Doug Smith

He/Him. Linux Sysadmin. Everything is a file. 93 93/93.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@WhatsAYorg @ZombieCT No Express at Hagrids is why you can ride it 4 times in a day. HHN is still going to have Express.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@UniversalORL I've found that Universal engages in less anti-local behavior compared to your nearby competitor, but announcing that there wouldn't be multi-night express after jacking up the single day express prices is the sort of thing that makes me feel like you hate us.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@KamalaHarris @VP Get well soon, Madam Vice President. America has you in its thoughts.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@deancain LOL at anyone who cares what @deancain thinks about anything.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

I know @IncredibleCulk probably gets a lot of tweets but can you PLEASE call Brenda Fricker this Christmas? It would be awesome.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RepJeffries @emmangoldstein Well, 49,999 of them deserve high quality medical care, anyway.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam @HamAG0NY @WB4IUY @MarcusBrodie6 One aspect of this thread that I don’t understand is that we were asked what we think needs to change, we shared, and then got back a bunch of responses focusing on why that feedback was invalid. Maybe just write the feedback down and move on?

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam @HamAG0NY @WB4IUY @MarcusBrodie6 An actual solution is to advise the FCC to chance this practice for amateurs. Just because the FCC does it for other services doesn’t mean it’s a good practice for all of them. It doesn’t HAVE to continue just because it’s how they’ve always done it.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@MichaelGS I’ve had a Twitter account for 12 years and still can’t understand how conversations happen

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

#Twitter makes me feel like I’m old. No matter what, I can’t wrap my mind around conversation threads. Traditional web forums are what I’m used to. Is there no hope for me?

[ACLU @ACLU]

BREAKING: We're receiving reports that at least one protester was abducted off the streets today by unmarked “officers” — this time in New York City.

These dangerous, abusive, and indefensible actions must stop. Law enforcement must be held accountable.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam That’s really nice of you, truly. I still don’t understand what the benefit is to have the FCC database freely searchable, but we’ll just have to agree to disagree.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam Fair enough

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam True. I plan to switch to a PO Box when we move to our new address (so the new address is never known to the fully open database that anyone can access without oversight). I guess the only hams that get privacy are the ones with the extra money to spend.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam And also, this is the FCC’s position. Fine. But the point was “what’s wrong with ham radio” and a bunch of us mentioned this. Just because it’s the FCC’s current position doesn’t mean they must maintain it.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam @HamAG0NY Yeah I honestly don’t understand why anyone would argue in favor of our names and addressss being in a freely searchable database accessible by anyone online at any time.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@RiaJairam I don’t understand the reasoning. To be clear, I’m okay with the FCC having my information. I’m not okay with other hams being able to look me up on a whim and see this information.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@MarcusBrodie6 @HamAG0NY @TheButterZone @RiaJairam Right, but call sign becomes name and addresss thanks to the FCC site. At the very least, a positive change would be to have the full name and address be something the operator could opt out of.

[Doug Smith @dougsmithIO]

@MarcusBrodie6 @HamAG0NY @TheButterZone @RiaJairam I agree. I was just baiting you to make a point about discomfort around personal info. My guess is it’s more comfortable on the radio due to the barrier of entry?