Chris McKinlay - I Hacked OkCupid

Chris McKinlay uses the power of super-computing - and his own brain - to "trend globally" on a dating website. Then he finds true love.

Chris McKinlay is a Data Scientist who got his doctorate from UCLA in Applied Mathematics. He first got turned onto the idea of applying mathematics during his time as a member of an offshoot of the MIT blackjack team. He later applied mathematics by hacking into the OkCupid dating website and eventually going on dates with 88 women. It took awhile, but the 88th woman was the one Chris had been hoping to find all along.

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