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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by carlmr on Thursday June 13, 2019 @04:51AM (#20172872)
Until you see motor simulations running in Excel which break in many ways.

If your data can be manually entered it's decent, or if you just need to filter CSV by some columns. But anything above that please choose a proper programming language and data format.

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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by smsm42 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:26PM (#20176937)
So you're saying you should use appropriate tools for the job? Fascinating idea!
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