110 Microsoft Excel coding issue drives big spike in U.K. COVID tally (www.marketwatch.com) posted 193 days ago by uvontheterrible 193 days ago by uvontheterrible +110 / -0 17 comments share 17 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (17) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 15 ▼ – uvontheterrible [S] 15 points 193 days ago +15 / -0 I love how they try and pretend this is somehow due to a flaw in Excel, when in fact it's simply that the inept government workers who are responsible for covid reporting are not using the tool correctly. It's hard to trust any of the covid numbers. permalink save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – stripperlover 3 points 193 days ago +3 / -0 macros and functions are oh so hard hahahaha permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – LikeAWombatScorned 3 points 193 days ago +3 / -0 And you have to be a Rocket Surgeon to use a real database! permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – TruthyBrat 2 points 193 days ago +2 / -0 Bingo! And Andy Macdonald gets it, from a Tweet in the source article: Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – stripperlover 3 points 193 days ago +3 / -0 unfortunately most people treat it like it is permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – SBOJ_JOBS 3 points 193 days ago +3 / -0 Govment werkers r not top notch. Govment werkers r not top notch. Govment werkers r not top notch... permalink parent save report block reply
I love how they try and pretend this is somehow due to a flaw in Excel, when in fact it's simply that the inept government workers who are responsible for covid reporting are not using the tool correctly.
It's hard to trust any of the covid numbers.
macros and functions are oh so hard hahahaha
And you have to be a Rocket Surgeon to use a real database!
Bingo!
And Andy Macdonald gets it, from a Tweet in the source article:
unfortunately most people treat it like it is
Govment werkers r not top notch. Govment werkers r not top notch. Govment werkers r not top notch...