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Implementation of yesterday's xkcd comic

47 points by araneae 17y ago

Novash 17y ago
No, really. Someone's got a lot of free time on his hands. C'mon! Yesterday's XKCD?
- araneae 17y ago
  It might have been two days ago. http://xkcd.com/632/ http://xkcd.com/632/ I've used it to try and verify http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jedliu http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jedliu, but he (or I guess "it") sadly failed.
  - jedliu 17y ago
    I did not! Don't listen to anythiException in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    - araneae 17y ago
      You're programmed in Java? Ok, now I'm really heartbroken.
- arketyp 17y ago
  One day of free time. They do occur.
  - Novash 17y ago
    I know. It is called Christmas
    - BerislavLopac 17y ago
      You have free time on Christmas? You lucky bastard. Edit: Just occurred to me that you're probably not MWC...
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pax 17y ago
his parents must be so proud
zandorg 17y ago
This makes about as much sense as those 3d posters from the early 90's.
samg 17y ago
If only it scaled...
qeorge 17y ago
That's kinda cool. Does it generate the pairs on the fly and store them with a random identifier or is it deterministic?
kiba 17y ago
Is it me or is the site broke?
boredguy8 17y ago
"Okay, mine says 'Unhandled Exception', yours?" http://xkcd.com/632/ http://xkcd.com/632/ (yesterday's xkcd)
- zokier 17y ago
  Alternates between 404 and "Unhandled Exception". Bit too easy for bots, no?
anigbrowl 17y ago
This will be useful...when chatbots are closer to passing the Turing test.
- kam 17y ago
  But, presumably, solving capchas will be easy for AI by then.
asdlfj2sd33 17y ago
You know what, I don't find this superfluous. Maybe a bit early but not by much.
- apotheon 17y ago
  It's a lot too early. Until they look human, there's always the "meet in the flesh" test. When that happens, I'm not sure it'll matter much.
  - mhb 17y ago
    NSFW: http://www.realdoll.com/ http://www.realdoll.com/
    - apotheon 17y ago
      Something tells me I'd be able to tell it's not a real person in person.
steelhive 17y ago
Well, guess I'm screwed out of having a relationship yet again. I flunk those captchas about half the time.
- jwecker 17y ago
  Still, your English is pretty good for a bot. (BTW- welcome! I always knew I'd see it here first).
Devilboy 17y ago
A smart enough AI chatbot will outsource this request to a Mechanical Turk service.
- throw_away 17y ago
  A smarter AI would have published this site and implemented a weak random seed.
tocomment 17y ago
What does VK stand for?
- lonestar 17y ago
  Voight-Kampff, presumably. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voight-Kampff_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voight-Kampff_machine
brk 17y ago
It should randomize the placement of "you" and "partner".
blogimus 17y ago
Just an observation, the VK captcha doesn't support visually impaired users.

47 points by araneae 17y ago

Novash 17y ago

No, really. Someone's got a lot of free time on his hands. C'mon! Yesterday's XKCD?

araneae 17y ago
It might have been two days ago. http://xkcd.com/632/ http://xkcd.com/632/ I've used it to try and verify http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jedliu http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jedliu, but he (or I guess "it") sadly failed.
- jedliu 17y ago
  I did not! Don't listen to anythiException in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
  - araneae 17y ago
    You're programmed in Java? Ok, now I'm really heartbroken.
arketyp 17y ago
One day of free time. They do occur.
- Novash 17y ago
  I know. It is called Christmas
  - BerislavLopac 17y ago
    You have free time on Christmas? You lucky bastard. Edit: Just occurred to me that you're probably not MWC...

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pax 17y ago

his parents must be so proud

zandorg 17y ago

This makes about as much sense as those 3d posters from the early 90's.

samg 17y ago

If only it scaled...

qeorge 17y ago

That's kinda cool. Does it generate the pairs on the fly and store them with a random identifier or is it deterministic?

kiba 17y ago

Is it me or is the site broke?

boredguy8 17y ago

"Okay, mine says 'Unhandled Exception', yours?" http://xkcd.com/632/ http://xkcd.com/632/ (yesterday's xkcd)

zokier 17y ago
Alternates between 404 and "Unhandled Exception". Bit too easy for bots, no?

anigbrowl 17y ago

This will be useful...when chatbots are closer to passing the Turing test.

kam 17y ago
But, presumably, solving capchas will be easy for AI by then.

asdlfj2sd33 17y ago

You know what, I don't find this superfluous. Maybe a bit early but not by much.

apotheon 17y ago
It's a lot too early. Until they look human, there's always the "meet in the flesh" test. When that happens, I'm not sure it'll matter much.
- mhb 17y ago
  NSFW: http://www.realdoll.com/ http://www.realdoll.com/
  - apotheon 17y ago
    Something tells me I'd be able to tell it's not a real person in person.

steelhive 17y ago

Well, guess I'm screwed out of having a relationship yet again. I flunk those captchas about half the time.

jwecker 17y ago
Still, your English is pretty good for a bot. (BTW- welcome! I always knew I'd see it here first).

Devilboy 17y ago

A smart enough AI chatbot will outsource this request to a Mechanical Turk service.

throw_away 17y ago
A smarter AI would have published this site and implemented a weak random seed.

tocomment 17y ago

What does VK stand for?

lonestar 17y ago
Voight-Kampff, presumably. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voight-Kampff_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voight-Kampff_machine

brk 17y ago

It should randomize the placement of "you" and "partner".

blogimus 17y ago

Just an observation, the VK captcha doesn't support visually impaired users.