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by TheRealPomax 437 days ago
Why would you type text if you need math to happen? Who cares if "1/2 + 1" are getting parsed wrong when you're typing them as text: you use Excel, so you know that math starts with "=". These are "user refused to even learn the basics" examples, not "cursed". The only cursing is anyone who's ever used spreadsheet software going "yes, that's how that works, why are you pretending that your own mistakes are the software's fault?"

<Reads the last paragraph>

Ooohhhhh it's an ad disguised as an article to bait people who don't use spreadsheet software into using their, "more intelligent" spreadsheet software. Okay.