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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month 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.

[–] KillerTofu 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] voracitude 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

[–] bazus1 15 points 1 month ago

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

[–] KillerTofu 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neat, thanks for explaining!

[–] adam_y 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month 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.