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No, it's a thousand thousand (roman numeral). In finance, using MM and MMM is quite common (although bn is often preferred over MMM).
yeah, I am in finance. At the bank I used to work at we'd use $1M for $1,000 and not allowed to use $1K.
Recently switched over to DuckDuckGo on all my devices. Tried to do the same thing several years ago and found it didn't really work out, but this time around it is so much better, both when it comes to speed and results. If anyone has doubts because they tried it years ago, I'd say go for it again.
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Hey graphitezepp, We do have some of those tools, at DuckDuckGo they are called "Instant Answers." For example the query: "2 lb to kg" will bring you to this results page https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2+lb+to+kg&ia=answer You can see all our Instant Answers here: https://duck.co/ia If something isn't triggering for you - let us know with the feedback tool on the site! Disclaimer: DDG staff.
If you could get a "within the past year" search filter it would make me the happiest developer in the world. :)
Get that 'in last year' filter already, DDG. I think I've complained about this through feedback before.
I don't understand what's the difference between Google and DuckDuckGo when all of my traffic is going through Comcast and AT&T anyway. There's no privacy.
Unless AT&T/Comcast are somehow MITMing your SSL connections (unlikely), then your search terms are all encrypted and all the ISPs know is that you are using DuckDuckGo.
What's with this person's writing style? I've never seen so many literary tics in one place. "In short", 14 usages. Almost every sentence starts with a prepositional phrase like "In fact...", "Yet...", "However..." Confusing sentence structure like "How would have the net looked like?" It's so irritating to read.
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Out of interest: what is the reason/are the reasons that made you switch?
I started feeling like I had all my eggs in the same basket. Google has my email, it knows where I want to go and when (Google Maps), it translates stuff for me, and it knows what I search for. While it doesn't really affect me that Google has all this information, I've become more and more uncomfortable with the fact that they do. So I figured if I had a choice of two search engines, where I get satisfying results i…