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Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm

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laybak · 1790806804 · focus · HN ↗
the Singaporean government is often described as having a "parental" approach. I guess this move would be on brand
1. vovavili · 1790809717 · focus · HN ↗
  It's also known as being one of the very few countries actually capable of using state capacity to overcome serious social and economic problems. Godspeed.
  1. jb1991 · 1790811593 · focus · HN ↗
    It's also known as being one of the very few first-world countries actually without basic freedoms, like free speech, freedom of the press, etc.
    JumpCrisscross · 1790811765 · focus · HN ↗
    > basic freedoms, like free speech, freedom of the press, etc.
    How is that going for us in the west?
    Like, I believe in these rights. But I also think we should be open to questioning them when we’ve got anti-vaxxers and Holocaust deniers finding popular purchase among an increasingly and proudly illiterate population.
    alex43578 · 1790812422 · focus · HN ↗
    The stupidity of some shouldn't be an argument against the rights of everyone.
    jacquesm · 1790818289 · focus · HN ↗
    Until the stupid are in the majority and start curbing your rights. That's one of the main problems with freedom of speech and with democracy as well: they both contain the seeds of their own undoing.

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