andrés ignacio torres

@andresitorresm

29 🏳️‍🌈. aka Andresito; en el laberinto como Asterión. software engineer ii @ microsoft vancouver. computer science @colorado.edu | #USBve computers, poetry & fiction. YVR 🇨🇦 / 🇻🇪 he/him aitorres.com

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andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· 19d

i get reminded of this xkcd strip at least once a week

xkcd 927: Standards

[Caption above the panels:]
How Standards Proliferate
(See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.)
[A text-only panel.]
Situation:
There are 14 competing standards.
[Cueball and Ponytail stand facing each other.]
Cueball: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.
Ponytail: Yeah!
[Another text-only panel. The word "Soon:" appears in its own box at the upper left of the panel.]
Soon:
Situation:
There are 15 competing standards.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jul 11

nvm, it was a drink, not a distributed social media platform >:(

A white-and-blue hot drink in a mug. The drink is named “Blue Sky”

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jul 11

i didn’t know i could buy bluesky for less than 10 dollars

Zoomed-in photo of a drink menu, with names such as The Pink Latte, Liquid Gold, Blue Sky, Chai Latte 2.0, Raw Cacao Elixir.

The Blue Sky drink costs $8.5

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jun 13

pool!! kids!!!

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· May 23

sleepy

A screenshot of Pokémon Pokopia. It is night, the main character is taking a selfie, with his eyes closed. Behind him, a Pikachu is sleeping on top of a stool.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· May 16

i had a dream. an atproto dream. ...a nightmare, even.

A screenshot of VSCode, a code editor. The screenshot window shows code in the PHP language, with what looks like atproto-related routing for a web server, like a group under `/xrpc/` that exposes an endpoint for `com.atproto.server.describeServer`.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· May 5

still can't believe I saw Lorde live, my mind's still there.

photograph of Lorde in her concert stage; she's standing up with her back towards the camera, and she's staring at a screen that's showing her front side while she drinks water from her signature water bottle

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Apr 14

every time i have to work on a new Github Actions workflow:

bullet points with git commit names, content is:

* Fix permissions

* Fix permissions 2

* ...permissions?

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Mar 28

and that’s a wrap, pokopia complete

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Mar 10

just look at him

A Ditto (Pokémon) plushie, the preorder bonus for Pokémon Pokopia

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Feb 8

an influencer has hit my apartment floor!

A metal board for an elevator. On top of it, you can see that somebody used one of those sticky phone cases to take a picture, the ones influencers sometimes use to take pics hands free

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jan 24

peaceful night.

Screenshot of the northern lights over the night sky in an Anima Crossing: New Horizons island

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Dec 26

estoy intentando terminar un último libro antes de que acabe el año y estoy enganchado con Cometierra (Dolores Reyes)

Portada del libro "Cometierra", de Dolores Reyes

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Dec 24

merry “almost christmas” to those who celebrate!

Phoenix Wright: “Almost Christmas” means it wasn’t Christmas!

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Dec 10

something’s happening to Kalos!

Screenshot from Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Close up shot of the protagonist face, an angry expression.

Screenshot from Pokemon Legends: Z-A. The protagonist, in the middle of debris, looking straight to the front

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Nov 12

back to work after a couple days off

The popular "This is fine" comic strip.

First picture depicts a dog sitting on a chair, with a coffee on a table next to him. Everything around him is engulfed in flames, there are smoke clouds above. The dog is unbothered.

Second picture zooms into the dog, who smiles and says "This is fine". Everything's in fire. Clearly this is not fine.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Nov 7

hello from Canari’s streaming room!

Screenshot from Pokémon Legends: Z-A of an in-game selfie, the protagonist is inside a streaming room with a lot of merch centered around the character of Canari

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Oct 17

most evil villain in the pokémon series

Screenshot from Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Zach, an early game rival and taxi driver, says:
“I'm going to reach Rank A and abolish all forms of transit in Lumiose-except taxis!”

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Oct 16

let’s gooo

Pokémon Legends: Z-A opening scene showing the player character in a train (screenshot)

Pokémon Legends: Z-A opening scene showing the player character in a train station (screenshot)

Pokémon Legends: Z-A title screen (screenshot)

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Oct 10

wait who’s this guy and why can he wield the Monado?!

Screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles. A new character appears and uses the Monado.

Screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles. A new character talking to Shulk.

Screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles. A new character appears and Shulk wielding the Monado.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Oct 10

having fun enjoying the background design around this suspended bridge on Xenoblade Chronicles

Screenshot of Xenoblade Chronicles. The party crosses a suspended bridge, and a set of waterfalls show up in the background.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Sep 11

Screenshot from the videogame Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory. The character Erika says: “We treat cyberspace as this extension of reality in our day-to-day life. We don’t even know which is the «real» reality anymore.”

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Sep 10

it’s poetry night at VPL! today’s focus: poetry in (and about) the city.

A photograph from a poetry event at Vancouver Public Library: “Urban Matters: Poetry in the City”. Daniela Elza is reading a poem.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Sep 4

while i wait for the next pokémon release, i might as well complete one of the digimon games in my backlog!

A screenshot of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker’s Memory, showcasing the protagonist, Keisuke.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Aug 1

today's looking like a cool day!

A photograph of an auditorium and presentation during the FediCon 2025 opening message.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jul 19

huh! wasn’t expecting a p!atd reference here

A screenshot of the A Space for the Unbound game. The main character is talking to a couple ladies outside a wedding. One of them is saying “What a shame the poor groom’s bride is a…”, which is a lyric from a Panic! At The Disco song.

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jul 19

just started A Space for the Unbound recently, it piqued my interest when browsing for games my public library had on their catalogue. so far, it feels very comfy and heartwarming!

Screenshot of “A Space for the Unbound”. Two high school students are sitting in a classroom talking to each other. Raya, a main character, is saying “I want to choose my future, not one the adults would find acceptable or beneficial.”

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jun 21

Nets are for fish;
Once you get the fish, you can forget the net.
Words are for meaning;
Once you get the meaning, you can forget the words

庄子(Zhuangzi), Chapter 26

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· Jun 7

on a night stroll!

screenshot of my character in animal crossing new horizons looking out to the sea. it’s night and the moon is up in the sky

andrés ignacio torres@andresitorresm· May 19

missing magnamalo in monster hunter wilds >:(