hours limit on 2nd stage (It runs 9 hours on 1st stage at least).</p></li>\n<li><p>I upload model definition files such as <strong>senet.py as a dataset</strong> and import them using sys.path.append to keep my inference code clean and short. The kernel competition page says \"no custom package\". Does this violate no custom package rule because you can literaly import any package by this way?</p></li>\n</ul>",
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      "id": "544027",
      "postDate": "06/05/2019 03:47:13",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/maggiemd\">@maggiemd</a>\nI've spent quite some time for kernel competition format but still not sure a few things. Because one simple mistake costs me disqualified on 2nd stage, I have to be very careful and make sure everything is fine.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>I use a script version of the kernel. Is it same as a notebook version in terms of 9 hours limit? The script version displays <strong>6 hours</strong> as interaction limit and I'm not sure this number has anything to do with 9 hours limit on 2nd stage (It runs 9 hours on 1st stage at least).</p></li>\n<li><p>I upload model definition files such as <strong>senet.py as a dataset</strong> and import them using sys.path.append to keep my inference code clean and short. The kernel competition page says \"no custom package\". Does this violate no custom package rule because you can literaly import any package by this way?</p></li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "maggiemd\nI've spent quite some time for kernel competition format but still not sure a few things. Because one simple mistake costs me disqualified on 2nd stage, I have to be very careful and make sure everything is fine.\n\n- I use a script version of the kernel. Is it same as a notebook version in terms of 9 hours limit? The script version displays **6 hours** as interaction limit and I'm not sure this number has anything to do with 9 hours limit on 2nd stage (It runs 9 hours on 1st stage at least).\n\n- I upload model definition files such as **senet.py as a dataset** and import them using sys.path.append to keep my inference code clean and short. The kernel competition page says \"no custom package\". Does this violate no custom package rule because you can literaly import any package by this way?",
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    {
      "id": "544028",
      "postDate": "06/05/2019 03:54:47",
      "content": "<p>Great points. Actually we also have questions regarding the 2nd point. As for the 1st point, I think interaction time and run time are different. Notebook version also has a limit of 6 hours interaction time. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great points. Actually we also have questions regarding the 2nd point. As for the 1st point, I think interaction time and run time are different. Notebook version also has a limit of 6 hours interaction time.",
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      "id": 544028,
      "author_name": "naivelamb",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/05/2019 03:54:47",
      "content": "<p>Great points. Actually we also have questions regarding the 2nd point. As for the 1st point, I think interaction time and run time are different. Notebook version also has a limit of 6 hours interaction time. </p>",
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    "544027": "maggiemd\nI've spent quite some time for kernel competition format but still not sure a few things. Because one simple mistake costs me disqualified on 2nd stage, I have to be very careful and make sure everything is fine.\n\n- I use a script version of the kernel. Is it same as a notebook version in terms of 9 hours limit? The script version displays **6 hours** as interaction limit and I'm not sure this number has anything to do with 9 hours limit on 2nd stage (It runs 9 hours on 1st stage at least).\n\n- I upload model definition files such as **senet.py as a dataset** and import them using sys.path.append to keep my inference code clean and short. The kernel competition page says \"no custom package\". Does this violate no custom package rule because you can literaly import any package by this way?",
    "544028": "Great points. Actually we also have questions regarding the 2nd point. As for the 1st point, I think interaction time and run time are different. Notebook version also has a limit of 6 hours interaction time."
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