I legitimately don't understand how the ranking on HN works sometimes. How is it that there are older, less-commented posts ranking higher than this story? @dan

I legitimately don't understand how the ranking on HN works sometimes. How is it that there are older, less-commented posts ranking higher than this story? @dang? edit: I sincerely think this should be bumped, given how many folks don't seem to be getting the news here in a timely fashion.