Yes, its abit long but worth it. Developing awareness to the unknown in your daily life requires practice, the book with its anecdotes helps in that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory
That might be an interesting question to ask HN, "How did you find about HN?"
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So if I take the history set of Apps rated/downloaded by a user and give the Apps recommender only half of it to base it's recommendation, is that a prediction engine or recommendation engine?
Yes, its abit long but worth it. Developing awareness to the unknown in your daily life requires practice, the book with its anecdotes helps in that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory
That might be an interesting question to ask HN, "How did you find about HN?"
Public Safety Announcements
So if I take the history set of Apps rated/downloaded by a user and give the Apps recommender only half of it to base it's recommendation, is that a prediction engine or recommendation engine?