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It ’s not awholly originalidea ( the DOOM as CAPTCHA part ) . But it ’s nevertheless topping the charts over at Hacker News , whose consultation of largely developershas notes , with some complaining it ’s too intemperately , another compliment the task as “ so metal , ” and another remarking : “ There are so many demon , took me 3 - 4 tries … just like a genuine captcha ! ”

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