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Apple's expected Fall release of OS15 has two new features:

1. CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) detection in photos stored in iCloud and

2. iMessage scanning

While the intent is laudable, after I watched the following video I was persuaded to turn off this Apple scanning instead of just ignoring it:

Apple Scanning Your Photos (How to Disable)

On 8/24/2021 at 12:54 PM, gypsydan said:

Thank you.  Finding the screen is not the problem, I'm wanting to find out what exp people ahve had with them in a small 25' RV, if any.

Make sure to light it as evenly as possible.

10 hours ago, RV_ said:

Must read: Do you trust Apple?

And then there's this clickbait. Seriously.

Well, for 2007 at least, different names for the same thing . . .

Four Winds Kodiak = Chateau Kodiak

Four Winds (models 31F & 31P) = Chateau

Four Winds 5000 = Chateau Sport

Four Winds Siesta = Chateau Citation

Anyone install a Kelderman Air Suspension system on their Class C? If so, how is it?

Check out Tucks' Truck and also the Starlink Reddit (new) or Starlink Reddit (old) for more info.

We've had a fixed home Starlink setup since March and would love to take it on the road next year, but I have reservations . . . mostly about losing access when we return home from the road. So I'd consider buying another unit just for the road. We'll see how Starlink shakes out over the coming months.

Here's a chart summarizing Verizon's new data plans:

If you're interested in any of Verizon's smartphone unlimited plans, this link goes to a chart that summarizes Verizon's current Unlimited Smartphone plans.

Finally, you can check to see if your hotspot device is compliant with Verizon's new data plans. You'll need your device ID (IMEI 15-digit number).

Verizon News Announcement

and

MIRC Right On Top of It

Since I have a Verizon Unlimited plan, I could add a 100GB hotspot Pro Data plan $60/month.

AT&T & T Mobile have cheaper 100GB data plans, but it's a far cry from the $180/month I used to pay in 2016 for a 40GB Verizon data plan.

5 hours ago, LarryN said:

Linda, of course you do not know me at all, certainly not to the extent to claim who I "respect". You don't know what I do to help others.  I have served food at "soup kitchens". But I do not need to publish on a forum all my good works as you have done.  I have also "been there", living my early adult years as a slacker whose only impediment to success (or just feeding my family) was staring at me in the mirror. I have had my name on the cash register....should you know what that means. I have heard the oil furnace growl in the middle of the night when it sucked in the last drop of fuel oil, with two youngsters in the next room. You don't know me.

We all have a duty to find the means to sustain ourselves and sustain those we chose to bring into  the world. An able bodied man or woman should not be standing on the street corner holding a sign "Hungry, God Bless" when there is a sign on the building 100 feet from them that says, "hiring, all shifts, sign on bonus". 

Thank you so much for feeding the starving children. They are the victims of their parents who should be horsewhipped. 

 

TMI

1 hour ago, RV_ said:

I would wait a bit because Windows 11 is coming out soon and lots of processors and systems won't work with it.

Why wait?

Take a look at the new M1 MacBook Air laptop. Here's a testimonial from a PC user . . . and a head-to-head comparison with a PC laptop.

If you're traveling to Yosemite via the West entrance, keep an eye on the River Fire that's between Oakhurst and Mariposa. Currently, it's threatening Highway 41.

The River Fire is about 15 miles from us, and we can see (and smell) the smoke. The fire went from 80 to 9000 acres in a day.

Largest Qubit Computer developed by Harvard/MIT

3 hours ago, SWharton said:

Can I hook up a Playmaker to Hopper 3. 

Nope.

Found this as I searched for Class C RVs in California -- Snow Cabin Telstar 27'

I'm thinking that the wood burning stove might be a problem.

Anyway, it's for sale on the San Mateo, CA Craig's list.

On 6/29/2021 at 7:02 AM, durangodon said:

Being vaccinated is not the only way to reach herd immunity.  🙂

Herd immunity vs culling the herd.

iOS 15 Beta - Fall 2021 release

4 hours ago, DanZemke said:

To the person that removed all of the previous context of this thread, you completely distorted my opinion.  My point was that the Apple M1 processor is a good, but mediocre improvement.

How do I complain about a moderator's behavior?

There was no previous content in this thread. You're confusing it with this thread.

4 hours ago, DanZemke said:

Apple's proprietary ARM derivative appears to be a very good implementation. 

Glad you brought that up. I thought someone would have posted here about Apple's M1 processor when it came out 6 months ago, but nada. So here's playing catch up . . .

Apple's New "M1" Processor in under 3 minutes

Here's what the experts think of Apple's new M1 chip

3 hours ago, Ray,IN said:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-windows-11-news-rumors/

macOS Monterey (coming Fall 2021) - and unlike Windows, all Mac OS upgrades are free.

1 hour ago, Ray,IN said:

IMO, until Apple becomes price competitive they will remain following Microsoft Windows in market share.

It's not price, it's resistance to change.

$699 Mac Mini vs $1,000 PC - Which is Faster? - it's the Mac.

Cost of Ownership: Mac vs PC - it's like when you buy that cheap printer and find out that print cartridges cost more than the printer.

Max Tech Video (6/18/21)

20 hours ago, etcetera said:

Full timing and the whole RV concept is just not a thing in the mid-Atlantic. Yeah, but not really. And I can't move. Not yet.

Places like Nevada and California struck me as anything goes and we don't care.

Remember Old Man Winter in your considerations.

Hopper Check Switch with Nuclear Option

10 hours ago, Kirk W said:

The future of RVing as many know it is doomed  from RV Travel.

Actually, it should be titled "The future of Class A Diesel Pusher RVing . . . "

And this companion piece . . .

From Horse Dung to Car Smog

3 hours ago, bruce t said:

Imagine Flying J etc removing diesel pumps and installing power outlets.

Imagine . . .

3 hours ago, bruce t said:

Sure let's go green. But let market forces make the change and not the city based dreamers. Beta was better than VHS but market forces determine otherwise.

If you wanted to make a case for market forces, then you should have picked a better example as in this case market forces picked the inferior product.

And there are also rural-based dreamers.