{
  "id": 215877,
  "title": "Why can we use future information?",
  "url": "/competitions/indoor-location-navigation/discussion/215877",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-01-31T15:40:40.812675200Z",
  "votes": 15,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Why doesn't this competition use Time-Series API? Is the host sure that future information is not so important for prediction in this competition?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1179499",
      "postDate": "01/31/2021 15:40:40",
      "content": "<p>Why doesn't this competition use Time-Series API? Is the host sure that future information is not so important for prediction in this competition?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Why doesn't this competition use Time-Series API? Is the host sure that future information is not so important for prediction in this competition?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1179757",
      "postDate": "01/31/2021 19:35:47",
      "content": "<p>The dataset does not seem to have a feature set before the first positions. So we need to use the future data, if I'm not missing any information.</p>\n<p>By the way, I used to play baduk at gokgs. ;) I was 1-2 dan years ago.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The dataset does not seem to have a feature set before the first positions. So we need to use the future data, if I'm not missing any information.\n\nBy the way, I used to play baduk at gokgs. ;) I was 1-2 dan years ago.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1180261",
      "postDate": "02/01/2021 07:32:21",
      "content": "<p>Yes, so I'm a bit worried, as the future information cannot be used when operating the model. However, I think this competition can still be meaningfull, because the predictions for the samples belonging to the last timestamp does not use any future information and I believe the winner's model performs well for such samples.</p>\n<p>Nice, What's your KGS id? my KGS id is skillup and I was 5-6dan years ago :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, so I'm a bit worried, as the future information cannot be used when operating the model. However, I think this competition can still be meaningfull, because the predictions for the samples belonging to the last timestamp does not use any future information and I believe the winner's model performs well for such samples.\n \nNice, What's your KGS id? my KGS id is skillup and I was 5-6dan years ago :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1180953",
      "postDate": "02/01/2021 14:54:13",
      "content": "<p>My KGS username is novae. I had to re-signup last night as my account was deactivated. I lost all my game records… </p>\n<p>5-6 dan is pretty good! (: </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "My KGS username is novae. I had to re-signup last night as my account was deactivated. I lost all my game records... \n\n5-6 dan is pretty good! (:",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1179757,
      "author_name": "tolgadincer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/31/2021 19:35:47",
      "content": "<p>The dataset does not seem to have a feature set before the first positions. So we need to use the future data, if I'm not missing any information.</p>\n<p>By the way, I used to play baduk at gokgs. ;) I was 1-2 dan years ago.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1180261,
          "author_name": "mamasinkgs",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/01/2021 07:32:21",
          "content": "<p>Yes, so I'm a bit worried, as the future information cannot be used when operating the model. However, I think this competition can still be meaningfull, because the predictions for the samples belonging to the last timestamp does not use any future information and I believe the winner's model performs well for such samples.</p>\n<p>Nice, What's your KGS id? my KGS id is skillup and I was 5-6dan years ago :)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1180953,
          "author_name": "tolgadincer",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/01/2021 14:54:13",
          "content": "<p>My KGS username is novae. I had to re-signup last night as my account was deactivated. I lost all my game records… </p>\n<p>5-6 dan is pretty good! (: </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1179499": "Why doesn't this competition use Time-Series API? Is the host sure that future information is not so important for prediction in this competition?",
    "1179757": "The dataset does not seem to have a feature set before the first positions. So we need to use the future data, if I'm not missing any information.\n\nBy the way, I used to play baduk at gokgs. ;) I was 1-2 dan years ago.",
    "1180261": "Yes, so I'm a bit worried, as the future information cannot be used when operating the model. However, I think this competition can still be meaningfull, because the predictions for the samples belonging to the last timestamp does not use any future information and I believe the winner's model performs well for such samples.\n \nNice, What's your KGS id? my KGS id is skillup and I was 5-6dan years ago :)",
    "1180953": "My KGS username is novae. I had to re-signup last night as my account was deactivated. I lost all my game records... \n\n5-6 dan is pretty good! (:"
  },
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}