Netflix Essay

stress management techniques to help counteract and process them. The three most effective stress management techniques that I found this semester and that I will continue to practice throughout any stressful situations in my life, were watching Netflix, going on nature walks and being around/petting animals. When deciding which stress management technique to use, I take in to count what my stressor was and what my stress level is at. I also take in to count that I cannot always pick the one…

Have you ever wondered how Netflix suggests a movie for you? You would be incorrect if you thought it was a group of geniuses researching people from their computers all day. It would be too expensive for Netflix to pay them. Instead, Netflix uses the concept of correlation and a complex statistical algorithm to make suggestions. This algorithm tracks and groups people based on movies that they have similarly rated in the past and makes movie recommendations based upon those who have liked the…

we have only been on 5 “real dates”. We started dating our sophomore year of high school and much like other teenagers, we did the typical skating, movies, and food dates. However, as our senior year rolled around, we found ourselves stuck in the Netflix and chill stage. As time progressed, we drifted off to different parts of the state for college. We were approximately four hours away from each other and our relationship turned into a texting phenomenon. When we got this project I was anxious…

Stacy and her friends have been searching Netflix for the last 10 minutes. Although they are bored out of their minds, they can't seem to find the perfect movie. They all seem to have different ideas on what to watch. Stacy wants to watch a comedy. Lilly a romance, and Rae craves something inspiring. They start to argue, but alas, they stumble upon the chick flicks. Now all they have to do is decide on which one to watch. This is not an uncommon scenario because of how loved these movies are.…

While a child is growing up the biggest question in a parent’s head is, “why don’t they just sleep.” We run around spilling things on the carpet that had just been redone and throwing our toys everywhere. We make messes that you have to clean up but you take pride in doing. Our food somehow goes everywhere except in our mouths and we haven’t quite got the concept of walking yet. As we age, spills turn into heart wrenching screams. The most ear aching screeches you have ever heard. We yell and…

A Weberian or Marxian Train Ride In Social Inequality class, we watched a movie called Snowpiercer the main characters were Chris Evans (Curtis), Song Kang-ho (Namgoong Minsoo), Jaime Bell (Edgar), John Hurt (Gilliam), Tida Swinton (Mason), Ah-sung Ko (Yona) and Ed Harris (Wilford). The movie plot is an engine that keeps a super-powered locomotive speeding around the planet, the depleted lower classes lived-in the rear cars (Curtis, Edgar, Gilliam, and many others) while the privileged upper…

Beneficial Ideas She was bored on a Friday night and decided to watch Netflix. The horror is that she pretty much watched everything there is to watch actually watch on Netflix. So she chooses a South Korean documentary since the documentary about an African kid digging water for several minutes lessened the hope of anything better to do. Choosing a documentary, the with catchy colors seemed interesting enough, but once she started she realized the depressing and inspiring message of the…

controlled, this makes it so that many companies can’t put competitive pressure on each other. Without the pressure a company like Verizon’s Netflix could drop in performance but would feel no pressure because there is no rival companies to take customers away. If there was more competition, yes the performance might get a little better, but the companies like Netflix already strive to make their performance better or else users will get tired and bored of it, making them lose revenue. Also the…

Shellie Benjamin Professor Jacob Eckrich English 10 8 November 2015 net neutrality With the rise of technology, life has become easy for many. Unfortunately this is not true for all With most jobs now you must have a basic knowledge of how internet and most if not all jobs have you submit your applications online. With wireless internet being part of commerse it allows ISPs controls what prices are for how much data is used and for what. There are those that say that this is a good thing. By…

The history of what we call racism is the discrimination of other people’s colors and religion. This worldwide issue has caused countless problems. Off the top of your head, how many T.V. shows can you think of that have mostly black people? Netflix is facing an online backlash after showing its first trailer of Dear White People. The trailer shows a black person at a white school urging “white people” to stop wearing blackface costumes. One of the comments on this was, “As much as I’d…