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did i say mildly i meant want to nuke it from orbit

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The irony is that these puzzles, while designed to stop bot spam/fake registrations, are actually used to train AI/computer vision to be better... thus, creating the need for even more infuriating puzzles to be "solved" by humans.

Write a dissertation using exactly 53,285 words on the topic of sprinkler head water use efficiency patterns, discussing at length the difference between residential, commercial, and agricultural use cases. Cite at least 25 sources ordered numerically in APA.

'OK, I guess I don't need to comment on this article anyway.'

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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

The topics are often super niche and don't even have 25 papers to source from

With a different report on the same topic, after all its still plagiarism if your copying yourself.

They're not designed to stop spam, they're designed to stop legitimate customer service requests, like refunds for billing mistakes. Sony uses them.

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