Comment on Why DDG is the superior serch engine

• bumblefumble@feddit.dk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  120 yards really, the end zones are part of the field.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    True, but:

    When the “football field” is used as unit of measurement, it is usually understood to mean 100 yards (91.44 m),

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• snooggums@piefed.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I use noai.ddg and don’t get the converter thingy.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m getting it intermittently too, for what it’s worth. Depending heavily on the unit. For example, I tried and realized “100 yards in real units” doesn’t work, but “100 feet in real units” does.

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    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t want to ask it yards. I want to ask it in ‘anything but metric’ units like football fields and olympic sized swimming pools.

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