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Andrew Kulak

@andrewkulak.com

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Information security consultant, Virginia Tech computer science adjunct professor, train enthusiast, cocktail appreciator, wannabe chef, distance runner, amateur poet, trying to get better, skeets in a personal capacity (he/him) 📬 [email protected]

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Jul 24

Just wrapped my talk at #VACyberEduCon25: “More Than Code: Educating Reflective, Workforce-Ready Cyber Practitioners.” Grateful to everyone who attended my session on reflection, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills in cybersecurity education! Slides here: www.andrewkulak.com/presentation...

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 53m

Perfect fall day in Blacksburg! Farmers Market, Blues Brews & BBQ, Spooky Book Fair at Moon Hollow, and Chris Thile absolutely going off. The pulled pork sundae was great festival food 😋

A beer is depicted next to a pulled pork bbq sundae with layers of Cole slaw, baked beans, and potato salad

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 5h

Presumably FOOBAR1 was allowed, what gives

Rejected Virginia License Plates @rejectedplates.bsky.social · 6h

A Virginia license plate reading FOOBAR2

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 1d

it’s like one of those Chomsky sentences differentiating syntax and meaning

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 3d

This got me called out the first time I visited Portland. Also Couch St.

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 3d

Or Botetourt

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 4d

* @chefreactions.bsky.social voice* …I mean fuck it I’d have like two or three

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 4d

don’t worry, investors “at some point” will ask about the return on investment

CNBC article: "There's a lot of interest in capex spending and making sure that you're first or you have the ability to source the technology you need to grow profits in this new AI realm," Ameriprise's chief market strategist Anthony Saglimbene told CNBC. "Investors, at some point, will look at how much money is being spent and say, 'What's the return on investment?'"

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 5d

ah yes, until AI no one in the financial sector thought to take a risk-based approach to lending that included adversarial thinking

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 6d

I mean they did extend the runway, but it doesn’t seem to be working

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 6d

Quinnipiac, no

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 7d

Bikegating for the @virginiatech.bsky.social homecoming game, let’s go Hokies 🦃

A picnic spread is depicted with soft cheese, cured meats, almonds, and orange and maroon flowers in a stem vase

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 8d

the haters doubted this website, but now we truly have the juice

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 9d

Yesterday was the start of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. I'm sorry I forgot to say anything. You probably weren't aware of cybersecurity yesterday. Unfortunately you probably will become more familiar with it as October goes on.

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 11d

Proud to have finished my third Hokie Half Marathon this weekend, this year with @alexkoma.bsky.social! And we ran into someone we knew after the race 🦃

Andrew and Alex with their Hokie Half finisher medals and the Hokie Bird!

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 20d

if the world doesn’t end, perhaps next year I’ll get past week 3 in my eliminator pool

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 21d

soaking my cuticles in bud light at the Dude Spa

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · 22d

woke Northrop Grumman

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 11

The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription.

You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Sep 9

If you run 100 instances, that's your problem. If you run 100 million instances, that’s the CSP’s problem

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Sep 6

When I was a grad student at Tech, the university rebranded to make everything look more like an app, and it cost like $1,000,000. Have to imagine there are a bit more moving parts here

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Sep 6

Curious about the total cost of rebranding a Cabinet-level department

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 6

US Department of *theatrical pause for kerning* War

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Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Sep 5

If only there were some seamless design solution that would allow restaurant patrons to quickly discern what items were on offer and their associated prices 🤔

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Sep 2

The people doing metaethics are in helicopters over the balloons

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Sep 2

This weekend, I played pickup soccer for the first time in like a decade. I was feeling self conscious about trying again after so long but finally decided to just give it a shot. I made a lot of mistakes for sure, and I can barely move today, but it was a lot of fun ⚽️

Andrew Kulak @andrewkulak.com · Aug 30

The more I work on knitting, the more it feels like the work I do with code. Algorithmic qualities, the recursive way stitches build rows/columns, debugging, decompiling and setting break points. Very interesting how one activity informs the other