No, it was just a swipe at a particularly egregious and amusing typo. I don't generally see things wrong by six orders of magnitude like that. I suspect some sort of automated system that attempts to translate "(\d+).*yuan" into dollars automatically, so it translated 250...yuan into $36.
If indeed the yuan had collapsed by a factor of one million since I last checked the news last night, I don't think even the infinite canvas of online news would have a lot of room to be discussing browser plagiarism amidst the torrent of commentary about China's currency collapse and the imminent and/or occurring collapse of the international economy.
If there's anybody with some yuan on hand, I'm willing to offer you a heck of a deal. I'll happily give you $72 for your 250 million yuan. I'm taking a bath on this deal, but I like HN that much and I'm willing to cut you a favor.
