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Re:Captchas are Becoming Ridiculous on Thursday June 26, 2014 @05:58AM (#7948800)
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One simple way for minimizing junk going through automated submits. Idea without using recaptcha at all: http://ademsha.com/notes/simple-proposal-to-stop-spam-going-...

It works only with JS enabled and uses randomization in order to stop bots learning how to avoid it.

Ask HN: Would you pay for app similar to Google Now functionality IF...

Posted by ademsha on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @10:30AM
from the ask-hn dept.

So, WOULD YOU and HOW MUCH PAY max. per month (sub.based) for apps similar to functionality offered by apps/services like Google Now/Cortana.When talking about functionality, focus would be on proactive help/information/reminders/alerts etc. and automation of tasks.If hypothetically that app/service exists, differentiating factors would be: - offers at par or even better performance than...

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Re:Ask HN: Automation in IT on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @07:15PM (#7350939)
Automation is inevitable. We have now more tools that can automate different (basic) IT tasks: App Deployment, Data migration between apps, Testing, etc. I think next step is learning from data and doing more complex automations. This would also allow systems to be more proactive in a way to recognize what is important to users, discover a pattern and automate some kind of operation. Considering that, I would recommend everyone, interested in this area, to pursue data science path (data mining/machine learning). Today, seems everybody is looking for that kind of workforce. I personally know companies which listed ads for this position and haven't been filled since year ago.