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• analog31 3y ago
  I wonder how many people made errors with adding machines. And data entry into apps. My hunch is that mistakes will be made.
  • niccl 3y ago
    I can't find the reference, but: There's a building somewhere with the digits of pi painted on a ceiling. I presume it celebrates someone (maybe 18th Century) who calculated N digits. One of the numbers is painted larger and a different colour because it marks where the person first went wrong in the calculation
    • alenrozac 3y ago
      Excel errors can carry to wrong decisions on a global level. https://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-the-misguided-push-for-austerity-13584 https://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-th...
      • analog31 3y ago
        Indeed, and until another platform emerges for people do to consequential work, Excel will be where they make consequential mistakes.