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I agree with you in general but not in this particular case. Best case scenario: you get a five minute timer running right away. Worst case scenario: you click

I agree with you in general but not in this particular case. Best case scenario: you get a five minute timer running right away. Worst case scenario: you click the first link and get a five minute timer right away

djbusby 4y ago
First link would be ad-filled, SEO gamed bullshit.
- mlyle 4y ago
  Yup, something undesirable that will probably still work while Google Timer is "down."
- sixstringtheory 4y ago
  Basically the first page of any Google search page is ads now. If I want a quick 5 minute timer, it’s just a “Hey Siri” away. Navigating to Google to type a query is strictly inferior.
- hacym 4y ago
  Screw those people for trying to monetize something you’re expecting to use for free. Your phone and computer have the capability to do timers. Why are you googling a timer with this attitude in the first place?
  - nightpool 4y ago
    > Your [...] computer has the capability to do timers Source? At least on macOS, i'm not aware of any built in timer or stopwatch.
    - eindiran 4y ago
      sleep 300; tput bel or even timer() { sleep $1 ; i=$2; until [ $i -eq 0 ]; do tput bel; sleep 1; i=$((i-1)); done } timer 300 10
    - halJordan 4y ago
      https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/07/macos-ventura-clock-timers/ https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/07/macos-ventura-clock-timers/