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A bug is a bug. "Why would anyone ever do XYZ" is a separate discussion. And if you write software for a living you know that there is always that one user who will do exactly XYZ.
Nope. Undefined behavior on obviously incorrect input isn't a bug in my world. ( might be in other circumstances )
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Your software never has bugs? We definitely had to turn something off before because something didn't line up/someone messed up planning during a bigger tech transition. This stuff happens in big orgs ran by humans, I'm happy that it's back and it's a lot better than the first result in any case.
I know that software is fiendishly difficult, but if you think a parent is ever going to put their child in a software driven car, then the industry had probably better get a bit more serious.
Imagine being the person/team who worked on this knowing that most of the web will never see your work.
and .... it's buggy try https://www.google.com/search?q=timer+724+years click on start, looses most of the time
and .... it's buggy try https://www.google.com/search?q=timer+724+years click on start, looses most of the time
When would you ever need a timer for 724 years?
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I know that software is fiendishly difficult, but if you think a parent is ever going to put their child in a software driven car, then the industry had probably better get a bit more serious.
This doesn't make any sense. "Software" isn't produced by a single company with a single set of engineering practices and trade-offs. Safety-critical software has been around for decades and decades, and it's not developed and tested using the same practices as a minuscule D-list feature of a web service.
- Timer 4 minutes
- Timer 5 minutes
and it does work. But if with a running timer, I try to put a new timer let's say Timer 6 minutes, then it shows a normal search page.
How are people supposed to use features like this if they get dropped and re-added from time to time? If I want a convenient timer, googling "set 5 minute timer" has no advantage if I don't know whether it will work or not. Inconsistency is an enemy of convenience.
I agree with you in general but not in this particular case. Best case scenario: you get a five minute timer running right away. Worst case scenario: you click the first link and get a five minute timer right away
Here's a timer for when they'll shut it down again https://www.google.com/search?q=timer+2+weeks