This is completely tangential to the discussion of this thread, but so much of google search is forecasting based on user's search history these days it's hard to tell if it's just biased towards HN because we all visit it.

yup, that's why I always check these things in incognito mode.

Google also has this 'hide private results' setting that I keep checked, to avoid bias (when DDG is not enough, anyway): http://i.imgur.com/2v1FV8n.png

it's not first in the results anymore, btw — at the time of this comment, the top three spots are time.com, france24.com and news.yahoo.com

If anyone else thinks to check if it's only the top result in fasterthanlime's filter bubble, it is also the top result on Google through search.disconnect.me.