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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by mattmanser on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @05:22AM (#44874119)
1.01 in US === 1,01 in EU

   1.01, "hi", CSV has problems, "1.01"
   1,01, "hi", Yes it really does, "1,01"
See the problem now?

Your operating system cannot solve this problem.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by johnisgood on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @06:45AM (#44874606)
Not all of EU though. I am European and I never used "," anywhere yet people understood.
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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by johnisgood on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:20AM (#44875883)
I don't understand the down-votes, but okay, have it your way, lmao. Someone really hates dots.
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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by rickdeckard on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:23AM (#44877479)
I guess the downvotes are because you also didn't understand the context.

It's not about people, it's about the Windows locale setting and how MS Excel interprets a CSV-file when you doubleclick it

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by johnisgood on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:30AM (#44877605)
Yeah, I agree with that and I find it frustrating.
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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by account42 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:12AM (#44875824)
CSV already solved this problem with quotes. Maybe not the most convenient solution for some users but that's no excuse for the Excel behavior of making up a different format depending on the locale.
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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by mbreese on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @01:14PM (#44879229)
Excel really doesn't care what users think. I mean, in biology, we've already had to change the names of genes to accommodate Excel's auto-date conversion routines. So, why would it care to have globally consistent CSV formats?
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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by herbst on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @10:23AM (#44876583)
Is this 2025? Why would any software safe it invalid like that to begin with?
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