You still get the testicles if you click this link, at least using Chrome you do. It's because the referrer field is set to HN so they know where the traffic is coming from.
I'm using Chrome with uMatrix and uBlock Origin... I assume one of those blocks the data because, somehow strangely, I feel left out that all I'm getting is the websites.
I wonder why someone would setup a "bad result" for specific referrers ...