derogator

For anyone paying attention, the dearth of comments in this thread is a key indicator that the most commented threads on HN are all bike shedding threads.

A topic like this suffers from high barriers that prevent the formation of opinions, whereas today's Pardon Snowden thread[0] provides ample opportunity for lengthy editorials.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12494998

The really amazing part about the downvotes here, is that HN is unable to reconcile the realities of mass surveillance that tend to conflict with profit motives, and yet the collective overtone of HN professes itself to be a bastion of progressive futurist space exploring tranhumanism. Few seem to notice the cognitive dissonance.

Sort of a cruel prank. Those in the best position to release the yoke, are only motivated to tighten it.

lens.

...and no scroll bars in Chrome or Safari?

It is not derogatory.

It is an abbreviation commonly used among finincial experts to denote a particular discipline of expertise.

Jargon, parlance, slang.