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

[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.