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XKCD: Vault calculation

January 26, 2011 Marc Abrahams

This XKCD cartoon illustrates an old (but perhaps correct) idea — that calculation can have consequences:

In Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the same jump will get an athlete 0.25% higher (>1cm) than in London four years prior.

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