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  1. Is non-pasteurized beer as critical as non-pasteurized milk? .
    #taipan

  2. They say, don't meet your heroes and … yeah … I thought he was bigger. must be the camera.

    #Taipan #Godzilla

  3. I discovered that B. Watson (Urchlay) ported #Taipan to the #Atari8bit recently (2026). Obligatory screenshot below. It's still work-in-progress, but it's already pretty good.

    I had wanted to port Taipan too, and I've posted elsewhere about my own feeble attempts. At least now, I can just enjoy playing the game on my Atari 800XL. :)

    If you want to check it out, it's available at slackware.uk/~urchlay/repos/ta

    #atari800 #atari #retrocomputing #retrogaming

  4. Strolling through the fields of envy
    I take myself and my gray reality
    toward a better perception
    in the fast approaching horizon..

    Hopped over the fence..

    Landed on my feet
    on the other side
    where the grass
    was allegedly greener..

    Stepped on the #taipan
    in residence there..

    It bit me so deep in my naivety
    all my best cliches bled out
    leaving behind an ugly scar
    of painful disillusionment..

    The truth is never as good as we dream

    #vss365 #poem #poetry #amwriting

  5. Pocos recuerdan que #TaiPan es una novela que dió pie a una película que dio pie al videojuego. Básicamente un #Pirates! para #zxspectrum, pocos saben que fue el primer juego desarrollado inicialmente para los modelos de 128 Kb. Partiendo de esa versión, el juego se recortó para adaptarlo al Speccy de 48 Kb.

  6. #BooksThatInfluencedYou
    Day 13:

    Today, I'm recommending another book by #JamesClavel, #TaiPan.
    It is the second book in #Clavel's fantastic #AsianSaga.

    It describes the rivalry of two English merchant families + their rise 2 power against the well-researched background of the #OpiumWars + #Hongkong's early colonial history.
    It 1st got me interested in 🇨🇳.

    @mina @Yorkshiregeek @evelynefoerster @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @MaJ1 @mattotcha @2ndStar @energiepirat @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @GreenFire

  7. Kennt sich jemand mit James #Clavell aus? Sollte man #Shogun im englischen Original lesen, oder ist die Übersetzung ins deutsche gelungen? Ich tue mich mit Übersetzungen mittlerweile schwer, weil die oft cringe sind, aber bei 1500 Seiten habe ich doch Respekt, das im Original anzugreifen…

    #Literatur #classic #bookwyrm #Leseratte #JohnBlackthorne #Japan #Taipan

  8. ↪ the #Taipan being an adaptation of the NH-90 type currently in service with a number of #NATO countries

    Severe procurement and operating cost blowouts, mechanical failures, high maintenance costs, difficulty in obtaining spare parts, and several whole-fleet groundings have plagued the aircraft.

    🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

  9. 🇦🇺 What do you do if you have dozens of combat #helicopters you don’t want?

    If you’re the Australian government, you dismantle them and turn them into landfill

    That’s the imminent fate of 45 #AustralianArmy and #RoyalAustralianNavy MRH-90 #Taipan #helicopters, grounded since a crash in #Queensland last summer and withdrawn from service

    #Australia has had something of a troubled history with its #European-#UK designed MEH-90s, ⏩

    🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

    spectator.co.uk/article/why-is #Ukraine #News

  10. @philip_cardella
    (1/2)
    Funny you should say so.
    As you are studying history, you might know the historic novel of James Clavel, #TaiPan.
    In Hong Kong, a business tycoon was (is?) called a #TaiPan.
    And there, they believe a lot in luck. They call it "joss." As you mentioned it, yes, #TFG has had an extradinary streak of luck for decades.
    Stochastics show, that these streaks will run out some time.
    And yes, I think a colapse (maybe not the final one) is imminent. For one thing, I don't think..

  11. Drei Fragezeichen live. Über 2 Jahre auf den Termin gewartet, ursprünglich wäre Hamburg schon Ende März 2020 dran gewesen... 😬
    #fragezeichen #taipan