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		macintux on March 26, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A love letter to the CSV format Honestly I’m happier when Excel doesn’t try to convert anything. too much bugginess.

inglor_cz on March 26, 2025 [–]

Especially gene names. It was so bad that the scientific community renamed the genes in question rather than suffering from the same horror endlessly.

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-renam...

gibibit on March 26, 2025 | [–]

Just wrong!!

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