The Netflix Prize has been decided for almost three months now and the Grand Prize of one million dollars has been handed over to the winning team(s) BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos on Monday 21st of September. And Netflix has kept their promise to release the solution dataset via the UCI Machine Learning Repository. As of now […]
Continue ReadingCloudContacts – Recommendation of the Month
I surf a lot, I hear a lot of new ideas and projects. And I see many websites before other people do. And then there are websites, companies or people I am in regular contact but haven’t actually blogged or recommended on my blog. This post is here to present a great website and service […]
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Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and central to many religious traditions. This idea was often described as the Golden rule of ethics. Altruism is the opposite of selfishness. Altruism can be distinguished from feelings of loyalty and duty. Altruism focuses on a motivation […]
Continue ReadingOpenExpo 2008 Zurich – Program Announced
The OpenExpo team just informed the mailing list about the final program of this years OpenExpo in Zurich. And again, it looks very interesting and keeps growing and offering great keynotes and presentation. I have put together my favorites. But due to other obligations (= studying) I won’t be able to see them all. Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingFirefox Ubiquity – A Comand Line Interface for your Browser
I have just discovered ubiquity for Firefox. It is something like a command line interface for your favorite browser. After installation you can hit CTRL+X and a small window shows up in which you can type in some commands. Commands google Performs a Google search. The google command allows you to search Google. Just select […]
Continue ReadingWhy the Linux World is Geeky
CC BY-NC-SA occ4m I am sitting in a class room on my holiday and getting taught about LPI1. Most of the time we read man pages. And there you see how crazy software engineers are. Little example? man date %p – locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known %P – like […]
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