Rob Whittaker

@purinkle@ruby.social
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Director of Software Development at  @thoughtbot @NWRUG co-organiser. Holmes Chapel, UK. (he/him)
Emailrob@purinkle.co.uk

Happy #BrightonRuby, everyone! I look forward to seeing you for some post-conference drinks later. Will you be there?

I can neither confirm nor deny if I'll have some drinks money on behalf of @thoughtbot. I guess you'll have to meet me to find out!

Brighton Bierhaus

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It's #BrightonRuby tomorrow! I'll be getting into Brighton later today at 3.30pm and I look forward to seeing you for some pre-conference drinks. Will you be there?

I can neither confirm nor deny if I'll have some drinks money on behalf of @thoughtbot. I guess you'll have to meet me to find out!

It's only two days until #BrightonRuby. I'll be getting into Brighton 3.30pm tomorrow and I look forward to seeing you for some pre-conference drinks. Will you be there?

I can neither confirm nor deny if I'll have some drinks money on behalf of @thoughtbot. I guess you'll have to meet me to find out!

It's only three days until #BrightonRuby. I'll be getting into Brighton 3.30pm on Wednesday, and I look forward to seeing you for some pre-conference drinks. Will you be there?

I can neither confirm nor deny if I'll have some drinks money on behalf of @thoughtbot. I guess you'll have to meet me to find out!

It's less than a week until #BrightonRuby. I'll be getting into Brighton 3.30pm on Wednesday, and I look forward to seeing you for some pre-conference drinks. Will you be there?

I can neither confirm nor deny if I'll have some drinks money on behalf of @thoughtbot. I guess you'll have to meet me to find out!

This quote is yet another reason why you should read #comics.

「When you think about it, all A.I. or any data-driven algorithm does is obsess over the past, which also happens to be where all the mistakes are kept. 」

From X-Force (vol. 7) #7

It’s also ridiculous that people tut-tutting immoral #AI hypesters (and crypto scammers and other dangerous tech bros) say “they should take an ethics class”, when ethics classes actually teach utilitarianism and moral relativism, which **specifically** caused the **exact problems** they are trying to solve.

#irony #ethics #philosophy

The law of the land

Affirmative action is right up there with abortion and gun control among the highest-profile, longest-running social fissures in America. So of course the recent ruling from the Supreme Court making its use in college admissions illegal was going to light a political fire. The surprising thing is just how contained the burn has been wi...

My band Doom Loop just joined @chrislowis project jam.coop! I'm psyched to see how the project evolved and the community it brings. Check out our songs and while you're there check out the jam.coop about page to find out more about their project.

#music #coop #musiccooperative #industrial

https://jam.coop/artists/doom-loop

jam.coop | Doom Loop

New York Born Industrial Electronic duo Doom Loop, formed in 2020. Formally known as .mov now take on a more synth heavy and guitar driven edge that take on topics of social/personal unrest, politics and conceptual story telling.

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🤖 AI is writing tests… but can we trust it?

At EuRuKo 2025, @lucian (Short Ruby News) shows how to guide ChatGPT and friends to generate better, smarter tests — Ruby-style.

🎙️ Don’t Let Your AI Guess: Teach It to Test!
From Sibiu, Romania 🇷🇴 — see you in Portugal.