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Keith Bennett

@keithrbennett

Longtime software developer, specializing in Ruby, with European and Asian experience and language expertise.

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linkhttp://about.me/keithrbennett calendar_today15-04-2008 22:34:31

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Though I have been active in the Manila Ruby community in the Philippines for many years, this year I extended that scope to include Cebu and Davao, and other technologies such as Python and AI. Thanks to everyone who has been so welcoming to me, love you all! #ruby #python #ai

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If like me, your startup script (in my case, `.zshrc`) or other similar files have become disorganized, let AI help you. I was amazed at how well Claude.ai did. ChatGPT was miserable, giving only vague advice with no specific suggestions.

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Help wanted! CRuby moved this Ruby stdlib function into a native core function, so it could be used without stdlib and perform better. JRuby needs to do the same! Great way to start contributing! Create native Time#iso8601 Β· Issue #8476 Β· jruby/jruby github.com/jruby/jruby/is…

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TIL you can separate the downloading of the Mac OS update from the installing by using `softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer` on the command line to download it without installing it. It puts an installation application in /Applications.

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TIL that Ruby 3.x eliminated =begin and =end multiline comments. πŸ“· I have not looked into it deeply, but this seems really unfortunate to me.

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Aaron Rupar Trump tells Zelensky: β€˜make a deal or we’re out’. The Ukrainian president was threatened, Trump and Vance ambushed him. Trump has repeatedly insisted that he did not want American aid to give Ukraine an advantage. America is on Russia's side.

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If you live in Wisconsin – or have friends or family who do – there’s an important Supreme Court race happening right now. And there’s only one candidate ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites: Judge Susan Crawford. We’ve all seen how important