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The caption acknowledges that this has become a ''de facto'' standard and that we should just accept and formalize it. | The caption acknowledges that this has become a ''de facto'' standard and that we should just accept and formalize it. | ||
β | The comic image links to a [https://twitter.com/openelex/status/853977391747801088 tweet by OpenElections] that displays an Excel file produced by the City of Detroit that contains a lookup table for the city's absentee precincts in 2016. The data had been input as | + | The comic image links to a [https://twitter.com/openelex/status/853977391747801088 tweet by OpenElections] that displays an Excel file produced by the City of Detroit that contains a lookup table for the city's absentee precincts in 2016. The data had been input as ClipArt files (images) of the values, instead of being entered in the spreadsheet cells. |
This comic is reminiscent of the comic [[763: Workaround]], which also describes convoluted formats. | This comic is reminiscent of the comic [[763: Workaround]], which also describes convoluted formats. |