@CAVOK to [email protected]English • 12 hours agoMistral, Europe’s biggest AI startup, is blowing hotwww.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square15arrow-up1106arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkMistral, Europe’s biggest AI startup, is blowing hotwww.economist.com@CAVOK to [email protected]English • 12 hours agomessage-square15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareMudManlinkfedilink14•11 hours agoThat may be the weirdest bit of phrasing I’ve seen in a headline in a long while. I thought the link was missing a word, but… nope.
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)linkfedilinkEnglish12•11 hours agoIt’s a pun on the word “Mistral” … not a very good one, but funny to an economist I suppose.
minus-squareMudManlinkfedilink6•11 hours agoOh… Ooooooh. That is the most obscure attempt at a pun I’ve ever seen. Holy crap. If your wordplay requires people to be aware of naming conventions for obscure local weather phenomena maybe your joke doesn’t really play.
minus-square@jacksilverlinkEnglish1•9 hours agoYeah not good when I have to read the comments to understand the headline (since article is pay walled).
Blowing hot … air?
That may be the weirdest bit of phrasing I’ve seen in a headline in a long while. I thought the link was missing a word, but… nope.
It’s a pun on the word “Mistral” … not a very good one, but funny to an economist I suppose.
Oh… Ooooooh.
That is the most obscure attempt at a pun I’ve ever seen. Holy crap. If your wordplay requires people to be aware of naming conventions for obscure local weather phenomena maybe your joke doesn’t really play.
Bro, do you even Europe?
Yeah not good when I have to read the comments to understand the headline (since article is pay walled).