Category Archives: computing

The ITAPPMONROBOT Saga

I have been reading the site http://www.thedailywtf.com for some time now. Its tagline is “Curious Perversions in Information Technology,” and it’s true to both its name and tagline: it’s basically a blog with submissions about technology WTFs, strange error messages … Continue reading

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Netflix Progress Prize

The annual Progress Prize for the Netflix contest has been announced. The prize was won by Team BellKor, two researchers from AT&T Research who “blend[ed] 107 individual results” to come up with their 8.5% improvement over Netflix’s Cinematch algorithm (Thanks … Continue reading

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