> Statistically speaking, somewhere between 4% and 8% of the HN population will be very interested in this news If you're using the stats I think you are, you

> Statistically speaking, somewhere between 4% and 8% of the HN population will be very interested in this news If you're using the stats I think you are, you probably mean "directly affected by" the news. As a California resident, I am very interested in this story but I don't need to see it at the top of HN.