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ribtoks

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    Comment #48346474

    Use proof-of-work captchas, many are private by default. Look into Private Captcha or Cap captcha.

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    Comment #48109903

    I feel like we need a library of better prompt-injections because not all (obvious) bot applications added the prefix.. Do you have any references?

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    Comment #48072029

    There are other captcha alternatives like Turnstile, for example Private Captcha, Altcha etc. - they are owned by mostly “small” independent companies, they are not visual captchas…

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    I remembered $30 from some comment I read, but didn't look for it later. If it was yours, thank you! (def. thank you for the Wallmart link! - would you like a credit in the blogpos…

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    Comment #48066468

    > actually human generated Human written, not generated. > HN isn't popular enough to be invoked as a source Excuse me, what do you mean there? The author happens to read HN too.

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    Comment #47874124

    Have you seen Private Captcha? It's main point is privacy and GDPR compliance (while being self-hosted). It's a more modern PoW captcha without the limits of Altcha (mCaptcha is mo…

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    Comment #47585165

    Is there a write-up/walkthrough on this? Would be interesting to read. Also: this is kind of another nail in the coffin of non-opensource non-pow captchas.

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    Keeping time series in Mongo…

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    Comment #45063633

    Yeah, most people here probably have an overstimulated mind and just doing the opposite for a minute or so can be very tough at first!

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    Comment #45063621

    1. At it's core, it's a Proof-of-Work captcha, so compute load depends on the usage pattern. AI (LLMs) does get better at image/audio recognition, but compute task is the same anyw…

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    I've heard doing nothing can cause a significant physical discomfort to the impatient mind.

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    Comment #44591400

    My experience with abandoning Serverless framework, which I will remember with gratitude, despite it's utter enshittification.

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    Comment #34494105

    I made a cross platform desktop app for people who upload their photos and videos to microstock agencies called Xpiks ( https://xpiksapp.com ). Initially I was selling one-off fore…

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    Comment #32575305

    For me using my lambda is definitely better than having a dependency on yet another external service (like the logz.io advertisement in your comment).