@marioamontero @ivanthecreatorr What is the point of hosting the World Cup if Americans still can't watch the games because they're at work?
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Matthew Wild
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Matthew Wild
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I periodically ramble on Twitter.
Weston, FL Katılım Aralık 2016
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@ivanthecreatorr It may surprise you that the teams actually competing in those games are in other time zones
7 PM in London
8 PM in Madrid
8 PM in Paris
4 PM in Buenos Aires
All of them TV Prime Time
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One of the dumbest ideas to have these World Cup semifinals at 12pm on a Tuesday and Wednesday
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@danielgothits marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
OP's graph is wrong btw.
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America is literally being strangled to death by this
Mary Talley Bowden MD@MaryBowdenMD
Over the past 34 years, healthcare has replaced manufacturing as the top employer in the vast majority of states.
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@DeItaone The Australian superannuation system is great, but... existing Social Security obligations still need to be funded, so I don't understand how this could work.
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TRUMP EYES AUSTRALIA’S RETIREMENT MODEL
President Donald Trump wants officials to study Australia’s $3.1 trillion private pension system as a possible blueprint for US retirement reform.
Australia requires employers to contribute 12% of workers’ salaries—including for part-time employees—into privately managed funds.
Supporters say the model could expand retirement coverage as Social Security faces funding pressures.
Critics warn compulsory employer contributions could affect wages and that Australia’s system is no simple fix for America’s retirement challenges.
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@_Credible_Hulk I think this doesn't include premiums, but since we're always told premiums and taxes are interchangeable, that shouldn't matter
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Americans and Canadians pay the same out of pocket for healthcare.
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@ManaByte All this requires investment, and while I would not say that they are participating in an arms race, updating hardware to remain reasonably competitive on a performance basis is still necessary.
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@ManaByte Some videos came out when the Switch 2 released, noting that they were beating AMD handhelds in efficiency, despite AMD handhelds being on a newer process.
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The GameCube was seen as a failure. Due to its failure, Iwata determined that the console arms race would lead to diminishing returns and skyrocketing development costs.
20 years later many casual people can't tell much difference between a PS4 and PS5 game and development costs are destroying publishers and studios left and right.
Iwata was right.
Gamefan@Gamefantweets
Xbox has never had a failed generation. Xbox - 24 M Gamecube - 22 M PS2 - 155 M Xbox 360 - 84 M Wii - 101 M PS3 - 87 M Xbox One - 55 M Wii U - 12 M Switch - 155 M PS4 - 120 M If you consider the OG Xbox a failure then you must also consider the Gamecube a failure. The Xbox 360 was wildly successful despite the early system failures. If the PS4 sold 55 million would you consider that a failure? The Xbox Series is on track to outsell the Xbox One. Case closed.
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After sitting with the Playstation news for a bit, I came to realize something…
Isn’t what Sony is doing kinda illegal?
They’re essentially creating a monopoly by gutting any market except the ps store.
No competition. No competitive prices. Nothing.
Seems illegal to me.
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@Generalkidd Perhaps growing elsewhere, but U.S. reports show clear decline of optical media sales.
hdtvtest.co.uk/news/sales-of-…
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It's a myth that physical media as a whole is dying. Outside of gaming, physical media has seen significant growth in recent years. 4K blurays grow by 30-40% every year. Vinyls have been booming and seen record growth too. Physical games can have this too.
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@niesjez @RenaNetjes You won't get kicked out in America either...
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@RenaNetjes Even if you don’t have health care insurance, you won’t get kicked out of the emergency room.
That’s the difference. You can pay later, health comes first, money second
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We don't have 'free' healthcare in the Netherlands. I pay 160 euros per person per month.
Why I constantly hear this fairy tale from Americans, incl from academics?
amanda@amandatalks__
I don’t want to hear a single European talk about their free healthcare until they put air conditioning in their stupid hospitals
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@Perfectly_Fine1 @5fkkofM @Szabadsag1956 They define "Real income" as follows:
It's the "total value of adjusted disposable income of households in terms of prices of a selected year, the 'real value'"
In other words... inflation adjusted household income.
ksh.hu/docs/eng/modsz…
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@Perfectly_Fine1 @5fkkofM @Szabadsag1956 It's tricky to find such a measure.
Hungary publishes an "Index of real income", which you can find here:
ksh.hu/stadat_files/g…
It does not appear to be a median measure, but it does still show a doubling since the end of their communist government.
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Who plays there when the World Cup isn’t going on?
໊@emma_gifs
mexico genuinely has one of the best stadiums at this world cup, but they’re not getting the hype they deserve. that view is absolutely insane man.🇲🇽
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@CFBKnights I wouldn't be shocked if this World Cup spurs the Europeans to invest in substantial stadium upgrades.
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The positive PR this World Cup has done for the USA is insane, so many people had absolutely ZERO IDEA the level of sports/stadium infrastructure we have in this country
Speedline@speedlne
USA is already living in 2050 man, just look at the stadium. Meanwhile i get to see rats and water leaking at old Trafford
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@EireGalloglaigh @SnakeHoppe There's also "Median Equivalised Household Disposable Income" which accounts for taxes paid and transfers received.
reddit.com/r/charts/comme…
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@EireGalloglaigh @SnakeHoppe GDP has its place, although its usefulness (especially in Ireland) can be diminished via tax advantageous multinational corporate structures.
Have you heard of Actual Individual Consumption? Eurostat looks specifically at the amount of consumption and adjusts for PPP.
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