> Maybe I'm missing something ? I'm afraid it appears so. The article says they contacted the authors of both publications but haven't got a response back yet

> Maybe I'm missing something ? I'm afraid it appears so. The article says they contacted the authors of both publications but haven't got a response back yet. Relevant bit: "For my own part, I’ve contacted authors of both papers, but haven’t received substantive responses from either. I’ll update this post when/if I do."