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Monk_NT

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Monk_NT··on Elephant 'smoking' footage baffles experts
Some bird species eat fermented berries to get drunk. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141203-drun...
Monk_NT··on Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe
It appears that the article was removed.
Monk_NT··on Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft
Steam was originally forced on users IIRC
Monk_NT··on Show HN: tyto
It's nice! I'm actually curious about naming it tyto. It reminds me of Josip Broz Tito (a historical figure form equally historical Yugoslavia) who, by local legends, got his nickname Tito because he would hand out tasks by pointing at it and saying "Ti, to!" (translated roughly "You, do that!").
Monk_NT··on Forebruary, an endless wall calendar
I am pretty sure my grandma has a desk calendar that has the same system like this one
Monk_NT··on Ask HN: How do you apply for a tech job?
I don't know, I think it's different if you are applying for a job in a big corporation or for a smaller firm/startup. Bigger firms will usually have a more strict dress code (the place where I currently work short pants are frowned upon, except in case of system integrators)

In both cases I usually go for jeans/shirt combo (but not a t-shirt, bigger firms/older people find it unprofessional in my experience), but that's just me.

Monk_NT··on Ask HN: How do you apply for a tech job?
- Don't lie on any part of your resume. If you have any open source projects on e.g. github, put the link to your profile on your resume (that helped me a lot).

- Say don't know if you don't know something, that is a legitimate answer

- If you get a programming assignment in your interviewing process, don't overengineer. For example, if assignment asks of you to take some data out from a webpage, don't use regexes, use a html parsing library instead.

- Remember that interview is also a conversation.

- If you decide to reject an offer, don't reject it impolitely, who knows, maybe in few years they will call you again, with a better offer.