Epiglottal Axolotl

it is unbelievably funny watching companies attempt to Brand something that is just plain undesirable. they are forced to make you aware of a thing they've been doing for eons that nobody would ever say yes to if asked. there's no way to make anyone say yes without lying but they aren't allowed to lie, so there's just no way out that doesn't make them look incredibly bad. i'm honestly shocked we didn't see something this clumsy a lot sooner, it's like a sitcom character trying to invent a lie on the spot, in that unique TV way that makes the viewer go "wait, why would anyone buy a story that was presented like that, even if it made sense?" this is the steamed hams of gdpr warnings

apparently, google has been adding these "frequently asked questions" (created by ai) to play store app pages. it's not on all of them, but it's on many, and sometimes it's the first thing you see on the page, front and center.

i got curious and started looking through google's apps to see if any of them were obviously wrong. surprise: here's "files by google" with an FAQ:

files does not have in-app purchases or a paid version.

if it's making shit up about google's own apps, imagine what it must be doing to third party ones. :)

Nutrition Facts
About idk servings per container
Serving size                 whatever (5-8000g)
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Calories:          yeah
Total Fat                                          100%
  Saturday Fast                                              2
  Trans Fart                                                 Yes
Copulation                                         14%
Soda                                                  
Total Carbonization                          Three
  Death Date                              June 4th 2037
  Weed Number                                         ƐΩ∀
Protein                                              193g
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Riboflavin                      you have enough riboflavin.
Potassiolino                               Mamma mia!
Vitamin D                                                haha
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Ingredients: Wheat germ, Scapula, Turgidity, Lye,
Lightning Bolt, Shouts, Hootenanny, David, Lemon-
lime extract, Natural flavors, Natural flavors, Fears,
Terrors (Natural fears, Unnatural fears, Associations,
Ennui, Sleep deprivation, Finance), Walnut (1), Partially
hydrogenated penis oils, Dinosaur, Black tea, Phyllis
Contains 2% or less of: Substances and Chemicals
CONTAINS MILK; MAY CONTAIN NON-MILK INGREDIENTS

question for people more knowledgeable about coding, i want to make a fun facts section on my neocities that rotates through facts somehow. like, you click a button or refresh the page or something and it changes which fun fact is displayed. is there a relatively easy way to do this? I have. practically no knowledge of coding aside from the basic css and html ive used to cobble together a website, and even less of an idea where I would go to learn more

There are two easy ways to do this: client-side or server-side.

Client-side means that the code to choose which fact to display happens within a visitor's browser, and server-side means that the code happens on the server that's hosting the website. Personally, when I set up something like this on my own website, I chose to do it server-side. This was for two reasons: one, so that visitors would still be able to see a new quote each time even if they had javascript disabled, and two, so that people wouldn't be able to "cheat" and see a list of all the quotes by looking at the page's source code.

However, server-side also means that you need the ability to execute code on the server that's hosting your website. A cursory internet search implies that neocities probably allows this, in which case I'd be happy to show you the PHP file I used (side note: PHP is a bad language that should not be used for serious applications, but simple server-side website functionality like this was what the language was designed for and the only legitimate use for it).

If you'd rather do this client-side, though, it's even easier. All you need to do is write some JavaScript in the page that contains a list of facts and randomly chooses one to display each time the page is loaded. Anyone who looks at the source code would be able to see all the facts, but that's not really a problem per se.