On Thursday, 11 December 2014 at 00:35:13 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
On 12/02/2014 10:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
Although forum.dlang.org has had a spam check and used
reCAPTCHA since
it was announced, it is only somewhat effective against
fully-automated
bots - it is powerless against
Good idea, but the demo site is down right now :(.
http://wiki.dlang.org/extensions/DCaptcha/demo.php
Ah, fixed. Broke that when I updated to the easy version.
Nice one, failed the first try :).
You should probably reload on failure, or maybe only after the
3rd attempt or so.
Looks like you
On Thursday, 11 December 2014 at 11:04:09 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
Good idea, but the demo site is down right now :(.
http://wiki.dlang.org/extensions/DCaptcha/demo.php
Ah, fixed. Broke that when I updated to the easy version.
Nice one, failed the first try :).
You should probably reload on
What will be the return value of the following function?
int y()
{
int d = 31, baz = 5;
baz--;
d /= baz;
return d;
}
Oh, the irony! Asking people to prove they're human by making them to
complete a task that is usually done by machines. :-)
--bb
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 4:26 AM,
On 12/11/2014 07:51 PM, Bill Baxter via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
Oh, the irony! Asking people to prove they're human by making them to
complete a task that is usually done by machines. :-)
Let's hope the spammers don't get clever enough to let our machines
(dpaste or drepl) solve that
On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 at 18:23:26 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
Hijacking this thread. Captcha is still not working on https :(
Sorry, had to revert to an earlier version due to an unrelated
regression. It's back on reCaptcha now.
The new one should work on HTTPS once I'll find and fix the
On 12/02/2014 10:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
Although forum.dlang.org has had a spam check and used reCAPTCHA since
it was announced, it is only somewhat effective against fully-automated
bots - it is powerless against humans paid to post spamverts on forums
web-wide, which is what the
Hijacking this thread. Captcha is still not working on https :(
I removed all the harder challenges, so y'all can now stop
complaining. Sorry.
There are now only 2 simple questions. Pull requests welcome.
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 02:48:07 UTC, MattCoder wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:41:28 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
Although forum.dlang.org has had a spam check and used
reCAPTCHA since it was announced, it is only somewhat
effective against fully-automated bots - it is
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 02:29:39 UTC, Faux Amis wrote:
This has to be a joke!
I couldn't answer a single question:
What is the name of the D language syntax feature illustrated
in the following fragment of D code?
string a = x5095 f9 95d723c2;
Seems like hex to me
What is the name
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 19:42:39 UTC, Ary Borenszweig
wrote:
On 12/2/14, 6:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
Enter DCaptcha
I think this could work with just two or three variants of a
question. Always ask what's the return value of the function.
1. int foo() { return 8 % 3; }
I
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 04:02:49 UTC, Mike wrote:
I had to maintain a technical forum last year that was getting
spammed like crazy. I added the question how many bits are in
a byte?, and the spam vanished. Based on that experience, I
think the bar can be set very low.
The Wiki had
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 08:20:27 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 02:29:39 UTC, Faux Amis wrote:
tries to differentiate between human wanting to learn D and one
not wanting.
the latter is just a myth...
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 10:39:25 UTC, eles wrote:
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 08:20:27 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 02:29:39 UTC, Faux Amis wrote:
tries to differentiate between human wanting to learn D and
one not wanting.
the latter is just a myth...
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:41:28 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
Enter DCaptcha, a question-answer challenge tailored for D
programmers. Its goals are to challenge posters of
suspicious-looking content with questions that should be easy
to answer to D programmers, and impossible for
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 08:24:46 UTC, Gary Willoughby
wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:41:28 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
Enter DCaptcha, a question-answer challenge tailored for D
programmers. Its goals are to challenge posters of
suspicious-looking content with questions
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 08:28:25 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
Got it. But we're not going back to reCAPTCHA either. I'm tired
of deleting spam by hand.
Please suggest some ideas (or better, send pull requests).
I got fed up of having spam on an old blog so i implemented a
simple
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 07:46:42 UTC, Brad Anderson
wrote:
I could add links to DPaste and the #d IRC channel.
Both good ideas.
Done. You can see this here:
http://forum.dlang.org/reply/qpfcqedcbkipjllnk...@forum.dlang.org
(just click Send)
If it's that low than I'm not worried
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 08:51:13 UTC, Gary Willoughby
wrote:
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 08:28:25 UTC, Vladimir
Panteleev wrote:
Got it. But we're not going back to reCAPTCHA either. I'm
tired of deleting spam by hand.
Please suggest some ideas (or better, send pull requests).
For an idea of what sort of questions DCaptcha asks, you can
demo it on the following page, so you don't have to clutter the
I think all code fragments should have just one exact answer
(like number or single word) a any programmer without specific D
knowledge should be able to answer them
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 00:56:12 UTC, Brad Anderson
wrote:
Maybe make the ones on d.learn extremely simple.
---
What does the follow program print?
void main()
{
import std.stdio : writeln;
writeln(foo);
}
---
No algorithms, no math. Just extremely basic
On 2014-12-03 14:02, Martin Krejcirik wrote:
Asking for D feature names in not good IMHO.
I agree. I try the demo at got a question about what this feature is called:
auto u = new class M {};
Exactly what is referred to here? The type inference or the anonymous
class? The answer is
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 09:00:25 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 07:46:42 UTC, Brad Anderson
wrote:
I could add links to DPaste and the #d IRC channel.
Both good ideas.
Done. You can see this here:
On 12/2/14, 6:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
Enter DCaptcha
I think this could work with just two or three variants of a question.
Always ask what's the return value of the function.
1. int foo() { return 8 % 3; }
I don't think non-programmers know what that '%' symbol is, but
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:47:09 +0100
Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d-announce
digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote:
On 2014-12-03 14:02, Martin Krejcirik wrote:
Asking for D feature names in not good IMHO.
I agree. I try the demo at got a question about what this feature is called:
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 20:19:34 UTC, ketmar via
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On 2014-12-03 14:02, Martin Krejcirik wrote:
Asking for D feature names in not good
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On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 20:19:34 UTC, ketmar via
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On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 21:26:19 UTC, ketmar via
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On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 20:19:34 UTC, ketmar via
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On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 13:02:35 UTC, Martin Krejcirik
wrote:
I think all code fragments should have just one exact answer
(like number or single word) a any programmer without specific
D knowledge should be able to answer them correctly. Asking for
D feature names in not good IMHO.
This has to be a joke!
I couldn't answer a single question:
What is the name of the D language syntax feature illustrated in the following
fragment of D code?
string a = x5095 f9 95d723c2;
Seems like hex to me
What is the name of the D language syntax feature illustrated in the following
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:41:28 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
Although forum.dlang.org has had a spam check and used
reCAPTCHA since it was announced, it is only somewhat effective
against fully-automated bots - it is powerless against humans
paid to post spamverts on forums web-wide,
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 19:42:39 UTC, Ary Borenszweig
wrote:
On 12/2/14, 6:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
Enter DCaptcha
I think this could work with just two or three variants of a
question. Always ask what's the return value of the function.
1. int foo() { return 8 % 3; }
I
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:02:46 +
Mike via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com
wrote:
I had to maintain a technical forum last year that was getting
spammed like crazy. I added the question how many bits are in a
byte?
six. am i failed?
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Mike via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com
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I had to maintain a technical forum last year that was getting
spammed like crazy. I added the question how many bits
On 2014-12-03 23:39, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
That's the name of the parent class :)
Or interface, if I recall correctly.
--
/Jacob Carlborg
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On 4/12/2014 8:13 p.m., ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
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Mike via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com
On 12/02/2014 01:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
impossible for non-technical people with no incentive to learn
or research stuff
I hope this will not alienate complete beginners. They should be able to
talk to us on the D.learn newsgroup.
For an idea of what sort of questions DCaptcha
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:53:15 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 12/02/2014 01:41 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
impossible for non-technical people with no incentive to learn
or research stuff
I hope this will not alienate complete beginners. They should
be able to talk to us on the
On 12/02/2014 01:56 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
The CAPTCHA only triggers on a spam check fail, which should
not occur for normal forum content.
Ok, that sounds great.
Ouch. I could pass the first question in two tries but I can't pass
the second one. :)
They're randomly generated, so
I got stumped on the delimited string question, but I was
able to get the answer by viewing the page source in my web
browser.
-Eric
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:41:28 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
I'm sure you all are as tired of the occasional spam that hits
these lists as I was
I suppose one way to cheat is to just compile and run the code.
Vladimir Panteleev:
http://wiki.dlang.org/extensions/DCaptcha/demo.php
Very nice, we can help spammers learn some D and become some day
valid D developers :-)
Bye,
bearophile
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:56:31 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
[snip]
I hope so too! The CAPTCHA only triggers on a spam check fail,
which should not occur for normal forum content.
I get the captcha every single time I post at home. I suspect
it's because I'm on IPv6. Everything
Asking for feature names is a very bad choice, you're essentially
excluding all beginners and it's almost impossible to google the
answers (you want to exclude lazy uninterested humans, not all of
them, right?). Besides, I thought D was supposed to be the type
of language one should be able to
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:48:55 +
krzaq via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com
wrote:
Sure, this will eliminate spammers. But I wonder what the word of
mouth will be:
A Have you tried asking on the D forum?
B Yeah, but they thought I was a spammer and wouldn't let
string k = x2e dd 203F;
This seems severely punishing to people trying to learn D,
especially as a first programming language. Is that really the
right approach?
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 00:56:12 UTC, Brad Anderson
wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 21:56:31 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
[snip]
I hope so too! The CAPTCHA only triggers on a spam check fail,
which should not occur for normal forum content.
I get the captcha every single
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 01:48:57 UTC, krzaq wrote:
Asking for feature names is a very bad choice, you're
essentially excluding all beginners and it's almost impossible
to google the answers (you want to exclude lazy uninterested
humans, not all of them, right?).
The answers not
On 2014-12-02 22:41, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
I'm sure you all are as tired of the occasional spam that hits these
lists as I was deleting it. (Mailing list users in particular, I guess,
since we can't delete an email once it was sent out.) Most of the spam
was coming in through the forum, so I
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 06:44:17 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
[snip]
As I said, it's not about bots any more. The wiki got flooded
after one person solved the D-specific question, after which
the old CAPTCHA became useless.
Ah yeah, that's right. I forgot that was your goal. I'm
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 06:52:23 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 01:48:57 UTC, krzaq wrote:
[snip
As for math/algorithms, this one feels too advanced:
return iota(9).reduce!a+b;
I think it's a pretty good (albeit slightly advanced) question. 9
is a
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 07:29:25 UTC, Jacob Carlborg
wrote:
The anonymous class feature question, I was a bit stunned at
first, before I saw what it actually was.
i can't pass it too - only looking to sources.
i tried auto type deduction, type deduction etc...
imho, name of feature -
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