There’s a robot vacuuming my floor. This is the best.

Remarkably calm in the neighborhood this morning.

China Applies Xinjiang’s Policing Lessons to Other Muslim Areas - WSJ

China’s aggressive policing of Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang is being replicated in other parts of the country, particularly in areas with other Muslim communities.

The camps aren’t far behind.

My wife is either legitimately at work, or she is frantically driving all over town trying to find a Turboman.

I love this time of evening.

Date night.

Just put my garage on HomeKit with the Insignia WiFi plug. Product reviews were inconclusive, so I’m hoping things work out with my mesh network and HomePod home hub.

Apple’s Dan Riccio - MacRumors

Relative to the issue you referenced regarding the new iPad Pro, its unibody design meets or exceeds all of Apple’s high quality standards of design and precision manufacturing.

Thanks for all of the cash, enjoy your bent iPad!

Christmas lights at the civic gardens.

First time getting a Chinese robocall.

Crazy reporting in the Journal over the past few days about review scams on Amazon. Now I don’t know what to believe.

Airpower.

What is the design process for a minivan that results in 3 LATCH positions instead of a more reasonable 4?

NYT:

Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.

Another day, another scandal!

Just found the website of Freedom from Facebook, which wants the FTC to break up the company. I don’t think we need government intervention, we need user intervention. Delete your account, and if you hold the company’s stock, sell.

WSJ:

The free service, called Experian Boost, will be used by consumers who opt in and link the bank accounts they use to pay their phone and utility providers to Experian, allowing the company to track their monthly payments.

Never.