Humans have been tabulating data for thousands of years, and we’ve been doing so at an ever-increasing rate. Why would we stop in the next few hundred?
Reminds of the quote from the new Total Recall adaptation. “Sorry about the needle, still the most effective way to get chemicals into the human body.”
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Why would we stop? What’s the alternative?
I don’t think they will ever go away.
This is more telling that spreadsheets are peak efficiency and have stood the test of time.
Spreadsheets aren’t a problem. They are the solution.
And Mondays still suck
Spreadsheets are surprisingly useful 😀
I mean I have a spaceship that can traverse galaxies but I’m walking 5 k cause apparently we got rid of all the bikes.
I mean… Come up with a better way of organizing and cataloguing data.
Imagine you had to do an entry level admin/data entry role on the death star or something.
Dear Storm trooper no. 12933,
The system shows you have a missed clock in for 08/09/23. Could you please fill out form no.201C to ammend your clock ins.
Can we please keep on top of our clockings please guys. This is one of the empires major KPIs.
Kind Regards,
Brenda
Deathstar payroll administrator.
Shit’s functional yo
Spreadsheets. Spreadsheets never changes.
No working remotely either.
Mofo has to come to work just to be on the computer.
And the mug doesn’t even say, “Freak in the sheets!” /sad
Don’t disrespect Excel. I fucking love that shit
They are, sadly, efficient
Humans have been tabulating data for thousands of years, and we’ve been doing so at an ever-increasing rate. Why would we stop in the next few hundred?
Spreadsheets are timeless.
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So are line graphs and pie charts.
The human species has always used organization to make evolutionary progress. Spreadsheets are the pinnacle of our perception.
Yea still using eyeballs and ears too. Speadsheets won. Blame god for making things easy for our monkey brains to deal with when put in a grid.
Eve Online PTSD in 3…2…1…
Spreadsheets… Spreadsheets never changes.
2d data will never, ever go away. Even when we’ve colonized multiple planets. Someone’s going to want a list of planets and attributes about them.
Tf?
You want us to stop using spreadsheets and start hoping we just know and remember what quantities and stuff we have?
if you zoom in on some keyboards, they have a windows key.
Playing eve?
The World Runs on Excel. BGS got that fact correct.
You don’t know how fucking powerful spreadsheats are my guy.
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-An IT guy who had to take an exam on Exel
Reminds of the quote from the new Total Recall adaptation. “Sorry about the needle, still the most effective way to get chemicals into the human body.”
Wait until he finds out about the wheel
The whole world holds on Excel, hombre
This post to me screams that OP is very young.