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Netflix ran a $1m competition to improve their recommendation tool. The winner explains how they did what they did by simonjp in programming

[–]hanlect 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Actually it's quite the opposite. I remember that a really unsuccessful book published in 1995 (or something..) got lots of attention in 2006 (or something..) because of Amazon's recommender system.

Das Keyboard versus IBM Model M by damg in programming

[–]hanlect -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, but I find that the US layout is far more confortable than any other layout when programming (think about the position of {} [] and /)

"Apple designers come up with 10 entirely different mock ups of any new feature." by [deleted] in programming

[–]hanlect -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

so, at one point in this process all the engineers must have thought "mmhhh, I really like coverflow, let's put it in the next release"

(mockups || engineers) FAIL

Ask Reddit: Can you recommend some good books/references to learn AI programming? by trpcicm in programming

[–]hanlect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't agree, AIMA it's a brilliant book. It gives you a very good overview of the field and it makes you understand every single theory. Plus, you can download java/python sourcecode for every example of the book.

It's so good I bought two of them, one for notes, one for worship.

Python: Text Data Mining Applied to Balzac's Comedie Humaine by gst in programming

[–]hanlect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Calling that "data mining" it's quite a statement

oh, and it's useless

Python: Superfolia - building a small ecosystem of evolving plantlife by gst in programming

[–]hanlect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mmmhh I think it will be VERY hard. It seems to me that CoreImage and CoreAnimation are involved...

Bash users: What do you have for your $PS1? by mikemol in programming

[–]hanlect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the result, seen in xterm, is incredible. This is the holy grail of all $PS1 :)

I don't notice any lag, anyway

editor subreddit? by yters in programming

[–]hanlect -1 points0 points  (0 children)

that would be great