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nuc1e0n
on Sept 15, 2024
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One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks...
A HN thread similar to this one about how using Microsoft Excel corrupts data occurs about once a month. Nothing ever comes of it. Those emotionally invested in using Excel actively ignore criticism of it, or themselves for that matter.
jsmith99
on Sept 15, 2024
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Actually Microsoft have recently added a warning dialog about certain automatic csv conversions. Perhaps they finally read the thread.
https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/control-data-con...
nuc1e0n
on Sept 15, 2024
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Yes I'm aware. It would be good to have a group policy or some such registry setting to disable them all by default for every computer on the network.
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