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Quoted from the linked site: > Convenience functions have been added, and the search engine can now perform simple calculations and unit conversions. Try 1 pin
by ephbit 5y ago
Quoted from the linked site:
> Convenience functions have been added, and the search engine can now perform simple calculations and unit conversions. Try 1 pint in cubic centimeters, or 50+sqrt(pi). This functionality is still under development, be patient if it doesn't work.
Why would you make any ever so small effort to implement calculations? I don't get it.
If your search engine enabled me to find more useful search results to my queries than google or yacy or whatever, I wouldn't care one tiny bit about being able to do calculations with it.
Why not focus on the search functionality?
- exporectomy 5y agoHow else do you do unit conversions? I use Google because it's far easier than any other software I've tried. Mainly because it's more forgiving of errors. It knows that "34 fset in msters" is 10.3632 meter. This search engine isn't, though, so I wouldn't waste time trying to discover its unit conversion syntax rules.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoI implemented calculations because easily 80% of my google queries are calculations, unit conversions, etc. Search functionality is larger priority. Calculations and unit conversions were an afternoon's break from the search functionality :-)
- ephbit 5y agoOk, I guess people use google (or search engines in general) differently ... I rarely if ever use a search enginge to calculate stuff or do unit conversions. I use google only to search and when ecosia/bing doesn't return anything useful.