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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago

And the first one was what?! We began training their OCR then we trained the image recognition. With Google Rewards we were training their location recognition. It has always been free labor. At least with Google Rewards I’d earn money that I could spend in apps.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

(Derogatory) English slang for clever people, researchers, scientists. The Register isn't exactly the most reputable of publications.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

If you see the word "boffin" in your article, you're probably reading The Register.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Neat, thanks for explaining!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It also sounds like a Dickensian surname for a smart person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

“Boffin” sounds like an insult, not something you’d call a smart person. Someone who’s easily baffled.

Also reminds me of a Zappa song, “Broken Hearts are for Assholes”, in which he speaks of a Sir Richard Pumpaloaf, a demented bread boffer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And it would have worked, if not for those meddling boffins!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Neutral mob with low HP. Won’t attack unless provoked. Not a threat except in large numbers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

The utility of reCAPTCHA challenges appears to be significantly diminished in an era when AI models can answer CAPTCHA questions almost as well as humans.

Maybe - but using an AI isn't exactly free. Depending on how many captchas you're solving this could be a significant cost.