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I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)

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405 points blindgeek | 3 comments | 18 Nov 24 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.835s | source
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Rastonbury ◴[18 Nov 24 14:46 UTC] No.42172733[source]▶
Some captchas are getting pretty discriminatory, not everyone lives in the West and can identify the objects they are asking you to. Another recent one sticks out where they asked me to pick a shape as the same number of conoids on screen. If you ask people on a street what a conoids I bet a significant amount will give you blank looks

Also at least now I know some people call those markings crosswalks

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ta1243 ◴[18 Nov 24 14:57 UTC] No.42172860[source]▶
Sorry I live in the west, what's a "crosswalk"

Did you mean to say

> not everyone lives in the USA

Other things I don't have a clue about - a fire hydrant, yellow taxis, yellow buses

(Obviously I do, because of American cultural imperialism through things like Captchas which mean the world has to understand American cultural touchstones)

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1. Symbiote ◴[18 Nov 24 15:25 UTC] No.42173203[source]▶
In many countries fire hydrants are underground, under an iron or concrete cover. There's very little to see on the street.

There might or might not be a sign marking the location.

Sweden: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fire_hydrants_in...

UK: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fire_hydrants_in...

It's also not necessarily relevant to worry about blocking one when parking a car.

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2. pbhjpbhj ◴[18 Nov 24 22:56 UTC] No.42178045[source]▶
Most UK hydrants are at junctions where its already illegal to park... come to think of it, I think USA ones are maybe mostly at junctions (in the media I've seen)? Are you allowed to park at junctions in USA?
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3. umanwizard ◴[19 Nov 24 04:05 UTC] No.42180016{3}[source]▶
> Are you allowed to park at junctions in USA?

US driving laws vary quite widely depending on the state (and sometimes depending on the city within the state). So there’s probably no uniform answer. But parking at an intersection is indeed allowed in a lot of places within the US, in my experience.