Decision Maker

What Is the Decision Maker?

The Decision Maker is meant to pick one option at random from a list you enter, so you can settle a low-stakes choice quickly — what to eat, which film to watch, who goes first. You type the options, one per line, and the tool is supposed to return a single pick. There is no weighting: every option counts equally.

Use it only for trivial choices. It is not a substitute for judgment on medical, legal, financial, or safety decisions.

How to Use the Decision Maker

1. Open the Decision Maker page.
2. Type your options in the workspace box, one option per line.
3. Click the Process button.
4. Read the pick in the Result panel.
5. Click Clear to empty the workspace and try again.

Worked Example

I typed three options, one per line:

Pizza
Sushi
Burgers

The field actually displayed the merged string “PizzaSushiBurgers” — 17 characters on one line. The line breaks had been stripped, so the three options became a single string. Clicking Process then showed no Result panel and no pick at all. In this session the tool did not return a decision, so the worked example is a failed run, not a successful pick. Do not rely on the tool for any decision until it visibly returns a single pick.

Limitations

• Currently broken in the observed workspace: line breaks are stripped from the input, and Process produced no output.
• There is no weighting, so you cannot make one option more likely than another.
• There is no history and no avoid-repeat option, so the same option can be picked again on the next run.
• There is no way to verify the randomness from the page — no seed, no distribution display, no audit log.
• Pasted lists separated by commas were not tested; the tool expects one option per line.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many options can I enter?

The tool is designed for any reasonable number, one per line. In the observed session, however, the line breaks were stripped and no pick was returned, so no list size worked reliably.

Is the pick truly random?

That could not be verified in this session because no pick was returned at all. A working version would still offer no audit trail for its randomness.

Does it save my options?

No. Options stay in the workspace until you clear them or leave the page, and nothing is stored by the tool.

Can I weight the options?

No. Every option counts equally, and there is no weighting control in the observed workspace.