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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by JackFr on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:57PM (#24075906)
It’s beautiful. Just mod 7 to find the day of the week.
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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by gmfawcett on Thursday August 06, 2020 @06:05PM (#24075956)
Excellent example. Honestly, I have no idea why the concept hasn't caught on yet.

(I'd love to discuss this further... I'll be back on HN later tonight, sometime around 16834005.)

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