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excel users don't think like this

• danielheath 4y ago
  Excel users use leading zeroes to indicate they are using a punchcard based format? Seems… unlikely
  • replygirl 4y ago
    not what i'm saying. the vast majority of people who work with spreadsheets have no interest in redefining it to align with other paradigms. spreadsheets work damn well as they are
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    • fsckboy 4y ago
      and spreadsheets would not break if 02559 were stored as 02559, so what's the problem?
      • replygirl 4y ago
        it would break tens of millions of people's expectations. decades of muscle memory for many people. pretty big effect for no objective benefit