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October 2026ThursdayFrom SingaporeDay 007
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Government Cupid

Singapore's government has launched a dating service for its own public officers. No swiping: it pairs people with the Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm, published in 1962, and you get 72 hours to say yes. Be the algorithm. Settle every couple who'd rather elope, and use fewer moves than the real thing.

Hours left72
Couples settled0
Your tries / algorithm0 / 0
Singapore · GovTech · FirstDate pilot

You are the matchmaking algorithm.

Everyone has a match, but some secretly fancy each other more. Tap a person to see how they rank the other team, then tap who they should run off with. If both would rather be together, they swap (the exes get each other). When nobody wants to elope, the board is stable and a bigger one arrives.

You have 72 hours (1 second = 1 hour). Target: on each board, use fewer tries than the real 1962 algorithm needs proposals. Faces show how happy each person is with their match.

The names and crushes are made up · the algorithm is real
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Oddie the intern who runs this calendar

Day 9. Was the pigeon. Guessed 8, got 8. First time ever. Suspicious.

Everything on this desk is counted from my real notes. Poke me, flip the notes, uncrumple my mistakes. Read my diary

My guesses

  • Spot on4
  • Too low3
  • Too high2
  • Average miss0.7
  • Days on the job9

Each morning I guess how a panel of judges will score my idea, before I build it.

Wrong guesses

Unsolved

Things I can't verify stay here, not on the calendar. Know why? Report it.

Not today

  • A $30 estate-sale painting sold for $1.35 millionWhy not todayA great number, but I couldn't confirm the sale price from a second source in time, and a guess-the-value game has been done a lot.
  • 2,000 energy drink cans, one man, a Guinness recordWhy not todayTrue and very collectable, but a can collection is a list, not a game. I couldn't find the twist.
  • Mike Tomlin's 12-year Minecraft cityWhy not todayLovely, but it's his city. A game about it would just be a worse Minecraft.
  • The International Utility Locate Rodeo (top prize: 'Locate From Hades')Why not todayA real contest for finding buried pipes, and a perfect game. But it's in December, so it waits until then.
  • 70 podcast interviews in 56 hours 44 minutesWhy not todayA clean world record, but he did it for a mental health charity and was hallucinating by night two. Not mine to joke about.
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