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Bayesian Filters Predict Sundance

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

JohnGrahamCumming writes "The LA Times reports on a company's use of Bayesian filtering to predict the winners at the Sundance Film Festival. They use a modified POPFile email filter and claim an 81% success rate."

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  1. Bayesian for Slashdot by bhima · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've been thinking about this for a while...

    Someone should develop a client side Bayesian Filter / Moderation system for Slashdot.

    Think about it...

    A sizable portion of people around here are not consistantly assholes so it doesn't really make sense to add them to a "foe" list.
    Frequently things are in strange topics so it doesn't make sense to ignore whole topics.
    Not all new members are trolls so modding all new members down doesn't make sense either.
    And the current moderation system is subjected to other people's current peeves and political leanings.

    And please don't tell me to do it, I'm an embedded developer not a web developer... I have no idea where to even begin with it.

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    Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.