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exporectomy on Sept 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and p...

How else do you do unit conversions? I use Google because it's far easier than any other software I've tried. Mainly because it's more forgiving of errors. It knows that "34 fset in msters" is 10.3632 meter. This search engine isn't, though, so I wouldn't waste time trying to discover its unit conversion syntax rules.

samhh on Sept 16, 2021 | [–]

On macOS for example I'd use Spotlight.

soheil on Sept 17, 2021 | [–]

You can also use the Chrome address bar without hitting the enter, just start typing

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