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Thursday 31 May 2007

links for 2007-05-31

Posted by Ross at 4:24 AM under Daily Links
 

  • What is reCAPTCHA?
    A terrific idea — utilising the now ubiquitous CAPTCHA systems employed on many websites to digitise old books, one word at a time.
    (tags: ideas security)
  • List of cognitive biases
    Comprehensive listing of common distortions that affect our perceptions of reality. Fascinating reading.
    (tags: psychology philosophy sociology cognition bias research reference)

One Response to “links for 2007-05-31”

  1. The guys at CMU initiated the notion of `human computation’ of which reCAPTCHA seems to be an instance. If you didn’t already, you might want to watch
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143

    § Comment by Radu Grigore on June 1st, 2007 at 10:57 am

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