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JeremyNTtoday at 3:19 PM0 repliesview on HN

Not to mention, if it's seasonal for any reason then it's something that should be baked into the cyclical expectations already.

It's like reporting that Spirit of Halloween employees accounted for the biggest retailer layoffs in November. It's a totally useless statistic that tells you nothing about what might really be going on that month that's abnormal compared to baseline.