KidM to [email protected]English • 7 months agoGoogle's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins saywww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]technology
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins saywww.theregister.comKidM to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]technology
minus-square@voracitudelinkEnglish27•edit-27 months ago(Derogatory) English slang for clever people, researchers, scientists. The Register isn’t exactly the most reputable of publications.
minus-square@bazus1linkEnglish15•7 months agoIf you see the word “boffin” in your article, you’re probably reading The Register.
minus-square@adam_ylinkEnglish4•7 months agoIt also sounds like a Dickensian surname for a smart person.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-27 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.
(Derogatory) English slang for clever people, researchers, scientists. The Register isn’t exactly the most reputable of publications.
If you see the word “boffin” in your article, you’re probably reading The Register.
Neat, thanks for explaining!
It also sounds like a Dickensian surname for a smart person.
“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.