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gmfawcett
on Aug 6, 2020
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Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel fro...
The poster is gently teasing the idea that integers like 20200806 are a reasonable way to to represent dates. Dividing 20200806 by 2, we get 10100403, representing the half-way point of the day (noon-time). Of course it's nonsense.
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on Aug 8, 2020
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