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Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud (techcommunity.microsoft.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the flying billionaires heads up in the clouds who don't give a fuck for life off~~the~~line

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (6 children)

And just wait till some random accountant with basic knowledge of python builds out the next "great" critical system that uses this as its underlying technology. IT departments everywhere rejoice!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shudder I'm having VBA flashbacks...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least that didn't run remotely... But being able to access every file the user can made it a fun playground for hackers who could withstand typing things like Dim i As Integer.

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

Or using the SQL Server API to access the screen reader and manipulate the server's DVD-ROM drive.

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