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Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes (gizmodo.com)
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Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes::Microsoft now allows users to disable automatic date conversion, which means scientists no longer have to worry about using alternative names for genes.

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago*

I have a spreadsheet that has been going for 20 years, across 2 companies, and hundreds of people.

Thousands and thousands of lines, going back like an ice core sample. Zooming out is wild.

"What's this layer?"

"Oh that's when Terry worked here"

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