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Excel (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What if I like it? Is there something wrong with me?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not at all. You just haven't gotten deep enough into the beast to see the horror.

[–] PixelProf@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

But what about those of us in R1C1 mode using lambdas to do recursive cell operations across data pulled from multiple sheets? Am I anywhere near the kinda of Eldritch horrors discussed? I've also written indirect references based on Sheet name to populate filters from web scraped tables. I just don't know how deep the pit goes at this point.

[–] AreaSIX@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I think it's one of my all time favorites. I think people here live in the tech literate bubble who know how to use specialized software for the different things excel does, albeit clunkily. But average people are intimidated by those more advanced tools, and there are a lot of average people in decision making positions who benefit greatly from being able to use excel.