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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. chaostheory · 1790807237 · focus · HN ↗
  Before Xi, Singapore is what China aspired to become. Totally onbrand
  1. doctorpangloss · 1790809513 · focus · HN ↗
    Makes little sense.
    China is a cultural and diaspora behemoth. Completely apples to oranges comparison.
    What about countries similar to Singapore's size and wealth? An interesting thing to look at: how many US electeds are Singapore, Israel, Hong Kong or Taiwan 1st-generation heritage or born? I like this number because you cannot fake it (unlike so many things, like statistics reported by countries that are not free), you cannot buy an election or run a PR campaign to pretend you had a successful election, and it measures a real notion of power (something the CCP aspires to have): Singapore 0, China 9, Taiwan 11, Hong Kong 4, Israel 7.
    Anyway I don't really buy into this line of thinking but it is interesting to me to look at a place that isn't really free, like Singapore, and figure out how it affects me.
    chaostheory · 1790810534 · focus · HN ↗
    "In 1992, Deng exhorted CCP cadres to “learn from the world, especially from Singapore”, touching off a “Singapore fever” in PRC political and academic circles."
    <a href="https://jamestown.org/fortnight-end-singapore-model/" rel="nofollow">https://jamestown.org/fortnight-end-singapore-model/
    <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/607615/summary" rel="nofollow">https://muse.jhu.edu/article/607615/summary
    <a href="https://www.thinkchina.sg/politics/construction-singapore-model-mainland-china" rel="nofollow">https://www.thinkchina.sg/politics/construction-singapore-mo...
    <a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/economics/china-and-its-mentor-singapore/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fairobserver.com/economics/china-and-its-mentor-...
    <a href="https://nationalinterest.org/feature/singapores-success-continues-inspire-china-19822" rel="nofollow">https://nationalinterest.org/feature/singapores-success-cont...
    <a href="https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/12/the-odd-couple-singapores-relations-with-china/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/12/the-odd-couple-singapor...
    doctorpangloss · 1790869754 · focus · HN ↗
    well, it turns out deng was wrong...
    chaostheory · 1790874886 · focus · HN ↗
    Wrong about what? IMO Deng, Jiang, and Hu were right. Xi is wrong.

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