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Re: Spinner

#31

Post by smnrchrds »

jat850 wrote: post #9
ralfd wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I couldn't see it in the French version of google.ca, but when I opened the English version in a private window it worked.

Re: Spinner

#34

Post by themodelplumber »

syphilis2 wrote: post #32

I like these things. DuckDuckGo has them as "instant answers" and you're encouraged to add new ones: https://duck.co/ia https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+seven+dice https://duckduckgo.com/?q=random+person

I love that feature. But my go-to dice roller is just "rolldice" on the command line. rolldice 2d6, rolldice 3d20, whatever it is, very useful. I use it to generate little worlds to draw, things like that.

Re: Spinner

#35

Post by themodelplumber »

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

So is there a big manifest of these functions in a file somewhere on Google's servers? I'm just wondering how this looks in code.

Re: Spinner

#36

Post by themodelplumber »

khazhou wrote: post #20

Lemme 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

Just add a 1 to the end of any number you generate with their servers. That should delay the government long enough that you can escape with the Zip disk. (You know the one)

Re: Spinner

#37

Post by tinalumfoil »

syphilis2 wrote: post #32

I like these things. DuckDuckGo has them as "instant answers" and you're encouraged to add new ones: https://duck.co/ia https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+seven+dice https://duckduckgo.com/?q=random+person

Supports rpg-style rolls to.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+4d4%2B4

Wolfram Alpha also supports it (see example at bottom), but much slower:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=roll+4d4%2B4

Google and Bing support dice rolls, but not the rpg-syntax.

Re: Spinner

#38

Post by hobarrera »

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.

Nor does firefox on desktop. Chromium did work though.

Re: Spinner

#39

Post by elliottcarlson »

alpb wrote: post #29
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

I found this accidentally today while searching https://www.google.com/search?q=countdown%20clock - came in handy while we ran some lightning talks at the office.
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