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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Guess where I am. Wrong answers only. (and no, #Toonami people, I’m actually here for other business)

The corner of Ted Turner Dr and William St in Atlanta, GA

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

My son’s been naughty, so I know what Santa’s going to put into his stocking this year…

Balan Wonderworld for the Nintendo Switch

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

As I’m cleaning up my desk at home, I’m reminded of one of the most amazingly underhanded and effective tech standard marketing gimmicks to spread confusion. “They use a hyphen. Let’s use a Plus to make their hyphen look like a Minus…”

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

A little thing I’ve been tinkering with the last few days. Can you see what’s different between this and regular Star Fox? Not sure if this will become anything more than a proof of concept. Poking @ and @sunlitspace542.bsky.social for a reality check…

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

When you run the office, you get to choose the pillow cushions. It’s a rule. (that I made up)

Modern couch with two throw pillows. One resembles a silica gel packet. The other resembles a faulty lithium polymer battery.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s with great sadness that I report that the new iOS 27 Siri is actually good. No longer will asking Siri to “tell my wife I love her” send her a text that says “I love her”.

asking Siri to “tell my wife I love her” and sending her a text that says “I love you”.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Looks like the new iCloud Shared Album features in iOS and macOS 27 will a count against the owner’s storage. No more free ride… #wwdc

iCloud Photos dialog: “Upgrade Shared Album
You can now share full resolution photos and videos and choose different roles for each participant, including adding, deleting, and commenting. You can now share invitations using Messages or any other messaging app.
Learn More
The owner of the shared album will provide iCloud storage for any new items added to this shared album.
Get Started”

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

RIP to my second Internet-Of-Things thing: 1st-gen Belkin WeMo Light Switch. Saved my marriage by ending the arguments over who had to get out of bed to turn out the light. 13 years old, and worked perfectly fine until Belkin killed the WeMo app. Replaced […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

New friend added to my Apple shelf at work. #MARCHintosh

A collection of old Apple memorabilia, including old Apple II guides, 3d-printed Mac icons, and various other things, including a “Lil’ Finder Guy”.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

My mom was NOT thinking about the resale value when she used a sharpie on these games 😤

Three Super Nintendo games each with the word “LOCH“ written on them in sharpie

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

This line from VisualHub’s users guide hits different now…

screenshot from users guide pdf:
“Warranty
This program is provided as-is without warranty. Limited
technical support is provided through e-mail and support
forums. No software program will be perfect until robots
start writing them. No promises are made that VisualHub
is error-free.”

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Pay the 59 damn cents for Superflight. It’s a very zen daredevil gliding game with procedurally generated terrain, and fantastic for quick sessions. Works great on Steam Deck and Linux too. store.steampowered.com/app/732430/S…

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Aww, thanks Amazon… But I was asking about the features of the PRODUCT, not myself.

Humidifier feature list:
HIGH-QUALITY
No peculiar smell
High strength
Good toughness
Sturdy and durable
Not easy to aging

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

Neurodivergent Manager Pro Tip: Share your fidget toys. The other side of the desk needs them just as much as you do.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

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.

Twitter post, June 25 2019:
After the disastrous Apple Maps launch, Apple fired an executive who wouldn't apologize for it.
This MacBook keyboard thing is like Apple Maps in slow motion.
And, not a single Apple executive has apologized for it.

Twitter post, June 27 2019:
You’re welcome.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

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.

A combination Culver’s and Waffle House restaurant

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

Having a lonely key signing ceremony, all by myself.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025

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]

Chrome extension information about a defunct fork named “uBlock Origin Lite Max”

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

...but…no. This email is not one of those. It's, like, the opposite…

Email about staying safe against phishing emails, flagged by Gmail as a phishing email.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2025

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]

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2025

Sometimes you order Regular electricity, but they deliver Spicy instead. Computers love surprises.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

My kid’s feeble attempt to outsmart a BASIC text game. Nice try. #vcfmw

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2025

Really, in today’s world, it’s almost more disturbing if your child is NOT drawing things like this.

A disturbing child’s drawing of a long armed horror creature in a scene of destruction with bloody dead bodies

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2025

Props to this kids shirt designer for secretly resurfacing the most ancient of memes

Lego Ninjago shirt with the catchphrase “real ultimate power“

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2025

My kid gets me. Perhaps a bit too well.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

Glad to see Facebook has absolutely zero quality control (or shame) when it comes to ads. This lovely specimen leads people to one of those “oh no your machine is virused. call this number for Micorsoft Suppört” scams.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2025

I don't know who needs to see this, but here is a very high resolution Shrek eye.

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2025

Oops, a scammer sent out the randomization template for their bitcoin sextortion email by accident. Even less readable, but it still got caught by the quarantine filter. Better luck next time!

The first few paragraphs of a bitcoin sextortion email. It’s incomprehensible. But if you really want it in the alt-text too, here you go!

{Hello|Hi|Good day|Hey}!

I {reǥret|ãm *(jagzqyp) *sorry|feel sẩd} to *(zcmvve) *{īnform|ẩlert|brīef|notīfy|enlīḡhten|ẩpprīse}
you *(maaawsi) *ȁbout {à couple of|à few|severȧl|some}
{sąd|unfortunąte|dĩsheąrtenĩnģ} {news|ĭnformātĭon|updātes} for you.
{Ǎpproxįmẫtely|Ǎbout|Rouģhly} {1|one|ā} month or {2|two} ằĝo, Ì
{hầve|hầd|mầnầğed to} {succeed|ǥặḭn|ặchḭeve} totäl
{ạccess|entry|permĩssĩon} to {ǎll|every|eǎch} your
{devìces|ğầdğets|mầchìnes} utīlīzed for {browsḯnğ|surfḯnğ|nãvḯğãtḯnğ} the
{ĩnternet|web|onlĩne}. {Movínǵ *(dfcpvr) *forwắrd|Goḭnḡ forwẫrd|From here
on out}, *(obdwliy) *Ḭ hẳve stȁrted {observínĝ|monítorínĝ|wậtchínĝ} your
{înternet|onlîne|web} {ąctįvįtįes|ąctįons|behąvįors} on à
{contĩnuous|reḡulầr|onḡoĩnḡ} basis.

Go {on|ąheąd} ȧnd tầke ã *(ibjmoj) *{look|ǵlẩnce|peek} àt the
{sequence|chḁìn|serìes} of *(xtvntvjp) *{events|occurrences|hāppenïnǵs}
provĭded *(sljjebhk) *{below|underneảth|followīnġ} for *(pvedasy) *your
{reference|consïderẳtïon|perusẳl}: {Ĩnįtįẫlly|Fįrst|Ằt *(puuioax) *fįrst},
Ī {bouģht|purchǻsed|ǻcquīred} ẵn {exclusïve|prïvâte|specïâl}
{ǻccess|entry|permĭssĭon} from {hẩckers|cybercrímínẩls|mẩlícíous ãctors

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Tyler Loch @tylerloch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025

Boss: "Can you check that this outside email address won't be blocked?” Me: “Since we don't default-deny email, it’s effectively allowed. You won't have any problems.” Boss: "Can you just make sure?” Me: