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Well of course it did, it was more than four centuries off.

(1611) is November 2016, not the year.

On HN, titles are appended with (YYYY) to indicate the year of the article. So, it was a joke. :P

Phew then it isn't my abacus that is broken!

One does not preclude the other, your abacus could still be broken.