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		stjohnswarts on Aug 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel fro... what human can't parse that? Sure it might take a half a second longer but it's hardly confusing.

gmfawcett on Aug 6, 2020 [–]

For those of us whose professional lives sometimes require staring at directory listings full of filenames like "output-200003021342"... for the love of God, please just put the dashes in.

I have an infinite number of dashes, I'll send you a lifetime supply!

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