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Re: Google timer

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Post by kllrnohj »

Amadou wrote: post #104
rfergie wrote: post #54

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Have you blocked javascript? All that kind of stuff disappeared for me when I installed noscript

Have you blocked javascript? I believe you have identified the cause. Switching javascript off and on between queries makes the define: operator stop working and then return to working. I block cookies and don't log into google in both cases. Silly, lazy, javascript-loving google, it used to work just fine without javascript and I don't see anything particularly special about how it works now that should require java…

> Silly, lazy, javascript-loving google, it used to work just fine without javascript

It used to not be interactive, either, yet now it is. JavaScript used to not be a core web technology, yet now it is.

Re: Google timer

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Post by dragonwriter »

Tichy wrote: post #53
martin-adams wrote: post #8

Interesting side effect. There's this web site: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/timer/1hour/ which comes up top of the google search results for "timer for 1 hour" for me. Now there is absolutely no way they can compete with Google's own offering from an SEO perspective. While this example is trivial to some extent, does it set a precedent that while you can advertise and compete with Google, they can always have the…

Typing "timer for 10 seconds" is similar to programming. Most people don't want to program. In a world where people still don't know what a browser is, I am optimistic for online-stopwatch.

> Typing "timer for 10 seconds" is similar to programming.

The Google Search field is the CLI of the web?

Re: Google timer

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Post by jaynos »

ximeng wrote: post #94
Fourplealis wrote: post #59

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https://www.google.com/#psj=1&q=what+is+my+ip

https://www.google.com/search?q=flights+to+new+york https://www.google.com/search?q=flights+to+new+york+from+la https://www.google.com/search?q=calories+in+a+pint

Where did they get an arbitrary 154 calories for a pint of beer? Calorie count is closely tied to style and alcohol content. A few examples:

Bud Light: 109 calories in 120z. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA: 294 calories in 12oz. Weyerbacher Merry Monks: 279 calories in 12oz.

Re: Google timer

#136

Post by perucoder »

numair wrote: post #16
basicallydan wrote: post #12

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I'm guessing they decided they had to put a limit somewhere to ensure nothing broke, and decided arbitrarily on that.

Well, you can set the timer to 99 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds if you type in the values, so it doesn't seem to make sense that 23:59:60 would break it. I'm really curious as to why that happens.

it looks like some default limits are in place for this. Here's what I found:

Max for seconds: 999 Max for minutes: 999 Max for hours: 23

Re: Google timer

#137

Post by coldpie »

hnriot wrote: post #129
Amadou wrote: post #104

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Have you blocked javascript? I believe you have identified the cause. Switching javascript off and on between queries makes the define: operator stop working and then return to working. I block cookies and don't log into google in both cases. Silly, lazy, javascript-loving google, it used to work just fine without javascript and I don't see anything particularly special about how it works now that should require java…

you need javascript to use the modern web. If you turn it off, stop whining that you've lost functionality. You didn't lose anything, you turned it off.

It's fine when the functionality actually requires JavaScript. The trouble being discussed is when displaying plaintext requires JavaScript for no particularly good reason.

Re: Google timer

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Post by packetslave »

jaynos wrote: post #135
ximeng wrote: post #94

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https://www.google.com/search?q=flights+to+new+york https://www.google.com/search?q=flights+to+new+york+from+la https://www.google.com/search?q=calories+in+a+pint

Where did they get an arbitrary 154 calories for a pint of beer? Calorie count is closely tied to style and alcohol content. A few examples: Bud Light: 109 calories in 120z. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA: 294 calories in 12oz. Weyerbacher Merry Monks: 279 calories in 12oz.

There's a link below the results that says "sources include USDA" and points to http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/4166?qlookup=14003&ma...

Re: Google timer

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Post by packetslave »

coldpie wrote: post #137
hnriot wrote: post #129

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you need javascript to use the modern web. If you turn it off, stop whining that you've lost functionality. You didn't lose anything, you turned it off.

It's fine when the functionality actually requires JavaScript. The trouble being discussed is when displaying plaintext requires JavaScript for no particularly good reason.

It's 2013. I don't think it's especially unreasonable to assume JavaScript is universally available when developing a feature. As hnriot said, if you choose to browse the web with JavaScript disabled, you accept the fact that large swaths of the 2013 web will not work.

Re: Google timer

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Post by slacka »

mherdeg wrote: post #68
Lewton wrote: post #43

Yet again I am reminded that my google is not necessarily the same as 'your' google Just like how "define: something" doesn't show a dictionary definiton for me anymore, a functionality i used all the time. And now can't be sure whether was actually removed, or just removed for me!

Ha, yeah. When I'm in the US, I deliberately navigate to a European Google site (usually google.co.uk) in order to get their onebox flight schedule search results. I really enjoy seeing a full timetable of published flights for the week when I do a search for "[flights lhr fra]". Doing the same search in the US, and seeing the new Google Flights ad instead of the old timetable onebox, is infuriating.

I got this working by creating a new user in Chrome and searching from my default local https://www.google.com.hk/ site.

The following attempts all failed: logging out, a different browser, /ncr , incognito, and tor browser. The US site on the new user account also didn't work. Interestingly, all of the u/jfoster examples worked the first time.

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