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<p>LukeLR: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1906<br /> | date = October 23, 2017<br /> | title = Making Progress<br /> | image = making_progress.png<br /> | titletext = I started off with countless problems. But now I know, thanks to COUNT(), that I have &quot;#REF! ERROR: Circular dependency detected&quot; problems.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> Megan has made progress. While she started the day with lots of problems, she has entered those problems into a spreadsheet. This could allow her to resolve her problems and fix them more quickly. The humor lies in that none of the problems have actually been solved.<br /> <br /> Title text is talking about how even her spreadsheet doesn't work because &quot;#REF Circular Dependence detected&quot; is an error meaning that a formula is using it's own cell in the equation. This would be because the error is now also a problem that needs to be counted. How the circular dependence started in the first place is not clear. It is possible that this is a reference to counting the number of the problems is a problem itself. There is also a possible pun on &quot;dependency.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan is looking at a computer.]<br /> :Megan: I started the day with lots of problems.<br /> :Megan: But now, after hours and hours of work,<br /> :Megan: I have lots of problems in a spreadsheet.<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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