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Re:Human genes renamed to stop Microsoft Excel from misreadi... by burntoutfire on Monday April 11, 2022 @12:55PM (#30991593)
Reality adapting to software (instead of the other way around) seems to be more and more common. Just today, my local library sent out email informing users that, while they agree that they shouldn't charge late fees for non-work days, the software company they use doesn't want to introduce such feature into the software, so they have no way but to charge for those days.
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Re:Human genes renamed to stop Microsoft Excel from misreadi... by max599 on Monday April 11, 2022 @06:03PM (#30995676)
Excel allows you to force a specific type during file import or directly on the worksheet with literally two clicks once the region is selected. You can also create templates if you want all your new documents to use a specific type.

The scientists are not adapting to the software, they are adapting to the incompetence of people in their research groups who refuse to learn how to use their main work tool and/or don't want to do the extra 2 clicks it takes to select "text".

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