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		<title>Romanians, forever pendulating between East and West</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==The title is indeed a paraphrase of Neagu Djuvara's volume; but instead of discussing the nineteenth century and Phanariotes -- I've already done this a while ago, for the record -- let us amuse ourselves with tales from the beginning of the second quarter of Our Lord's twenty-first. Some haters may make entirely spurious and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, also simply known as FWWM, is, just like the series preceding it, that is also in a certain way its successor, a multi-layered and multi-faceted piece.

From a temporal-structural point of view, and paying mind to the fact that Lynch's works tend to defy linear temporality, or time altogether, FWWM [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, also simply known as FWWM, is, just like the series preceding it, that is also in a certain way its successor, a multi-layered and multi-faceted piece.

From a temporal-structural point of view, and paying mind to the fact that Lynch's works tend to defy linear temporality, or time altogether, FWWM [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pray tell, what are they going to do with all them serfs lying about?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==By now you'd think that I should be sick and tired of explaining this shit over and over again. But hell, let's do it once more! words are cheap, and who knows, maybe this time around one of the poor souls, who inexplicably ends up around this corner of the web reading this piece, will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==By now you'd think that I should be sick and tired of explaining this shit over and over again. But hell, let's do it once more! words are cheap, and who knows, maybe this time around one of the poor souls, who inexplicably ends up around this corner of the web reading this piece, will [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>LLMs, the useful parts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[computing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==It's already been more than two years since I last shat on the whole subject of AI, and also more than a year since my last brief commentary on the matter. Meanwhile, the bubble that we've all been expecting to burst has only gotten bigger; and it's caused quite a few changes in the so-called [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==It's already been more than two years since I last shat on the whole subject of AI, and also more than a year since my last brief commentary on the matter. Meanwhile, the bubble that we've all been expecting to burst has only gotten bigger; and it's caused quite a few changes in the so-called [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Phonopolis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==Once upon a time, about a decade and a half ago to be more precise, I reviewed a small point-and-click adventure game called Machinarium, developed by a small Czech company called Amanita Design. I don't have the time nor the patience to translate my old article, but it's sufficient to say that it was written [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==Once upon a time, about a decade and a half ago to be more precise, I reviewed a small point-and-click adventure game called Machinarium, developed by a small Czech company called Amanita Design. I don't have the time nor the patience to translate my old article, but it's sufficient to say that it was written [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study</title>
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		<comments>http://thetarpit.org/2026/the-romanian-football-federation-aka-frf-a-case-study#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==This article is the result of a relatively lengthy discussion with a friend, on, of all the things that one may talk about, football. Just to be clear, I do not watch football, despite growing up in a family where this activity was practiced quite often, and despite my grandfather's attempts to instill the love [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==This article is the result of a relatively lengthy discussion with a friend, on, of all the things that one may talk about, football. Just to be clear, I do not watch football, despite growing up in a family where this activity was practiced quite often, and despite my grandfather's attempts to instill the love [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Romanian bear problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==Romanians have a lot of problems, some of them much more pressing than the one I am going to discuss here, but this one has seen the headlines in the past few weeks, so what can I say, I'm gonna indulge this time around. As far as what the press covers, I honestly do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The next generation, its blessings and flaws</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2026/the-next-generation-its-blessings-and-flaws</link>
		<comments>http://thetarpit.org/2026/the-next-generation-its-blessings-and-flaws#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==In approaching the subject expressed in the title, and for whatever it's worth, this article is not devoid of any so-called bias, primarily due to my age; and at the same time, it's precisely my age which puts me in the detached position of an outsider in judging the so-called next generation. Just like the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==In approaching the subject expressed in the title, and for whatever it's worth, this article is not devoid of any so-called bias, primarily due to my age; and at the same time, it's precisely my age which puts me in the detached position of an outsider in judging the so-called next generation. Just like the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The spirit of the times, such as it is</title>
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		<comments>http://thetarpit.org/2026/the-spirit-of-the-times-such-as-it-is#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 17:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[in the flesh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==This article was initially supposed to ambitiously piece together a picture of our times, and of things and matters surrounding and surrounded by them; but alas, I am a busy person, and besides, I've never been that much of a writer, so I suppose you, my dear reader, will have to be satisfied with this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angine de Poitrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==I guess by now everyone and their dog have literally heard the phenomenon called Angine de Poitrine -- a previously-obscure band from the underbelly of Quebec state, Canada, whose KEXP gig stirred quite the reaction in the musical mainstream. I don't know if the reader realizes this, but at this point I should say that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OTIzNjkyMjA3MjN8MjE2LjczLjIxNy4xNg==I guess by now everyone and their dog have literally heard the phenomenon called Angine de Poitrine -- a previously-obscure band from the underbelly of Quebec state, Canada, whose KEXP gig stirred quite the reaction in the musical mainstream. I don't know if the reader realizes this, but at this point I should say that [...]]]></content:encoded>
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