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Matt Eland • Edited

I got accepted to deliver my "Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Let's ask Azure!" talk at Momentum 2022 in Cincinnati. This was my last conference submission for the year and another acceptance sets me up for a very busy fall with 5 talks at 3 conferences!

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

The answer is... Yes?! :D

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Matt Eland

According to a classification experiment I ran on Azure Machine Learning using historical data on Christmas movies and non-Christmas movies, the answer is a resounding "yes" - unless Die Hard doesn't occur at a Christmas Party and doesn't occur on Christmas Eve.

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Michael Tharrington

Hans Gruber, aka Alan Rickman, in Die Hard saying over a walkie talkie "Die Hard isn't a Christmas Movie" and John McClean, aka Bruce Willis, responding via walkie talkie "Yes it Yippee-Ki-Yay is"