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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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[-] Pottsunami@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

What does excel and incels have in common? Confusing things for a date.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

My dad uses excel too.

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