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hja's blog
Personal blog · lockshot.wordpress.compoliticsbusiness
hja's blog is a personal blog at lockshot.wordpress.com about politics and business. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for Harvey Anderson's 2012 post on the Windows EU browser ballot glitch and the Firefox downloads it cost. The post is cited for its estimate of 6 to 9 million lost downloads.
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What Hacker News says?
The article's headline is inaccurate. From Harvey Anderson's blog post ( http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/windows-eu-ballot-s... ): "Cumulatively 6 to 9 million Firefox browser downloads were lost during this period."
Comment linking /2012/10/30/windows-eu-ballot-screen-technical-glitch/
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