Three takeaways from The New Yorker's cartoon caption contraption

Or, what a misunderstanding!

There’s an art to winning the New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest, but there’s also a science to it. And a GitHub dataset that lends itself to deep analysis. I’m not saying that a clever review of which entries have won will help you win, but I’m not not saying that.

When would you like to do that analysis? No, Thursday’s out. Never? Is never good for you? Yes? OK, let’s do it!