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Getting to Know You

July 31, 2009

Two years ago, Netflix offered a $1 million prize to whomever could improve their movie recommendation software by 10%. Now a team has won (though the winning team has yet to be announced.) Writer Clive Thompson tells us why the competition is important and Bob Bell, a team member on the potential winning team, tells us how he crossed the 10% threshold.

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