No Such Thing As A Fish 443: No Such Thing As The Little Spreadsheet Loving Mermaid
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Sep 8, 2022 AI Snips
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Excel Esports
- Televised Microsoft Excel competitions exist in America, featuring commentators like Bill Jellen ("Mr. Excel").
- One challenge involved creating a yacht regata game within Excel, simulating wind and vectors.
Spreadsheet Risks
- The European Spreadsheet Risks Group warns business leaders about spreadsheet dangers.
- These include financial losses, fraud, and system failures due to errors.
MI5 Spreadsheet Blunder
- MI5's spreadsheet errors truncated phone numbers, leading them to bug the wrong people.
- The spreadsheet cut off the last digits, replacing them with zeros.