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Same here. I suspect because google insists to redirect to my non-US country?
Not sure where you're located, but in Google Canada I see the spinner.
Was redirected to .co.in and spinner works.
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#12Similarly, https://www.google.com/search?q=roll%20dice https://www.google.com/search?q=random%20number%20between%20... Probably fairly easy for engineers to add these
https://www.google.com/search?q=10m+timer
My favourite is still this though: https://www.google.com/search?q=3*cos(sqrt(x*x%2By*y))%2B5
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#13Origin story?
Once upon a time, marketing realized that free publicity would happen if Easter eggs were added to the product.
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#14Google should figure out a way to better expose the features of their web services. Most often we seem to find out about a Google feature by chance alone.
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#15This is cool. There's also: Flip a coin Roll a dice Play Pacman
Do a barrel roll
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#16What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.
Add &hl=en to the URL and it should work.
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#17Google should figure out a way to better expose the features of their web services. Most often we seem to find out about a Google feature by chance alone.
For little gags like this I'd say that's part of the charm. But for actual functionality, I agree that discoverability is limited.
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#18Quick fix for the link https://www.google.com/search?q=spinner&hl=en
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#19Slightly more impressive: https://www.google.com/search?q=play+dreidel
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#20Lemme get this straight: they're already collecting all my personal data and browsing history, and now they want my RANDOM NUMBERS too?? No way. #myrandint