this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2024
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Damn, that's interesting!

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Excel started development thousands of years ago (www.datafix.com.au)
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In actuality, this is fascinating! A spreadsheet from a time when dates were referenced by the conclusions of major events. Wonder if someone got back paid for their ancestors' work developing excel though πŸ˜‰

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I honestly think that some systems of organization are hard-wired into us, and therefore inevitable. The table or spreadsheet is a perfect example of this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

More than likely it’s because once you start to need to keep track of many things and what their calculations are you need a way to organize them. This is the outcome. Pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Pivot tables are what separate us from the ape.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I usually trace it back to VisiCalc.