Repetition

by thuvia ptarth (thuviaptarth)

Summary:

Engineering is a process of iterative development.

Notes:

• Inspired by iterative development by amonitrate.

Content notes: Flashing images

Additional credits
Diagram of the arc reactor mark 1 by MarkFinn
Diagram of the arc reactor mark 2 by Beresclet

Download: mp4 1920x800 (130MB) | mp4 960x400 (42MB) | mp4 480x200 (17MB) | Subtitles

Elsewhere: DW | LJ | Tumblr | YouTube

Notes:

Acknowledgements
Thank you for beta: rivkat, some_stars, and springgreen.

Thank you for cheerleading when I was discouraged: katie_m, minnaway, laurashapiro, oliviacirce, vonniek, were_duck, and anyone else I have forgotten forcing to watch an incomplete draft at Vividcon.

Notes
Alternate summary suggested by rivkat: I have not failed, not once. I’ve discovered ten thousand ways that don’t work. --Thomas Edison [kinda sorta but not entirely apocryphal]

Some influences:

• amonitrate's story, iterative development
• raanve's post on Iron Man 3:

  How much do I love that little moment [of Tony finding a screwdriver]? Like how basic is that? And it sends such a message of, "It's okay. I'm okay. I can rebuild everything I need so long as I have the people I love and a box of scraps basic tools." And.. okay maybe I also have some feelings about like, "basic tools" being more than just actual screwdrivers but also decent coping mechanisms & the ability to talk to people about stuff & maybe anxiety medication possibly?

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 9 of the vids by thuvia ptarth series