> The upcoming email hosting service from Thunderbird will support IMAP, SMTP and JMAP out of the box
Is there any email hosting out there with support for JMAP?
Readit Newsalecsm commented on Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update blog.thunderbird.net/2025... · Posted by u/mnmalst
alecsm commented on Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears telegraph.co.uk/business/... · Posted by u/pera
It's a cliche but people really underestimate and try to downplay the role of luck[0].
[0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/beautiful-minds/the-...
Success happens when luck meets hard work.
alecsm commented on Ask HN: Have any successful startups been made by 'vibe coding'? · Posted by u/nomilk
What I've seen is mostly small apps and people that claim they're making thousands of dollars every month with them.
And they usually try to sell you their courses/mentorships.
I don't know if I'm being suspicious because they seem fake or because they came out of nowhere and are earning in a month what I make in a year.
alecsm commented on Our European search index goes live blog.ecosia.org/launching... · Posted by u/maelito
> Because it strengthens Europe’s long-term competitiveness, democratic control, and stability.
I don't see the point. What makes Europe democratic control something to cherish? The chat control plans, the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Digital Services Act, the militarization - none of it seems to be democratic tied to any values surrounding freedom.
You have a point but he does too.
Without you own search engines (or tech companies in general) you depend on third parties and become basically a puppet.
alecsm commented on The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers simonwillison.net/2025/Au... · Posted by u/tosh
The vibe I'm getting from the Reddit community is that 5 is much less "Let's have a nice conversation for hours and hours" and much more "Let's get you a curt, targeted answer quickly."
So, good for professionals who want to spend lots of money on AI to be more efficient at their jobs. And, bad for casuals who want to spend as little money as possible to use lots of datacenter time as their artificial buddy/therapist.
I had this feeling too.
I needed some help today and it's messages where shorter but also detailed without all the spare text that I usually don't even read.
alecsm commented on The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League worksinprogress.co/issue/... · Posted by u/loeber
Lübeck wasn't even the "best" for anything
i distinctly remember the "beer from Gdansk -> Textile from Malmo -> sell everything in Lübeck" route
No, it wasn't the best but it's the first city I picked and I ended up liking it the most.
Also I think it was the easiest wealthy city to raid as a pirate, so you could donate a lot of money as a mayor and then steal it as a pirate only to donate it again and earn reputation.
alecsm commented on The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League worksinprogress.co/issue/... · Posted by u/loeber
"Patrician II/III", anyone ? my favorite game when i was kid, second only to Civilization
I wanted Imperium III and I got Patrician III by mistake. I didn't know how to play it at first as it wasn't your typical strategy game but after a while it became my favorite game.
I ended up controlling the whole Hanseatic League from Lübeck.
Good times.
alecsm commented on Ask HN: How many of you are working in tech without a STEM degree? · Posted by u/zebproj
There's a lot of us everywhere.
I dropped out of uni after it kept holding me back. I think I have around 50% of credits left to finish. I was already working as a developer and I had many things to learn career wise. I had to choose between going ahead or staying on place while finishing a degree.
I don't regret my choice but I wish I had a degree. While I have superior studies in the field (2 years instead of the 4 of a degree) it doesn't feel the same.
After 10 years working and with many more years ahead (I hope) I don't think I'll ever find the motivation to finish it. And most recruiters that contact me are more interested in the experience I have than anything else.
alecsm commented on The EU can be shut down with a few keystrokes bitecode.dev/p/the-eu-can... · Posted by u/BiteCode_dev
It will only get worse with LLMs being at the core of ever more activity.
I'm not sure why only the USA is capable of creating state-of-the-art LLMs. As for Europe, I can say that it has a simple but effective strategy to keep falling behind:
1: Prevent innovation via regulation
2: Problem: Being dependent on foreign technology
3: Fight the problem with more regulation
4: Goto 1
5: Tax companies and individuals until doing business is no longer viable.
I wouldn't mind that. The problem there is that every topic is mixed with politics and it drains me. I'm already bombarded with political stuff from every angle and when I want to talk about tech I don't want more politics into it.
In that regard even X is better. I can keep it pretty clean by following few people and not looking at the For you page.