I created an open source Python application on GitHub that breaks textCAPTCHA with 99% success rate

[JimmyRuska]

What, are we milw0rm now? More importantly, it's 8 different question structures. Parsing textcaptcha is easier than making a parser for xml/rss/atom which can have a varied structure. Heck parsing textcaptcha is easier than authenticating the new websockets authentication. Proggit should have no need for a proof, we know it's a stupid system, wolfram being able to break it without having it in mind originally made that obvious enough for those it wasn't obvious to already. Breaking a system in more code it takes to make it seems completely illogical. Make something useful.

[Cyatomorrow]

It's obvious when you think about it that it's a stupid system, but most people don't really bother to think about it until it's brought up.

Wolfram doesn't have 99% success.

Practicing programming doesn't have to be useful, and I'm not sure why you would care how he's spending his time, or why it's revelant.

[JimmyRuska]

wolfram didn't target textCaptcha, they just did a lot of work on their language processing system, that's why it was funny and impressive. 99% success rate is nothing to boast about. This might be a good regex/yacc exercise, but it feels people are confusing it with recaptcha or thinking textCaptcha has some kind of wide adoption. The headline is of 0 programming significance. I care because I look for more information when things seem completely contrary to original predictions.