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		marginalia_nu on Sept 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and p... I implemented calculations because easily 80% of my google queries are calculations, unit conversions, etc. Search functionality is larger priority. Calculations and unit conversions were an afternoon's break from the search functionality :-)

ephbit on Sept 17, 2021 [–]

Ok, I guess people use google (or search engines in general) differently ... I rarely if ever use a search enginge to calculate stuff or do unit conversions.

I use google only to search and when ecosia/bing doesn't return anything useful.

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