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minus-squareBigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·3 days agoScientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates Sometimes it’s easier to rewrite genetics than update Excel Aug 6, 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
minus-squarewischi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 days agoBest thing is, they introduced some settings to turn that auto-conversion off and they don’t work 🤣 can’t make that stuff up.
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoNothing works in Excel. Excel will do what it wants. But that doesn’t stop the MS support and a thousand stupid people from claiming “oh, you just have to format it as text, are you dumb or what”…
Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
Sometimes it’s easier to rewrite genetics than update Excel
Aug 6, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
Best thing is, they introduced some settings to turn that auto-conversion off and they don’t work 🤣 can’t make that stuff up.
Nothing works in Excel. Excel will do what it wants.
But that doesn’t stop the MS support and a thousand stupid people from claiming “oh, you just have to format it as text, are you dumb or what”…