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		How a data scientist hacked Jeopardy (quantifiedself.com)
		10 points by christangrant on Nov 13, 2011 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

dfc on Nov 13, 2011 | [–]

This is my HN Hyperbolic Title award winner of the week. He "hacked" jeopardy by finding an effective way to study/prepare himself.

lobo_tuerto on Nov 13, 2011 | | [–]

Since the site is down, here is the Google cache version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vTGEJRI...

gilgamosh on Nov 13, 2011 | [–]

He won on Friday and he's in the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions Finals Monday (tomorrow) and Tuesday.

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