rec(s) of the day

[astridv]

Today's xkcd is awesome: Up Goer Five. A blueprint of a rocket ship, explained using only the thousand most common words in the English language. ('Computer' is one of them while 'thousand' isn't. Huh.)

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Comments

[frogspace]

I read about it at some other site and immediately some (male) commenters suggested to downgrade the problem (because if a woman could do it, it can't be that hard) or that it wasn't really an accomplishment because she put a lot of time and work into it and anyone who worked that hard could do it. On the plus side, most of the other (male) commenters disagreed loudly and called these other guys on their trollish behavior.

[astridv]

I read about it at some other site and immediately some (male) commenters suggested to downgrade the problem

Every. Single. Time. *headdesk*
There were some commenters along that line after Ashima Shiraishi climbed her first V13, sometime last year or so. It's quite pathetic. Guys like that must have some serious self esteem issues.

[landrews]

Wow- awesome vid! Thanks for the link!

[astridv]

I found this one super interesting too: the dozens of tries before she figures out how to get past the crux.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_BDs3Gw4XM&list=UUBtRI97Yh3l6pZzLvBYPq8Q&index=1&feature=plcp

Hard to imagine that degree of persistence. I would've just given up eventually.