TIL "Accuracy" is the ability to hit a target, "Precision" is the ability to achieve the same result...

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TIL "Accuracy" is the ability to hit a target, "Precision" is the ability to achieve the same results over and over. You can be accurate without being precise, and precise without being accurate.

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in my physics class, you got higher grade for not showing up

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