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I think I saw another similar "unsolved mystery" posting about the Dyatlov Pass a few days ago. This one is at least related to current events, but how did the other one come up?

And yet, it is possible to stretch it to make it look like it belongs to hackers news: trying to resolve a mystery is like hacking through the fog surrounding the mystery. (Not only is it a stretch but also a mixed metaphor. Oh well.)

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The "stretching it" is a game called "7 degrees of hacker news". Take any random page on the internet, and explain how it's really about hacker news. For example:

http://reviews.roadbikereview.com/blog/why-you-should-be-rid...

Carbon vs Steel road bike frames.

Bicycle frames are high tech, especially carbon fiber ones. Hackers are all about high tech. The hack is that for most people that aren't elite racers, steel is still better for the price/performance ratio than carbon fiber, despite the advertising and bandwagon effects pushing carbon. So, the article is perfectly at home on hacker news!

Thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed by the "7 degrees of hacker news" story stretch.

I thought it was 6 degrees.

Anyway, this is an interesting story, I don't see why you'd oppose it. Most "hackers" I know are also into this kind of thing.

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