alex pretzlav
@pretz.bsky.social
Cooking, kids, bikes, video games.
Oakland, CA
iOS @ Patreon, prev Twitter, Periscope, Yelp.
he/him
https://pretzlav.com/
https://mastodon.social/@pretz
Oakland, CA
iOS @ Patreon, prev Twitter, Periscope, Yelp.
he/him
https://pretzlav.com/
https://mastodon.social/@pretz
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for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it.
I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance:
recordsofenemysurveillance.com
I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance:
recordsofenemysurveillance.com
September 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it.
I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance:
recordsofenemysurveillance.com
I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance:
recordsofenemysurveillance.com
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I’ve got my iPhone Duo right here, and it was $42 on AliExpress. If I’m going to have a second screen, I’d rather eink anyway.
(xteink X3)
(xteink X3)
September 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I’ve got my iPhone Duo right here, and it was $42 on AliExpress. If I’m going to have a second screen, I’d rather eink anyway.
(xteink X3)
(xteink X3)
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Knytt has been faitfully recreated by @bitkidgames.com to run on current operating systems and was just released on Steam and GOG, completely free
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...
Knytt Classic on Steam
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the indie freeware classic, rebuilt for modern machines! Explore a maze-like planet as the Knytt, a peaceful being abducted by aliens, find your missing ship parts, a...
store.steampowered.com
August 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Knytt has been faitfully recreated by @bitkidgames.com to run on current operating systems and was just released on Steam and GOG, completely free
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...
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Very jealous of my four-year-old’s new shoes. He picked them.
July 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Very jealous of my four-year-old’s new shoes. He picked them.
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among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries
July 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries
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It is done. I have tasted TWENTY-NINE fish sauces in multiple stages across two days, and I have some thoughts. Here are my favorites, but for the curious, read on. Three Crabs, Squid and Megachef devotees, hold your fire. All 3 were near misses, and we may not agree, but I will explain... (1/33)
July 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It is done. I have tasted TWENTY-NINE fish sauces in multiple stages across two days, and I have some thoughts. Here are my favorites, but for the curious, read on. Three Crabs, Squid and Megachef devotees, hold your fire. All 3 were near misses, and we may not agree, but I will explain... (1/33)
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rt if u agree
a colorful painting of a woman with the name bjork on the bottom
ALT: a colorful painting of a woman with the name bjork on the bottom
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
rt if u agree
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I wrote a blog post about KVO and #swiftlang: "The Curious Case of NSObject.observe" https://pretzlav.com/blog/2025/02/16/nsobject-observe/
#iosdev
#iosdev
The Curious Case of NSObject.observe
A deep dive into the NSObject `observe` method for key value observation in swift.
pretzlav.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I wrote a blog post about KVO and #swiftlang: "The Curious Case of NSObject.observe" https://pretzlav.com/blog/2025/02/16/nsobject-observe/
#iosdev
#iosdev
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Honestly, liberalism fucks so hard. I should not feel this much fire and steel in me for such such abstruse concepts of equality and justice for people I've never even met.
And yet I do. Humanity is my brother, and I will defend my brother.
And yet I do. Humanity is my brother, and I will defend my brother.
January 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Honestly, liberalism fucks so hard. I should not feel this much fire and steel in me for such such abstruse concepts of equality and justice for people I've never even met.
And yet I do. Humanity is my brother, and I will defend my brother.
And yet I do. Humanity is my brother, and I will defend my brother.
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The federal shut down feels eerily familiar to when Elon & co took over Twitter. They came in, asked no questions, had no idea who did what and it was absolute chaos. That was a social media platform. This is the country. People are going to die because these are incompetent cruel bullies.
January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The federal shut down feels eerily familiar to when Elon & co took over Twitter. They came in, asked no questions, had no idea who did what and it was absolute chaos. That was a social media platform. This is the country. People are going to die because these are incompetent cruel bullies.
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My extremely niche hot take today is Meow Wolf's Omega Mart is super cool and impressive and it's fucking awesome to see how #nonchalance and the #jejune Institute's influence has continued to reverberate for years. Big big elsewhere public works agency vibes.
January 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My extremely niche hot take today is Meow Wolf's Omega Mart is super cool and impressive and it's fucking awesome to see how #nonchalance and the #jejune Institute's influence has continued to reverberate for years. Big big elsewhere public works agency vibes.
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incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
January 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
Blippo+
Blippo+: non-demand, 1-bit, over-the-top television. Find out when Blippo+ will be available in your area at blippo.plus & wishlist on Steam: s.team/a/3323850
Blippo+
𝘃ideo is no 𝗴ame™
blippo.plus
December 21, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Blippo+
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More adventures in #iosdev #swiftlang AttributedStrings:
It can often be convenient to add custom attributes to NSAttributedStrings, to pass along additional metadata for whatever reason associated with a specific part of a string.
This is straightforward […]
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It can often be convenient to add custom attributes to NSAttributedStrings, to pass along additional metadata for whatever reason associated with a specific part of a string.
This is straightforward […]
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![Screenshot of code:
extension NSAttributedString.Key {
static let userID = NSAttributedString.Key("UserID")
}
let nsAttributedString = NSAttributedString(
string: "Good morning!",
attributes: [.userID: "12345",
.foregroundColor: UIColor.orange,
.link: "http://mastodon.social"])
print(nsAttributedString)
/* Prints
Good morning!{
NSColor = "UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 1 0.5 0 1";
NSLink = "http://mastodon.social";
UserID = 12345;
}
*/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:embq4tqrxolu2yx5fzwyrcw5/bafkreianr4zj442unbkxjklzr7p3sonfycobs5wxuwttgbaj7lmei7tcsu)
December 13, 2024 at 6:10 AM
More adventures in #iosdev #swiftlang AttributedStrings:
It can often be convenient to add custom attributes to NSAttributedStrings, to pass along additional metadata for whatever reason associated with a specific part of a string.
This is straightforward […]
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It can often be convenient to add custom attributes to NSAttributedStrings, to pass along additional metadata for whatever reason associated with a specific part of a string.
This is straightforward […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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if you want a religion, go get yourself a religion that demands good works and isn’t venture-backed
December 12, 2024 at 4:47 AM
if you want a religion, go get yourself a religion that demands good works and isn’t venture-backed
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Widescreen gaming on the
Apple ][.
Apple ][.
August 1, 2023 at 10:58 AM
Widescreen gaming on the
Apple ][.
Apple ][.
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there are cathedrals everywhere, for those with the eyes to see
December 6, 2024 at 10:08 PM
there are cathedrals everywhere, for those with the eyes to see
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how do you all remember every UUID? I find it really hard. so I wrote them all down on every uuid dot com
the list has fast search across all 2^122 values (so you can find your favorites) - hoping to add some social features like "trending UUIDs" soon!
the list has fast search across all 2^122 values (so you can find your favorites) - hoping to add some social features like "trending UUIDs" soon!
December 6, 2024 at 5:51 PM
how do you all remember every UUID? I find it really hard. so I wrote them all down on every uuid dot com
the list has fast search across all 2^122 values (so you can find your favorites) - hoping to add some social features like "trending UUIDs" soon!
the list has fast search across all 2^122 values (so you can find your favorites) - hoping to add some social features like "trending UUIDs" soon!
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Like many other transit agencies, Caltrain ridership was stuck at a lower level post-2020.
However, with electrification complete, allowing faster and more frequent trips, ridership has soared and is now approaching 2020 levels 🚋🚋🚋
However, with electrification complete, allowing faster and more frequent trips, ridership has soared and is now approaching 2020 levels 🚋🚋🚋
The FTA just released October US transit ridership data, so I want to highlight the results of 3 big recent transit expansions
First is the Bay Area's Caltrain, where ridership is up 78% year-on-year in the wake of the line's recent electrification!
First is the Bay Area's Caltrain, where ridership is up 78% year-on-year in the wake of the line's recent electrification!
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Like many other transit agencies, Caltrain ridership was stuck at a lower level post-2020.
However, with electrification complete, allowing faster and more frequent trips, ridership has soared and is now approaching 2020 levels 🚋🚋🚋
However, with electrification complete, allowing faster and more frequent trips, ridership has soared and is now approaching 2020 levels 🚋🚋🚋
Ok I think I’m going to try to fix this as an educational exercise. It should be possible??? It will at least teach me more Swift 6.
Oh cool Apple's "AVCam" sample project has been updated to require iOS 18 and Xcode 16, but doesn't compile in #swift 6. In fact, it has some pretty substantial concurrency violations that I'm not sure how to fix! #iosdev […]
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December 4, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Ok I think I’m going to try to fix this as an educational exercise. It should be possible??? It will at least teach me more Swift 6.
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Oh cool Apple's "AVCam" sample project has been updated to require iOS 18 and Xcode 16, but doesn't compile in #swift 6. In fact, it has some pretty substantial concurrency violations that I'm not sure how to fix! #iosdev […]
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mastodon.social
December 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM