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3am_hackernewson The "Taken Username Effect" on Twitter

Yes, it happens to almost every single popular service, starting with Hotmail, Yahoo!Mail, GMail, facebook and so on.

Why is this even a post of discussion? Aren't there better things to discuss about? Isn't this a typical first-world-problem?

3am_hackernewson Productivity Porn

Unfortunately, for me, this article itself falls in the so called 'Productivity Porn'(PP) category, although I am not sure if I agree with the PP term as described here in the first place.

3am_hackernewson Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes

Their captcha is _really_ frustrating. I spent well over 2 mins going through atleast 20 of them. This was the only ugly part of the new Outlook experience though.

3am_hackernewson What Caffeine Really Does to Your Brain

A better article, IMO: http://lifehacker.com/5585217/what-caffeine-actually-does-to...

3am_hackernewson Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage

I would strongly contest that statistic you came up with. Please provide a source for it. While I appreciate that you don't think that gay marriage is illegal, I am not sure if I understand your basis of accepting a compromise.

3am_hackernewson Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage

Why should the government endorse practices only supported by you? You are not special.

Marriage should not be a purely religious ceremony. It should be an individual's choice, consent of both the partners.

I don't agree that a religious institution HAS to validate/conduct a religious ceremony. Again, it should be left to the individual.

3am_hackernewson Marissa Mayer Has a Secret Weapon

While I agree with the first 3 paragraphs of your opinion, I don't understand why Yahoo HAS to acquire Google to make your argument count? NeXT was not on its way to become the next-big-one. It was mostly Steve Jobs who changed things at Apple with other people's help and contribution.

If Marissa Mayer is as good as the general consensus is and has built connections with all these other smart people, I don't see why it would be a surprise if she turns Yahoo around as a genuine competitor. I don't think that she has to achieve this via some 'coupe'. After all, Yahoo has paid her massive amounts. I am sure they believe in her and respect her decisions rather than be upset with it.

3am_hackernewson Sparrow acquired by Google

I did too and got one within 4 hours.

3am_hackernewson Sparrow acquired by Google

I was hoping for the same. But I think they are not going to do any more development on their Sparrow client according to the latest email they sent to the users. Sucks for the current paid users, but hey who cares once they get a million more users and many more $$, right?

3am_hackernewson Inconsolata

What OS, window manager, term and theme are you using? Looks really nice and very close to what I would want.