Tyler Loch
@tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I make computers do awesome things, even when they're not supposed to.
Professional autodidact.
Wrote VisualHub, iSquint, & FlashFrozen long ago.
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@TylerLoch on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Professional autodidact.
Wrote VisualHub, iSquint, & FlashFrozen long ago.
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@TylerLoch on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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I don't mind if your site is doing a stats recap thing, but... please don't announce it by pretending that I have two thousand and twenty-five unread messages.
December 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I don't mind if your site is doing a stats recap thing, but... please don't announce it by pretending that I have two thousand and twenty-five unread messages.
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Amid all this Apple executive shuffling hubbub, I'm compelled to remind you of the time I got Jony Ive fired.
You're still welcome.
You're still welcome.
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Amid all this Apple executive shuffling hubbub, I'm compelled to remind you of the time I got Jony Ive fired.
You're still welcome.
You're still welcome.
While most of you fear the rise of Mariah Carey's Christmas song this time of year, I always look forward to unleashing the sinister minor key version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qv1hbk0_Q
(RIP Oleg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qv1hbk0_Q
(RIP Oleg)
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
While most of you fear the rise of Mariah Carey's Christmas song this time of year, I always look forward to unleashing the sinister minor key version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qv1hbk0_Q
(RIP Oleg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qv1hbk0_Q
(RIP Oleg)
Samesies. Just casually vectorized my middle school's mascot logo to EPS, redesigned my high school's website with an eye towards performance, and saved multiple school clubs’ troubled video projects by introducing them to non-linear editing.
The turn of the century was a wild time for […]
The turn of the century was a wild time for […]
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mastodon.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Samesies. Just casually vectorized my middle school's mascot logo to EPS, redesigned my high school's website with an eye towards performance, and saved multiple school clubs’ troubled video projects by introducing them to non-linear editing.
The turn of the century was a wild time for […]
The turn of the century was a wild time for […]
While sleeping, I figured out how to successfully get Waffle House to expand into the midwest.
AI is great at illustrating ideas that came to you in a dream. Hallucinating a hallucination, if you will. I would totally go to this restaurant three times a day.
AI is great at illustrating ideas that came to you in a dream. Hallucinating a hallucination, if you will. I would totally go to this restaurant three times a day.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
While sleeping, I figured out how to successfully get Waffle House to expand into the midwest.
AI is great at illustrating ideas that came to you in a dream. Hallucinating a hallucination, if you will. I would totally go to this restaurant three times a day.
AI is great at illustrating ideas that came to you in a dream. Hallucinating a hallucination, if you will. I would totally go to this restaurant three times a day.
A mistake I constantly make: using the “history” terminal command on a server to see a list of previously-run commands, and stupidly assuming the person using the system beforehand knew what the hell they were doing.
(plot twist: it was me)
(plot twist: it was me)
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A mistake I constantly make: using the “history” terminal command on a server to see a list of previously-run commands, and stupidly assuming the person using the system beforehand knew what the hell they were doing.
(plot twist: it was me)
(plot twist: it was me)
Having a lonely key signing ceremony, all by myself.
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Having a lonely key signing ceremony, all by myself.
Recording for posterity before clicking the Remove button...
I made a fork of uBlock Origin Lite that worked at the highest filtering level without requiring user interaction/permission, and planned to deploy it for the fleet under my care.
uBlock Origin […]
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I made a fork of uBlock Origin Lite that worked at the highest filtering level without requiring user interaction/permission, and planned to deploy it for the fleet under my care.
uBlock Origin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Recording for posterity before clicking the Remove button...
I made a fork of uBlock Origin Lite that worked at the highest filtering level without requiring user interaction/permission, and planned to deploy it for the fleet under my care.
uBlock Origin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I made a fork of uBlock Origin Lite that worked at the highest filtering level without requiring user interaction/permission, and planned to deploy it for the fleet under my care.
uBlock Origin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
My 11-year-old: "Do I know Ea-nāṣir?!? Of COURSE I know Ea-nāṣir!”
This is how you know you've succeeded as a parent.
This is how you know you've succeeded as a parent.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My 11-year-old: "Do I know Ea-nāṣir?!? Of COURSE I know Ea-nāṣir!”
This is how you know you've succeeded as a parent.
This is how you know you've succeeded as a parent.
...but…no. This email is not one of those. It's, like, the opposite…
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
...but…no. This email is not one of those. It's, like, the opposite…
RIP 1st-Generation Nest Learning Thermostat. Killed by cloud-only control and a corporate parent with a low attention span.
I was an early adopter and bought one of the first off the assembly line. One of the most beautiful (inside and out) pieces of […]
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I was an early adopter and bought one of the first off the assembly line. One of the most beautiful (inside and out) pieces of […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
RIP 1st-Generation Nest Learning Thermostat. Killed by cloud-only control and a corporate parent with a low attention span.
I was an early adopter and bought one of the first off the assembly line. One of the most beautiful (inside and out) pieces of […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I was an early adopter and bought one of the first off the assembly line. One of the most beautiful (inside and out) pieces of […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Sometimes you order Regular electricity, but they deliver Spicy instead. Computers love surprises.
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sometimes you order Regular electricity, but they deliver Spicy instead. Computers love surprises.
Me: “Hey Siri, turn on the Family Room lights.”
HomePod: “[long pause] hmm……… I'm having trouble connecting to the internet. Please try again.”
Me: “Hey Siri, imagine you're doing the most basic technical troubleshooting. Perhaps you could proactively toggle WiFi off and on if you sense […]
HomePod: “[long pause] hmm……… I'm having trouble connecting to the internet. Please try again.”
Me: “Hey Siri, imagine you're doing the most basic technical troubleshooting. Perhaps you could proactively toggle WiFi off and on if you sense […]
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mastodon.social
August 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Me: “Hey Siri, turn on the Family Room lights.”
HomePod: “[long pause] hmm……… I'm having trouble connecting to the internet. Please try again.”
Me: “Hey Siri, imagine you're doing the most basic technical troubleshooting. Perhaps you could proactively toggle WiFi off and on if you sense […]
HomePod: “[long pause] hmm……… I'm having trouble connecting to the internet. Please try again.”
Me: “Hey Siri, imagine you're doing the most basic technical troubleshooting. Perhaps you could proactively toggle WiFi off and on if you sense […]
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Kiddo: why do you put the full year with "20" at the front when you sign the school forms?
Me: _thousand-yard Y2K stare_
Me: _thousand-yard Y2K stare_
August 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Kiddo: why do you put the full year with "20" at the front when you sign the school forms?
Me: _thousand-yard Y2K stare_
Me: _thousand-yard Y2K stare_
The healing power of lying on a couch and eating ice pops is vastly underrated
August 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The healing power of lying on a couch and eating ice pops is vastly underrated
"Dear multi-billion-dollar global corporation,
You read a single support document wrong, and have made a series of poor choices. Please allow me to correct you and prevent future poor choices, so my thousands of users and the rest of your customers can live in peace.
Thank you for your […]
You read a single support document wrong, and have made a series of poor choices. Please allow me to correct you and prevent future poor choices, so my thousands of users and the rest of your customers can live in peace.
Thank you for your […]
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mastodon.social
August 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Dear multi-billion-dollar global corporation,
You read a single support document wrong, and have made a series of poor choices. Please allow me to correct you and prevent future poor choices, so my thousands of users and the rest of your customers can live in peace.
Thank you for your […]
You read a single support document wrong, and have made a series of poor choices. Please allow me to correct you and prevent future poor choices, so my thousands of users and the rest of your customers can live in peace.
Thank you for your […]
ProTip: if you inquire about a car model on a car manufacturer’s website, and only give them your email address for correspondence, they will call you. Somehow, every single dealer in the region will have your number and call you. Incessantly.
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ProTip: if you inquire about a car model on a car manufacturer’s website, and only give them your email address for correspondence, they will call you. Somehow, every single dealer in the region will have your number and call you. Incessantly.
There is tremendous value in “less”. Well, for you, anyway. But others will always try to sell you on “more”.
https://infosec.exchange/@hal_pomeranz/114812078147792687
https://infosec.exchange/@hal_pomeranz/114812078147792687
Hal Pomeranz (@hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange)
Infosec Community: “Aaaagh! We’re drowning!” Infosec Vendors: “If we can’t be part of the solution, there’s money to be made in prolonging the problem.” Software Companies: “Check out this new cool AI button we added!”
infosec.exchange
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There is tremendous value in “less”. Well, for you, anyway. But others will always try to sell you on “more”.
https://infosec.exchange/@hal_pomeranz/114812078147792687
https://infosec.exchange/@hal_pomeranz/114812078147792687
Kaylee’s Wipr (and now Wipr 2) has been hands-down the best ad/tracker blocker for Safari on all platforms for years.
Straightforward and worry-free, it’s the type of experience that a more enlightened Apple would be bundling as part of Safari.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr-2/id1662217862 […]
Straightforward and worry-free, it’s the type of experience that a more enlightened Apple would be bundling as part of Safari.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr-2/id1662217862 […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Kaylee’s Wipr (and now Wipr 2) has been hands-down the best ad/tracker blocker for Safari on all platforms for years.
Straightforward and worry-free, it’s the type of experience that a more enlightened Apple would be bundling as part of Safari.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr-2/id1662217862 […]
Straightforward and worry-free, it’s the type of experience that a more enlightened Apple would be bundling as part of Safari.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr-2/id1662217862 […]
Really, in today’s world, it’s almost more disturbing if your child is NOT drawing things like this.
June 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Really, in today’s world, it’s almost more disturbing if your child is NOT drawing things like this.
Props to this kids shirt designer for secretly resurfacing the most ancient of memes
June 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Props to this kids shirt designer for secretly resurfacing the most ancient of memes
My kid gets me. Perhaps a bit too well.
June 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
My kid gets me. Perhaps a bit too well.
