Google's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins say
Google's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins say
Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them
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Boffins?
(Derogatory) English slang for clever people, researchers, scientists. The Register isn't exactly the most reputable of publications.
If you see the word "boffin" in your article, you're probably reading The Register.
Neat, thanks for explaining!
It also sounds like a Dickensian surname for a smart person.
âBoffinâ sounds like an insult, not something youâd call a smart person. Someone whoâs easily baffled.
Also reminds me of a Zappa song, âBroken Hearts are for Assholesâ, in which he speaks of a Sir Richard Pumpaloaf, a demented bread boffer.
And it would have worked, if not for those meddling boffins!
Neutral mob with low HP. Wonât attack unless provoked. Not a threat except in large numbers.