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Re:Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck'... by kombookcha on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @04:27AM (#41298006)
The only reason I can't go full tinfoil on this is that it takes a hell of a lot of things working out to fake your death by sailing into a fortuitous freak tornado. How would you even plan and execute that? If he'd just disappeared from the boat in the night or something it would be a different story.

But it sure is weird as hell.

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Re:Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck'... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @04:47AM (#41298121)
> is that it takes a hell of a lot of things working out to fake your death by sailing into a fortuitous freak tornado

It takes hell of a lot less things working out to actually die after a freaking Panavia Tornado[0] unexpectedly drops something on you.

Not that I'm draped in tinfoil or anything, but the more I read about all this, the more it feels like watching a thriller.

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[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia_Tornado

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Re:Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck'... by rightbyte on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @05:30AM (#41298353)
The faker of his death could wait for any storm and pull the plug of the boat, though.

Not like 'I hope there is a storm the 15th of May'.

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Re:Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck'... by DoctorOetker on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @07:16AM (#41298896)
I agree, but they are choosing a dead end path:

whoever wants to know where they are can sample DNA from as many relatives as possible, surreptitiously.

Nanopores can be made with dielectric breakdown of a thin piece of etched wafer.

Low input current noise op-amps can be used to measure the nanopore signal.

A dedicated skip tracer will find you through environmental DNA.

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Re:Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck'... by rightbyte on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @05:56PM (#41304516)
That sounds like science fiction. Do those machines exist today?
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