Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

Follower of Christ; Computer Geek/Boffin; Professor at Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto GTA Joined June 2009

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

a week ago

This Fortune headline captures the vibe well: "Return-to-Office Mandates are Corporate Helicopter Parenting..." - fortune.com/2025/09/12/ret…

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Impressed that an 8GB (!) Chromebook Plus is smoothly and simultaneously running local vscode, Eclipse, and CLI toolchains for a demo today. (Slightly less impressed with Eclipse's display glitches :-/ )

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

2 months ago

A question arose this morning ... If an ISP only *rents* routers, and does not sell them, so they have to provide source code for GPLv2 software in that router? I think you can (unfortunately) argue that they do not.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

5 months ago

Oh come on, @Rogers @RogersHelps @Sportsnet - get your technical act together. Your Leafs NHL playoffs streams are stuttering and freezing during the second half of every game. Sportsnet though Rogers 1.5 gbps service to Rogers Ignite box, there's no one else to blame here.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

6 months ago

Hey @WalmartCanada my order has been stuck on your shipping dock for a month. 4 weeks I've called/chatted with a CSR and they've lied to me every time that an escalation team would get back to me with 3 days. Can't cancel, can't return, can't talk to anyone. How will you fix?

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

8 months ago

I don't think I've ever seen @Google ad servers display errors in place of ads before, but they're serving text announcing 502s everywhere this morning.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

8 months ago

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

9 months ago

I think I speak for the vast majority of Canadians when I say: sorry but we are really not interested in Trump's offer to make the USA the 11th Canadian province. It would drain our healthcare system, wreck our environment, and be a huge stain on our reputation for years.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

10 months ago

Whoa, someone's too hot for the boy king to allow to remain on the palace grounds, so now she decides to write her own rules. The leadership race will be interesting.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

11 months ago

We're still confusing software users with action vs state icons on toggles: consider play/pause (most show the action a click will invoke: pause when playing, play when paused) vs mute/unmute (most show the current state: muted vs unmuted). We really need to fix this.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

a year ago

Well, today is just special: Electricity is out (underground feed) as well as both of my Internet connections: TekSavvy via Bell DSL, and Rogers cable. Our backup power supplies are busy keeping things running for (looks at notes) the cat's water.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

a year ago

Interesting response (see the drop-down model selector), including the note on what "4o" stands for.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

a year ago

Google Password Manager just forgot all of my passwords across all of my devices. And, apparently, my Google Takeout backups don't include that particular data set. Thanks, Google.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

a year ago

I can buy fans that fit in a window. I can buy an air purifier/HEPA filter. But I can't seem to find anyone that will sell me a window HEPA filter. Surely, with seasonal allergens, smoking neighbors, and stray wildfire smoke there would be a market for filtered ventilation?

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

2 years ago

What is this? I'm thinking LTE or 5G micro-cell? Appears to be fiber-connected, AC powered.

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Chris Tyler @chris_tyler

2 years ago

In bad dreams I imaging that vacuuming a cooling fan causes it to generate an excessive voltage and damaged the attached electronic device. Does this ever happen?!