My phone did an update the other day, and the next day the desktop screen showed Google Stories which I had never seen before. That launched a slide show of neat cat photos called "Cute kittens in [where I live]" and had music added. It took me a few moments to realise that what Google had done was use one day's worth of photos of the neighbour's cats and from that create the slide show. Very easy when you think it through, but I had a definite "What the ????" moment nevertheless.

I usually use real cameras and rarely take photos with the phone. It was just that day the cats were having fun and I had my phone in my hand at the time.

Sadly, I doubt they'll be listened to. This govt has its own agenda which doesn't include taking heed of advice which is contrary to that. 



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5253...x003CFg0qg



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih...anslations



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/5187...organ-says

Never thought I'd agree with Tuku Morgan on anything, but when he calls David Seymour a 'political idiot', its extremely difficult to disagree...

The usual beneficiary bashing from this govt, the latest move to control what poor people on benefits can buy - the govt attitude appears to be that 'these people cannot be permitted a minute's enjoyment & must not be allowed to spend on things considered unwise by govt.'





https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/524919/wa...eficiaries



But it is an interesting idea...& if used for anothert group, could genuinely make some helpful difference.
 Just not to beneficiaries.

 Suppose we were to apply this idea to say, politicians. 

Suppose we the voters were able to control their spending...no more fancy hotels when travelling, a more modest one will do, or even a hostel ( though that could perhaps be unfair. To other guests) & of course,unless they're entertaining a guest as part of their duties, no need for fancy restaurants either.

And for those not living in Welly, no doubt a modest Kainga Ora flat can be kept for their use while in parliament. And too, we could trim or do away with, those lifelong perks they get on retirement.

There must be all sorts of things politicians get that we could cut back on...

I bank with ASB. Before 8am I cannot log into my bank because of an infernal game of select the squares with bikes, buses, traffic lights etc. reCAPTCHA is tied up with Google's security system and I wonder if it can be turned off in my PC. Otherwise, is it a security program that ASB turn on when out of hours?

Headline from Andrea Vance - had to laugh...

I was actually reading this article about the racism in politics and the media response
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programme...-over-race

which referenced this article  
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/35036...-crybabies

Apparently, there are a lot of doubting Thomas's out there who don't believe that this govt has actually managed to house 1000 children rather than temporary housing in motels. They say that if govt cuts down on emergency housing, that  means more people living in cars or becoming homeless.


It is quite difficult to see exactly how cracking down on unruly Kainga Ora tenants and emergency housing tenants will help, since those people they've 'cracked down' on will pesumably become homeless as a result.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5248...BUSnE_SXQA

Got a computer here using an ASUS wifi adapter with an intel chipset, and last week I ran a windows update then next thing the wifi would not detect any wireless networks, rolled back the driver and all was good again, give it 24 hours and it automatically went back to the "newer" driver, so next thing i tried was removing the device from device manager and removed all traces of the drivers installed, downloaded and installed the latest version and once again was working again. Now this morning windows has taken it upon itself to just go back to the faulty driver, ironically the version I downloaded from intel was still far newer than what driver windows was automatically downloading.

Never had to do this before, but this group policy hack may be the solution.
You would think that telling windows to rollback should be enough to send the message that the newer version was causing issues.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1465...river.html

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5E tablet that needs a new battery.
Any recommendations on where to get this done in NZ.
I am weighing up weather to do this or get a new tablet.

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Tour!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNRNqaKxZ8

Why Is Trump So Obsessed With Hannibal Lecter?: A Complete Timeline

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/po...235070008/