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https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004426967/
If there are financial details, such as a PayPal account or credit card, and the above-mentioned Steam profile seems likely to be connected with the hiker, it might be worth considering providing some small amount of information to the authorities responsible for the missing person's case.
My guess is there are some oncologists and surgeons (probably in NY) who know who this person was, but cannot say anything due to confidentiality.
Might someone at Steam consider taking an inside-look at the financial transactions for the player account mentioned in the Screeps forum? https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004426967/ If there are financial details, such as a PayPal account or credit card, and the above-mentioned Steam profile seems likely to be connected with the hiker, it might be worth considering providing some small amount of informati…
> However, I have to inform you that the "Ben2" that MrFaul is talking about is very unlikely your victim, as his steam profile shows he unlocked a number of badges in the last year
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PHP also uses -> and is still popular with those younger than 40. The lack of $ gives it away though. This is a very curious case indeed.
Definitely not drowning in $variables, he's 40 something.
In other words, I have written PHP pseudocode which definitely omits $. But these notes are generic enough to allow virtually anything C-descended.
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> 10 mi / day is absolutely abysmal for a normal thru hiker It depends on the weight of what you carry with you.
Nope, its absymal. I was carrying 45 pound full on winter gear loadout while thru hiking and I was getting 23 miles a day at going from 5k ft to 13k ft This was without any real special training.
> He wasn’t an experienced hiker (wore jeans the first couple weeks, didn’t carry maps/gps/phone, had a tent that was too big, carried a backpack that was over 50 lbs)
Also in the pictures without jeans he was wearing knee support, he might have just had arthritis or something like that.
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Let's say your address was 256 Main St. Apt 10, Some City, CA, USA I usually provide my address as 256 Main St. Unit 10-BCRK, Some City, CA, USA I generate a unique code for each entity that I am required to provide my address to. I usually change "Apt" to "Unit" to stump the automatic address-correcting APIs that will convert "Apt 10-BCRK" to "Apt 10". I found that changing "Apt" to "Unit" usually stumps them. The i…
This is a great idea and I would like to use it. However, I have only the house number and street address. What can I do in that case? PS: I generate separate emails already. Example: somebusiness@mydomain.com However, I have not found a single case where they leaked my email address, so I am not sure if it helps for spam and privacy.
I love how sometimes worlds collide and thruhiking related stories make it to HN. It is however sad for it to be in this context. If anyone reading this consider getting into long distance hiking, I'd encourage you to do so. While it is always best to avoid getting into dangerous situations rather than finding your way out of there, getting yourself either: 1. A subscription based satellite messenger (Garmin Mini is…
Maybe I asking for too much but why didn't his makeshift snowshoes work? Being of sound body and mind with only 10 miles between you and civilization should rarely be a death sentence.
As to his distance from civilization, I'm assuming you refer to Lagunitas Campground to hwy 285. That is around 20 miles as the crow flies, more like 30 miles on trail from what I see on CalTopo, but with thick fresh layer of snow covering the trail, he'd have had to find his own way (assuming he knew hwy 285 was there). Navigation in a snow covered land that is high in elevation yet hilly but flat enough to hide what's coming ahead can make 30 miles be very very challenging even without the mental challenge of coping with being wet and cold every day. He was also hoping, at least at the beginning, that they'll find him, and that must have been a consideration for staying in the same place rather than risking losing the trail.
I wonder how long it will be before someone truly cannot be anonymous in this country (or the world). Whenever I come across a book/movie about someone traveling to the future and trying to blend in, my immediate thought is that they will instantly be flagged as suspicious by a hundred different automated systems (where is your advertising profile, credit history, location history, iris scan, microchip??) There proba…
I wonder how long it will be before someone truly cannot be anonymous in this country (or the world) This is why my favorite Max Headroom character was Blank Reg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(TV_series)#Blank... I have several relatives who live off the grid in remote places. They're not survivalists or militia folk or anything like that. They just like to maximize their privacy. The keys to survival a…
I'm not American and don't live there, but I have an LLC in a particular US state that owns a vehicle I keep stashed in the US (in a different state).
Having done a bit more reading through other sources. There should be more focus on his abdominal scar, reduced teste size and cachexia (wasting). This is a very common symptom pattern for cancer. A large portion of cancer patients die from cachexia. HIV, or a chronic disease of heart/liver/kidney are other possibilities but would have left other evidence that would have certainly been noted in the autopsy. My guess…
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The article at least hints to the fact that MH was weary about digital evidence: "He asked Mostly Harmless if he could take a picture. Mostly Harmless hesitated but then agreed" Are there better ways to slip into the void than going into the wilderness without even a phone?
He didn't go into any wilderness. He traveled one of the most popular hiking trails in the country. Went into stores. Stayed in campgrounds. Let himself be photographed a bunch of times. Why he hesitated that once, I don't know, but I seriously doubt anyone would have pressed him if he'd just declined. Better ways? A boat out into the ocean. Hiking out West or in Alaska. Or South America. Going deep into an unpopular…