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Many of you might have noticed that kernels are getting copy/pasted all over the place. From what I can tell, a lot originate from this kernel.
\nOne thing that I find funny is that some of them keep running from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier, just because it was imported in the original kernel, even though it is never used at all! It is just an artifact that the OP forgot to remove.
I wonder: how long will we still see this decision tree import in kernels? If we still see this in \"new\" kernels in a month or two, then I think that it would be a blaring proof of the fact that some people are not even thinking about what they're doing; they're just mindlessly copy/pasting and modifying a parameter.
\nA nice analogy is code anti-piracy, wherein a watermark is added to a movie in order to assess who leaked it before its scheduled release.
\nThis could be the start of a meme in this competition.
", "messages": [ { "id": "1043813", "postDate": "10/09/2020 09:07:13", "content": "Many of you might have noticed that kernels are getting copy/pasted all over the place. From what I can tell, a lot originate from this kernel.
\nOne thing that I find funny is that some of them keep running from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier, just because it was imported in the original kernel, even though it is never used at all! It is just an artifact that the OP forgot to remove.
I wonder: how long will we still see this decision tree import in kernels? If we still see this in \"new\" kernels in a month or two, then I think that it would be a blaring proof of the fact that some people are not even thinking about what they're doing; they're just mindlessly copy/pasting and modifying a parameter.
\nA nice analogy is code anti-piracy, wherein a watermark is added to a movie in order to assess who leaked it before its scheduled release.
\nThis could be the start of a meme in this competition.
", "rawMarkdown": "Many of you might have noticed that kernels are getting copy/pasted all over the place. From what I can tell, a lot originate from [this kernel](https://www.kaggle.com/lgreig/simple-lgbm-baseline).\n\nOne thing that I find funny is that some of them keep running `from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier`, just because it was imported in the original kernel, even though it is never used at all! It is just an artifact that the OP forgot to remove.\n\nI wonder: how long will we still see this decision tree import in kernels? If we still see this in \"new\" kernels in a month or two, then I think that it would be a blaring proof of the fact that some people are not even thinking about what they're doing; they're just mindlessly copy/pasting and modifying a parameter.\n\nA nice analogy is [code anti-piracy](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Coded_anti-piracy), wherein a watermark is added to a movie in order to assess who leaked it before its scheduled release.\n\nThis could be the start of a meme in this competition.", "votes": null }, { "id": "1043835", "postDate": "10/09/2020 09:30:23", "content": "…reminds me of the story about \"trap streets\" in map making: \"The Fake Places That Only Exist to Catch Copycat Mapmakers\"…
", "rawMarkdown": "...reminds me of the story about \"*trap streets*\" in map making: [\"The Fake Places That Only Exist to Catch Copycat Mapmakers\"](https://gizmodo.com/the-fake-places-that-only-exist-to-catch-copycat-cartog-1695414770)...", "votes": null }, { "id": "1043935", "postDate": "10/09/2020 10:49:37", "content": "
Cargo cult programming is a real thing at Kaggle ;)!
", "rawMarkdown": "[Cargo cult programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming) is a real thing at Kaggle ;)!", "votes": null }, { "id": "1044454", "postDate": "10/09/2020 19:25:38", "content": "Nothing here is funny. It's sad since they are gonna keep that performance in professional lives. And once you loose others confidence , it's very hard to reverse it. Sometimes Never. Lack of confidence destroy careers. Remember that young Kagglers. ![\"\"](\"https://media3.giphy.com/media/eGO0zLZkGMx3BPrT1s/200.webp?cid=ecf05e47dpgff15cz6gcdatteg80x3d2vdui5h9jpo8yitrc&rid=200.webp\")
Wo oh!! This needs to be brought to the notice.
", "rawMarkdown": "Wo oh!! This needs to be brought to the notice.", "votes": null }, { "id": "1045038", "postDate": "10/10/2020 09:54:24", "content": "That's interesting point.
\nI'll try hard to read and understand public notebooks carefully, not just copy-pasting.
…reminds me of the story about \"trap streets\" in map making: \"The Fake Places That Only Exist to Catch Copycat Mapmakers\"…
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1043935, "author_name": "phoenix9032", "author_url": "", "post_date": "10/09/2020 10:49:37", "content": "
Cargo cult programming is a real thing at Kaggle ;)!
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1045038, "author_name": "japandata509", "author_url": "", "post_date": "10/10/2020 09:54:24", "content": "That's interesting point.
\nI'll try hard to read and understand public notebooks carefully, not just copy-pasting.
Nothing here is funny. It's sad since they are gonna keep that performance in professional lives. And once you loose others confidence , it's very hard to reverse it. Sometimes Never. Lack of confidence destroy careers. Remember that young Kagglers.
Wo oh!! This needs to be brought to the notice.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "1043813": "Many of you might have noticed that kernels are getting copy/pasted all over the place. From what I can tell, a lot originate from [this kernel](https://www.kaggle.com/lgreig/simple-lgbm-baseline).\n\nOne thing that I find funny is that some of them keep running `from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier`, just because it was imported in the original kernel, even though it is never used at all! It is just an artifact that the OP forgot to remove.\n\nI wonder: how long will we still see this decision tree import in kernels? If we still see this in \"new\" kernels in a month or two, then I think that it would be a blaring proof of the fact that some people are not even thinking about what they're doing; they're just mindlessly copy/pasting and modifying a parameter.\n\nA nice analogy is [code anti-piracy](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Coded_anti-piracy), wherein a watermark is added to a movie in order to assess who leaked it before its scheduled release.\n\nThis could be the start of a meme in this competition.", "1043835": "...reminds me of the story about \"*trap streets*\" in map making: [\"The Fake Places That Only Exist to Catch Copycat Mapmakers\"](https://gizmodo.com/the-fake-places-that-only-exist-to-catch-copycat-cartog-1695414770)...", "1043935": "", "1044433": "[Cargo cult programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming) is a real thing at Kaggle ;)!", "1044454": "Nothing here is funny. It's sad since they are gonna keep that performance in professional lives. And once you loose others confidence , it's very hard to reverse it. Sometimes Never. Lack of confidence destroy careers. Remember that young Kagglers. ", "1044958": "Wo oh!! This needs to be brought to the notice.", "1045038": "That's interesting point.\nI'll try hard to read and understand public notebooks carefully, not just copy-pasting." }, "source": "meta" }