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Re:One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Mic... by BurningFrog on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:17AM (#41547985)
This is 100% on the scientists who continue to use a tool that doesn't work for their use case!
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Re:One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Mic... by ttoinou on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:23AM (#41548033)
Maybe they are locked into the tool because of legacy reasons, and they don’t have a developer around in their team responsible for upgrading their tool / software workflow. This must be a non-trivial problem for a lot of workers all around the world
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