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New comment by nickwrb in "The Misuses of the University"

nickwrb — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:35:27 +0000

I can’t comment on the Chinese research universities you mention, but the comparison with IITs is bizarre. They are notoriously extremely selective, and all set in lush, spacious, grounds. I don’t think they back up your point at at all.

New comment by nickwrb in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

nickwrb — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:00:08 +0000

Currently building https://auth-email.com

Many mainstream email providers have switched to require OAuth for login, but there are tons of clients and apps that don’t (or can’t) support OAuth.

Auth-Email is a secure, private relay that takes out the need to worry about OAuth: authorize mail accounts one time in our dashboard, then use an ordinary username and password for IMAP, POP, and SMTP via our server.

New comment by nickwrb in "Next JavaScript app is hacked, you just don't know it yet"

nickwrb — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:51:31 +0000

Probably the heavy AI-generated feel to the article.

New comment by nickwrb in "Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access"

nickwrb — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:19:45 +0000

That’s not the only option, though. There is also institutional membership, which is basically the same as the previous subscription model, just pitched the other way around. Authors whose institutions are members don’t have to pay the processing charge.

Here’s the list of current members: https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants

One Hundred Thousand Billion Poems

nickwrb — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:30:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bevrowe.info/Internet/Queneau/Queneau.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46245706

Points: 1

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New comment by nickwrb in "Putting email in its place with Emacs and Mu4e"

nickwrb — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:23:51 +0000

If you need to handle OAuth, I have a service to help with that: https://auth-email.com

Authorize once in a web dashboard, then use your accounts as if they didn’t need OAuth (ie. normal IMAP, POP3 or SMTP).

New comment by nickwrb in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

nickwrb — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:54:19 +0000

https://auth-email.com

OAuth is here to stay for major email providers (Outlook, Gmail, etc). Microsoft is dropping support for standard/basic authorization in April 2026, and Google has already done this. But plenty of devices and systems don't (and may never) support OAuth.

Auth-Email is a relay that lets you continue using traditional email auth methods even when your provider requires OAuth. Lots of other more advanced features too: all OAuth grant types, add-ins to modify behavior and lots more.