I read this meme several times trying to figure out what is supposed to be funny about it… Then I realized it’s from Friends and based on a “joke” from that show. No wonder it wasn’t funny.
Comment on Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Pottsunami@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Who shit in your cheerios?
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Nowhere here is it implied that they were using it instead of a database. They could run into this issue whether or not they were properly using Excel for what it is for.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
It’s a well known phenomenon. The title of the article even alludes to it.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 11 months ago
What about the title?
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Read the article. IMHO scientists were having problems because they were using it for a task it is ill suited for. The kind of program that is designed for storing large amounts of data and preventing accidental corruption of it is a database.
NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
“What’s this layer?”
“Oh that’s when Terry worked here”