You should assume that no one read the article. I certainly did not before coming to read the comments (although I have enough restraint to not comment myself on the substance of it when I do that).

For better or worse, the title and the link is just a discussion prompt. The guidelines all but state that you're not expected to read it before commenting:

> https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

In this case, someone should probably edit the title.