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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by Brett_S on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:11AM (#24071027)
If the scientists had asked someone who knew Excel well, then they would have been told to prevent autocorrect from running enter ’MARCH1 with the apostrophe at the start.
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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by mrunkel on Friday August 07, 2020 @08:46AM (#24081235)
This. Why does nobody know this?
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