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Re:Spinner by syphilis2 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:07PM (#13478410)
I like these things. DuckDuckGo has them as "instant answers" and you're encouraged to add new ones:

https://duck.co/ia

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+seven+dice

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=random+person

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Re:Spinner by tinalumfoil on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:15PM (#13478455)
Supports rpg-style rolls to.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+4d4%2B4

Wolfram Alpha also supports it (see example at bottom), but much slower:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=roll+4d4%2B4

Google and Bing support dice rolls, but not the rpg-syntax.

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Re:Spinner by edgeorge92 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:48AM (#13480338)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roll+nine+hundred+thousand+dice

Still waiting on my answer :(

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Re:Spinner by JonnieCache on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:22AM (#13489686)
Really? I got 3148825 back within about two seconds.
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Re:Spinner by wlib on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:38AM (#13479237)
Instant answers is neat, I made a command line gem for it : https://github.com/wlib/duckgo

daniel@pancake:~$ duckgo roll seven dice --- Type: Exclusive Answer: Answer: ", , , , , , " Type: dice_roll

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Re:Spinner by Sami_Lehtinen on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:02AM (#13482473)
Simpler format to remember for random numbers: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=random+10 Random passwords can be generated: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=password+16
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Re:Spinner by themodelplumber on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:10PM (#13478426)
I love that feature. But my go-to dice roller is just "rolldice" on the command line. rolldice 2d6, rolldice 3d20, whatever it is, very useful. I use it to generate little worlds to draw, things like that.
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