Joe VilasApr 26, 2024
@donaldball @inthehands @greg_doucette Oh hell, right, I forgot it was him. Thanks again, Greg. 🙌
Show threadT. Greg DoucetteApr 29, 2024

@jhv @donaldball @inthehands

Doug McFarlin! I remember that clown, masquerading as slayercapital

Twitter thread on how he got outed is here:
https://x.com/greg_doucette/status/1511963715620458496

T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) on X

Since ShotSpotter likes to be litigious, I suppose I should outline the publicly available data that led to me speculating @/slayercapital was their Vice President of Engineering, Doug McFarlin Let's start at the beginning... 1/

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Show threadJoe Vilas

@greg_doucette @donaldball @inthehands

Thanks, Greg! [waves from near your old office] Sorry to forget who it was. I'd stupidly thought it was someone on my local instance. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Awww, look, his Xitter account is gone. 😂 And with my memory pleasantly refreshed, why *not* add even more value here?

https://boingboing.net/2022/04/12/shotspotter-wastes-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-and-doesnt-even-work-say-critics.html

Lol. Feckin' idjits.

#crime #idjits #DurhamNC #ShotSpotter #DougMcFarlin #SoundThinking #ifWeChangeOurCompanyNameWeWillFeelBetterAboutOurselves

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