A bit worrying if you have a Tesla Vehicle:

https://fortune.com/2023/12/19/teslas-re...ing-wheel/

What joys await us...



https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...ons-worsen

From here
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2103104/...ckout.html


you can run the installation setup exe from a command prompt as such

I want to reinstall Skype for Android but it tells me that I cannot do that as it is already installed but when I click on the Skype icon it dies not work so I need a link to go to reinstall Skype. Will you help me please.

Personally I think its PEBKAC but this person never has had any issues before.
I thought that the keyboard layout may have been messed up, but everything checks out.
To top it off they asked me to replace the laptop as they wanted to upgrade it regardless. 
And the new laptop is doing the same thing (for the user)
I've looked at it and can't see anything wrong.
Still don't know what apps the user experienced this issue with, but all I transferred over from the old computer was some documents and photos and reinstalled office 365.
Seems pretty coincidental to me that 2 separate computers would do the same thing.
Apparently pressing a full stop gives the letter y and rebooting fixed it.

Interested to hear if anyone else has heard of something similar.
Either way, I can't fix something that I've been so far unable to replicate!

The hypocrisy of our politicians is stunning.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...arn-te-reo



[b]"Luxon defends taxpayer-funded te reo lessons, after his own criticism [/b]
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it is important for public officials to have skills in te reo, after criticising other public service bosses for funding te reo lessons.

No doubt there are eager beaver journalists checking that even now....

They've pulled back on developing walkways & cycleways - idiocy in these times. It seems they're not bothered about the effect on their & our children, grandchildren & their descendants.
We - & every other country in the world - desperately need politicians with the ability to take a long term view, preferably before the planet is completely stuffed.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/504...initatives


"The new government's Transport Minister has pulled the brakes on dozens of council projects designed to encourage cycling, walking and use of public transport across the country, sparking confusion in local authority ranks and fury amongst cycling advocates.
In a letter to local authorities Simeon Brown said he told the New Zealand Transport Authority (Waka Kotahi) to halt work on cycling and walking initiatives.
"I understand that some local authorities have been developing programmes with NZTA and other stakeholders to reduce vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by the light vehicle fleet, using funding from the Climate Emergency Response Fund.

"I have given notice to NZTA to end its work on these programmes, and to not commit any further funding to local authorities (beyond existing contractual obligations) to develop these programmes. Thank you for your understanding as we work through these changes."

VKT programmes are designed to reduce reliance on cars, and support people to walk, cycle and use public transport.


Brown was not available for an interview, but in a statement said the cycling and walking initiatives were a waste of time and money."

I am experiencing this error recently when shutting down my PC:  

"Hidden Window: Logi Overlay.exe .. Application Error.  "   and, it prevents me from shutting down my PC.

It happens quite often but not always.   I think it's the software for the Logitech device, my MX Master 3 mouse.  There was a software update recently. 
It never happened before the update.

You reckon I can uninstall the software completely?

I have been using Google Chat for some time now and I have found that I can usually compose about 20 lines until I cannot enter any more and so I send that and start the next message. That is usually adequate for what I want to say but just recently it has only been possible to do 3 lines. This problem seems to have started since they introduced their new logo. But it seems to be a problem just with me as messages I receive have many lines, 2 to 3 times as much as I have been used to.
The temporary solution that I have found - about 3 lines - is manageable but not very convenient so I was hoping that someone could advise me how to remedy the problem.
Thank you in anticipation.