Also, “identical” has a different meaning here.

There’s a special place in hell for the monster who dreamed up this captcha!

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    If you attempt to answer this rather than refresh for an easier one, the captcha assumes you are a computer and blocks your IP

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      rather than refresh for an easier one

      That was one of the easy ones! They got more abstract and further from identical as you went on.

      And the bastards set it up so they make you think you’re solving 5 of these… then when you do the fifth one, they make you do 10… etc… infuriating.

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        It’s quite easy after you learn engineering-level math. It would still require some paper and patience, but it’s not hard.

        Only something around 5% of the people go there, but it’s a matter of going there, not being a genius.

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          That requires neither engineering-level math nor paper nor patience. All you need is the chain rule and some basic knowledge of sine and cosine:

          The derivative of cos is -sin, but because of the 6x you get an extra factor 6. The sine function is periodic on 2pi, so sin(6*2pi + pi/2) = sin(pi/2) = 1. So the result is -36

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            • § d/dx: 6cos(6x + Pi/2)
            • = d/dx: -6sin(6x)
            • = -36 cos(6x)
            • = -36, when x = 2Pi
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            It’s called engineering level math because engineers, physicists, and math majors are required to take Calculus.

            Yes I took calculus in high school but it’s not required. No I don’t remember much of any of it because it was decades ago.

            You also learned all the countries/capitals in Africa when you were in middle school. But I bet you can’t name them now without Google. Same thing.

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          It’s been nearly 35 years since I did uni level calc and I’ve not really used in the the years since - fucked if I could figure it out without a lot of <insert search engine of choice> foo these days

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            It is a partial derivative. Apparently you haven’t taken Calc III. I figured that would be basic math for most people. It is a shock to me that a person studying to be a nurse doesn’t need a degree in math.

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            To answer your question without being a dickhead: The given x indicates the point on the curve you need to find the slope at. In other words, find the derivative and then evaluate that function at the given x.

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    Yeah Google doesn’t think I know what a traffic light is… or a motorcycle

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      Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s it - it is the same little swirly thing, just coloured differently and mirrored. I’ve seen worse.

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    Just ask chatGPT, it can solve capchas faster than a person. Set up a script and boom, no more capchas issues.

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      That’s not too bad. At least that’s not something you do on a daily basis… It isn’t, right?!

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    Imagine Optimus Prime trying to buy Sam Witwickys Glasses on EBay and encountering this captcha.

    “Jo, this is fucking bullshit you guys.”

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    What is it you have to use so badly you put up with this bullshit!? Haven’t they already proven that in 2024 bots can solve the CAPTCHAS better than humans can??

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      I signed up to LinkedIn to get in touch with someone. Deleting the account the moment I get a reply. They couldn’t pay me to put up with this nonsense. 😂

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    When I see this captcha and it says “1 of 10”, I close the page. This website doesn’t want me, and I don’t want to be there either.

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      Microsoft uses some of these. I remember having to do something like that to setup a minecraft account and at some point I thought I would just give up and lose my money.

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        OpenAI uses these too. I used to have the pro subscription, yet they asked me to solve 10 of these for every other request. Needless to say, I’m no longer their customer.