Merge branch 'master' into solafune-construction-cost-prediction

Author: hcarlens

competitions.json

@@ -4688,8 +4688,8 @@
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@@ -5266,7 +5266,7 @@
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@@ -5284,6 +5284,98 @@
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+      "tags": [
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+		"measurable",
+		"business"
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+        "supervised",
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+        "audio",
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+      "tags": [
+        "supervised",
+        "geo",
+	    "climate",
+	    "classification",
+	    "measurable"
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