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Comment by SpicyLemonZest

17 hours ago

Civil engineers are routinely called to work with materials like dirt and concrete whose properties cannot be guaranteed to much beyond 98% precision.

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speedstyle  16 hours ago

2% tolerance is not the same as 2% failure rate

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