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class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1530540\" data-comment-id=\"1530540\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1530540\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d63d165658013f99d6b223b312c47bd7?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Matt<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/03\/05\/watch-hilary-mason-discredit-the-cult-of-the-algorithm\/#comment-1530540\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Thursday, March 5, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a machine learning newb &#8211; how does 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comment:<\/header>\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"comment-1530540-reason-spam\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"radio\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"go-radio reason\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname=\"comment_1530540_reason\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"comment-1530540-reason-spam\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue=\"Spam\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-reason-type=\"spam\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Spam<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"comment-1530540-reason-personal-attack\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"radio\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"go-radio reason\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname=\"comment_1530540_reason\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"comment-1530540-reason-personal-attack\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue=\"Personal attack\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-reason-type=\"personal-attack\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Personal attack<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label 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guidelines<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"comment-1530540-reason-other\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" class=\"go-radio reason\" name=\"comment_1530540_reason\" id=\"comment-1530540-reason-other\" value=\"Other\" data-reason-type=\"other\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Other<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"other-describe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea placeholder=\"Please describe\" class=\"reason-description\" name=\"comment_1530540_reason_description\" id=\"comment-1530540-reason-description\"><\/textarea>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"required\">Describe your reason for flagging this comment.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button primary comment-flag-confirm\" disabled=\"true\">Flag<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button link cancel\">Cancel<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li><!-- #comment-## 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