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(edited) If you don't mind sharing, what is the bug? - My comment originally read as follows, 2 people downvoted it. >I work at Google and recently tried to
by logicallee 5y ago
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If you don't mind sharing, what is the bug?
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My comment originally read as follows, 2 people downvoted it.
>I work at Google and recently tried to file a bug about the calculator embedded in search. It was dastardly difficult to find how to file the ticket. It took me maybe an hour. A better system for filing tickets internally and for filing and triaging tickets from external users would be a tremendous asset for Google.
I didn't work for Google directly but I did work via another company (Tech Mahindra) so I am saying this as somewhat of an outsider compared with you.
You mention a bug about the calculator embedded in search: could you give me the details, and I can try to get it solved via my Google contacts.
For context, in my personal experience as a user and engineer, the Google embedded calculator is the best product among all of Google's many offerings and works flawlessly for all inputs. I find it breathtaking. For example, here is how many feet times pounds you can turn 3000 Calories into:
https://ibb.co/qJ0Qz0L https://ibb.co/qJ0Qz0L
it worked on my first attempt. What does this mean? Well here's a foot-pound: https://ibb.co/N3WCxYV https://ibb.co/N3WCxYV
If you weigh 180 pounds you're not climbing Mt. Everest twice (29,032′) without burning 3000 Calories. (Even at 100% efficiency).
Try getting a result like that from any other calculator (though Wolfram Alpha gets close).
What's the bug you tried to report? (What did you enter, what is the correct output and why is it correct, and what is the returned output and why is it incorrect?)
I've never seen it make a mistake so far, and I use it heavily for all sorts of things. (Sometimes I force Google to show me the calculator by typing = at the end of my Google query.) Since the product works so well for me personally, I'd love to understand what problem you have with it.
- WithinReason 5y agoYou just found a bug in Google Calculator. You wrote "calories" but Google is giving you the answer in "kilocalories". If you change "calories" to "kilocalories" the answer doesn't change. I wonder how many times in the past has it given you the wrong answer without you noticing?
- Dylan16807 5y agoThat's what people mean by calories, it's not a bug. It even labels it precisely!
- logicallee 5y agoYes, I agree.
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- logicallee 5y agoI agree with the other person who replied to you. By 3000 calories I meant 3000 Calories, which is how people use it. My input is sloppy, Google turns its output into something rigorous. As the other person replied, it is labelled precisely.
- ejolto 5y agoI tired 1000 millicalories, but doesn't look like Google understands that either.