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Sailing Rigs

Posted on Jan 12, 2026 xkcd.com

I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.

Planetary Alignment

Posted on Jan 9, 2026 xkcd.com

We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?

Superstition

Posted on Jan 7, 2026 xkcd.com

It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!

Tensegrity

Posted on Jan 5, 2026 xkcd.com

Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.

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