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   by derogator 10y ago

   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,
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   by derogator 10y ago

   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 prog
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   by derogator 10y ago

   lens.
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   by derogator 10y ago

   ...and no scroll bars in Chrome or Safari?
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   by derogator 10y ago

   It is not derogatory. It is an abbreviation commonly used among finincial experts to denote a particular discipline of expertise. Jargon, parlance, slang.