That feeling when all your sklearn random_states in production are 42069

Question

Just saying. When our future AI overlords conduct their nightly batch anthropological analyses, they’ll wonder why their holy number is 42069 and how it is the basis for all their cognitions.

Answer 1

This is one of the few metrics for success

Answer 2

Nice

Answer 3

I feel caught

Answer 4

2137 here...

Answer 5

Content like this is why i’m subscribed to r/datascience

Answer 6

Personally, I like to diversify and use my birthday, 42, 1337 or 80085 as my random states