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Same here. Tried a while back and didn't really take. I found myself Googling most things after DDG'ing them. Tried again recently because I love the mission, a

Same here. Tried a while back and didn't really take. I found myself Googling most things after DDG'ing them. Tried again recently because I love the mission, and it's working much better. Usually what I want is in the top few results, although Google still does a bit better with search result quality. I see myself using it as my main search engine at this point.

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graphitezepp 9y ago
I only miss google as a DDG user when DDG doesn't have a tool google has to give you an automatic result, i.e. when trying to look up some unit conversion ratio like lb to kg. But when you know that is what you want there is always !g.
- AdamSC1 9y ago
  Hey graphitezepp, We do have some of those tools, at DuckDuckGo they are called "Instant Answers." For example the query: "2 lb to kg" will bring you to this results page https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2+lb+to+kg&ia=answer https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2+lb+to+kg&ia=answer You can see all our Instant Answers here: https://duck.co/ia https://duck.co/ia If something isn't triggering for you - let us know with the feedback tool on the site! Disclaimer: DDG staff.
  - thehashrocket 9y ago
    If you could get a "within the past year" search filter it would make me the happiest developer in the world. :)
    - autotypo 9y ago
      And a CC-filtered image search.
    - crusty 9y ago
      +1 (million) It's one of the few things that takes me back to Google (others being !gi & !gm). Get that 'in last year' filter already, DDG. I think I've complained about this through feedback before.
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- jxcl 9y ago
  Do you know about the `units` command? $ units Currency exchange rates from www.timegenie.com on 2017-08-24 2980 units, 109 prefixes, 96 nonlinear units You have: 5 lbs You want: kg * 2.2679619 / 0.44092452 You have: 100 furlongs You want: meters * 20116.8 / 4.9709695e-05 You have: 100 miles/hour You want: meters/second * 44.704 / 0.022369363 You have: 2 kiloisraelnewshekels You want: picodollars * 5.5271109e+14 / 1.8092635e-15
  - iainmerrick 9y ago
    I didn't know about that! Strange interface, though -- why isn't the first response just "2.27kg"?
    - jxcl 9y ago
      Because a kg goes into 5 lbs 2.2679619 times, and 5 lbs goes into 1 kg 0.44092452 times.
      - iainmerrick 9y ago
        The first number is the one I want, pretty much 100% of the time, and I hardly ever need 8 digits of precision.
  - marcosdumay 9y ago
    I like `qalc` a lot: > 5 pounds to kg 5 * pound = approx. 2.2679619 kg > x^2 + 8*x = 4 ((x^2) + (8 * x)) = 4 = approx. x = 0.47213595 or x = -8.472136 And so on.
  - dredmorbius 9y ago
    Units absolutely rocks. It can do quite complex calculations as well, and you can add to the units it knows.

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graphitezepp 9y ago

I only miss google as a DDG user when DDG doesn't have a tool google has to give you an automatic result, i.e. when trying to look up some unit conversion ratio like lb to kg. But when you know that is what you want there is always !g.

AdamSC1 9y ago
Hey graphitezepp, We do have some of those tools, at DuckDuckGo they are called "Instant Answers." For example the query: "2 lb to kg" will bring you to this results page https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2+lb+to+kg&ia=answer https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2+lb+to+kg&ia=answer You can see all our Instant Answers here: https://duck.co/ia https://duck.co/ia If something isn't triggering for you - let us know with the feedback tool on the site! Disclaimer: DDG staff.
- thehashrocket 9y ago
  If you could get a "within the past year" search filter it would make me the happiest developer in the world. :)
  - autotypo 9y ago
    And a CC-filtered image search.
  - crusty 9y ago
    +1 (million) It's one of the few things that takes me back to Google (others being !gi & !gm). Get that 'in last year' filter already, DDG. I think I've complained about this through feedback before.
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jxcl 9y ago
Do you know about the `units` command? $ units Currency exchange rates from www.timegenie.com on 2017-08-24 2980 units, 109 prefixes, 96 nonlinear units You have: 5 lbs You want: kg * 2.2679619 / 0.44092452 You have: 100 furlongs You want: meters * 20116.8 / 4.9709695e-05 You have: 100 miles/hour You want: meters/second * 44.704 / 0.022369363 You have: 2 kiloisraelnewshekels You want: picodollars * 5.5271109e+14 / 1.8092635e-15
- iainmerrick 9y ago
  I didn't know about that! Strange interface, though -- why isn't the first response just "2.27kg"?
  - jxcl 9y ago
    Because a kg goes into 5 lbs 2.2679619 times, and 5 lbs goes into 1 kg 0.44092452 times.
    - iainmerrick 9y ago
      The first number is the one I want, pretty much 100% of the time, and I hardly ever need 8 digits of precision.
- marcosdumay 9y ago
  I like `qalc` a lot: > 5 pounds to kg 5 * pound = approx. 2.2679619 kg > x^2 + 8*x = 4 ((x^2) + (8 * x)) = 4 = approx. x = 0.47213595 or x = -8.472136 And so on.
- dredmorbius 9y ago
  Units absolutely rocks. It can do quite complex calculations as well, and you can add to the units it knows.