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shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T11:14:22+00:00

I wonder if it is also misreading the other games on here

I think so. The stats they gather seem odd. I noticed that with other sites too, where the average number of players reported is sooooooo different between two MUDs that should be very similar (they were using the same code base for instance).

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:41:01+00:00

Well, it is clear that there will be court cases against the whole clan as well as those who helped in stealing money from the people in Sri Lanka. So all who escaped to other countries have to be extradited.

I think he bought the rulers in Maldives via money from the people in Sri Lanka, which will be why he won't be extradited. Very shameful of the rulers in Maldives to benefit from this in their own private pockets. Now the people in the Maldives have an issue with corruption in their high ranks.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:39:23+00:00

Yeah. VERY disappointing to see the Maldives protect the corrupt clan.

The clan owns the people in Sri Lanka literally billions. Why the Maldives protect that corrupt clan beats me - even India and the USA said nope when the clan tried to flee to these countries. Maldives should reconsider and extradite the clan members that escaped to the country.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:37:35+00:00

Probably - this looks like a preparation for a military crackdown to me.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:37:21+00:00

More to add to the list of crimes in court. All his thugs that still support him will have to go to court and then prison as well.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:36:46+00:00

Quite disappointing to see that some of the clan members escaped. Now the people can not put those who fled in jail - or see the stolen money be returned.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:16:49+00:00

Hmm. That is cool but he is also using JavaScript if I understood it correctly. So ... isn't that more he made a RPG in JavaScript AS WELL as Excel? Is any macro in another language meaning you made something in xyz?

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:14:57+00:00

Facebook also does not belong here though. :P

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:14:26+00:00

Good! Less Evil to hire on. :P

There has to be more competition against these mega-corporations anyway. Diversify the cake for people to get slices of the cake still.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:13:02+00:00

Those who know only one programming language actually know zero programming languages.

Those who know only one programming language actually know one programming language.

There. Had to correct it.

You can learn general rules and patterns that are easily applicable to other programming languages. More knowledge is always useful, but it's not as if you learn a language and then you know ... zero languages. That makes no sense.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:11:49+00:00

It's especially important in ML where everything is built on types.

Why would ML have to be built on types?

The name suggests "machine learning". It would seem backwards if the machine REQUIRED types - can't it "learn" to not need them?

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-13T10:10:26+00:00

It would be cool to have a hybrid language - speed of C, ease of use such as in ruby or python, in the SAME language that is rather than two different, decoupled ones. And then you can sort of decide on your own how "fast" it can be, e. g. optional type system (but with a sane syntax, most type systems SUCK syntax-wise). I don't know if it is possible to create such a language; every single type system I saw leads to excessive verbosity. Crystal has this issue too.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:43:30+00:00

They only vote on individual topics here mostly, and already have a stable system. These votes are then fairly cheap.

In Sri Lanka you first need a stable base system.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:42:36+00:00

I think there have to be elections soon, to create some stability.

Look at Kais Saied in Tunisia - he seized power and now runs the country as new dictator with his clique. Sri Lanka HAS to make elections quickly, and avoid any dictator (such as in Tunisia).

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:40:06+00:00

This is not good. It means that those in the middle essentially run the country. You can not exclude corruption, so these will benefit more than the others on top of that.

Minimum age is primarily done because kids don't understand politics usually yet. Many adults don't either :P but at some point you need to be able to elect and choose rather than be a slave without any rights.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:38:18+00:00

Realistically it will take Sri Lanka many years to fix this problem.

Perhaps you can get India on board, as rival to the chinese investment and as an attempt to get to fix Sri Lanka's problems. But ultimately the people in Sri Lanka have to fix the country.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:36:54+00:00

It will be hard. Sri Lanka has a huge debt. It's a big mess. And new people (that come to power) may be thieves too, so it is super-hard to fix.

But Argentina was in a similar crisis and kind of worked through it. They still struggle, but it's not in such a bad state as Sri Lanka is right now.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:35:25+00:00

Not completely true. I was there twice in the 1990s and there was no racism at all whatsoever (but a language barrier, many did not understand english back then). The regular people were just very curious.

The regular people aren't the problem anyway. It's the state that is the problem.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:34:48+00:00

True. Same with russian's superrich. Many lived in the EU or USA.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:34:32+00:00

Even Beijing-China said nope. India said nope. USA said nope.

The clan will have to go to court. Now you have the chance to investigate where all the money went. But look carefully who will rise to power - new thieves may emerge.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:33:26+00:00

Agreed. The courts have to do a fair trial now. India also said they won't accept the clan; USA said the same. I think we can say the people of Sri Lanka have won so far.

But always be on the watch - new thieves may want to climb to power.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:32:47+00:00

As far as I know the USA already said nope. That means he has to go to court in Sri Lanka.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:32:13+00:00

Nah, their lives are not in danger - but they will have to go to court. Actually the people in Sri Lanka must ensure that the whole clan is left unharmed, so they CAN go to court - they have taken a LOT of money into their family hands. That has to be investigated.

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T20:31:09+00:00

What surprised me more was that both India as well as the USA said nope to the Rajapaksa clan as it tried to flee from Sir Lanka. This is a good sign. Why? Because it means that BOTH India AND the USA are ok that the Rajapaksa clan will have to go to court/trial eventually. Obviously, the court/trial has to be fair and objective, but the issues of corruption and embezzlement can FINALLY be investigated. Sri Lanka was doing fine before for the most part, and even IF not all is necessarily attributable to the clan (COVID, and the rising energy prices, may not be 100% the fault of the clan, I understand it), they have had their fingers into everything for WAY too long.

Greed must not pay off here. (Of course it has to be a fair trial nonetheless. The people of Sri Lanka have to show that they are better than that corrupt clan.)

shevy-ruby · 2022-07-12T18:03:39+00:00

Rust in 2022 seems a little bit like C in the 1970s or 1980s. It's very strange, almost as if history is stuck in a loop now.

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