26 November 2008
Napoleon Confounds Mathematicians
The "strangely polarizing" 2004 comedy film "Napoleon Dynamite" counfounds programmers attempting to algorithmically predict people's taste in film in order to improve Netflix's movie-recommendation software. Apparently, it's difficult to predict people's reactions to Napoleon Dynamite.
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Yeah, no kidding. After we were done watching it, I wanted my two hours back and everyone else loved it. Go figure.
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