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WHY PEOPLE THINK COMPUTERS CAN'T

Marvin Minsky, MIT

First published in AI Magazine, vol. 3 no. 4, Fall 1982. Reprinted in Technology Review, Nov/Dec 1983, and in The Computer Culture, (Donnelly, Ed.) Associated Univ. Presses, Cranbury NJ, 1985

Most people think computers will never be able to

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#!/usr/bin/env -S jq -Rnf

def csvarray:split(",")|map(fromjson);
def objectify($ks): [$ks,(.|csvarray)]|[transpose[] as [$key,$value]|{$key,$value}]|from_entries;

(input|csvarray) as $keys|[inputs|objectify($keys)|.csv_filename=input_filename]
| reduce .[] as $o ({}; .[$o.csv_filename]+=[($o|del(.csv_filename))])
| if length == 1 and has("<stdin>") then ."<stdin>" else . end

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#!/bin/sh -e
# extract_cookies.sh:
#
# Convert from Firefox's cookies.sqlite format to Netscape cookies,
# which can then be used by wget and curl. (Why don't wget and curl
# just use libsqlite if it's installed?)

# USAGE:
#
# $ extract_cookies.sh > /tmp/cookies.txt

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(function () {
  //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // To use this script, go the the API page for your Airtable Base (something like https://airtable.com/<base_id>/api/docs).
  // Then, open the javascript console (F12) on Chrome. Then copy this script and paste it into the console (and hit Enter).
  // The schema serialized as JSON should now be in your clipboard.
  //
  // Alternatively, you can use the bookmarklet below.
  //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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/* This defines styles and classes used in the book */
body { margin: 0; text-align: justify; font-size: medium; font-family: Athelas, Georgia, serif; }
code { font-family: monospace; }
h1 { text-align: left; }
h2 { text-align: left; }
h3 { text-align: left; }
h4 { text-align: left; }
h5 { text-align: left; }
h6 { text-align: left; }
h1.title { }

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Running a Script from within Another Script

source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1485146

To run another script file:

run script "HD:path:to:file.scpt"

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         torrentz2.eu magnet links
// @author       thedward@barsoom.net
// @namespace    thedward@barsoom.net
// @version      0.3
// @description  adds magnet links to torrentz2.eu
// @match        *://torrentz.eu/*
// @match        *://torrentz.me/*
// @match        *://torrentz.ch/*
// @match        *://torrentz.in/*

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/*

Copyright 2010, Google Inc.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright

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Spoiler Alert

In some of the mentioned films, the time travel aspect may be a surprise twist and or simply not obvious from the outset, so just mentioning their titles in this context may merit a spoiler warning.

Time Travel Movies that Don’t Completely Suck

This is a list of time travel movies that don’t completely suck — more specifically movies where the time travel aspect is more than a poorly thought out plot device and the time travel actually makes some kind of logical sense even if it might not reflect our best current understanding of the universe. As a general rule, I’m excluding films that contain only one instance of time travel or films where time travel has no consequences¹.