http://thetarpit.org/2022/politics-and-the-english-language-annotated "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:13:48 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2022/politics-and-the-english-language-annotated#comment-4524 Romania's debt of gratitude, or: a wartime story from Mihai Eminescu « The Tar Pit Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:27:18 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=467#comment-4524 [...] his conclusion cutting straight to the core of the problem, overall a much better sight than poor Orwell could have ever mustered in his language. If you're fluent in Romanian we may have this debate on [...] [...] his conclusion cutting straight to the core of the problem, overall a much better sight than poor Orwell could have ever mustered in his language. If you're fluent in Romanian we may have this debate on [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2022/politics-and-the-english-language-annotated#comment-4483 The Dark Side of the Moon « The Tar Pit Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:39:25 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=467#comment-4483 [...] his views, not because they're his, but because they sum up to the same old tired and insufferable English socialism. Like most musicians that I like, his heart is in the right place but his judgment is clouded by [...] [...] his views, not because they're his, but because they sum up to the same old tired and insufferable English socialism. Like most musicians that I like, his heart is in the right place but his judgment is clouded by [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2022/politics-and-the-english-language-annotated#comment-4150 The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit Sun, 07 May 2023 14:20:33 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=467#comment-4150 [...] suppose this is a good place to recall Orwell's [...] [...] suppose this is a good place to recall Orwell's [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2022/politics-and-the-english-language-annotated#comment-3336 OpenBSD, or how I review software projects « The Tar Pit Sat, 29 Oct 2022 17:27:50 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=467#comment-3336 [...] cannot but wonder if the symbol "Linux" does not simply denote yet another empty notion, just like democracy before it; or if not that, then perhaps it is just another metaphor for a dune of sand shifting [...] [...] cannot but wonder if the symbol "Linux" does not simply denote yet another empty notion, just like democracy before it; or if not that, then perhaps it is just another metaphor for a dune of sand shifting [...]

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