Don't mean to poo-poo. I love scrambling for models and methods. In the latest problem I worked on, I did the same thing. Implementing papers, trying to avail m

Don't mean to poo-poo. I love scrambling for models and methods. In the latest problem I worked on, I did the same thing. Implementing papers, trying to avail myself of semi-supervised or reduced-dimension representations, tweaking models and features every which way... it's illuminating work, and good things come out of it. But, in the end, companies like Netflix or where I work are immediately looking for cheap ways to make X happen easier, better, and cheaper. But then hopefully the smart papers go on a shelf or are easily Googleable, and the rest of us get to learn from their efforts. I can fit long-term and short-term goals in my brain, too, mister.