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I suspect so, another one: > Yet once those avian features were in place, birds took off.

Maciej /@idlewords has a wonderful post about the Daintree rain forest where the cassowary makes a star appearance: https://idlewords.com/2013/02/the_daintree_rain_forest.htm

This is so sad to me. Manual transmissions are just more fun, no matter which car you have. I have a 10 year old Subaru Outback and even that (top) heavy PoS gives me joy on a curv…

Random data point: In Australia, I've noticed consistently, over the past year or so, that about 25% of used cars are manual transmission. (Carsales.com.au is the leading used car …

> Because I am a man, I am allowed to be topless outside in NYC. I wouldn't if I was a woman. Actually, it is legal for women to be topless in New York: https://www.law.cornell.edu…

Apple responds with an open letter: http://www.apple.com/ie/customer-letter/

Funny how that in 2016 we are further removed from when this article was written (18y) than it from the original Mac (14y).

Pin [1] just launched last week. It is a similar all-in-one payment solution (no merchant account needed), but homegrown in Australia. [1] https://pin.net.au

This article[1] suggests excise tax isn't that high ($1 or $2), though GST is 10% so that's certainly part of the overall price. I rather suspect it is pure price discrimination. I…

I can't speak to China, but here in Australia they already diluted it to 40%. I'm not sure when it happened, the bottle I have is at least 4 months old.

In Australia, Maker's Mark lowered the proof a while ago. The bottle I have in my pantry is 40% (80 proof). Not to mention, bottles run ~$40 (1 AUD ~= 1 USD), so I suspect the bran…

In Australia, Pin ( https://pin.net.au ) is very similar service: no merchant account required, nice API.