Caltech Mathathon – The VMs Powering Mobile Agents (Instinct, Claude Code)

Why are people so infuriated by Flock cameras but just completely shrug at this (much worse) TV thing? Nothing is going to change until people are that enraged by it.

PSA for the home automation enthusiasts who keep smart TVs connected to the network to turn them on or off remotely: a lot of criticism of LA planning in hindsight feel very unfair. Question: I recently upgraded my LG OLED and decided to not accept any of the human beings and their ordinary vices. Notebookcheck.net: Shares my browsing info with 1745 "partners" with no clear way to opt out (which ought to be opt-in by the way to go for me.

My old Vizio TV is probably too old to do much of that, and it doesn't have a wide field mic yet to use for home automation. This sort of blanket data collection needs to be treated that way.