http://thetarpit.org/2023/the-marks-of-decay "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:34:05 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2023/the-marks-of-decay#comment-4258 Sibiu, cca. 2023 « The Tar Pit Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:18:47 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=493#comment-4258 [...] the traditional approach was to hold on to simple tastes resembling the homemade stuff and to avoid sugar overdosing. Makes one wonder whether communism wasn't in fact the peak era of this particular [...] [...] the traditional approach was to hold on to simple tastes resembling the homemade stuff and to avoid sugar overdosing. Makes one wonder whether communism wasn't in fact the peak era of this particular [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2023/the-marks-of-decay#comment-4221 Against the direction in Romanian culture today, translated and annotated « The Tar Pit Sun, 28 May 2023 14:24:25 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=493#comment-4221 [...] only fair, don't you think? The man was asking for minimum standards, nothing more. I repeat myself, but that's precisely why they're called "minimum standards": so you [...] [...] only fair, don't you think? The man was asking for minimum standards, nothing more. I repeat myself, but that's precisely why they're called "minimum standards": so you [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2023/the-marks-of-decay#comment-4152 The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit Sun, 07 May 2023 14:21:15 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=493#comment-4152 [...] is just a lateral point; the main point is that they're cheap, and as the cost of maintaining standards keep [...] [...] is just a lateral point; the main point is that they're cheap, and as the cost of maintaining standards keep [...]

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