A couple of my PCs have failed KB5034441 updates, which the blurb says is to prevent Bitlocker encryption being bypassed.
Given that I don't use Bitlocker, am I OK to just hide that update from further checks?
It seems a bit over the top to have to fiddle around with disk partitions for something I don't use.

Given the size of them, we're perhaps lucky they disappeared.
At three meteres tall you'd want to keep well out of their way, Gigantopithecus blacki were 300 kilos & scientists now believe they disappeared due to climate change which they couldn't adapt to.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/30103812...-its-eerie

It seems extremely unlikely but then with politicians you never know. I hope they can get to the truth before too much damage to the reputations of both the Green party & the MP.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/506...ing-claims


"Police have confirmed they received a report about a Ponsonby store from two days before Christmas, after a Green MP stood aside from portfolios over accusations of shoplifting.

The Green Party on Wednesday confirmed MP Golriz Ghahraman had stood down from her portfolios, after being accused of shoplifting from upmarket clothing store Scottie's Boutique in Ponsonby.

A police spokesperson confirmed an incident was believed to have taken place on the 23rd. Police clarified they received the report on the same day. They said they were unable to confirm, deny or comment on whether a named individual was under investigation, however.  The Green Party statement on Wednesday said they were in contact with the store, but would not be commenting further.

"The Green Party is aware of allegations regarding MP Golriz Ghahraman and is in contact with Scotties Boutique to better understand and address them," a spokesperson for the party said.

"Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour. Ms Ghahraman will stand aside from all portfolio responsibilities until the matter is resolved.

"The Green Party and Ms Ghahraman will not comment further at this time."

Ghahraman was the party's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade, Women, Justice, Refugees, Defence, Human Rights, Ethnic Communities, Democracy and the electoral system, and the Government Response to the March 15 Attack."

I was thinking about these earlier & managed to remember some, add some if you think of any.

I'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

He's just the bees knees.

He thinks he's just the cat's pyjamas.

She's a box of birds.

When our ship/boat comes in.

More of those chem trails today.

In like Flynn.

She's a Bobby dazzler.

As full as a bull/boot/the family po.

I'm full of beans.

His nibs.

I'll be there in a tick/two ticks.

She's/he's as fit as a fiddle.

So & so said.

A sky as black as the ace of spades/your hat.

He's as cool as a cucumber.

Feeling a bit browned off.

I'm as free from money as a frog is from feathers. (My Gran)

A misunderstanding she says.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/01/07/maggi...ymoO-xUS_A



"Former MP and broadcaster Maggie Barry says a "minor misunderstanding" on a flight led to her being spoken to by police over what Air New Zealand described as an incident involving "abusive" behaviour towards cabin crew.
To the accusation, Barry rejected the airline's assertion: "I saw no ÔÇÿabuseÔÇÖ on the flight, and certainly there was none from myself to any cabin crew or passengers."
Police confirmed to 1News that they attended to the Friday incident on a plane at Queenstown Airport, bound for Auckland. The story was first reported by Stuff.

Air New Zealand chief safety officer Captain David Morgan said that the incident happened after a passenger failed to comply with the aircraft's crew.
The flight "was delayed by approximately 40 minutes due to an incident where a passenger failed to comply with our crew member instructions and responded by being abusive towards our cabin crew and a fellow passenger," he told 1News.

"Airport police were called to the aircraft. The incident resulted in the flight's departure being delayed.
"Air New Zealand expects our crew to be treated with respect at all times, and we are providing support to the cabin crew member who experienced the abuse."

Morgan did not name the passenger in his statement, citing privacy reasons.


In a statement to 1News, Maggie Barry said she had a ÔÇ£minor misunderstandingÔÇØ onboard.
"The confusion was around my mobile phone, which I was wearing on a long strap around my neck and which was mistaken for a small bag that should be stored for the flight.
"As IÔÇÖd often carried my phone that way hands-free on other flights, I wasnÔÇÖt sure at first what they were asking me to do, so there was a misunderstanding initially."
She said the issue was "quickly resolved" and had "almost no interaction" with other passengers onboard the plane, rejecting any accusations of abusive behaviour."


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5063...bqKbjyW56g

ÔÇ£The former conservation minister and National Party MP was on an Air NZ flight to Queenstown from Auckland last week when she said there was a "misunderstanding" about the phone she was wearing on a lanyard around her neck.
Barry claims her phone was mistaken for a bag that needed to be stored. After a "minor disagreement", she removed the phone and put it in the seat pocket.
However, Captain David Morgan, chief operational and integrity manager for safety at Air NZ, said the flight was delayed for 40 minutes after a passenger was alleged to have become abusive towards staff and another passenger after failing to comply with instructions from the crew.ÔÇØ


Not the first time she's been accused of being abusive.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/3957...ggie-barry




https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/377...recordings



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/377...speaks-out

Apparently, those who are generation Z have managed to annoy quite a few people.
 (Those born from 1997- 2012, aged 12 to 27)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/30103...rest-of-us


"If there was one industry youÔÇÖd imagine would suit┬áGeneration Z┬ádown to the ground, one place where the younger members of the workforce should find themselves in a ÔÇ£safe spaceÔÇØ where they can really, as they would put it, ÔÇ£live their truthÔÇØ, it would surely be Hollywood. Nowhere accommodates the egocentric quite like La La Land.

I must be one of the 2.6%
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/ne...relevance/

He genuinely does seem to be lacking empathy.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...l-shooting


"Donald Trump┬átold an audience at a campaign event on Friday in Iowa to ÔÇ£get overÔÇØ a deadly shooting at a high school in the state a day earlier.



After offering sympathy and emotional support for the victims of the shooting in Perry, Iowa, and their families, Trump┬ásaid┬áat the event in Sioux Center: ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs just horrible ÔÇô so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.ÔÇØ
TrumpÔÇÖs comments on the shooting that occurred about 36 hours earlier were the first he had made addressing the violence.
FridayÔÇÖs remarks were not the first time in the last year that Trump has apparently tried to deflect from having a substantial conversation about gun violence in the US. During a┬áspeech┬áin April 2023 to the National Rifle Association, Trump argued that the long history of deadly school shootings in the US is ÔÇ£not a gun problemÔÇØ. He instead blamed the issue on Democrats, mental health issues, marijuana and the transgender community.

TrumpÔÇÖs recent comment on the Perry shooting was criticized by the Democratic Super Pac American Bridge.

ÔÇ£We knew Trump lacked empathy for others, but no one thought he could go this low and tell Iowans to simply ÔÇÿget over itÔÇÖ as they grieve from a situation communities across the country know all too well,ÔÇØ the American Bridge presidential campaigns communication director, Brandon Weathersby, said in a┬ástatement┬áon TrumpÔÇÖs comments. ÔÇ£This is beyond the pale, even for Trump.ÔÇØ

Not a lot of fun for those poor people but they landed safely.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67903655


"The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after part of one plane fell off during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the inspections would affect 171 planes.

On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
Removing some of the aircraft from service is expected to cause about 60 cancellations on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.
Earlier, the FAA said it would "order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory".

Required inspections will take around four to eight hours per aircraft, it said.
In Friday's incident, the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, had reached 16,000ft (4,876m) when it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
The airline, carrying 177 passengers and crew, landed safely back in Portland.
Images sent to news outlets showed the night sky visible through the gap in the fuselage, with insulation material and other debris also seen.




Passenger Evan Smith said: "There was a really loud bang towards the left rear of the plane and a woosh noise - and all the air masks dropped.

"They said there was a kid in that row who had his shirt sucked off him and out of the plane and his mother was holding onto him to make sure he didn't go with it."

This is some of the most positive news in battery development I've seen.
Still a long way off mass production but great that we actually have the technology demonstrated that it works.
Most stuff I've read has all been clickbait and theoretical technology or batteries with low capacity. 
https://au.pcmag.com/cars-auto/103280/no...300k-miles