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1. 91.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   Thank you. Same request is tracked here: https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/issues/86
2. 92.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   That would be great.
3. 93.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   Thank you for the feedback. What do you mean by "specifying output units"? Insect has the "->" operator which does that: 40000 km / c -> ms = 133.426 ms
4. 94.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   Thanks! I'm glad you like it.
5. 95.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   Thank you for the feedback! 1. Yes, I'll definitely add calories, good suggestion. 2. Yes, that's probably a good idea. I should distinguish constants and (user-defined) variables.
6. 96.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   > I'm a little confused as to how this improves on GNU units, which seems to support far more [...] > is it supposed to be a competitor? learn how to use a new language? I don't get it. No reason to be confused. GNU units is
7. 97.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   Thank you. I'll add one of those.
8. 98.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   In your first example, the result of the calculation is dimensionless (length divided by length), so it does not require any unit. It's a scalar value. In your second example, the input gets parsed as "1/(2km)" which is
9. 99.▲
   by sharkdp 9y ago

   I thought about it for some time and decided not to add Celsius and Fahrenheit: https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/issues/68 They are useful, of course, when it comes to simple unit conversions. But they lead
10. 100.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thanks! It has already been requested: https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/issues/81
11. 101.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Ha! That's a really neat idea. Thank you for sharing this. I'll consider adding it.
12. 102.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback. I should probably consider adding something like "Full documentation and terminal version available here ". I hesitated for quite some while before adding "month" and "year" but the
13. 103.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback. Defining own units does not work currently, but you can simply divide by your new unit: >>> U = 1e-6/60 * kat U = 1.66667e-8 kat >>> 1 kat / U 1 kat / U
14. 104.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    whitespace is multiplication. If you use explicit addition, it should work: 2 min + 35 s + 3 min + 54 s = 6.48333 min
15. 105.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you very much for the feedback. That would be great, yes. I believe that both points are somehow already included in the issue that I'm tracking here: https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/issues/54 Un
16. 106.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    This is only how it is displayed, internal precision is always 30 digits. Floating point numbers are displayed with 6 significant digits Integers are displayed with all digits, unless there are more than ~20 digits, then it is displayed wit
17. 107.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    I realize it looks confusing in this example but this is just how it is displayed (with 6 significant digits). The internal precision is 30 digits.
18. 108.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback. Fair point: Google's unit conversion is really good. For me, there's mainly two things that stand out compared to using a Google search: * The REPL: I wanted an interactive terminal-style calculator whe
19. 109.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Correct. "2^99 + 1 - 2^99" still works because 2^99 < 10^30
20. 110.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    They are already supported. There is "B" or "byte" for byte and "bit" for bit. SI-prefixes are case-sensitive, so "G" is for giga, "M" for mega, "m" for milli. >>> 6 M
21. 111.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback. I'm not sure how to support this. I would probably have to call it "fluid_ounce" / "fl_oz" or "fl.oz." in order to distinguish it from the unit of mass.
22. 112.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Oh, I didn't know that :-)... that's interesting. I'm very much open for suggestions on how to improve the logo. I already went through a couple of iterations... https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/blo
23. 113.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Good suggestion, thank you! I was already thinking about some way to measure "perceived complexity" of a physical unit - this sounds like a very good try for such a heuristic.
24. 114.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you! "bel" is already supported ("decibel" also, due to the handling of SI prefixes). Unfortunately, "dB" is parsed as "deci-byte". While this is not really a useful unit, this is on purpose (se
25. 115.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback! Automatic simplification (as opposed to explicit conversion) is a complex topic. There are a few simplifications that are already applied, for example: 20 L / m^2 = 0.02 m You are absolutely right,
26. 116.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback. That is intentional. Whitespace (or even lack thereof, as in "2x") is implicit multiplication. Otherwise, you'd have to write multiplication signs everywhere: 2*sin(5*cm/(2*m))
27. 117.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you very much. I'll look into this. Thank you for the reference.
28. 118.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Oh no :-) Quick workaround: ≫ Meaning = 6 ≫ of = 1 ≫ life = 7
29. 119.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Thank you for the feedback. I'm always open for suggestions on new units ( https://github.com/sharkdp/purescript-quantities )!
30. 120.▲
    by sharkdp 9y ago

    Yes, 100% agree with your comment. I'd rather have a calculator application that is maybe a little less "smart" in exchange for mathematical correctness and predictability.