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ISP SK Broadband sues Netflix for millions in bandwidth usage fees

Isn’t this like going on a road trip and stopping off at a service station to fill up with fuel (which you pay for), and then the service station sues the manufacturer of your car (which you also paid for) because the car manufacturer is creating demand for the thing the service station sells??

It seems telecommunication companies are arseholes the world over.

Here we go again. Past all the Ruby/Rubygems/Node.js/Yarn nonsense and on to creating a shiny new Ruby on Rails project:

% ruby --version
ruby 3.0.1p64 (2021-04-05 revision 0fb782ee38) [x86_64-darwin20]
% rails --version
Rails 6.1.4
% rails new foo

At this point you’ll have about 150 gems installed and 687 (!) folders in node_modules 🙄 Anyway, switch to the brand new, everything-as-per-defaults project and run rails test:

% cd foo
% ./bin/rails test

And what do you know?

/Users/scott/.rbenv/versions/3.0.1/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bootsnap-1.7.5/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:34:
in `require':
cannot load such file -- rexml/document (LoadError)

There’s an issue about this but it’s been closed with a “not our problem” type of response:

This is an issue with selenium-webdriver … Could you please report there?

But the thing is Rails developers, the dependency on selenium-webdriver is your dependency. It’s in the Gemfile created by default. Out of the box Rails does not work.

I believe this is the first time I’ve attempted to spin up a new Rails application since my last rant back in January, and it’s sad that I wasn’t in the least bit surprised that the defaults don’t work.

I can only assume Rails isn’t interested in attracting new users, because goodness knows why anyone would put up with the amount of shit you need to know about and debug from the first minute of using this stuff.

Ooh I need something like this for my book reviews. I like rule-based, repeatable systems…

Predictably and frustratingly, Ubiquiti’s support staff have just shrugged their shoulders at my USG’s bizarre failure, and pointed me at a document explaining how to return it to them, even though the device is over two years out of warranty (which I was careful to point out in my first contact with Ubiquiti) and therefore not eligible for their RMA process.

I knew going into this that there wasn’t a hope in hell I’d get to talk to someone who could at least hypothesise about what’s gone wrong with my little gateway. Could have been a fun project to replace the busted chip/capacitor/whatever.

It’s another of my “putting this here in case it’s useful to someone” posts.

I have Logitech’s StreamCam, and when I connect it to one particular port on my CalDigit TS3 Plus - which is in turn connected to my MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) running macOS Big Sur 11.1 - I can receive audio from the StreamCam, but no video.

I contacted CalDigit about this, and they got me to triple check the port combination:

I also confirmed that the back USB Type-C port works a treat with other devices I connect to it.

CalDigit’s response:

This appears to be a conflict in macOS between the Streamcam and the 10gbps Controller on the dock. The USB-C 10gbps port and the USB-A port beside it are part of a different controller than the other ports on the dock. I’m afraid we don’t have another workaround aside from connecting to one of the other USB-C ports on the dock. As the drives are working through the same port, its likely related to compatibility over macOS.

Thumbs up to CalDigit support by the way. Fast, friendly, and knowledgeable.