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  "id": 1921,
  "title": "Timed-out submissions",
  "url": "/competitions/kddcup2012-track2/discussion/1921",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2012-05-18T07:49:13.490Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 3618,
  "content": "<p>Recently I made a couple of submissions that, after some period of time, received a message from the server that the submission timed out and I should resubmit it. &nbsp;In the first case I did, but ended up with duplicate submissions and an extra charge to my\r\n daily quota. &nbsp;The second time I noticed that the submission showed up with the message &quot;Pending&quot;, and after some more time it received a score, so no resubmission was necessary.</p>\r\n<p>If would make more sense for the server to delete the submission after issuing the time-out message to avoid duplicate submissions. &nbsp;The time-out message suggests that the submission really was lost, and not just waiting for a score.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "11094",
      "postDate": "05/18/2012 07:49:13",
      "content": "<p>Recently I made a couple of submissions that, after some period of time, received a message from the server that the submission timed out and I should resubmit it. &nbsp;In the first case I did, but ended up with duplicate submissions and an extra charge to my\r\n daily quota. &nbsp;The second time I noticed that the submission showed up with the message &quot;Pending&quot;, and after some more time it received a score, so no resubmission was necessary.</p>\r\n<p>If would make more sense for the server to delete the submission after issuing the time-out message to avoid duplicate submissions. &nbsp;The time-out message suggests that the submission really was lost, and not just waiting for a score.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "11096",
      "postDate": "05/18/2012 09:54:31",
      "content": "<p>up to now, seems we didn't encounter a time-out case that requires resubmission. Simply wait till the pending ends will do ....</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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    {
      "id": "11111",
      "postDate": "05/18/2012 21:04:30",
      "content": "<p>you have an option to zip.</p>\r\n<p>use 7z - the file size will be 2MB or less after zipping</p>",
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    {
      "id": "11117",
      "postDate": "05/19/2012 00:44:17",
      "content": "<p>rkirana wrote:</p>\r\n<p>you have an option to zip.</p>\r\n<p>use 7z - the file size will be 2MB or less after zipping</p>\r\n<p>Note that the uploads didn't time out. The time-outs occurred while the server was calculating the score.<br>\r\nMy only complaint is that the message asking the user to resubmit is misleading, since it suggests that the original submission was lost.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
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    },
    {
      "id": "11121",
      "postDate": "05/19/2012 12:42:15",
      "content": "<p>I believe that after sending, the page issues a request to wait for the auc calculation. This request is the one that times out. Not the submission. Anyway, just go to submissions tab and refresh the page until it goes from pending to the received score.<br>\r\nThat message is just wrong!</p>",
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    {
      "id": 11096,
      "author_name": "tqchen",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/18/2012 09:54:31",
      "content": "<p>up to now, seems we didn't encounter a time-out case that requires resubmission. Simply wait till the pending ends will do ....</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 11111,
      "author_name": "rkirana",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/18/2012 21:04:30",
      "content": "<p>you have an option to zip.</p>\r\n<p>use 7z - the file size will be 2MB or less after zipping</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 11117,
      "author_name": "dslate",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/19/2012 00:44:17",
      "content": "<p>rkirana wrote:</p>\r\n<p>you have an option to zip.</p>\r\n<p>use 7z - the file size will be 2MB or less after zipping</p>\r\n<p>Note that the uploads didn't time out. The time-outs occurred while the server was calculating the score.<br>\r\nMy only complaint is that the message asking the user to resubmit is misleading, since it suggests that the original submission was lost.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 11121,
      "author_name": "leustagos",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/19/2012 12:42:15",
      "content": "<p>I believe that after sending, the page issues a request to wait for the auc calculation. This request is the one that times out. Not the submission. Anyway, just go to submissions tab and refresh the page until it goes from pending to the received score.<br>\r\nThat message is just wrong!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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