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Re: Spinner

#51

Post by eriknstr » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 6:37 AM UTC

kiliancs wrote: post #16

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

Add &hl=en to the URL and it should work.

This makes it work for me also. Mods should edit OP URL to include this.

Re: Spinner

#52

Post by wlib » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 6:38 AM UTC

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

Instant answers is neat, I made a command line gem for it : https://github.com/wlib/duckgo

daniel@pancake:~$ duckgo roll seven dice --- Type: Exclusive Answer: Answer: ", , , , , , " Type: dice_roll

Re: Spinner

#53

Post by jhalstead » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 7:09 AM UTC

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

I like 'solitaire' personally.

https://www.google.com/search?q=solitaire

Re: Spinner

#54

Post by r00fus » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 7:31 AM UTC

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.

Safari 10.0 works fine as well.

Re: Spinner

#55

Post by nom » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 8:21 AM UTC

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

According to this [0] you can also try

  calculator
  color picker
  unit converter

I didn't find anything about the other features mentioned here though.

[0] https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611

Re: Spinner

#56

Post by donmb » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 9:40 AM UTC

Is this open source? I'd like to add this to a project :)

Re: Spinner

#57

Post by JonnieCache » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 9:53 AM UTC

jhalstead wrote: post #53

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

I like 'solitaire' personally. https://www.google.com/search?q=solitaire

I wonder what the process is, as a google engineer, to get the artwork done for something like this? Do you just put in a ticket and some time later the SVGs turn up in your repo? Is there an artwork queue, or is it a political fight for access to the illustrators time?

Re: Spinner

#58

Post by cyborgx7 » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 10:15 AM UTC

eriknstr wrote: post #51

kiliancs wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Add &hl=en to the URL and it should work.

This makes it work for me also. Mods should edit OP URL to include this.

They did but now they took the "spinner" part out of the url

Edit: Nevermind, already fixed

Re: Spinner

#59

Post by edgeorge92 » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 10:48 AM UTC

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

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+nine+hundred+thousand+dice

Still waiting on my answer :(

Re: Spinner

#60

Post by benwad » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 10:50 AM UTC

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

My favourite: https://www.google.com/search?q=metronome