I often get asked you know how often do I lose a dream or you know do I lose a dream every night? And the truth is that no I don't lose a dream every night because when you start learning how to lose a dream you learn the basics right so you learn how to do reality checks you know you learn how to write your dreams down properly start remembering your dreams better. What you'll find pretty quickly is that your sleep quality massively varies or at least for most people it massively varies in terms of your the length of your REM sleep your rapid eye movement sleep which is when you actually have your dreams and the length of your total sleep and so what happens is that you don't always get a perfect night's sleep especially if you track this stuff like if you track it like I do so I use this little aura ring which can kind of measure your um uh like a temperature your movement deep and REM sleep things like that and you know what you find is that it's kind of hit and miss right nobody can lose a dream without fail every single night they try and to be honest there's no reason that you would need to do that okay there's no reason that you would need to have a lucid dream every single night that you try because firstly it would get kind of boring if you just always enter the dream you know exactly what's going to happen you can just control everything and you know it might get a bit boring sometimes it's nice to have like um like a kind of random experience or something you don't expect and Robert Wagon wrote a lot about this in his um one of his books I can't remember the exact title of it but the idea of using the subconscious to kind of surprise you uh and give you messages and show you things that you might not have been aware of otherwise yeah so although I've been a lucid dreamer I've been kind of teaching lucid dreaming for a long time I know I don't lucid dream every single night um and sometimes you know it goes by like a week or two that I don't have a lucid dream and I think that's very normal uh I think if anyone is telling you that they can lucid dream every single night they're either incredibly lucky and unusual or uncommon uh or they're just lying they're just exaggerating or they're having dreams where they think they're lucid but they're not really lucid more than likely they're just lucky or they're lying but don't let that put you off because although you might not lucid dream every night you try even as uh I don't want to say expert because that's the wrong word even as an experienced lucid dreamer when you get to that point you still won't be lucid every single night um just in the same way that you might not remember your dream every single night and I think that's very normal so there's nothing to worry about in that sense but don't let that put you off I'm sure there are many different reasons you might want to learn how to lucid dream so just do it


What's up everybody, JC here from jaspyscasebrakes.com. We just sold out The jaspys 15 box red zone football mixer where we're giving away a Rogers patch auto to one customer that's in this break and this break is just loaded with high-end boxes guys. It really is We have a box of 2019 prism first off the line 2018 optic first off the line. There's 2020 Spectra hobby 2020 mosaic hobby. We have no huddle. We have multi-pack we have one of these 2020 hip-rate stack boxes where it's one random hobby or retail box inside and could potentially be a 2019 a national treasures first off the line that is one of their chases The only creative 50 of these stack boxes and like I said, you never know what can be in here guys They can be mosaic hobby that can be a choice So you don't know what's gonna be in there should be very fun when we rip that box open And I got said just extremely loaded guys for 250. I think it's a pretty solid price point And again, you have a chance at this Roger. So first we're gonna do the break Then at the end of the break we'll take all 30 cuz a 32 customer names that bought in and give away that Rogers patch auto So here the customer names that bought in straight up Jonathan Down to Robert and then customers here from Kyle down to Ryan one of these the mosaic sell of 56 57 and 58 so let me quickly Get you guys here for the giveaway later And just a little FY guys I know some people like to read the item descriptions, but if you guys would have counted up This is actually 16 boxes in this mixer not 15. So you guys are actually in for a treat This is actually a 16 box red zone football mixer. All of the Titles is 15 there might have just been a little typo. So this is actually 16 boxes here to be counted up so even better guys and Good luck, let's get a new dice roller. I don't think I could roll the dice yet. Then here the customer names Ryan down there Teams you get a random team in the NFL guys. Let's roll it and we got ourselves in two or two four times. Good luck one two Three there you go four times Jared down to David. Let's go four times here now teams one two three And it was a four right yep for the final time It was a number one or they belong down to the chargers. Yeah Alright, so Jared you have my eagles Catherine you have the Packers Daniel you have the Colts Jonathan with the 49ers robbery at the Patriots last bomb mojo Alberto you have the Cleveland Browns Matt L You have the Seahawks Sean with the chiefs mark with the jets Kyle with the Giants Chris with the Ravens James with the Vikings Jonathan with the Falcons. I'm sorry with the Cardinals Nicholas you have the Cowboys Daniel with the Falcons Sean with the Jaguars Matt with the Raiders Brian with the Saints Franklin with the Bills Raymond with the Steelers Albert Alberto sorry with the Rams Ryan you have the Detroit Lions Juan with the Cincinnati Bangles Kyle with the Washington football team Michael with the Broncos drew with the Bears AJ you have the Houston Texans Aaron with the Titans Christopher with the Panthers Mark with the Dolphins Christopher Jarrah with the Bucks and David with the chargers So good if anybody wants to make any trades Sorry about that guys. All right. Yeah, if anybody wants to trade guys Let's do it and in the meantime guys I'm gonna start ripping some of these boxes because it is gonna be like an hour long break But just know I'm not going through the cards I'm just ripping them and I'm gonna show it to you guys right here on Nick Ham You guys are gonna see me going through them from open this prestige 2020 Like in that case I'm a bangles fan Juan trade me the bangles now what a fair trade the cat saying anybody interested in the Packers and Jonathan is proposing I'll 49ers for Packers remember guys. There also is 2018 products in here this 2019 and there's 2020 There's multiple years don't just think 2020 there can still be of course Hits for 2018 boxes rather than 19 Tell us even a couple 2016 boxes and as far back as 2008 I'm gonna rip this last box right here of elite and then I'm gonna close the trade window Yes, the Rogers is gonna be a randomizer. That's just the giveaway for sure So either accept those trades or deny them guys Get announced a lot few packs and if not, I'm gonna close the trade window Yeah, I don't think Daniel who has the cults Ryan is awake. He was here earlier when we first started the day Honestly, don't think he's here All right Let me start ripping this box and I'm gonna close it right now guys Okay, so Packers whoever wanted to trade for the Packers is done Caps keeping the Packers guys when I finish this box here. I'm gonna close the trade window for sure this time I just wanted to give a head start here. I gave us like about five minutes guys. So stick with what you got And AJ you were shopping the Texans man and watch I just have a feeling the Texans are gonna hit some nice stuff The Texans are gonna be like I'm gonna show you I'm gonna show you AJ. There you go. All right, so let's start off with this old school 2008 box here upper deck SPX I Get a lot of these cards Are gonna be like kind of stuck to each other. So I'm gonna try my best To get these unstuck. Just know that Brian Westbrook To the balla Chad Hennie. You guys remember Chad Hennie? Oh, that's a Matt Ryan rookie Falcon's going down here TJ, TJ Hoosman's out of Tom Brady. It's old school right there Mara Manningham. Oh, does Shawn Jackson's a rookie in this? Oh, that's right. He was the second round pick for by my Eagles In 2008 very nice Jared with that one Eli Joseph Adai Fred Davis Alan Patrick Glenn Dorsey, man, I remember Glenn Dorsey in college. Let's continue on guys Westbrook Hey Manning golf Devon Bess And this is just taking me to flashbacks of like playing NCAA 07 or something Joe Flagler, I think he's a rookie in this too Taking out of university of Buffalo, right? Or Delaware, sorry Donnie Avery, Kevin Smith Dude, Pat White Dude with such a baller Kevin O'Connell Dominique Rogers-Crimarty Chris Long Love Chris Long Another Matt Ryan rookie Andre Woodson Dominique Rogers-Crimarty Another Chris Long and this one's kind of a little damaged Whoever has the rounds just know that Alberto Marcus Monk Ray Rice And I got Dennis Dixon's in here and I'm just going to pen to see this just because Love this guy in Oregon Dude with such a beast If he didn't tear his ACL guys against Arizona He wouldn't have won the high has been Oregon would have went to the national championship that year Swigging me sad. I always remember in that Malcolm Kelly I don't know if this is a number or something Jacob Tammy Man, Matt Forte, you guys remember him? He was pretty strong for the first like eight nine years of his career All right, I don't know if we're expecting some models in this or what's up. I didn't look at the box It just says two rookies per pack on average, but Just says look for autographs Um, not everything ships, but Brady's will so don't worry. I think Brady's my homes Uh are on on a level now that we do ship everything But not everything does ship no veteran base, but don't worry. Tom Brady's will definitely ship Joe Flacco All right, so no autos in this one, but that was that was fun to go back about 12 years ago All right, let's go some elites. Good luck For the cowboys to 99 Armstrong jr. Christian Kirk who's having himself a year This is 2018 elite. Oh, it is 2018 elite very nice That was 2020 or sorry. Yeah 2018 Christian Kirk Carter's going to John the big we added Kyle Lolletta Todd Gurley LeSean McCoy to 49 Famous James Frank Gore for the Dolphins Little Russell Wilson for relic Seahawks going to Matt You got DJ Moore Dallas Goddard Fletcher Cox very nice. He doesn't really sign too much for my eagles fly goes fly Jared Very nice Matthew Stafford Number to 75 Justin Reed for the Houston Texans All right, so these are 2020 prestige and I don't think I feel like it's just a pattern the rookies would be right in the middle So Colk Mets you got Caesar Reese And nice prestige heroes as Brian Dawkins. It looks pretty cool Jaylen Hertz No, I don't think the pen pals are numbered, but if they're colored autographs, they are that they say those are numbered So like if it's like a purple is numbered a 10 red ink is like numbered a 50 etc etc Andrew Thomas KJ Hamler Youth moving Kyla Murray Jerry Judy rookie these are all just base cars. So I'm just gonna kind of skim through them It's not until we get to the inserts for recent good stuff Justin Jefferson rookie Denzel Mims Jvon Kinlaw AJ Dillon Kishan Vaughn Clyde Edwards Eler Tua Togo Valoa Joshua Kelly John Elway Tommy Stevens Anthony McFarlane DJ Dallas Antonio Gandy Golden Isaiah Simmons Jaylen Rager Zach Moss Tyler Johnson Javan Diggs All right second stack over here T Higgins Johnston Taylor Daryl Taylor DeAndre Swift Cole McDonald Klavan Jasson Jacob Beeson Van Jefferson This is just base cars guys just skim through them T Higgins Johnston Taylor Green Drew Brees heroes Derek Brown Patrick Queen Jeff Gladney Lynn Bowden Jr. Jordan Brooks Joe Burrell Levisca Donahue Peoples Jones Celie Lam Steven Mondes JK Dobbins K. J. Handler Coltman. All right, cool. You guys Let's move on Let's go with some gala. Oops. Sorry guys Studio swatches Sammy Watkins to 49 We got Andrew Luck to 49 We got on card for the uh Packers Don Marjowsky to 99 We have a cinematic signatures of Nick Vannette to 99 and Hunter Henry to 99 for the chargers. All right, let's move on guys. Stick with 2016. This is 2016 mega box Derek Henry Raider rookie Wendell Smallwood the Gobi preset CJ Procese Joey Vosa Miles Jack Hardell Jones Sterling Shepard is your relic Richard Higgins Connor Cook Tajah Sharp All right, there you go Next box guys. Let's go with actually some, uh, certified 2018 Yeah That's cool. Did anyone rookie the others here? Yeah, he just won it today. Nice Jarvis Landry All right, so this is 2018 guys to pull on Marjaxon Or Josh Allen either one right Bruce Smith and mortals Matt Ryan number to 25 Bagan Mayfield relic to 399 number. He's also the number one overall pick in this year Joe Dysman Oh, this is also Sam Darrow rookie We got a bit so Trevisky Deon Kane and DJ Moore Nice three color patch in auto 12 That is jersey number 12 out of 50. Very nice Carolina Panthers Christopher Gerard a little jersey number module coming your way Derek Nondi And we got Ryan Tannehill certified games and Jack Doyle All right, let's actually go to some plates and patches as well. Let's go to 2019 Now I'm gonna start working some of the mosaics and that'll probably be the most time-consuming DJ Chark to 99 Jaguar Cam Newton to 35 Carolina Panthers We got Ryan Finley 30 out of 99 Look at those patches He is the backup though guys. I mean wherever to go down He is the backup and DK Metcalf 47 out of 50 nice three color patch and the auto Seahawks going to Matt L And we got a Andy Isabella elite printing plates. All right. Let's go to mosaic solo now guys So we still have the two first off the lines.  It's got a Genesis I want to get a Herbert Genesis Let's go If I pull your Herbert Genesis David, would you sell it to me? That's what I would buy Grady MVP is underpats. Yes. All right guys. Good luck tj. What's over? Stoffan Gilmore chase young Lamar Jackson Proble CD lamb Joe burrow NFL debut CD lamb envy NFL debut Uh cowboys that is niggas johnathan taylor and jaylen hurts terry mclauren cam acres Dan marino kelvin johnson a j dylan Michael Irving DK Metcalf Clyde Edwards e-lair Christian McCaffrey tom brady mvps Darius Leonard leviska Lamar Jackson got game Clyde Edwards e-lair You got matt judon jaylen hurts terrell davis Deshaun watson proble zagmas Kj hamler truceilver dumber broncos van jefferson for the ramps Got game jk dobbins All right pinks isiah simmonds a j dylan Kenny golliday t higgins patty mahomes tua togo viloa cam acres kirk cousins antonia gandy golden canith murray colk matt and jerry judy It's okay ryan there's still a lot of boxes left and more mosaic hobby and no huddle coming up Play to the whistle All right, let's leave these exclusives or first off the lines for later. Let's go with the no huddle mosquito Get out of here Go on now All right, so this is no huddle audition guys and um Has disco parallels And uh, there's gonna be some very very nice stuff hiding in here, but The one on mine on is the box behind this which is the hobby edition Ed McCaffrey autographer the broncos jk dobbins Got a disco derrick henry And a prism silver a j dylan chase young derrington evans Got disco mark andrews james morgan Justin jefferson adds the image variation short print That's for the minnesota vikings front of james Cam acres jeff o kuda for the detroit lions a jetterell You got a man of mastery drew breeze and a justin herbert bass chase claypool very nice Just an urban NFL debut Justin jefferson limar jackson mvp's silver michael pippin jr. All right, we should have a lot of color on this side video froze I don't guess Little too spoke too soon ryan. Like I said, there's still plenty of boxes. That was a nice little disco the under swift davante adams 48 out of 50 greenbay packers Jalen regger ilay manning disco anthony mcfarland jr. brandon aiuk 26 out of 75 Very nice 49ers jonathan jonathan taylor there disco rogers You got a silver brine burns a toa togo by law bass Just have at least one more color card in here. I would assume toa Jared stidham for the Patriots 15 of 50 tea higgins and limar jackson Jared duty colt man Very nice. Let me get some pennies to really quick and some top loaders All right, we quickly pennies do this stuff guys So a lot of stuff will be top loaded Um, is it a thicker card round like a relic card like a 100 300 130 or 180. I don't really like to grade relics so much I mean, unless who is it though? My hobby edition mosaic I just think that it's always a little rough when it when it comes to grading relics because they're most likely thicker card stuff So now your normal 35 point cards like, you know these base cards and stuff like that So unless you think that the corners are solid the centering is solid I mean Again, there's a lot of factors that come into grading that people don't always realize, you know They grade with stuff that the human eye can't see right. They got to use like Lenses and whatever the case may be but for thicker card stocks. I just don't under I just don't like to grade them just because You know You'd have to you'd want it to come back nine five and there's no guarantee with that because they're such thick card stocks You know what I mean? So I try to stay away from grading relics. I don't think it increases the value too much I think grading cards like this does definitely increase the value, of course But that's just me. I mean obviously don't Don't do it because I tell you to Jaylin Ragger to a toga by loa part of the tide Jason witton T Higgins to a toga by loa Joey bolsa Josh Jacobs Jimmy g jordan love jk dobbins Jerry judy For sure, right?  But yeah, I mean you said if If you see a price significance for sure, have you seen any comms like if they're graded they sold for that much more hunter henry mosaic autograph for the chargers when a david jerry judy Prism silver mark ingram Cam acres jeff o kudo rookie james morgan Silver to davis white mike olsdott cd land chase young tiki barber steve young Clyde Edwards e-lair terrell davis louis questionnel tom verity Clyde Edwards e-lair joe burrell That was a nice little sequence right there sake one Bargley Travis calcy blue chips julio jones Jaylin Hertz Clyde Edwards e-lair and jk dobbins Taysom hill Jaylin regger Devin duverney We got a aj dillon rookie autograph Green Bay Packers going to Catherine and we got a dwayne haskins 20 out of 99 overdrive john riggins john and taylor And there you go All right, sweet guys. I'm gonna penny sleeve this here at the end of the break I'm supposed to put it right over here just so we can continue to move on guys There's just a lot of stuff. Of course, that's gonna be top loaded. So Do not need to worry Got a lot of stuff here guys All right, let's leave these two here to be last with the spectra just because these are super high end And let's go with those limited boxes Go to 2018 limited casekina two out of 10 All right, we got Lashawn McCoy Oh, look at that game day swatches. That's definitely game used Bills 47 out of 50 We got rushin green to 95 And we got a sam darnold very nice 63 out of 99. I honestly don't think he's about quarterback at all man. I just think place for the jets And he's had unfortunate luck too With being injured getting mono But I think his tenure here is gonna come soon to an end Maybe get a fresh start somewhere else Jets Going to mark All right, next one Sean Watson the 75 Patty Mahon's base All right, we got Jared Goff Little relic there to 49 Darius slayton little patch auto 192 out of 199 only big eagles found but I do like there is slayton Things a solid receiver too giants Kyle And your redemption is benny snel jr. Rookie patch autographs variations Which will be going to the uh steelers Raymond All right, I honestly kind of want to open up this mystery box already. I just feel like what's hiding in here guys Let's open it box nine out of 50. Remember they only create 50 boxes of this stuff So we're bound to get one of these boxes that we were continuing to buy these but I think we only got a couple Let's see what's in here guys. Good luck D dana you have um Indianapolis Colts No box in this one Oh here it is It's gold standard. All right, not too bad Some gold standard football And what year is this? 2020 gold standard football Okay, not too bad Let's rip it open Oh nice herby 13 out of 25 Very nice There you go, David Collin Johnston Michael Strahan Nick chubb patch out or sorry nice patch. Sorry 25 out of 49 You got cam acres relic 4 to 10 Larry Fitzgerald. Wow. He doesn't really sign too much That's a nice one there for the Cardinals going to Jonathan Baker Well, dana, you I think you've had yourself a nice break man Because here's another nice one Michael Pippin jr 27 out of 49 Triple patches and the ink Three boxes out guys. Let's go with spectra next Daniel Jones out of 75 Tyler Boyd to 99 Bengals Anthony McFarlane jr. To 60 Are you lagging defense? Do you just see your head or no? You might be lagging maybe AJ Turrell Out of 99 for the Falcons Tyler Johnson 17 out of 30 AJ Brown If you have a black screen just refresh man. There is no black screen That might just be on your side, man If someone wants to type that in too if you can't hear me And Quentin Cephas autograph here Badgers Detroit Lions with that one though And let's see the redemption sky-high signatures car number 12 Troy Palamalu. Wow That is sick right there.  That's cool, man Sorry about the Rose Bowl I was there too, right? I've never missed Oregon at the Rose Bowl I don't I haven't been on top since to see the game before but Anytime they're here playing USC or UCLA. I'm always here to watch them Bobby Wagner Devon White to 99 Max Impact CD Lan to 99 Rising rookies I was there too Black Mamba Like a 90 92 98-yard touchdown 22 out of 60 That was Russell Wilson Blowing that play for you not knowing that it was uh No time left and spiking the ball Way to go Russell All right. So there you go. That was T Higgins Radiant patch auto 22 out of 60 Keyshawn Vaughn to 75 Gardner Venture Spectracolor a spectra Spectracular is what I'm trying to say It gets you a little tongue-twisted Toa Togo by Loa to 149.  Yeah, that's right. I forgot who punched it out But punched it out right on the sideline and Chip Kelly is just pointing at it like jump on the ball Yeah, that was pretty bad, too And Michael Pittman june your nice break for the Colts All right, I guess Two more boxes first off the line edition. This is a 2018 optic. They went off with prism Yeah, that was rough, man. I guess Just wasn't meant to be Naheem Hines for the Colts Out in Tate to 50 Nice Dallas Goddard ready to rookie to 125 Dallas Gardner's a pretty stud tight end. I honestly think I love me some Zach Hertz, man But I can I can trade Zach Hertz and just keep Goddard Get some valley for him Josh Rosen Naheem Hines out of 25 All right. Good luck. Remember the 20 mile centers They have to come to me Good luck guys last box 2019 first off the line prism premium edition as well This is awesome This box has just been sitting here in our inventory guys for so long I'm ready All right, plain dorsen Uh stern burger Well, there's a mile Sanders base I mean, I don't mind buying one of these. I have a couple Always looking to add more So let me know Jared Travis Homer Marquis Blair And Cleveland Farrell number to 10 Very nice Reina's going to Matt L two out of 10 We got to 99 Josh Reynolds for the Rams Alberto a little cracked ice And whoo that Bryce Love shimmer is really nice too and Devin McCordy I love prism three out of 10 This 2019 prism is just going to be so iconic 1920 basketball and all that stuff It's gonna be so crazy All right, next one Caden Smith Sean Murphy Bunting Hakeem Butler Jared Stidham Irv Smith jr. And we got ourselves a John Urshia Godwin to 49 Very nice Purple Pulsar Rodney Anderson and Jordan Ankins three out of 15 All right guys, and there you go. Just tons of stuff guys I popped out of here in this mixer some really really nice stuff. Of course. This was just the most recent box. We just did Dallas Goddard, Michael Pittman, Jr. Patch Auto T Higgins, Michael Pittman That is out of 10 Larry Fitzgerald Herbert, Benny Snell, Darius Slayton Just more of the bigger autographs and noticeable cards as well. Sam Darnold AJ Dillon, Lamar Jackson, Chase Claypool, Herbert, Duvante Adams, Brandon Ayuk Tuas, Little Stidham, Lamar Jackson, Hunter Henry, Deandre Swift Tuo, Pink Camo That Jefferson is a image variation, Justin Herbert You have a printing plate, Andy Isabella, D.K. Macau, Patch Auto That is a reflections of Ryan Finley, Jack Doyle. That's Jersey number DJ Moore, Hunter Henry Fletcher, Christian Kirk And again, there's just just plenty of stuff. There's gonna be pennies to the back. I can show it to you guys It's all right here. There's at least like two 300 cars that'll be top loaded honestly So a lot of value in here guys And this is the giveaway guys. So someone's gonna win this just for buying in or getting a spot in this So 13 out of 20 from 2011 rookies and stars So good luck everybody So let's switch scenes And here you go. Here's a dice roller Here's the customer names that got into the break Let's roll it and we got ourselves a six and a three for nine times So good luck nine times. Number one gets the Aaron Rodgers one two three four five six seven eight nine nine times Raymond At the top So there you go Raymond. You just won this Aaron Rodgers Patch Auto From mosaic cell 58 So there you go guys. That was the break. This was the actually 16 box Jaspy's 16 box red zone football mixer on jaspy's case breaks.com. Appreciate it guys. Have a great night


Now, obviously tax software kind of helps us with this. It's kind of weird the way this happens then because we're talking social security has basically a flat tax type of system, one rate, up until you hit the cap and then you don't pay any of it at that point because of this kind of retirement structure. But Medicare seems more like it's still a safety net program and we have now added like a progressive tax tier to it, in other words, meaning you pay one rate, which is easy to calculate until you get over a certain threshold and then you've got the additional Medicare, which in essence is a higher rate. Now you're adding on another rate if your income is over a certain threshold. So special rules and exceptions, aliens. Generally resident aliens must pay SE tax under the same rules that apply to U.S. citizens. Non-resident aliens are not subject to SE tax unless an international social security arrangement, also known as totalization agreement, in effect determines that they are covered under the U.S. social security system. Now aliens, it becomes somewhat of a problem when you're dealing with people that aren't citizens because now you have a system where you're thinking if you're gonna be putting money into the social security Medicare, then you would think that you should be benefiting from the system. So if you put money into the social security and now we think of social security as like a government funded retirement plan, but you're not able to get the benefits from the government funded retirement plan system because you're not a citizen or something like that, then it doesn't seem fair to be taking the money out for that reason, which again, leads to kind of weird situations because normally if you asked a U.S. citizen, would you like to put money into the social security system or not? And then just say for your own retirement, I think most people would say, I'll choose not to given the fact that the social security system is gonna, it looks like it's heading towards off the cliff at some point in time in the future. But so again, it's kind of weird, but you can see the rationale. I need not explain my rationale to you or to any other member of this crew. Here they're saying, well, if it's an alien that it doesn't make sense to force them to put in in certain situations to the retirement plan that they don't have the capacity to get a benefit from and so on. So however, residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa are subject to S.E. tax as they are considered U.S. residents for S.E. tax purposes. So for more information on aliens, you can see publication 519 U.S. Tax Guide for more information there. So child employed by parent. So you are not subject to S.E. self-employment tax if you are under age 18 and you are working for your father or mother. So you can simplify things a little bit in that situation. Church employee, if you work for a church or a qualified church controlled organization other than as a minister, member of a religious order or a Christian science practitioner that elected an exemption from the Social Security Medicare Taxes, you are subject to S.E. tax if you receive $108.28. Now that number again is one of these rules that's quite low. Like why do you even need to tell us this number? That's such a funny number because it's so like ridiculously like seems low. And that's because they haven't really, it's one of those laws they haven't changed like forever. So they still kind of have that number hanging out there. It hasn't increased with inflation, for example. So or more in wages from the church or you can say, so for more information you can see publication 517 Social Security and other information for members of the clergy and religious workers. So fishing crew members, there's all these weird regulations with regards to fishing crews for some reason as well which I'm not a specialized in. So if you are a member of the crew on a boat that catches fish or other aquatic life your earnings are subject to SE self-employment tax if all the following conditions apply. One, you do not get any part, any pay for the work except your share of the catch or a share of the proceeds from the sale of the catch unless the pay meets all the following conditions. A, the pay is not more than $100 per trip. B, pretty low threshold there. B, the pay is received only if there is a minimum catch and C, the pay is solely for additional duties such as mate engineer or cook for which additional cash pay is traditional in the fishing industry. Two, you get a share of the catch or share of the proceeds from the sale of the catch. Three, your share depends on the amount of the catch and four, the boats operating crew normally numbers fewer than 10 individuals. An operating crew is considered as normally made up a fewer than 10 if the average size of the crew on trips made during last year calendar quarters is fewer than 10. Okay, it's kind of a special situation. Notary public, so fees you receive for services you perform as a notary public are reported on Schedule C but are not subject to SE tax see the instructions for Schedule SE Form 1040. Another somewhat unusual situation. State or local government employee, you are subject to SE self-employment tax if you are an employee of a state or local government are paid solely on a fee basis and your services are not covered under a federal state social security agreement. Then we've got the foreign government or international organization employee. So you are subject to SE tax if both the following conditions are true. Number one, you are a US citizen employed in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, America, Samoa, the Commonwealth of North Mariana Islands and the US Virgin Islands by A, a foreign government, B, a wholly owned agency of a foreign government or C, an international organization and two, your employer is not required to withhold social security and Medicare taxes from your wages. All right, US citizen or resident alien residing abroad. So if you are a self-employed US citizen or resident alien living outside the United States in most cases, you must pay social security tax SE tax or self-employment tax. The foreign earnings from self-employment can't be reduced by your foreign earned income exclusion when computing the self-employment tax. So it gets a little bit messy of course in these types of situations because we're gonna have tax agreements with other countries to try to avoid a double taxation type of situation. So you gotta do some more research on your particular situation in those cases. Exception, the United States has social security agreements with many countries to eliminate double taxation under two social security systems. So now you are in a special situation in that you have an agreement because the two countries have their own social security systems. And the whole idea of the social security system is that you're kind of paying into it and you're gonna get some benefit from the state-funded social security kind of system. So under these agreements, you must generally only pay social security and Medicare taxes to the country in which you live. The country to which you must pay the tax will issue a certificate that services as proof, that serves as proof of exception from social security tax in the other country. So for more information, you can see the instructions for schedule SE form 1040. So more than one business. So if you have earnings subject to self-employment tax from more than one trade, business or profession, you must combine the net profit or loss from each to determine your total earnings subject to SE tax. So if you have multiple schedule SEs, for example, you would have to combine the bottom lines of the schedule SEs and that would pull into the self-employment and then calculate self-employment based on the total earnings. So a loss from one business reduces your profit from another. So what if you had one business that made 100,000 and the other business that lost 25,000, then the net 75,000 you would think then would be the number subject to the self-employment. So community property income, if any of the income from a trader business other than partnership is community property income under state law, it is included in the earnings subject to self-employment SE tax of the spouse carrying on the trade or business. Gain or loss, do not include earnings subject to SE self-employment tax. A gain or loss from the disposition of property that is neither stock in trade nor held primarily for sale to customers. So it does not matter whether the disposition is a sale and exchange involuntary conversion. So when we think about the different types of incomes, you can think about income that's gonna be subject to self-employment tax or not.


as well. Now as I said to you, I really want to open the floor to you guys, but I'll just start with one question myself so that people can kind of gather their thoughts.   So when you're talking about, you know, being unified in our action and our speech, and better communicating those cornerstones of democracy, how do you feel we should be using specific terminology? What tone should we be using? And how in our everyday talk or interactions with media can we be actually strengthening that? Yes, that's a very good question because first of all we have to think about what kind of societies do we have? We have small, in this reference group, we have relatively small countries where the fundamentals is the state in many cases. We trust our authorities, basically in some countries more in some countries less. And that's the foundation and the rule of law is the building block of our society, which means that in that communication, this frame should always be kept in mind. Meaning that if we want to somehow regulate or limit, for instance, our communication, we have to do it with the tools that we have at our disposal, bearing in mind also the values. But also I'd like to widen this value debate a bit. And isn't it also that it's actually in our interest to have the values? Because values can be very, they can be redefined and they can be used selectively. But if we think of the interest that it is in our interest to have the freedom of speech, it is in our interest to have the rule of law system, it is in our interest to trust the authorities and build the structure so that we can trust them. And they support each other so that the trust to authorities can be built on the rule of law, so the interconnectivity there. And the unification of course is difficult in the sense that when anyways the context is full of variables and the fragmentation of society's existing trend, not only within the countries, but also between the countries, within EU, within NATO, etc., because of the blurred context and the blurred background. That's why we need to be specifically, strategically aware of what we are doing. And this is where this detection element comes into picture. We have to know what is going around and no conspiracy theories, no panic, no unified or let's say one coloured or two coloured black-white thing. That's also not the case anymore. And this is why this international cooperation is useful and it needed and the exchange of information is essential for building some kind of a uniform picture about what is going on. Russia was mentioned, Russia is giving us a lot of good casements to learn about what is going on. But China is doing exactly the same thing, but in a lot more subtle way. And this is something also that I probably, if you allow me one more minute, is that how many of you have had something to do with Russia during your lifetime, been there, worked there or something like that? Okay, great number. What about China? How many of you have visited China or have something to do with China or have studied or lived or something? Very good. So there's a good balance. This is a very specific audience, because if you do this, usually you get a lot of Russia, very little on China. And that's one of our handicaps. We don't know our adversaries. Thank you very much, Christy. I'd like to open to the floor. I believe we have roving microphones, so this gentleman had his hand up here first, just at the back. I'll come to you then. Hello, my name is Paul, I'm an member of the Institute for International and European Affairs. I find this somewhat ironic that in 2019, the level of and the quality of communication between Russia and the West is lower than it was 30 years ago at the height of the Cold War. At the same time, we have American withdrawal from the INF Treaty. Now I know that, you know, blame is, perhaps, liberally distributed about the end of the INF Treaty. We have a new start treaty, which is due to expire in 2021. This means that the whole armory of treaties and international understandings in relation to nuclear armaments threatens to come to an end. Now I know there are other factors entering in. The world has changed and China has entered on the scene. But it seems to me that against this background, to qualify the need for dialogue, to put it in inverted commas, and to call it a mantra, is not doing justice. We need to talk about the future of the world. We need to talk to Russia. We need to talk to everybody who wants it. Thank you. In the interest of time, actually, if you don't mind, I might take three questions and then we'll respond and then come to another. So if I could take this gentleman here in the cream, and if we can make sure the microphone is on. Thank you. And then we'll run to that person. Ronan Tynan, a filmmaker co-founder of Esperanza, I was very interested in all presentations, but I think the first presentation by Kirsten O'Rynan made a very good point about new threats, but I would put it to all of the panelists, that one of the fundamental problems in dealing with new threats is to actually stand up for our values. And I was delighted to hear Russia mentioned today, because I'm particularly interested in Syria. And the way Russian propaganda actually works through social media is the simple projection of lies. For example, it commits war crimes on a virtual daily basis. It bombs hospitals. And we had a very interesting case study, Madam Chairperson, in the Irish Times, just in the last couple of days, when the Russian ambassador, I think, wrote an electric paper defending Russia's various crimes. And he was quickly corrected when he attempted to, shall we say, disown responsibility for targeting hospitals. When Maliki Brown, a very distinguished Irish journalist who works at the New York Times and has produced a magnificent 12 minute video, which you can easily Google and find, where the New York Times showed in a 12 hour period, Russia targeted and bombed 12 hospitals. And they actually used the voices. They had the voice nourishment from the pilot. Final point, Madam Chairperson, was very important. Russia really is after the minds, total leadership in our own societies. It is undermining our democracies. But what really alarms me is we're not actually confronting that reality. I think I'm not, we can deal with this very peacefully by simply accepting that our media, that we have this fake news problem, but it's being primarily directed by these very powerful powers. And I also did acknowledge the point about China, I think I won't go on nervous. So we've allowed to respond to, I might even just take those two and then I have this gentleman, this gentleman afterwards. If I can quickly get a response, maybe from you, Sirinus, if you don't mind. So the first comment, it spoke about, you know, the conversations between Russia and the West, they seem to actually communicate less now than in the Cold Wars. That's one point. And the second point is that the values as Kirsty was saying, are being undermined through social media. And I guess that's a cyber security issue. So Sirinus, would you mind just speaking to that briefly? We need to speak with the Russians. I think, yes, we need to speak with the Russians at the expert level, for sure. But the problem is that in most of this dialogue, and I'm participating in a couple of formats, the EU level. And the problem is all these dialogue is that, for example, if you take militarization of, okay, you take color, they're building ports. And they say, okay, we need you and the Finnish cooperation in ecology. In a sense, we may call this, I don't want to say this word starting with s or she. Okay, we may call this mess. And then you clean the sea. This is a form of dialogue. In a sense, they have the policy of accomplished fact. They move in, they build the base from the military base.  After we did everything, and we have the military portal, the facility, and you know, all the capabilities, you know, to attack you, and then you clean the sea. The same is in the south. And I think everywhere, wherever you go, when it comes to the, I mean, the context is very dangerous. But the problem is that the, you know, pre-states, everyone's pre-sees, everyone, for example, doesn't function when you catch incident and the response when you catch incident. I mean, if you show yourself, you can keep going, yes, because projects you use this accomplished fact, tactics.  I mean, this is, this reminds this kind of situation where there is a kind of, on one side you have escalation, on another side you want somebody to have a dialogue. I think this kind of cultural approach I think is problematic in itself. So I would like to stop here. Okay, okay, thank you. I'm sure we have plenty more to discuss, maybe, over tea and coffee. This gentleman was waiting, if I take, if you can keep it to a brief question and we'll come to you then, and we'll take that lady at the back then after that. Thank you. How do you raise the issue of social resilience? In the event of a physical or a cyber attack on critical infrastructure, in all of the countries represented here today, the level of social resilience is very, very low. In comparison with Japan, and a better example would be Cuba. So that hasn't been discussed at all. Okay, thank you. Thank you for keeping that brief as well. Let's get the microphones we switch it on and we, oh, you have one, please. Thank you. I do have it, yes. Yes, so I'm from the Embassy of Georgia. Do you hear me? So thank you very much for your very interesting speeches and remarks. And of course, I would like to thank very much the organizers of this very, very nice event. My question will be regarding the Russia again, because as I don't understand where we go, it's Russia that brings the threats to the security of the European Union. And all the speakers have mentioned this point, regardless of other points as well. And who else, if not Georgia, knows well what it means to be in a neighborhood of that state. I think that the most countries who are suffering from Russia are the immediate neighborhood. And the Eastern partnership, majority of whom are suffering with occupation, coming from Russia, is something that needs to be said in a more bold way. The 2008 war of Russia Georgia is not over. It's still on because we do see that we call it as the Caribbeanization of the country itself as the territories because we see that they are time to time, they are moving the border deeper into the country. We don't react, we don't respond because once we respond we will have another 2008 war. We see what is happening with Ukraine, with annexation of Crimea. We see what is happening with the East part of Ukraine as well. We see the reaction of the West, the sanctions. We see the, for instance, the expel from the Council of Europe of Russia because of the annexation of the Crimea. But at the same time we can witness that just recently Russia was welcome back to the Council of Europe. So my question will be, what is the resilience from the European Union of the West towards Russia? How to stop Russia? How to stop the risks coming from the Russian Federation? Thank you. Thank you very much. And then this lady at the back, if we can get a microphone to her and we'll take the three questions at the same time then. Thank you. And think about them. If we go to the resilience question, you know, if our society is attacked, that social resilience, which I'd love to ask you to, you know, tell us a little bit more what you mean about that. But if you can take it, Kristi, because I'm just short on time.  And we can see that in the base of our member states that you can roughly divide countries into three. You have the big ones who are very, have the capabilities and the capacities to respond. Then you have the, so to say, frontline countries, the ones that have had this existential military threat from the east in the region. And you can know what countries I would mean. They're there, the social capacity to, and the social resilience is higher. And then there is this large number of European countries that I have not been really threatened by anything during the after the war, actually. And even in the war, the threat was different. So for them, this means a kind of a change in your thinking. And that's exactly where media is then needed to educate people. And that for that, we need the quality media. And for that, also, the propaganda part, also, to comment on that, that it's not about what you print, but it's about what, and what you read, but what you believe. And this education of media literacy, education of people, actually seeing that there are threats, that you are also a target. Check before you share. Consider yourself, if you're in authority, that you can be under this very old-fashioned intelligence operation. You can easily be a target. You might have access to critical infrastructure information, even being an engineer there, because that's, for instance, the target. And the resilience is actually not about preventing things today. It's about how you revive and how do you solve the problem which is already there. And I think that this kind of admiring the problem face should be over. We know exactly what is going on in the last space, but we are the elite in this room, in the sense. We have access to information, we have education, we have access to people, maybe documentation, meetings like this. We know, and we also have the responsibility to share our knowledge and to share the resilience response that is needed for the greater audience. I think we also do that, particularly for younger generation, for whom the political, the level of political interest is very low. And this is about this gathering information and getting the best practices of agencies or the authorities. That's exactly what the Centre of Excellence is doing. We are gathering experts, practitioners and also multi-disciplinary manner to discuss and to share the best practices. Thanks, Christy. And so I think media literacy, that that seems to be a key thing that we should be establishing a little bit more of. Serena, if I can come to you to that last point, you know, how should the EU be resilient when threats are coming from, for example, Russia, as our question had said there. You know, if they're acting on different rules, you spoke about narratives, how do we address that? So what should, in your opinion, be the EU response to those actions? I think I mean, when we speak about EU, this is a kind of very big generalisation, because we have separate different countries, and our colleagues mentioned here, different groups of the countries. And the Russian approach usually is to have bilateral relations and to establish bilateral rules of game, you know, these particular countries. And in a sense, this means also setting exclusion, even, you know, for example, Finnish-Russian relations, for example, also, the specific, you know, finalisation as such means also exclusion, you know, from the general pool of the countries, let's say at the EU level, I mean, I'm not talking about NATO issues, etc., etc., but this means like exclusion. And I think responses everywhere in the EU, you know, to have proper public sector, I mean, in some of the countries, especially in East Central Europe, what you get recently, in the recent, let's say, 20 years, you have smaller and smaller public sector every time. And then, you know, it's a question if firefighters are coming, if, you know, whatever, police is able to react. And then we'll ask something from the society. I mean, when you don't have proper provision of public services, in a sense, when you have less and less state, okay. So on another side of the border, you have state-centered system, which has, for example, like if you take in the Russian military, so-called political directorate, which is already kind of refurbished and reborn very recently, it has 11,000 people, psychologists, political officers, priests, I mean, and these guys, 11,000, I mean, who has this capacity of 11,000 people thinking about, you know, how to brainwash somebody. And this is only in the military. I'm not talking about other special forces, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, who are doing all this. I don't talk about the Russian TV. So what is kind of, what is a proportion of response? I mean, when you have 11,000 people thinking, I mean, okay, some of them wasting time at this, et cetera, et cetera, not working, but in a sense, you have this potential of people who have the degrees, education, et cetera, et cetera. And then, apparently, we don't have, like, signal intelligence, you know, on the Irish side, for example. So we have to take seriously, I think, at the U-level as well, not on the NATO level, you know, this question of balance of power.   That does sound very paternalistic, though, if you don't mind me saying, you know, is that not very sound, yes, yes, but this is a real power, you know, this is a real game. I mean, if you don't have a stick, so somebody... OK, plenty to discuss over to you in coffee. In the interest of time, I'm going to have to cut it short there, but I would thank sincerely Christine Aronin, Professor Surness Leakish, and this assistant professor, Ed Burke, for those insights. We'll take a coffee break until maybe we'll say five to eleven, if I can get you back here. Our conversations later on are going to be on the digital revolution and then on sustainability, so you can take a chance to stretch your legs, ask all the questions to our contributors that you didn't get to ask, and think about what else we might need to do. So thank you sincerely. Please give a round of applause.


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How ironic, it happened in less than 24 hours. Video game Chronicle has a bunch of sources on Nintendo Switch 2 and today we learned some new information, some dev kit information and some actual new stuff for what this system is going to be as well as how some third party companies are feeling about it. And by the way, with this information coming out here, that means the floodgates are going to be opening fairly soon, like we might get exact specs and what chip is in here. No more speculation based on old leaks from Nvidia. So I'm really excited about that, so let's just get right into it. And we're talking about Video Game Chronicle and they have some sources here that we need to talk about. And what are those sources saying? Well, the engineer says Nintendo targets 2024 next year in console. Okay, if that's all this was, oh, they're targeting 2024, we wouldn't be talking about it, but they actually have some more. So it says key partners have development kits ahead of a plan, launch sources tell Video Game Chronicle. So let's get into this article. Development kits for Nintendo Switch console are now key partner studios with launch plan for next year's sources have told Video Game Chronicle. Now, who wrote this article? I believe it was Andy Robinson. So he's one of those well-known Video Game journalists that's pretty in the know. And it says here, according to multiple people with knowledge of Nintendo's next-gen plans, the company is likely to release new hardware during the second half of 2024. Now remember, I've been telling you that I've been betting on holiday 2024 for a while, even though there's been a number of reports suggesting early 2024. Anyways, to ensure that it is ample stock available on day one and to avoid the kind of shortage seen with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X slash S. One thing that I wanna note here on talking about stuff like that is the thing's gonna sell out anyways. You can't really avoid shortages. The shortages for Xbox Series X slash S were due to unusually high demand during a pandemic. The fact that we're no longer in a pandemic is already gonna fix a lot of that. I don't, I think he's just speculating here. I don't think that that's, if it launches the second half of next year that it's really because of that, maybe he's even speculating on when it's gonna launch. I have no idea. Anyways, moving on, it says, although specific details on the console are being kept closely guarded, those video game chronicles spoke to indicated that the next-gen console would be able to be used in portable mode similar to the Nintendo Switch. So there is that confirmation that we've been wanting on this is going to be a hybrid. So this is the first time that we've had direct confirmation from people who have dev kits that this will be a hybrid system. It will be portable, it will be home console, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So are those thinking this was gonna be a different device? Well, that's just been quashed. Next, two sources spoke to VGC to suggest that the console could launch with an LCD screen instead of the more premium OLED in order to bring down costs, especially considering the increased storage needed for high-fidelity games. The current Switch comes with just 32 gigabytes, 64, by the way, if you get the OLED version, while many current-gen PlayStation Xbox games are over 100 gigabytes. Now, notably, PlayStation Xbox games are over 100 gigabytes due to having native 4K textures, something that we're presuming you're not gonna have to worry about with this. So the storage concerns aren't gonna be as dire. You don't need that terabyte of storage on your Switch at launch. However, it is notable that 32 gigabytes, 64 gigabytes isn't very much. It would be nice to see 128 or 256, or maybe 128 with an included extra 128 through a micro SD card for those that don't have them. So you actually get 256 out of the box. That would be really appreciated, but who knows what's gonna happen? I will say the LCD screen part is pretty much right in line with what I expected. Like, I would like to see them continue, you know, to bring the OLED screen like on this one over. I love OLED. It's gonna be really hard to go back to LCD, but I understand for cost-cutting reasons. There's also some advantages, by the way, to LCD. They could keep it at a 720p screen, which I fully expect them to do, but then they could provide a variable refresh rate, which would be just amazing and is not something I believe is widely available on OLED panels at 720p. So you get some advantages there. Also, just because it's LCD, doesn't mean there couldn't be some technology in there like mini led, which is just like, you know, it's mini LEDs. It's not an OLED panel, but mini LEDs still are on, obviously, an LCD panel. So there could be some different technologies involved, but I'm not surprised. You gotta cut costs. You gotta make this affordable. And also, it just opens the door to there being an OLED model down the line. So getting back into this, like it's predecessor to the new console, we'll also accept physical games via a cartridge slot, the sources said. So they're not getting rid of physical games. That is something that's gonna be music to many people's ears. We have another generation of Nintendo with physical. That's great. The other details, such as backwards compatibility support for Switch games, physical and digital, remains unclear. So they aren't sure with these dev kits that there's gonna be backwards compatibility yet. Nintendo has said it wants to convert as many of Switch's 100 million user base as possible to its next system, although some third-party publishers are said to express concern that legacy support for Switch games could negatively affect sales of next-gen titles.  Now, I'm not saying it's bullshit that his sources and the third-party companies working on games for the system said it.  I'm sorry, this is dumb. PlayStation 5 has backwards compatibility. Xbox Series X has backwards compatibility. PC has infinite backwards compatibility. What are we talking about backwards compatibility that's gonna negatively impact sales of new games? What are you, are you high? What are you putting in that pipe? Because it sure ain't weed. You must be throwing in some, I don't know, some of that white powder. What is happening here? That is one of the dumbest statements I think I've ever seen. Oh man, if it supports backwards compatibility, our new games aren't gonna sell as much. What are you talking about?  Imagine like, oh, hey, we're selling a new iPhone. By the way, better make sure that new iPhone isn't backwards compatible or our new applications aren't going, come on, come on. Anyways, so I just found that point to be ridiculous. Moving down a list, it said Nintendo did not immediately respond to video game chronicles requests for comment on the story, which is pretty typical for those who don't know Nintendo. Pretty much doesn't comment on stuff unless it's abhorrently fake. Nintendo is obviously aware of dev kits that would have been sent out. They're aware that as soon as more dev kits get sent out, more information gets out. It's just an inevitability. We've been hearing about dev kits for a little bit out in Spain. I'm not surprised. At this point, if the system is truly coming next year, I'm pretty sure most major third-party companies, including here in the West, have a dev unit. So, information's always bound to get out. It happens every time before new hardware. Anyways, Tokyo-based industry consultant, Dr. Sertin Toko, which he's a really nice guy, but remember, this is just from an analyst, told Video Game Chronicle that a 2024 console launch would make sense for Nintendo, since it's projected to see double-digit declines in Switch hardware and software sales this year after it cleared seven years in the market. He goes on to say, I would generally say that Nintendo is looking at, I would generally say looking at Nintendo's financials. It seems clear it was time for a new piece of hardware in 2024. Hardware is already projected to fall 16.5% year on year in the current fiscal, while the minus for software is expected to hit 15.9%. The only way to stop those losses from totally ballooning next fiscal is a new device. And the second half of 2024, sounds like the realistic window to me, which, yeah, it makes sense. It's just logic, right? Sales are declining, but still doing well. Let's get something out there before the sales actually tank. Now, Reed Pops, head of Games B2B, Christopher Dring, who he's got a lot of experience in the industry. And we often get our UK sales from him. So he's definitely someone who's in the know. And he says, he said, he told VGC that 2024 release would fit with Nintendo's historical trend of launching new hardware mid-cycle compared to PlayStation and Xbox. The original Switch released over three years after the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which proved to be an effective move for Nintendo as second half 2024 release. For Switch 2, it would be nearly four years after PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, so we would see a similar mid-cycle launch for Nintendo. Now, he's just noting what they did last time, right? However, the biggest competitor Nintendo faces is itself. Although its core fans are eager for more hardware, it's more family-oriented casual fans will need more convincing. What will the next Mario Kart offer that they're currently not getting from the current one as an example? Man, I got a lot to say of this. Nintendo has struggled to upgrade players in previous generations. So how it approaches things like digital libraries and Nintendo account and even backgrounds compatibility may prove crucial in the next system getting off to a strong start. If Nintendo does release a Switch Assessor closer to Christmas, drinks idea expect a deeper launch lineup than what we saw with the first Switch, which arrived early in its launch year. In 2017, Nintendo spread out its releases with big games arriving almost every month. By the time the holiday period arrived, the firm had Mario, Zelda, Splatoon and Mario Kart, plus a number of small titles like Arms and Xenoblade to push the console over the crucial Christmas sales window. So, my problem with that last one, these are just from Christopher Dring, so you can argue, do these opinions really matter what he said? But I will note that while I respect Christopher Dring, sometimes there are just some things that come out of his mouth I don't understand.  Well, yeah, we have a couple dead months, but we actually have some pretty strong games in the second half between Pikmin 4, Mario Wonder and Super Mario RPG. Many people would argue that's a fairly solid lineup. But the biggest thing for me, and when talking about this is they failed to convert casual, he's not wrong in noting that Nintendo has had a hard time transitioning from a successful platform into another big successful platform. They've been struggling with that since the company's inception into video games with the Nintendo Entertainment System. But I have to note that when you talk about backwards compatibility, they've had that with their handhelds, hasn't always translated. They've had that at times with their home consoles, hasn't always translated. The key thing is making it appealing with the software and the hardware and being consistent. Look at PlayStation. PlayStation is consistent. I can already tell you, hey, PlayStation 6, whenever it comes out, what's it going to be? Hey, more powerful PlayStation. And I'm good with that. And you gain consumers over time through quality hardware and software. A more powerful switch can, again, gain people back over time by just existing in the market and releasing quality software. This is not a rocket science. Like, there isn't something difficult to understand about how Nintendo can be successful and why Nintendo hasn't necessarily been able to do that in the past. They have milked their systems until nobody wanted to buy it anymore and nobody was talking about it and the momentum was gone. That is one thing they've done. Their next system usually offered something that was drastically different from what the prior user base used and oftentimes completely changed the branding. So if they keep consistent branding along with consistent product, hey, people love Switch. They would love to have a new Switch. I think the transition is quite obvious. Give us a more powerful Switch with obvious branding, Switch 2, and just keep releasing consistent quality software with third-party companies joining on and people will come over time.  It's probably gonna break first year sales records for Nintendo and from that point moving forward, we'll just see what happens. So I don't think it's really that difficult, but again, Nintendo has never really done that. They've sort of always struggled. So here's hoping that they've figured it out. Anyways, guys, I am Nathaniel Robojance from Nintendo Prime. Well, this is our last Switch 2 video until the next one because now that all the dev kits are out there, we're gonna get more and more information. Like if we're already getting panel information and stuff like that, but we're learning that it definitely is portable, then yeah, we're going to be getting like specs. I fully think we're gonna know the exact, like literally the exact specs of this system before the year is out. Thank you guys for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video.