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There are a few geocaching approaches: Sunken chest / mysterious treasure map Beacon of high gamma radiation / undesirable to approach for many half lives US

There are a few geocaching approaches: Sunken chest / mysterious treasure map Beacon of high gamma radiation / undesirable to approach for many half lives USB key in Jimmy Hoffas pocket

lucb1e 3y ago
My inner devil likes the "too dangerous to approach" idea :) About the last idea, I had to look up that name: > James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975; presumed dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. Do I read it correctly if I understand "Jimmy Hoffas pocket" to be one implementation example of "any disappeared person's pocket"? Or is the specific person, their role, or their era relevant?
- ttyprintk 3y ago
  You’re correct: the fame of discovering Jimmy Hoffas burial is high in pop culture. Maybe as high as Hacker News finding a usb key timelock where only a vague area is given.
- ttyprintk 3y ago
  I didn’t know his middle name was “Riddle” that’s almost ironic.
- dustyleary 3y ago
  Yes, Jimmy Hoffa is a "famous" disappeared person case here in America. There are only a few "famous mysteries" that became such widespread memes in American culture. The ones I can think of are: 1. What happened to Jimmy Hoffa (who killed him?). "The Irishman" on Netflix is a Scorsese adaptation of a "nonfiction" book that documents an old Mafia hitman claiming to have killed Hoffa. (The book is nonfiction, the guy's claims are somewhat contested.) 2. What happened to Amelia Earhart? (Early female aviator who disappeared attempting to fly around the world). 3. What happened to and who was DB Cooper? (A man hijacked an airplane, traded some hostages for a duffle bag of cash at an airport when such a thing was possible, told the pilots to fly to Canada and then jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the duffle bag somewhere over the pacific northwest). 4. Who shot JFK?
  - ttyprintk 3y ago
    Thank you, I regret picking such a reference. Amazing to entertain that the guy who killed Hoffa could have lived long enough to write about it. As if reality suddenly became gentler, and all differences could be hugged out.
  - KineticLensman 3y ago
    Also, in the UK (or not), Lord Lucan
ttyprintk 3y ago
Drone delivers a capsule into an historic minefield / make a Great Power clear an area to find it Sow the hex digits in one crop on top of another / wait until summer to see the visible difference
ttyprintk 3y ago
Slip a key into a random unsolved case file in LA / must digitize all files to find it Choose a key from the DNA of a living Nobel prize winner Place an opaque nondescript sticker over the lens of a surveillance camera in London / must disassemble all cameras to find it Writing Sherlock Holmes level material is not hard
denton-scratch 3y ago
> USB key in Jimmy Hoffas pocket First find Jimmy (embedded in concrete?). Then notice that there's no time element; Jimmy's USB key will be found when Jimmy's found, which might be tomorrow or it might be never. Then learn that he disappeared long before USB keys were invented. I realize the suggestion was light-hearted!

There are a few geocaching approaches: Sunken chest / mysterious treasure map Beacon of high gamma radiation / undesirable to approach for many half lives USB key in Jimmy Hoffas pocket

lucb1e 3y ago

My inner devil likes the "too dangerous to approach" idea :) About the last idea, I had to look up that name: > James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975; presumed dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. Do I read it correctly if I understand "Jimmy Hoffas pocket" to be one implementation example of "any disappeared person's pocket"? Or is the specific person, their role, or their era relevant?

ttyprintk 3y ago
You’re correct: the fame of discovering Jimmy Hoffas burial is high in pop culture. Maybe as high as Hacker News finding a usb key timelock where only a vague area is given.
ttyprintk 3y ago
I didn’t know his middle name was “Riddle” that’s almost ironic.
dustyleary 3y ago
Yes, Jimmy Hoffa is a "famous" disappeared person case here in America. There are only a few "famous mysteries" that became such widespread memes in American culture. The ones I can think of are: 1. What happened to Jimmy Hoffa (who killed him?). "The Irishman" on Netflix is a Scorsese adaptation of a "nonfiction" book that documents an old Mafia hitman claiming to have killed Hoffa. (The book is nonfiction, the guy's claims are somewhat contested.) 2. What happened to Amelia Earhart? (Early female aviator who disappeared attempting to fly around the world). 3. What happened to and who was DB Cooper? (A man hijacked an airplane, traded some hostages for a duffle bag of cash at an airport when such a thing was possible, told the pilots to fly to Canada and then jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the duffle bag somewhere over the pacific northwest). 4. Who shot JFK?
- ttyprintk 3y ago
  Thank you, I regret picking such a reference. Amazing to entertain that the guy who killed Hoffa could have lived long enough to write about it. As if reality suddenly became gentler, and all differences could be hugged out.
- KineticLensman 3y ago
  Also, in the UK (or not), Lord Lucan

ttyprintk 3y ago

Drone delivers a capsule into an historic minefield / make a Great Power clear an area to find it Sow the hex digits in one crop on top of another / wait until summer to see the visible difference

ttyprintk 3y ago

Slip a key into a random unsolved case file in LA / must digitize all files to find it Choose a key from the DNA of a living Nobel prize winner Place an opaque nondescript sticker over the lens of a surveillance camera in London / must disassemble all cameras to find it Writing Sherlock Holmes level material is not hard

denton-scratch 3y ago

> USB key in Jimmy Hoffas pocket First find Jimmy (embedded in concrete?). Then notice that there's no time element; Jimmy's USB key will be found when Jimmy's found, which might be tomorrow or it might be never. Then learn that he disappeared long before USB keys were invented. I realize the suggestion was light-hearted!