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Hmm, so you think someone used weather magic to destroy their yacht? It doesn't seem much like a corporate assassination, unless you think the captain was bribe

Hmm, so you think someone used weather magic to destroy their yacht? It doesn't seem much like a corporate assassination, unless you think the captain was bribed to be a little too far out?

canadiantim 2y ago
It’s certainly possible, however improbable
Ancapistani 2y ago
You have to admit, this is quite odd: > In a strange coincidence, another former Autonomy executive who was acquitted alongside Lynch of the fraud charges died days before the sinking of the Bayesian. > Stephen Chamberlain “was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out running,” his lawyer Gary Lincenberg said in a statement.
- nprateem 2y ago
  That was my first thought when I read about that. What are the odds that both defendants die on the same day in "accidents"?
  - ianburrell 2y ago
    Except it wasn't the same day. Chamberlain died on Saturday, and the yacht sunk on Monday.
- rootusrootus 2y ago
  The woman who hit Chamberlain stayed at the scene and is known to police. That's not a great strategy for getting away with murder.
treprinum 2y ago
Does HP have a black magic corporate division?
- MR4D 2y ago
  Depends. Does HP stand for Harry Potter? Interesting question!
- nexus6 2y ago
  Just because it’s unlikely doesn’t mean we should go straight for conspiracies. His wife gave a statement about the storm and capsizing. The woman who hit the guy in her car stayed at the accident and is cooperating.
znsjahd 2y ago
All but one of the crew survived. None of the passengers did.
- CRConrad 2y ago
  ETA 2: > All but one of the crew survived. None of the passengers did. ___ I thought some passengers survived too? A nearby comment says, "His wife gave a statement about the storm and capsizing." Isn't that Lynch's wife they meant? [1] I don't even know if he was married. But if he was, it feels likely his wife would have been there too. And since the six dead were Lynch and his daughter plus two other married couples, Lynch's wife wasn't among them. Either way, IIRC here were supposed to be ten passengers, and only six of them seem to have died. Also, wasn't the very first body found the ship's cook? [2] So I think both of your statements are wrong. ___ ETA: [1]: Even better, from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41315204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41315204 : "Angela Barcares, Mike Lynch’s wife, survived. Speaking to the Italian daily La Repubblica while sitting in a wheelchair in a Sicilian hospital..." [2]: And from https://megayachtnews.com/2024/08/yacht-bayesian-sinks-in-severe-weather-off-sicily/ https://megayachtnews.com/2024/08/yacht-bayesian-sinks-in-se... : "Six other guests, the captain, and eight crewmembers escaped on the 19th in a liferaft, several with injuries. Until yesterday, the chef was the only confirmed fatality. Search-and-rescue personnel found his body on Monday." So yeah, you're definitely full of it.

Hmm, so you think someone used weather magic to destroy their yacht? It doesn't seem much like a corporate assassination, unless you think the captain was bribed to be a little too far out?

canadiantim 2y ago

It’s certainly possible, however improbable

Ancapistani 2y ago

You have to admit, this is quite odd: > In a strange coincidence, another former Autonomy executive who was acquitted alongside Lynch of the fraud charges died days before the sinking of the Bayesian. > Stephen Chamberlain “was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out running,” his lawyer Gary Lincenberg said in a statement.

nprateem 2y ago
That was my first thought when I read about that. What are the odds that both defendants die on the same day in "accidents"?
- ianburrell 2y ago
  Except it wasn't the same day. Chamberlain died on Saturday, and the yacht sunk on Monday.
rootusrootus 2y ago
The woman who hit Chamberlain stayed at the scene and is known to police. That's not a great strategy for getting away with murder.

treprinum 2y ago

Does HP have a black magic corporate division?

MR4D 2y ago
Depends. Does HP stand for Harry Potter? Interesting question!
nexus6 2y ago
Just because it’s unlikely doesn’t mean we should go straight for conspiracies. His wife gave a statement about the storm and capsizing. The woman who hit the guy in her car stayed at the accident and is cooperating.

znsjahd 2y ago

All but one of the crew survived. None of the passengers did.

CRConrad 2y ago
ETA 2: > All but one of the crew survived. None of the passengers did. ___ I thought some passengers survived too? A nearby comment says, "His wife gave a statement about the storm and capsizing." Isn't that Lynch's wife they meant? [1] I don't even know if he was married. But if he was, it feels likely his wife would have been there too. And since the six dead were Lynch and his daughter plus two other married couples, Lynch's wife wasn't among them. Either way, IIRC here were supposed to be ten passengers, and only six of them seem to have died. Also, wasn't the very first body found the ship's cook? [2] So I think both of your statements are wrong. ___ ETA: [1]: Even better, from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41315204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41315204 : "Angela Barcares, Mike Lynch’s wife, survived. Speaking to the Italian daily La Repubblica while sitting in a wheelchair in a Sicilian hospital..." [2]: And from https://megayachtnews.com/2024/08/yacht-bayesian-sinks-in-severe-weather-off-sicily/ https://megayachtnews.com/2024/08/yacht-bayesian-sinks-in-se... : "Six other guests, the captain, and eight crewmembers escaped on the 19th in a liferaft, several with injuries. Until yesterday, the chef was the only confirmed fatality. Search-and-rescue personnel found his body on Monday." So yeah, you're definitely full of it.