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I have a spreadsheet that has been going for 20 years, across 2 companies, and hundreds of people.
Thousands and thousands of lines, going back like an ice core sample. Zooming out is wild.
"What's this layer?"
"Oh that's when Terry worked here"
Nowhere here is it implied that they were using it instead of a database. They could run into this issue whether or not they were properly using Excel for what it is for.
It's a well known phenomenon. The title of the article even alludes to it.
What about the title?
Read the article. IMHO scientists were having problems because they were using it for a task it is ill suited for. The kind of program that is designed for storing large amounts of data and preventing accidental corruption of it is a database.
I read this meme several times trying to figure out what is supposed to be funny about it... Then I realized it's from Friends and based on a "joke" from that show. No wonder it wasn't funny.
Edit: mmm yes, your downvotes only strengthen my resolve. Friends is shit and has always been shit. So unbelievably unfunny.
Who shit in your cheerios?