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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by WithinReason on Monday January 24, 2022 @04:47AM (#30055370)
You just found a bug in Google Calculator. You wrote "calories" but Google is giving you the answer in "kilocalories". If you change "calories" to "kilocalories" the answer doesn't change.

I wonder how many times in the past has it given you the wrong answer without you noticing?

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by logicallee on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:19PM (#30066120)
I agree with the other person who replied to you. By 3000 calories I meant 3000 Calories, which is how people use it. My input is sloppy, Google turns its output into something rigorous.

As the other person replied, it is labelled precisely.

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by Dylan16807 on Monday January 24, 2022 @05:34AM (#30055806)
That's what people mean by calories, it's not a bug. It even labels it precisely!
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by logicallee on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:19PM (#30066124)
Yes, I agree.
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by ejolto on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:41AM (#30072254)
I tired 1000 millicalories, but doesn't look like Google understands that either.
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