Find the bug, Rails edition

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I have this code in a model in a Rails project.

  validates :name, presence: true, on: :create
  validates :email, presence: true, format: { with: URI::MailTo::EMAIL_REGEXP }, on: create

Let's put it in an Author model:

MEOW

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<!--       _
       .__(.)< (MEOW)
        \___)   
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-->

Is that offensive? Down a rabbit hole.

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"I hope you take this the way it is intended, but, you'd make a good dyke."

Covid Sucks, Slow Start

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The thing that gets me about Covid is that 3-5 day incubation period between catching covid, and showing symptoms. Sure, Covid isn't a zombie virus that has a 28 day incubation period, which is good. I can only imagine how sucky we would be as a culture and society and race if Covid had a 28 day incubation period. We would have so many more deaths.

Biases of the Day

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Through various and assorted internet consumptions, biases that have come into my awareness again today:

LMK if fields are missing that you need

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There are times when I look back on what I've written and the phrasing of my words just plain catch me off guard. Like, who speaks like that?

Last week, a coworker asked for some data, and I sent it to her. I included a note, "LMK if fields are missing that you need."

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