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by mayneack 852 days ago
Oh, interesting. I was actually wondering what had changed. That wolfram integration needs some work. Right now it's consistently just simplifying fractions. I keep having to "!g" in brave to get google to do simple math for me.

https://i.imgur.com/ghmUcAh.png
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samatman 852 days ago
That's.... good, though?

What happens if you ask for 23000.0/10500?

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jon_richards 852 days ago
As someone who has used wolfram alpha for a long time, I wish they'd just put both. They do on queries like 23000/105000, but not on queries like 23000 = x*105000
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mayneack 852 days ago
It's not wrong, I suppose, but a break from the behavior I've learned for this sort of instant answer across google, ddg, and kagi as long as I can remember.

I can't actually think of a situation where I want to simplify a fraction like that.

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