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Inside UC Berkeley's High Tech Joke Recommender
alphadogg writes "Every day is something like April Fools' Day at the University of California, Berkeley joke recommendation site, dubbed Jester. Now on Version 4.0, the site tosses visitors a handful of jokes to rate on a scale of "less funny" to "more funny." It then recommends jokes based on the user's taste (or lack thereof), dynamically making recommendations based on the user's most recent ratings.
Jester's more than a joke jukebox though. Underlying it is a Berkeley-patented "collaborative filtering algorithm" dubbed Eigentaste , now on Version 5.0. The more people who use the system and rate jokes, the more data Berkeley researchers have to advance their understanding of recommendation systems, like those used by Amazon.com and other Web sites."
Could this algorithm be applied to porn?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
I rated 8 jokes and it gave me this recommendation:
Could not connect to user database: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11)
I don't get it.
They are trying to develop the funniest joke in the world.
Slashdot, fix your code or at least hire someone who is competent at it to do it for you.
Is it just me? I didn't find the joke "Could not connect to user database: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11)" particularly funny.
How many slashdotters does it take to take down Jester? ...
best one i found....
A man piloting a hot air balloon discovers he has wandered off course and is hopelessly lost. He descends to a lower altitude and locates a man down on the ground. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, about 30 feet above this field."
"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.
"Yes I do," replies the man. "And how did you know that?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "what you told me is technically correct, but of no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must work in management."
"I do," replies the balloonist, "how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect my immediate help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault!"
Hitler beat them to it, I remember seeing a documentary.
-I once had a dog with no nose
-How did it smell?
-Terrible
It was funnier with the pythons
moi
But before it went it actually did seem to be homing in on my sense of humor.
I choose to remain celibate, like my father and his father before him.
Some off color ones:
How many Vietman vets does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
YOU DON'T KNOW YOU WEREN'T THERE
How many Fruedians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Two, one to screw in the lightbulb and the other holds the penis LADDER -holds the ladder. The ladder. Fuck.
Everything seemed to be going so nice
'till the end of all beings punched right through the ice
Great, I had my friend who speaks German come over and look at this and now he's dead...
At least he went with a smile....
Life, the Universe, and Everything... in my image.
How many flies des it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two. but how do they get IN there?
...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.