Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them
    • deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 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.