Google Timer is back

Re:Google Timer is back by capableweb on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:50PM (#32557033)

I agree with you in general but not in this particular case. Best case scenario: you get a five minute timer running right away. Worst case scenario: you click the first link and get a five minute timer right away

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Re:Google Timer is back by djbusby on Monday August 22, 2022 @07:47PM (#32558788)

First link would be ad-filled, SEO gamed bullshit.

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Re:Google Timer is back by hacym on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:01AM (#32565887)

Screw those people for trying to monetize something you’re expecting to use for free. Your phone and computer have the capability to do timers. Why are you googling a timer with this attitude in the first place?

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Re:Google Timer is back by nightpool on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:19PM (#32567190)

> Your [...] computer has the capability to do timers

Source? At least on macOS, i'm not aware of any built in timer or stopwatch.

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Re:Google Timer is back by eindiran on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:39PM (#32567473)

  sleep 300; tput bel

or even

  timer() { sleep $1 ; i=$2; until [ $i -eq 0 ]; do tput bel; sleep 1; i=$((i-1)); done }
  timer 300 10

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Re:Google Timer is back by halJordan on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:12PM (#32568832)

https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/07/macos-ventura-clock-timers/

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Re:Google Timer is back by sixstringtheory on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:40AM (#32561243)

Basically the first page of any Google search page is ads now.

If I want a quick 5 minute timer, it’s just a “Hey Siri” away. Navigating to Google to type a query is strictly inferior.

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Re:Google Timer is back by mlyle on Monday August 22, 2022 @08:14PM (#32558987)

Yup, something undesirable that will probably still work while Google Timer is "down."

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