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Biologists rename our own biology to work around Excel "bug"

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NiHaoMike:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates

SiliconWizard:
Good one! :-DD

Infraviolet:
They call themelves "scientists" and yet inist on using M$ excel ! /s

Seriously though, you'd think they'd try working in things like R or Python which give one a more straightforward way to define operations to be performed on inputted data, rather than clicking around in spreadsheet menus and fighting with defaults which cause these sort of bugs. I've known far too many academics who tried to use excel for almost everything.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: Infraviolet on May 25, 2023, 07:00:17 pm ---They call themelves "scientists" and yet inist on using M$ excel ! /s

Seriously though, you'd think they'd try working in things like R or Python which give one a more straightforward way to define operations to be performed on inputted data, rather than clicking around in spreadsheet menus and fighting with defaults which cause these sort of bugs. I've known far too many academics who tried to use excel for almost everything.

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Agreed. (Or Julia, or...)

Then there is Powerpoint too, which is kind of a cancer.
https://www.anti-powerpoint-party.com/

aeberbach:

--- Quote from: Infraviolet on May 25, 2023, 07:00:17 pm ---They call themelves "scientists" and yet inist on using M$ excel ! /s

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The vast majority do.

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