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I’m Not a Robot

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Re: I’m Not a Robot

#243

Level 2 demonstrates an annoyance I have with such captachas. It states to select all squares containing a stop sign. It becomes some sort of game theory around what I think other people think a stop sign "is". I would consider all parts of the stop sign, including its metal stand, part of the sign. Other people apparently think only the top bit, the red bit, of the stop sign "is" the stop sign. If I'm supposed to se…

If you bolted the metal red octagon to the side of a building (such as in a very dense urban street), would it still be a stop sign?

It might not be a government-enforced thing but there isn’t much reason to go to the effort of putting a red metal octagon somewhere if it didn’t mean stop, in some way. The things don’t just fall of trees and land on the side of buildings.

Re: I’m Not a Robot

#244

Level 2 demonstrates an annoyance I have with such captachas. It states to select all squares containing a stop sign. It becomes some sort of game theory around what I think other people think a stop sign "is". I would consider all parts of the stop sign, including its metal stand, part of the sign. Other people apparently think only the top bit, the red bit, of the stop sign "is" the stop sign. If I'm supposed to se…

> all squares "containing a motorcycle",

How about feeling trapped because no square contains a motorcycle. For example, a motorcycle wheel is not a motorcycle.

It definitely feels more like a game about guessing common interpretation than anything else.

Re: I’m Not a Robot

#245
post #194

"Verifying you are human. This may take a few seconds."... over and over and over. I assume this is supposed to actually do something eventually, but now I think it is just a bot tarpit.

That's ironic. His website stuck behind an actual capcha.

Re: I’m Not a Robot

#248

I'm stuck on 41 Grave. I picked up the flowers and zoomed in on the grave but I suspect some UI elements are missing on phone

Turns out I accidentally threw away the scrub brush. I got it back with a browser refresh since the game refresh button didn't work on that level. I was scared to do a browser refresh because I thought I'd have to start from level 1

Re: I’m Not a Robot

#249
My favourite so far is Level 38: Tough Decisions. I like the solution, but I also liked the dumbness it brought out in me along the way.

When there's no limit to tries, and iteration is quick, it seems I revert to "I'll just quickly try this dumb approach, and if that doesn't work then I'll use my brain...". Was that only me?

I've tried to be a bit vague in my example thought process below, to not ruin it for anyone who hasn't tried this particular captcha yet. It's probably (even more) unrelatable if you haven't tried this one yet.

"Perhaps I chose the wrong option at the beginning - I'll try the other..."

And then, even worse: "Maybe I need to back into the parking spot - that's dumb, but I'll try it first and then think afterwards. Oh, it's easiest to back into the spot if I go around the centre bush, but that means basically choosing both options. Anyway, I'll quickly try that first..."

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