https://pinboard.in/u:keithpeter/public/ recent bookmarks from keithpeter 2021-07-23T10:41:02+00:00 https://timharford.com/2021/07/the-tyranny-of-spreadsheets/ keithpeter"It was an astonishing story that would, in time, lead me to delve into the history of accountancy, epidemiology and vaccination, discuss file formatting with Microsoft’s founder, Bill Gates, and even trace the aftershocks of the collapse of Enron. But above all, it was a story that would teach me about the way we take numbers for granted." Old versions of Excel had limitations on the number of rows that a spreadsheet could contain. 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