Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?
I use it regularly.  Sometimes it’s broken, and maybe nobody notices but me? :)<p>Their natural language queries for things that I know they know about are amazing.  Here are some that I have used recently.  You really need to see these results to appreciate them.<p>I wanted to know how tall my daughter might be.<p><pre><code>   8 year old female 55 lbs
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<a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=8%20year%20old%20female%2055%20lbs" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=8%20year%20old%20female...</a><p>I wanted to know the nutrition content of an egg sandwich.<p><pre><code>   1 egg, two slices whole wheat bread, one slice of cheddar, two pieces of bacon
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<a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%20egg%2C%20two%20slices%20whole%20wheat%20bread%2C%20one%20slice%20of%20cheddar%2C%20two%20pieces%20of%20bacon" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%20egg%2C%20two%20slic...</a><p>I was curious about the relative usage of two names over time.<p><pre><code>   Michael, Henry
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<a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Michael%2C%20Henry" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Michael%2C%20Henry</a>