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Up Up With Tuples
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Numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, satellite and conventional weather observations. (Former) AI curmudgeon and (current, still) generalized bad ideas haver.
So your salary is cost to the enterprise, in exchange for a service that benefits the enterprise? Do I have that right?
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Do you consider your salary to be a revenue loss leader for Washington Post? Or is it payment for a service you provide that allows the Post to meet its obligations?
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
NYT pioneering new version of "passive police officer tense" for stories about the GOP: "The representative unlocked his phone. There was a swipe, a tap, a keyboard was activated. Suddenly, he was ensnared in a tangle of racist and antisemitic group chat messages."
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We're writing to alert you to a shortage in articles for our next issue, a common problem for all legitimate journals from time to time
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
pumpkin erasure
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
how much you wanna bet I can throw a football right through the eye
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"the fault for your stagnating living standards lies with the leadership you elected" -- a bold statement on accountability from US elected leadership
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I don't "make" then cry, I provide a learning environment where the student discovers their ability to cry, entirely sourced within themselves, and they can take that skill with them to whatever miserable job they eventually get trapped in after graduating
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I also have 72 hour tremor phases, you’re not special
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Quite a difference from their longtime position of “if you so much as draw one of our characters on a daycare wall we will sue you”.

I’ve wondered when we’d see the first attempt at on-demand generative television content. The future is endless courses of reheated nachos, forever.
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM