Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday to kyles wife.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Need to watch what you but. Many 4K TV's do not have a over the air tuner.

Buckeye, which Web Boost did you get? Any leftovers?

Drew, when you buy a TV make sure it has a tuner if you want OTA channels. Not much available for 4K yet. I bought a 1080P.

Another great pic!

I have a whole house weboost, but they have changed the indoor amp in the one they sell now. I installed the indoor antenna upstairs, so pretty far from my family room. I might buy their splitter and 2nd indoor antenna to run to basement under the FR.

This is the amp on mine, each green light indicates which band. I do notice the amp gets real hot on the outdoor antenna connection.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, thanks but you've lost me.
How does the tv listen in on telephone conversations, I assume tracking data?
Granted Comcast provides it all, including my home phone number which I assume
is VOIP.
I know that even with a "private window" cable company tracks every website I visit, but never knew my phone
was at risk. How does that work? Is this an issue also for Zoom?

Apparently the microphone in the "smart" TV, the same one that listens for voice commands, is actually listening all the time. It has nothing to do with your phone, unless you're talking on your phone within earshot of the TV.

The same can be said with the Google/Amazon/Apple "smart" devices that are also voice activated. Google and Amazon have both had security issues with their approach, but so far, Apple has not.

In order to get any sense of confidence in the Amazon reviews, you'll need to read through enough of them to get an overall impression of what's in them. The fake reviews are pretty easy to spot. They're usually short, one or two liners, usually 5-star, designed to swamp out the negative one and two-star reviews. On the other hand, the negative reviews usually revolve around one or more problems with the device, and some reviewers go into excruciating details in a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction manner that shows their validity. Amazon has also started flagging reviews written by people that actually purchased the product, a further clue that the review is genuine.

One more shopping tip. B&H Photo Video has a payment program through Synchrony Bank called PayBoo. You sign up with the bank through B&H for the card, and use it for payment. When you do, they wave the sales tax. For big ticket items like TVs, you end up saving a substantial sum of money. As nice as that is, unlike some other east coast discount vendors I could name, B&H indicates right on their website if the item you're interested in is in stock, and most of their items ship via free expedited shipping. At least both the laptops, and now the new computer monitor I've purchased through them, did.

As far as tracking your web use goes, if you're worried about that kind of thing, you could use Tor Browser, a modified version of Firefox that uses the Tor network to defeat tracking attempts. Sort of like a VPN, but without the fuss or extra expense.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I'm a tech moron... what exactly did you accomplish?

Got a 20 dB improvement on my cell signal in my house, at least near the indoor antenna where my LTE internet modem is. Phone went from 1 bar to 4 bars.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have bought several things from B&H photo.

My son bought his 75” tv straight from Samsung, and it included delivery.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Took the truck to son’s apartment to bring back a dresser. As I’m pulling into parking space I asked, you got your key? No.
So on way back home I called an ace hardware and asked about pellet prices. $259 for lignetics till end of the month. Said I’ll be right there. Pulled in, fork lift guy had just loaded a ton, I said I’m getting one, paid, loaded, in less than 5 min. Got them in the barn. Now have almost 3 tons.

 

[Thomas]

56F clear sky feels like hard frost tonight.

Good putter day...Back drag Critter Cafe feeding area,pull the rest veggies and fluff the ground,took out battery added stabilizer good spraying WD40 and cover one rider mower start hibernation.
After dinner looks like good evening to set on the deck watching listening waiting for the stars with smooth cigar.

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[toppop52]

Wngsprd that frost is from radiational cooling, interesting phenomenon.

 

[toppop52]

BEF, I don’t have geothermal but my smart thermostat switches between heat and cool as long as it’s set to auto.

 

[RoyJackson]

Chores all done...all curtains are up, chipper and the other spring/ summer implements are stowed in the shed and the flail mower is also stored for the winter.
Didn't rig the snow blower to the Deere...maybe next weekend
Still walking a bit crooked...not as bad as yesterday though