the often forgotten unix, linux command line calculators I use all the time. bc -l or for those who like rpn dc
python -i
:)
Google search's new basic calculator
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Re: Google search's new basic calculator
#42Your submission seems to be doing better than mine from earlier in the week http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4295093
Re: Google search's new basic calculator
#43Interesting how Microsoft and Google have different ideas of how percentage key (%) should work. Relevant post by Raymond Chen: “How does the [Windows] calculator percent key work?” http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2008/01/10/70474... Implementing % button, Google chose an approach which is more mathematically sensible but arguably less obvious to users. For Google, 10% just an alias for 0.1. This means th…
I don't get it, if i try 500 + 1% on Google i get 505
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Re: Google search's new basic calculator
#44Interesting how Microsoft and Google have different ideas of how percentage key (%) should work. Relevant post by Raymond Chen: “How does the [Windows] calculator percent key work?” http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2008/01/10/70474... Implementing % button, Google chose an approach which is more mathematically sensible but arguably less obvious to users. For Google, 10% just an alias for 0.1. This means th…
I don't get it, if i try 500 + 1% on Google i get 505 http://sadpanda.us/images/1112074-RA9OURZ.png
You get a different result if you click the buttons versus performing a google search.
Re: Google search's new basic calculator
#45Shameless plug:
I would like you to check out the calculator I built:
It's pure Javascript, has a full parser/tree-builder to process equations, allows you to define functions and variables, and is very fast.
It also installs a search handler so you can do calculations from your search bar.
Re: Google search's new basic calculator
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
My guess is 9/11 was if-ed out; if someone types that into a query, one most likely wants to see results related to WTC attack.
They could have generalized that based on result CTR.
Not sure what a result CTR is - can you explain (click through rate?)
Re: Google search's new basic calculator
#47Link that works for people with non-English Google: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=calculator (The link is setting the language to English for just that search.)
thanks, I tried to double check that the url would work for everyone but did not think about the automatic redirect to local the local google
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#48Also cool: In Chrome, type "0xff in decimal" in the address bar. "=255" appears as one of the suggested searches.
This happens for basic calculation really, for which Google spits out an answer. And since it's a feature of Google Suggest, it also works in Firefox.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
They could have generalized that based on result CTR.
Not sure what a result CTR is - can you explain (click through rate?)
Yes, click-through rate. If an unusually large percentage of users click on a result instead of engaging with the calculator then the calculator probably shouldn't be there.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't get it, if i try 500 + 1% on Google i get 505 http://sadpanda.us/images/1112074-RA9OURZ.png
You get a different result if you click the buttons versus performing a google search.
which I think it is exactly how I would expect it to work: If I ask a question, I expect the system to guess what I really want to know and give me an answer.
But a calculator should work like a calculator.