That was tricky...
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1krazy4katz
OK, I signed in today: that was tricky putting "Desert animals" (or whatever that was) in the pictures where you are only supposed to click on food-related books. I almost clicked and then had to think: one or two S's...?
2Bookmarque
Ha! That's pretty funny.
3waltzmn
>2 Bookmarque:
FWIW, I constantly have trouble with those things. I'm autistic, and literal-minded, and the descriptions of what to look for are often not specific enough. Too much Lewis Carroll thinking plus bad eyesight is a recipe for trouble. (Dessert trouble, no doubt.)
FWIW, I constantly have trouble with those things. I'm autistic, and literal-minded, and the descriptions of what to look for are often not specific enough. Too much Lewis Carroll thinking plus bad eyesight is a recipe for trouble. (Dessert trouble, no doubt.)
4Taphophile13
I was taught to remember dessert has the extra S because you want seconds.
5paradoxosalpha
I think accuracy of picks is not as important as the rate of assessment and movement of the mouse on the regular captchas--that's how the "I am not a robot" checkbox captcha works. But LT may be different.
I got one the other day that asked me to identify crosswalks, and there were none visible, just a couple of cross-hatch painted road shoulders. I used the "Give me a different test" button on that one.
I got one the other day that asked me to identify crosswalks, and there were none visible, just a couple of cross-hatch painted road shoulders. I used the "Give me a different test" button on that one.
6Foretopman
I'm pretty sure accuracy of picks is not strictly important. I believe staff has said somewhere that you can misclassify one of the covers without being deemed a robot.
7krazy4katz
>4 Taphophile13: Hah! That is clever!
8sqdancer
>4 Taphophile13:
I learned a variation on that. Dessert has double S because you want it to last longer. Desert has one because you want to rush through it.
I learned a variation on that. Dessert has double S because you want it to last longer. Desert has one because you want to rush through it.
9MarthaJeanne
I think they also keep track of ones that many people get wrong.
10.mau.
>5 paradoxosalpha: I think I remember that Tim said that the algorithm checks that you choose the right books (not the SF ones, even if somebody could have some doubts about https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C8BZQCB , whose title translates to "Memoirs of a spaceship cook"), but you are allowed a mistake, since someone a blank cover may be shown.
11krazy4katz
>8 sqdancer: I like that too!
12MarthaJeanne
The opposite of desserts is stressed. So if you are stressed you need to counteract that with desserts. Deserts won't work.
13krazy4katz
>12 MarthaJeanne: Love this!!!
14Ennas
Hahaha, I love those "donkey bridges" for deserts and desserts.
(A donkey bridge is a dutchism for a silly mnemonic.)
(A donkey bridge is a dutchism for a silly mnemonic.)
15paradoxosalpha
>14 Ennas:
Doubtless from pons asinorum. The shift in meaning is interesting.
Doubtless from pons asinorum. The shift in meaning is interesting.
16lorax
My favorite slightly-confusing example is
But as others have said, you get one free mistake.
But as others have said, you get one free mistake.