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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by Zetaphor on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:21PM (#24077382)
Exactly, add a checkbox in the settings menu and the problem is solved for everyone.
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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by ThrowawayR2 on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:00PM (#24084754)
> "Exactly, add a checkbox in the settings menu and the problem is solved for everyone."

A million checkboxes in the settings menu later, people will be griping that "Excel is terrible for having all these crazy settings to deal with!"

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