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  "id": 167573,
  "title": "Public High Accuracy Notebooks is not good",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/167573",
  "author_name": "Manh Lab",
  "post_date": "2020-07-17T05:49:49.746000",
  "votes": 17,
  "comment_count": 17,
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  "content": "<p>I think many people like me, try hard on this competition, and have &gt; 200 ratings. But if anyone public high LB notebooks, the LB is changed. That's terible!! You can give the method, not the SUBMISSION.CSV</p>",
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      "postDate": "2020-07-17T05:49:49.747Z",
      "content": "<p>I think many people like me, try hard on this competition, and have &gt; 200 ratings. But if anyone public high LB notebooks, the LB is changed. That's terible!! You can give the method, not the SUBMISSION.CSV</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think many people like me, try hard on this competition, and have &gt; 200 ratings. But if anyone public high LB notebooks, the LB is changed. That's terible!! You can give the method, not the SUBMISSION.CSV",
      "votes": 15
    },
    {
      "id": 934287,
      "postDate": "2020-07-18T11:02:04.210Z",
      "content": "<p>Kaggle should allow us to downvote kernels as well. This might discourage people of sharing blend of blends and inference kernels with a very high score.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Kaggle should allow us to downvote kernels as well. This might discourage people of sharing blend of blends and inference kernels with a very high score.",
      "votes": 6,
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          "postDate": "2020-07-18T11:35:32.227Z",
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      "id": 934241,
      "postDate": "2020-07-18T10:35:05.190Z",
      "content": "<p>Yep definitely agree it's frustrating some times, I have been working a lot to get over the 0.94 baseline and when I did I saw that there's a public notebook that gives you better score by just ensembling a bunch of other submissions. I always remind myself that anyone who uses those notebooks to get higher lb won't get too far, he'll be stuck so it's one more reason to overtake them. I also agree with you the method/ indication should be given not the submission file. Good luck</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yep definitely agree it's frustrating some times, I have been working a lot to get over the 0.94 baseline and when I did I saw that there's a public notebook that gives you better score by just ensembling a bunch of other submissions. I always remind myself that anyone who uses those notebooks to get higher lb won't get too far, he'll be stuck so it's one more reason to overtake them. I also agree with you the method/ indication should be given not the submission file. Good luck",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 934381,
          "postDate": "2020-07-18T12:02:58.083Z",
          "content": "<p>I see. I was working very much to reach 95.15 and POW! new notebook with higher LB and I down my position very quick</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I see. I was working very much to reach 95.15 and POW! new notebook with higher LB and I down my position very quick",
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        },
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          "id": 934391,
          "postDate": "2020-07-18T12:07:46.043Z",
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          "id": 934402,
          "postDate": "2020-07-18T12:13:38.367Z",
          "content": "<p>I only reach ~70 today. And i don't use that kernel to reach that position. Don't know why you think that! </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I only reach ~70 today. And i don't use that kernel to reach that position. Don't know why you think that! "
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          "id": 934405,
          "postDate": "2020-07-18T12:16:06.227Z",
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        },
        {
          "id": 934410,
          "postDate": "2020-07-18T12:18:56.680Z",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/synked\">@synked</a> </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "@synked "
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      "id": 937266,
      "postDate": "2020-07-20T21:47:23.123Z",
      "content": "<p>I don't see any issue with a high LB notebook, if there is the method (architecture / algorithm etc).\nThe issue is when the high score is based only on blending to me.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I don't see any issue with a high LB notebook, if there is the method (architecture / algorithm etc).\nThe issue is when the high score is based only on blending to me.",
      "votes": 1
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    {
      "id": 934293,
      "postDate": "2020-07-18T11:09:27.567Z",
      "content": "<p>Agree. Notebooks should be only used for providing some idea or hints and not providing answers. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Agree. Notebooks should be only used for providing some idea or hints and not providing answers. ",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 934172,
      "postDate": "2020-07-18T09:26:56.283Z",
      "content": "<p>Full code to generate <code>Submission.csv</code> should not be provided.\nThe author can change the model parameters so that you still have to work for a good score!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Full code to generate `Submission.csv` should not be provided.\nThe author can change the model parameters so that you still have to work for a good score!",
      "votes": 1
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    {
      "id": 932579,
      "postDate": "2020-07-17T06:48:55.547Z",
      "content": "<p>I agree. I see the public PB getting crowded with most getting the same score as the public notebook every time someone posts a high scoring LB notebook. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I agree. I see the public PB getting crowded with most getting the same score as the public notebook every time someone posts a high scoring LB notebook. ",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 937274,
      "postDate": "2020-07-20T22:13:32.543Z",
      "content": "<p>This topic appears in every popular Kaggle competition :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This topic appears in every popular Kaggle competition :)"
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      "id": 934245,
      "postDate": "2020-07-18T10:36:31.283Z",
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      "votes": -3,
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      "id": 932600,
      "postDate": "2020-07-17T07:06:43.190Z",
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      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 933642,
          "postDate": "2020-07-17T21:09:56.760Z",
          "content": "<p>Nop! Your notebook is very helpful! I am very intesting w when i read it. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Nop! Your notebook is very helpful! I am very intesting w when i read it. ",
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          "id": 933861,
          "postDate": "2020-07-18T04:53:40.810Z",
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      "id": 934287,
      "author_name": "Seifeddine Fezzani",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-18T11:02:04.210000",
      "content": "<p>Kaggle should allow us to downvote kernels as well. This might discourage people of sharing blend of blends and inference kernels with a very high score.</p>",
      "votes": 6,
      "replies": [
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          "id": 934327,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-18T11:35:32.227000",
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          "votes": -1,
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      "id": 934241,
      "author_name": "Aziz_Belaweid",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-18T10:35:05.190000",
      "content": "<p>Yep definitely agree it's frustrating some times, I have been working a lot to get over the 0.94 baseline and when I did I saw that there's a public notebook that gives you better score by just ensembling a bunch of other submissions. I always remind myself that anyone who uses those notebooks to get higher lb won't get too far, he'll be stuck so it's one more reason to overtake them. I also agree with you the method/ indication should be given not the submission file. Good luck</p>",
      "votes": 3,
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        {
          "id": 934381,
          "author_name": "Manh Lab",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-18T12:02:58.083000",
          "content": "<p>I see. I was working very much to reach 95.15 and POW! new notebook with higher LB and I down my position very quick</p>",
          "votes": 1,
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          "id": 934391,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-18T12:07:46.043000",
          "content": "",
          "votes": 0,
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          "id": 934402,
          "author_name": "Manh Lab",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-18T12:13:38.367000",
          "content": "<p>I only reach ~70 today. And i don't use that kernel to reach that position. Don't know why you think that! </p>",
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          "id": 934405,
          "author_name": "",
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          "post_date": "2020-07-18T12:16:06.227000",
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          "id": 934410,
          "author_name": "Manh Lab",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-18T12:18:56.680000",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/synked\">@synked</a> </p>",
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      "id": 937266,
      "author_name": "Shiro",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-20T21:47:23.123000",
      "content": "<p>I don't see any issue with a high LB notebook, if there is the method (architecture / algorithm etc).\nThe issue is when the high score is based only on blending to me.</p>",
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      "id": 934293,
      "author_name": "lr",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-18T11:09:27.567000",
      "content": "<p>Agree. Notebooks should be only used for providing some idea or hints and not providing answers. </p>",
      "votes": 1,
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      "id": 934172,
      "author_name": "Nitesh Chaudhry",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-18T09:26:56.283000",
      "content": "<p>Full code to generate <code>Submission.csv</code> should not be provided.\nThe author can change the model parameters so that you still have to work for a good score!</p>",
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      "id": 932579,
      "author_name": "Aman Arora",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-17T06:48:55.547000",
      "content": "<p>I agree. I see the public PB getting crowded with most getting the same score as the public notebook every time someone posts a high scoring LB notebook. </p>",
      "votes": 1,
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    {
      "id": 937274,
      "author_name": "Jacek Poplawski",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-20T22:13:32.543000",
      "content": "<p>This topic appears in every popular Kaggle competition :)</p>",
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      "id": 934245,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-18T10:36:31.283000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": -3,
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      "id": 932600,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-17T07:06:43.190000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 2,
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          "id": 933642,
          "author_name": "Manh Lab",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-17T21:09:56.760000",
          "content": "<p>Nop! Your notebook is very helpful! I am very intesting w when i read it. </p>",
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          "id": 933861,
          "author_name": "",
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          "post_date": "2020-07-18T04:53:40.810000",
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    "932522": "I think many people like me, try hard on this competition, and have &gt; 200 ratings. But if anyone public high LB notebooks, the LB is changed. That's terible!! You can give the method, not the SUBMISSION.CSV",
    "934287": "Kaggle should allow us to downvote kernels as well. This might discourage people of sharing blend of blends and inference kernels with a very high score.",
    "934241": "Yep definitely agree it's frustrating some times, I have been working a lot to get over the 0.94 baseline and when I did I saw that there's a public notebook that gives you better score by just ensembling a bunch of other submissions. I always remind myself that anyone who uses those notebooks to get higher lb won't get too far, he'll be stuck so it's one more reason to overtake them. I also agree with you the method/ indication should be given not the submission file. Good luck",
    "937266": "I don't see any issue with a high LB notebook, if there is the method (architecture / algorithm etc).\nThe issue is when the high score is based only on blending to me.",
    "934293": "Agree. Notebooks should be only used for providing some idea or hints and not providing answers. ",
    "934172": "Full code to generate `Submission.csv` should not be provided.\nThe author can change the model parameters so that you still have to work for a good score!",
    "932579": "I agree. I see the public PB getting crowded with most getting the same score as the public notebook every time someone posts a high scoring LB notebook. ",
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