New to machine learning and data science? No question is too basic or too simple. Feel free to start your own thread, or use this thread as a place to post any first-timer clarifying questions for the Kaggle community to help you with!
\nNew to Kaggle? Take a look at a few videos to learn a bit more about site etiquette, Kaggle lingo, and how to enter a competition using Kaggle Notebooks. Publish and share your models on Kaggle Models (and request to have them made public)!
\nLooking for a team? Express your interest in joining a team through our Team Up feature.
\nRemember: Kaggle is for everyone. Whether you're teaming up or sharing tips in the competition forum, we expect everyone to follow our Kaggle community guidelines.
\nIn addition to this competition forum, you can continue the discussion in our official Kaggle Discord Server here:
\nThe Discord is a great place to ask getting started questions, chat about the nuances of this competition, and connect with potential team mates. Learn more about Discord at our announcement here. Here are a few things to keep in mind though:
\n1. Discord Competition Channels are 'Public' - Don't Share Private Information
\nDiscord channels for specific competitions are considered 'public' spaces where you are allowed to talk about competition details. Please remember that private sharing of competition code or data outside of your team is, as always, not permitted. Code sharing must always be done publicly through the Kaggle forums/notebooks.
\n2. Discord Competition Channels are Not Monitored by Staff - Keep Important Information on the Kaggle Forums
\nKaggle Staff and Hosts running competitions will not monitor Discord or be available to answer questions in Discord. This is intended to be a more casual space to discuss competitions and help each other. Please keep important questions, insights, writeups, and other valuable conversation on the Kaggle forums.
\nHappy modeling!
", "messages": [ { "id": 3255538, "postDate": "2025-07-28T23:33:17.800Z", "content": "New to machine learning and data science? No question is too basic or too simple. Feel free to start your own thread, or use this thread as a place to post any first-timer clarifying questions for the Kaggle community to help you with!
\nNew to Kaggle? Take a look at a few videos to learn a bit more about site etiquette, Kaggle lingo, and how to enter a competition using Kaggle Notebooks. Publish and share your models on Kaggle Models (and request to have them made public)!
\nLooking for a team? Express your interest in joining a team through our Team Up feature.
\nRemember: Kaggle is for everyone. Whether you're teaming up or sharing tips in the competition forum, we expect everyone to follow our Kaggle community guidelines.
\nIn addition to this competition forum, you can continue the discussion in our official Kaggle Discord Server here:
\nThe Discord is a great place to ask getting started questions, chat about the nuances of this competition, and connect with potential team mates. Learn more about Discord at our announcement here. Here are a few things to keep in mind though:
\n1. Discord Competition Channels are 'Public' - Don't Share Private Information
\nDiscord channels for specific competitions are considered 'public' spaces where you are allowed to talk about competition details. Please remember that private sharing of competition code or data outside of your team is, as always, not permitted. Code sharing must always be done publicly through the Kaggle forums/notebooks.
\n2. Discord Competition Channels are Not Monitored by Staff - Keep Important Information on the Kaggle Forums
\nKaggle Staff and Hosts running competitions will not monitor Discord or be available to answer questions in Discord. This is intended to be a more casual space to discuss competitions and help each other. Please keep important questions, insights, writeups, and other valuable conversation on the Kaggle forums.
\nHappy modeling!
", "rawMarkdown": "**New to machine learning and data science?** No question is too basic or too simple. Feel free to start your own thread, or use this thread as a place to post any first-timer clarifying questions for the Kaggle community to help you with!\n\n**New to Kaggle?** Take a look at a few videos to learn a bit more about [site etiquette](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIus8si_Et0), [Kaggle lingo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJHyuWKd-s), and [how to enter a competition using Kaggle Notebooks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=GJBOMWpLpTQ). Publish and share your [models on Kaggle Models](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/470613#2618447) (and request to have them made public)!\n\n**Looking for a team?** Express your interest in joining a team through our [Team Up](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/341195) feature.\n\n**Remember**: Kaggle is for everyone. Whether you're teaming up or sharing tips in the competition forum, we expect everyone to follow our Kaggle community guidelines.\n\n\n### Competition's Official Discord\n\nIn addition to this competition forum, you can continue the discussion in our official Kaggle Discord Server here:\n\n# [discord.gg/kaggle](http://discord.gg/kaggle)\n\nThe Discord is a great place to ask getting started questions, chat about the nuances of this competition, and connect with potential team mates. Learn more about Discord at our [announcement here](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/general/429933). Here are a few things to keep in mind though:\n\n**1. Discord Competition Channels are 'Public' - Don't Share Private Information**\n\nDiscord channels for specific competitions are considered 'public' spaces where you are allowed to talk about competition details. Please remember that private sharing of competition code or data outside of your team is, as always, not permitted. Code sharing must always be done publicly through the Kaggle forums/notebooks.\n\n**2. Discord Competition Channels are Not Monitored by Staff - Keep Important Information on the Kaggle Forums**\n\nKaggle Staff and Hosts running competitions will not monitor Discord or be available to answer questions in Discord. This is intended to be a more casual space to discuss competitions and help each other. Please keep important questions, insights, writeups, and other valuable conversation on the Kaggle forums.\n\nHappy modeling!", "votes": 6 }, { "id": 3255562, "postDate": "2025-07-29T00:53:35.343Z", "content": "\n\npublish a link to your open sourced code and the weights on the competition forum
\n
What does \"the weights\" mean?
", "rawMarkdown": ">publish a link to your open sourced code and the weights on the competition forum\n\nWhat does \"the weights\" mean?", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 3255843, "postDate": "2025-07-29T14:15:36.447Z", "content": "In other words, everything that someone would need to run inference with your algorithm. This would include fully trained model weights.
", "rawMarkdown": "In other words, everything that someone would need to run inference with your algorithm. This would include fully trained model weights." } ] }, { "id": 3258707, "postDate": "2025-07-31T04:55:27.333Z", "content": "Hi, I am new to Kaggle and had a question regarding the submission criteria. What does it mean that my submission has to have a runtime less than 11 hours? Does it mean that the entire 2500 inferences should be completed in less than that?
\nAnd also the no internet rule. If my code relies on some packages like nibabel or torch, then how does the no internet rule work?
\nThank you for your help
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I am new to Kaggle and had a question regarding the submission criteria. What does it mean that my submission has to have a runtime less than 11 hours? Does it mean that the entire 2500 inferences should be completed in less than that?\n \nAnd also the no internet rule. If my code relies on some packages like nibabel or torch, then how does the no internet rule work?\n \nThank you for your help", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 3273306, "postDate": "2025-08-22T14:26:04.727Z", "content": "You should install packages offline on your notebook.
", "rawMarkdown": "You should install packages offline on your notebook." } ] }, { "id": 3284029, "postDate": "2025-09-08T04:53:01.333Z", "content": "Are the annotations of the given datasets in the correct orientation?
", "rawMarkdown": "Are the annotations of the given datasets in the correct orientation?" }, { "id": 3258483, "postDate": "2025-07-30T18:18:54.213Z", "content": "Hello. Thank you so much for the guide. I'm having issues joining the discord competition forum. Can I get help?
", "rawMarkdown": "Hello. Thank you so much for the guide. I'm having issues joining the discord competition forum. Can I get help?", "replies": [ { "id": 3258708, "postDate": "2025-07-31T05:03:27.173Z", "content": "Did you link your kaggle account with discord?
", "rawMarkdown": "Did you link your kaggle account with discord? \n" } ] } ], "comments": [ { "id": 3255562, "author_name": "Truth Seeker", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-07-29T00:53:35.343000", "content": "\n\npublish a link to your open sourced code and the weights on the competition forum
\n
What does \"the weights\" mean?
", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 3255843, "author_name": "Evan Calabrese", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-07-29T14:15:36.447000", "content": "In other words, everything that someone would need to run inference with your algorithm. This would include fully trained model weights.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3258707, "author_name": "jucious", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-07-31T04:55:27.333000", "content": "Hi, I am new to Kaggle and had a question regarding the submission criteria. What does it mean that my submission has to have a runtime less than 11 hours? Does it mean that the entire 2500 inferences should be completed in less than that?
\nAnd also the no internet rule. If my code relies on some packages like nibabel or torch, then how does the no internet rule work?
\nThank you for your help
", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 3273306, "author_name": "Rustam Bazarbayev", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-08-22T14:26:04.727000", "content": "You should install packages offline on your notebook.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3284029, "author_name": "ASWIN THULASI ARAMIS", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-09-08T04:53:01.333000", "content": "Are the annotations of the given datasets in the correct orientation?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3258483, "author_name": "Deborah Anyachukwu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-07-30T18:18:54.213000", "content": "Hello. Thank you so much for the guide. I'm having issues joining the discord competition forum. Can I get help?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 3258708, "author_name": "jucious", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2025-07-31T05:03:27.173000", "content": "Did you link your kaggle account with discord?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "3255538": "**New to machine learning and data science?** No question is too basic or too simple. Feel free to start your own thread, or use this thread as a place to post any first-timer clarifying questions for the Kaggle community to help you with!\n\n**New to Kaggle?** Take a look at a few videos to learn a bit more about [site etiquette](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIus8si_Et0), [Kaggle lingo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJHyuWKd-s), and [how to enter a competition using Kaggle Notebooks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=GJBOMWpLpTQ). Publish and share your [models on Kaggle Models](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/470613#2618447) (and request to have them made public)!\n\n**Looking for a team?** Express your interest in joining a team through our [Team Up](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/341195) feature.\n\n**Remember**: Kaggle is for everyone. Whether you're teaming up or sharing tips in the competition forum, we expect everyone to follow our Kaggle community guidelines.\n\n\n### Competition's Official Discord\n\nIn addition to this competition forum, you can continue the discussion in our official Kaggle Discord Server here:\n\n# [discord.gg/kaggle](http://discord.gg/kaggle)\n\nThe Discord is a great place to ask getting started questions, chat about the nuances of this competition, and connect with potential team mates. Learn more about Discord at our [announcement here](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/general/429933). Here are a few things to keep in mind though:\n\n**1. Discord Competition Channels are 'Public' - Don't Share Private Information**\n\nDiscord channels for specific competitions are considered 'public' spaces where you are allowed to talk about competition details. Please remember that private sharing of competition code or data outside of your team is, as always, not permitted. Code sharing must always be done publicly through the Kaggle forums/notebooks.\n\n**2. Discord Competition Channels are Not Monitored by Staff - Keep Important Information on the Kaggle Forums**\n\nKaggle Staff and Hosts running competitions will not monitor Discord or be available to answer questions in Discord. This is intended to be a more casual space to discuss competitions and help each other. Please keep important questions, insights, writeups, and other valuable conversation on the Kaggle forums.\n\nHappy modeling!", "3255562": ">publish a link to your open sourced code and the weights on the competition forum\n\nWhat does \"the weights\" mean?", "3258707": "Hi, I am new to Kaggle and had a question regarding the submission criteria. What does it mean that my submission has to have a runtime less than 11 hours? Does it mean that the entire 2500 inferences should be completed in less than that?\n \nAnd also the no internet rule. If my code relies on some packages like nibabel or torch, then how does the no internet rule work?\n \nThank you for your help", "3284029": "Are the annotations of the given datasets in the correct orientation?", "3258483": "Hello. Thank you so much for the guide. I'm having issues joining the discord competition forum. Can I get help?" } }