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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
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Is there a way to avoid copyright on Youtube? I want to post clips of TV show but I don't want my account taken down because of copyright nonsense.
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There probably is, but talking about copyright evasion is against site rules.
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depends.
Asking about copyright avoidance (I.e. enquiring about fair use and public domain laws) isn't it against the rules but non specific questions on copyright law would fall outside quick questions.
Remember if in doubt can always read up on You Tube policies on their website and ask them directly.
edited 11th Aug '14 10:26:51 PM by joeyjojo
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These days depending on who owns the clip, even if it's detected or reported it could just get a "buy this show over here!" link put on it, and/or restricted to certain countries.
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Why is it that the names of biological species are not treated as proper names, i.e. we write "human" instead of "Human"? I have always been stumped on figuring out why the fantasy/sci-fi genres more often than not write out species names as proper names, whether or not the species in question are sapient creatures, when IRL this is apparently considered "wrong".
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Regarding the names of extant species, I think that it's just that species names are common nouns: we write "human" as we write "apple" as we write "pencil"; they're all the names of types of thing, rather than individuals.
As to species names in speculative fiction, I don't know (although I'd be interested in the answer if someone here does know, I believe). Perhaps it's analogy or confusion with cultures, etc., which tend to be treated as proper nouns (Roman, British, etc.).
edited 13th Aug '14 4:25:10 PM by ArsThaumaturgis
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A European battlegroup is a small force (of about 1500 troops) that will be deployed first if the EU chooses to respond to a crisis. At any given time two battlegroups will be ready for deployment. There are 19 battlegroups, and each group is only expected to be on alert for about half a year at a time - so there's a lot of rotation, and there are relatively long breaks between the times a group has to be ready.
I'm not sure why Ireland was added to the Nordic group, but presumably the groups are built by having a foundation of a few countries in the same region and adding countries from around the area until there are enough forces to make a battalion. The Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) aren't Nordic either, but they're included. (Then again, Denmark has opted out and Norway is included even though it's not in the EU, so the rules for being counted in a given group seem fairly lax, anyway.) Maybe Ireland just happened to be the size that was missing from the Nordic group.
I think the groups' composition isn't based just on geography - some countries provide specialists that are presumably added to groups that didn't have that kind of specialisation before. For instance, Ireland has pledged a bomb disposal unit. I wouldn't be surprised if that was why they were included in the Nordic battlegroup.
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Interesting! Thanks for taking the time to answer.
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Is there a term (or specific psychological condition/disorder) for when someone thinks that a blanket reference or insult of a demographic or group applies to them specifically?
Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
It sounds like a variant of the group attribution error
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Are there any stories (in any medium — film, stage, music, animation, book, etc.) that set a Star-Crossed Lovers scenario in the Israel/Palestine conflict?
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More on proper nouns and names from Wikipedia.
I'm curious; what's the best kind of Snake to eat? I know people eat them in some cultures, but is there any difference in....taste between different varieties?
Not planning on eating any, just curious
edited 15th Aug '14 8:09:37 AM by ElectricNova
Looking at the examples given, it seems to me that they're all identifiers of specific instances, rather than types: the "Azores" are a specific set of the objects that we call "islands". Orcs, humans, etc. are types of thing, rather than instances of some type. (Although I suppose that one could argue that they're instances of type "species".) A more in-depth argument might be made, but that's perhaps better for another thread, as you suggest.
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That seems like a good place. Thanks.
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Are teachers supposed to be emotionally detached form their students?
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In my experience, detached teachers are bad teachers. That's just my perspective though.
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Generally, no - teachers who become too emotionally detached, often for mental reasons, are given time off so they can recover.
You do get those who are detached all the time for some reason, but not to the extent of most others. In their case they're pretty much a Bunny-Ears Lawyer so said detachment is tolerated.
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Ideally, a teacher should be not too detached so that 'ey care about the students, but also not too attached so that 'ey know when to apply negative feedback.
It's a good idea to be friends on some level with someone who's performing a service for you. They'll have more interest in your success.
I generally think of it as "be friends with your lawyer".
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Consider the girls doing the Power Walk in this video (from 2:53 to 3:16). In particular, the specific way that they're walking — that is, each step always places the forward foot on an imaginary straight line that not only is the backward foot on, but every prior step has been on said line. I tentatively call it a "tightrope walk" for now, but I'm pretty sure there is a pre-existing name for this way of walking. Anyone know what it is?
Trivia: This "tightrope walk" is has a high balance deficiency, so much that one would be very likely to fall over by even a gentle push from the side.
edited 24th Aug '14 10:09:49 AM by MarqFJA
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Well this is the way that fashion models walk down the runway. This video calls it 'almost a strut', so maybe you could call it a runway strut, since the Sailor Moon video also gives the impression of pride.
Of course, if this does have an actual name, I don't know it, and depending what you need this name for, you could run the risk of being too abstruse.
edited 24th Aug '14 11:44:17 AM by CrystalGlacia
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^^ By the way, there's no "balance deficiency" as you call it, when you're walking that way. Stop walking and try to stand with your feet in that position and yes, you aren't braced well against lateral forces. But walking? Nope. It's solid.
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"Parents in Distress" seems like a decent match.
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