Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
marginalrevolution.com - 6/26/2009
The Netflix prize has been won
—
Details of the competition are here .  The winning team is here .  Background on the prize is here .  Previous MR coverage is here . Bravo!  I should note that current "recommender" systems don't much help me make further selections. I thank Jüri Saar for the ...
online.wsj.com - 6/23/2009
Netflix Boss Plots Life After the DVD
— online.wsj.com — LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix Inc. is a standout in the recession. The DVD-rental company added more... subscribers than ever during the first three months of the year. Its stock has more than doubled since October. But Netflix's chief executive officer, ... (more) Netflix Boss Plots Life After the DVD

Comments vote down Abnormal Returns found this 6/23/2009found this
abnormalreturns.com - 6/23/2009
Tuesday links: mistakes traders make
— abnormalreturns.com — “Two of the main arguments against stocks right now are that the market has gone too far... too fast, and insiders are selling. When you look past the headlines, however, both arguments lose much of their impact .” ( Bespoke ) “ ... (more) Tuesday links: mistakes traders make

Comments vote down Investing With Options found this 6/23/2009found this
marginalrevolution.com - 6/24/2009
Kindle and DRM and Netflix too
— marginalrevolution.com — After reading  this post , I realize I don't understand my status quo DRM rights with Kindle.  That's not... a good sign.  I did notice this sentence, which I didn't feel the need to parse any further: Here is the major ... (more) Kindle and DRM and Netflix too

Comments vote down J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight ... found this 6/24/2009found this

Blog Reactions

self-evident:  Links

FinanceProfessor.com:  Time out for a laugh.

Comments
Blog Reactions

Links
self-evident — The Netflix prize has been won (Marginal Revolution). Regulation and Distrust (Marginal Revolution again). Excerpt: Thus, societies with a lot of distrust generate regulation and corruption and citizens who don’t have the skills or preferences to break out of the distrust equilibrium. Consider, for example, that in societies with a lot of distrust parents are less likely to consider it important to teach their children about tolerance and respect for others. In the Coachella Valley, hope withers on the ...

Time out for a laugh.
FinanceProfessor.com — ... The Netflix prize has been won - Details of the competition are here. The winning team is here. Background on the prize is here. Previous MR coverage is here. Bravo! I should note that cur... 10 hours ago ...

Related: netflix prize
Did Someone Finally Win The Netflix Prize? — Newsback
For years, we've been fascinated by the Netflix Prize -- the $1 million offer to any team that can come up with a recommendation algorithm that is shown to be 10% better that Netflix's current recommendation engine. For years, different teams worked on the problem, and the early improvements were...
And the $1 Million Netflix Prize Goes to … — DealBook
A team says it has met the requirements to win the million-dollar Netflix Prize by developing an algorithm to improve movie recommendations by more than 10 percent.
NetflixPrize Finished? — Stock Market Analysis at DeepMarket
Netflix prize triggered http://www.netflixprize.com//leaderboard Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:03 PM Netflix prize triggered http://www.netflixprize.com//leaderboard A team on Netflix's algorithms prize breaks the 10% barrier: http://www.netflixprize.com/leaderboard Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:02 ...
links for June 19th — uglychart.com: a blog about stocks
$1 Million Netflix Prize So Close, They Can Taste It | Epicenter | Wired.com - netflix movies programming Nethax - hack games nethack Braingate2: Your Mind Just Went Wireless | Singularity Hub - technology ai brain singularity futures interface The Physiology of ...