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belteryesterday at 9:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not a single reply on the technical and governance arguments?

I think we agree...this site is indeed full of idiots confidently spouting nonsense. :-)


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_setoday at 12:02 AM

No, not a single reply, because your statement wasn't "Excel can cause problems sometimes". That's a different conversation. You said "Don't use Excel for accounting", which is something you could only say if you have no idea at all about how accounting works in the real world.

I'm not arguing about whether or not Excel is perfect, or if it causes problems, or if it makes demons fly out of your nose. I am educating you about the real world and how it's important to understand that no matter how "well akshually" technically correct you are, it doesn't matter at all if the advice you're giving is WRONG and not useful to people.

So, I repeat. Idiots confidently spouting nonsense.

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shimmanyesterday at 9:20 PM

It's shocking and honestly pathetic. "Hey guys the software you use is not accurate" being met with such derision is how we regress as a society, not move forward.

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