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Re: Spinner

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Post by rfugger » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:24 AM UTC

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

It seems to only work in Chrome. Firefox mobile shows nothing unusual.

Re: Spinner

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Post by ohazi » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:25 AM UTC

bodiam wrote: post #19

Slightly more impressive: https://www.google.com/search?q=play+dreidel

https://www.google.co.il/search?q=play+dreidel

Attention to detail: Replacing the ש with a פ when spinning in Israel.

Re: Spinner

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Post by impish19 » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:25 AM UTC

Anyone else bothered by how the wheel doesn't stop when you tap on it when it's spinning?

Re: Spinner

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Post by JonnieCache » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:32 AM UTC

rfugger wrote: post #21

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

It seems to only work in Chrome. Firefox mobile shows nothing unusual.

Works fine on firefox desktop for me. Its some kind of locale issue I think, as others have suggested.

Re: Spinner

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Post by rashkov » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:37 AM UTC

busted wrote: post #4

Similarly, 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

I guessed, and was pleasantly surprised recently when I searched "flip a coin". Had to decide where to go to dinner and flipping a virtual coin did just fine

Re: Spinner

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Post by neutralid » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:40 AM UTC

rfugger wrote: post #21

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

It seems to only work in Chrome. Firefox mobile shows nothing unusual.

Once the spinner picks the right number, a code is revealed.

Re: Spinner

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Post by mbreese » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:43 AM UTC

impish19 wrote: post #23

Anyone else bothered by how the wheel doesn't stop when you tap on it when it's spinning?

No, because that would be cheating. Once you start the spin (you can pull it back to get a good start!), you can't just stop it where ever you'd like. "Wheel of fortune" rules apply here.

Re: Spinner

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Post by tritosomal » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:54 AM UTC

wybiral wrote: post #17

sengork wrote: post #14

Google 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.

Hey man, c'mon. Your supposed to search for things with Google.

That's like, what their specialty is.

Re: Spinner

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Post by alpb » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:57 AM UTC

busted wrote: post #4

Similarly, 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

Also https://www.google.com/search?q=timer

Re: Spinner

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Post by myth_buster » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 4:04 AM UTC

JonnieCache wrote: post #12

busted wrote: post #4

Similarly, 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

https://www.google.com/search?q=3*cos(sqrt(x*x%2By*y))%2B5#q...)