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Gary Schafer

@jesternofool.bsky.social
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I herd photons and electrons. Now-retired electrical engineer from the National Security Agency (NSA). Background in technical security.

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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have another Julie sighting.
Screenshot of a portion of a Blueskey profile. The top image is one of the cartoon donkey Eeyore sitting on a cliff looking away. In the lower, left corner is a circle showing the image of an older looking woman with glasses. Text below this shows 77 followers, 1k following and 56 posts. The next line states "getting everything ready, give me a sec".
The first post is below this and says "18 - she/her, bi, sub, soft kinks, and heart emoji plus mooties".
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I currently have a web host in which 95% of the time I get a "connection reset" error when trying to connect to my website from my phone or tablet. And about 10% of the time from a desktop or laptop. /1
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ES: "Did you or did you not come into my house and both install a new sink & build some bookshelves in my family room?" Jack Smith: "That's a jack-of-all-trades."
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Literally just blocked "Julie" less than 60 seconds ago. For the second time.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the problem I get 99% of the time when initially going to my puny website (www.site2241.net). It only happens on Android. And I *love* how these messages are always, "It's not our fault; it's probably your fault."
Screenshot from a smartphone. A cartoon graphic shows an outlet with a plug nearby. Text says, "The connection was reset." Underneath this is smaller text stating, "The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again." Two bullet points state, "The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments." and "If you are unable to load any pages, check your device's data or Wifi connection."
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nooooobody expects the American Inquisition. Our chief weapon is stupidity. Stupidity and racism. Racism and stupidity. Our two weapons are stupidity and racism and ruthless incompetence. Our 3 weapons are stupidity and racism and ruthless incompetence and an almost fanatical devotion to facism.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You are not alone, NFT, in that feeling.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is complete bullshit. You KNOW he's still taking the money.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reskeet = endorsement
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Duffel Blog @duffelblog.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Space Force’s new uniform puts a little goose back in the step www.duffelblog.com/space-force-...
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Space Force’s new uniform puts a little goose back in the step
White House says redesign projects discipline, strength and “absolutely no historical parallels”
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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 27/09/2026
It's me, the mythical STEM PhD who not only took history classes but got a whole history degree! Studying history is arguably one of the most important things STEM students can do. Science isn't done in a vacuum, and students should investigate the people, places, and events that shape it.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another moment of zen.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Next thread: the kid's reaction when told ALLLLL of those characters were voiced by one person...
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The moment of zen I absolutely needed.
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ɹǝʞɔǝq uop ɯ,ᴉ @donbecker.org · 22/09/2026
The TI-99/4A
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer - a silver and black computer with a keyboard and cartridge slot, large brick of a power supply, and a 13" color TV showing the boot screen, which shows two color bars near the top and bottom of the screen with the TI logo and "TEXAS INSTRUMENTS" 
"HOME COMPUTER" and "READyYPRESS ANY KEY TO BEGIN" between the bars. Below the bottom bar is a copyright notice: "Ⓒ1981 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS"
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I needed this.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CC: @vmyths.bsky.social
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Once again, for the Congresspeople who have not heard me the first dozen times...
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What Would You Say You Do Here? Office Space
Alt: What Would You Say You Do Here? From the movie Office Space
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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey y’all. So I interviewed for - and SECURED - positions on two different civil contracts for this program last year…then backed out slowly of each one. Their schedule is absurd (full modernization of ATC infrastructure in THREE YEARS 😂🤪) and nobody had answers re: technical implementation.
Flying magazine headline - FAA defends ATC modernization delays but says more money is needed
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just played a quick game of Mahjohnng, and I call bullshit.
Screenshot of a four Mahjonng tiles showing that none of them can be matched because one of the tiles is buried under another.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Your moment of zen. A great blue heron in Downs Park, Maryland, USA.
A great blue heron is perched on a railing overlooking very calm water. The water behind the bird is reflecting greenery beyond it. The heron is staring intently at the water, as if it's your soul. Do you really want to know what it sees?
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Monty Python reference! YES!
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ruin a snack by changing one letter. Sickers.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm having to source out parts for a class I'm hoping to offer next year, and I'm seeing this a LOT on various websites as I try to figure out the class price point: "Tariff may apply if shipping to the United States". So... yeah...
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Absolutely heard this in Graham Chapman's voice.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Signed up for @washingtonsun.bsky.social. Reading the intro article and saw this: "And we’d rather light a big candle than keep on cursing the darkness." Saw what you did there. Well done. Very well done. washingtonsun.com/about-us/pre...
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Welcome to The Washington Sun
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
FREE HADES!
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thread for our times.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I enjoy Duffel Blog's "Sunday Reader" e-mails, namely image captions. Today's is a MH-53 Super Stallion on a flight deck, and ends with, "continuing the Navy’s proud tradition of solving parking problems with hand signals and enormous amounts of rotor wash." Never change, Duffel Blog. Never change.
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The Deuce Deducer @marchanddcitron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Once, a work buddy and I (both very straight engineer types) walked into a Rite Aid pharmacy and bought a Hitachi "massager" together so we could use its parts to build a vibrating fixture that would hasten the mtbf of rf connectors we were prototyping for use on cell towers.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
George Eliot ("Silas Marner") seriously needed an editor. Or an emergency shipment of periods. I've heard of run-on sentences, but C'MON!
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good night from Maryland.
Gorgeous sunset over water. The sky is a mix of blues & oranges, with rippling refections on the water.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Consider this an open suggestion for those creating online videos of speakers using slide decks: *THE SLIDE DECK SHOULD BE PREDOMINATE.* Showing the speaker as the majority of the screen, while the slide is a small window in the corner is. Not. Helpful. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You'll only take my HP calculators (11, 41, 48) out of my cold, dead fingers... hackaday.com/2026/09/02/i...
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“I’m Not Dead Yet!” Reverse Polish Notation Calculators You Can Still Buy
If you used a scientific calculator in the 1970s or 1980s, there was a fair chance that it worked differently from almost every calculator you see today. Instead of typing: 2 + 3 = you entered: 2 E…
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NFT is my muse.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This. And not just code. During the latest DEFCON, one of the most difficult signals in the "Capture the Flag" (where you have to analyze and decode an unknown signal) was created using AI, *and the person who created it assumed users would also use AI to decode it*. What are we even doing here?
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And, again, I ask...
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Office Space Bobs
Alt: Office Space Bobs asking the question, "What would you say you do here?"
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Reskeet = endorsement (*Cranks the Bee Gees up to 11...*)
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I'm playing around with my one of my SDRs (software defined radios), and I discovered that one of my neighbors (NFI) has a wireless thermometer. Wondering if I should, at some point, open up the back door and yell, "Grill's ready!"
Screenshot of a computer command line terminal. It contains many lines of text along with many lines of dashes. Some of the lines of text state things such as "Temperature (Food): 61.1 C" and "Temperature (Barbecue): 320 C".
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I had an uncle who served as a US Marine during WWII. He served with the 1/24 Marine regiment, 4th Marine Division. Saw action on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Now Geoff Roecker has written a book about them. www.casematepublishers.com/978163624663...
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This Hemisphere of Hell - Casemate Publishers US
Immerse in an intensely detailed foxhole-eye account of the Pacific War, following diverse Marines through campaigns, camaraderie, loss, and personal transfo...
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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Tim Curry As Pennywise With MAD Magazine
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🧵
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another legend has passed. This one is unknown to most, but anyone who has tried learning digital signal processing, this guy was most likely one of the first you read. His ability to explain the complicated is unmatched. CC: @kn3rds.bsky.social RIP, Rick Lyons. www.dsprelated.com/showarticle/...
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See Ya', Rick - Stephane Boucher
Rick Lyons wrote 88 blog posts and some 2,800 forum posts on DSPRelated, and the DSP book most of us learned from. He passed away last Wednesday. A few words about the most meticulous, and most genero...
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Okay, 2026. That's enough.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just got woken up by a thump against the wall. It came from outside. When I investigated, I discovered a parent (Mom? Dad?) red fox & kit playing (hunting?) in our front yard. It was so exciting to watch, now I cannot sleep...
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The Deuce Deducer @marchanddcitron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For a special lady.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the point in my doomscrolling where I feel doom is just piling on...
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026
It is not up to the president what the Kennedy Center is called. It is not up to the president what the Department of Defense is called. It is not up to the president what the Gulf of Mexico is called. It is not up to the president what Lake Ontario is called.
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Gary Schafer @jesternofool.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Reskeet = endorsement.
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