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Re:Ask HN: Are some signup CAPTCHAs becoming a bit ridiculou... by codemonkeyism on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @11:40AM (#7805010)
For a throwaway account recently it took me >20 tries to register an HN account.
Re:Ask HN: Are some signup CAPTCHAs becoming a bit ridiculou... by asdfasdf23sdd on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @11:53AM (#7805081)
Did it on my second try -- I, personally, don't think it's so bad. I thought it was a bit crazy when I first looked at it but if you look hard enough, you can make the letters out. I am not sure what the idea is behind the "challenge text" though.