It would probably be more useful to run an arch container in something like distrobox. “Pacman -V” outputs some version information, which changes quite often on a rolling release distro. If you run your own arch box, you wil always be able to get the newest captcha code.
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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How is it a captcha if it’s machine-solvable?
Machines are better at solving captchas than humans. No, really.
It works because it is different from other captchas that all have ways to workaround already automated. Having a niche problem for a niche community works surprisingly well for weeding out the widely cast bots that are designed to solve the common captchas. Though it wont do much for a dedicated attack - I don't think they have had much of a problem with these and the mods can always change tactic when it no longer becomes effective.
You can install docker. Then...
$ docker run --rm archlinux pacman -V|base32|head -1
Unable to find image 'archlinux:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/archlinux
5bab4a299671: Pulling fs layer
c22c9691c4d8: Pulling fs layer
c22c9691c4d8: Verifying Checksum
c22c9691c4d8: Download complete
5bab4a299671: Verifying Checksum
5bab4a299671: Download complete
5bab4a299671: Pull complete
c22c9691c4d8: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:a816f62c10a68a77df6041efdec165e8638644e8209b21ee27d7ecfd3f83d823
Status: Downloaded newer image for archlinux:latest
BIQC4LJNFYQCAIBAEAQCAIBAEAQCAIBAEAQCAICQMFRW2YLOEB3DMLRQFYZCALJANRUWEYLMOBWS
Distrobox my dude. Run an arch container and run the command. Not super hard to set up since I barely know what I'm doing and I got it working.
just paste it in terminal, it will give some random characters. Paste it in the captcha. This is honesty the best captcha I've seen. lol
OP states that he's running Fedora, which doesn't have pacman.
oh... sorry then
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