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Notes from the complex algorithm used to pair 1,400 students through the Harvard Computer Society’s Datamatch were left behind in Thayer basement on the eve of Valentine’s Day.
Notes from the complex algorithm used to pair 1,400 students through the Harvard Computer Society’s Datamatch were left behind in Thayer basement on the eve of Valentine’s Day.

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