Blade Runner Blues and Butter Stars: A Glitch in the Simulation of San Francisco

Let’s be clear about one thing: The algorithm that runs the airline industry is written in a dead language by a sadistic AI. It optimizes for misery and calls it efficiency. It calculates the exact amount of legroom required to induce deep vein thrombosis without technically breaking the Geneva Convention, and then subtracts an inch just to see if you’l…