Post AXd1O9QM0eUclMFPfc by todayilearned@noc.social
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 (DIR) Post #AXd1O9QM0eUclMFPfc by todayilearned@noc.social
       2023-07-12T19:51:09Z
       
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       TIL that nearly 16,000 COVID cases went unreported in England because Public Health England used a legacy .xls Excel spreadsheet file that can only handle up to 65536 rows to record cases instead of a proper database.https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/14xy9b9/til_that_nearly_16000_covid_cases_went_unreported/
       
 (DIR) Post #AXd1SaZP1W8C73b1SC by float13@hackers.town
       2023-07-12T19:52:09Z
       
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       @todayilearned
       
 (DIR) Post #AXd4AqgAgu3ciyzjKS by marcusphelan@mastodon.ie
       2023-07-12T20:22:34Z
       
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       @todayilearned Excel is the default when Word just won’t do. There is nowhere to go when Excel won’t do /s