The other link, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6857511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6857511 , is older by 4 minutes, has been voted up much more,

The other link, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6857511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6857511 , is older by 4 minutes, has been voted up much more, and points to the BBC version of the story. I can't even access this NYTimes version, in part because of the Great Firewall, but also because nytimes.com enforces a monthly limit of 10 or 20 stories on its website. Best go with the freely available story.