Bernard Hickey's daily podcast if available to all today and covers his analysis of Luxon's state of the nation speech yesterday. Some good points made and policies questioned.

https://thekaka.substack.com/p/why-the-g...for-growth

I thought I had a thread on this here a while back but cant find it, anyway 6 months on after a new fuji xerox docucentre was installed on site and about 4 computers (the ones that use it most of the time) end up slowing down to the point that they are unusable.
Restarting the computer every couple of days seems to be the only workaround ive found for now, and speaking to fuji on the matter have not been that helpful.

Tried many different solutions that claim to have worked for some, including but not limited to:

Disabling SNMP status enabled
disabling spooling in the driver and printing directly to the printer.
changing drivers, using postscript drivers, etc
disabling ipv6 (which appeared to work on one system)

issue happens on windows 10 and 11, takes about 2 weeks on average on a system left to run 24/7, slowly uses more and more CPU each day until it hits 100%
Restarting the print spooler is an easy work around and clears the memory, but what could be causing this?
Its only happened after the machine was replaced with a newer model, have removed all old drivers and reinstalled.

I see some people in a similar situation are using scripts to restart the print spooler service once it hits say 100MB of memory.
Not really a fix, but more of a workaround, never seen anything like this before, but appears to be an issue that has presented itself in windows for some years from what I can tell.

I personally feel its related to the drivers, but if it was a common issue, then I would have thought that Fuji would have been on the case.

Our old upright freezer has died (from the state of its contents it has been ill for several days) and we need to replace it asap.

Consumer's top recommendation is Beko, a brand I know nothing about.   Does anyone have any advice?

https://www.aussie17.com/p/breaking-japa...conference

Japanese Press Conference Reveals High Death Rates Among Young People, Confirms Vaccinated Individuals More Susceptible to Infection!

This week, on January 16th, 2025, the Vaccine Issues Research Group hosted a press conference in Japan, unveiling serious concerns about mRNA lipid nanoparticles and genetic therapies.

Spearheaded by Emeritus Professor Dr. Masanori Fukushima of Kyoto University, the conference began with him emphasizing a glaring regulatory oversight: preclinical animal testing safety data for vaccines remain astonishingly basic compared to ordinary pharmaceuticals. In cases of typical drug development, detailed tests are conducted on drug distribution, potential carcinogenic effects, and reproductive impacts. However, for vaccines, these stringent evaluations are notably absent.

Dr. Fukushima presented eye-opening statistics: as of January 10th, the current relief system recorded 8,720 recognized cases of vaccine-related issues, including 940 deaths. These figures, already higher than those recorded since 1977, demonstrate the significant impact vaccines have had. Notably, voluntary reports to the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare list 2,262 reported deaths and 9,325 cases of serious illness as of August 4th last year. Additionally, the total number of affected individuals has reached 37,555, a staggering count detailed in the recommendation document provided during the conference.

Dr. Fukushima took the conference deeper into the realm of drug safety and adverse effects, drawing on his long history of confronting these issues. “When I first established a course on drug harm prevention in Japan in 2000,” he recounted, “it was almost unheard of to openly acknowledge side effects when a patient reported feeling unwell after taking medication. Such concerns were often dismissed or met with skepticism."

Through this historical lens, Dr. Fukushima illustrated a pattern of reluctance in acknowledging side effects. He recalled, “When interferon was first introduced, both in Japan and internationally, nobody connected it to reports of suicide. It was initially unimaginable to consider such a linkage." This oversight had, over time, forced a reckoning, as documented cases eventually made their way into official pharmaceutical literature: "Package inserts now properly record that suicidal impulses might occur post-interferon administration.”

He expressed his frustration and concern over the systemic tendency to overlook such critical observations until compelling evidence forced acknowledgment. “Unbelievable!” he exclaimed, emphasizing the gravity of dismissing early signs of adverse reactions. "We're observing a similar pattern with mRNA vaccines, where the potential for serious side effects is minimized or outright ignored."

All LGBTQ pages already deleted from White House website 

https://mashable.com/article/trump-admin...ouse-pages

Dammit...


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/5396...n-business



https://www.theguardian.com/business/202...ngredients

Because his god saved him  - I did try not to laugh....


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/539488/...ion-speech


I think Biden did an excellent thing, by pardoning preemptively, several of his staff who Trump had made threats against, if he was elected. They include Liz Cheney, Mark Milley, & Anthony Fauci. While I may not normally be in favour of such a move, I think the wild threats Trump was making made it essential.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/539482/...hony-fauci

See - there are still sane people over there!


Good for them; that must have taken guts.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9831lrn6nzo