A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack
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Re: A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack
#2Seems like a case of hasn't cracked yet, not can't crack.
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#3I'm the author of the piece. I think the best clues are that the mystery hiker told people he was from Louisiana, and that he worked in the tech industry in NY. I suspect someone here might recognize him. I'm reachable at nxthompson at protonmail.
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#5The Screeps detail seems like something that could be fairly easily pursued... there can't have been that many players of that game to begin with, let alone those that would care so much about it that they would journal their thoughts about it. A quick check of the GitHub repo doesn't show he contributed code, but might he have opened an issue, contributed to docs? Might there be someone who was active in the community somehow (maybe showing up on leaderboards) until 2017?
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#6Already submitted not even a day ago. By me - that's why I might have noticed ;)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24972365
I'm starting to see a pattern in your submission list btw.
Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24941667
Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931387
Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931534
Same day, but earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24924429
Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24652182
A day before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24641097
You're simply reposting things that "sort of but not quite" catched on, aren't you?
Re: A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack
#7It's amazing how rude Facebook, reddit, and in this case, greedy companies, can be. If he cared enough about anyone knowing who he was, he'd have told someone. This is just blatant disregard for a man's privacy.
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#8Already submitted not even a day ago. By me - that's why I might have noticed ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24972365 I'm starting to see a pattern in your submission list btw. Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24941667 Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931387 Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931534 Same day, but earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24924429 Your…
Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
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Re: A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack
#9Already submitted not even a day ago. By me - that's why I might have noticed ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24972365 I'm starting to see a pattern in your submission list btw. Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24941667 Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931387 Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931534 Same day, but earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24924429 Your…
How else would one win the race to get the most Hacker News Karma? This person has over 131,000, so they seem to be winning. Have you considered also making targeted reposts of things like this to get your numbers up?
Re: A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack
#10Seems like a case of hasn't cracked yet, not can't crack.
Reminds me of the old adage that if you want to find out how to do something in Linux, it's quicker to make a post saying "Linux can't do X!" and watch the rebuttals roll in than ask the question "How do I do X?"