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thevahidal
Hey everyone, life is full of dilemmas that we can't decide which way to go, that's where a coin comes in really handy to do the hard work for you. Me and my friends always flip a coin to decide what to do so I figured it's a good idea to turn it a web application that is always available. Also when we don't like what the coin decides at the first flip, we flip more to see and if consider the side that happened more. For example 3 of 5 or 6 out of 10. I also added a counter for this purpose, so you can flip more if the coin is not what you want!

Please let me know if you have some features in mind that might make it better. Any PR's welcome too! Here's the repo: https://github.com/thevahidal/armins-coin

Have fun flipping!

latexr
> Also when we don't like what the coin decides at the first flip, we flip more to see and if consider the side that happened more.

If you don’t like what the coin decided, you subconsciously knew what you wanted. Do that! You don’t have to keep flipping the coin to game your own system.

Poem by Peter Hein:

> Whenever you're called on to make up your mind, > and you're hampered by not having any, > the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, > is simply by spinning a penny. > No - not so that chance shall decide the affair > while you're passively standing there moping; > but the moment the penny is up in the air, > you suddenly know what you're hoping.

thevahidal
Hi latexr, it was a beautiful poem! Yeah you're right, the coin flipping is more of a fun thing to do!
latexr
Random.org also offers this service, with true randomness: https://www.random.org/coins/

If you’re doing anything different with regards to the randomness, that could be interesting to read about.

thevahidal
I'm using the Javascript random function. for this project true randomness wasn't a thing that I wanted to do, it's just a fun project to use when you're with your friends.