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		tinus_hn on Jan 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How does it know I want CSV? – An HTTP trick Yeah as long as you don’t mind Excel changing a few values here and there and pretend translation and internationalization doesn’t exist. But hey, that’s ‘good enough’ so the developers don’t need to bother using a format developed in this century.

bayesian_horse on Jan 18, 2023 [–]

Excel is much like an Incel: it has a tendency to mistake something for a date that isn't.

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