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Gini index is a measure of the statistical dispersion of a sample.
I guess everyone is poor in Ukraine.
Yes but in many european countries, including Ukraine, tax is taken out before income is counted. Just like they have VAT adding to the cost of goods whereas in the USA the sales tax is added to the cost at the end. Apples to apples.
Yes but in many european countries, including Ukraine, tax is taken out before income is counted. Just like they have VAT adding to the cost of goods whereas in the USA the sales tax is added to the cost at the end. Apples to apples.
Where do you see that the Gini coefficient on is calculated on income before taxes and transfers
for some countries and not the others?
On another note, I should definitely get into World of Tanks as it looks like a lot of fun. I'm just too busy playing other games atm. Far Cry 5 is coming out next week and it will be set in Montana.
You should look into it. I'm only going to allow myself one addiction when it comes to video games. I have been playing almost 6 years and I have most of the Soviet ., German and American lines. Over 80 vehicles total. The Soviet line is the biggest and most interesting. German and American are comparable but smaller and therefore a little limited in comparison. You can advance easily with the stuff they have available. Problem is that they've made it so easy us veterans are in our tier 10 tanks going against other tier 10 players that may have 20% of the experience we vets do. You end up kicking puppies in tier 10 tanks. if you do take it up don't go up too fast.
The was made by some computer nerds in Minsk and has been a huge success world wide. They can afford Superbowl adds. I also checked the stats and stuff about players ratings. I'm at 56% which is very good. What's weird is that the vast majority of top players in the world play on the RU server. You do find others from other countries but not very many. Maybe it's because Russians are cooped up in their apartments all winter so they play more.
That also makes him bias. What makes you think that Putin cares about his country beyond projecting hard power in the world?
Because you need to look at Russia is doing strategically. They're maintaining a balance of power. That's not to say that if an asteroid were to wipe out the US tomorrow Russia wouldn't take steps to expand it's influence in the void left behind mind you. They would not be alone.
You should look into it. I'm only going to allow myself one addiction when it comes to video games. I have been playing almost 6 years and I have most of the Soviet ., German and American lines. Over 80 vehicles total. The Soviet line is the biggest and most interesting. German and American are comparable but smaller and therefore a little limited in comparison. You can advance easily with the stuff they have available. Problem is that they've made it so easy us veterans are in our tier 10 tanks going against other tier 10 players that may have 20% of the experience we vets do. You end up kicking puppies in tier 10 tanks. if you do take it up don't go up too fast.
The was made by some computer nerds in Minsk and has been a huge success world wide. They can afford Superbowl adds. I also checked the stats and stuff about players ratings. I'm at 56% which is very good. What's weird is that the vast majority of top players in the world play on the RU server. You do find others from other countries but not very many. Maybe it's because Russians are cooped up in their apartments all winter so they play more.
Suprising? Really? No... Not since Counter Strike was created.
WOT RU server has a lot more on it than the NA server, so you will of course find more top players. And for the longest time, until 2016, they were hardly enforcing cheating on the RU server, but since have cracked down on it,
Replace Russia with the USA and you'd be right. The US is the one and only indispensable country in the world today. Without it, things will start falling apart elsewhere.
You are way too intelligent, cultured and articulate to make a comment like that...come on Milky....
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WOT RU server has a lot more on it than the NA server, so you will of course find more top players. And for the longest time, until 2016, they were hardly enforcing cheating on the RU server, but since have cracked down on it,
The cheating was addressed in 2016 all across the board and there were cheats on all servers. I don't know it to be a problem today as I don't cheat nor have I ever been a victim of it. RNG is another story. A lot of people scream about Russian bias that's something fictional because I have been a victim of US bias when my IS 7 was beheaded by a T95 90 seconds into a match. I didn't even see the guy. If you look at the situation my IS 7 is practically blind. The T95 has a longer view range so he saw me first when I conveniently stopped and sat waiting for him to shoot me. It wasn't bias on his part, it was a bad move on me and the roll of the dice. RNG.
Same can be said of many countries, even the US reelected a president four times (which Congress decided to introduce term limits). Merkel has been head of Germany how long now? We have members of Congress that have been in power for decades. The typical norm throughout the world is that absent term limits, people are usually reelected.
...quite few Latin American countries have "no consecutive" term limits in their constitutions and popular presidents come back in power...including the "darling" of the west in that side of the world (Chile) considered one the best examples of modern Latin American country (stability, human rights, democracy and economic development)
I love when our friend DKM talk about Putin "stagnation" and lack of development...I wish he heard even a minute of current Putin speeches when he literally obsesses about the goals of economic development, focus on high tech and productivity, improving living standards making absolutely clear that he is not happy with the current state of affairs (despite enormous improvements) and a lot has to be done....he talks about income inequality all the time.
DKM talk about a caricature of Putin that does not exist in the real world, only in the fantasies of many in the western media establishment and political circles.
You would think that Sunday election would hit them like a 2X4 in the head and wake them up but do not hold your breath on that one....
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I have noticed that on Russian tanks and TDs with the 152mm gun it's best not aim or just shoot blind and let the hand of Stalin guide your shell. I wonder sometimes.
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