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minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 hours agoA football field is 100 yards, so just try “100 yards in real units” if you’re genuinely curious.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours ago I use noai.ddg and don’t get the converter thingy. Tried going to regular ddg and don’t get the converter thing, just regular results. I probably turned off a setting somewhere.
minus-squarebigbangdangler@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoReally curious what the pattern is here. I don’t get the converter on noai either.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoI’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.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoI 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. Didn’t try regular measurements before, but yeah now I see it when I use those.
minus-squarebumblefumble@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours ago120 yards really, the end zones are part of the field.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoTrue, but: When the “football field” is used as unit of measurement, it is usually understood to mean 100 yards (91.44 m),
A football field is 100 yards, so just try “100 yards in real units” if you’re genuinely curious.
Tried going to regular ddg and don’t get the converter thing, just regular results. I probably turned off a setting somewhere.
Really curious what the pattern is here. I don’t get the converter on noai either.
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.
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.
Didn’t try regular measurements before, but yeah now I see it when I use those.
120 yards really, the end zones are part of the field.
True, but: