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Build a Better Netflix, Win a Million Dollars?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the trumps-our-redesign-contest dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a quest to better movie recommendations, Netflix is opening their database (nytimes, registration and first child required) to users to try to craft a better recommendation technology. The problem is not easy. Says one researcher: 'You're competing with 15 years of really smart people banging away at the problem.'" Recommender systems are really an interesting problem, and that is likely very interesting data to play with.

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  1. Solution... by SnowDog74 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How do you make Netflix better? Well, I think the answer is obvious... replace Netflix with internet-based distribution where a user can download movies to their computer and then stream them to their TV.

    Hey, I'm a freakin genius! I'm going to be rich!

    *reads Apple Expo Paris press release*

    Oh, snap.