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Didn't an agency store data and loss data due to using an old format of excel file

• cian 6y ago
  Yes, they hit the legacy 65,000 row limit for .XLS files: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54423988 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54423988
  • BurningFrog 6y ago
    As I read it, it was actually (and amazingly) a 65,000 column limit!
    • makomk 6y ago
      I'm pretty sure the "column limit" claim was a false online theory that just stuck around because we're in such a post-truth era that even the definition of post-truth is itself post-truth... The reputable news coverage all said it was the number of rows that was the problem.
      • BurningFrog 6y ago
        Now that you mention it, the story does have that "too inherently viral to be true" smell.