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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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Pretty weird but everyone seems chill about it

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[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess, yeah I hadn't thought about it in exactly those terms.

Is this like a reverse Turing test?

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart", so yeah.

[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 14 points 2 months ago

lmao I forgot CAPTCHA was even an acronym. Thanks!

[–] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not what they actually do. They simply introduce a barrier that's cheap for a human to complete but expensive for a computer to beat. A captcha is about $1 per million to serve and to complete one is about $1.1 per million.

[–] __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

cheap for a human to complete but expensive for a computer to beat

This is the reason and logic. There are no advanced algorithms deciding your "humanness."

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've received captcha challenges that I couldn't solve even if you gave me a million euros.

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Epic Games be damned...

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Reverse Turing test

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Fairly sure I failed that one, just like every other test.

[–] littleomid@feddit.org -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s still written by a human. No different than a tool that measures our heart rate or checks our eyesight.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's pretty different.

Heart rate and vision have objectively correct ways to measure them. Bot detection doesn't.

[–] littleomid@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago

An algorithm is a tool made by us. OP suggests it’s something sentient.