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Cyclone of Consequences: Myanmar Misery via Superstition

Posted in analysis of behavior, media, politics, religion, social science, tagged , , , , , , on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

 

Nargis was fate!
 
May 9, 2008
With a gaping look of angst similar to what played out during the Katrina catastrophe in this country, the heads of state around the world are trying to “help” Myanmar’s military ruler, Than Shwe, respond to Cyclone Nargis.
Problems abound. 

Over 100,000 people are dead; millions homeless and starving
Than Shwe is a [...]

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Netflix Prize Nearly Solved

Posted in data mining, information theory, tagged , , on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

http://www.netflixprize.com/leaderboard
Check out the leaderboard.  The recent progress by the top four teams has been impressive recently.
BellKor should win this within 2 months.  They also showcase a key point in their blog.  To achieve practical results you don’t need a crazy model with a lot of predictors.
I’ve yet to figure out why they spend $1,000,000 on this [...]

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Hillary Clinton Concedes Nomination

Posted in analysis of behavior, data mining, economics, media, online advertising, politics, social networks, traffic, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Is this the headline you’ve been waiting for?
Can I predict bloggers/blog readers voting preferences based on which headline they respond to?
NOTE:  This headline and series of upcoming posts is a SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.  I am attempting to do an informal poll on key future headlines.  I will be testing a series of headlines of the coming [...]

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