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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)

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204 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 25 May 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Incipient ◴[25 May 25 08:07 UTC] No.44086331[source]▶
This is a trivially solvable problem with essentially little friction for buyers.

The industry doesn't WANT to solve this. I don't see why anyone believes or entertains the idea they are even trying.

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mqus ◴[25 May 25 21:01 UTC] No.44091086[source]▶
The author builds a ticket system and says it's not trivially solveable. What's your trivial solution then?
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everfrustrated ◴[25 May 25 21:47 UTC] No.44091486[source]▶
Sell tickets using an auction to set the price.
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1. j16sdiz ◴[26 May 25 00:14 UTC] No.44092569[source]▶
This has huge impact on the friend base. Certainly not trivial