In 2020 scientists renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research

Gene symbols like SEPT1 and MARCH1 were automatically turned into dates (e.g., “Sep-01,” “Mar-01”) when opened in Excel. These mistakes showed up in supplementary data and even peer-reviewed papers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pzxhqx/til_scientists_renamed_27_human_genes_in_2020/

#Microsoft #Excel #science #software #technology #genetics

In 2020 scientists renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research

Gene symbols like SEPT1 and MARCH1 were automatically turned into dates (e.g., “Sep-01,” “Mar-01”) when opened in Excel. These mistakes showed up in supplementary data and even peer-reviewed papers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pzxhqx/til_scientists_renamed_27_human_genes_in_2020/

#Microsoft #Excel #science #software #technology #genetics

A valiant effort has been made by Little Tim this year, who for some reason has decided to change his name to Tim'); INSERT INTO [NiceList] SELECT * FROM [NaughtyList];--

HO HO HO! Nice try Tim. I don't use #SQL, I use several dozen interconnected #Excel spreadsheets, like a professional.

Alternative a Fogli Google

Vediamo insieme un po’ di alternative molto valide ed open source a Fogli Google e ovviamente anche a Excel del pacchetto Microsoft Office!

https://www.lealternative.net/2022/05/04/alternative-a-fogli-google/

@heiseonline

Mit dem #Kirchengesetz
über den Einsatz von
einheitlicher #Informationstechnologie in der
Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in #Norddeutschland, wird der Betrieb von #Microsoft 365 inklusive folgender Software: #Exchange, #SharePoint, #OneDrive, #Teams, #Office Anwendungen( #Word, #Excel, #PowerPoint, #OneNote, #Publisher, #Access, #Planner, ToDo, Forms)

für alle #Kirchengemeinden der #Nordkirche spätestens ab dem 1.1.2029 vorgeschrieben.

@libreoffice@khiar.net @libreoffice@fosstodon.org
One of my biggest problems when working with #LibreOffice Calc (compared to #Microsoft #Excel) is that some software outputs data as Excel files where numbers are displayed as decimals. These files contain numbers that, when opened in LibreOffice, are shown only as decimals, and options like **Format Cells** or converting the cell data to numbers have no effect. You can’t even increase or decrease the number of decimal places. /1

@david_chisnall

I didn't know such thing can be done. If people only need to change data on tables, they can use the form in Excel to do just that. But a form per table.

Using Access as an Excel frontend is such a weird and interesting idea.

Will give it a try soon.

#Excel

@cvtsi2sd @wamwoowam.co.uk

Claude for Excel

https://www.claude.com/claude-for-excel

#HackerNews #Claude #for #Excel #AI #Productivity #Tools #Excel #Integration #Data #Analysis #Spreadsheet #Innovation

Beta?

#Excel

Microsoft is brining "Vibe Working" to MS Office, with agentic AI features that let you perform complex tasks in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint without necessarily... knowing how to do those things. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.theverge.com/news/787076/microsoft-office-agent-mode-office-agent-anthropic-models #AI #Microsoft #Copilot #MSOffice #Excel #PowerPoint #VibeWorking

A frigging spreadsheet editor in Go!

At the after conference for Fyne Conf, a member of the community wanted to show us what he "toyed" with for a few weeks/months. It seems nobody there knew him.
After passively listening to everybody chatting, he decided to show it.

And he DELIVERED. He implemented some kind of clone of Excel, with cell/column/row merging, text bleeding over next cell on the same line, etc.

INCREDIBLE WORK.

And, he asked humbly: "do you think people might find that useful?".

- "I don't know dude, you just implemented one of the hardest/most complex software on Earth. I bet people would be interested. I know I am"

It's incredible the amount of hidden talent we have that don't even think they made something crazy.

Anyway, here is a screenshot of a spreadsheet with all the quirks and stuff that Excel does. It's so IMPRESSIVE!

#fyne_io #fyne #golang #FyneConf #gui #excel

A frigging spreadsheet editor in Go!

At the after conference for Fyne Conf, a member of the community wanted to show us what he "toyed" with for a few weeks/months. It seems nobody there knew him.
After passively listening to everybody chatting, he decided to show it.

And he DELIVERED. He implemented some kind of clone of Excel, with cell/column/row merging, text bleeding over next cell on the same line, etc.

INCREDIBLE WORK.

And, he asked humbly: "do you think people might find that useful?".

- "I don't know dude, you just implemented one of the hardest/most complex software on Earth. I bet people would be interested. I know I am"

It's incredible the amount of hidden talent we have that don't even think they made something crazy.

Anyway, here is a screenshot of a spreadsheet with all the quirks and stuff that Excel does. It's so IMPRESSIVE!

#fyne_io #fyne #golang #FyneConf #gui #excel

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

Image from @moira. Best response comment I've seen: "Incredible. After a century of investment and iteration and development, we’ve finally managed to make a computer that can’t do math."

#microsoft #excel #ai #copilot

Image from @moira. Best response comment I've seen: "Incredible. After a century of investment and iteration and development, we’ve finally managed to make a computer that can’t do math."

#microsoft #excel #ai #copilot