Andy Szymas
@andruin.bsky.social
He/him. I like books, sharks, board games, the Detroit Lions, dumb jokes, and pretending I'm going to grow up and use this app for Salesforce networking
My brain is on shuffle between "on the day it finally happens" / "we're in the middle of a hostile government takeover" / "daddy cop" / "lizard" .... instagram has broken everything
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My brain is on shuffle between "on the day it finally happens" / "we're in the middle of a hostile government takeover" / "daddy cop" / "lizard" .... instagram has broken everything
AI that is designed to hate on AI would be a pretty funny attempt to pass the Turing test.
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
AI that is designed to hate on AI would be a pretty funny attempt to pass the Turing test.
Get this orange criminal off the broadcast
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Get this orange criminal off the broadcast
I accidentally bought 2 expensive bottles of bourbon today and was bracing for the annoyed look I was gonna get from my wife... And then she got a speeding ticket. This is how you win at marriage
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I accidentally bought 2 expensive bottles of bourbon today and was bracing for the annoyed look I was gonna get from my wife... And then she got a speeding ticket. This is how you win at marriage
@blankcheck.bsky.social Jesus Christ the klaxon sound effect in the house or dynamite ep nearly killed me in real life
October 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@blankcheck.bsky.social Jesus Christ the klaxon sound effect in the house or dynamite ep nearly killed me in real life
the great enshittification has led to the great disconnect: finally deactivating Facebook, Xbox Game Pass, Disney+....
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
the great enshittification has led to the great disconnect: finally deactivating Facebook, Xbox Game Pass, Disney+....
Jets get 15 yards challenge: impossible
October 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jets get 15 yards challenge: impossible
I keep seeing the Ars Technica article about how science Blue Sky is replacing science X/Twitter (great quotes from @whysharksmatter.bsky.social ) and I keep getting distracted by how much the upside down X logo looks like Sonic the Hedgehog.
August 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I keep seeing the Ars Technica article about how science Blue Sky is replacing science X/Twitter (great quotes from @whysharksmatter.bsky.social ) and I keep getting distracted by how much the upside down X logo looks like Sonic the Hedgehog.
Rewatched Peacemaker Season 1 with Jess recently and was struck the echoes with Animorphs (spoilers)
August 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Rewatched Peacemaker Season 1 with Jess recently and was struck the echoes with Animorphs (spoilers)
Feels like there's so much noise about AI and I didn't know where to start. Is it useless trash or the biggest thing since the Internet? I thought this read really helped clarify it: folks are terrible at identifying if it's useful to them or not www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trustin...
Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk
Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
www.baldurbjarnason.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Feels like there's so much noise about AI and I didn't know where to start. Is it useless trash or the biggest thing since the Internet? I thought this read really helped clarify it: folks are terrible at identifying if it's useful to them or not www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trustin...
A lawnmower is just an upsidedown helicopter
May 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A lawnmower is just an upsidedown helicopter
12 years ago or so, I snail mailed a book to @kaaauthor.bsky.social asking her to sign it. She graciously did and left this note... Yesterday, Isaac (no longer a 'someday') finished that same book.
May 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
12 years ago or so, I snail mailed a book to @kaaauthor.bsky.social asking her to sign it. She graciously did and left this note... Yesterday, Isaac (no longer a 'someday') finished that same book.
Just read the third book in the Old Mans War series by @scalzi.com . Great read and helped me realize I dig space colony stories, so I'll take recommendations
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just read the third book in the Old Mans War series by @scalzi.com . Great read and helped me realize I dig space colony stories, so I'll take recommendations
"may Italy forgive me" he whispers as he breaks the linguini in half for his picky family
March 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"may Italy forgive me" he whispers as he breaks the linguini in half for his picky family
Flip a coin to see if we have tariffs today or not
March 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Flip a coin to see if we have tariffs today or not
I can't prove that Lego Company is making fun of American portion sizes but also there's this
February 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I can't prove that Lego Company is making fun of American portion sizes but also there's this
The Eagles weren't the team I wanted to win, but boy was it satisfying to see them punch the Chiefs in the face and now reject our Fascist-In-Chief.
February 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Eagles weren't the team I wanted to win, but boy was it satisfying to see them punch the Chiefs in the face and now reject our Fascist-In-Chief.
@blankcheck.bsky.social We need more Animorphs references so that someday someone actually adapts it!
February 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@blankcheck.bsky.social We need more Animorphs references so that someday someone actually adapts it!
Update on my electrical engineering: I successfully changed the doorbell. I also opened a light switch box and got scared it didn't look like the instructions so decided to not do that
February 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Update on my electrical engineering: I successfully changed the doorbell. I also opened a light switch box and got scared it didn't look like the instructions so decided to not do that
Brave New World may actively be the worst Marvel movie, which is very disappointing.
February 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Brave New World may actively be the worst Marvel movie, which is very disappointing.
Family is gone this weekend and I'm gonna YouTube how to do some electrical repairs so there's no way this can go wrong
February 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Family is gone this weekend and I'm gonna YouTube how to do some electrical repairs so there's no way this can go wrong
I'm convinced that we only buy apples in my household for decorative purposed
February 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm convinced that we only buy apples in my household for decorative purposed
I got a membership at a carwash yesterday, so I think AARP is just around the corner now
February 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I got a membership at a carwash yesterday, so I think AARP is just around the corner now
I know the last two were actively bad and the trailer has some bad MCU style quips but I also know I'll see every Jurassic Park movie opening day and have a blast
February 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I know the last two were actively bad and the trailer has some bad MCU style quips but I also know I'll see every Jurassic Park movie opening day and have a blast
How do you describe a book that is good but you don't like it?
February 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
How do you describe a book that is good but you don't like it?