http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:12:37 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-7506 The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study « The Tar Pit Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:51:03 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-7506 [...] on how the wind blows. In other words, the transition transitioned from A to B, which is also a variety of A. Talk about continuity [...] [...] on how the wind blows. In other words, the transition transitioned from A to B, which is also a variety of A. Talk about continuity [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-7489 The next generation, its blessings and flaws « The Tar Pit Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:56:06 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-7489 [...] place in the West; but all the same, a neo-something-or-the-other feudalist thread survives since way before, so I wouldn't worry too much about all [...] [...] place in the West; but all the same, a neo-something-or-the-other feudalist thread survives since way before, so I wouldn't worry too much about all [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-4576 In other unbreaking news, folks in Southern Transylvania are preparing for winter « The Tar Pit Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:33:19 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-4576 [...] each and every year for probably the last couple of millenia if not more, so it is in fact no sort of news at [...] [...] each and every year for probably the last couple of millenia if not more, so it is in fact no sort of news at [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-4213 Against the direction in Romanian culture today, translated and annotated « The Tar Pit Sun, 28 May 2023 14:20:01 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-4213 [...] By one Titu Maiorescu (1840-1917), a Romanian scholar, man of culture and politician who lived in the nineteenth century, while the so-called Romanian culture was still budding. He was a few decades younger than Ghica and at the same time a decade older than Eminescu. [...] [...] By one Titu Maiorescu (1840-1917), a Romanian scholar, man of culture and politician who lived in the nineteenth century, while the so-called Romanian culture was still budding. He was a few decades younger than Ghica and at the same time a decade older than Eminescu. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-4124 The marks of decay « The Tar Pit Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:25:25 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-4124 [...] that they're unable to keep up with inflation. In other words, the time for cheap shit has passed yet again! Not that there's anything wrong with [...] [...] that they're unable to keep up with inflation. In other words, the time for cheap shit has passed yet again! Not that there's anything wrong with [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-3781 A new system for musical notation? « The Tar Pit Sat, 28 Jan 2023 23:32:55 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-3781 [...] Notice the "new" that I'm [...] [...] Notice the "new" that I'm [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-2948 Ion Ghica, Letters to Vasile Alecsandri: From the time of Caragea [iv] « The Tar Pit Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:40:18 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-2948 [...] Just like nowadays. ↩ [...] [...] Just like nowadays. ↩ [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-2797 Brașov, yet again « The Tar Pit Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:08:33 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-2797 [...] from the overabundance of the powerful and the gestalt arising from the relatioships between them. Then, just as now, go [...] [...] from the overabundance of the powerful and the gestalt arising from the relatioships between them. Then, just as now, go [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-2722 Politics and the English Language, annotated « The Tar Pit Sat, 06 Aug 2022 16:23:18 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-2722 [...] Avoid paying much attention to the news. You may occasionally circle through the propaganda in order to train yourself to recognize it, but [...] [...] Avoid paying much attention to the news. You may occasionally circle through the propaganda in order to train yourself to recognize it, but [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2020/all-is-old-and-all-is-new#comment-2675 All roads lead to Rome; or, how and why Nature abhors singularities; or, some pitfalls of causality « The Tar Pit Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:05:53 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=383#comment-2675 [...] currency, maybe that "expansion" doesn't meaningfully equate with "development". What can I say, all is old and all is new, or: the future is here, it's just not evenly [...] [...] currency, maybe that "expansion" doesn't meaningfully equate with "development". What can I say, all is old and all is new, or: the future is here, it's just not evenly [...]

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