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.
etchings on old elephant bones by
the reified bean
in the year of the sojourn
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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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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