Insect VS Frink

You might like https://insect.sh/ ;). Source: over 1 year ago

I'm surprised no one mentioned https://insect.sh yet. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

I'm in the same boat and will pay for Kagi, though I have a different interaction with a search engine and thought you might like the counterpoint. Notably, I don't use Google for most of what you described: Translation: I use DeepL instead (google is doing poorly on Asian languages) Conversion: not having much need for imperial but I use this for all unit conversion (though usually directly in my terminal):... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Looks like the + needs to be url-encoded This works: https://insect.sh/?q=2+min+%2B+30+s. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

The urls this generates don't seem to work: 2 min + 30 s creates https://insect.sh/?q=2+min+%2B+30+s which turns into 2 min × 30 × s. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

If you like this sort of calculation, check out Frink. "I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them." -- Professor John Frink https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

Frink (https://frinklang.org/) is an older language with similar design goals. Frink runs on the JVM and is also available on Android. I use it as a general purpose calculator on my smartphone. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

If I’m reading this correctly, the Frink language has similar features (and also seems darn useful!) https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

When I was in high school units were a key part of science education. Is this no longer the case? Your point about tools that support units is great. Reminds me of https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

I also highly recommend checking out Frinklang at [https://frinklang.org/]. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago