{
  "id": 443574,
  "title": "Submission File: Float Precision for MAE Error",
  "url": "/competitions/stanford-ribonanza-rna-folding/discussion/443574",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-09-27T22:32:23.428320200Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>During testing I believe the <code>id</code> column must be a integer value with floats not allowed.  I believe if the <code>id</code> values are floats the submission will throw a id duplication error.</p>\n<p>That led me to the question: </p>\n<p>To what precision should the <code>reactivity_DMS_MaP</code> and <code>reactivity_2A3_MaP</code> values be.  Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?</p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2458912",
      "postDate": "09/27/2023 22:32:23",
      "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>During testing I believe the <code>id</code> column must be a integer value with floats not allowed.  I believe if the <code>id</code> values are floats the submission will throw a id duplication error.</p>\n<p>That led me to the question: </p>\n<p>To what precision should the <code>reactivity_DMS_MaP</code> and <code>reactivity_2A3_MaP</code> values be.  Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?</p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi,\n\nDuring testing I believe the `id` column must be a integer value with floats not allowed.  I believe if the `id` values are floats the submission will throw a id duplication error.\n\nThat led me to the question: \n\nTo what precision should the `reactivity_DMS_MaP` and `reactivity_2A3_MaP` values be.  Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?\n\nThanks!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2459003",
      "postDate": "09/28/2023 01:25:35",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>To what precision should the reactivity_DMS_MaP and reactivity_2A3_MaP values be. Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Don't see why they would do that before the error calculation when the LB error display can always be truncated after the calculation.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "> To what precision should the reactivity_DMS_MaP and reactivity_2A3_MaP values be. Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?\n\nDon't see why they would do that before the error calculation when the LB error display can always be truncated after the calculation.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2460541",
      "postDate": "09/28/2023 21:21:58",
      "content": "<p>I could see they might do this for speed since the size of the submission CSVs are 6.5gb at 4 decimal places and 7.5gb at 5d.p. It would be faster to calculate all the MAE errors on truncated floats.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I could see they might do this for speed since the size of the submission CSVs are 6.5gb at 4 decimal places and 7.5gb at 5d.p. It would be faster to calculate all the MAE errors on truncated floats.",
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  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2459003,
      "author_name": "tilii7",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/28/2023 01:25:35",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>To what precision should the reactivity_DMS_MaP and reactivity_2A3_MaP values be. Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Don't see why they would do that before the error calculation when the LB error display can always be truncated after the calculation.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2460541,
          "author_name": "themecheng",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "09/28/2023 21:21:58",
          "content": "<p>I could see they might do this for speed since the size of the submission CSVs are 6.5gb at 4 decimal places and 7.5gb at 5d.p. It would be faster to calculate all the MAE errors on truncated floats.</p>",
          "votes": null,
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        }
      ]
    }
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    "2458912": "Hi,\n\nDuring testing I believe the `id` column must be a integer value with floats not allowed.  I believe if the `id` values are floats the submission will throw a id duplication error.\n\nThat led me to the question: \n\nTo what precision should the `reactivity_DMS_MaP` and `reactivity_2A3_MaP` values be.  Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?\n\nThanks!",
    "2459003": "> To what precision should the reactivity_DMS_MaP and reactivity_2A3_MaP values be. Do you truncate or round the floats before MAE?\n\nDon't see why they would do that before the error calculation when the LB error display can always be truncated after the calculation.",
    "2460541": "I could see they might do this for speed since the size of the submission CSVs are 6.5gb at 4 decimal places and 7.5gb at 5d.p. It would be faster to calculate all the MAE errors on truncated floats."
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