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		priv_acy on July 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google search's new basic calculator Also cool: In Chrome, type "0xff in decimal" in the address bar. "=255" appears as one of the suggested searches.

shrikant on July 29, 2012 [–]

This happens for basic calculation really, for which Google spits out an answer. And since it's a feature of Google Suggest, it also works in Firefox.

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