Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them
  • voracitude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    4 months ago

    (Derogatory) English slang for clever people, researchers, scientists. The Register isn’t exactly the most reputable of publications.

    • bazus1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      If you see the word “boffin” in your article, you’re probably reading The Register.

        • deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          “Boffin” sounds like an insult, not something you’d call a smart person. Someone who’s easily baffled.

          Also reminds me of a Zappa song, “Broken Hearts are for Assholes”, in which he speaks of a Sir Richard Pumpaloaf, a demented bread boffer.