I don't understand how everyone here was able to read this article - I browse to that link and get a message telling me it is locked behind a paywall, requiring my subscription before I can read it. Do all HN readers also subscribe to the NY Times?
Try visiting in incognito mode. The paywall is cookie based.
You should get 10 free articles a month before the paywall appears. I'm guessing most HN readers haven't used up their quota yet.
How to read the article: Search for the article's title in Google (hint: select the title in the non-working NYT URL, dashes are fine), and the link from Google's (probably) top result to NYT will let you in, freely.