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Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by greedo on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @02:55PM (#15544227)
Yet ironically, Excel introduces errors.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/one-five-genetics-pap...

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Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by Avshalom on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:11PM (#15544359)
I don't know if it's ironic in any useful sense, so much as fucking depressing.

though yes a calculator that refuses to let you enter numbers correctly is some 'Time Enough at Last' levels of irony.

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Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by mirimir on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:46PM (#15546739)
It's not specific to Excel. Calc does it too. Turning off all that auto-correct bullshit is one of the first things that I do with a new install.
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