If there's one takeaway from this thread, it's that HN folks are great at recognizing code scribbled in a notebook, but not so good at faces ;)
Are you implying that the face is recognizable?
A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack
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#312Earlier quoted context omitted.
>we can read and even publish the private diaries and intimate correspondence of dead people the rules around publishing (and reading) private diaries are the same for dead people as they are for living people, aren't they?
No, that's kind of my point that they are not the same - I won't translate my local laws, but that's pretty much a general principle, if you're in USA then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_privacy#United_Sta... would be relevant. If I somehow legally obtain your diary and publish juicy exerpts and facts from it (publishing all of it would be restricted by copyright), then you may have grounds to sue me for v…
ah - thanks.
In my local jurisdiction, I would not necessarily expect that to be protected by privacy law even if I was living (you may have grounds, but good luck!) - and it would be protected by copyright either way.
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#313Earlier quoted context omitted.
"That doesn’t fit. You don’t discover you’re terminally ill and then brainstorm a game while you're out trying to find yourself. If you think you're terminally ill then your notebook is likely to be full of meditations on the day's endeavors and thoughts about your legacy, and your mortality, maybe even your family." That might work for some people, but everyone is different. It's possible he doesn't have a family, w…
I don't think he's sick tbh. He looks like a lot of guys that I know within CS -- interested in video games and smaller, more technical subjects, very skinny because he forgets to eat, the beard/long hair because he doesn't care to shave, and these big solitary adventures. I know like 10 young men who all fit this profile.
Skinny is one thing, emaciated is something else. I'm not sure what explains how he became emaciated or the unknown cause of death, but being sick could be one explanation.
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#314I 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…
Just read this "Snowbound" at Outside Online.
What a story!
note: it's Garmin inReach Mini, if someone is interested.
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#316Having 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…
Yes, is a pattern. You don't became cachectic by a acute poisoning. I checked the authopsy but did not claim obvious tumors, tymus anomalies, no obvious signs of kidney or liver diseases. And I didn't find anything about the heart that would support a heart attack, but is soon to discard that.
If it was a poison is not a haemotoxic one in my stupid opinion. (No petechias or inner bleeding, all correct in the circulatory system and most of all all apparently correct in the liver).
If it was a drug it did not appeared in the analytics, so either it does not leave trace after a while or is not a common one. There was not specific medication against cancer or hypotiroidism found in the backpack. Only ibuprophen and antihistaminics I think [1].
[1] I think that is reasonable to explore at least the possibility of an Ibuprophen overdose, just to discard options.
> My guess is there are some oncologists and surgeons (probably in NY) who know who this person was
Agree.
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#317Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
Or he was just chilling. While I've certainly done 20+ miles pr day hikes, I find it every bit as enjoyable doing 10 miles pr day where I can sleep in, take long lunch breaks, get sidetracked, and generally just enjoy my surroundings.
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#318Probably not helpful, but "Mostly Harmless" is also the title of Rob Rhinehart's personal blog[1]. Rhinehart's 2013 posts about his nutrition experiments under the "Mostly Harmless" title, led to the founding of Soylent.com and the modern meal replacement industry. So just possibly MH was a fan of Soylent, or of DIY Soylent. [1] https://www.robrhinehart.com/ Edit: on this notebook page[2] are the words Algae Pool and…
As noted elsewhere on the thread, it's originally a Hitchhiker's Guide joke, a description of humans. It was also used as the title for one of the later books in the series.
I wouldn't discount your explanation, but Rhinehart pulled that name from a very popular source.
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#319Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those first two are claims not facts.
Perhaps his suspected Louisiana ancestry is Cajun/Acadian, and he is actually from Quebec?
I'm from French Canada and I could easily imagine someone being in the US and saying "I am from Louisiana" while actually meaning "my ancestors are in Louisiana".
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#320Earlier quoted context omitted.
Required reading, IMO: https://screeps.com/forum/topic/2937/a-strange-request-for-h... I've spent a few days looking into this and haven't been able to find anything. There's also a big thing about "algae pools" "stock markets", etc, which didn't seem to be about Screeps. I tried to find games that had these mechanics, and ended up spending a bunch of time looking through Spacestation 13 forums, but I'm leaning towar…
OP, based on the Screeps thread, we have a purported Steam profile for MH. Did that yield anything? Edit: I know that folks thought this was a red herring. Checked the steam profile, power player badge was unlocked on 10/23 but Recently Played shows nothing (might be privacy settings) and last review was 3 years ago. Do badges ever auto-unlock, or could this person have shared a steam account?
According to this https://steamid.uk/profile/76561198004426967
the friends are mostly canadian.
But it also says that one friendship is just 280 days old or something.