Python Scripting and Analyzing Your Way To Love 188
fiannaFailMan writes "Wired reports one mathematician's mission to find love online by data mining from OK Cupid and applying mathematical modeling to optimize his profile(s). His methods included using 'Python scripts to riffle through hundreds of OkCupid survey questions. He then sorted female daters into seven clusters, like "Diverse" and "Mindful," each with distinct characteristics.' But the real work began when he started going on dates."
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"When he started going on dates" (Score:3, Funny)
Well, there's the step I never get to.
I searched for "Looking for fat nerd programmer" (Score:5, Funny)
So far no results for me. They all seem to want "rich, handsome guy who loves to travel."
Re:Hooray for Python (Score:5, Funny)
Have you tried "from __future__ import antigravity"?
Re:Sounds creepy .... (Score:5, Funny)
"Great, that sounds nice. I'll have my bots talk to your bots."
Re:Hooray for Python (Score:5, Funny)
Have you considered that the fact he writes Python scripts to solve his love life is the *reason* he has no love life??
Python can't stop you from being a geek...
Women Are Like A Software Project (Score:5, Funny)
They always start out with an super-long, totally unreasonable requirements list that includes stuff that's totally irrelevant to any imaginable scope. Through hard work and negotiation and development of what you initially bring to the table, you need to bring down the client's impossible functional specification to something workable she can reasonably be satisfied with (also beer helps). It's called "game" for a reason.
Re:Sounds creepy .... (Score:4, Funny)
It already got funded. That's what World of Warcraft is.
Not that there aren't women in WoW, they just pretend to be guys...
Re:How many dates though? (Score:4, Funny)
However I agree with his approach to keep it short and simple.
Fuck....now you tell me. This date has lasted 8 years, 3 cars, 2 houses, and 3 kids. She just won't take a hint....but I don't want to be rude.