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Len

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finished reading Obleganje Gaze by Erik Valenčič (Ventilator)

Valenčič iz prve roke opiše svoje bogate izkušnje iz potovanj v Gazo. S tega vidika je zelo zanimiva in poučna, saj Valenčič na lastni koži izkusi nekatere oblike represije in zatiranja, ki jih izvaja Izrael.

Po drugi strani, pa mi je liberalna (spontano ideološka) dihotomija med navadnimi ljudmi in politiko, ki je prisotna v njegovem podtonu, rahlo odbijajoča. Mislim, da umanjka razmišljanje o politični teoriji in realnih možnostih za spremembo stanja, ki ga Primož Šterbenc v spremni besedi opiše kot hujšega od apartheida v Južnoafriški republiki, zakaj se nekdo odloči za neko politično opcijo. Spremna beseda zelo lepo doplni celo knjigo.

Greg Michaelson: An introduction to functional programming through Lambda calculus (2011, Dover Publications)

I read this in an old hut in a mountain valley without internet connection and without computer by my side (even the electricity from solar panel was scarce). I was solving exercises in my notebook and I thought to myself that learning to program on a sheet of paper works just as good. I spend so much of my time behind computer screen illuminated by that blueish light that is bringing me insomnia, that I have to grab every opportunity I get to get away from it. Interestingly or ironically, I was digital detoxing while learning fundamentals of a group of programming languages.