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[–] 91 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Isn't this how some people at like, a very high level, were communicating??

Like it wasn't in excel, but they had an e-mail account which they both had access to, and would just edit drafts back and forth instead of sending.

How do you know Kelly Rowland isn't just texting back and forth with a high level CIA operative and is engaging in quality opsec?

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  • [–] 84 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Turns out that he enthusiastically replied that he was at hashtag Value bar, but she mistook “#VALUE!” as an error.

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  • [–] 49 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    I’m not saying it wasn’t foolish, but it was the early 2000s, where a lot of folks couldn’t afford or did not interact with smartphones, so this could’ve looked legitimate to a lot of people.

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  • [–] 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Still, from a production point of view, why choose to use Excel here? Is the font on the message drafting screen on this phone much smaller or something??

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    The answer is simpler than that. Musicians have been using excel for songwriting for ages.

    You use the cells as timing marks and you have different lines for instrument notes, overlapping lyrics, etc.

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago

    TFW Clippy ain't @ you back

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Tbf editing a colleague's Excel sheet is the one sure way of getting their attention

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Damn, Microsoft really heard people had a new screen that didn't have a spreadsheet and ported Excel to phones. How much actual business oriented data entry is done on a phone, Microsoft? Really. Was there a rush for a productivity suite for the worst form factor possible? Absolute waste of those developers' time and energy.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Probably product placement. Must be part of the contract that they show Excel on that Nokia

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    Obviously they’re cloud-sharing the document.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Not every spreadsheet app is Microsoft Excel

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